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remain forever. Thus it will be with those who forsake religious 

 teachings and think more of the things of earth than of the new 

 world above. (Having glutted themselves with the things of earth 

 they are unable to stand upon the heaven road.)' " 1 

 So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



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" Now they said, ' We shall proceed.' Now the farther they 

 went the more brilliant the light became. They had not gone far 

 when the four messengers said, ' Now we will stop again. Look 

 attentively at what you see.' 



" So he looked and saw three groups of people and each group 

 was of a different size. The first was large, the second small and 

 the third still smaller. 



" Then the messengers asked him, ■ What do you see ? ' 



" He answered, ' I saw three groups, the first a large group, the 

 second half as large as the first and the third still smaller.' That 

 is what he said when he answered. 



" Then they replied, ' Truly you have seen. The groups repre- 

 sent the people of earth. The first group you saw was composed of 

 those who have not repented ; the second group was inclined half 

 way, and the third group, the smallest one, was composed of those 

 who have repented. They are protected by the true belief in 

 Gai'wiioV " 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



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' So they proceeded a short distance and again came to a halt. 

 Then the messengers pointed out a spot and bade him watch at- 

 tentively. Then he saw a house strongly built and within it he saw 

 three different things. The first was a pair of handcuffs, the second 

 a whip and the third a hang-rope." 



" Then asked the messengers, ' Wnat did you see? ' 

 " He answered, ' The house I saw was strongly built and within 

 the house I saw three different things. The first was a pair of 

 handcuffs, the second a whip and the third a hangman's rope.' So 

 he answered. 



1 Those who gain great riches and lack humility can not stand upon the 

 sky-road nor can they walk. The poor and meek only can travel skyward 

 and not even the poor unless their ways have been humble and marked with 

 virtue. Thus it is said, " It is better to be poor on earth and rich in the 

 sky-world than to have earth riches and no heaven." 



