Bishop Ives thus instructs the slave-children under his charge[L] ("Catechism"):—
Page 27: "Q. You said that at your baptism you were made inheritors of the kingdom of heaven; but will you get eternal life in heaven, if you do not strive to go there?—A. No; but I shall be sent down to hell.
Q. How are you to strive or try to go to heaven?—A. I must have nothing to do with the devil and his works; which I gave up at my baptism.
Q. In what way are you to shun the devil and his works?—A. By keeping within me no bad thoughts; by speaking no bad words; and by doing no bad things.
Q. What do you mean by keeping within you no bad thoughts?—A. I mean that I must not hate anybody, nor wish to hurt anybody, nor wish to do any wrong.
Page 30: Q. What do you mean by doing no bad things, such things as the devil tempts you to do?—A. I mean that I must not hurt anybody; must not disobey my parents, nor disobey my master, nor disobey God.
Q. But can you not disobey your parents and your master without their knowing it?—A. Yes; but God knows it; for God always sees me.
Q. What else must you do to get to heaven?—A. I must believe all that God has told me about the way to get there.
Pp. 35, 36: Q. How are you to show that you love your neighbor as yourself?—A. I am to show it by always doing my duty to my neighbor, as God has commanded me.
Q. Who is your neighbor?—A. Everybody who lives with me and around me, and has the control over me.