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TESTIMONY OF REV. H. B. BROWNING. 85

creations in the material universe. None of the noxious things that exist on this earth were created by the Lord in the beginning, but they are all from hell. For, by the law of spiritual causation, the affections and thoughts of the inhabitants of the spiritual world give birth to corresponding spiritual creations, which form the objects and scenery round about them. It is through the operation of this beneficent law, that the members of each heavenly society are surrounded by the beautiful and useful objects (spiritual, of course) in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms, which are in harmony with their mental and moral states. But the same law of spiritual causation prevails equally in hell, where, consequently, the inhabitants of each infernal society see their falsities and evils projected into corresponding external objects, which are inversions of the orderly creations of the heavenly world. These spiritual inversions, flowing into the world of nature, become embodied in material substance and originate the various types of animals, vegetables, and minerals injurious to man." (p. 248.)

DEATH AND RESURRECTION "Man in this world is a dual being; consisting of a spiritual and immortal part — his soul; and of a natural and mortal part — his body. The soul is the real man.

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