Relative honesty

Today we shall occupy ourselves with the morality of those who have none, that is, with relative honesty, which is found in the most perverted hearts. The thief does not steal his comrade's handkerchief, even when the latter has two; the merchant does not sell dear to friends; the traitor, in spite of all, is faithful to some being. Never is a divine gleam completely absent from the human heart; thus, it must be preserved with infinite care, when not expanded. The narrow and brutal judgment of men prevents, by its severity, far more positive changes than the practice of evil deeds does. Developed, Spiritism must be and will be the consolation and the hope of the hearts stigmatized by human justice. Replete with sublime teachings, religion soars too high for the ignorant. It does not reach, with sufficient clarity, the dense imagination of the unlettered man, who wants to see and to touch in order to believe. Enlightened by the mediums, belief will flourish in the perhaps withered heart of the medium himself. Thus, it is principally to the common people that the true Spiritists must address themselves, as the apostles did of old; let them spread the consoling doctrine; like pioneers, let them penetrate into the swamp of ignorance and vice, to clear, to cleanse, to prepare the soil of souls, so that they may receive the beautiful cultivation of the Christ. Georges.