the double canals were actually photographed at
the Flagstaff observatory, but the cause of the doubling was never
solved until the receipt of these revelations.)

CHAPTER IV.

PLANETARY ECONOMY

Economy is a virtue long cultivated on the Planet Mars. On your Earth
you waste more than you use, not only in food but in the fruits of the
Earth. You are using up your resources at a tremendous rate, and some
day you must pay the penalty. Witness the wanton destruction of your
beautiful forests, the depletion of your coal beds and crude oil
deposits. All this waste is the result of lack of Spiritual guidance;
a gross materialism: an inordinate selfish greed. Instead of laying up
Spiritual treasures you are worshiping at the altar of Mamon.
Ultimately you will find your hoardings nothing but tarnished brass--an
illusion leading you on to Spiritual destruction.

With the Martians the incentive to live is to express life and be in
harmony with the Creator, to develop spiritually and build for
Eternity. On Mars each one strives to live for his brother to the end
that all may inherit the promised Kingdom when yet as a physical being.
Commercialism with us is unknown, for no one works for profit. The
products of the toil of all the inhabitants are for the public larder
and other necessities and even luxuries.

As a result of this system of public economy and industrialism,
sweat-shops, child labor, poor houses, public reformatories, and the
long list of pernicious and iniquitous customs in vogue on your Earth
are unknown on our planet.

No worries mar the life of the people of Mars. Worry has no place in
the Martian mind. The wants of all are supplied by the Commonwealth,
and each one contributes his best efforts to the common good, and in
return each individual is supplied his every want. This is in
accordance with Christ's message: "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and
His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you."

CHAPTER V.

PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

On Mars all property is considered as belonging to God, its Creator,
who provided it for the enfoldment and comfort of His creatures. No
individual lays claim to property in the sense that you Earth dwellers
do.

Through God's love does man inhabit a portion of the material universe,
but only for a season. Man comes into material being to express life
and acquire an individuality, after which he passes out of material
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