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THE • NEW • CHURCH—HOW

the three great divisions of that world, Heaven, Hell, and the Intermediate World of Spirits. He shows the relation that these bear to each other, which the Word implies. He discloses their relation to man and to this world, which relation the Word clearly assumes. What is written in this regard is rational, consistent with all we know and in harmony with the Word. In fact the Word is so written that in it is every truth of doctrine, consequently every truth of doctrine stated in the Writings of the Church can be found there. What is written in this regard, to the spiritual minded, proves the Word and the Word proves it.