A dispute between the woman and the powers of darkness

God, thou must begin a new life; for I tell thee thy spirits are too lively to serve him; too cheerful; and thy words are too many to be a servant of the most high God. For thou knowest it is written, be still and know that I am God Psalm 46:10:—therefore the angels were cast out of heaven; because they could not serve God in such a manner. Satan was a lively, cheerful spirit, full of innocent mirth, and the Lord could not bear it; and cast him out of heaven on that account. So, as thou sayest, Satan's love is turned into hatred against God; as he cast him out of heaven for that. Now, I ask thee, who can be always still? Which thou knowest the Lord hath commanded, or thou canst not clear that text, to say, God is true, if he has commanded thee otherwise. So now thou must keep silence, and say no more, if thou wilt serve the God of heaven. But mind, there are Gods many, and Lords many 1 Corinthians 8:5; but thou sayest, thou aimest at the God of Heaven. Then I tell thee, there thou art deceived, to judge thou art serving him. Thy spirit is not one whit like his. Dost thou not know, when his Son was upon the earth, he was always gloomy and sad? thou never heardest, that he enjoyed any comfort, or suffered his disciples to enjoy any; but to be always sorrowful; and they died in sorrow, as he did. Now answer me, from what is said, and I will answer thee again; and convince thee from scripture, thou art not serving the God of Heaven.

Joanna. And was that the very reason why Satan was cast out of heaven, and for no other reason, but for being too cheerful a spirit? How then is it written, that all the angels of the Lord sing his praises; and the scriptures command us to serve God with cheerfulness, and sing his praises with a merry heart? And our Saviour commanded us to appear cheerful, not to appear sad, as the hypocrites did. We are to serve the Lord with cheerfulness: for where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty. Our Saviour was