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1. To sin without offence he will have perfect joy and con- 

 tentment. 



2. To enjoy pleasure with temperance and without intem- 

 perance, he will have attained perfect contentment and 

 be capable of Charity. 



3. To realise that joy, contentment and pleasure can only 

 be obtained by working not for pecuniary remuneration, 

 but that he may add to the comfort of others, and so 

 permit of the world keeping a larger population in 

 greater ease and comfort, peace and contentment, and 

 will endeavour so far as possible to let one and all live, 

 in the way most conducive to each one's joy, pleasure, 

 and happiness, provided one man does not interfere with 

 his neighbour's right to live in a like manner; for this 

 and this alone will convert earth into Heaven. To do 

 this he must be able to grasp the great truth that time 

 and money are only two names for the one form of 

 wealth. That it is not money but a question of how 

 much time and strength our brain and constitution will 

 permit us to devote to help in the assistance and main- 

 tenance and the enjoyment of others, that is to decide 

 the happiness that will be our reward for the virtue of 

 our labour. This is the only way we can obtain Joy, 

 Pleasure and Contentment and can alone ensure us the 

 true happiness of Heaven, so that by becoming per- 

 fectly unselfish and useful we shall at last gain Immor- 

 tality. 



We must learn to live for the good of the community, and 

 so aim at gaining heaven in this Epoch of Charity now 

 commencing. Not by trying, as we have done in the past, to 

 force our belief down another man's throat, but by trying how 

 you can best modify your own beliefs so as to make them 

 less repugnant to your neighbour, and by forgiving your 

 neighbour's sins, because you do not know how far they may 

 be beneficial to the good of the community. There are quite 

 enough crimes without making unnecessary ones. We must 

 prevent crime by stopping criminals from breeding and confin- 

 ing them and making them work for the good of the community. 



It is only by the knowledge of past history and evolution 

 we can best learn how to achieve these ends; but universal 

 peace must be attained first. Now we must endeavour to stop 



