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A THOUSAND YEARS HENCE.
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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Introductory and Quite Indispensable to All the Chapters That Follow.

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Of myself and my wife 1
My most particular intimates, White and Brown 3
Formation of the great S.S.U.D.S., and discussions on questions of the day 5
My additional intimates, Black, Yellowly, and Reed 6
Black, and science questions: Electricity and the Cross-Electric 9
Yellowly on social and political questions 9
On democracy and progress 10
On trade unions 11
On future amelioration of labour conditions 12
On social advance, and some present remediable defects 14
On some great lines of attainable progress 15
Reed, and religious questions 17
Reasonableness and common sense in religion 17
Righteousness and usefulness of life 19
Extreme views: Eternal hell 19
The Sunday question: Sabbath v. Lord's Day 21
"Answers to prayer" 24
The "praising" of God 24
Sensational religion 25
A popular revival preacher 26
The future of good but sceptical men 27