.OTY3.NjE3MTQ

From Newberry Transcribe
Jump to navigation Jump to search

instinctively turned the road leading to the abodes of the Tormentor. But if a person was good, the contrary would follow. That is they would follow the strait path. The strait path says J. Johnson, was no much travelled, while the other was completely trodden, so that, he says, no grass could grow in the path. He says sometimes happen that the judges have great difficulty in determining which road to direct the person. For sometimes the good & bad actions of a person are so nearly balanced that it requires some time to determine which outweighs. When persons are sent to hell, they sometimes stay there one day & some for a longer time (that is one year) & alone for their sins, then passing onto heaven. But those guilty of the unpardonable sins would never pass from hell to heaven, but should be tormented in hell forever & ever. The Prophet was then commanded to look upon the earth. He looked & behold, there was as great meeting of men, women children. The first object which attracted his attention was a naked man, running through the midst of the people. Behind him followed an unclear number of women. They followed him because he like themselves loved fire water very much. Next came two naked women, seemingly young. Their fault was inconstancy there fore they were punished, by being exposed naked to the meeting. He saw also a woman rolling in dust & ashes. This woman also was punished for being, what is commonly called a stingy? woman. He also saw a man running through the crowd with a large piece of meat in his hand. This was a benevolent man, willing to give to all whom chance might throw in his way The great spirit designed that all men should like him be benevolent. Again the Prophet was commanded to look towards the east. He looked & saw the smoke of a thousand distilleries rising and shutting out the light of the Sun. Again the angels told the Prophet saying, When the Great Spirit becomes tired of the existence of the earth, he will burn it. The first earth he destroyed by water, but the second he will burn with fire. This he will do on account fo the wickedness of earth's inhabitants. The Great Spirit made all good things. He made the winds & the clouds, heat & cold. But the devil made the witches, subject unclear to the will of the Great Spirit. At one time He attempted to kill them, but they fled into the earth. When the end fo the world approaches, the witches will come out of the earth for the purpose of tormenting wicked people. The sun will be removed, and there will be a great