,illustration3 ,,palestine ,,from ,,the ,,raised ,,map constructed from the ,surveys of the ,,palestine ,,exploration ,,fund ,,by ,,george ,,armstrong ,e,s,qr ,secretary to the ,fund ,,the ,,aquarian ,,gospel of ,,jesus ,,the ,,christ ,the ,philosophic and ,practical ,basis of the ,religion of the ,aquarian ,age of the ,world ,,and ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,universal ,,transcribed ,,from ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,god',s ,,remembrances1 ,,known ,,as ,,the ,,akashic ,,records1 ,,by ,,levi ,,with ,,introduction ,,by ,,eva ,s4 ,,dowling1 ,a4 ,ph4 ,d4 ,,london3 ,l4 ,n4 ,,fowler ,,and ,,company ,e4 ,s4 ,,dowling1 ,,publisher1 ,los ,angeles1 ,california #aiaa ,,for ,,sale ,,by ,e4 ,s4 ,,dowling ,los ,angeles1 ,california4 ,copyright #aiaa1 by ,,mrs4 ,,eva ,s4 ,,dowling ,copyright in ,england1 #aiaa ,entered at ,stationers' ,hall1 ,london ,,all ,,rights ,,reserved including rights of translation ,m4 ,a4 ,,donohue ,,co4 ,,printers ,,and ,,binders ,,chicago ,,contents ,,section ,i4--,birth and ,early ,life of ,mary1 ,mother of ,jesus4--,chapter #a4 ,,section ,,ii4--,birth and ,infancy of ,john the ,harbinger1 and of ,jesus4--,chapters #b-f4 ,,section ,,iii4--,education of ,mary and ,elizabeth in ,zoan4--,chapters #g-ab4 ,,section ,,iv4--,childhood and ,early ,education of ,john the ,harbinger4--,chapters #ac-ae4 ,,section ,v4--,childhood and ,early ,education of ,jesus4--,chapters #af-bj4 ,,section ,,vi4--,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,india4--,chapters #ba-ce4 ,,section ,,vii4--,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,tibet and ,western ,india4--,chapters #cf-cg4 ,,section ,,viii4--,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,persia4--,chapters #ch-da4 ,,section ,,ix4--,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,assyria4--,chapters #db-dc4 ,,section ,x4--,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,greece4--,chapters #dd-df4 ,,section ,,xi4--,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,egypt4--,chapters #dg-ee4 ,,section ,,xii4--,the ,council of the ,seven ,sages of the ,world4--,chapters #ef-fj4 ,,section ,,xiii4--,the ,ministry of ,john the ,harbinger4--,chapters #fa-fd4 ,,section ,,xiv4--,the ,christine ,ministry of ,jesus4--,introductory ,epoch4--,chapters #fe-ga4 ,,section ,,xv4--,the ,first ,annual ,epoch of the ,christine ,ministry of ,jesus4--,chapters #gb-ij4 ,,section ,,xvi4--,the ,second ,annual ,epoch of the ,christine ,ministry of ,jesus4--,chapters #ia-abc4 ,,section ,,xvii4--,the ,third ,annual ,epoch of the ,christine ,ministry of ,jesus4--,chapters #abd-aeh4 ,,section ,,xviii4--,the ,betrayal and ,arrest of ,jesus4--,chapters #aei-afd4 ,,section ,,xix4--,the ,trial and ,execution of ,jesus4--,chapters #afe-aga4 ,,section ,,xx4--,the ,resurrection of ,jesus4--,chapter #agb4 ,,section ,,xxi4--,materialization of the ,spiritual ,body of ,jesus4--,chapters #agc-ahj4 ,,section ,,xxii4--,establishment of the ,christine ,church4--,chapters #aha-ahb4 ,,introduction ,,by ,,eva ,s4 ,,dowling1 ,a4 ,ph4,d41 ,,scribe ,,to ,,the ,,messenger4 ,,the ,,book4 ,the full title of this book is 8,the ,aquarian ,age ,gospel of ,jesus1 the ,christ of the ,piscean ,age10 and the critical reader is apt to ask a number of pertinent questions concerning it4 ,among the many anticipated questions these are perhaps the most important3 #a ,what is an ,age8 #b ,what is the ,piscean ,age8 #c ,what is the ,aquarian ,age8 #d ,what is meant by the ,christ as the word is used in this book8 #e ,what relationship existed between ,jesus of ,nazareth and the ,christ8 #f ,who is ,levi1 the transcriber of this book8 #g ,what are the ,akashic ,records8 #a ,what is an ,age8 ,astronomers tell us that our sun and his family of planets revolve around a central sun1 which is millions of miles distant1 and that it requires something less than #bf1jjj years to make one revolution4 ,his orbit is called the ,zodiac1 which is divided into twelve signs1 familiarly known as ,aries1 ,taurus1 ,gemini1 ,cancer1 ,leo1 ,virgo1 ,libra1 ,scorpio1 ,sagittarius1 ,capricorn1 ,aquarius and ,pisces4 ,it requires our ,solar ,system a little more than #bajj years to pass through one of these signs1 and this time is the measurement of an ,age or ,dispensation4 ,because of what ,astronomers call 8the precession of the ,equinoxes0 the movement of the sun through the signs of the ,zodiac is in order reverse from that given above4 ,exact ,time of the ,beginning of an ,age4 ,regarding this matter there is a disagreement among astronomers2 but in this ,introduction we are not called upon to give the reasons of the various investigators for their opinions2 there are enough well authenticated facts for our present purposes4 ,it is conceded by all critical students that the sun entered the zodiacal sign ,taurus in the days of our historic ,adam when the ,taurian ,age began2 that ,abraham lived not far from the beginning of the ,arian ,age1 when the sun entered the sign ,aries4 ,about the time of the rise of the ,roman empire the sun entered the sign ,pisces1 the ,fishes1 and the ,piscean ,age began1 so that early in this ,age ,jesus of ,nazareth lived4 #b ,what is the ,piscean ,age8 ,this question requires further consideration4 ,the ,piscean ,age is identical with the ,christian ,dispensation4 ,the word ,pisces means fish4 ,the sign is known as a water sign1 and the ,piscean ,age has been distinctly the age of the fish and its element1 water4 ,in the establishment of their great institutions ,john the ,harbinger and ,jesus both introduced the rite of water baptism1 which has been used in some form in all the so-called ,christian ,churches and cults1 even to the present time4 ,water is the true symbol of purification4 ,jesus himself said to the ,harbinger before he was baptized3 8,all men must be washed1 symbolic of the cleansing of the soul40 7,aquarian ,gospel #fd3g47 ,fish was a ,christian ,symbol4 ,in the earlier centuries of the ,christian ,dispensation the fish was everywhere used as a symbol4 ,in his remarkable book1 8,christian ,iconography10 ,didron says3 8,the fish1 in the opinion of antiquarians generally1 is the symbol of ,jesus ,christ4 ,the fish is sculptured upon a number of ,christian monuments1 and more particularly upon the ancient sarcophagi4 ,it is also upon medals1 bearing the name of our ,savior and also upon engraved stones1 cameos and intaglios4 ,the fish is also to be remarked upon the amulets worn suspended from the necks by children1 and upon ancient glasses and sculptured lamps4 8,baptismal fonts are more particularly ornamented with the fish4 ,the fish is constantly exhibited placed upon a dish in the middle of the table1 at the ,last ,supper1 among the loaves1 knives and cups used at the banquet40 ,in the writings of ,tertullian we find this statement3 8,we are little fishes in ,christ our great fish40 ,the last two thousand years1 comprising the ,piscean ,age1 has certainly been one of water and the many uses of that element have been emphasized1 and sea and lake and river navigation has been brought to a high degree of efficiency4 #c ,what is the ,aquarian ,age8 ,the human race is today standing upon the cusp of the ,piscean-,aquarian ,ages4 ,aquarius is an air sign and the ,new ,age is already noted for remarkable inventions for the use of air1 electricity1 magnetism1 etc4 ,men navigate the air as fish do the sea1 and send their thoughts spinning around the world with the speed of lightning4 ,the word ,aquarius is derived from the ,latin word aqua1 meaning water4 ,aquarius is1 however1 the water bearer1 and the symbol of the sign1 which is the eleventh sign of the ,zodiac1 is a man carrying in his right hand a pitcher of water4 ,jesus referred to the beginning of the ,aquarian ,age in these words3 8,and then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of heaven2 the sign and signet of the ,son of ,man will stand forth in the eastern sky4 ,the wise will then lift up their heads and know that the redemption of the earth is near40 7,aquarian ,gospel #aeg3bi1 #cj47 ,the ,aquarian ,age is pre-eminently a spiritual age1 and the spiritual side of the great lessons that ,jesus gave to the world may now be comprehended by multitudes of people for the many are now coming into an advanced stage of spiritual consciousness2 so with much propriety this book is called 8,the ,aquarian 7or ,spiritual7 ,gospel of ,jesus1 the ,christ40 ,an ,important ,event4 ,the transfer of dominion from one ,age to another is an important event in the world of ,cherubim and ,seraphim4 ,among the manuscripts of ,levi we have found a most remarkable paper describing the transfer of dominion from the ,piscean ,age to the ,aquarian ,age1 but it is difficult to determine whether it is a recital of facts or a prophetic statement4 ,we reproduce the paper in full4 ,,the ,,cusp ,,of ,,the ,,ages4 8,in ,spirit ,i was caught away into the realms of ,akasha2 ,i stood alone within the circle of the sun4 8,and there ,i found the secret spring that opens up the door to ,wisdom and an understanding heart4 8,i entered in and then ,i knew4 8,i saw the four and twenty ,cherubim and ,seraphim that guard the circle of the sun1 the mighty ones who were proclaimed by masters long ago #8the four and twenty ancient ones4' 8,i heard the names of every ,cherubim and ,seraphim1 and learned that every sign in all the ,zodiac is ruled by two--a ,cherubim and ,seraphim4 8,and then ,i stood upon the cusp where ,ages meet4 ,the ,piscean ,age had passed2 the ,aquarian ,age had just begun4 8,i saw the guardian ,spirits of the ,piscean ,age2 ,ramasa is the ,cherubim2 ,vacabiel is ,seraphim4 8,i saw the guardian ,spirits of the ,aquarian ,age1 and ,archer is the ,cherubim2 ,sakmaquil is the ,seraphim4 8,these four great spirits of the ,triune ,god stood close together on the cusp1 and in the presence of the sacred ,three--the ,god of ,might1 the ,god of ,wisdom1 and the ,god of ,love--the scepter of ,domain1 of ,might1 of ,wisdom and of ,love was there transferred4 8,i heard the charges of the ,triune ,god2 but these ,i may not now reveal4 8,i heard the history of the ,piscean ,age from ,piscean ,cherubim and ,seraphim1 and when ,i took my pen to write ,ramasa said3 8,not now1 my son1 not now2 but you may write it down for men when men have learned the sacred laws of ,brotherhood1 of ,peace on earth1 good-will to every living thing4 8,and then ,i heard the ,aquarian ,cherubim and ,seraphim proclaim the ,gospel of the coming ,age1 the age of ,wisdom1 of the ,son of ,man4 8,and when the crown was lifted from the head of ,ramasa and placed upon the head of ,archer of the ,aquarian ,age2 and when the royal scepter was transferred from ,seraphim ,vacabiel to ,seraphim ,sakmaquil there was deep silence in the courts of heaven4 8,and then the goddess ,wisdom spoke1 and with her hands outstretched she poured the benedictions of the ,holy ,breath upon the rulers of ,aquarius4 8,i may not write the words she spoke1 but ,i may tell the ,gospel of the coming age that ,archer told when he received the crown4 8,and ,i may breathe to men the song of praise that ,seraphim ,sakmaquil sung when she received the royal scepter of the newborn age4 8,this ,gospel ,i will tell1 and ,i will sing this song in every land1 to all the people1 tribes and tongues of earth40 #d ,what is ,meant by 8the ,christ10 as the ,word is ,used in ,this ,book8 ,the word ,christ is derived from the ,greek word ,kristos and means anointed4 ,it is identical with the ,hebrew word ,messiah4 ,the word ,christ1 per se1 does not refer to any particular person2 every anointed person is christed4 ,when the definite article 8the0 is placed before the word christ a definite personality is indicated1 and this personality is none other than a member of the ,trinity1 the ,son who had a glory with the ,father-,mother before the worlds were formed4 ,according to the teachings of all ancient masters this ,son is ,love2 so the ,christ is ,love1 and ,love is ,god1 since ,god is ,love4 ,another remarkable manuscript found in ,levi's ,akashic portfolio gives the clearest possible ideal of the ,christ1 or ,love of ,god4 ,it is presumed that this manuscript is a direct transcription from the ,akashic ,records and its importance demands its reproduction here in full4 ,,the ,,christ 8,before creation was the ,christ walked with the ,father ,god and ,mother ,god in ,akasha4 8,the ,christ is son1 the only son begotten by ,almighty ,god1 the ,god of ,force and ,god omniscient1 ,god of thought2 and ,christ is ,god1 the ,god of ,love4 8,without the ,christ there was no light4 ,through ,christ all life was manifest2 and so through him all things were done1 and naught was done in forming worlds or peopling worlds without the ,christ4 8,christ is the ,logos of ,infinities and through the word alone are ,thought and ,force made manifest4 8,the ,son is called the ,christ1 because the ,son1 the ,love1 the universal ,love1 was set apart1 ordained to be creator1 ,lord1 preserver and redeemer of all things1 of everything that is1 or evermore will be4 8,through ,christ1 the protoplast1 the earth1 the plant1 the beast1 the man1 the angel and the cherubim took up their stations on their planes of life4 8,through ,christ they are preserved2 and if they fall it is the ,christ who lifts them up2 and if they sell themselves to sin the ,christ redeems4 8,now ,christ1 the universal ,love1 pervades all spaces of infinity1 and so there is no end to love4 8,from the great heart of ,love unnumbered spirits were sent forth to demonstrate the height1 the depth1 the width1 the boundlessness of ,love4 8,to every world and star and moon and sun a master spirit of this ,love divine was sent2 and all were full anointed with the oil of helpfulness1 and each became a ,christ4 8,all glorious in his majesty is ,christ1 who spread the pure white robe of ,love o'er all the planes of earth--,the ,christ of earth1 its heaven1 its graves4 8,in course of time the protoplast1 the earth1 the plant1 the beast1 the man sold out their birthrights unto sin2 but ,christ was present to redeem4 8,hid in the holiest place in all infinities is locked the scroll that bears the record of the purposes of ,god1 the ,triune ,god1 and there we read3 8,perfection is the ultimate of life4 ,a seed is perfect in its embryotic life1 but it is destined to unfold1 to grow4 8,into the soil of every plane these seeds1 which were the ,thoughts of ,god1 were cast--the seeds of protoplast1 of earth1 of plant1 of beast1 of man1 of angel and of cherubim1 and they who sowed the seeds1 through ,christ1 ordained that they should grow1 and should return at last1 by effort of unnumbered years1 to the great granary of thought1 and each be a perfection of its kind4 8,and in the boundless blessedness of ,love the man was made the ,lord of protoplast1 of earth1 of plant1 of beast2 and ,christ proclaimed3 ,man shall have full dominion over everything that is upon these planes of life2 and it was so4 8,and he who gave the lordship unto man declared that he must rule by ,love4 8,but men grew cruel and they lost their power to rule1 and protoplast1 and earth1 and plant and beast became at enmity with man2 he lost his heritage2 but ,christ was present to redeem4 8,but man had lost his consciousness of right2 he could no longer comprehend the boundlessness of ,love2 he could see naught but self1 and things of self2 but ,christ was there to seek the lost and save4 8,so that he might be close to man in all the ways of life1 that man might comprehend the mighty spirit of the ,love1 the ,christ of earth made manifest to human eyes and ears by taking his abode in some pure person1 well prepared by many lives to be a fit abiding place of ,love4 8,thus ,christ made manifest ,love's power to save2 but men forgot so soon1 and so ,christ must manifest again1 and then again4 8,and ever since man took his place in form of flesh the ,christ has been manifest in flesh at first of every age40 #e ,what relationship existed between ,jesus of ,nazareth and the ,christ8 ,orthodox ,christian ecclesiastics tell us that ,jesus of ,nazareth and the ,christ were one2 that the true name of this remarkable person was ,jesus ,christ4 ,they tell us that this man of ,galilee was the very eternal ,god clothed in flesh of man that men might see his glory4 ,of course this doctrine is wholly at variance with the teachings of ,jesus himself and of his apostles4 ,the ,aquarian ,masters in council have formulated an answer to this question that so well covers all the information required that we give it in full3 8,jesus was an ideal ,jew1 born in ,bethlehem of ,judea4 ,his mother was a beautiful ,jewish girl named ,mary4 ,as a child ,jesus differed but little from other children only that in past lives he had overcome carnal propensities to such an extent that he could be tempted like others and not yield4 ,paul was right when to the ,hebrews he said3 #8,he was in all points tempted like as we are1 yet without sin4'--,hebrews #d3ae4 8,jesus suffered as other men suffer1 and was made perfect through suffering2 for this is the only way to perfection4 ,his life was an example of attainment by the way of crosses and cruel treatment4 ,paul was right again when he said3 #8,it became him1 for whom are all things and by whom are all things1 in bringing many sons into glory to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering4'--,hebrews #b3aj4 8,in many respects ,jesus was a remarkable child1 for by ages of strenuous preparation he was qualified to be an avatar1 a savior of the world1 and from childhood he was endowed with superior wisdom and was conscious of the fact that he was competent to lead the race into the higher ways of spiritual living4 ,but he was conscious also of the fact that he must attain the mastery by trials1 bufferings1 temptations and sufferings4 ,and all his life was spent in attaining4 ,after his death1 burial and resurrection he appeared in materialized form before the ,silent ,brothers in the temple of ,heliopolis1 in ,egypt1 and said3 8#8,my human life was wholly given to bring my will to tune with the deific will2 when this was done my earth-tasks all were done4 8#8,you know that all my life was one great drama for the sons of men2 a pattern for the sons of men4 ,i lived to show the possibilities of man4 8#8,what ,i have done all men can do1 and what ,i am all men shall be4'0--,aquarian ,gospel #agh3dc1 #df4 8,jesus was the name of the man and it was the only appropriate name for this kind of a man4 ,the word means ,savior and ,jesus was in more senses than one a savior4 ,the word ,christ means 8the anointed one10 and then it is an official title4 ,it means1 ,the ,master of ,love4 ,when we say 8,jesus the ,christ0 we refer to the man and to his office2 just as we do when we say ,edward1 the ,king1 or ,lincoln1 the ,president4 ,edward was not always ,king1 and ,lincoln was not always ,president1 and ,jesus was not always ,christ4 ,jesus won his ,christship by a strenuous life1 and in the ,aquarian ,gospel1 chapter #ee1 we have a record of the events of his christing1 or receiving the degree ,christ4 ,here is where he was coronated by the highest earth authorities as the ,christ-,king2 properly speaking1 #8,the ,master of ,love'2 and after this was done he entered at once upon his ,judean and ,galilean ministry4 8,we recognize the facts that ,jesus was man and that ,christ was ,god1 so that in very truth ,jesus the ,christ was the ,god-man of the ages40 ,the ,nazarene's ,testimony4 ,jesus himself made the matter clear4 ,once when he was speaking to a congregation in ,bethany the people called him ,king and he stood forth and said3 8#8,i am not sent to sit upon a throne to rule as ,caesar rules2 and you may tell the ruler of the ,jews that ,i am not a claimant for his throne4 8#8,men call me ,christ1 and ,god has recognized the name2 but ,christ is not a man4 ,the ,christ is universal ,love1 and ,love is ,king4 8#8,this ,jesus is but man who has been fitted by temptations overcome1 by trials multiform1 to be the temple through which the ,christ can manifest to men4 8#8,then hear1 you men of ,israel1 hear6 ,look not upon the flesh2 it is not king4 ,look to the ,christ within who shall be formed in every one of you1 as he is formed in me4 8#8,when you have purified your hearts by faith1 the king will enter in and you will see his face4'0--,aquarian ,gospel #fh3aj-ad4 ,surely this question has been answered4 ,jesus was man2 ,christ was ,divine ,love--the ,love of ,god1 and after thirty years of strenuous life the man had made his body fit to be the temple of the holy breath and ,love took full possession1 and ,john well said when he declared3 8#8,and the ,word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld the glory of the only begotten of the ,father1 full of grace and truth4'0 #f ,who was ,levi1 the ,transcriber of this ,book8 ,regarding the personality of ,levi we are permitted to write but little4 ,suffice it to say that he is an ,american citizen1 and has been a close student of the religions of the world from childhood4 ,when but a boy he was impressed with the sensitiveness of the finer ethers and believed that in some manner they were sensitized plates on which sounds1 even thoughts1 were recorded4 ,with avidity he entered into the deeper studies of etheric vibration1 determined to solve the great mysteries of the heavens for himself4 ,forty years he spent in study and silent meditation1 and then he found himself in that stage of spiritual consciousness that permitted him to enter the domain of these superfine ethers and become familiar with their mysteries4 ,he then learned that the imaginings of his boyhood days were founded upon veritable facts1 and that every thought of every living thing is there recorded4 ,in his manuscript entitled 8,the ,cusp of the ,ages10 a part of which we have already reproduced in this ,introduction1 we find the following copy of the ,commission1 which ,levi received from ,visel1 the ,goddess of ,wisdom1 or the ,holy ,breath4 ,,levi',s ,,commission4 8,and then ,visel the holy one stood forth and said3 8,o ,levi1 son of man1 behold1 for you are called to be the message bearer of the coming age--the age of spirit blessedness4 8,give heed1 ,o son of man1 for men must know the ,christ1 the ,love of ,god2 for ,love is sovereign balm for all the wounds of men1 the remedy for every ill4 8,and man must be endowed with ,wisdom and with ,power and with an ,understanding heart4 8,behold the ,akasha6 ,behold the ,record ,galleries of ,visel where every thought and word and deed of every living thing is written down4 8,the needs of men are manifold1 and men must know their needs4 8,now1 ,levi1 hearken to my words3 go forth into these mystic ,galleries and read4 ,there you will find a message for the world2 for every man2 for every living thing4 8,i breathe upon you now the ,holy ,breath2 you will discriminate1 and you will know the lessons that these ,record ,books of ,god are keeping now for men of this new age4 8,this age will be an age of splendor and of light1 because it is the home age of the ,holy ,breath2 and ,holy ,breath will testify anew for ,christ1 the ,logos of eternal ,love4 8,at first of every age this ,logos is made manifest in flesh so man can see and know and comprehend a ,love that is not narrow1 circumscribed4 8,twelve times in every revolution of the sun this christed ,love of ,god is made full manifest in flesh upon the planes of earth1 and you may read in ,akasha the wondrous lessons that these ,christs have taught to men2 but you shall publish not to men the lessons of the ,christs of ancient times4 8,now1 ,levi1 message bearer of the ,spirit ,age1 take up your pen and write4 8,write full the story of ,the ,christ who built upon the ,solid ,rock of yonder circle of the sun--the ,christ who men have known as ,enoch the ,initiate4 8,write of his works as prophet1 priest and seer2 write of his life of purity and love1 and how he changed his carnal flesh to flesh divine without descending through the gates of death4 8,and you may write the story of ,melchizedec1 the ,christ who lived when ,abram lived1 and pointed out to men the way to life through sacrifice2 who gave his life a willing sacrifice for men4 8,and you may write the story of the ,prince of ,peace1 ,the ,christ who came as babe in ,bethlehem1 and traveled every way of life that man must tread4 8,he was despised1 rejected and abused2 was spit upon1 was crucified1 was buried in a tomb2 but he revived and rose a conqueror over death that he might show the possibilities of man4 8,a thousand times he said to men2 #8,i came to show the possibilities of man2 what ,i have done all men may do1 and what ,i am all men shall be4' 8,these stories of ,the ,christ will be enough1 for they contain the true philosophy of life1 of death and of the resurrection of the dead4 8,they show the spiral journey of the soul until the man of earth and ,god are one forevermore40 ,levi in ,prophecy4 ,about two thousand years ago ,elihu1 who conducted a school of the prophets in ,zoan1 ,egypt1 referred to ,levi thus3 8,this age will comprehend but little of the works of ,purity and ,love2 but not a word is lost1 for in the ,book of ,god's ,remembrance a registry is made of every thought and word and deed2 8,and when the world is ready to receive1 lo1 ,god will send a messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the messages of ,purity and ,love4 8,then every man of earth will read the words of life in the language of his native land1 and men will see the light4 8,and man again will be at one with ,god40--,aquarian ,gospel #g3be-bh4 ,further references to the personality of ,levi are1 seemingly1 unnecessary4 ,it matters but little who he is2 his work in the transcription of the ,aquarian ,gospel of ,jesus1 the ,christ1 stands unimpeachable4 ,the lessons of this book all bear the stamp of the ,nazarene1 for no man except the world's greatest master could have touched the high chords of divine ,love and ,wisdom which characterize the pages of this marvelous book4 #g ,what are the ,akashic ,records8 ,akasha is a ,sanskrit word1 and means 8,primary substance10 that out of which all things are formed4 ,according to ,aquarian philosophy1 it is the first stage of the crystallization of spirit4 ,this philosophy recognizes the fact that all primordial substance is spirit2 that matter is spirit moving at a lower rate of vibration1 becoming1 as one master expressed it1 a coagulum4 ,this ,akashic1 or primary substance1 is of exquisite fineness and is so sensitive that the slightest vibrations of an ether any place in the universe registers an indelible impression upon it4 ,this primal substance is not relegated to any particular part of the universe1 but is everywhere present4 ,it is in very fact the 8,universal ,mind0 of which our metaphysicians speak4 ,when the mind of man is in exact accord with the ,universal ,mind man enters into a conscious recognition of these ,akashic impressions1 and may collect them and translate them into any language of earth with which he is familiar4 ,in the infinite ,one manifest we note the attributes of ,force1 ,intelligence and ,love1 and a person may be in full accord with one of these attributes and not with the others4 ,one may enter fully into the spirit of the ,god of ,force and not be imbued with the spirit of ,intelligence2 or one may be wholly absorbed with the spirit of ,divine ,love and be far removed from both ,intelligence and ,force4 ,furthermore1 a person may enter fully into the consciousness of ,holy ,breath1 or ,supreme ,intelligence1 and be not at all in rapport with either ,love or ,force4 ,knowledge is not gained through the spirit of either ,force or ,love4 ,it is only from ,universal ,mind1 which is ,supreme ,intelligence1 called by ,oriental scholars the ,akashic ,records1 and by ,hebrew masters1 the ,book of ,god's ,remembrance1 that knowledge of any kind can be obtained4 ,consciousness2 we note three phases of it3 #a ,consciousness of the omnipotence of ,god and man4 #b ,christ consciousness1 or consciousness of ,divine ,love4 #c ,consciousness of the ,holy ,breath1 or of ,supreme ,intelligence4 ,we must bear in mind that one of these phases of consciousness does not necessarily imply either of the others4 ,people are frequently found who are completely filled with the ,love of ,god1 are far advanced in the science of ,christ consciousness1 who are absolutely ignorant2 have not the slightest conception of the laws of natural things or of spiritual things2 are not in rapport with the great ,teacher which is the ,holy ,spirit4 ,the ,akashic ,records4 ,the imperishable records of life1 known as the ,akashic ,records1 are wholly in the domain of ,supreme ,intelligence1 or ,universal ,mind1 and the ,akashic ,record reader must be in such close touch with the ,holy ,spirit1 or the ,holy ,breath1 as the ancient masters call this spirit of ,supreme ,intelligence1 that every thought vibration is instantly felt in every fibre of his being4 ,differentiation4 ,since all space is charged with the vibrations of thoughts of all kinds how may the ,akashic ,record reader differentiate and gather only the thoughts and life events of a particular person or group of persons8 ,every person has his own distinct vibration and when the reader fully understands the law of discrimination his whole being is tuned for the reception of the one particular tone and rhythm1 and it is impossible for any other tone or rhythm to make the slightest impression upon him4 ,this principle is demonstrated in wireless telegraphy4 ,it required many years for ,levi to learn the ,law of ,differentiation1 and to come in rapport with the tones and rhythms of ,jesus of ,nazareth1 ,enoch and ,melchizedec and their co-laborers4 ,but under the direction of the ,spirit of ,supreme ,intelligence1 he has attained unto this accomplishment1 and now he instantly feels in all his being the slightest vibrations that come from any of these great centers and1 of course1 all of his transcriptions are true to the letter4 ,,man4 8,what is man that thou art mindful of him1 or the son of man that thou visiteth him80 ,this was the earnest question of ,david1 the ,hebrew ,psalmist1 and the #hth ,psalm is given wholly to the contemplation of man1 the crowning work of manifest creation4 ,among the many great lessons that ,levi has been permitted to gather from the ,akashic ,records1 or the ,universal ,mind1 we find one on ,man in which his descent into physical matter and his final ascent into an eternal oneness with ,god is so graphically described that it certainly merits a place in this ,introduction1 and we give it in full3 8,time never was when man was not4 8,if life of man at any time began a time would come when it would end4 8,the thoughts of ,god cannot be circumscribed4 ,no finite mind can comprehend things infinite4 8,all finite things are subject unto change4 ,all finite things will cease to be1 because there was a time when they were not4 8,the bodies and the soul of men are finite things1 and they will change1 yea1 from the finite point of view the time will come when they will be no more4 8,but man himself is not the body1 nor the soul2 he is a spirit and is part of ,god4 8,creative ,fiat gave to man1 to spirit man1 a soul that he might function on the plane of soul2 gave him a body of the flesh1 that he might function on the plane of things made manifest4 8,why did creative ,fiat give to spirit man a soul that he might function on the plane of soul8 8,why did creative ,fiat give to soul a body of the flesh that it might function on the plane of things that are made manifest8 8,hear1 now1 ye worlds1 dominions1 powers and thrones6 8,hear1 now1 ye cherubim1 ye seraphim1 ye angels and ye men6 8,hear1 now1 ,o protoplast1 and earth1 and plant and beast6 8,hear1 now1 ye creeping things of earth1 ye fish that swim1 ye birds that fly6 8,hear1 now1 ye winds that blow1 ye thunders and ye lightnings of the sky6 8,hear1 now1 ye spirits of the fire1 of water1 earth and air6 8,hear1 now1 ,o everything that is1 or was1 or evermore will be1 for ,wisdom speaks from out the highest plane of spirit life3 8,man is a thought of ,god2 all thoughts of ,god are infinite2 they are not measured up by time1 for things that are concerned with time begin and end4 8,the thoughts of ,god are from the everlasting of the past unto the never ending days to come--,and so is man1 the ,spirit-man4 8,but man1 like every other thought of ,god1 was but a seed1 a seed that held within itself the potencies of ,god1 just as the seed of any plant of earth holds deep within itself the attributes of every part of that especial plant4 8,so spirit-man1 as seed of ,god1 held deep within himself the attributes of every part of ,god4 8,now1 seeds are perfect1 yea1 as perfect as the source from which they come2 but they are not unfolded into life made manifest4 8,the child in utero is perfect as the mother is4 8,so man1 the seed1 must be deep planted in a soil that he might grow1 unfold1 as does the bud unfold to show the flower4 8,the human seed that came forth from the heart of ,god was full ordained to be the lord of plane of soul1 and of the plane of things made manifest4 8,so ,god1 the husbandman of every thing that is1 threw forth this human seed into the soil of soul2 it grew apace1 and man became a living soul2 and he became the lord of all the kingdom of the soul4 8,hark1 now1 let every creature hear1 ,the plane of soul is but the ether of the spirit plane vibrating not so fast1 and in the slower rhythm of this plane the essences of life are manifest2 the perfumes and the odors1 the true sensations and the all of love are manifest4 8,and these soul attributes become a body beautiful4 8,a multitude of lessons man must learn upon the plane of soul2 and here he tarries many ages until his lessons are all learned4 8,upon the boundary of the plane of soul the ether began to vibrate slower still1 and then the essences took on a garb2 the perfumes and the odors and the true sensations and the all of love were clothed in flesh2 and man was clothed in flesh4 8,perfected man must pass through all the ways of life1 and so a carnal nature was full manifest1 a nature that sprang forth from fleshly things4 8,without a foe a soldier never knows his strength1 and thought must be developed by the exercise of strength4 8,and so this carnal nature soon became a foe that man must fight1 that he might be the strength of ,god made manifest4 8,let every living thing stand still and hear6 8,man is the lord of all the plane of manifests2 of protoplast1 of mineral1 of plant1 of beast2 but he has given up his birthright1 just to gratify his lower self1 his carnal self4 8,but man will full regain his lost estate1 his heritage2 but he must do it in a conflict that cannot be told in words4 8,yea1 he must suffer trials and temptations manifold2 but let him know that cherubim and seraphim that rule the stations of the sun1 and spirits of the mighty ,god who rule the solar stars are his protectors and his guides1 and they will lead to victory4 8,man will be fully saved1 redeemed1 perfected by the things he suffers on the plane of flesh1 and on the plane of soul4 8,when man has conquered carnal things his garb of flesh will then have served its purpose well and it will fall1 will be no more4 8,then he will stand untrammeled on the plane of soul where he must full complete his victories40 8,unnumbered foes will stand before the man upon the plane of soul2 there he must overcome1 yea1 overcome them every one4 8,thus hope will ever be his beacon light2 there is no failure for the human soul1 for ,god is leading on and victory is sure4 8,man cannot die2 the spirit man is one with ,god1 and while ,god lives man cannot die4 8,when man has conquered every foe upon the plane of soul the seed will have full opened out1 will have unfolded in the ,holy ,breath4 8,the garb of soul will then have served its purpose well1 and man will need it never more1 and it will pass and be no more4 8,and man will then attain unto the blessedness of perfectness and be at one with ,god40 ,,subject ,,index ,a general outline of the incidents and topics of the book will be found in the ,contents which appears in the first part of the volume4 ,a ,,chap4 ,abram1 ,sketch of life #aj ,account must be given #aje ,accusers are the greatest sinners #acb ,address of ,jesus at magian feast #ci ,address of ,jesus to ,chaldeans #db ,address of ,jesus to ,atheneans #dd ,address of ,delphic ,oracle #dd ,address of ,jesus1 final to ,atheneans #df ,address of ,jesus at ,jordan ford #fd ,address of ,jesus in ,bethany #fh ,address of ,jesus concerning ,john #fg ,address of ,jesus in ,bethlehem #gf ,address of ,john on ,jesus and the ,christ #hj ,address of ,jesus at ,jacob's well #hb ,adultery defined by man #ih ,adultery lies in the desire #ih ,adulterer1 the one who lusts #adc ,adon ,mashich ,cumi #agb ,afraid of ,jesus' power1 priests #ca ,afflictions partial payments on debts #ach ,afflictions1 lesson of ,jesus #ach ,afflictions merited2 the law 7,v4 #e1 #f7 #ach ,age1 ,messiah comes at first of every #gc ,ajainin2 ,jesus his guest #cg ,ajainin in ,benares to see ,jesus #bi ,ajainin visits ,jesus #bi ,almsgiving1 lesson of ,jesus on #id ,almighty ,god1 the ,father2 ,omniscient ,god1 the ,mother #ig ,alarmed at power of ,jesus1 ,gadarines #aah ,alone on mountain1 ,jesus prays #abh ,alertness of ,pharisees to apprehend ,jesus #aej ,altars of ,grecian gods #df ,amazed at resurrection of ,lazarus #adh ,amphitheater1 ,jesus and ,apollo in #dd ,angered at ,jesus' words about castes1 priests #bd ,anger a crime #ig ,anxiety about earthly things #ii ,anxious ,martha #acf ,anointed ,jesus with perfumes1 ,mary #aei ,ananias bribes ,judas to betray ,jesus #aei ,ananias1 leader of arresting party #afd ,answering prayer3 how ,god helps #df ,appeal of ,jesus to the mob #afd ,apollo opens up door of ,greek lore to ,jesus #dd ,apollo states needs of ,greece #eg ,apostles are chosen #hh ,apostles1 all at ,jesus' home #hi ,apostles and ,jesus at ,capernaum #abc ,apostles confirmed as saviors #abg ,apostles flee to avoid arrest #afd ,apostolic charge of ,jesus #hi ,archelaus1 ruler in ,jerusalem #g ,ashamed of his cowardice1 ,peter #afd ,ashbina recognizes ,jesus #db ,ashbina states needs of ,assyria #eg ,asher's ,inn1 ,jesus at #gh ,ask in faith2 ,god answers #acg ,assassination of ,zacharias #f ,athens1 ,jesus meets the masters #dd ,athens beach1 storm on #df ,attainment possible #aja ,augustus ,caesar #a ,author of misfortune1 is ,god8 #aad ,avesta #aj ,awaiting coming of ,holy ,breath #aha ,b ,baal1 ,assyrian ,idol #dc ,babylon1 ,jesus and ,ashbina in #dc ,babylon1 its wicked kings #dc ,balm of life1 the air we breathe #da ,baptism instituted #ae ,baptism of ,jesus by the ,harbinger #fd ,baptism of many people by the ,harbinger #fd ,baptism adopted by ,jesus as disciples' pledge #gh ,baptism by ,jesus of six disciples #gh ,baptized1 ,john the ,harbinger #ae ,barachia1 ,rabi1 teacher of ,jesus #ag ,barato ,arabo1 friend of ,jesus #cb ,bartimeus1 healed by ,jesus #aej ,barren fig tree withered #aeb ,barabbas appointed scapegoat #afh ,bar-,simon's feast #aei ,beatitudes1 formulated by ,jesus #ie ,belus1 monument of folly #dc ,benediction of ,jesus on his kindred #fi ,benediction of ,jesus on all #ahj ,benediction of ,jesus on the seventy #adj ,benediction of ,jesus on ,ladak #cf ,benediction of ,elihu and ,salome #dg ,best servant1 the best ruler #adf ,bethlehem1 ,jesus born in #c ,bethlehem1 ,jesus in #gf ,bethany1 ,jesus in #gg ,bethany1 home of ,lazarus #gg ,bethany1 ,jesus at ,lazarus' house #acg ,bethany1 ,christines returned to #adh ,bethesda1 ,jesus surrounded by the sick #ia ,bethabara1 ,jesus in #adg ,betrayal by ,judas #afj ,betrayal of ,jesus by a kiss #afd ,birth1 of ,holy ,breath #ge ,birth1 of water #ge ,birthday feast of child ,jesus #af ,birthday feast of ,herod #aag ,blessed is the ,son of ,man #aef ,blessedness of living the word of ,god #ajh ,blind leaders and their followers #ajj ,blind man healed by ,jesus #ach ,blind man's story of his healing #ach ,blind guides #abf ,book of ,god's ,remembrance #g1 #aeh ,book of ,life #eh1 #aji1 #aeh ,brahm1 ,elihu's lesson on #aj ,brahmic priests seeking wisdom #ba ,brahmic philosophy1 ,elihu's lesson #aj ,bread from heaven #hb ,broad is the way of wickedness #aja ,brotherhood of life #cd ,brotherhood of ,right #hc ,buddha1 ,life and works of #aa1 #cd ,buddhist temple open for ,jesus #ca ,building on sand cannot stand #aja ,building on rock stands forever #aja ,burial of the ,harbinger in ,hebron #aag ,burial of ,jesus in ,joseph's tomb #aga ,busybodies seek faults in others #ajj ,c ,caesarea--,philippi1 ,christines in #abh ,caiaphas1 ,jesus in palace of #afe ,camel1 a present to ,jesus #cg ,capernaum1 ,christines in #ga ,car of ,jagernath at ,katak #bf ,carnal man's rule of life #ajj ,carnal thoughts defile the mind #abf ,carnal self1 ,jesus' temptation #fe ,care of ,god for every thing #aji ,caring for the helpless #gd ,carpenter1 ,jesus serves as #bj ,castes1 ,brahmic priest explains #bd ,castes1 ,jesus reveals injustice of #bd ,cause of afflictions #ach ,censures ,jesus for healing1 ,priest #adj ,ceremonial forms are symbols #ce ,comforter1 ,holy ,breath1 promised #afa ,coming ,age1 its needs #ce ,coming trials of ,apostles1 ,jesus foretold #abg ,commits to ,john care of his ,mother and ,miriam1 ,jesus #agj ,common people1 ,jesus abides with #bd ,common people become guests #aec ,common people receive ,jesus #gc ,courtesans and thieves1 ,jesus sits with #bg ,conclusion of ,jesus' ,galilean ministry #adi ,confession of faith1 ,andrew #ff ,confession of faith1 ,nathaniel #ff ,confession of faith1 ,philip #ff ,confession of faith1 ,peter #ff ,confession of faith1 the people #fh ,confession of faith1 ,lamaas #hj ,confession of faith1 ,bethlehemites #gg ,confession of faith1 ,samaritan woman #ha ,confession of faith1 ,samaritans #hb ,confession of faith essential #aji ,confession of faith not to be bought #ajg ,confession of faith1 the healed blind man #aci ,confession of ,peter3 8,thou art the ,christ0 #abh ,chaldea1 ,jesus in #db ,charge to ,mary and ,elizabeth by ,elihu #g ,charge1 the final to ,mary and ,elizabeth by ,elihu #ab ,charge to ,jesus by ,brotherhood ,hierophant #dh ,charge to the ,apostles #abb ,charge to the foreign ,masters #abb ,charge to the seventy #acc ,charges against ,jesus read #afe ,child the symbol of greatness #aca ,children sing praises of ,jesus #aea ,christ2 theme of sixth postulate1 ,matheno #ei ,christ in ,jesus eulogized #gi ,christ in ,jesus explained by ,john #gi ,christ in the heart essential #gi ,christ the ,bread of ,life #abe ,christ flesh and blood #abe ,christ the ,rock #abh ,christ recognized by voice from heaven #abi ,christ a name of power #ahb ,christ the shepherd #acf ,christine consciousness #ga ,christines in ,nazareth ,synagogue #hf ,christines in ,cana #hg ,christines in ,capernaum #ic1 #aah ,christines in ,jesus' house #ajb ,christines in ,mary's home #aab ,christines in ,philip's house #aaf ,christines in ,nazareth #aba ,christine church opened #ahb ,christines in ,jericho #adi ,christines on ,mount of ,olives #aeg ,chuzas and ,jesus #abc ,conflicts precede peace #aac ,congratulates his disciples1 ,jesus #adj ,conqueror of carnal self #adb ,consecration of ,jesus #d ,consecration1 ,jesus' lesson to disciples on #aab ,consecration of ,apostles #hi ,conscience stricken ,judas returns bribe money #afi ,constant preparation #aeg ,courtesan at feast in ,simon's house #ajd ,courtesan shows gratitude #ajd ,courtesan's sins forgiven #ajd ,courtesan brought before ,jesus #acd ,courtesan and ,publicans at feast of ,god #aec ,covetousness is theft #ih ,coward1 the man who fights #ig ,circle2 its meaning #dh ,cross must be borne #abi ,cross1 each must bear his own #adb ,cross the sea1 ,christines #aag1 #abd ,crippled healed tells the news #ia ,crippled man sought healing waters #ia ,crucifixion not permitted #afh ,crucifixion1 ,jesus' secret lesson on #abg ,cruelty of sacrifice #ai ,crumbs1 twelve baskets full gathered #abd ,d ,darkness intense on ,calvary #aga ,david's cave home of the ,harbinger #a ,dawn of ,peace1 ,lamaas' question #aac ,day of the ,lord #aeg ,day ,star #ad1 #hh ,death of ,jesus' father #cj ,death and burial of ,elizabeth #ae ,death1 ,matheno's lesson on #ae ,death1 ,jesus defines it #abj ,dead should care for the dead #aag ,deeds are seeds that grow #ajj ,defends ,judas1 ,jesus #afd ,defends ,mary's act #aei ,defends a man for taking bread #acb ,defends healing on the ,sabbath #ada ,defilement creature of the heart #abi ,delphic ,oracle speaks #de ,demonstration an illusion #ajg ,demonstration1 ,jesus promises one #ajg ,denies his ,lord thrice1 ,peter #afe ,denial of ,peter1 ,jesus' prophecy #afa ,departure of ,jesus foretold #afb ,departs by night from ,benares #ca ,departing glory of ,jerusalem1 lamentation #aea ,destruction of ,jerusalem foretold #aeg ,destruction of life on ,athens beach #df ,descent of man1 ,third ,postulate #eh ,desire inspires words and deeds #aja ,devil the lower self of man #h ,devil1 man the maker #ci ,diamond ,rule 7,v4 #aj7 #aja ,disappears suddenly1 ,jesus #hd ,disciples deserted their ,lord #abe ,disease defined by ,jesus #gd ,divided service1 ,jesus' lesson #aje ,divided house cannot stand #ajf ,division of the prepared and the unprepared #ade ,door to feast hall low #aec ,dog wounded1 cared for by ,jesus #gd ,double-hearted man #ii ,doubt causes ,peter to sink #abd ,dove symbol of peace #gf ,drunkard's child calls on ,jesus for help #ib ,drunkard saved by ,jesus #ib ,drowned child restored by ,jesus #gd ,duality of the one ,god #ig ,dues1 give to ,caesar his own #gc ,e ,earthquake shakes ,calvary #aga ,eat grain on ,sabbath1 ,christines #ic ,eating flesh of ,christ #abe ,education of ,john finished #fa ,effort1 not result1 receives credit #adc ,egotism of ,pharisees #aee ,egypt1 ,jesus goes to #df ,elder brother of the prodigal son #add ,elihu and ,salome entertain ,joseph1 ,mary and ,jesus #e ,elijah reincarnates as the ,harbinger #abi ,embalmed body of ,jesus #aga ,empty tomb found by woman #agc ,ensnare ,jesus by his words1 plan to #ajh ,ephraim hills1 ,christines in #adh ,epileptic obsessed child #acj ,epileptic obsessed child healed by ,jesus #abc ,escape from ,herod1 ,elizabeth and ,john #f ,esoteric lesson from the carpenter's tools #bj ,eulogises the children #aea ,euphrates1 ,jesus crosses the #db ,events all part of ,god's plan #he ,evil1 its cause #ca ,evil a myth #h ,evil things transmuted by fire #aaf ,evolution explained by ,jesus #cb ,evolution of sacred scriptures #ad ,exaltation1 philosophy of #i ,exaltation for those who live the life #adf ,exaltation of her sons1 request of ,mary #adf ,examination of ,jesus before ,pilate #afg ,excuses of invited guests #ada ,extremity of ,peter ,jesus' opportunity #abd ,f ,failure of the apostles to heal due to carelessness #acj ,faith1 its power demonstrated #da ,faith saved child from death #cf ,faith defined #bb ,faith the key to all good #aja ,faith1 the healing balm #ajb ,faith heals the nobleman's son #hg ,faith the wings of prayer #acj ,faith the power of ,god #acj ,faith cannot be bought nor sold #ajg ,faithfulness of ,apostles #adg ,fall of man explained #cb ,false witnesses testify2 ,jesus adjudged guilty #afe ,false ,christs will deceive many #aeg ,farewell address to ,pilate1 ,jesus' #afc ,farmer1 ,jesus abides with one #bh ,fast1 theme of ,jesus' address #id1 #aai ,fasting may do one good1 another harm #aai ,father gives his son to save #cf ,feast in ,jerusalem #abd1 #acc ,feast of ,god1 all people must be guests #ada ,feast of ,pharisee in ,magdala #ajh ,feast for ,christines1 ,matthew's #aai ,feast for ,christines1 ,lazarus' #ib ,feast at home of ,simon1 a ,pharisee #ajd ,feast of ,god #aec ,feast to ,magian god #ci ,feast of ,joachim and ,anna #af ,feast in ,jerusalem1 ,jesus present at #ah1 #ai ,feast1 ,mary makes for ,jesus #dc ,feast of ,ravanna in ,nazareth #ba ,feast of ,ach at ,bahar #bg ,feast of ,udraka #bh ,feast1 ,paschal at ,jerusalem #gb ,fear and unbelief asses that bind man's will #ib ,festival at ,jerusalem #ij ,final lessons of ,jesus #afc ,fire1 ,bethany in flames #ib ,fire controlled by ,jesus' word #ib ,fish1 a multitude caught #hh ,five thousand fed #abd ,flesh not immortal1 may be dissolved #aji ,flowing spring near ,persepolis #da ,fly across the sea1 demand of ,pharisees #ajg ,foe of ,john1 is ,jesus one8 #gi ,followers of ,john become disciples #ff ,food does not defile the mind #abf ,force1 ,intelligence and ,love #eh ,foreign plants are ,scribes and ,pharisees #abf ,forerunner of ,jesus1 ,john #fc ,forgiveness of sins is healing #ij ,forgiveness the paying of debts #id ,forgiveness1 its meaning #ac1 #cf ,found in the ,temple1 ,jesus #bj ,fountain of the temple1 ,jesus bathes in #dg ,four thousand fed #abh ,freed1 all ,gadara was #aah ,freedom1 theme of ,jesus' address #hf ,friendship result of kindness #hc ,fruitless fig tree made to wither #aje ,fulfilling the law #ie ,g ,gadara1 ,christines in #aah ,garden of ,siloam1 ,jesus' tomb #agb ,garments divided by soldiers #agj ,gethsemane1 ,jesus in #afc ,gennesaret1 ,christines in valley of #abh ,geracines1 ,christines in #aad ,gift of anything1 ,herod's offer to ,salome #aag ,give ,caesar his own3 give ,god his own #aee ,god2 the ,one1 the three1 the seven #i ,god's remembrance day1 ,thursday #afj ,god is spirit #ha ,golden ,rule #fh1 #ig ,good and ,evil #aai ,greatest master yet to come #ad ,greatest in the sight of ,god #aca ,greatest commandment #aee ,greatness1 ,jesus' lesson on #aca ,grecian masters1 ,jesus teaches #de ,grecian ,jews call on ,jesus #aef ,greece1 ,jesus in #dd ,groves of ,cyrus1 ,jesus in #dj ,growth of man in carnal soul #eh ,guards of ,herod torture ,jesus #afg ,guardian spirit for every child #aca ,guests of child ,jesus at feast #af ,guest without a wedding robe #aed ,h ,hair1 ,mary wipes ,jesus' feet with her #aei ,happiness is near for man of faith #cc ,harbinger ,john1 ,matheno's charge to #ae ,harbinger paves the way #fb ,haughty guests would not kneel #aec ,healing art2 ,jesus teaches ,ajainin #cg ,healing fount of ,persepolis #da ,healing art2 ,udraka's lesson #bc ,healing not paying debts #ach ,healing on ,sabbath defended #gd1 #ia1 #ic1 #adj ,heals in ,gennesaret #abe ,heals infant in ,leh1 ,jesus #cf ,heals child by ,persian fount #da ,heals a woman #adj ,heals in the temple #gd1 #aeb ,heals withered hand #ic ,healing virtue of ,bethesda #ia ,healing virtue is faith #ia ,healing on ,sabbath resented #gd1 #ic ,healing methods described #gd ,head of ,john given to ,salome #aag ,hebron1 ,jesus in #gg ,heliopolis1 ,jesus in temple of #dg ,hell1 here and now #cc ,herod ,antipas #a1 #he ,herod and the wise men #e ,herod hears charges #afg ,herod sends ,john to ,pilate #afg ,herod orders ,jesus crucified #afh ,herod's death #f ,herodias1 immoral woman #he ,hero1 man who answers not #ig ,heresy of ,john #he ,henchman of courts #aaa ,helpfulness to others #ajj ,help for storm-wrecked sailors #aad ,hierophant receives ,jesus #dg ,history of ,jesus told by ,hillel #ba ,historic address by ,peter #ahb ,holy ,breath as a dove #fd ,holy ,breath1 thought of heaven #i ,holy ,breath1 fill this child #cf ,holy ,breath1 mission to the world #afb ,holy ,breath fills the air #abf ,holy ,breath1 the teacher #aji1 #abh ,holy ,breath will come again #aje ,holy ,breath1 ,jesus bathes in #gi ,holy ,breath consciousness #fe ,home life1 ,ruth's lesson #gg ,homeless boy cared for by ,jesus #gd ,home of ,jesus in ,capernaum #hg ,honor to ,father and ,mother #ig ,hypocrisy1 ,jesus' lesson on #abf ,hypocrisy will blight soul #aje ,hypocrisy of ,pharisees #ajh ,hungry in wilderness #fe ,i ,identity of ,jesus considered #abh ,idolatry condemned #if ,ignorant learned men #ajd ,impartial ,god cares for all #ii ,impartiality of ,god #hb ,impartiality of ,god1 child ,jesus' lesson #ag ,imprisonment of the ,harbinger #he ,incessant work of ,jesus #aje ,indignation of ten ,apostles #adf ,infant saved from flames by ,jesus #ib ,inn at ,mount ,olives #ia ,inner light that cannot fail #abh ,inner life revealed to disciples #add ,inscription above the cross #agj ,j ,jaganath1 ,jesus in #bb ,jairus' daughter dies #abj ,jealous brothers of ,jesus #dc ,jealousy unknown in ,brotherhood of ,right #hc ,jericho1 ,john with ,alpheus in #fc ,jerusalem1 ,jesus' prophetic address #aeg ,jesus1 birth of #c ,jesus meets the ,harbinger #fd ,jesus a man1 not a ,god #bf ,jewish mob demand ,jesus' death #afh ,jewish soldiers guard ,jesus' tomb #aga ,john1 birth and childhood #b ,john in the trial chamber #afe ,john with ,massalian #afd ,johavehe #ach ,jonah and the 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temple she received the blessings of the priests4 #h ,the high priest was a prophet and a seer1 and when he saw the child he said1 #i ,behold1 this child will be the mother of an honored prophet and a master of the law2 she shall abide within this holy temple of the ,lord4 #aj ,and ,mary did abide within the temple of the ,lord2 and ,hillel1 chief of the ,sanhedrim1 taught her all the precepts of the ,jews1 and she delighted in the law of ,god4 #aa ,when ,mary reached the age of womanhood she was betrothed to ,joseph1 son of ,jacob1 and a carpenter of ,nazareth4 #ab ,and ,joseph was an upright man2 and a devoted ,essenes4 ,,section ,,ii4 ,,beth4 ,birth and ,infancy of ,john1 the ,harbinger1 and of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #b4 ,zacharias and ,elizabeth4 ,prophetic messages of ,gabriel to ,zacharias1 ,elizabeth and ,mary4 ,birth of ,john4 ,prophecy of ,zacharias4 ,near ,hebron in the hills of ,judah1 ,zacharias and ,elizabeth abode4 #b ,they were devout and just1 and every day they read the ,law1 the ,prophets and the ,psalms which told of one to come1 strong to redeem2 and they were waiting for the king4 #c ,now1 ,zacharias was a priest1 and in his turn he led the temple service in ,jerusalem4 #d ,it came to pass as ,zacharias stood before the ,lord and burned the incense in the ,holy ,place1 that ,gabriel came and stood before his face4 #e ,and ,zacharias was afraid2 he thought that some great evil was about to come upon the ,jews4 #f ,but ,gabriel said1 ,o man of ,god1 fear not2 ,i bring to you1 and all the world1 a message of good will1 and peace on earth4 #g ,behold1 the ,prince of ,peace1 the king you seek1 will quickly come4 #h ,your wife will bear to you a son1 a holy son1 of whom the prophet wrote1 #i ,behold1 ,i send ,elijah unto you again before the coming of the ,lord2 and he will level down the hills and fill the valleys up1 and pave the way for him who shall redeem4 #aj ,from the beginning of the age your son has borne the name of ,john1 the mercy of the ,lord2 his name is ,john4 #aa ,he will be honored in the sight of ,god1 and he will drink no wine1 and from his birth he will be filled with ,holy ,breath4 #ab ,and ,gabriel stood before ,elizabeth as she was in the silence in her home1 and told her all the words that he had said to ,zacharias in ,jerusalem4 #ac ,when he had done the service of his course1 the priest went home1 and with ,elizabeth rejoiced4 #ad ,five months passed by and ,gabriel came to ,mary in her home in ,nazareth and said1 #ae ,hail ,mary1 hail6 ,once blessed in the name of ,god2 twice blessed in the name of ,holy ,breath2 thrice blessed in the name of ,christ2 for you are worthy1 and will bear a son who shall be called ,immanuel4 #af ,his name is ,jesus1 for he saves his people from their sins4 #ag ,when ,joseph's daily task was done he came1 and ,mary told him all the words that ,gabriel spoke to her1 and they rejoiced2 for they believed that he1 the man of ,god1 had spoken words of truth4 #ah ,and ,mary went with haste to tell ,elizabeth about the promises of ,gabriel2 together they rejoiced4 #ai ,and in the home of ,zacharias and ,elizabeth did ,mary tarry ninety days2 then she returned to ,nazareth4 #bj ,to ,zacharias and ,elizabeth a son was born1 and ,zacharias said1 #ba ,most blessed be the name of ,god1 for he has opened up the fount of blessings for his people1 ,israel4 #bb ,his promises are verified2 for he has brought to pass the words which holy prophets spoke in olden times4 #bc ,and ,zacharias looked upon the infant ,john1 and said1 #bd ,you will be called the prophet of the ,holy ,one2 and you will go before his face1 and will prepare his way4 #be ,and you will give a knowledge of salvation unto ,israel2 and you will preach the gospel of repentance and the blotting out of sins4 #bf ,behold1 for soon the ,day ,star from on high will visit us1 to light the way for those who sit within the darkness of the shadowland1 and guide our feet unto the ways of peace4 ,,chapter #c4 ,birth of ,jesus4 ,masters honor the child4 ,the shepherds rejoice4 ,zacharias and ,elizabeth visit ,mary4 ,jesus is circumcised4 ,the time was nearly due for ,jesus to be born1 and ,mary longed to see ,elizabeth1 and she and ,joseph turned their faces toward the ,judean hills4 #b ,and when upon their way they came to ,bethlehem the day was done1 and they must tarry for the night4 #c ,but ,bethlehem was thronged with people going to ,jerusalem2 the inns and homes were filled with guests1 and ,joseph and his wife could find no place to rest but in a cave where animals were kept2 and there they slept4 #d ,at midnight came a cry1 ,a child is born in yonder cave among the beasts4 ,and lo1 the promised son of man was born4 #e ,and strangers took the little one and wrapped him in the dainty robes that ,mary had prepared and laid him in a trough from which the beasts of burden fed4 #f ,three persons clad in snow-white robes came in and stood before the child and said1 #g ,all strength1 all wisdom and all love be yours1 ,immanuel4 #h ,now1 on the hills of ,bethlehem were many flocks of sheep with shepherds guarding them4 #i ,the shepherds were devout1 were men of prayer1 and they were waiting for a strong deliverer to come4 #aj ,and when the child of promise came a man in snow-white robe appeared to them1 and they fell back in fear4 ,the man stood forth and said1 #aa ,fear not6 behold ,i bring you joyful news4 ,at midnight in a cave in ,bethlehem was born the prophet and the king that you have long been waiting for4 #ab ,and then the shepherds all were glad2 they felt that all the hills were filled with messengers of light1 who said1 #ac ,all glory be to ,god on high2 peace1 peace on earth1 good will to men4 #ad ,and then the shepherds came with haste to ,bethlehem and to the cave1 that they might see and honor him whom men had called ,immanuel4 #ae ,now1 when the morning came1 a shepherdess whose home was near1 prepared a room for ,mary1 ,joseph and the child2 and here they tarried many days4 #af ,and ,joseph sent a messenger in haste to ,zacharias and ,elizabeth to say1 ,the child is born in ,bethlehem4 #ag ,and ,zacharias and ,elizabeth took ,john and came to ,bethlehem with words of cheer4 #ah ,and ,mary and ,elizabeth recounted all the wondrous things that had transpired4 ,the people joined with them in praising ,god4 #ai ,according to the custom of the ,jews1 the child was circumcised2 and when they asked1 ,what will you call the child8 the mother said1 ,his name is ,jesus1 as the man of ,god declared4 ,,chapter #d4 ,consecration of ,jesus4 ,mary offers sacrifices4 ,simeon and ,anna prophesy4 ,anna is rebuked for worshipping the child4 ,the family returns to ,bethlehem4 ,now1 ,mary took her son1 when he was forty days of age1 up to the temple in ,jerusalem1 and he was consecrated by the priest4 #b ,and then she offered purifying sacrifices for herself1 according to the custom of the ,jews2 a lamb and two young turtle doves4 #c ,a pious ,jew named ,simeon was in the temple serving ,god4 #d ,from early youth he had been looking for ,immanuel to come1 and he had prayed to ,god that he might not depart until his eyes had seen ,messiah in the flesh4 #e ,and when he saw the infant ,jesus he rejoiced and said1 ,i now am ready to depart in peace1 for ,i have seen the king4 #f ,and then he took the infant in his arms and said1 ,behold1 this child will bring a sword upon my people1 ,israel1 and all the world2 but he will break the sword and then the nations will learn war no more4 #g ,the master's cross ,i see upon the forehead of this child1 and he will conquer by this sign4 #h ,and in the temple was a widow1 four and eighty years of age1 and she departed not1 but night and day she worshipped ,god4 #i ,and when she saw the infant ,jesus she exclaimed1 ,behold ,immanuel6 ,behold the signet cross of the ,messiah on his brow6 #aj ,and then the woman knelt to worship him1 as ,god with us1 ,immanuel2 but one1 a master clothed in white1 appeared and said1 #aa ,good woman1 stay2 take heed to what you do2 you may not worship man2 this is idolatry4 #ab ,this child is man1 the son of man1 and worthy of all praise4 ,you shall adore and worship ,god2 him only shall you serve4 #ac ,the woman rose and bowed her head in thankfulness and worshipped ,god4 #ad ,and ,mary took the infant ,jesus and returned to ,bethlehem4 ,,chapter #e4 ,three magian priests honor ,jesus4 ,herod is alarmed4 ,calls a council of the ,jews4 ,is told that prophets had foretold the coming of a king4 ,herod resolves to kill the child4 ,mary and ,joseph take ,jesus and flee into ,egypt4 ,beyond the river ,euphrates the magians lived2 and they were wise1 could read the language of the stars and they divined that one1 a master soul1 was born2 they saw his star above ,jerusalem4 #b ,and there were three among the magian priests who longed to see the master of the coming age2 and they took costly gifts and hastened to the ,west in search of him1 the new-born king1 that they might honor him4 #c ,and one took gold1 the symbol of nobility2 another myrrh1 the symbol of dominion and of power2 gum-thus the other took1 the symbol of the wisdom of the sage4 #d ,now when the magians reached ,jerusalem the people were amazed1 and wondered who they were and why they came4 #e ,and when they asked1 ,where is the child that has been born a king8 the very throne of ,herod seemed to shake4 #f ,and ,herod sent a courtier forth to bring the magians to his court4 #g ,and when they came they asked again1 ,where is the new born king8 ,and then they said1 ,while yet beyond the ,euphrates we saw his star arise1 and we have come to honor him4 #h ,and ,herod blanched with fear4 ,he thought1 perhaps1 the priests were plotting to restore the kingdom of the ,jews1 and so he said within himself1 ,i will know more about this child that has been born a king4 #i ,and so he told the magian priests to tarry in the city for a while and he would tell them all about the king4 #aj ,he called in council all the ,jewish masters of the law and asked1 ,what have the ,jewish prophets said concerning such a one8 #aa ,the ,jewish masters answered him and said1 ,the prophets long ago foretold that one would come to rule the tribes of ,israel2 that this ,messiah would be born in ,bethlehem4 #ab ,they said1 ,the prophet ,micah wrote1 ,o ,bethlehem ,judea1 a little place among the ,judean hills1 yet out of you will one come forth to rule my people1 ,israel2 yea1 one who lived in olden times1 in very ancient days4 #ac ,then ,herod called the magian priests again and told them what the masters of the ,jewish law had said2 and then he sent them on the way to ,bethlehem4 #ad ,he said1 ,go search1 and if you find the child that has been born a king1 return and tell me all1 that ,i may go and honor him4 #ae ,the magians went their way and found the child with ,mary in the shepherd's home4 #af ,they honored him2 bestowed upon him precious gifts and gave him gold1 gum-thus and myrrh4 #ag ,these magian priests could read the hearts of men2 they read the wickedness of ,herod's heart1 and knew that he had sworn to kill the new born king4 #ah ,and so they told the secret to the parents of the child1 and bid them flee beyond the reach of harm4 #ai ,and then the priests went on their homeward way2 they went not through ,jerusalem4 #bj ,and ,joseph took the infant ,jesus and his mother in the night and fled to ,egypt land1 and with ,elihu and ,salome in ancient ,zoan they abode4 ,,chapter #f4 ,herod learns of the supposed mission of ,john4 ,the infants of ,bethlehem are massacred by ,herod's order4 ,elizabeth escapes with ,john4 ,because ,zacharias cannot tell where his son is hidden1 he is murdered4 ,herod dies4 ,now1 when the magian priests did not return to tell him of the child that had been born a king1 ,king ,herod was enraged4 #b ,and then his courtiers told him of another child in ,bethlehem1 one born to go before and to prepare the people to receive the king4 #c ,this angered more and more the king2 he called his guards and bid them go to ,bethlehem and slay the infant ,john1 as well as ,jesus who was born to be a king4 #d ,he said1 ,let no mistake be made1 and that you may be sure to slay these claimants to my throne1 slay all male children in the town not yet two years of age4 #e ,the guards went forth and did as ,herod bade them do4 #f ,elizabeth knew not that ,herod sought to slay her son1 and she and ,john were yet in ,bethlehem2 but when she knew1 she took the infant ,john and hastened to the hills4 #g ,the murderous guards were near2 they pressed upon her hard2 but then she knew the secret caves in all the hills1 and into one she ran and hid herself and ,john until the guards were gone4 #h ,their cruel task was done2 the guards returned and told the story to the king4 #i ,they said1 ,we know that we have slain the infant king2 but ,john1 his harbinger1 we could not find4 #aj ,the king was angry with his guards because they failed to slay the infant ,john2 he sent them to the tower in chains4 #aa ,and other guards were sent to ,zacharias1 father of the harbinger1 while he was serving in the ,holy ,place1 to say1 ,the king demands that you shall tell where is your son4 #ab ,but ,zacharias did not know1 and he replied1 ,i am a minister of ,god1 a servant in the ,holy ,place2 how could ,i know where they have taken him8 #ac ,and when the guards returned and told the king what ,zacharias said1 he was enraged and said1 #ad ,my guards1 go back and tell that wily priest that he is in my hands2 that if he does not tell the truth1 does not reveal the hiding place of ,john1 his son1 then he shall die4 #ae ,the guards went back and told the priest just what the king had said4 #af ,and ,zacharias said1 ,i can but give my life for truth2 and if the king does shed my blood the ,lord will save my soul4 #ag ,the guards again returned and told the king what ,zacharias said4 #ah ,now1 ,zacharias stood before the altar in the ,holy ,place engaged in prayer4 #ai ,a guard approached and with a dagger thrust him through2 he fell and died before the curtain of the sanctuary of the ,lord4 #bj ,and when the hour of salutation came1 for ,zacharias daily blessed the priests1 he did not come4 #ba ,and after waiting long the priests went to the ,holy ,place and found the body of the dead4 #bb ,and there was grief1 deep grief1 in all the land4 #bc ,now ,herod sat upon his throne2 he did not seem to move2 his courtiers came2 the king was dead4 ,his sons reigned in his stead4 ,,section ,,iii4 ,,gimel4 ,education of ,mary and ,elizabeth in ,zoan4 ,,chapter #g4 ,archelaus reigns4 ,mary and ,elizabeth with their sons are in ,zoan and are taught by ,elihu and ,salome4 ,elihu's introductory lesson4 ,tells of an interpreter4 ,the son of ,herod1 ,archelaus1 reigned in ,jerusalem4 ,he was a selfish1 cruel king2 he put to death all those who did not honor him4 #b ,he called in council all the wisest men and asked about the infant claimant to his throne4 #c ,the council said that ,john and ,jesus both were dead2 then he was satisfied4 #d ,now ,joseph1 ,mary and their son were down in ,egypt in ,zoan1 and ,john was with his mother in the ,judean hills4 #e ,elihu and ,salome sent messengers in haste to find ,elizabeth and ,john4 ,they found them and they brought them to ,zoan4 #f ,now1 ,mary and ,elizabeth were marveling much because of their deliverance4 #g ,elihu said1 ,it is not strange2 there are no happenings2 law governs all events4 #h ,from olden times it was ordained that you should be with us1 and in this sacred school be taught4 #i ,elihu and ,salome took ,mary and ,elizabeth out to the sacred grove near by where they were wont to teach4 #aj ,elihu said to ,mary and ,elizabeth1 ,you may esteem yourselves thrice blest1 for you are chosen mothers of long promised sons1 #aa ,who are ordained to lay in solid rock a sure foundation stone on which the temple of the perfect man shall rest--a temple that shall never be destroyed4 #ab ,we measure time by cycle ages1 and the gate to every age we deem a mile stone in the journey of the race4 #ac ,an age has passed2 the gate unto another age flies open at the touch of time4 ,this is the preparation age of soul1 the kingdom of ,immanuel1 of ,god in man2 #ad ,and these1 your sons1 will be the first to tell the news1 and preach the gospel of good will to men1 and peace on earth4 #ae ,a mighty work is theirs2 for carnal men want not the light2 they love the dark1 and when the light shines in the dark they comprehend it not4 #af ,we call these sons1 ,revealers of the ,light2 but they must have the light before they can reveal the light4 #ag ,and you must teach your sons1 and set their souls on fire with love and holy zeal1 and make them conscious of their missions to the sons of men4 #ah ,teach them that ,god and man were one2 but that through carnal thoughts and words and deeds1 man tore himself away from ,god2 debased himself4 #ai ,teach that the ,holy ,breath would make them one again1 restoring harmony and peace2 #bj ,that naught can make them one but love2 that ,god so loved the world that he has clothed his son in flesh that man may comprehend4 #ba ,the only ,savior of the world is love1 and ,jesus1 son of ,mary1 comes to manifest that love to men4 #bb ,now1 love cannot be manifest until its way has been prepared1 and naught can rend the rocks and bring down lofty hills and fill the valleys up1 and thus prepare the way1 but purity4 #bc ,but purity in life men do not comprehend2 and so1 it1 too1 must come in flesh4 #bd ,and you1 ,elizabeth1 are blest because your son is purity made flesh1 and he shall pave the way for love4 #be ,this age will comprehend but little of the works of ,purity and ,love2 but not a word is lost1 for in the ,book of ,god's ,remembrance a registry is made of every thought1 and word1 and deed2 #bf ,and when the world is ready to receive1 lo1 ,god will send a messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the messages of ,purity and ,love4 #bg ,then every man of earth will read the words of life in language of his native land1 and men will see the light1 walk in the light and be the light4 #bh ,and man again will be at one with ,god4 ,,chapter #h4 ,elihu's lessons4 ,the unity of life4 ,the two selfs4 ,the devil4 ,love the savior of men4 ,the ,david of the light4 ,goliath of the dark4 ,again ,elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said1 #b ,no man lives unto himself2 for every living thing is bound by cords to every other living thing4 #c ,blest are the pure in heart2 for they will love and not demand love in return4 #d ,they will not do to other men what they would not have other men do unto them4 #e ,there are two selfs2 the higher and the lower self4 #f ,the higher self is human spirit clothed with soul1 made in the form of ,god4 #g ,the lower self1 the carnal self1 the body of desires1 is a reflexion of the higher self1 distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh4 #h ,the lower self is an illusion1 and will pass away2 the higher self is ,god in man1 and will not pass away4 #i ,the higher self is the embodiment of truth2 the lower self is truth reversed1 and so is falsehood manifest4 #aj ,the higher self is justice1 mercy1 love and right2 the lower self is what the higher self is not4 #aa ,the lower self breeds hatred1 slander1 lewdness1 murders1 theft1 and everything that harms2 the higher self is mother of the virtues and the harmonies of life4 #ab ,the lower self is rich in promises1 but poor in blessedness and peace2 it offers pleasure1 joy and satisfying gains2 but gives unrest and misery and death4 #ac ,it gives men apples that are lovely to the eye and pleasant to the smell2 their cores are full of bitterness and gall4 #ad ,if you would ask me what to study ,i would say1 yourselfs2 and when you well had studied them1 and then would ask me what to study next1 ,i would reply1 yourselfs4 #ae ,he who knows well his lower self1 knows the illusions of the world1 knows of the things that pass away2 and he who knows his higher self1 knows ,god2 knows well the things that cannot pass away4 #af ,thrice blessed is the man who has made purity and love his very own2 he has been ransomed from the perils of the lower self and is himself his higher self4 #ag ,men seek salvation from an evil that they deem a living monster of the nether world2 and they have gods that are but demons in disguise2 all powerful1 yet full of jealousy and hate and lust2 #ah ,whose favors must be bought with costly sacrifice of fruits1 and of the lives of birds1 and animals1 and human kind4 #ai ,and yet these gods possess no ears to hear1 no eyes to see1 no heart to sympathize1 no power to save4 #bj ,this evil is a myth2 these gods are made of air1 and clothed with shadows of a thought4 #ba ,the only devil from which men must be redeemed is self1 the lower self4 ,if man would find his devil he must look within2 his name is self4 #bb ,if man would find his savior he must look within2 and when the demon self has been dethroned the savior1 ,love1 will be exalted to the throne of power4 #bc ,the ,david of the light is ,purity1 who slays the strong ,goliath of the dark1 and seats the savior1 ,love1 upon the throne4 ,,chapter #i4 ,salome's lessons4 ,the man and the woman4 ,philosophy of human moods4 ,the triune ,god4 ,the ,septonate4 ,the ,god ,tao4 ,salome taught the lesson of the day4 ,she said1 ,all times are not alike4 ,today the words of man may have the greatest power2 tomorrow women teaches best4 #b ,in all the ways of life the man and woman should walk hand in hand2 the one without the other is but half2 each has a work to do4 #c ,but all things teach2 each has a time and season for its own4 ,the sun1 the moon have lessons of their own for men2 but each one teaches at the appointed time4 #d ,the lessons of the sun fall down on human hearts like withered leaves upon a stream1 if given in the season of the moon2 and so with lessons of the moon and all the stars4 #e ,today one walks in gloom1 downhearted and oppressed2 tomorrow that same one is filled with joy4 #f ,today the heavens seem full of blessedness and hope2 tomorrow hope has fled1 and every plan and purpose comes to naught4 #g ,today one wants to curse the very ground on which he treads2 tomorrow he is full of love and praise4 #h ,today one hates and scorns and envies and is jealous of the child he loves2 tomorrow he has risen above his carnal self1 and breathes forth gladness and good will4 #i ,a thousand times men wonder why these heights and depths1 these light hearts and these sad1 are found in every life4 #aj ,they do not know that there are teachers everywhere1 each busy with a ,god-appointed task1 and driving home to human hearts the truth4 #aa ,but this is true1 and every one receives the lessons that he needs4 #ab ,and ,mary said1 ,today ,i am in exaltation great2 my thoughts and all my life seem lifted up2 why am ,i thus inspired8 #ac ,salome replied1 ,this is a day of exaltation2 day of worship and of praise2 a day when1 in a measure1 we may comprehend our ,father-,god4 #ad ,then let us study ,god1 the ,one1 the ,three1 the ,seven4 #ae ,before the worlds were formed all things were ,one2 just ,spirit1 ,universal ,breath4 #af ,and ,spirit breathed1 and that which was not manifest became the ,fire and ,thought of heaven1 the ,father-,god1 the ,mother-,god4 #ag ,and when the ,fire and ,thought of heaven in union breathed1 their son1 their only son1 was born4 ,this son is ,love whom men have called the ,christ4 #ah ,men call the ,thought of heaven the ,holy ,breath4 #ai ,and when the ,triune ,god breathed forth1 lo1 seven ,spirits stood before the throne4 ,these are the ,elohim1 creative spirits of the universe4 #bj ,and these are they who said1 ,let us make man2 and in their image man was made4 #ba ,in early ages of the world the dwellers in the farther ,east said1 ,tao is the name of ,universal ,breath2 and in the ancient books we read1 #bb ,no manifesting form has ,tao ,great1 and yet he made and keeps the heavens and earth4 #bc ,no passion has our ,tao ,great1 and yet he causes sun and moon and all the stars to rise and set4 #bd ,no name has ,tao ,great1 and yet he makes all things to grow2 he brings in season both the seed time and the harvest time4 #be ,and ,tao ,great was ,one2 the ,one became the ,two2 the ,two became the ,three1 the ,three evolved the ,seven1 which filled the universe with manifests4 #bf ,and ,tao ,great gives unto all1 the evil and the good1 the rain1 the dew1 the sunshine and the flowers2 from his rich stores he feeds them all4 #bg ,and in the same old book we read of man3 ,he has a spirit knit to ,tao ,great2 a soul which lives within the seven ,breaths of ,tao ,great2 a body of desires that springs up from the soil of flesh4 #bh ,now spirit loves the pure1 the good1 the true2 the body of desires extols the selfish self2 the soul becomes the battle ground between the two4 #bi ,and blessed is the man whose spirit is triumphant and whose lower self is purified2 whose soul is cleansed1 becoming fit to be the council chamber of the manifests of ,tao ,great4 #cj ,thus closed the lesson of ,salome4 ,,chapter #aj4 ,elihu's lessons4 ,the ,brahmic religion4 ,life of ,abram4 ,jewish sacred books4 ,the ,persian religion4 ,elihu taught2 he said1 ,in ancient times a people in the ,east were worshippers of ,god1 the ,one1 whom they called ,brahm4 #b ,their laws were just2 they lived in peace2 they saw the light within2 they walked in wisdom's ways4 #c ,but priests with carnal aims arose1 who changed the laws to suit the carnal mind2 bound heavy burdens on the poor1 and scorned the rules of right2 and so the ,brahms became corrupt4 #d ,but in the darkness of the age a few great masters stood unmoved2 they loved the name of ,brahm2 they were great beacon lights before the world4 #e ,and they preserved inviolate the wisdom of their holy ,brahm1 and you may read this wisdom in their sacred books4 #f ,and in ,chaldea1 ,brahm was known4 ,a pious ,brahm named ,terah lived in ,ur2 his son was so devoted to the ,brahmic faith that he was called ,a-,brahm2 and he was set apart to be the father of the ,hebrew race4 #g ,now1 ,terah took his wife and sons and all his flocks and herds to ,haran in the ,west2 here ,terah died4 #h ,and ,abram took the flocks and herds1 and with his kindred journeyed further west2 #i ,and when he reached the ,oaks of ,morah in the land of ,canaan1 he pitched his tents and there abode4 #aj ,a famine swept the land and ,abram took his kindred and his flocks and herds and came to ,egypt1 and in these fertile plains of ,zoan pitched his tent1 and here abode4 #aa ,and men still mark the place where ,abram lived--across the plain4 #ab ,you ask why ,abram came to ,egypt land8 ,this is the cradleland of the initiate2 all secret things belong to ,egypt land2 and this is why the masters come4 #ac ,in ,zoan ,abram taught his science of the stars1 and in that sacred temple over there he learned the wisdom of the wise4 #ad ,and when his lessons all were learned1 he took his kindred and his flocks and herds and journeyed back to ,canaan1 and in the plains of ,mamre pitched his tent1 and there he lived1 and there he died4 #ae ,and records of his life and works and of his sons1 and of the tribes of ,israel1 are well preserved in ,jewish sacred books4 #af ,in ,persia ,brahm was known1 and feared4 ,men saw him as the ,one1 the causeless ,cause of all that is1 and he was sacred unto them1 as ,tao to the dwellers of the farther ,east4 #ag ,the people lived in peace1 and justice ruled4 #ah ,but1 as in other lands1 in ,persia priests arose imbued with self and self desires1 who outraged ,force1 ,intelligence and ,love2 #ai ,religion grew corrupt1 and birds and beasts and creeping things were set apart as gods4 #bj ,in course of time a lofty soul1 whom men called ,zarathustra1 came in flesh4 #ba ,he saw the causeless ,spirit1 high and lifted up2 he saw the weakness of all man appointed gods4 #bb ,he spoke and all of ,persia heard2 and when he said1 ,one ,god1 one people and one shrine1 the altars of the idols fell1 and ,persia was redeemed4 #bc ,but men must see their ,god with human eyes1 and ,zarathustra said1 #bd ,the greatest of the ,spirits standing near the throne is the ,ahura ,mazda1 who manifests in brightness of the sun4 #be ,and all the people saw ,ahura ,mazda in the sun1 and they fell down and worshipped him in temples of the sun4 #bf ,and ,persia is the magian land where live the priests who saw the star arise to mark the place where ,mary's son was born1 and were the first to greet him as the ,prince of ,peace4 #bg ,the precepts and the laws of ,zarathustra are preserved in the ,avesta which you can read and make your own4 #bh ,but you must know that words are naught till they are made alive2 until the lessons they contain become a part of head and heart4 #bi ,now truth is one2 but no one knows the truth until he is the truth4 ,it is recorded in an ancient book1 #cj ,truth is the leavening power of ,god2 it can transmute the all of life into itself2 and when the all of life is truth1 then man is truth4 ,,chapter #aa4 ,elihu's lessons4 ,buddhism and the precepts of ,buddha4 ,the mysteries of ,egypt4 ,again ,elihu taught2 he said1 ,the ,indian priests became corrupt2 ,brahm was forgotten in the streets2 the rights of men were trampled in the dust4 #b ,and then a mighty master came1 a ,buddha of enlightenment1 who turned away from wealth and all the honors of the world1 and found the ,silence in the quiet groves and caves2 and he was blest4 #c ,he preached a gospel of a higher life1 and taught man how to honor man4 #d ,he had no doctrine of the gods to teach2 he just knew man1 and so his creed was justice1 love and righteousness4 #e ,i quote for you a few of many of the helpful words which ,buddha spoke3 #f ,hate is a cruel word4 ,if men hate you1 regard it not2 and you can turn the hate of men to love and mercy and good will1 and mercy is as large as all the heavens4 #g ,and there is good enough for all4 ,with good destroy the bad2 with generous deeds make avarice ashamed2 with truth make straight the crooked lines that error draws1 for error is but truth distorted1 gone astray4 #h ,and pain will follow him who speaks or acts with evil thoughts1 as does the wheel the foot of him who draws the cart4 #i ,he is a greater man who conquers self than he who kills a thousand men in war4 #aj ,he is the noble man who is himself what he believes that other men should be4 #aa ,return to him who does you wrong your purest love1 and he will cease from doing wrong2 for love will purify the heart of him who is beloved as truly as it purifies the heart of him who loves4 #ab ,the words of ,buddha are recorded in the ,indian sacred books2 attend to them1 for they are part of the instructions of the ,holy ,breath4 #ac ,the land of ,egypt is the land of secret things4 #ad ,the mysteries of the ages lie lock-bound in our temples and our shrines4 #ae ,the masters of all times and climes come here to learn2 and when your sons have grown to manhood they will finish all their studies in ,egyptian schools4 #af ,but ,i have said enough4 ,tomorrow at the rising of the sun we meet again4 ,,chapter #ab4 ,salome's lessons4 ,prayer4 ,elihu's concluding lessons4 ,sums up the three years' course of study4 ,the pupils return to their homes4 ,now1 when the morning sun arose the masters and their pupils all were in the sacred grove4 #b ,salome was the first to speak2 she said1 ,behold the sun6 ,it manifests the power of ,god who speaks to us through sun and moon and stars2 #c ,through mountain1 hill and vale2 through flower1 and plant and tree4 #d ,god sings for us through bird1 and harpsichord1 and human voice2 he speaks to us through wind and rain and thunder roll2 why should we not bow down and worship at his feet8 #e ,god speaks to hearts apart2 and hearts apart must speak to him2 and this is prayer4 #f ,it is not prayer to shout at ,god1 to stand1 or sit1 or kneel and tell him all about the sins of men4 #g ,it is not prayer to tell the ,holy ,one how great he is1 how good he is1 how strong and how compassionate4 #h ,god is not man to be bought up by praise of man4 #i ,prayer is the ardent wish that every way of life be light2 that every act be crowned with good2 that every living thing be prospered by our ministry4 #aj ,a noble deed1 a helpful word is prayer2 a fervent1 an effectual prayer4 #aa ,the fount of prayer is in the heart2 by thought1 not words1 the heart is carried up to ,god1 where it is blest4 ,then let us pray4 #ab ,they prayed1 but not a word was said2 but in that holy ,silence every heart was blest4 #ac ,and then ,elihu spoke4 ,he said to ,mary and ,elizabeth1 ,our words are said2 you need not tarry longer here2 the call has come2 the way is clear1 you may return unto your native land4 #ad ,a mighty work is given you to do2 you shall direct the minds that will direct the world4 #ae ,your sons are set apart to lead men up to righteous thoughts1 and words1 and deeds2 #af ,to make men know the sinfulness of sin2 to lead them from the adoration of the lower self1 and all illusive things1 and make them conscious of the self that lives with ,christ in ,god4 #ag ,in preparation for their work your sons must walk in many thorny paths4 #ah ,fierce trials and temptations they will meet1 like other men2 their loads will not be light1 and they will weary be1 and faint4 #ai ,and they will know the pangs of hunger and of thirst2 and without cause they will be mocked1 imprisoned1 scourged4 #bj ,to many countries they will go1 and at the feet of many masters they will sit1 for they must learn like other men4 #ba ,but we have said enough4 ,the blessings of the ,three and of the ,seven1 who stand before the throne1 will surely rest upon you evermore4 #bb ,thus closed the lessons of ,elihu and ,salome4 ,three years they taught their pupils in the sacred grove1 and if their lessons all were written in a book1 lo1 it would be a mighty book2 of what they said we have the sum4 #bc ,now1 ,mary1 ,joseph and ,elizabeth with ,jesus and his harbinger1 set forth upon their homeward way4 ,they went not by ,jerusalem1 for ,archelaus reigned4 #bd ,they journeyed by the ,bitter ,sea1 and when they reached ,engedi hills they rested in the home of ,joshua1 a near of kin2 and here ,elizabeth and ,john abode4 #be ,but ,joseph1 ,mary and their son went by the ,jordan way1 and after certain days they reached their home in ,nazareth4 ,,section ,,iv4 ,,daleth4 ,childhood and ,early ,education of ,john the ,harbinger4 ,,chapter #ac4 ,elizabeth in ,engedi4 ,teaches her son4 ,john becomes the pupil of ,matheno1 who reveals to him the meaning of sin and the law of forgiveness4 ,elizabeth was blest2 she spent her time with ,john1 and gave to him the lessons that ,elihu and ,salome had given her4 #b ,and ,john delighted in the wildness of his home and in the lessons that he learned4 #c ,now in the hills were many caves4 ,the cave of ,david was a-near in which the ,hermit of ,engedi lived4 #d ,this hermit was ,matheno1 priest of ,egypt1 master from the temple of ,sakara4 #e ,when ,john was seven years of age ,matheno took him to the wilderness and in the cave of ,david they abode4 #f ,matheno taught1 and ,john was thrilled with what the master said1 and day by day ,matheno opened up to him the mysteries of life4 #g ,john loved the wilderness2 he loved his master and his simple fare4 ,their food was fruits1 and nuts1 wild honey and the carob bread4 #h ,matheno was an ,israelite1 and he attended all the ,jewish feasts4 #i ,when ,john was nine years old ,matheno took him to a great feast in ,jerusalem4 #aj ,the wicked ,archelaus had been deposed and exiled to a distant land because of selfishness and cruelty1 and ,john was not afraid4 #aa ,john was delighted with his visit to ,jerusalem4 ,matheno told him all about the service of the ,jews2 the meaning of their sacrifices and their rites4 #ab ,john could not understand how sin could be forgiven by killing animals and birds and burning them before the ,lord4 #ac ,matheno said1 ,the ,god of heaven and earth does not require sacrifice4 ,this custom with its cruel rites was borrowed from the idol worshippers of other lands4 #ad ,no sin was ever blotted out by sacrifice of animal1 of bird1 or man4 #ae ,sin is the rushing forth of man into the fens of wickedness4 ,if one would get away from sin he must retrace his steps1 and find his way out of the fens of wickedness4 #af ,return and purify your hearts by love and righteousness and you shall be forgiven4 #ag ,this is the burden of the message that the harbinger shall bring to men4 #ah ,what is forgiveness8 ,john inquired4 #ai ,matheno said1 ,it is the paying up of debts4 ,a man who wrongs another man can never be forgiven until he rights the wrong4 #bj ,the ,vedas says that none can right the wrong but him who does the wrong4 #ba ,john said1 ,if this be true where is the power to forgive except the power that rests in man himself8 ,can man forgive himself8 #bb ,matheno said1 ,the door is wide ajar2 you see the way of man's return to right1 and the forgiveness of his sins4 ,,chapter #ad4 ,matheno's lessons4 ,the doctrine of universal law4 ,the power of man to choose and to attain4 ,the benefits of antagonisms4 ,ancient sacred books4 ,the place of ,john and ,jesus in the world's history4 ,matheno and his pupil1 ,john1 were talking of the sacred books of olden times1 and of the golden precepts they contained1 and ,john exclaimed1 #b ,these golden precepts are sublime2 what need have we of other sacred books8 #c ,matheno said1 ,the ,spirits of the ,holy ,one cause every thing to come and go in proper time4 #d ,the sun has his own time to set1 the moon to rise1 to wax and wane1 the stars to come and go1 the rain to fall1 the winds to blow2 #e ,the seed times and the harvest times to come2 man to be born and man to die4 #f ,these mighty ,spirits cause the nations to be born2 they rock them in their cradles1 nurture them to greatest power1 and when their tasks are done they wrap them in their winding sheets and lay them in their tombs4 #g ,events are many in a nation's life1 and in the life of man1 that are not pleasant for the time2 but in the end the truth appears3 whatever comes is for the best4 #h ,man was created for a noble part2 but he could not be made a free man filled with wisdom1 truth and might4 #i ,if he were hedged about1 confined in straits from which he could not pass1 then he would be a toy1 a mere machine4 #aj ,creative spirits gave to man a will2 and so he has the power to choose4 #aa ,he may attain the greatest heights1 or sink to deepest depths2 for what he wills to gain he has the power to gain4 #ab ,if he desires strength he has the power to gain that strength2 but he must overcome resistances to reach the goal2 no strength is ever gained in idleness4 #ac ,so1 in the whirl of many-sided conflicts man is placed where he must strive to extricate himself4 #ad ,in every conflict man gains strength2 with every conquest he attains to greater heights4 ,with every day he finds new duties and new cares4 #ae ,man is not carried over dangerous pits1 nor helped to overcome his foes4 ,he is himself his army1 and his sword and shield2 and he is captain of his hosts4 #af ,the ,holy ,ones just light his way4 ,man never has been left without a beacon light to guide4 #ag ,and he has ever had a lighted lamp in hand that he may see the dangerous rocks1 the turbid streams and treacherous pits4 #ah ,and so the ,holy ,ones have judged2 when men have needed added light a master soul has come to earth to give that light4 #ai ,before the ,vedic days the world had many sacred books to light the way2 and when man needed greater light the ,vedas1 the ,avesta and the books of ,tao ,great appeared to show the way to greater heights4 #bj ,and in the proper place the ,hebrew ,bible1 with its ,law1 its ,prophets and its ,psalms1 appeared for man's enlightenment4 #ba ,but years have passed and men have need of greater light4 #bb ,and now the ,day ,star from on high begins to shine2 and ,jesus is the flesh-made messenger to show that light to men4 #bc ,and you1 my pupil1 you have been ordained to harbinger the coming day4 #bd ,but you must keep that purity of heart you now possess2 and you must light your lamp directly from the coals that burn upon the altar of the ,holy ,ones4 #be ,and then your lamp will be transmuted to a boundless flame1 and you will be a living torch whose light will shine wherever man abides4 #bf ,but in the ages yet to come1 man will attain to greater heights1 and lights still more intense will come4 #bg ,and then1 at last1 a mighty master soul will come to earth to light the way up to the throne of perfect man4 ,,chapter #ae4 ,death and burial of ,elizabeth4 ,matheno's lessons4 ,the ministry of death4 ,the mission of ,john4 ,institution of the rite of baptism4 ,matheno takes ,john to ,egypt1 and places him in the temple at ,sakara1 where he remains eighteen years4 ,when ,john was twelve years old his mother died1 and neighbors laid her body in a tomb among her kindred in the ,hebron burying ground1 and near to ,zacharias' tomb4 #b ,and ,john was deeply grieved2 he wept4 ,matheno said1 ,it is not well to weep because of death4 #c ,death is no enemy of man2 it is a friend who1 when the work of life is done1 just cuts the cord that binds the human boat to earth1 that it may sail on smoother seas4 #d ,no language can describe a mother's worth1 and yours was tried and true4 ,but she was not called hence until her tasks were done4 #e ,the calls of death are always for the best1 for we are solving problems there as well as here2 and one is sure to find himself where he can solve his problems best4 #f ,it is but selfishness that makes one wish to call again to earth departed souls4 #g ,then let your mother rest in peace4 ,just let her noble life be strength and inspiration unto you4 #h ,a crisis in your life has come1 and you must have a clear conception of the work that you are called to do4 #i ,the sages of the ages call you harbinger4 ,the prophets look to you and say1 ,he is ,elijah come again4 #aj ,your mission here is that of harbinger2 for you will go before ,messiah's face to pave his way1 and make the people ready to receive their king4 #aa ,this readiness is purity of heart2 none but the pure in heart can recognize the king4 #ab ,to teach men to be pure in heart you must yourself be pure in heart1 and word1 and deed4 #ac ,in infancy the vow for you was made and you became a ,nazarite4 ,the razor shall not touch your face nor head1 and you shall taste not wine nor fiery drinks4 #ad ,men need a pattern for their lives2 they love to follow1 not to lead4 #ae ,the man who stands upon the corners of the paths and points the way1 but does not go1 is just a pointer2 and a block of wood can do the same4 #af ,the teacher treads the way2 on every span of ground he leaves his footprints clearly cut1 which all can see and be assured that he1 their master1 went that way4 #ag ,men comprehend the inner life by what they see and do4 ,they come to ,god through ceremonies and forms4 #ah ,and so when you would make men know that sins are washed away by purity in life1 a rite symbolic may be introduced4 #ai ,in water wash the bodies of the people who would turn away from sin and strive for purity in life4 #bj ,this rite of cleansing is a preparation rite and they who thus are cleansed comprise the ,church of ,purity4 #ba ,and you shall say1 ,you men of ,israel1 hear2 ,reform and wash2 become the sons of purity1 and you shall be forgiven4 #bb ,this rite of cleansing and this church are but symbolic of the cleansing of the soul by purity in life1 and of the kingdom of the soul1 which does not come with outward show1 but is the church within4 #bc ,now1 you may never point the way and tell the multitudes to do what you have never done2 but you must go before and show the way4 #bd ,you are to teach that men must wash2 so you must lead the way1 your body must be washed1 symbolic of the cleansing of the soul4 #be ,john said1 ,why need ,i wait8 ,may ,i not go at once and wash8 #bf ,matheno said1 ',tis well1 and then they went down to the ,jordan ford1 and east of ,jericho1 just where the hosts of ,israel crossed when first they entered ,canaan1 they tarried for a time4 #bg ,matheno taught the harbinger1 and he explained to him the inner meaning of the cleansing rite and how to wash himself and how to wash the multitude4 #bh ,and in the river ,jordan ,john was washed2 then they returned unto the wilderness4 #bi ,now in ,engedi's hills ,matheno's work was done and he and ,john went down to ,egypt4 ,they rested not until they reached the temple of ,sakara in the valley of the ,nile4 #cj ,for many years ,matheno was a master in this temple of the ,brotherhood1 and when he told about the life of ,john and of his mission to the sons of men1 the hierophant with joy received the harbinger and he was called the ,brother ,nazarite4 #ca ,for eighteen years ,john lived and wrought within these temple gates2 and here he conquered self1 became a master mind and learned the duties of the harbinger4 ,,section ,v4 ,,he4 ,childhood and ,early ,education of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #af4 ,the home of ,joseph4 ,mary teaches her son4 ,jesus' grandparents give a feast in his honor4 ,jesus has a dream4 ,his grandmother's interpretation4 ,his birthday gift4 ,the home of ,joseph was on ,marmion ,way in ,nazareth2 here ,mary taught her son the lessons of ,elihu and ,salome4 #b ,and ,jesus greatly loved the ,vedic hymns and the ,avesta2 but more than all he loved to read the ,psalms of ,david and the pungent words of ,solomon4 #c ,the ,jewish books of prophecy were his delight2 and when he reached his seventh year he needed not the books to read1 for he had fixed in memory every word4 #d ,joachim and his wife1 grandparents of child ,jesus1 made a feast in honor of the child1 and all their near of kin were guests4 #e ,and ,jesus stood before the guests and said1 ,i had a dream1 and in my dream ,i stood before a sea1 upon a sandy beach4 #f ,the waves upon the sea were high2 a storm was raging on the deep4 #g ,some one above gave me a wand4 ,i took the wand and touched the sand1 and every grain of sand became a living thing2 the beach was all a mass of beauty and of song4 #h ,i touched the waters at my feet1 and they were changed to trees1 and flowers1 and singing birds1 and every thing was praising ,god4 #i ,and some one spoke1 ,i did not see the one who spoke1 ,i heard the voice1 which said1 ,there is no death4 #aj ,grandmother ,anna loved the child2 she laid her hand on ,jesus' head and said1 ,i saw you stand beside the sea2 ,i saw you touch the sand and waves2 ,i saw them turn to living things and then ,i knew the meaning of the dream4 #aa ,the sea of life rolls high2 the storms are great4 ,the multitude of men are idle1 listless1 waiting1 like dead sand upon the beach4 #ab ,your wand is truth4 ,with this you touch the multitudes1 and every man becomes a messenger of holy light and life4 #ac ,you touch the waves upon the sea of life2 their turmoils cease2 the very winds become a song of praise4 #ad ,there is no death1 because the wand of truth can change the dryest bones to living things1 and bring the lovliest flowers from stagnant ponds1 and turn the most discordant notes to harmony and praise4 #ae ,joachim said1 ,my son1 today you pass the seventh milestone of your way of life1 for you are seven years of age1 and we will give to you1 as a remembrance of this day1 whatever you desire2 choose that which will afford you most delight4 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,i do not want a gift1 for ,i am satisfied4 ,if ,i could make a multitude of children glad upon this day ,i would be greatly pleased4 #ag ,now1 there are many hungry boys and girls in ,nazareth who would be pleased to eat with us this feast and share with us the pleasures of this day4 #ah ,the richest gift that you can give to me is your permission to go out and find these needy ones and bring them here that they may feast with us4 #ai ,joachim said1 ',tis well2 go out and find the needy boys and girls and bring them here2 we will prepare enough for all4 #bj ,and ,jesus did not wait2 he ran2 he entered every dingy hut and cabin of the town2 he did not waste his words2 he told his mission everywhere4 #ba ,and in a little time one hundred and three-score of happy1 ragged boys and girls were following him up ,marmion ,way4 #bb ,the guests made way2 the banquet hall was filled with ,jesus' guests1 and ,jesus and his mother helped to serve4 #bc ,and there was food enough for all1 and all were glad2 and so the birthday gift of ,jesus was a crown of righteousness4 ,,chapter #ag4 ,jesus talks with the rabbi of the synagogue of ,nazareth4 ,he criticises the narrowness of ,jewish thought4 ,now1 ,rabbi ,barachia of the synagogue of ,nazareth1 was aid to ,mary in the teaching of her son4 #b ,one morning after service in the synagogue the rabbi said to ,jesus as he sat in silent thought1 ,which is the greatest of the ,ten ,commands8 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,i do not see a greatest of the ,ten ,commands4 ,i see a golden cord that runs through all the ,ten ,commands that binds them fast and makes them one4 #d ,this cord is love1 and it belongs to every word of all the ,ten ,commands4 #e ,if one is full of love he can do nothing else than worship ,god2 for ,god is love4 #f ,if one is full of love1 he cannot kill2 he cannot falsely testify2 he cannot covet2 can do naught but honor ,god and man4 #g ,if one is full of love he does not need commands of any kind4 #h ,and ,rabbi ,barachia said1 ,your words are seasoned with the salt of wisdom that is from above4 ,who is the teacher who has opened up this truth to you8 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,i do not know that any teacher opens up this truth for me4 ,it seems to me that truth was never shut2 that it was always opened up1 for truth is one and it is everywhere4 #aj ,and if we open up the windows of our minds the truth will enter in and make herself at home2 for truth can find her way through any crevice1 any window1 any open door4 #aa ,the rabbi said1 ,what hand is strong enough to open up the windows and the doors of mind so truth can enter in8 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,it seems to me that love1 the golden cord that binds the ,ten ,commands in one1 is strong enough to open any human door so that the truth can enter in and cause the heart to understand4 #ac ,now1 in the evening ,jesus and his mother sat alone1 and ,jesus said1 #ad ,the rabbi seems to think that ,god is partial in his treatment of the sons of men2 that ,jews are favored and are blest above all other men4 #ae ,i do not see how ,god can have his favorites and be just4 #af ,are not ,samaritans and ,greeks and ,romans just as much the children of the ,holy ,one as are the ,jews8 #ag ,i think the ,jews have built a wall about themselves1 and they see nothing on the other side of it4 #ah ,they do not know that flowers are blooming over there2 that sowing times and reaping times belong to anybody but the ,jews4 #ai ,it surely would be well if we could break these barriers down so that the ,jews might see that ,god has other children that are just as greatly blest4 #bj ,i want to go from ,jewry land and meet my kin in other countries of my ,fatherland4 ,,chapter #ah4 ,jesus at a feast in ,jerusalem4 ,is grieved by the cruelties of the sacrificers4 ,appeals to ,hillel1 who sympathizes with him4 ,he remains in the temple a year4 ,the great feast of the ,jews was on1 and ,joseph1 ,mary and their son1 and many of their kin1 went to ,jerusalem4 ,the child was ten years old4 #b ,and ,jesus watched the butchers kill the lambs and birds and burn them on the altar in the name of ,god4 #c ,his tender heart was shocked at this display of cruelty2 he asked the serving priest1 ,what is the purpose of this slaughter of the beasts and birds8 ,why do you burn their flesh before the ,lord8 #d ,the priest replied1 ,this is our sacrifice for sin4 ,god has commanded us to do these things1 and said that in these sacrifices all our sins are blotted out4 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,will you be kind enough to tell when ,god proclaimed that sins are blotted out by sacrifice of any kind8 #f ,did not ,david say that ,god requires not a sacrifice for sin8 that it is sin itself to bring before his face burnt offerings1 as offerings for sin8 ,did not ,isaiah say the same8 #g ,the priest replied1 ,my child1 you are beside yourself4 ,do you know more about the laws of ,god than all the priests of ,israel8 ,this is no place for boys to show their wit4 #h ,but ,jesus heeded not his taunts2 he went to ,hillel1 chief of the ,sanhedrim1 and he said to him1 #i ,rabboni1 ,i would like to talk with you2 ,i am disturbed about this service of the pascal feast4 ,i thought the temple was the house of ,god where love and kindness dwell4 #aj ,do you not hear the bleating of those lambs1 the pleading of those doves that men are killing over there8 ,do you not smell that awful stench that comes from burning flesh8 #aa ,can man be kind and just1 and still be filled with cruelty8 #ab ,a ,god that takes delight in sacrifice1 in blood and burning flesh1 is not my ,father-,god4 #ac ,i want to find a ,god of love1 and you1 my master1 you are wise1 and surely you can tell me where to find the ,god of love4 #ad ,but ,hillel could not give an answer to the child4 ,his heart was stirred with sympathy4 ,he called the child to him2 he laid his hand upon his head and wept4 #ae ,he said1 ,there is a ,god of love1 and you shall come with me2 and hand in hand we will go forth and find the ,god of love4 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,why need we go8 ,i thought that ,god is everywhere4 ,can we not purify our hearts and drive out cruelty1 and every wicked thought1 and make within1 a temple where the ,god of love can dwell8 #ag ,the master of the great ,sanhedrim felt as though he was himself the child1 and that before him stood ,rabboni1 master of the higher law4 #ah ,he said within himself1 ,this child is surely prophet sent from ,god4 #ai ,then ,hillel sought the parents of the child1 and asked that ,jesus might abide with him1 and learn the precepts of the law1 and all the lessons of the temple priests4 #bj ,his parents gave consent1 and ,jesus did abide within the holy temple in ,jerusalem1 and ,hillel taught him every day4 #ba ,and every day the master learned from ,jesus many lessons of the higher life4 #bb ,the child remained with ,hillel in the temple for a year1 and then returned unto his home in ,nazareth2 and there he wrought with ,joseph as a carpenter4 ,,chapter #ai4 ,jesus at the age of twelve in the temple4 ,disputes with the doctors of the law4 ,reads from a book of prophecy4 ,by request of ,hillel he interprets the prophecies4 ,again the great feast in ,jerusalem was on1 and ,joseph1 ,mary and their son were there4 ,the child was twelve years old4 #b ,and there were ,jews and proselytes from many countries in ,jerusalem4 #c ,and ,jesus sat among the priests and doctors in the temple hall4 #d ,and ,jesus opened up a book of prophecy and read3 #e ,woe1 woe1 to ,ariel1 the town where ,david dwelt6 ,i will dismantle ,ariel1 and she shall groan and weep3 #f ,and ,i will camp against her round about with hostile posts2 #g ,and ,i will bring her low and she shall speak out of the earth2 with muffled voice like a familiar spirit shall she speak2 yea1 she shall only whisper forth her speech2 #h ,and foes unnumbered1 like the grains of dust1 shall come upon her suddenly4 #i ,the ,lord of hosts will visit her with thunder and with tempest1 and with storm2 with earthquake1 and with devouring flames4 #aj ,lo1 all these people have deserted me4 ,they draw to me with speech1 and with their lips they honor me2 their hearts are far removed from me2 their fear for me is that inspired by man4 #aa ,and ,i will breathe an adverse breath upon my people1 ,israel2 the wisdom of their wise men shall be lost2 the understanding of their prudent men shall not be found4 #ab ,my people seek to hide their counsel from the ,lord1 so that their works may not be seen4 ,they fain would cover up their works with darkness of the night1 and say1 ,who sees us now8 ,who knows us now8 #ac ,poor1 foolish men6 shall that which has been made say of its maker1 ,he is naught1 ,i made myself8 #ad ,or shall the pot speak out and say to him1 who made the pot1 ,you have no skill2 you do not know8 #ae ,but this will not forever be2 the time will come when ,lebanon will be a fruitful field1 and fruitful fields will be transformed to groves4 #af ,and on that day the deaf will hear the words of ,god2 the blind will read the ,book of ,god's ,remembrance4 #ag ,and suffering ones will be relieved1 and they will have abundant joy2 and every one that needs will be supplied2 and it will come to pass that all the foolish will be wise4 #ah ,the people will return and sanctify the ,holy ,one1 and in their heart of hearts1 lo1 they will reverence him4 #ai ,when ,jesus had thus read he put aside the book and said1 ,you masters of the law1 will you make plain for us the prophet's words8 #bj ,now1 ,hillel sat among the masters of the law1 and he stood forth and said1 ,perhaps our young rabboni who has read the word will be interpreter4 #ba ,and ,jesus said1 ,the ,ariel of the prophet is our own ,jerusalem4 #bb ,by selfishness and cruelty this people has become a stench unto the ,elohim4 #bc ,the prophet saw these days from far1 and of these times he wrote4 #bd ,our doctors1 lawyers1 priests and scribes oppress the poor1 while they themselves in luxury live4 #be ,the sacrifices and the offerings of ,israel are but abomination unto ,god4 ,the only sacrifice that ,god requires is self4 #bf ,because of this injustice and this cruelty of man to man1 the ,holy ,one has spoken of this commonwealth3 #bg ,lo1 ,i will overturn1 yes1 ,i will overturn1 it shall be overturned1 and it shall be no more until he comes whose right it is and ,i will give it unto him4 #bh ,in all the world there is one law of right1 and he who breaks that law will suffer grief2 for ,god is just4 #bi ,and ,israel has gone far astray2 has not regarded justice1 nor the rights of man1 and ,god demands that ,israel shall reform1 and turn again to ways of holiness4 #cj ,and if our people will not hear the voice of ,god1 lo1 nations from afar will come and sack ,jerusalem1 and tear our temple down1 and take our people captive into foreign lands4 #ca ,but this will not forever be2 though they be scattered far and wide1 and wander here and there among the nations of the earth1 like sheep that have no shepherd guide1 #cb ,the time will come when ,god will bring again the captive hosts2 for ,israel shall return and dwell in peace4 #cc ,and after many years our temple shall be built again1 and one whom ,god will honor1 one in whom the pure in heart delights will come and glorify the house of ,god1 and reign in righteousness4 #cd ,when ,jesus had thus said1 he stepped aside1 and all the people were amazed and said1 ,this surely is the ,christ4 ,,chapter #bj4 ,after the feast4 ,the homeward journey4 ,the missing ,jesus4 ,the search for him4 ,his parents find him in the temple4 ,he goes with them to ,nazareth4 ,symbolic meaning of carpenter's tools4 ,the great feast of the pasch was ended and the ,nazarenes were journeying toward their homes4 #b ,and they were in ,samaria1 and ,mary said1 ,where is my son8 ,no one had seen the boy4 #c ,and ,joseph sought among their kindred who were on their way to ,galilee2 but they had seen him not4 #d ,then ,joseph1 ,mary1 and a son of ,zebedee1 returned and sought through all ,jerusalem1 but they could find him not4 #e ,and then they went up to the temple courts and asked the guards1 ,have you seen ,jesus1 a fair-haired boy1 with deep blue eyes1 twelve years of age1 about these courts8 #f ,the guards replied1 ,yes1 he is in the temple now disputing with the doctors of the law4 #g ,and they went in1 and found him as the guards had said4 #h ,and ,mary said1 ,why ,jesus1 why do you treat your parents thus8 ,lo1 we have sought two days for you4 ,we feared that some great harm had overtaken you4 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,do you not know that ,i must be about my ,father's work8 #aj ,but he went round and pressed the hand of every doctor of the law and said1 ,i trust that we may meet again4 #aa ,and then he went forth with his parents on their way to ,nazareth2 and when they reached their home he wrought with ,joseph as a carpenter4 #ab ,one day as he was bringing forth the tools for work he said1 #ac ,these tools remind me of the ones we handle in the workshop of the mind where things are made of thought and where we build up character4 #ad ,we use the square to measure all our lines1 to straighten out the crooked places of the way1 and make the corners of our conduct square4 #ae ,we use the compass to draw circles round our passions and desires to keep them in the bounds of righteousness4 #af ,we use the ax to cut away the knotty1 useless and ungainly parts and make the character symmetrical4 #ag ,we use the hammer to drive home the truth1 and pound it in until it is a part of every part4 #ah ,we use the plane to smooth the rough1 uneven surfaces of joint1 and block1 and board that go to build the temple for the truth4 #ai ,the chisel1 line1 the plummet and the saw all have their uses in the workshop of the mind4 #bj ,and then this ladder with its trinity of steps1 faith1 hope and love2 on it we climb up to the dome of purity in life4 #ba ,and on the twelve-step ladder we ascend until we reach the pinnacle of that which life is spent to build--the ,temple of ,perfected ,man4 ,,section ,,vi4 ,,vau4 ,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,india4 ,,chapter #ba4 ,ravanna sees ,jesus in the temple and is captivated4 ,hillel tells him about the boy4 ,ravanna finds ,jesus in ,nazareth and gives a feast in his honor4 ,ravanna becomes patron of ,jesus1 and takes him to ,india to study the ,brahmic religion4 ,a royal prince of ,india1 ,ravanna of ,orissa in the south1 was at the ,jewish feast4 #b ,ravanna was a man of wealth2 and he was just1 and with a band of ,brahmic priests sought wisdom in the ,west4 #c ,when ,jesus stood among the ,jewish priests and read and spoke1 ,ravanna heard and was amazed4 #d ,and when he asked who ,jesus was1 from whence he came and what he was1 chief ,hillel said1 #e ,we call this child the ,day ,star from on high1 for he has come to bring to men a light1 the light of life2 to lighten up the way of men and to redeem his people1 ,israel4 #f ,and ,hillel told ,ravanna all about the child2 about the prophecies concerning him2 about the wonders of the night when he was born2 about the visit of the magian priests2 #g ,about the way in which he was protected from the wrath of evil men2 about his flight to ,egypt-land1 and how he then was serving with his father as a carpenter in ,nazareth4 #h ,ravanna was entranced1 and asked to know the way to ,nazareth1 that he might go and honor such a one as son of ,god4 #i ,and with his gorgeous train he journeyed on the way and came to ,nazareth of ,galilee4 #aj ,he found the object of his search engaged in building dwellings for the sons of men4 #aa ,and when he first saw ,jesus he was climbing up a twelve-step ladder1 and he carried in his hands a compass1 square and ax4 #ab ,ravanna said1 ,all hail1 most favored son of heaven6 #ac ,and at the inn ,ravanna made a feast for all the people of the town2 and ,jesus and his parents were the honored guests4 #ad ,for certain days ,ravanna was a guest in ,joseph's home on ,marmion ,way2 he sought to learn the secret of the wisdom of the son2 but it was all too great for him4 #ae ,and then he asked that he might be the patron of the child2 might take him to the ,east where he could learn the wisdom of the ,brahms4 #af ,and ,jesus longed to go that he might learn3 and after many days his parents gave consent4 #ag ,then1 with proud heart1 ,ravanna with his train1 began the journey toward the rising sun2 and after many days they crossed the ,sind1 and reached the province of ,orissa1 and the palace of the prince4 #ah ,the ,brahmic priests were glad to welcome home the prince2 with favor they received the ,jewish boy4 #ai ,and ,jesus was accepted as a pupil in the temple ,jagannath2 and here he learned the ,vedas and the ,manic laws4 #bj ,the ,brahmic masters wondered at the clear conceptions of the child1 and often were amazed when he explained to them the meaning of the laws4 ,,chapter #bb4 ,the friendship of ,jesus and ,lamaas4 ,jesus explains to ,lamaas the meaning of truth1 man1 power1 understanding1 wisdom1 salvation and faith4 ,among the priests of ,jagannath was one who loved the ,jewish boy4 ,lamaas ,bramas was the name by which the priest was known4 #b ,one day as ,jesus and ,lamaas walked alone in plaza ,jagannath1 ,lamaas said1 ,my ,jewish master1 what is truth8 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,truth is the only thing that changes not4 #d ,in all the world there are two things2 the one is truth2 the other falsehood is2 and truth is that which is1 and falsehood that which seems to be4 #e ,now truth is aught1 and has no cause1 and yet it is the cause of everything4 #f ,falsehood is naught1 and yet it is the manifest of aught4 #g ,whatever has been made will be unmade2 that which begins must end4 #h ,all things that can be seen by human eyes are manifests of aught1 are naught1 and so must pass away4 #i ,the things we see are but reflexes just appearing1 while the ethers vibrate so and so1 and when conditions change they disappear4 #aj ,the ,holy ,breath is truth2 is that which was1 and is1 and evermore shall be2 it cannot change nor pass away4 #aa ,lamaas said1 ,you answer well2 now1 what is man8 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,man is the truth and falsehood strangely mixed4 #ac ,man is the ,breath made flesh2 so truth and falsehood are conjoined in him2 and then they strive1 and naught goes down and man as truth abides4 #ad ,again ,lamaas asked1 ,what do you say of power8 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,it is a manifest2 is the result of force2 it is but naught2 it is illusion1 nothing more4 ,force changes not1 but power changes as the ethers change4 #af ,force is the will of ,god and is omnipotent1 and power is that will in manifest1 directed by the ,breath4 #ag ,there is a power in the winds1 a power in the waves1 a power in the lightning's stroke1 a power in the human arm1 a power in the eye4 #ah ,the ethers cause these powers to be1 and thought of ,elohim1 of angel1 man1 or other thinking thing1 directs the force2 when it has done its work the power is no more4 #ai ,again ,lamaas asked1 ,of understanding what have you to say8 #bj ,and ,jesus said1 ,it is the rock on which man builds himself2 it is the gnosis of the aught and of the naught1 of falsehood and of truth4 #ba ,it is the knowledge of the lower self2 the sensing of the powers of man himself4 #bb ,again ,lamaas asked1 ,of wisdom what have you to say8 #bc ,and ,jesus said1 ,it is the consciousness that man is aught2 that ,god and man are one2 #bd ,that naught is naught2 that power is but illusion2 that heaven and earth and hell are not above1 around1 below1 but in2 which in the light of aught becomes the naught1 and ,god is all4 #be ,lamaas asked1 ,pray1 what is faith8 #bf ,and ,jesus said1 ,faith is the surety of the omnipotence of ,god and man2 the certainty that man will reach deific life4 #bg ,salvation is a ladder reaching from the heart of man to heart of ,god4 #bh ,it has three steps2 ,belief is first1 and this is what man thinks1 perhaps1 is truth4 #bi ,and faith is next1 and this is what man knows is truth4 #cj ,fruition is the last1 and this is man himself1 the truth4 #ca ,belief is lost in faith2 and in fruition faith is lost2 and man is saved when he has reached deific life2 when he and ,god are one4 ,,chapter #bc4 ,jesus and ,lamaas among the sudras and visyas4 ,in ,benares4 ,jesus becomes a pupil of ,udraka4 ,the lessons of ,udraka4 ,now1 ,jesus with his friend ,lamaas went through all the regions of ,orissa1 and the valley of the ,ganges1 seeking wisdom from the sudras and the visyas and the masters4 #b ,benares of the ,ganges was a city rich in culture and in learning2 here the two rabbonis tarried many days4 #c ,and ,jesus sought to learn the ,hindu art of healing1 and became the pupil of ,udraka1 greatest of the ,hindu healers4 #d ,udraka taught the uses of the waters1 plants and earths2 of heat and cold2 sunshine and shade2 of light and dark4 #e ,he said1 ,the laws of nature are the laws of health1 and he who lives according to these laws is never sick4 #f ,transgression of these laws is sin1 and he who sins is sick4 #g ,he who obeys the laws1 maintains an equilibrium in all his parts1 and thus insures true harmony2 and harmony is health1 while discord is disease4 #h ,that which produces harmony in all the parts of man is medicine1 insuring health4 #i ,the body is a harpsichord1 and when its strings are too relaxed1 or are too tense1 the instrument is out of tune1 the man is sick4 #aj ,now1 everything in nature has been made to meet the wants of man2 so everything is found in medical arcanes4 #aa ,and when the harpsichord of man is out of tune the vast expanse of nature may be searched for remedy2 there is a cure for every ailment of the flesh4 #ab ,of course the will of man is remedy supreme2 and by the vigorous exercise of will1 man may make tense a chord that is relaxed1 or may relax one that is too tense1 and thus may heal himself4 #ac ,when man has reached the place where he has faith in ,god1 in nature and himself1 he knows the ,word of power2 his word is balm for every wound1 is cure for all the ills of life4 #ad ,the healer is the man who can inspire faith4 ,the tongue may speak to human ears1 but souls are reached by souls that speak to souls4 #ae ,he is the forceful man whose soul is large1 and who can enter into souls1 inspiring hope in those who have no hope1 and faith in those who have no faith in ,god1 in nature1 nor in man4 #af ,there is no universal balm for those who tread the common walks of life4 #ag ,a thousand things produce inharmony and make men sick2 a thousand things may tune the harpsichord1 and make men well4 #ah ,that which is medicine for one is poison for another one2 so one is healed by what would kill another one4 #ai ,an herb may heal the one2 a drink of water may restore another one2 a mountain breeze may bring to life one seeming past all help2 #bj ,a coal of fire1 or bit of earth1 may cure another one2 and one may wash in certain streams1 or pools1 and be made whole4 #ba ,the virtue from the hand or breath may heal a thousand more2 but love is queen4 ,thought1 reinforced by love1 is ,god's great sovereign balm4 #bb ,but many of the broken chords in life1 and discords that so vex the soul1 are caused by evil spirits of the air that men see not2 that lead men on through ignorance to break the laws of nature and of ,god4 #bc ,these powers act like demons1 and they speak2 they rend the man2 they drive him to despair4 #bd ,but he who is a healer1 true1 is master of the soul1 and can1 by force of will1 control these evil ones4 #be ,some spirits of the air are master spirits and are strong1 too strong for human power alone2 but man has helpers in the higher realms that may be importuned1 and they will help to drive the demons out4 #bf ,of what this great physician said1 this is the sum4 ,and ,jesus bowed his head in recognition of the wisdom of this master soul1 and went his way4 ,,chapter #bd4 ,the ,brahmic doctrine of castes4 ,jesus repudiates it and teaches human equality4 ,the priests are offended and drive him from the temple4 ,he abides with the sudras and teaches them4 ,four years the ,jewish boy abode in temple ,jagannath4 #b ,one day he sat among the priests and said to them1 ,pray1 tell me all about your views of castes2 why do you say that all men are not equal in the sight of ,god8 #c ,a master of their laws stood forth and said1 ,the ,holy ,one whom we call ,brahm1 made men to suit himself1 and men should not complain4 #d ,in the beginning days of human life ,brahm spoke1 and four men stood before his face4 #e ,now1 from the mouth of ,parabrahm the first man came2 and he was white1 was like the ,brahm himself2 a brahman he was called4 #f ,and he was high and lifted up2 above all want he stood2 he had no need of toil4 #g ,and he was called the priest of ,brahm1 the holy one to act for ,brahm in all affairs of earth4 #h ,the second man was red1 and from the hand of ,parabrahm he came2 and he was called shatriya4 #i ,and he was made to be the king1 the ruler and the warrior1 whose highest ordained duty was1 protection of the priest4 #aj ,and from the inner parts of ,parabrahm the third man came2 and he was called a visya4 #aa ,he was a yellow man1 and his it was to till the soil1 and keep the flocks and herds4 #ab ,and from the feet of ,parabrahm the fourth man came2 and he was black2 and he was called the sudras1 one of low estate4 #ac ,the sudras is the servant of the race of men2 he has no rights that others need respect2 he may not hear the ,vedas read1 and it means death to him to look into the face of priest1 or king1 and naught but death can free him from his state of servitude4 #ad ,and ,jesus said1 ,then ,parabrahm is not a ,god of justice and of right2 for with his own strong hand he has exalted one and brought another low4 #ae ,and ,jesus said no more to them1 but looking up to heaven he said1 #af ,my ,father-,god1 who was1 and is1 and ever more shall be2 who holds within thy hands the scales of justice and of right2 #ag ,who in the boundlessness of love has made all men to equal be4 ,the white1 the black1 the yellow and the red can look up in thy face and say1 ,our ,father-,god4 #ah ,thou ,father of the human race1 ,i praise thy name4 #ai ,and all the priests were angered by the words which ,jesus spoke2 they rushed upon him1 seized him1 and would have done him harm4 #bj ,but then ,lamaas raised his hand and said1 ,you priests of ,brahm1 beware6 you know not what you do2 wait till you know the ,god this youth adores4 #ba ,i have beheld this boy at prayer when light above the light of sun surrounded him1 ,beware6 his ,god may be more powerful than ,brahm4 #bb ,if ,jesus speaks the truth1 if he is right1 you cannot force him to desist2 if he is wrong and you are right1 his words will come to naught1 for right is might1 and in the end it will prevail4 #bc ,and then the priests refrained from doing ,jesus harm2 but one spoke out and said1 #bd ,within this holy place has not this reckless youth done violence to ,parabrahm8 ,the law is plain2 it says1 ,he who reviles the name of ,brahm shall die4 #be ,lamaas plead for ,jesus' life2 and then the priests just seized a scourge of cords and drove him from the place4 #bf ,and ,jesus went his way and found a shelter with the black and yellow men1 the servants and the tillers of the soil4 #bg ,to them he first made known the gospel of equality2 he told them of the ,brotherhood of ,man1 the ,fatherhood of ,god4 #bh ,the common people heard him with delight1 and learned to pray1 ,our ,father-,god who art in heaven4 ,,chapter #be4 ,jesus teaches the sudras and farmers4 ,relates a parable of a nobleman and his unjust sons4 ,makes known the possibilities of all men4 ,when ,jesus saw the sudras and the farmers in such multitudes draw near to hear his words1 he spoke a parable to them2 he said3 #b ,a nobleman possessed a great estate2 he had four sons1 and he would have them all grow strong by standing forth and making use of all the talents they possessed4 #c ,and so he gave to each a share of his great wealth1 and bade them go their way4 #d ,the eldest son was full of self2 he was ambitious1 shrewd and quick of thought4 #e ,he said within himself1 ,i am the oldest son1 and these1 my brothers1 must be servants at my feet1 #f ,and then he called his brothers forth2 and one he made a puppet king2 gave him a sword and charged him to defend the whole estate4 #g ,to one he gave the use of lands and flowing wells1 and flocks and herds1 and bade him till the soil1 and tend the flocks and herds and bring to him the choicest of his gains4 #h ,and to the other one he said1 ,you are the youngest son2 the broad estate has been assigned2 you have no part nor lot in anything that is4 #i ,and then he took a chain and bound his brother to a naked rock upon a desert plain1 and said to him1 #aj ,you have been born a slave2 you have no rights1 and you must be contented with your lot1 for there is no release for you until you die and go from hence4 #aa ,now1 after certain years the day of reckoning came2 the nobleman called up his sons to render their accounts4 #ab ,and when he knew that one1 his eldest son1 had seized the whole estate and made his brothers slaves1 #ac ,he seized him1 tore his priestly robes away and put him in a prison cell1 where he was forced to stay until he had atoned for all the wrongs that he had done4 #ad ,and then1 as though they were but toys1 he threw in air the throne and armor of the puppet king2 he broke his sword1 and put him in a prison cell4 #ae ,and then he called his farmer son and asked him why he had not rescued from his galling chains his brother on the desert sands4 #af ,and when the son made answer not1 the father took unto himself the flocks and herds1 the fields and flowing wells1 #ag ,and sent his farmer son to live out on the desert sands1 until he had atoned for all the wrongs that he had done4 #ah ,and then the father went and found his youngest son in cruel chains2 with his own hands he broke the chains and bade his son to go in peace4 #ai ,now1 when the sons had all paid up their debts they came again and stood before the bar of right4 #bj ,they all had learned their lessons1 learned them well2 and then the father once again divided the estate4 #ba ,he gave to each an equal share1 and bade them recognize the law of equity and right1 and live in peace4 #bb ,and one1 a sudras1 spoke and said1 ,may we who are but slaves1 who are cut down like beasts to satisfy the whims of priests--may we have hope that one will come to break our chains and set us free8 #bc ,and ,jesus said1 ,the ,holy ,one has said1 that all his children shall be free2 and every soul is child of ,god4 #bd ,the sudras shall be free as priest2 the farmer shall walk hand in hand with king2 for all the world will own the brotherhood of man4 #be ,o men1 arise6 be conscious of your powers1 for he who wills need not remain a slave4 #bf ,just live as you would have your brother live2 unfold each day as does the flower2 for earth is yours1 and heaven is yours1 and ,god will bring you to your own4 #bg ,and all the people cried1 ,show us the way that like the flower we may unfold and come unto our own4 ,,chapter #bf4 ,jesus at ,katak4 ,the car of ,jagannath4 ,jesus reveals to the people the emptiness of ,brahmic rites1 and how to see ,god in man4 ,teaches them the divine law of sacrifice4 ,in all the cities of ,orissa ,jesus taught4 ,at ,katak1 by the river side1 he taught1 and thousands of the people followed him4 #b ,one day a car of ,jagannath was hauled along by scores of frenzied men1 and ,jesus said1 #c ,behold1 a form without a spirit passes by2 a body with no soul2 a temple with no altar fires4 #d ,this car of ,krishna is an empty thing1 for ,krishna is not there4 #e ,this car is but an idol of a people drunk on wine of carnal things4 #f ,god lives not in the noise of tongues2 there is no way to him from any idol shrine4 #g ,god's meeting place with man is in the heart1 and in a still small voice he speaks2 and he who hears is still4 #h ,and all the people said1 ,teach us to know the ,holy ,one who speaks within the heart1 ,god of the still small voice4 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,the ,holy ,breath cannot be seen with mortal eyes2 nor can men see the ,spirits of the ,holy ,one2 #aj ,but in their image man was made1 and he who looks into the face of man1 looks at the image of the ,god who speaks within4 #aa ,and when man honors man he honors ,god1 and what man does for man1 he does for ,god4 #ab ,and you must bear in mind that when man harms in thought1 or word or deed another man1 he does a wrong to ,god4 #ac ,if you would serve the ,god who speaks within the heart1 just serve your near of kin1 and those that are no kin1 the stranger at your gates1 the foe who seeks to do you harm2 #ad ,assist the poor1 and help the weak2 do harm to none1 and covet not what is not yours2 #ae ,then1 with your tongue the ,holy ,one will speak2 and he will smile behind your tears1 will light your countenance with joy1 and fill your hearts with peace4 #af ,and then the people asked1 ,to whom shall we bring gifts8 ,where shall we offer sacrifice8 #ag ,and ,jesus said1 ,our ,father-,god asks not for needless waste of plant1 of grain1 of dove1 of lamb4 #ah ,that which you burn on any shrine you throw away4 ,no blessings can attend the one who takes the food from hungry mouths to be destroyed by fire4 #ai ,when you would offer sacrifice unto our ,god1 just take your gift of grain1 or meat and lay it on the table of the poor4 #bj ,from it an incense will arise to heaven1 which will return to you with blessedness4 #ba ,tear down your idols2 they can hear you not2 turn all your sacrificial altars into fuel for the flames4 #bb ,make human hearts your altars1 and burn your sacrifices with the fire of love4 #bc ,and all the people were entranced1 and would have worshipped ,jesus as a ,god2 but ,jesus said1 #bd ,i am your brother man just come to show the way to ,god2 you shall not worship man2 praise ,god1 the ,holy ,one4 ,,chapter #bg4 ,jesus attends a feast in ,behar4 ,preaches a revolutionary sermon on human equality4 ,relates the parable of the broken blades4 ,the fame of ,jesus as a teacher spread through all the land1 and people came from near and far to hear his words of truth4 #b ,at ,behar1 on the sacred river of the ,brahms1 he taught for many days4 #c ,and ,ach1 a wealthy man of ,behar1 made a feast in honor of his guest1 and he invited every one to come4 #d ,and many came2 among them thieves1 extortioners1 and courtesans4 ,and ,jesus sat with them and taught2 but they who followed him were much aggrieved because he sat with thieves and courtesans4 #e ,and they upbraided him2 they said1 ,rabboni1 master of the wise1 this day will be an evil day for you4 #f ,the news will spread that you consort with courtesans and thieves1 and men will shun you as they shun an asp4 #g ,and ,jesus answered them and said1 ,a master never screens himself for sake of reputation or of fame4 #h ,these are but worthless baubles of the day2 they rise and sink1 like empty bottles on a stream2 they are illusions and will pass away2 #i ,they are the indices to what the thoughtless think2 they are the noise that people make2 and shallow men judge merit by the noise4 #aj ,god and all master men judge men by what they are and not by what they seem to be2 not by their reputation and their fame4 #aa ,these courtesans and thieves are children of my ,father-,god2 their souls are just as precious in his sight as yours1 or of the ,brahmic priests4 #ab ,and they are working out the same life sums that you1 who pride yourselves on your respectability and moral worth1 are working out4 #ac ,and some of them have solved much harder sums than you have solved1 you men who look at them with scorn4 #ad ,yes1 they are sinners1 and confess their guilt1 while you are guilty1 but are shrewd enough to have a polished coat to cover up your guilt4 #ae ,suppose you men who scorn these courtesans1 these drunkards and these thieves1 who know that you are pure in heart and life1 that you are better far than they1 stand forth that men may know just who you are4 #af ,the sin lies in the wish1 in the desire1 not in the act4 #ag ,you covet other people's wealth2 you look at charming forms1 and deep within your hearts you lust for them4 #ah ,deceit you practice every day1 and wish for gold1 for honor and for fame1 just for your selfish selves4 #ai ,the man who covets is a thief1 and she who lusts is courtesan4 ,you who are none of these speak out4 #bj ,nobody spoke2 the accusers held their peace4 #ba ,and ,jesus said1 ,the proof this day is all against those who have accused4 #bb ,the pure in heart do not accuse4 ,the vile in heart who want to cover up their guilt with holy smoke of piety are ever loathing drunkard1 thief and courtesan4 #bc ,this loathing and this scorn is mockery1 for if the tinseled coat of reputation could be torn away1 the loud professor would be found to revel in his lust1 deceit1 and many forms of secret sin4 #bd ,the man who spends his time in pulling other people's weeds can have no time to pull his own1 and all the choicest flowers of life will soon be choked and die1 and nothing will remain but darnel1 thistles1 burs4 #be ,and ,jesus spoke a parable3 he said1 ,behold1 a farmer had great fields of ripened grain1 and when he looked he saw that blades of many stalks of wheat were bent and broken down4 #bf ,and when he sent his reapers forth he said1 ,we will not save the stalks of wheat that have the broken blades4 #bg ,go forth and cut and burn the stalks with broken blades4 #bh ,and after many days he went to measure up his grain1 but not a kernel could he find4 #bi ,and then he called the harvesters and said to them1 ,where is my grain8 #cj ,they answered him and said1 ,we did according to your word2 we gathered up and burned the stalks with broken blades1 and not a stalk was left to carry to the barn4 #ca ,and ,jesus said1 ,if ,god saves only those who have no broken blades1 who have been perfect in his sight1 who will be saved8 #cb ,and the accusers hung their heads in shame2 and ,jesus went his way4 ,,chapter #bh4 ,udraka gives a feast in ,jesus' honor4 ,jesus speaks on the unity of ,god and the brotherhood of life4 ,criticises the priesthood4 ,becomes the guest of a farmer4 ,benares is the sacred city of the ,brahms1 and in ,benares ,jesus taught2 ,udraka was his host4 #b ,udraka made a feast in honor of his guest1 and many high born ,hindu priests and scribes were there4 #c ,and ,jesus said to them1 ,with much delight ,i speak to you concerning life--the brotherhood of life4 #d ,the universal ,god is one1 yet he is more than one2 all things are ,god2 all things are one4 #e ,by the sweet breaths of ,god all life is bound in one2 so if you touch a fiber of a living thing you send a thrill from center to the outer bounds of life4 #f ,and when you crush beneath your foot the meanest worm1 you shake the throne of ,god1 and cause the sword of right to tremble in its sheath4 #g ,the bird sings out its song for men1 and men vibrate in unison to help it sing4 #h ,the ant constructs her home1 the bee its sheltering comb1 the spider weaves her web1 and flowers breathe to them a spirit in their sweet perfumes that gives them strength to toil4 #i ,now1 men and birds and beasts and creeping things are deities1 made flesh2 and how dare men kill anything8 #aj ',tis cruelty that makes the world awry4 ,when men have learned that when they harm a living thing they harm themselves1 they surely will not kill1 nor cause a thing that ,god has made to suffer pain4 #aa ,a lawyer said1 ,i pray you1 ,jesus1 tell who is this ,god you speak about2 where are his priests1 his temples and his shrines8 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,the ,god ,i speak about is every where2 he cannot be compassed with walls1 nor hedged about with bounds of any kind4 #ac ,all people worship ,god1 the ,one2 but all the people see him not alike4 #ad ,this universal ,god is wisdom1 will and love4 #ae ,all men see not the ,triune ,god4 ,one sees him as the ,god of might2 another as the ,god of thought2 another as the ,god of love4 #af ,a man's ideal is his ,god1 and so1 as man unfolds1 his ,god unfolds4 ,man's ,god today1 tomorrow is not ,god4 #ag ,the nations of the earth see ,god from different points of view1 and so he does not seem the same to every one4 #ah ,man names the part of ,god he sees1 and this to him is all of ,god2 and every nation sees a part of ,god1 and every nation has a name for ,god4 #ai ,you ,brahmans call him ,parabrahm2 in ,egypt he is ,thoth2 and ,zeus is his name in ,greece2 ,jehovah is his ,hebrew name2 but everywhere he is the causeless ,cause1 the rootless ,root from which all things have grown4 #bj ,when men become afraid of ,god1 and take him for a foe1 they dress up other men in fancy garbs and call them priests1 #ba ,and charge them to restrain the wrath of ,god by prayers2 and when they fail to win his favor by their prayers1 to buy him off with sacrifice of animal1 or bird1 #bb ,when man sees ,god as one with him1 as ,father-,god1 he needs no middle man1 no priest to intercede2 #bc ,he goes straight up to him and says1 ,my ,father-,god6 and then he lays his hand in ,god's own hand1 and all is well4 #bd ,and this is ,god4 ,you are1 each one1 a priest1 just for yourself2 and sacrifice of blood ,god does not want4 #be ,just give your life in sacrificial service to the all of life1 and ,god is pleased4 #bf ,when ,jesus had thus said he stood aside2 the people were amazed1 but strove among themselves4 #bg ,some said1 ,he is inspired by ,holy ,brahm2 and others said1 ,he is insane2 and others said1 ,he is obsessed2 he speaks as devils speak4 #bh ,but ,jesus tarried not4 ,among the guests was one1 a tiller of the soil1 a generous soul1 a seeker after truth1 who loved the words that ,jesus spoke2 and ,jesus went with him1 and in his home abode4 ,,chapter #bi4 ,ajainin1 a priest from ,lahore1 comes to ,benares to see ,jesus1 and abides in the temple4 ,jesus refuses an invitation to visit the temple4 ,ajainin visits him at night in the farmer's home1 and accepts his philosophy4 ,among ,benares' temple priests was one1 a guest1 ,ajainin1 from ,lahore4 #b ,by merchantmen ,ajainin heard about the ,jewish boy1 about his words of wisdom1 and he girt himself and journeyed from ,lahore that he might see the boy1 and hear him speak4 #c ,the ,brahmic priests did not accept the truth that ,jesus brought1 and they were angered much by what he said at the ,udraka feast4 #d ,but they had never seen the boy1 and they desired much to hear him speak1 and they invited him to be a temple guest4 #e ,but ,jesus said to them1 ,the light is most abundant1 and it shines for all2 if you would see the light come to the light4 #f ,if you would hear the message that the ,holy ,one has given me to give to men1 come unto me4 #g ,now1 when the priests were told what ,jesus said they were enraged4 #h ,ajainin did not share their wrath1 and he sent forth another messenger with costly gifts to ,jesus at the farmer's home2 he sent this message with the gifts3 #i ,i pray you1 master1 listen to my words2 ,the ,brahmic law forbids that any priest shall go into the home of any one of low estate2 but you can come to us2 #aj ,and ,i am sure these priests will gladly hear you speak4 ,i pray that you will come and dine with us this day4 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,the ,holy ,one regards all men alike2 the dwelling of my host is good enough for any council of the sons of men4 #ab ,if pride of caste keeps you away1 you are not worthy of the light4 ,my ,father-,god does not regard the laws of man4 #ac ,your presents ,i return2 you cannot buy the knowledge of the ,lord with gold1 or precious gifts4 #ad ,these words of ,jesus angered more and more the priests1 and they began to plot and plan how they might drive him from the land4 #ae ,ajainin did not join with them in plot and plan2 he left the temple in the night1 and sought the home where ,jesus dwelt4 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,there is no night where shines the sun2 ,i have no secret messages to give2 in light all secrets are revealed4 #ag ,ajainin said1 ,i came from far-away ,lahore1 that ,i might learn about this ancient wisdom1 and this kingdom of the ,holy ,one of which you speak4 #ah ,where is the kingdom8 where the king8 ,who are the subjects8 what its laws8 #ai ,and ,jesus said1 ,this kingdom is not far away1 but man with mortal eyes can see it not2 it is within the heart4 #bj ,you need not seek the king in earth1 or sea1 or sky2 he is not there1 and yet is everywhere4 ,he is the ,christ of ,god2 is universal love4 #ba ,the gate of this dominion is not high1 and he who enters it must fall down on his knees4 ,it is not wide1 and none can carry carnal bundles through4 #bb ,the lower self must be transmuted into spirit-self2 the body must be washed in living streams of purity4 #bc ,ajainin asked1 ,can ,i become a subject of this king8 #bd ,and ,jesus said1 ,you are yourself a king1 and you may enter through the gate and be a subject of the ,king of kings4 #be ,but you must lay aside your priestly robes2 must cease to serve the ,holy ,one for gold2 must give your life1 and all you have1 in willing service to the sons of men4 #bf ,and ,jesus said no more2 ,ajainin went his way2 and while he could not comprehend the truth that ,jesus spoke1 he saw what he had never seen before4 #bg ,the realm of faith he never had explored2 but in his heart the seeds of faith and universal brotherhood had found good soil4 #bh ,and as he journeyed to his home he seemed to sleep1 to pass through darkest night1 and when he woke the ,sun of ,righteousness had arisen2 he had found the king4 #bi ,now1 in ,benares ,jesus tarried many days and taught4 ,,chapter #cj4 ,jesus receives news of the death of his father4 ,he writes a letter to his mother4 ,the letter4 ,he sends it on its way by a merchant4 ,one day as ,jesus stood beside the ,ganges busy with his work1 a caravan1 returning from the ,west1 drew near4 #b ,and one1 approaching ,jesus1 said1 ,we come to you just from your native land and bring unwelcome news4 #c ,your father is no more on earth2 your mother grieves2 and none can comfort her4 ,she wonders whether you are still alive or not2 she longs to see you once again4 #d ,and ,jesus bowed his head in silent thought2 and then he wrote4 ,of what he wrote this is the sum3 #e ,my mother1 noblest of woman kind2 ,a man just from my native land has brought me word that father is no more in flesh1 and that you grieve1 and are disconsolate4 #f ,my mother1 all is well2 is well for father and is well for you4 #g ,his work in this earth-round is done1 and it is nobly done4 #h ,in all the walks of life men cannot charge him with deceit1 dishonesty1 nor wrong intent4 #i ,here in this round he finished many heavy tasks1 and he has gone from hence prepared to solve the problems of the round of soul4 #aj ,our ,father-,god is with him there1 as he was with him here2 and there his angel guards his footsteps lest he goes astray4 #aa ,why should you weep8 ,tears cannot conquer grief4 ,there is no power in grief to mend a broken heart4 #ab ,the plane of grief is idleness2 the busy soul can never grieve2 it has no time for grief4 #ac ,when grief comes trooping through the heart1 just lose yourself2 plunge deep into the ministry of love1 and grief is not4 #ad ,yours is a ministry of love1 and all the world is calling out for love4 #ae ,then let the past go with the past2 rise from the cares of carnal things and give your life for those who live4 #af ,and if you lose your life in serving life you will be sure to find in it the morning sun1 the evening dews1 in song of bird1 in flowers1 and in the stars of night4 #ag ,in just a little while your problems of this earth-round will be solved2 and when your sums are all worked out it will be pleasure unalloyed for you to enter wider fields of usefulness1 to solve the greater problems of the soul4 #ah ,strive1 then1 to be content1 and ,i will come to you some day and bring you richer gifts than gold or precious stones4 #ai ,i'm sure that ,john will care for you1 supplying all your needs2 and ,i am with you all the way1 ,jehoshua4 #bj ,and by the hand of one1 a merchant1 going to ,jerusalem1 he sent this letter on its way4 ,,chapter #ca4 ,brahmic priests are enraged because of ,jesus' teaching and resolve to drive him from ,india4 ,lamaas pleads for him4 ,priests employ a murderer to kill him4 ,lamaas warns him and he flees to ,nepel4 ,the words and works of ,jesus caused unrest through all the land4 #b ,the common people were his friends1 believed in him1 and followed him in throngs4 #c ,the priests and rulers were afraid of him2 his very name sent terror to their hearts4 #d ,he preached the brotherhood of life1 the righteousness of equal rights1 and taught the uselessness of priests1 and sacrificial rites4 #e ,he shook the very sand on which the ,brahmic system stood2 he made the ,brahmic idols seem so small1 and sacrifice so fraught with sin1 that shrines and wheels of prayer were all forgot4 #f ,the priests declared that if this ,hebrew boy should tarry longer in the land a revolution would occur2 the common people would arise and kill the priests1 and tear the temples down4 #g ,and so they sent a call abroad1 and priests from every province came4 ,benares was on fire with ,brahmic zeal4 #h ,lamaas from the temple ,jagannath1 who knew the inner life of ,jesus well1 was in their midst1 and heard the rantings of the priests1 #i ,and he stood forth and said1 ,my brother priests1 take heed1 be careful what you do2 this is a record-making day4 #aj ,the world is looking on2 the very life of ,brahmic thought is now on trial4 #aa ,if we are reason-blind2 if prejudice be king today2 if we resort to beastly force1 and dye our hands in blood that may1 in sight of ,brahm1 be innocent and pure1 #ab ,his vengeance may fall down on us2 the very rock on which we stand may burst beneath our feet2 and our beloved priesthood1 and our laws and shrines will go into decay4 #ac ,but they would let him speak no more4 ,the wrathful priests rushed up and beat him1 spit upon him1 called him traitor1 threw him1 bleeding1 to the street4 #ad ,and then confusion reigned2 the priests became a mob2 the sight of human blood led on to fiendish acts1 and called for more4 #ae ,the rulers1 fearing war1 sought ,jesus1 and they found him calmly teaching in the market-place4 #af ,they urged him to depart1 that he might save his life2 but he refused to go4 #ag ,and then the priests sought cause for his arrest2 but he had done no crime4 #ah ,and then false charges were preferred2 but when the soldiers went to bring him to the judgment hall they were afraid1 because the people stood in his defense4 #ai ,the priests were baffled1 and they resolved to take his life by stealth4 #bj ,they found a man who was a murderer by trade1 and sent him out by night to slay the object of their wrath4 #ba ,lamaas heard about their plotting and their plans1 and sent a messenger to warn his friend2 and ,jesus hastened to depart4 #bb ,by night he left ,benares1 and with haste he journeyed to the north2 and everywhere1 the farmers1 merchants and the sudras helped him on his way4 #bc ,and after many days he reached the mighty ,himalayas1 and in the city ,kapivastu he abode4 #bd ,the priests of ,buddha opened wide their temple doors for him4 ,,chapter #cb4 ,jesus and ,barata4 ,together they read the sacred books4 ,jesus takes exception to the ,buddhist doctrine of evolution and reveals the true origin of man4 ,meets ,vidyapati1 who becomes his co-laborer4 ,among the ,buddhist priests was one who saw a lofty wisdom in the words that ,jesus spoke4 ,it was ,barata ,arabo4 #b ,together ,jesus and ,barata read the ,jewish ,psalms and ,prophets2 read the ,vedas1 the ,avesta and the wisdom of ,guatama4 #c ,and as they read and talked about the possibilities of man1 ,barata said1 #d ,man is the marvel of the universe4 ,he is a part of everything1 for he has been a living thing on every plane of life4 #e ,time was when man was not2 and then he was a bit of formless substance in the molds of time2 and then a protoplast4 #f ,by universal law all things tend upward to a state of perfectness4 ,the protoplast evolved1 becoming worm1 then reptile1 bird and beast1 and then at last it reached the form of man4 #g ,now1 man himself is mind1 and mind is here to gain perfection by experience2 and mind is often manifest in fleshy form1 and in the form best suited to its growth4 ,so mind may manifest as worm1 or bird1 or beast1 or man4 #h ,the time will come when everything of life will be evolved unto the state of perfect man4 #i ,and after man is man in perfectness1 he will evolve to higher forms of life4 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,barata ,arabo1 who taught you this1 that mind1 which is the man1 may manifest in flesh of beast1 or bird1 or creeping thing8 #aa ,barata said1 ,from times which man remembers not our priests have told us so1 and so we know4 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,enlightened ,arabo1 are you a master mind and do not know that man knows naught by being told8 #ac ,man may believe what others say2 but thus he never knows4 ,if man would know1 he must himself be what he knows4 #ad ,do you remember1 ,arabo1 when you was ape1 or bird1 or worm8 #ae ,now1 if you have no better proving of your plea than that the priests have told you so1 you do not know2 you simply guess4 #af ,regard not1 then1 what any man has said2 let us forget the flesh1 and go with mind into the land of fleshless things2 mind never does forget4 #ag ,and backward through the ages master minds can trace themselves2 and thus they know4 #ah ,time never was when man was not4 #ai ,that which begins will have an end4 ,if man was not1 the time will come when he will not exist4 #bj ,from ,god's own ,record ,book we read3 ,the ,triune ,god breathed forth1 and seven ,spirits stood before his face4 7,the ,hebrews call these seven ,spirits1 ,elohim47 #ba ,and these are they who1 in their boundless power1 created everything that is1 or was4 #bb ,these ,spirits of the ,triune ,god moved on the face of boundless space and seven ethers were1 and every ether had its form of life4 #bc ,these forms of life were but the thoughts of ,god1 clothed in the substance of their ether planes4 #bd 7,men call these ether planes the planes of protoplast1 of earth1 of plant1 of beast1 of man1 of angel and of cherubim47 #be ,these planes with all their teeming thoughts of ,god1 are never seen by eyes of man in flesh2 they are composed of substance far too fine for fleshly eyes to see1 and still they constitute the soul of things2 #bf ,and with the eyes of soul all creatures see these ether planes1 and all the forms of life4 #bg ,because all forms of life on every plane are thoughts of ,god1 all creatures think1 and every creature is possessed of will1 and1 in its measure1 has the power to choose1 #bh ,and in their native planes all creatures are supplied with nourishment from the ethers of their planes4 #bi ,and so it was with every living thing until the will became a sluggish will1 and then the ethers of the protoplast1 the earth1 the plant1 the beast1 the man1 began to vibrate very slow4 #cj ,the ethers all became more dense1 and all the creatures of these planes were clothed with coarser garbs1 the garbs of flesh1 which men can see2 and thus this coarser manifest1 which men call physical1 appeared4 #ca ,and this is what is called the fall of man2 but man fell not alone for protoplast1 and earth1 and plant and beast were all included in the fall4 #cb ,the angels and the cherubim fell not2 their wills were ever strong1 and so they held the ethers of their planes in harmony with ,god4 #cc ,now1 when the ethers reached the rate of atmosphere1 and all the creatures of these planes must get their food from atmosphere1 the conflict came2 and then that which the finite man has called1 survival of the best1 became a law1 #cd ,the stronger ate the bodies of the weaker manifests2 and here is where the carnal law of evolution had its rise4 #ce ,and now man1 in his utter shamelessness1 strikes down and eats the beasts1 the beast consumes the plant1 the plant thrives on the earth1 the earth absorbs the protoplast4 #cf ,in yonder kingdom of the soul this carnal evolution is not known1 and the great work of master minds is to restore the heritage of man1 to bring him back to his estate that he has lost1 when he again will live upon the ethers of his native plane4 #cg ,the thoughts of ,god change not2 the manifests of life on every plane unfold into perfection of their kind2 and as the thoughts of ,god can never die1 there is no death to any being of the seven ethers of the seven ,spirits of the ,triune ,god4 #ch ,and so an earth is never plant2 a beast1 or bird1 or creeping thing is never man1 and man is not1 and cannot be1 a beast1 or bird1 or creeping thing4 #ci ,the time will come when all these seven manifests will be absorbed1 and man1 and beast1 and plant1 and earth and protoplast will be redeemed4 #dj ,barata was amazed2 the wisdom of the ,jewish sage was revelation unto him4 #da ,now1 ,vidyapati1 wisest of the ,indian sages1 chief of temple ,kapavistu1 heard ,barata speak to ,jesus of the origin of man1 and heard the answer of the ,hebrew prophet1 and he said1 #db ,you priests of ,kapavistu1 hear me speak3 ,we stand today upon a crest of time4 ,six times ago a master soul was born who gave a glory light to man1 and now a master sage stands here in temple ,kapavistu4 #dc ,this ,hebrew prophet is the rising star of wisdom1 deified4 ,he brings to us a knowledge of the secret things of ,god2 and all the world will hear his words1 will heed his words1 and glorify his name4 #dd ,you priests of temple ,kapavistu1 stay6 be still and listen when he speaks2 he is the ,living ,oracle of ,god4 #de ,and all the priests gave thanks1 and praised the ,buddha of enlightenment4 ,,chapter #cc4 ,jesus teaches the common people at a spring4 ,tells them how to attain unto happiness4 ,relates the parable of the rocky field and the hidden treasure4 ,in silent meditation ,jesus sat beside a flowing spring4 ,it was a holy day1 and many people of the servant caste were near the place4 #b ,and ,jesus saw the hard drawn lines of toil on every brow1 in every hand4 ,there was no look of joy in any face4 ,not one of all the group could think of anything but toil4 #c ,and ,jesus spoke to one and said1 ,why are you all so sad8 ,have you no happiness in life8 #d ,the man replied1 ,we scarcely know the meaning of that word4 ,we toil to live1 and hope for nothing else but toil1 and bless the day when we can cease our toil and lay us down to rest in ,buddha's city of the dead4 #e ,and ,jesus' heart was stirred with pity and with love for these poor toilers1 and he said1 #f ,toil should not make a person sad2 men should be happiest when they toil4 ,when hope and love are back of toil1 then all of life is filled with joy and peace1 and this is heaven4 ,do you not know that such a heaven is for you8 #g ,the man replied1 ,of heaven we have heard2 but then it is so far away1 and we must live so many lives before we reach that place6 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,my brother1 man1 your thoughts are wrong2 your heaven is not far away2 and it is not a place of metes and bounds1 is not a country to be reached2 it is a state of mind4 #i ,god never made a heaven for man2 he never made a hell2 we are creators and we make our own4 #aj ,now1 cease to seek for heaven in the sky2 just open up the windows of your hearts1 and1 like a flood of light1 a heaven will come and bring a boundless joy2 then toil will be no cruel task4 #aa ,the people were amazed1 and gathered close to hear this strange young master speak1 #ab ,imploring him to tell them more about the ,father-,god2 about the heaven that men can make on earth2 about the boundless joy4 #ac ,and ,jesus spoke a parable2 he said1 ,a certain man possessed a field2 the soil was hard and poor4 #ad ,by constant toil he scarcely could provide enough of food to keep his family from want4 #ae ,one day a miner who could see beneath the soil1 in passing on his way1 saw this poor man and his unfruitful field4 #af ,he called the weary toiler and he said1 ,my brother1 know you not that just below the surface of your barren field rich treasures lie concealed8 #ag ,you plow and sow and reap in scanty way1 and day by day you tread upon a mine of gold and precious stones4 #ah ,this wealth lies not upon the surface of the ground2 but if you will but dig away the rocky soil1 and delve down deep into the earth1 you need no longer till the soil for naught4 #ai ,the man believed4 ,the miner surely knows2 he said1 and ,i will find the treasures hidden in my field4 #bj ,and then he dug away the rocky soil1 and deep down in the earth he found a mine of gold4 #ba ,and ,jesus said1 ,the sons of men are toiling hard on desert plains1 and burning sands and rocky soils2 are doing what their fathers did1 not dreaming they can do aught else4 #bb ,behold1 a master comes1 and tells them of a hidden wealth2 that underneath the rocky soil of carnal things are treasures that no man can count2 #bc ,that in the heart the richest gems abound2 that he who wills may open up the door and find them all4 #bd ,and then the people said1 ,make known to us the way that we may find the wealth that lies within the heart4 #be ,and ,jesus opened up the way2 the toilers saw another side of life1 and toil became a joy4 ,,chapter #cd4 ,the ,jubilee in ,kapavistu4 ,jesus teaches in the plaza and the people are astonished4 ,he relates the parable of the unkept vineyard and the vine dresser4 ,the priests are angered by his words4 ,it was a gala day in sacred ,kapavistu2 a throng of ,buddhist worshippers had met to celebrate a ,jubilee4 #b ,and priests and masters from all parts of ,india were there2 they taught2 but they embellished little truth with many words4 #c ,and ,jesus went into an ancient plaza and he taught2 he spoke of ,father-,mother-,god2 he told about the brotherhood of life4 #d ,the priests and all the people were astounded at his words and said1 ,is this not ,buddha come again in flesh8 ,no other one could speak with such simplicity and power4 #e ,and ,jesus spoke a parable2 he said1 ,there was a vineyard all unkept2 the vines were high1 the growth of leaves and branches great4 #f ,the leaves were broad and shut the sunlight from the vines2 the grapes were sour1 and few1 and small4 #g ,the pruner came2 with his sharp knife he cut off every branch1 and not a leaf remained2 just root and stalk1 and nothing more4 #h ,the busy neighbors came with one accord and were amazed1 and said to him who pruned1 ,you foolish man6 the vineyard is despoiled4 #i ,such desolation6 ,there is no beauty left1 and when the harvest time shall come the gatherers will find no fruit4 #aj ,the pruner said1 ,content yourselves with what you think1 and come again at harvest time and see4 #aa ,and when the harvest time came on the busy neighbors came again2 they were surprised4 #ab ,the naked stalks had put forth branch and leaf1 and heavy clusters of delicious grapes weighed every branch to earth4 #ac ,the gatherers rejoiced as1 day by day1 they carried the rich fruitage to the press4 #ad ,behold1 the vineyard of the ,lord6 the earth is spread with human vines4 #ae ,the gorgeous forms and rites of men are branches1 and their words are leaves2 and these have grown so great that sunlight can no longer reach the heart2 there is no fruit4 #af ,behold1 the pruner comes1 and with a two-edged knife he cuts away the branches and the leaves of words1 #ag ,and naught is left but unclothed stalks of human life4 #ah ,the priests and they of pompous show1 rebuke the pruner1 and would stay him in his work4 #ai ,they see no beauty in the stalks of human life2 no promises of fruit4 #bj ,the harvest time will come and they who scorned the pruner will look on again and be amazed1 for they will see the human stalks that seemed so lifeless1 bending low with precious fruit4 #ba ,and they will hear the harvesters rejoice1 because the harvest is so great4 #bb ,the priests were not well pleased with ,jesus' words2 but they rebuked him not2 they feared the multitude4 ,,chapter #ce4 ,jesus and ,vidyapati consider the needs of the incoming age of the world4 ,the ,indian sage and ,jesus often met and talked about the needs of nations and of men2 about the sacred doctrines1 forms and rites best suited to the coming age4 #b ,one day they sat together in a mountain pass1 and ,jesus said1 ,the coming age will surely not require priests1 and shrines1 and sacrifice of life4 #c ,there is no power in sacrifice of beast1 or bird1 to help a man to holy life4 #d ,and ,vidyapati said1 ,all forms and rites are symbols of the things that men must do within the temple of the soul4 #e ,the ,holy ,one requires man to give his life in willing sacrifice for men1 and all the so-called offerings on altars and on shrines that have been made since time began1 were made to teach man how to give himself to save his brother man2 for man can never save himself except he lose his life in saving other men4 #f ,the perfect age will not require forms and rites and carnal sacrifice4 ,the coming age is not the perfect age1 and men will call for object lessons and symbolic rites4 #g ,and in the great religion you shall introduce to men1 some simple rites of washings and remembrances will be required2 but cruel sacrifice of animals1 and birds the gods require not4 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,our ,god must loathe the tinseled show of priests and priestly things4 #i ,when men array themselves in showy garbs to indicate that they are servants of the gods1 and strut about like gaudy birds to be admired by men1 because of piety or any other thing1 the ,holy ,one must surely turn away in sheer disgust4 #aj ,all people are alike the servants of our ,father-,god1 are kings and priests4 #aa ,will not the coming age demand complete destruction of the priestly caste1 as well as every other caste and inequality among the sons of men8 #ab ,and ,vidyapati said1 ,the coming age is not the age of spirit life and men will pride themselves in wearing priestly robes1 and chanting pious chants to advertise themselves as saints4 #ac ,the simple rites that you will introduce will be extolled by those who follow you1 until the sacred service of the age will far outshine in gorgeousness the priestly service of the ,brahmic age4 #ad ,this is a problem men must solve4 #ae ,the perfect age will come when every man will be a priest and men will not array themselves in special garb to advertise their piety4 ,,section ,,vii4 ,,zain4 ,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,tibet and ,western ,india4 ,,chapter #cf4 ,jesus in ,lassa4 ,he meets ,meng-ste who aids him in reading the ancient manuscripts4 ,he goes to ,ladak4 ,heals a child4 ,relates the parable of the king's son4 ,in ,lassa of ,tibet there was a master's temple1 rich in manuscripts of ancient lore4 #b ,the ,indian sage had read these manuscripts1 and he revealed to ,jesus many of the secret lessons they contained2 but ,jesus wished to read them for himself4 #c ,now1 ,meng-ste1 greatest sage of all the farther ,east1 was in this temple of ,tibet4 #d ,the path across ,emodus heights was difficult2 but ,jesus started on his way1 and ,vidyapati sent with him a trusted guide4 #e ,and ,vidyapati sent a message to ,meng-ste1 in which he told about the ,hebrew sage1 and spoke for him a welcome by the temple priests4 #f ,now1 after many days1 and perils great1 the guide and ,jesus reached the ,lassa temple in ,tibet4 #g ,and ,meng-ste opened wide the temple doors1 and all the priests and masters gave a welcome to the ,hebrew sage4 #h ,and ,jesus had access to all the sacred manuscripts1 and1 with the help of ,meng-ste1 read them all4 #i ,and ,meng-ste often talked with ,jesus of the coming age1 and of the sacred service best adapted to the people of the age4 #aj ,in ,lassa ,jesus did not teach4 ,when he had finished all his studies in the temple schools he journeyed toward the ,west4 ,in many villages he tarried for a time and taught4 #aa ,at last he reached the pass1 and in the ,ladak city1 ,leh1 he was received with favor by the monks1 the merchants1 and the men of low estate4 #ab ,and in the monastery he abode1 and taught2 and then he sought the common people in the marts of trade2 and there he taught4 #ac ,not far away a woman lived1 whose infant son was sick nigh unto death4 ,the doctors had declared1 ,there is no hope2 the child must die4 #ad ,the woman heard that ,jesus was a teacher sent from ,god1 and she believed that he had power to heal her son4 #ae ,and so she clasped the dying infant in her arms and ran with haste and asked to see the man of ,god4 #af ,when ,jesus saw her faith he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said1 #ag ,my ,father-,god1 let power divine o'ershadow me1 and let the ,holy ,breath fill full this child that it may live4 #ah ,and in the presence of the multitude he laid his hand upon the child and said1 #ai ,good woman you are blest2 your faith has saved your son4 ,and then the child was well4 #bj ,the people were astonished and they said1 ,this surely is the ,holy ,one made flesh1 for man alone cannot rebuke a fever thus and save a child from death4 #ba ,then many of the people brought their sick1 and ,jesus spoke the ,word1 and they were healed4 #bb ,among the ,ladaks ,jesus tarried many days2 he taught them how to heal2 how sins are blotted out1 and how to make on earth a heaven of joy4 #bc ,the people loved him for his words and works1 and when he must depart they grieved as children grieve when mother goes away4 #bd ,and on the morning when he started on his way the multitudes were there to press his hand4 #be ,to them he spoke a parable2 he said1 ,a certain king so loved the people of his land that he sent forth his only son with precious gifts for all4 #bf ,the son went everywhere and scattered forth the gifts with lavish hand4 #bg ,but there were priests who ministered at shrines of foreign gods1 who were not pleased because the king did not through them bestow the gifts4 #bh ,and so they sought to cause the people all to hate the son4 ,they said1 ,these gifts are not of any worth2 they are but counterfeits4 #bi ,and so the people threw the precious gems1 and gold and silver in the streets4 ,they caught the son and beat him1 spit upon him1 drove him from their midst4 #cj ,the son resented not their insults and their cruelties2 but thus he prayed1 ,my ,father-,god1 forgive these creatures of thy hand2 they are but slaves2 they know not what they do4 #ca ,and while they yet were beating him he gave them food1 and blest them with a boundless love4 #cb ,in certain cities was the son received with joy1 and he would gladly have remained to bless the homes2 but he could tarry not1 for he must carry gifts to every one in all the king's domain4 #cc ,and ,jesus said1 ,my ,father-,god is king of all mankind1 and he has sent me forth with all the bounties of his matchless love and boundless wealth4 #cd ,to all the people of all lands1 lo1 ,i must bear these gifts--this water and this bread of life4 #ce ,i go my way1 but we will meet again2 for in my ,fatherland is room for all2 ,i will prepare a place for you4 #cf ,and ,jesus raised his hand in silent benediction2 then he went his way4 ,,chapter #cg4 ,jesus is presented with a camel4 ,he goes to ,lahore where he abides with ,ajainin1 whom he teaches4 ,lesson of the wandering musicians4 ,jesus resumes his journey4 ,a caravan of merchantmen were journeying through the ,kashmar vale as ,jesus passed that way1 and they were going to ,lahore1 a city of the ,hand1 the five-stream land4 #b ,the merchantmen had heard the prophet speak1 had seen his mighty works in ,leh1 and they were glad to see him once again4 #c ,and when they knew that he was going to ,lahore and then across the ,sind1 through ,persia and the farther ,west1 and that he had no beast on which to ride1 #d ,they freely gave to him a noble bactrian beast1 well saddled and equipped1 and ,jesus journeyed with the caravan4 #e ,and when he reached ,lahore1 ,ajainin and some other ,brahmic priests1 received him with delight4 #f ,ajainin was the priest who came to ,jesus in the night time in ,benares many months before1 and heard his words of truth4 #g ,and ,jesus was ,ajainin's guest2 he taught ,ajainin many things2 revealed to him the secrets of the healing art4 #h ,he taught him how he could control the spirits of the air1 the fire1 the water and the earth2 and he explained to him the secret doctrine of forgiveness1 and the blotting out of sins4 #i ,one day ,ajainin sat with ,jesus in the temple porch2 a band of wandering singers and musicians paused before the court to sing and play4 #aj ,their music was most rich and delicate1 and ,jesus said1 ,among the high-bred people of the land we hear no sweeter music than that these uncouth children of the wilderness bring here to us4 #aa ,from whence this talent and this power8 ,in one short life they surely could not gain such grace of voice1 such knowledge of the laws of harmony and tone4 #ab ,men call them prodigies4 ,there are no prodigies4 ,all things result from natural law4 #ac ,these people are not young4 ,a thousand years would not suffice to give them such divine expressiveness1 and such purity of voice and touch4 #ad ,ten thousand years ago these people mastered harmony4 ,in days of old they trod the busy thoroughfares of life1 and caught the melody of birds1 and played on harps of perfect form4 #ae ,and they have come again to learn still other lessons from the varied notes of manifests4 #af ,these wandering people form a part of heaven's orchestra1 and in the land of perfect things the very angels will delight to hear them play and sing4 #ag ,and ,jesus taught the common people of ,lahore2 he healed their sick1 and showed to them the way to rise to better things by helpfulness4 #ah ,he said1 ,we are not rich by what we get and hold2 the only things we keep are those we give away4 #ai ,if you would live the perfect life1 give forth your life in service for your kind1 and for the forms of life that men esteem the lower forms of life4 #bj ,but ,jesus could not tarry longer in ,lahore2 he bade the priests and other friends farewell2 and then he took his camel and he went his way toward the ,sind4 ,,section ,,viii4 ,,cheth4 ,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,persia4 ,,chapter #ch4 ,jesus crosses ,persia4 ,teaches and heals in many places4 ,three magian priests meet him as he nears ,persepolis4 ,kaspar1 and two other ,persian masters1 meet him in ,persepolis4 ,the seven masters sit in silence seven days4 ,four-and-twenty years of age was ,jesus when he entered ,persia on his homeward way4 #b ,in many a hamlet1 town and neighborhood he paused a while and taught and healed4 #c ,the priests and ruling classes did not welcome him1 because he censured them for cruelty to those of low estate4 #d ,the common people followed him in throngs4 #e ,at times the chiefs made bold to try to hinder him1 forbidding him to teach or heal the sick4 ,but he regarded not their angry threats2 he taught1 and healed the sick4 #f ,in time he reached ,persepolis1 the city where the kings of ,persia were entombed2 the city of the learned magi1 ,hor1 and ,lun1 and ,mer1 the three wise men1 #g ,who1 two-and-twenty years before1 had seen the star of promise rise above ,jerusalem1 and who had journeyed to the ,west to find the new-born king2 #h ,and were the first to honor ,jesus as the master of the age1 and gave him gifts of gold1 gum-thus and myrrh4 #i ,these magi knew1 by ways that masters always know1 when ,jesus neared ,persepolis2 and then they girt themselves1 and went to meet him on the way4 #aj ,and when they met1 a light much brighter than the light of day1 surrounded them1 and men who saw the four stand in the way declared they were transfigured2 seeming more like gods than men4 #aa ,now1 ,hor and ,lun were aged men1 and ,jesus placed them on his beast to ride into ,persepolis2 while he and ,mer led on the way4 #ab ,and when they reached the magi's home they all rejoiced4 ,and ,jesus told the thrilling story of his life1 and ,hor and ,lun and ,mer spoke not2 they only looked to heaven1 and in their hearts praised ,god4 #ac ,three wise men from the ,north were in ,persepolis2 and they were ,kaspar1 ,zara and ,melzone2 and ,kaspar was the wisest master of the magian land4 ,these three were at the home of ,hor and ,lun and ,mer when ,jesus came4 #ad ,for seven days these seven men spoke not2 they sat in silence in the council hall in close communion with the ,silent ,brotherhood4 #ae ,they sought for light1 for revelation and for power4 ,the laws and precepts of the coming age required all the wisdom of the masters of the world4 ,,chapter #ci4 ,jesus attends a feast in ,persepolis4 ,speaks to the people1 reviewing the magian philosophy4 ,explains the origin of evil4 ,spends the night in prayer4 ,a feast in honor of the magian ,god was being held1 and many men were gathered in ,persepolis4 #b ,and on the great day of the feast the ruling magian master said1 ,within these sacred walls is liberty2 whoever wills to speak may speak4 #c ,and ,jesus standing in the midst of all the people1 said1 ,my brothers1 sisters1 children of our ,father-,god3 #d ,most blest are you among the sons of men today1 because you have such just conceptions of the ,holy ,one and man4 #e ,your purity in worship and in life is pleasing unto ,god2 and to your master1 ,zarathustra1 praise is due4 #f ,well say you all1 ,there is one ,god from whose great being there came forth the seven ,spirits that created heaven and earth2 and manifest unto the sons of men are these great ,spirits in the sun1 and moon1 and stars4 #g ,but in your sacred books we read that two among these seven are of superior strength2 that one of these created all the good2 the other one created all that evil is4 #h ,i pray you1 honored masters1 tell me how that evil can be born of that which is all good8 #i ,a magus rose and said1 ,if you will answer me1 your problem will be solved4 #aj ,we all do recognize the fact that evil is4 ,whatever is1 must have a cause4 ,if ,god1 the ,one1 made not this evil1 then1 where is the ,god who did8 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,whatever ,god1 the ,one1 has made is good1 and like the great first ,cause1 the seven ,spirits all are good1 and everything that comes from their creative hands is good1 #ab ,now1 all created things have colors1 tones and forms their own2 but certain tones1 though good and pure themselves1 when mixed1 produce inharmonies1 discordant tones4 #ac ,and certain things1 though good and pure1 when mixed1 produce discordant things1 yea1 poisonous things1 that men call evil things4 #ad ,so evil is the inharmonious blending of the colors1 tones1 or forms of good4 #ae ,now1 man is not all-wise1 and yet has will his own4 ,he has the power1 and he uses it1 to mix ,god's good things in a multitude of ways1 and every day he makes discordant sounds1 and evil things4 #af ,and every tone and form1 be it of good1 or ill1 becomes a living thing1 a demon1 sprite1 or spirit of a good or vicious kind4 #ag ,man makes his devil thus2 and then becomes afraid of him and flees2 his devil is emboldened1 follows him away and casts him into torturing fires4 #ah ,the devil and the burning fires are both the works of man1 and none can put the fires out and dissipate the evil one1 but man who made them both4 #ai ,then ,jesus stood aside1 and not a magus answered him4 #bj ,and he departed from the throng and went into a secret place to pray4 ,,chapter #dj4 ,jesus teaches the magians4 ,explains the ,silence and how to enter it4 ,kaspar extols the wisdom of ,jesus4 ,jesus teaches in the groves of ,cyrus4 ,now1 in the early morning ,jesus came again to teach and heal4 ,a light not comprehended shown about1 as though some mighty spirit overshadowed him4 #b ,a magus noted this and asked him privately to tell from whence his wisdom came1 and what the meaning of the light4 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,there is a ,silence where the soul may meet its ,god1 and there the fount of wisdom is1 and all who enter are immersed in light1 and filled with wisdom1 love and power4 #d ,the magus said1 ,tell me about this ,silence and this light1 that ,i may go and there abide4 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,the ,silence is not circumscribed2 is not a place closed in with wall1 or rocky steeps1 nor guarded by the sword of man4 #f ,men carry with them all the time the secret place where they may meet their ,god4 #g ,it matters not where men abide1 on mountain top1 in deepest vale1 in marts of trade1 or in the quiet home2 they may at once1 at any time1 fling wide the door1 and find the ,silence1 find the house of ,god2 it is within the soul4 #h ,one may not be so much disturbed by noise of business1 and the words and thoughts of men if he goes all alone into the valley or the mountain pass4 #i ,and when life's heavy load is pressing hard1 it is far better to go out and seek a quiet place to pray and meditate4 #aj ,the ,silence is the kingdom of the soul which is not seen by human eyes4 #aa ,when in the ,silence1 phantom forms may flit before the mind2 but they are all subservient to the will2 the master soul may speak and they are gone4 #ab ,if you would find this ,silence of the soul you must yourself prepare the way4 ,none but the pure in heart may enter here4 #ac ,and you must lay aside all tenseness of the mind1 all business cares1 all fears1 all doubts and troubled thoughts4 #ad ,your human will must be absorbed by the divine2 then you will come into a consciousness of holiness4 #ae ,you are within the ,holy ,place1 and you will see upon a living shrine the candle of the ,lord aflame4 #af ,and when you see it burning there1 look deep within the temple of your brain1 and you will see it all aglow4 #ag ,in every part1 from head to foot1 are candles all in place1 just waiting to be lighted by the flaming torch of love4 #ah ,and when you see the candles all aflame1 just look1 and you will see1 with eyes of soul1 the waters of the fount of wisdom rushing on2 and you may drink1 and there abide4 #ai ,and then the curtains part1 and you are in the ,holiest of ,all1 where rests the ,ark of ,god1 whose covering is the ,mercy ,seat4 #bj ,fear not to lift the sacred board2 the ,tables of the ,law are in the ,ark concealed4 #ba ,take them and read them well2 for they contain all precepts and commands that men will ever need4 #bb ,and in the ,ark1 the magic wand of prophecy lies waiting for your hand2 it is the key to all the hidden meanings of the present1 future1 past4 #bc ,and then1 behold1 the manna there1 the hidden bread of life2 and he who eats shall never die4 #bd ,the cherubim have guarded well for every soul this treasure box1 and whosoever will may enter in and find his own4 #be ,now ,kaspar heard the ,hebrew master speak and he exclaimed1 ,behold1 the wisdom of the gods has come to men6 #bf ,and ,jesus went his way1 and in the sacred groves of ,cyrus1 where the multitudes were met1 he taught and healed the sick4 ,,chapter #da4 ,jesus stands by a healing fountain4 ,reveals the fact that faith is the potent factor in healing and many are healed by faith4 ,a little child teaches a great lesson of faith4 ,a flowing spring that people called the ,healing ,fount1 was near ,persepolis4 #b ,and all the people thought that at a certain time of year their deity came down and gave a virtue to the waters of the fount1 and that the sick who then would plunge into the fount and wash would be made whole4 #c ,about the fount a multitude of people were in waiting for the ,holy ,one to come and potentize the waters of the fount4 #d ,the blind1 the lame1 the deaf1 the dumb1 and those obsessed were there4 #e ,and ,jesus1 standing in the midst of them1 exclaimed1 ,behold the spring of life6 ,these waters that will fail are honored as the special blessing of your ,god4 #f ,from whence do healing virtues come8 ,why is your ,god so partial with his gifts8 ,why does he bless this spring today1 and then tomorrow take his blessings all away8 #g ,a deity of power could fill these waters full of healing virtue every day4 #h ,hear me1 you sick1 disconsolate3 ,the virtue of this fount is not a special gift of ,god4 #i ,faith is the healing power of every drop of all the waters of this spring4 #aj ,he who believes with all his heart that he will be made whole by washing in this fount will be made whole when he has washed2 and he may wash at any time4 #aa ,let every one who has this faith in ,god and in himself plunge in these waters now and wash4 #ab ,and many of the people plunged into the crystal fount2 and they were healed4 #ac ,and then there was a rush1 for all the people were inspired with faith1 and each one strove to be among the first to wash1 lest all the virtue be absorbed4 #ad ,and ,jesus saw a little child1 weak1 faint and helpless1 sitting all alone beyond the surging crowd2 and there was none to help her to the fount4 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,my little one1 why do you sit and wait8 ,why not arise and hasten to the fount and wash1 and be made well8 #af ,the child replied1 ,i need not haste2 the blessings of my ,father in the sky are measured not in tiny cups2 they never fail2 their virtues are the same forevermore4 #ag ,when these whose faith is weak must haste to wash for fear their faith will fail1 have all been cured1 these waters will be just as powerful for me4 #ah ,then ,i can go and stay a long1 long time within the blessed waters of the spring4 #ai ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold a master soul6 ,she came to earth to teach to men the power of faith4 #bj ,and then he lifted up the child and said1 ,why wait for anything8 ,the very air we breathe is filled with balm of life4 ,breathe in this balm of life in faith and be made whole4 #ba ,the child breathed in the balm of life in faith1 and she was well4 #bb ,the people marveled much at what they heard and saw2 they said1 ,this man must surely be the god of health made flesh4 #bc ,and ,jesus said1 ,the fount of life is not a little pool2 it is as wide as are the spaces of the heavens4 #bd ,the waters of the fount are love2 the potency is faith1 and he who plunges deep into the living springs1 in living faith1 may wash away his guilt and be made whole1 and freed from sin4 ,,section ,,ix4 ,,teth4 ,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,assyria4 ,,chapter #db4 ,jesus bids the magians farewell4 ,goes to ,assyria4 ,teaches the people in ,ur of ,chaldea4 ,meets ,ashbina1 with whom he visits many towns and cities1 teaching and healing the sick4 ,in ,persia ,jesus' work was done and he resumed his journey towards his native land4 #b ,the ,persian sage went with him to the ,euphrates2 then with a pledge that they would meet again in ,egypt land the masters said1 ,farewell4 #c ,and ,kaspar went his way unto his home beside the ,caspian ,sea2 and ,jesus soon was in ,chaldea1 cradle land of ,israel4 #d ,in ,ur1 where ,abraham was born1 he tarried for a time2 and when he told the people who he was1 and why he came1 they came from near and far to speak to him4 #e ,he said to them1 ,we all are kin4 ,two thousand years and more ago1 our ,father ,abraham lived here in ,ur1 and then he worshipped ,god the ,one1 and taught the people in these sacred groves4 #f ,and he was greatly blessed2 becoming father of the mighty hosts of ,israel4 #g ,although so many years have passed since ,abraham and ,sarah walked these ways1 a remnant of their kindred still abide in ,ur4 #h ,and in their hearts the ,god of ,abraham is still adored1 and faith and justice are the rocks on which they build4 #i ,behold this land6 ,it is no more the fruitful land that ,abraham loved so well2 the rains come not as in the former times2 the vine is not productive now1 and withered are the figs4 #aj ,but this shall not forever be2 the time will come when all your deserts will rejoice2 when flowers will bloom2 when all your vines will bend their heads with luscious fruit2 your shepherds will again be glad4 #aa ,and ,jesus preached to them the gospel of good will1 and peace on earth4 ,he told them of the brotherhood of life1 and of the inborn powers of man1 and of the kingdom of the soul4 #ab ,and as he spoke1 ,ashbina1 greatest sage of all ,assyria1 stood before his face4 #ac ,the people knew the sage1 for he had often taught them in their sacred halls and groves1 and they rejoiced to see his face4 #ad ,ashbina said1 ,my children of ,chaldea1 hear6 ,behold1 for you are greatly blest today1 because a prophet of the living ,god has come to you4 #ae ,take heed to what this master says1 for he gives forth the words that ,god has given him4 #af ,and ,jesus and the sage went through the towns and cities of ,chaldea and of the lands between the ,tigris and the ,euphrates2 #ag ,and ,jesus healed a multitude of people who were sick4 ,,chapter #dc4 ,jesus and ,ashbina visit ,babylon and remark its desolation4 ,the two masters remain in company seven days2 then ,jesus resumes his homeward journey4 ,arrives in ,nazareth4 ,his mother gives a feast in his honor4 ,his brothers are displeased4 ,jesus tells his mother and aunt the story of his journeys4 ,the ruined ,babylon was near1 and ,jesus and the sage went through her gates and walked among her fallen palaces4 #b ,they trod the streets where ,israel once was held in base captivity4 #c ,they saw where ,judah's sons and daughters hung their harps upon the willows1 and refused to sing4 #d ,they saw where ,daniel and the ,hebrew children stood as living witnesses of faith4 #e ,and ,jesus lifted up his hands and said1 ,behold the grandeur of the works of man6 #f ,the king of ,babylon destroyed the temple of the ,lord in old ,jerusalem2 he burned the holy city1 bound in chains my people and my kin1 and brought them here as slaves4 #g ,but retribution comes2 for whatsoever men shall do to other men the righteous ,judge will do to them4 #h ,the sun of ,babylon has gone down2 the songs of pleasure will be heard no more within her walls4 #i ,and every kind of creeping thing and unclean bird will1 in these ruins1 find their homes4 #aj ,and in the temple ,belus1 ,jesus and ,ashbina stood in silent thought4 #aa ,then ,jesus spoke and said1 ,behold this monument of folly and of shame4 #ab ,man tried to shake the very throne of ,god1 and he assayed to build a tower to reach to heaven1 when1 lo1 his very speech was snatched away1 because in lofty words he boasted of his power4 #ac ,and on these heights the heathen ,baal stood--the god wrought out by hands of man4 #ad ,upon yon altar1 birds1 and beasts1 and men1 yea children have been burned in awful sacrifice to ,baal4 #ae ,but now the gory priests are dead2 the very rocks have shuddered and have fallen down2 the place is desolate4 #af ,now1 in the plains of ,shinar ,jesus tarried yet for seven days1 and1 with ,ashbina1 meditated long upon the needs of men1 and how the sages could best serve the coming age4 #ag ,then ,jesus went his way1 and after many days he crossed the ,jordan to his native land4 ,at once he sought his home in ,nazareth4 #ah ,his mother's heart was filled with joy2 she made a feast for him1 inviting all her kindred and her friends4 #ai ,but ,jesus' brothers were not pleased that such attention should be paid to one they deemed a sheer adventurer1 and they went not in to the feast4 #bj ,they laughed their brother's claims to scorn2 they called him indolent1 ambitious1 vain2 a worthless fortune hunter2 searcher of the world for fame1 who1 after many years returns to mother's home with neither gold1 nor any other wealth4 #ba ,and ,jesus called aside his mother and her sister1 ,miriam1 and told them of his journey to the ,east4 #bb ,he told them of the lessons he had learned1 and of the works that he had done4 ,to others he told not the story of his life4 ,,section ,x4 ,,jod4 ,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,greece4 ,,chapter #dd4 ,jesus visits ,greece and is welcomed by the ,athenians4 ,meets ,apollo4 ,addresses the ,grecian masters in the ,amphitheater4 ,the address4 ,the ,greek philosophy was full of pungent truth1 and ,jesus longed to study with the masters in the schools of ,greece4 #b ,and so he left his home in ,nazareth and crossed the ,carmel hills1 and at the port took ship1 and soon was in the ,grecian capital4 #c ,now1 the ,athenians had heard of him as teacher and philosopher1 and they were glad to have him come to them that they might hear his words of truth4 #d ,among the masters of the ,greeks was one1 ,apollo1 who was called1 ,defender of the ,oracle1 and recognized in many lands as ,grecian sage4 #e ,apollo opened up for ,jesus all the doors of ,grecian lore1 and in the ,areopagus he heard the wisest masters speak4 #f ,but ,jesus brought to them a wisdom greater far than theirs2 and so he taught4 #g ,once in the ,amphitheater he stood1 and when ,apollo bade him speak he said1 #h ,athenian masters1 hear6 ,in ages long ago1 men1 wise in nature's laws1 sought out and found the place on which your city stands4 #i ,full well you know that there are parts of earth where its great beating heart throws heavenward etheric waves that meet the ethers from above2 #aj ,where spirit-light and understanding1 like the stars of night1 shine forth4 #aa ,of all the parts of earth there is no place more sensitized1 more truly spirit-blest1 than that where ,athens stands4 #ab ,yea1 all of ,greece is blest4 ,no other land has been the homeland of such mighty men of thought as grace your scrolls of fame4 #ac ,a host of sturdy giants of philosophy1 of poetry1 of science1 and of art1 were born upon the soil of ,greece1 and rocked to manhood in your cradle of pure thought4 #ad ,i come not here to speak of science1 of philosophy1 or art2 of these you are the world's best masters now4 #ae ,but all your high accomplishments are but stepping stones to worlds beyond the realm of sense2 are but illusive shadows flitting on the walls of time4 #af ,but ,i would tell you of a life beyond1 within2 a real life that can not pass away4 #ag ,in science and philosophy there is no power strong enough to fit a soul to recognize itself1 or to commune with ,god4 #ah ,i would not stay the flow of your great streams of thought2 but ,i would turn them to the channels of the soul4 #ai ,unaided by the ,spirit-breath1 the work of intellection tends to solve the problems of the things we see1 and nothing more4 #bj ,the senses were ordained to bring into the mind mere pictures of the things that pass away2 they do not deal with real things2 they do not comprehend eternal law4 #ba ,but man has something in his soul1 a something that will tear the veil apart that he may see the world of real things4 #bb ,we call this something1 spirit consciousness2 it sleeps in every soul1 and cannot be awakened till the ,holy ,breath becomes a welcome guest4 #bc ,this ,holy ,breath knocks at the door of every soul1 but cannot enter in until the will of man throws wide the door4 #bd ,there is no power in intellect to turn the key2 philosophy and science both have toiled to get a glimpse behind the veil2 but they have failed4 #be ,the secret spring that throws ajar the door of soul is touched by nothing else than purity in life1 by prayer and holy thought4 #bf ,return1 ,o mystic stream of ,grecian thought1 and mingle your clear waters with the flood of ,spirit-life2 and then the spirit consciousness will sleep no more1 and man will know1 and ,god will bless4 #bg ,when ,jesus had thus said he stepped aside4 ,the ,grecian masters were astonished at the wisdom of his words2 they answered not4 ,,chapter #de4 ,jesus teaches the ,greek masters4 ,goes with ,apollo to ,delphi and hears the ,oracle speak4 ,it testifies for him4 ,he abides with ,apollo1 and is recognized as the ,living ,oracle of ,god4 ,explains to ,apollo the phenomenon of oracular speech4 ,for many days the ,grecian masters listened to the clear incisive words that ,jesus spoke1 and while they could not fully comprehend the things he said1 they were delighted and accepted his philosophy4 #b ,one day as ,jesus and ,apollo walked beside the sea1 a ,delphic courier came in haste and said1 ,apollo1 master1 come2 the ,oracle would speak with you4 #c ,apollo said to ,jesus1 ,sir1 if you would see the ,delphic ,oracle1 and hear it speak1 you may accompany me4 ,and ,jesus did accompany him4 #d ,the masters went in haste2 and when they came to ,delphi1 great excitement reigned4 #e ,and when ,apollo stood before the ,oracle it spoke and said3 #f ,apollo1 sage of ,greece1 the bell strikes twelve2 the midnight of the ages now has come4 #g ,within the womb of nature ages are conceived2 they gestate and are born in glory with the rising sun1 and when the agic sun goes down the age disintegrates and dies4 #h ,the ,delphic age has been an age of glory and renown2 the gods have spoken to the sons of men through oracles of wood1 and gold1 and precious stone4 #i ,the ,delphic sun has set2 the ,oracle will go into decline2 the time is near when men will hear its voice no more4 #aj ,the gods will speak to man by man4 ,the ,living ,oracle now stands within these sacred groves2 the ,logos from on high has come4 #aa ,from henceforth will decrease my wisdom and my power2 from henceforth will increase the wisdom and the power of him1 ,immanuel4 #ab ,let all the masters stay2 let every creature hear and honor him1 ,immanuel4 #ac ,and then the ,oracle spoke not again for forty days1 and priests and people were amazed4 ,they came from near and far to hear the ,living ,oracle speak forth the wisdom of the gods4 #ad ,and ,jesus and the ,grecian sage returned2 and in ,apollo's home the ,living ,oracle spoke forth for forty days4 #ae ,one day ,apollo said to ,jesus as they sat alone1 ,this sacred ,delphic ,oracle has spoken many a helpful word for ,greece4 #af ,pray tell me what it is that speaks4 ,is it an angel1 man1 or living god8 #ag ,and ,jesus said1 ,it is not angel1 man1 nor god that speaks4 ,it is the matchless wisdom of the master minds of ,greece1 united in a master mind4 #ah ,this giant mind has taken to itself the substances of soul1 and thinks1 and hears1 and speaks4 #ai ,it will remain a living soul while master minds feed it with thought1 with wisdom and with faith and hope4 #bj ,but when the master minds of ,greece shall perish from the land1 this giant master mind will cease to be1 and then the ,delphic ,oracle will speak no more4 ,,chapter #df4 ,a storm on the sea4 ,jesus rescues many drowning men4 ,the ,athenians pray to idols4 ,jesus rebukes their idolatry and tells how ,god helps4 ,his last meeting with the ,greeks4 ,sails on the vessel ,mars4 ,it was a holy day and ,jesus walked upon the ,athens' beach4 #b ,a storm was on and ships were being tossed about like toys upon the bosom of the sea4 #c ,the sailors and the fishermen were going down to watery graves2 the shores were strewn with bodies of the dead4 #d ,and ,jesus halted not1 but with a mighty power he rescued many a helpless one1 oft bringing back to life the seeming dead4 #e ,now1 on these shores were altars sacred to the gods supposed to rule the seas4 #f ,and men and women1 heedless of the cries of drowning men1 were crowding all about these altars1 calling on their gods for help4 #g ,at length the storm was done1 and all the sea was calm1 and men could think again2 and ,jesus said1 #h ,you worshippers of wooden gods1 how has the fury of this storm been lessened by your frantic prayers8 #i ,where is the strength of these poor1 weather-beaten gods with painted swords and crowns8 #aj ,a god that could abide in such a little house could hardly hold a frantic fly1 and who could hope that he could hold at bay the ,lords of winds and waves8 #aa ,the mighty powers of worlds unseen do not give forth their help till men have done their best2 they only help when man can do no more4 #ab ,and you have agonized and prayed around these shrines1 and let men sink to death who might have been1 by your assistance1 saved4 #ac ,the ,god that saves dwells in your souls1 and manifests by making use of your own feet1 and legs1 and arms1 and hands4 #ad ,strength never comes through idleness2 nor through a waiting for another one to bear your loads1 or do the work that you are called to do4 #ae ,but when you do your best to bear your loads1 and do your work1 you offer unto ,god a sacrifice well-pleasing in his sight4 #af ,and then the ,holy ,one breathes deep upon your glowing sacrificial coals1 and makes them blaze aloft to fill your souls with light1 and strength and helpfulness4 #ag ,the most efficient prayer that men can offer to a god of any kind is helpfulness to those in need of help2 for what you do for other men the ,holy ,one will do for you4 #ah ,and thus ,god helps4 #ai ,his work in ,greece was done1 and ,jesus must go on his way to ,egypt in the ,south4 ,apollo1 with the highest masters of the land and many people from the varied walks of life1 stood on the shore to see the ,hebrew sage depart2 and ,jesus said1 #bj ,the son of man has been in many lands2 has stood in temples of a multitude of foreign gods2 has preached the gospel of good will and peace on earth to many people1 tribes and tongues2 #ba ,has been received with favor in a multitude of homes2 but ,greece is1 of them all1 the royal host4 #bb ,the breadth of ,grecian thought2 the depth of her philosophy2 the height of her unselfish aspirations have well fitted her to be the champion of the cause of human liberty and right4 #bc ,the fates of war have subjugated ,greece1 because she trusted in the strength of flesh1 and bone and intellect1 forgetful of the spirit-life that binds a nation to its source of power1 #bd ,but ,greece will not forever sit within the darkness of the shadowland as vassal of a foreign king4 #be ,lift up your heads1 you men of ,greece2 the time will come when ,greece will breathe the ethers of the ,holy ,breath1 and be a main spring of the spirit power of earth4 #bf ,but ,god must be your shield1 your buckler1 and your tower of strength4 #bg ,and then he said1 ,farewell4 ,apollo raised his hand in silent benediction1 and the people wept4 #bh ,upon the ,cretan vessel1 ,mars1 the ,hebrew sage sailed from the ,grecian port4 ,,section ,,xi4 ,,caph4 ,life and ,works of ,jesus in ,egypt4 ,,chapter #dg4 ,jesus with ,elihu and ,salome in ,egypt4 ,tells the story of his journeys4 ,elihu and ,salome praise ,god4 ,jesus goes to the temple in ,heliopolis and is received as a pupil4 ,and ,jesus came to ,egypt land1 and all was well4 ,he tarried not upon the coast2 he went at once to ,zoan1 home of ,elihu and ,salome1 who five and twenty years before had taught his mother in their sacred school4 #b ,and there was joy when met these three4 ,when last the son of ,mary saw these sacred groves he was a babe2 #c ,and now a man grown strong by buffetings of every kind2 a teacher who had stirred the multitudes in many lands4 #d ,and ,jesus told the aged teachers all about his life2 about his journeyings in foreign lands2 about the meetings with the masters and about his kind receptions by the multitudes4 #e ,elihu and ,salome heard his story with delight2 they lifted up their eyes to heaven and said1 #f ,our ,father-,god1 let now thy servants go in peace1 for we have seen the glory of the ,lord2 #g ,and we have talked with him1 the messenger of love1 and of the covenant of peace on earth1 good will to men4 #h ,through him shall all the nations of the earth be blest2 through him1 ,immanuel4 #i ,and ,jesus staid in ,zoan many days2 and then went forth unto the city of the sun1 that men call ,heliopolis1 and sought admission to the temple of the sacred brotherhood4 #aj ,the council of the brotherhood convened1 and ,jesus stood before the hierophant2 he answered all the questions that were asked with clearness and with power4 #aa ,the hierophant exclaimed1 ,rabboni of the rabbinate1 why come you here8 ,your wisdom is the wisdom of the gods2 why seek for wisdom in the halls of men8 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,in every way of earth-life ,i would walk2 in every hall of learning ,i would sit2 the heights that any man has gained1 these ,i would gain2 #ac ,what any man has suffered ,i would meet1 that ,i may know the griefs1 the disappointments and the sore temptations of my brother man2 that ,i may know just how to succor those in need4 #ad ,i pray you1 brothers1 let me go into your dismal crypts2 and ,i would pass the hardest of your tests4 #ae ,the master said1 ,take then the vow of secret brotherhood4 ,and ,jesus took the vow of secret brotherhood4 #af ,again the master spoke2 he said1 ,the greatest heights are gained by those who reach the greatest depths2 and you shall reach the greatest depths4 #ag ,the guide then led the way and in the fountain ,jesus bathed2 and when he had been clothed in proper garb he stood again before the hierophant4 ,,chapter #dh4 ,jesus receives from the hierophant his mystic name and number4 ,passes the first brotherhood test1 and receives his first degree1 ,,sincerity4 ,the master took down from the wall a scroll on which was written down the number and the name of every attribute and character4 ,he said1 #b ,the circle is the symbol of the perfect man1 and seven is the number of the perfect man2 #c ,the ,logos is the perfect word2 that which creates2 that which destroys1 and that which saves4 #d ,this ,hebrew master is the ,logos of the ,holy ,one1 the ,circle of the human race1 the ,seven of time4 #e ,and in the record book the scribe wrote down1 ,the ,logos-,circle-,seven2 and thus was ,jesus known4 #f ,the master said1 ,the ,logos will give heed to what ,i say3 ,no man can enter into light till he has found himself4 ,go forth and search till you have found your soul and then return4 #g ,the guide led ,jesus to a room in which the light was faint and mellow1 like the light of early dawn4 #h ,the chamber walls were marked with mystic signs1 with hieroglyphs and sacred texts2 and in this chamber ,jesus found himself alone where he remained for many days4 #i ,he read the sacred texts2 thought out the meanings of the hieroglyphs and sought the import of the master's charge to find himself4 #aj ,a revelation came2 he got acquainted with his soul2 he found himself2 then he was not alone4 #aa ,one night he slept and at the midnight hour1 a door that he had not observed1 was opened1 and a priest in somber garb came in and said1 #ab ,my brother1 pardon me for coming in at this unseemly hour2 but ,i have come to save your life4 #ac ,you are the victim of a cruel plot4 ,the priests of ,heliopolis are jealous of your fame1 and they have said that you shall never leave these gloomy crypts alive4 #ad ,the higher priests do not go forth to teach the world1 and you are doomed to temple servitude4 #ae ,now1 if you would be free1 you must deceive these priests2 must tell them you are here to stay for life2 #af ,and then1 when you have gained all that you wish to gain1 ,i will return1 and by a secret way will lead you forth that you may go in peace4 #ag ,and ,jesus said1 ,my brother1 man1 would you come here to teach deceit8 ,am ,i within these holy walls to learn the wiles of vile hypocrisy8 #ah ,nay1 man1 my ,father scorns deceit1 and ,i am here to do his will4 #ai ,deceive these priests6 ,not while the sun shall shine4 ,what ,i have said1 that ,i have said2 ,i will be true to them1 to ,god1 and to myself4 #bj ,and then the tempter left1 and ,jesus was again alone2 but in a little time a white-robed priest appeared and said1 #ba ,well done6 the ,logos has prevailed4 ,this is the trial chamber of hypocrisy4 ,and then he led the way1 and ,jesus stood before the judgment seat4 #bb ,and all the brothers stood2 the hierophant came forth and laid his hand on ,jesus' head1 and placed within his hands a scroll1 on which was written just one word1 ,,sincerity2 and not a word was said4 #bc ,the guide again appeared1 and led the way1 and in a spacious room replete with everything a student craves was ,jesus bade to rest and wait4 ,,chapter #di4 ,jesus passes the second brotherhood test1 and receives the second degree1 ,,justice4 ,the ,logos did not care to rest2 he said1 ,why wait in this luxurious room8 ,i need not rest2 my ,father's work upon me presses hard4 #b ,i would go on and learn my lessons all4 ,if there are trials1 let them come1 for every victory over self gives added strength4 #c ,and then the guide led on1 and in a chamber1 dark as night1 was ,jesus placed and left alone2 and days were spent in this deep solitude4 #d ,and ,jesus slept1 and in the dead of night a secret door was opened1 and1 in priest's attire1 two men came in2 each carried in his hand a little flickering lamp4 #e ,approaching ,jesus1 one spoke out and said1 ,young man1 our hearts are grieved because of what you suffer in these fearful dens1 and we have come as friends to bring you light1 and show the way to liberty4 #f ,we once1 like you1 were in these dens confined1 and thought that through these weird1 uncanny ways we could attain to blessedness and power2 #g ,but in a luckful moment we were undeceived1 and1 making use of all our strength1 we broke our chains1 and then we learned that all this service is corruption in disguise4 ,these priests are criminals just hid away4 #h ,they boast in sacrificial rites2 they offer to their gods1 and burn them while alive1 poor birds1 and beasts2 yea1 children1 women1 men4 #i ,and now they keep you here1 and1 at a certain time1 may offer you in sacrifice4 #aj ,we pray you1 brother1 break your chains2 come1 go with us2 accept of freedom while you may4 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,your little tapers show the light you bring4 ,pray1 who are you8 ,the words of man are worth no more than is the man himself4 #ab ,these temple walls are strong and high2 how gained you entrance to this place8 #ac ,the men replied1 ,beneath these walls are many hidden ways1 and we who have been priests1 spent months and years within these dens1 know all of them4 #ad ,then you are traitors1 ,jesus said4 ,a traitor is a fiend2 he who betrays another man is never man to trust4 #ae ,if one has only reached the plane of treachery1 he is a lover of deceit1 and will betray a friend to serve his selfish self4 #af ,behold1 you men1 or whatsoe'er you be1 your words fall lightly on my ears1 #ag ,could ,i prejudge these hundred priests1 turn traitor to myself and them1 because of what you say when you confess your treachery8 #ah ,no man can judge for me2 and if ,i judge till testimony all is in ,i might not judge aright4 #ai ,nay1 men2 by whatsoever way you came1 return4 ,my soul prefers the darkness of the grave to little flickering lights like these you bring4 #bj ,my conscience rules2 what these1 my brothers1 have to say ,i'll hear1 and when the testimony all is in ,i will decide4 ,you cannot judge for me1 nor ,i for you1 #ba ,begone1 you men1 begone1 and leave me to this charming light2 for while the sun shines not1 within my soul there is a light surpassing that of sun or moon4 #bb ,then1 with an angry threat that they would do him harm1 the wily tempters left1 and ,jesus was again alone4 #bc ,again the white-robed priest appeared1 and led the way1 and ,jesus stood again before the hierophant2 #bd ,and not a word was said1 but in his hands the master placed a scroll on which the word suggestive1 ,,justice1 was inscribed4 #be ,and ,jesus was the master of the phantom forms of prejudice and of treachery4 ,,chapter #ej4 ,jesus passes the third brotherhood test1 and receives the third degree1 ,,faith4 ,the ,logos waited seven days1 and then was taken to the ,hall of ,fame1 a chamber rich in furnishings1 and lighted up with gold and silver lamps4 #b ,the colors of its ceilings1 decorations1 furnishings and walls were blue and gold4 #c ,its shelves were filled with books of master minds2 the paintings and the statues were the works of highest art4 #d ,and ,jesus was entranced with all this elegance and these manifests of thought4 ,he read the sacred books1 and sought the meanings of the symbols and the hieroglyphs4 #e ,and when he was absorbed in deepest thought1 a priest approached and said1 #f ,behold the glory of this place6 my brother you are highly blest4 ,few men of earth1 so young1 have reached such heights of fame4 #g ,now1 if you do not waste your life in search for hidden things that men can never comprehend1 you may be founder of a school of thought that will insure you endless fame2 #h ,for your philosophy is deeper far than that of ,plato1 and your teachings please the common people more than those of ,socrates4 #i ,why seek for mystic light within these antiquated dens8 ,go forth and walk with men1 and think with men1 and they will honor you4 #aj ,and1 after all1 these weird initiations may be myths1 and your ,messiah hopes but base illusions of the hour4 #aa ,i would advise you to renounce uncertain things and choose the course that leads to certain fame4 #ab ,and thus the priest1 a demon in disguise1 sung syren songs of unbelief2 and ,jesus meditated long and well on what he said4 #ac ,the conflict was a bitter one1 for king ,ambition is a sturdy foe to fight4 #ad ,for forty days the higher wrestled with the lower self1 and then the fight was won4 #ae ,faith rose triumphant2 unbelief was not4 ,ambition covered up his face and fled away1 and ,jesus said1 #af ,the wealth1 the honor1 and the fame of earth are but the baubles of an hour4 #ag ,when this short span of earthly life has all been measured out1 man's bursting baubles will be buried with his bones4 #ah ,yea1 what a man does for his selfish self will make no markings on the credit side of life4 #ai ,the good that men for other men shall do becomes a ladder strong on which the soul may climb to wealth1 and power and fame of ,god's own kind1 that cannot pass away1 #bj ,give me the poverty of men1 the consciousness of duty done in love1 the approbation of my ,god1 and ,i will be content4 #ba ,and then he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said1 #bb ,my ,father-,god1 ,i thank thee for this hour4 ,i ask not for the glory of thyself2 ,i fain would be a keeper of thy temple gates1 and serve my brother man4 #bc ,again was ,jesus called to stand before the hierophant2 again no word was said1 but in his hands the master placed a scroll on which was written ,,faith4 #bd ,and ,jesus bowed his head in humble thanks2 then went his way4 ,,chapter #ea4 ,jesus passes the fourth brotherhood test1 and receives the fourth degree1 ,,philanthropy4 ,when other certain days had passed1 the guide led ,jesus to the ,hall of ,mirth1 a hall most richly furnished1 and replete with every thing a carnal heart could wish4 #b ,the choicest viands and the most delicious wines were on the boards2 and maids1 in gay attire1 served all with grace and cheerfulness4 #c ,and men and women1 richly clad1 were there2 and they were wild with joy2 they sipped from every cup of mirth4 #d ,and ,jesus watched the happy throng in silence for a time1 and then a man in garb of sage came up and said1 ,most happy is the man who1 like the bee1 can gather sweets from every flower4 #e ,the wise man is the one who seeks for pleasure1 and can find it everywhere1 #f ,at best man's span of life on earth is short1 and then he dies and goes1 he knows not where4 #g ,then let us eat1 and drink1 and dance1 and sing1 and get the joys of life1 for death comes on apace4 #h ,it is but foolishness to spend a life for other men4 ,behold1 all die and lie together in the grave1 where none can know and none can show forth gratitude4 #i ,but ,jesus answered not2 upon the tinseled guests in all their rounds of mirth he gazed in silent thought4 #aj ,and then among the guests he saw a man whose clothes were coarse2 who showed in face and hands the lines of toil and want4 #aa ,the giddy throng found pleasure in abusing him2 they jostled him against the wall1 and laughed at his discomfiture4 #ab ,and then a poor1 frail woman came1 who carried in her face and form the marks of sin and shame2 and without mercy she was spit upon1 and jeered1 and driven from the hall4 #ac ,and then a little child1 with timid ways and hungry mien1 came in and asked for just a morsel of their food4 #ad ,but she was driven out uncared for and unloved2 and still the merry dance went on4 #ae ,and when the pleasure seekers urged that ,jesus join them in their mirth1 he said1 #af ,how could ,i seek for pleasure for myself while others are in want8 ,how can you think that while the children cry for bread1 while those in haunts of sin call out for sympathy and love that ,i can fill myself to full with the good things of life8 #ag ,i tell you1 nay2 we all are kin1 each one a part of the great human heart4 #ah ,i cannot see myself apart from that poor man that you so scorned1 and crowded to the wall2 #ai ,nor from the one in female garb who came up from the haunts of vice to ask for sympathy and love1 who was by you so ruthlessly pushed back into her den of sin2 #bj ,nor from that little child that you drove from your midst to suffer in the cold1 bleak winds of night4 #ba ,i tell you1 men1 what you have done to these1 my kindred1 you have done to me4 #bb ,you have insulted me in your own home2 ,i cannot stay4 ,i will go forth and find that child1 that woman and that man1 and give them help until my life's blood all has ebbed away4 #bc ,i call it pleasure when ,i help the helpless1 feed the hungry1 clothe the naked1 heal the sick1 and speak good words of cheer to those unloved1 discouraged and depressed4 #bd ,and this that you call mirth is but a phantom of the night2 but flashes of the fire of passion1 painting pictures on the walls of time4 #be ,and while the ,logos spoke the white-robed priest came in and said to him1 ,the council waits for you4 #bf ,then ,jesus stood again before the bar2 again no word was said2 the hierophant placed in his hands a scroll1 on which was writ1 ,,philanthropy4 #bg ,and ,jesus was a victor over selfish self4 ,,chapter #eb4 ,jesus spends forty days in the temple groves4 ,passes the fifth brotherhood test and receives the fifth degree1 ,,heroism4 ,the sacred temple groves were rich in statues1 monuments and shrines2 here ,jesus loved to walk and meditate4 #b ,and after he had conquered self he talked with nature in these groves for forty days4 #c ,and then the guide took chains and bound him hand and foot2 and then cast him into a den of hungry beasts1 of unclean birds1 and creeping things4 #d ,the den was dark as night2 the wild beasts howled2 the birds in fury screamed2 the reptiles hissed4 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,who was it that did bind me thus8 ,why did ,i meekly sit to be bound down with chains8 #f ,i tell you1 none has power to bind a human soul4 ,of what are fetters made8 #g ,and in his might he rose1 and what he thought were chains were only worthless cords that parted at his touch4 #h ,and then he laughed and said1 ,the chains that bind men to the carcasses of earth are forged in fancy's shop2 are made of air1 and welded in illusion's fires4 #i ,if man will stand erect1 and use the power of will1 his chains will fall1 like worthless rags2 for will and faith are stronger than the stoutest chains that men have ever made4 #aj ,and ,jesus stood erect among the hungry beasts1 and birds1 and said1 ,what is this darkness that envelops me8 #aa ',tis but the absence of the light4 ,and what is light8 ',tis but the breath of ,god vibrating in the rythm of rapid thought4 #ab ,and then he said1 ,let there be light2 and with a mighty will he stirred the ethers up1 and their vibrations reached the plane of light2 and there was light4 #ac ,the darkness of that den of night became the brightness of a newborn day4 #ad ,and then he looked to see the beasts1 and birds1 and creeping things2 lo1 they were not4 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,of what are souls afraid8 ,fear is the chariot in which man rides to death2 #af ,and when he finds himself within the chamber of the dead1 he learns that he has been deceived2 his chariot was a myth1 and death a fancy child4 #ag ,but some day all man's lessons will be learned1 and from the den of unclean1 beasts and birds1 and creeping things he will arise to walk in light4 #ah ,and ,jesus saw a ladder made of gold1 on which he climbed1 and at the top the white-robed priest awaited him4 #ai ,again he stood before the council bar2 again no word was said2 again the hierophant reached forth his hand to bless4 #bj ,he placed in ,jesus' hand another scroll1 and on this one was written1 ,,heroism4 #ba ,the ,logos had encountered fear and all his phantom host1 and in the conflict he achieved the victory4 ,,chapter #ec4 ,jesus passes the sixth brotherhood test and receives the sixth degree1 ,,love ,,divine4 ,in all the land there was no place more grandly furnished than the ,beauty ,parlors of the temple of the sun4 #b ,few students ever entered these rich rooms2 the priests regarded them with awe1 and called them ,halls of ,mysteries4 #c ,when ,jesus had attained the victory over fear1 he gained the right to enter here4 #d ,the guide led on the way1 and after passing many richly furnished rooms they reached the ,hall of ,harmony2 and here was ,jesus left alone4 #e ,among the instruments of music was a harpsichord1 and ,jesus sat in thoughtful mood inspecting it1 when1 quietly1 a maiden of entrancing beauty came into the hall4 #f ,she did not seem to notice ,jesus as he sat and mused1 so busy with his thoughts4 #g ,she found her place beside the harpsichord2 she touched the chords most gently1 and she sung the songs of ,israel4 #h ,and ,jesus was entranced2 such beauty he had never seen2 such music he had never heard4 #i ,the maiden sung her songs2 she did not seem to know that any one was near2 she went her way #aj ,and ,jesus1 talking with himself1 said out1 ,what is the meaning of this incident8 ,i did not know that such entrancing beauty and such queen-like loveliness were ever found among the sons of men4 #aa ,i did not know that voice of angel ever graced a human form1 or that seraphic music ever came from human lips4 #ab ,for days he sat entranced2 the current of his thoughts was changed2 he thought of nothing but the singer and her songs4 #ac ,he longed to see her once again2 and after certain days she came2 she spoke and laid her hand upon his head4 #ad ,her touch thrilled all his soul1 and for the time1 forgotten was the work that he was sent to do4 #ae ,few were the words the maiden said2 she went her way2 but then the heart of ,jesus had been touched4 #af ,a love-flame had been kindled in his soul1 and he was brought to face the sorest trial of his life4 #ag ,he could not sleep nor eat4 ,thoughts of the maiden came2 they would not go4 ,his carnal nature called aloud for her companionship4 #ah ,and then he said1 ,lo1 ,i have conquered every foe that ,i have met1 and shall ,i now be conquered by this carnal love8 #ai ,my ,father sent me here to show the power of love divine1 that love that reaches every living thing4 #bj ,shall this pure1 universal love be all absorbed by carnal love8 ,shall ,i forget all creatures else1 and lose my life in this fair maiden1 though she is the highest type of beauty1 purity and love8 #ba ,into its very depths his soul was stirred1 and long he wrestled with this angel-idol of his heart4 #bb ,but when the day was almost lost1 his higher ego rose in might2 he found himself again1 and then he said1 #bc ,although my heart shall break ,i will not fail in this my hardest task2 ,i will be victor over carnal love4 #bd ,and when again the maiden came1 and offered him her hand and heart1 he said1 #be ,fair one1 your very presence thrills me with delight2 your voice is benediction to my soul2 my human self would fly with you1 and be contented in your love2 #bf ,but all the world is craving for a love that ,i have come to manifest4 #bg ,i must1 then1 bid you go2 but we will meet again2 our ways on earth will not be cast apart4 #bh ,i see you in the hurrying throngs of earth as minister of love2 ,i hear your voice in song1 that wins the hearts of men to better things4 #bi ,and then in sorrow and in tears the maiden went away1 and ,jesus was again alone4 #cj ,and instantly the great bells of the temple rang2 the singers sung a new1 new song2 the grotto blazed with light4 #ca ,the hierophant himself appeared1 and said1 ,all hail6 triumphant ,logos1 hail6 ,the conqueror of carnal love stands on the heights4 #cb ,and then he placed in ,jesus' hands a scroll on which was written ,,love ,,divine4 #cc ,together they passed from the grotto of the beautiful1 and in the banquet hall a feast was served1 and ,jesus was the honored guest4 ,,chapter #ed4 ,jesus becomes a private pupil of the hierophant and is taught the mysteries of ,egypt4 ,in passing the seventh test1 he works in the ,chamber of the ,dead4 ,the senior course of study now was opened up and ,jesus entered and became a pupil of the hierophant4 #b ,he learned the secrets of the mystic lore of ,egypt land2 the mysteries of life and death and of the worlds beyond the circle of the sun4 #c ,when he had finished all the studies of the senior course1 he went into the ,chamber of the ,dead1 that he might learn the ancient methods of preserving from decay the bodies of the dead2 and here he wrought4 #d ,and carriers brought the body of a widow's only son to be embalmed2 the weeping mother followed close2 her grief was great4 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,good woman1 dry your tears2 you follow but an empty house2 your son is in it not4 #f ,you weep because your son is dead4 ,death is a cruel word2 your son can never die4 #g ,he had a task assigned to do in garb of flesh2 he came2 he did his work1 and then he laid the flesh aside2 he did not need it more4 #h ,beyond your human sight he has another work to do1 and he will do it well1 and then pass on to other tasks1 and1 by and by1 he will attain the crown of perfect life4 #i ,and what your son has done1 and what he yet must do1 we all must do4 #aj ,now1 if you harbor grief1 and give your sorrows vent they will grow greater every day4 ,they will absorb your very life until at last you will be naught but grief1 wet down with bitter tears4 #aa ,instead of helping him you grieve your son by your deep grief4 ,he seeks your solace now as he has ever done2 is glad when you are glad2 is saddened when you grieve4 #ab ,go bury deep your woes1 and smile at grief1 and lose yourself in helping others dry their tears4 #ac ,with duty done comes happiness and joy2 and gladness cheers the hearts of those who have passed on4 #ad ,the weeping woman turned1 and went her way to find a happiness in helpfulness2 to bury deep her sorrows in a ministry of joy4 #ae ,then other carriers came and brought the body of a mother to the ,chamber of the ,dead2 and just one mourner followed2 she a girl of tender years4 #af ,and as the cortege neared the door1 the child observed a wounded bird in sore distress2 a cruel hunter's dart had pierced its breast4 #ag ,and she left following the dead1 and went to help the living bird4 #ah ,with tenderness and love she folded to her breast the wounded bird2 then hurried to her place4 #ai ,and ,jesus said to her1 ,why did you leave your dead to save a wounded bird8 #bj ,the maiden said1 ,this lifeless body needs no help from me2 but ,i can help while yet life is2 my mother taught me this4 #ba ,my mother taught that grief and selfish love1 and hopes and fears are but reflexes from the lower self2 #bb ,that what we sense are but small waves upon the rolling billows of a life4 #bc ,these all will pass away2 they are unreal4 #bd ,tears flow from hearts of flesh2 the spirit never weeps2 and ,i am longing for the day when ,i will walk in light1 where tears are wiped away4 #be ,my mother taught that all emotions are the sprays that rise from human loves1 and hopes1 and fears2 that perfect bliss cannot be ours till we have conquered these4 #bf ,and in the presence of that child did ,jesus bow his head in reverence4 ,he said1 #bg ,for days and months and years ,i've sought to learn this highest truth that man can learn on earth1 and here a child1 fresh brought to earth1 has told it all in one short breath4 #bh ,no wonder ,david said1 ,o ,lord1 our ,lord1 how excellent is thy name in all the earth6 #bi ,out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength4 #cj ,and then he laid his hand upon the maiden's head1 and said1 ,i'm sure the blessings of my ,father-,god will rest upon you1 child1 forevermore4 ,,chapter #ee4 ,jesus passes the seventh brotherhood test1 and in the purple room of the temple receives the seventh1 the highest degree1 ,,the ,,christ4 ,he leaves the temple a conqueror4 ,the work of ,jesus in the ,chamber of the ,dead was done1 and in the temple purple room he stood before the hierophant4 #b ,and he was clothed in purple robes2 and all the brothers stood4 ,the hierophant arose and said1 #c ,this is a royal day for all the hosts of ,israel4 ,in honor of their chosen son we celebrate the great ,passover ,feast4 #d ,and then he said to ,jesus1 ,brother1 man1 most excellent of men1 in all the temple tests you have won out4 #e ,six times before the bar of right you have been judged2 six times you have received the highest honors man can give2 and now you stand prepared to take the last degree4 #f ,upon your brow ,i place this diadem1 and in the ,great ,lodge of the heavens and earth you are ,,the ,,christ4 #g ,this is your great ,passover rite4 ,you are a neophyte no more2 but now a master mind4 #h ,now1 man can do no more2 but ,god himself will speak1 and will confirm your title and degree4 #i ,go on your way1 for you must preach the gospel of good will to men and peace on earth2 must open up the prison doors and set the captives free4 #aj ,and while the hierophant yet spoke the temple bells rang out2 a pure white dove descended from above and sat on ,jesus' head4 #aa ,and then a voice that shook the very temple said1 ,,this ,,is ,,the ,,christ2 and every living creature said1 ,,amen4 #ab ,the great doors of the temple swung ajar2 the ,logos journeyed on his way a conqueror4 ,,section ,,xii4 ,,lamed4 ,the ,council of the ,seven ,sages of the ,world4 ,,chapter #ef4 ,the seven sages of the world meet in ,alexandria4 ,the purposes of the meeting4 ,the opening addresses4 ,in every age since time began have seven sages lived4 #b ,at first of every age these sages meet to note the course of nations1 peoples1 tribes and tongues2 #c ,to note how far toward justice1 love and righteousness the race has gone2 #d ,to formulate the code of laws1 religious postulates and plans of rule best suited to the coming age4 #e ,an age had passed1 and1 lo1 another age had come2 the sages must convene4 #f ,now1 ,alexandria was the center of the world's best thought1 and here in ,philo's home the sages met4 #g ,from ,china came ,meng-ste2 from ,india ,vidyapati came2 from ,persia ,kaspar came2 and from ,assyria ,ashbina came2 from ,greece ,apollo came2 ,matheno was the ,egyptian sage1 and ,philo was the chief of ,hebrew thought4 #h ,the time was due2 the council met and sat in silence seven days4 #i ,and then ,meng-ste arose and said1 ,the wheel of time has turned once more2 the race is on a higher plane of thought4 #aj ,the garments that our fathers wove have given out2 the cherubim have woven a celestial cloth2 have placed it in our hands and we must make for men new garbs4 #aa ,the sons of men are looking up for greater light4 ,no longer do they care for gods hewn out of wood1 or made of clay4 ,they seek a ,god not made with hands4 #ab ,they see the beams of coming day1 and yet they comprehend them not4 #ac ,the time is ripe1 and we must fashion well these garments for the race4 #ad ,and let us make for men new garbs of justice1 mercy1 righteousness and love1 that they may hide their nakedness when shines the light of coming day4 #ae ,and ,vidyapati said1 ,our priests have all gone mad2 they saw a demon in the wilds and at him cast their lamps and they are broken up1 and not a gleam of light has any priest for men4 #af ,the night is dark2 the heart of ,india calls for light4 #ag ,the priesthood cannot be reformed2 it is already dead2 its greatest needs are graves and funeral chants4 #ah ,the new age calls for liberty2 the kind that makes each man a priest1 enables him to go alone1 and lay his offerings on the shrine of ,god4 #ai ,and ,kaspar said1 ,in ,persia people walk in fear2 they do the good for fear to do the wrong4 #bj ,the devil is the greatest power in our land1 and though a myth1 he dandles on his knee both youth and age4 #ba ,our land is dark1 and evil prospers in the dark4 #bb ,fear rides on every passing breeze1 and lurks in every form of life4 #bc ,the fear of evil is a myth1 is an illusion and a snare2 but it will live until some mighty power shall come to raise the ethers to the plane of light4 #bd ,when this shall come to pass the magian land will glory in the light4 ,the soul of ,persia calls for light4 ,,chapter #eg4 ,meeting of the sages1 continued4 ,opening addresses4 ,jesus with the sages4 ,seven days' silence4 ,ashbina said1 ,assyria is the land of doubt2 the chariot of my people1 that in which they mostly ride1 is labeled ,doubt4 #b ,once ,faith walked forth in ,babylon2 and she was bright and fair2 but she was clothed in such white robes that men became afraid of her4 #c ,and every wheel began to turn1 and ,doubt made war on her1 and drove her from the land2 and she came back no more4 #d ,in form men worship ,god1 the ,one2 in heart they are not sure that ,god exists4 #e ,faith worships at the shrine of one not seen2 but ,doubt must see her ,god4 #f ,the greatest need of all ,assyria is faith--a faith that seasons every thing that is1 with certainty4 #g ,and then ,apollo said1 ,the greatest needs of ,greece are true concepts of ,god4 #h ,theogony in ,greece is rudderless1 for every thought may be a god1 and worshipped as a god4 #i ,the plane of thought is broad1 and full of sharp antagonists2 and so the circle of the gods is filled with enmity1 with wars and base intrigues4 #aj ,greece needs a master mind to stand above the gods2 to raise the thoughts of men away from many gods to ,god the ,one4 #aa ,we know that light is coming o'er the hills4 ,god speed the light4 #ab ,matheno said1 ,behold this land of mystery6 this ,egypt of the dead6 #ac ,our temples long have been the tombs of all the hidden things of time2 our temples1 crypts and caves are dark4 #ad ,in light there are no secret things4 ,the sun reveals all hidden truth4 ,there are no mysteries in ,god4 #ae ,behold the rising sun6 ,his beams are entering every door2 yea1 every crevice of the mystic crypts of ,mizraim4 #af ,we hail the light6 ,all ,egypt craves the light4 #ag ,and ,philo said1 ,the need of ,hebrew thought and life is liberty4 #ah ,the ,hebrew prophets1 seers1 and givers of the law1 were men of power1 men of holy thought1 and they bequeathed to us a system of philosophy that was ideal2 one strong enough and good enough to lead our people to the goal of perfectness4 #ai ,but carnal minds repudiated holiness2 a priesthood filled with selfishness arose1 and purity in heart became a myth2 the people were enslaved4 #bj ,the priesthood is the curse of ,israel2 but when he comes1 who is to come1 he will proclaim emancipation for the slaves2 my people will be free4 #ba ,behold1 for ,god has made incarnate wisdom1 love and light1 which he has called ,immanuel4 #bb ,to him is given the keys to open up the dawn2 and here1 as man1 he walks with us4 #bc ,and then the council chamber door was opened and the ,logos stood among the sages of the world4 #bd ,again the sages sat in silence seven days4 ,,chapter #eh4 ,meeting of the sages1 continued4 ,presentation of the seven universal postulates4 ,now1 when the sages were refreshed they opened up the ,book of ,life and read4 #b ,they read the story of the life of man2 of all his struggles1 losses1 gains2 and in the light of past events and needs1 they saw what would be best for him in coming years4 #c ,they knew the kind of laws and precepts suited best to his estate2 they saw the highest ,god-ideal that the race could comprehend4 #d ,upon the seven postulates these sages were to formulate1 the great philosophy of life and worship of the coming age must rest4 #e ,now ,meng-ste was the oldest sage2 he took the chair of chief1 and said1 #f ,man is not far enough advanced to live by faith2 he cannot comprehend the things his eyes see not1 #g ,he yet is child1 and during all the coming age he must be taught by pictures1 symbols1 rites1 and forms4 #h ,his ,god must be a human ,god2 he cannot see a ,god by faith4 #i ,and then he cannot rule himself2 the king must rule2 the man must serve4 #aj ,the age that follows this will be the age of man1 the age of faith4 #aa ,in that blest age the human race will see without the aid of carnal eyes2 will hear the soundless sound2 will know the ,spirit-,god4 #ab ,the age we enter is the ,preparation age1 and all the schools1 and governments and worship rites must be designed in simple way that men may comprehend4 #ac ,and man cannot originate2 he builds by patterns that he sees2 so in this council we must carve out pattern for the coming age4 #ad ,and we must formulate the gnosis of the ,empire of the soul1 which rests on seven postulates4 #ae ,each sage in turn shall form a postulate2 and these shall be the basis of the creeds of men until the perfect age shall come4 #af ,then ,meng-ste wrote the first3 #ag ,all things are thought2 all life is thought activity4 ,the multitude of beings are but phases of the one great thought made manifest4 ,lo1 ,god is ,thought1 and ,thought is ,god4 #ah ,then ,vidyapati wrote the second postulate3 #ai ,eternal ,thought is one2 in essence it is two--,intelligence and ,force2 and when they breathe a child is born2 this child is ,love4 #bj ,and thus the ,triune ,god stands forth1 whom men call ,father-,mother-,child4 #ba ,this ,triune ,god is one2 but like the one of light1 in essence he is seven4 #bb ,and when the ,triune ,god breathes forth1 lo1 seven ,spirits stand before his face2 these are creative attributes4 #bc ,men call them lesser gods1 and in their image they made man4 #bd ,and ,kaspar wrote the third3 #be ,man was a thought of ,god1 formed in the image of the ,septonate1 clothed in the substances of soul4 #bf ,and his desires were strong2 he sought to manifest on every plane of life1 and for himself he made a body of the ethers of the earthy forms1 and so descended to the plane of earth4 #bg ,in this descent he lost his birthright2 lost his harmony with ,god1 and made discordant all the notes of life4 #bh ,inharmony and evil are the same2 so evil is the handiwork of man4 #bi ,ashbina wrote the fourth3 #cj ,seeds do not germinate in light2 they do not grow until they find the soil1 and hide themselves away from light4 #ca ,man was evolved a seed of everlasting life2 but in the ethers of the ,triune ,god the light was far too great for seeds to grow2 #cb ,and so man sought the soil of carnal life1 and in the darksomeness of earth he found a place where he could germinate and grow4 #cc ,the seed has taken root and grown full well4 #cd ,the tree of human life is rising from the soil of earthy things1 and1 under natural law1 is reaching up to perfect form4 #ce ,there are no supernatural acts of ,god to lift a man from carnal life to spirit blessedness2 he grows as grows the plant1 and in due time is perfected4 #cf ,the quality of soul that makes it possible for man to rise to spirit life is purity4 ,,chapter #ei4 ,meeting of the sages1 continued4 ,the remaining postulates4 ,the sages bless ,jesus4 ,seven days' silence4 ,apollo wrote the fifth3 #b ,the soul is drawn to perfect light by four white steeds1 and these are ,will1 and ,faith1 and ,helpfulness and ,love4 #c ,that which one wills to do1 he has the power to do4 #d ,a knowledge of that power is faith2 and when faith moves1 the soul begins its flight4 #e ,a selfish faith leads not to light4 ,there is no lonely pilgrim on the way to light4 ,men only gain the heights by helping others gain the heights4 #f ,the steed that leads the way to spirit life is ,love2 is pure unselfish ,love4 #g ,matheno wrote the sixth3 #h ,the universal ,love of which ,apollo speaks is child of ,wisdom and of ,will divine1 and ,god has sent it forth to earth in flesh that man may know4 #i ,the universal ,love of which the sages speak1 is ,christ4 #aj ,the greatest mystery of all times lies in the way that ,christ lives in the heart4 #aa ,christ cannot live in clammy dens of carnal things4 ,the seven battles must be fought1 the seven victories won before the carnal things1 like fear1 and self1 emotions and desire1 are put away4 #ab ,when this is done the ,christ will take possession of the soul2 the work is done1 and man and ,god are one4 #ac ,and ,philo wrote the seventh3 #ad ,a perfect man6 ,to bring before the ,triune ,god a being such as this was nature made4 #ae ,this consummation is the highest revelation of the mystery of life4 #af ,when all the essences of carnal things have been transmuted into soul1 and all the essences of soul have been returned to ,holy ,breath1 and man is made a perfect ,god1 the drama of ,creation will conclude4 ,and this is all4 #ag ,and all the sages said1 ,amen4 #ah ,then ,meng-ste said1 ,the ,holy ,one has sent to us a man illumined by the efforts of unnumbered years1 to lead the thoughts of men4 #ai ,this man1 approved by all the master minds of heaven and earth1 this man from ,galilee1 this ,jesus1 chief of all the sages of the world1 we gladly recognize4 #bj ,in recognition of this wisdom that he brings to men1 we crown him with the ,lotus wreath4 #ba ,we send him forth with all the blessing of the seven sages of the world4 #bb ,then all the sages laid their hands on ,jesus' head1 and said with one accord1 ,praise ,god6 #bc ,for wisdom1 honor1 glory1 power1 riches1 blessing1 strength1 are yours1 ,o ,christ1 forever more4 #bd ,and every living creature said1 ,amen4 #be ,and then the sages sat in silence seven days4 ,,chapter #fj4 ,jesus addresses the seven sages4 ,the address4 ,jesus goes to ,galilee4 ,the seven days of silence passed and ,jesus1 sitting with the sages said3 #b ,the history of life is well condensed in these immortal postulates4 ,these are the seven hills on which the holy city shall be built4 #c ,these are the seven sure foundation stones on which the ,universal ,church shall stand4 #d ,in taking up the work assigned for me to do ,i am full conscious of the perils of the way2 the cup will be a bitter one to drink and human nature well might shrink4 #e ,but ,i have lost my will in that of ,holy ,breath1 and so ,i go my way to speak and act as ,i am moved to speak and act by ,holy ,breath4 #f ,the words ,i speak are not my own2 they are the words of him whose will ,i do4 #g ,man is not far enough advanced in sacred thought to comprehend the ,universal ,church1 and so the work that ,god has given me to do is not the building of that ,church4 #h ,i am a model maker1 sent to make a pattern of the ,church that is to be--a pattern that the age may comprehend4 #i ,my task as model builder lies within my native land1 and there1 upon the postulate that ,love is son of ,god1 that ,i am come to manifest that ,love1 the ,model ,church will stand4 #aj ,and from the men of low estate ,i will select twelve men1 who represent the twelve immortal thoughts2 and these will be the ,model ,church4 #aa ,the house of ,judah1 my own kindred in the flesh1 will comprehend but little of my mission to the world4 #ab ,and they will spurn me1 scorn my work1 accuse me falsely1 bind me1 take me to the judgment seat of carnal men who will convict and slay me on the cross4 #ac ,but men can never slay the truth2 though banished it will come again in greater power2 for truth will subjugate the world4 #ad ,the ,model ,church will live4 ,though carnal man will prostitute its sacred laws1 symbolic rites and forms1 for selfish ends1 and make it but an outward show1 the few will find through it the kingdom of the soul4 #ae ,and when the better age shall come the ,universal ,church will stand upon the seven postulates1 and will be built according to the pattern given4 #af ,the time has come2 ,i go my way unto ,jerusalem1 and by the power of living faith1 and by the strength that you have given1 #ag ,and in the name of ,god1 our ,father-,god1 the kingdom of the soul shall be established on the seven hills1 #ah ,and all the peoples1 tribes and tongues of earth shall enter in4 #ai ,the ,prince of ,peace will take his seat upon the throne of power2 the ,triune ,god will then be ,all in ,all4 #bj ,and all the sages said1 ,amen4 #ba ,and ,jesus went his way1 and after many days1 he reached ,jerusalem2 and then he sought his home in ,galilee4 ,,section ,,xiii4 ,,mem4 ,the ,ministry of ,john1 the ,harbinger4 ,,chapter #fa4 ,john1 the harbinger1 returns to ,hebron4 ,lives as a hermit in the wilds4 ,visits ,jerusalem and speaks to the people4 ,it came to pass when ,john1 the son of ,zacharias and ,elizabeth1 had finished all his studies in the ,egyptian schools that he returned to ,hebron1 where he abode for certain days4 #b ,and then he sought the wilderness and made his home in ,david's cave where many years before1 he was instructed by the ,egyptian sage4 #c ,some people called him ,hermit of ,engedi2 and others said1 ,he is the ,wild ,man of the hills4 #d ,he clothed himself with skins of beasts2 his food was carobs1 honey1 nuts and fruits4 #e ,when ,john was thirty years of age he went into ,jerusalem1 and in the market place he sat in silence seven days4 #f ,the common people and the priests1 the scribes and ,pharisees came out in multitudes to see the silent hermit of the hills2 but none were bold enough to ask him who he was4 #g ,but when his silent fast was done he stood forth in the midst of all and said1 #h ,behold1 the king has come2 the prophets told of him2 the wise men long have looked for him4 #i ,prepare1 ,o ,israel1 prepare to meet your king4 #aj ,and that was all he said1 and then he disappeared1 and no one knew where he had gone4 #aa ,and there was great unrest through all ,jerusalem4 ,the rulers heard the story of the hermit of the hills1 #ab ,and they sent couriers forth to talk with him that they might know about the coming king2 but they could find him not4 #ac ,and after certain days he came again into the market place1 and all the city came to hear him speak2 he said1 #ad ,be not disturbed1 you rulers of the state2 the coming king is no antagonist2 he seeks no place on any earthly throne4 #ae ,he comes the ,prince of ,peace1 the king of righteousness and love2 his kingdom is within the soul4 #af ,the eyes of men shall see it not and none can enter but the pure in heart4 #ag ,prepare1 ,o ,israel1 prepare to meet your king4 #ah ,again the hermit disappeared2 the people strove to follow him1 but he had drawn a veil about his form and men could see him not4 #ai ,a ,jewish feast day came2 ,jerusalem was filled with ,jews and proselytes from every part of ,palestine1 and ,john stood in the temple court and said1 #bj ,prepare1 ,o ,israel1 prepare to meet your king4 #ba ,lo1 you have lived in sin2 the poor cry in your streets1 and you regard them not4 #bb ,your neighbors1 who are they8 ,you have defrauded friend and foe alike4 #bc ,you worship ,god with voice and lip2 your hearts are far away1 and set on gold4 #bd ,your priests have bound upon the people burdens far too great to bear2 they live in ease upon the hard earned wages of the poor4 #be ,your lawyers1 doctors1 scribes are useless cumberers of the ground2 they are but tumors on the body of the state2 #bf ,they toil not neither do they spin1 yet they consume the profits of your marts of trade4 #bg ,your rulers are adulterers1 extortioners and thieves1 regarding not the rights of any man2 #bh ,and robbers ply their calling in the sacred halls2 the holy temple you have sold to thieves2 their dens are in the sacred places set apart for prayer4 #bi ,hear6 hear6 you people of ,jerusalem6 ,reform2 turn from your evil ways or ,god will turn from you1 and heathen from afar will come1 and what is left of all your honor and your fame will pass in one short hour4 #cj ,prepare1 ,jerusalem1 prepare to meet your king4 #ca ,he said no more2 he left the court and no one saw him go4 #cb ,the priests1 the doctors and the scribes were all in rage4 ,they sought for ,john intent to do him harm4 ,they found him not4 #cc ,the common people stood in his defense2 they said1 ,the hermit speaks the truth4 #cd ,and then the priests1 the doctors and the scribes were sore afraid2 they said no more2 they hid themselves away4 ,,chapter #fb4 ,john1 the harbinger1 again visits ,jerusalem4 ,speaks to the people4 ,promises to meet them at ,gilgal in seven days4 ,goes to ,bethany and attends a feast4 ,next day ,john went again into the temple courts and said1 #b ,prepare1 ,o ,israel1 prepare to meet your king4 #c ,the chief priests and the scribes would know the meaning of his words2 they said1 #d ,bold man1 what is the purport of this message that you bring to ,israel8 ,if you be seer and prophet1 tell us plainly who has sent you here8 #e ,and ,john replied1 ,i am the voice of one who cries out in the wilderness1 ,prepare the way1 make straight the paths1 for1 lo1 the ,prince of ,peace will come to rule in love4 #f ,your prophet ,malachi wrote down the words of ,god3 #g ,and ,i will send ,elijah unto you before the retribution day shall come1 to turn again the hearts of men to ,god and if they will not turn1 lo1 ,i will smite them with a curse4 #h ,you men of ,israel2 you know your sins4 ,as ,i passed by ,i saw a wounded bird prone in your streets1 and men of every class were beating it with clubs2 and then ,i saw that ,justice was its name4 #i ,i looked again and saw that its companion had been killed2 the pure white wings of ,righteousness were trampled in the dust4 #aj ,i tell you men1 your awfulness of guilt has made a cesspool of iniquity that sends a fearful stench to heaven4 #aa ,reform1 ,o ,israel1 reform2 prepare to meet your king4 #ab ,and then ,john turned away and as he went he said1 #ac ,in seven days1 lo1 ,i will stand at ,gilgal1 by the ,jordan ford1 where ,israel first crossed into the promised land4 #ad ,and then he left the temple court to enter it no more2 but many people followed him as far as ,bethany1 and there he tarried at the home of ,lazarus1 his kin4 #ae ,the anxious people gathered all about the home and would not go2 then ,john came forth and said1 #af ,reform1 ,o ,israel1 reform2 prepare to meet your king4 #ag ,the sins of ,israel do not all lie at the door of priest and scribe4 ,o think you not that all the sinners of ,judea are found among the rulers and the men of wealth4 #ah ,it is no sign that man is good and pure because he lives in want4 #ai ,the listless1 shiftless vagabonds of earth are mostly poor and have to beg for bread4 #bj ,i saw the very men that cheered because ,i told the priests and scribes of their injustice unto man1 throw stones and beat poor ,justice in the streets4 #ba ,i saw them trample on the poor dead bird of ,righteousness2 #bb ,and you who follow after me1 you commoners1 are not one whit behind the scribes and priests in crime4 #bc ,reform1 you men of ,israel2 the king has come2 prepare to meet your king4 #bd ,with ,lazarus and his sisters1 ,john remained for certain days4 #be ,in honor of the ,nazarite a feast was spread1 and all the people stood about the board4 #bf ,and when the chief men of the town poured out the sparkling wine and offered ,john a cup1 he took it1 held it high in air1 and said1 #bg ,wine makes glad the carnal heart1 and it makes sad the human soul2 it plunges deep in bitterness and gall the deathless spirit of the man4 #bh ,i took the vow of ,nazar when a child1 and not a drop has ever passed my lips4 #bi ,and if you would make glad the coming king1 then shun the cup as you would shun a deadly thing4 #cj ,and then he threw the sparkling wine out in the street4 ,,chapter #fc4 ,john1 the harbinger1 visits ,jericho4 ,meets the people at ,gilgal4 ,announces his mission4 ,introduces the rite of baptism4 ,baptizes many people4 ,returns to ,bethany and teaches4 ,returns to the ,jordan4 ,and ,john went down to ,jericho2 there he abode with ,alpheus4 #b ,and when the people heard that he was there they came in throngs to hear him speak4 #c ,he spoke to none2 but when the time was due he went down to the ,jordan ford1 and to the multitudes he said1 #d ,reform and in the fount of purity wash all your sins away2 the kingdom is at hand4 #e ,come unto me and in the waters of this stream be washed1 symbolic of the inner cleansing of the soul4 #f ,and1 lo1 the multitudes came down and in the ,jordan they were washed1 and every man confessed his sins4 #g ,for many months1 in all the regions round about1 ,john plead for purity and righteousness2 and after many days he went again to ,bethany2 and there he taught4 #h ,at first few but the honest seekers came2 but1 by and by1 the selfish and the vicious came with no contrition2 came because the many came4 #i ,and when ,john saw the unrepentant ,pharisees and ,sadducees come unto him1 he said1 #aj ,you children of the vipers1 stay2 are you disturbed by news of coming wrath8 #aa ,go to1 and do the things that prove repentance genuine4 #ab ,is it enough for you to say that you are heirs of ,abraham8 ,i tell you1 no4 #ac ,the heirs of ,abraham are just as wicked in the sight of ,god when they do wrong as any heathen man4 #ad ,behold the ax6 and every tree that bears not wholesome fruit is cut down at the roots and cast into the fire4 #ae ,and then the people asked1 ,what must we do8 #af ,and ,john replied1 ,accept the ministry of helpfulness for all mankind2 spend not upon your selfish selves all that you have4 #ag ,let him who has two coats give one to him who has no coat2 give part of all the food you have to those in need4 #ah ,and when the publicans came up and asked1 ,what must we do8 ,john answered them1 #ai ,be honest in your work2 do not increase for selfish gain the tribute you collect2 take nothing more than what your king demands4 #bj ,and when the soldiers came and asked1 ,what must we do8 ,the harbinger replied1 #ba ,do violence to none2 exact no wrongful thing1 and be contented with the wages you receive4 #bb ,among the ,jews were many who had been waiting for the ,christ to come1 and they regarded ,john as ,christ4 #bc ,but to their questions ,john replied1 ,in water ,i do cleanse1 symbolic of the cleansing of the soul2 but when he comes who is to come1 lo1 he will cleanse in ,holy ,breath and purify in fire4 #bd ,his fan is in his hand1 and he will separate the wheat and chaff2 will throw the chaff away1 but garner every grain of wheat4 ,this is the ,christ4 #be ,behold he comes6 and he will walk with you1 and you will know him not4 #bf ,he is the king2 the latchet of his shoes ,i am not worthy to unloose4 #bg ,and ,john left ,bethany and went again unto the ,jordan ford4 ,,chapter #fd4 ,jesus comes from ,galilee1 and is baptized by ,john4 ,the ,holy ,breath testifies of his messiahship4 ,the news reached ,galilee1 and ,jesus with the multitude went down to where the harbinger was preaching at the ford4 #b ,when ,jesus saw the harbinger he said1 ,behold the man of ,god6 ,behold the greatest of the seers6 ,behold1 ,elijah has returned6 #c ,behold the messenger whom ,god has sent to open up the way6 ,the kingdom is at hand4 #d ,when ,john saw ,jesus standing with the throng he said1 ,behold the king who cometh in the name of ,god6 #e ,and ,jesus said to ,john1 ,i would be washed in water as a symbol of the cleansing of the soul4 #f ,and ,john replied1 ,you do not need to wash1 for you are pure in thought1 and word1 and deed4 ,and if you need to wash ,i am not worthy to perform the rite4 #g ,and ,jesus said1 ,i come to be a pattern for the sons of men1 and what ,i bid them do1 that ,i must do2 and all men must be washed1 symbolic of the cleansing of the soul4 #h ,this washing we establish as a rite--baptism rite we call it now1 and so it shall be called4 #i ,your work1 prophetic harbinger1 is to prepare the way1 and to reveal the hidden things4 #aj ,the multitudes are ready for the words of life1 and ,i have come to be made known by you to all the world1 as prophet of the ,triune ,god1 and as the chosen one to manifest the ,christ to men4 #aa ,then ,john led ,jesus down into the river at the ford and he baptized him in the sacred name of him who sent him forth to manifest the ,christ to men4 #ab ,and as they came out of the stream1 the ,holy ,breath1 in form of dove1 came down and sat on ,jesus' head4 #ac ,a voice from heaven said1 ,this is the well-beloved son of ,god1 the ,christ1 the love of ,god made manifest4 #ad ,john heard the voice1 and understood the message of the voice4 #ae ,now ,jesus went his way1 and ,john preached to the multitude4 #af ,as many as confessed their sins1 and turned from evil ways to ways of right1 the harbinger baptized1 symbolic of the blotting out of sins by righteousness4 ,,section ,,xiv4 ,,nun4 ,the ,christine ,ministry of ,jesus--,introductory ,epoch4 ,,chapter #fe4 ,jesus goes to the wilderness for self-examination1 where he remains forty days4 ,is subjected to three temptations4 ,he overcomes4 ,returns to the camps of ,john and begins teaching4 ,the harbinger had paved the way2 the ,logos had been introduced to men as love made manifest1 and he must now begin his ,christine ministry4 #b ,and he went forth into the wilderness to be alone with ,god that he might look into his inner heart1 and note its strength and worthiness4 #c ,and with himself he talked2 he said1 ,my lower self is strong2 by many ties ,i am bound down to carnal life4 #d ,have ,i the strength to overcome and give my life a willing sacrifice for men8 #e ,when ,i shall stand before the face of men1 and they demand a proof of my messiahship1 what will ,i say8 #f ,and then the tempter came and said1 ,if you be son of ,god1 command these stones to turn to bread4 #g ,and ,jesus said1 ,who is it that demands a test8 ,it is no sign that one is son of ,god because he does a miracle2 the devils can do mighty things4 #h ,did not the black magicians do great things before the ,pharaohs8 #i ,my words and deeds in all the walks of life shall be the proof of my messiahship4 #aj ,and then the tempter said1 ,if you will go into ,jerusalem1 and from the temple pinnacle cast down yourself to earth1 the people will believe that you are the ,messiah sent from ,god4 #aa ,this you can surely do2 for did not ,david say1 ,he gives his angels charge concerning you1 and with their hands will they uphold lest you should fall8 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,i may not tempt the ,lord1 my ,god4 #ac ,and then the tempter said1 ,look forth upon the world2 behold its honors and its fame6 ,behold its pleasures and its wealth6 #ad ,if you will give your life for these they shall be yours4 #ae ,but ,jesus said1 ,away from me all tempting thoughts4 ,my heart is fixed2 ,i spurn this carnal self with all its vain ambition and its pride4 #af ,for forty days did ,jesus wrestle with his carnal self2 his higher self prevailed4 ,he then was hungry1 but his friends had found him and they ministered to him4 #ag ,then ,jesus left the wilderness1 and in the consciousness of ,holy ,breath1 he came unto the camps of ,john and taught4 ,,chapter #ff4 ,six of ,john's disciples follow ,jesus and become his disciples4 ,he teaches them4 ,they sit in the ,silence4 ,among the followers of ,john were many men from ,galilee4 ,the most devout were ,andrew1 ,simon1 ,james1 and ,john1 with ,philip and his brother of ,bethsaida4 #b ,one day as ,andrew1 ,philip and a son of ,zebedee1 were talking with the harbinger1 the ,logos came1 and ,john exclaimed1 ,behold the ,christ6 #c ,and then the three disciples followed ,jesus1 and he asked1 ,what do you seek8 #d ,and the disciples asked1 ,where do you live8 ,and ,jesus answered1 ,come and see4 #e ,and ,andrew called his brother ,simon1 saying1 ,come with me1 for ,i have found the ,christ4 #f ,when ,jesus looked in ,simon's face he said1 ,behold a rock6 and ,peter is your name4 #g ,and ,philip found ,nathaniel sitting by a tree1 and said1 ,my brother1 come with me1 for ,i have found the ,christ6 ,in ,nazareth he abides4 #h ,nathaniel said1 ,can anything of good come out of ,nazareth8 ,and ,philip answered1 ,come and see4 #i ,when ,jesus saw ,nathaniel come he said1 ,behold an ,israelite indeed in whom there is no guile6 #aj ,nathaniel said1 ,how can you speak about me thus8 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,i saw you as you sat beneath the fig tree over there1 before your brother called4 #ab ,nathaniel lifted up his hands and said1 ,this surely is the ,christ1 the king1 for whom the harbinger has often testified4 #ac ,and ,john went forth and found his brother ,james1 and brought him to the ,christ4 #ad ,the six disciples went with ,jesus to the place where he abode4 #ae ,and ,peter said1 ,we long have sought for ,christ4 ,we came from ,galilee to ,john2 we thought that he was ,christ1 but he confessed to us that he was not2 #af ,that he was but the harbinger sent forth to clear the way1 and make the pathway easy for the coming king2 and when you came he said1 ,behold the ,christ6 #ag ,and we would gladly follow where you go4 ,lord1 tell us what to do4 #ah ,and ,jesus said1 ,the foxes of the earth have homes1 the birds have nests2 ,i have no place to lay my head4 #ai ,he who would follow me must give up all the cravings of the self and lose his life in saving life4 #bj ,i come to save the lost1 and man is saved when he is rescued from himself4 ,but men are slow to comprehend this doctrine of the ,christ4 #ba ,and ,peter said1 ,i cannot speak for any other man1 but for myself ,i speak3 ,i will leave all and follow where you lead4 #bb ,and then the others spoke and said1 ,you have the words of truth2 you came from ,god1 and if we follow in your footsteps we cannot miss the way4 #bc ,then ,jesus and the six disciples sat a long1 long time in silent thought4 ,,chapter #fg4 ,jesus visits ,john at the ,jordan4 ,delivers his first ,christine address to the people4 ,the address4 ,he goes with his disciples to ,bethany4 ,now1 on the morrow ,jesus came again and stood with ,john beside the ford2 and ,john prevailed on him to speak1 and standing forth he said1 #b ,you men of ,israel1 hear6 ,the kingdom is at hand4 #c ,behold the great key-keeper of the age stands in your midst2 and with the spirit of ,elijah he has come4 #d ,behold1 for he has turned the key2 the mighty gates fly wide and all who will may greet the king4 #e ,behold these multitudes of women1 children1 men6 they throng the avenues1 they crowd the outer courts2 each seems to be intent to be the first to meet the king4 #f ,behold1 the censor comes and calls1 ,whoever will may come2 but he who comes must will to prune himself of every evil thought2 #g ,must overcome desire to gratify the lower self2 must give his life to save the lost4 #h ,the nearer to the kingdom gate you come1 more spacious is the room2 the multitudes have gone4 #i ,if men could come unto the kingdom with their carnal thoughts1 their passions and desires1 there scarcely would be room for all4 #aj ,but when they cannot take these through the narrow gate they turn away2 the few are ready to go in and see the king4 #aa ,behold1 ,john is a mighty fisher1 fishing for the souls of men4 ,he throws his great net out into the sea of human life2 he draws it in and it is full4 #ab ,but what a medley catch6 a catch of crabs1 and lobsters1 sharks and creeping things1 with now and then a fish of better kind4 #ac ,behold1 the thousands come to hear the ,wild ,man of the hills2 they come in crowds that he may wash them in the crystal flood1 and with their lips they do confess their sins4 #ad ,but when the morrow comes we find them in their haunts of vice again1 reviling ,john1 and cursing ,god1 and heaping insults on the king4 #ae ,but blessed are the pure in heart1 for they shall see the king4 #af ,and blessed are the strong in heart1 for they shall not be cast about by every wind that blows2 #ag ,but while the fickle and the thoughtless have gone back to ,egypt land for leeks and carnal herbs to satisfy their appetites1 the pure in heart have found the king4 #ah ,but even those whose faith is weak1 and who are naught but carnal manifests1 will some day come again1 and enter in with joy to see the king4 #ai ,o men of ,israel1 take heed to what this prophet has to say6 ,be strong in mind2 be pure in heart2 be vigilant in helpfulness2 the kingdom is at hand4 #bj ,when ,jesus had thus said he went his way1 and with his six disciples came to ,bethany2 and they abode with ,lazarus many days4 ,,chapter #fh4 ,jesus speaks to the people in ,bethany4 ,tells them how to become pure in heart4 ,goes to ,jerusalem and in the temple reads from a prophetic book4 ,goes to ,nazareth4 ,the news soon spread abroad that ,jesus1 king of ,israel1 had come to ,bethany1 and all the people of the town came forth to greet the king4 #b ,and ,jesus1 standing in the midst of them exclaimed1 ,behold1 indeed1 the king has come1 but ,jesus is not king4 #c ,the kingdom truly is at hand2 but men can see it not with carnal eyes2 they cannot see the king upon the throne4 #d ,this is the kingdom of the soul2 its throne is not an earthly throne2 its king is not a man4 #e ,when human kings found kingdoms here1 they conquer other kings by force of arms2 one kingdom rises on the ruins of another one4 #f ,but when our ,father-,god sets up the kingdom of the soul1 he pours his blessings forth1 like rain1 upon the thrones of earthly kings who rule in righteousness4 #g ,it is not rule that ,god would overthrow2 his sword is raised against injustice1 wantonness and crime4 #h ,now1 while the kings of ,rome do justice1 and love mercy and walk humbly with their ,god1 the benediction of the ,triune ,god will rest upon them all4 #i ,they need not fear a messenger whom ,god sends forth to earth4 #aj ,i am not sent to sit upon a throne to rule as ,csar rules2 and you may tell the ruler of the ,jews that ,i am not a claimant for his throne4 #aa ,men call me ,christ1 and ,god has recognized the name2 but ,christ is not a man4 ,the ,christ is universal love1 and ,love is king4 #ab ,this ,jesus is but man who has been fitted by temptations overcome1 by trials multiform1 to be the temple through which ,christ can manifest to men4 #ac ,then hear1 you men of ,israel1 hear6 ,look not upon the flesh2 it is not king4 ,look to the ,christ within1 who shall be formed in every one of you1 as he is formed in me4 #ad ,when you have purified your hearts by faith1 the king will enter in1 and you will see his face4 #ae ,and then the people asked1 ,what must we do that we may make our bodies fit abiding places for the king8 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,whatever tends to purity in thought1 and word1 and deed will cleanse the temple of the flesh4 #ag ,there are no rules that can apply to all1 for men are specialists in sin2 each has his own besetting sin1 #ah ,and each must study for himself how he can best transmute his tendency to evil things to that of righteousness and love4 #ai ,until men reach the higher plane1 and get away from selfishness1 this rule will give the best results3 #bj ,do unto other men what you would have them do to you4 #ba ,and many of the people said1 ,we know that ,jesus is the ,christ1 the king who was to come1 and blessed be his name4 #bb ,now1 ,jesus and his six disciples turned their faces toward ,jerusalem1 and many people followed them4 #bc ,but ,mathew1 son of ,alpheus1 ran on before1 and when he reached ,jerusalem1 he said1 ,behold the ,christines come6 ,the multitudes came forth to see the king4 #bd ,but ,jesus did not speak to any one until he reached the temple court1 and then he opened up a book and read3 #be ,behold1 ,i send my messenger1 and he will pave the way1 and ,christ1 for whom you wait1 will come unto his temple unannounced4 ,behold1 for he will come1 says ,god1 the ,lord of hosts4 #bf ,and then he closed the book2 he said no more2 he left the temple halls1 and with his six disciples1 went his way to ,nazareth1 #bg ,and they abode with ,mary1 ,jesus' mother1 and her sister1 ,miriam4 ,,chapter #fi4 ,jesus and the ruler of the synagogue of ,nazareth4 ,jesus teaches not in public1 and the people are amazed4 ,next day as ,peter walked about in ,nazareth1 he met the ruler of the synagogue who asked1 ,who is this ,jesus lately come to ,nazareth8 #b ,and ,peter said1 ,this ,jesus is the ,christ of whom our prophets wrote2 he is the king of ,israel4 ,his mother1 ,mary1 lives on ,marmion ,way4 #c ,the ruler said1 ,tell him to come up to the synagogue1 for ,i would hear his plea4 #d ,and ,peter ran and told to ,jesus what the ruler said2 but ,jesus answered not2 he went not to the synagogue4 #e ,then in the evening time the ruler came up ,marmion ,way1 and in the home of ,mary found he ,jesus and his mother all alone4 #f ,and when the ruler asked for proof of his messiahship1 and why he went not to the synagogue when he was bidden1 ,jesus said1 #g ,i am not slave to any man2 ,i am not called unto this ministry by priest4 ,it is not mine to answer when men call4 ,i come the ,christ of ,god2 ,i answer unto ,god alone4 #h ,who gave you right to ask for proof of my messiahship8 ,my proof lies in my words and works1 and so if you will follow me you will not lack for proof4 #i ,and then the ruler went his way2 he asked himself1 ,what manner of a man is this to disregard the ruler of the synagogue8 #aj ,the people of the town came out in throngs to see the ,christ1 and hear him speak2 but ,jesus said1 #aa ,a prophet has no honor in his native town1 among his kin4 #ab ,i will not speak in ,nazareth until the words ,i speak1 and works ,i do in other towns have won the faith of men1 #ac ,until men know that ,god has christed me to manifest eternal love4 #ad ,good will to you1 my kin2 ,i bless you with a boundless love1 and ,i bespeak for you abundant joy and happiness4 #ae ,he said no more1 and all the people marveled much because he would not speak in ,nazareth4 ,,chapter #gj4 ,jesus and his disciples at a marriage feast in ,cana4 ,jesus speaks on marriage4 ,he turns water into wine4 ,the people are amazed4 ,in ,cana1 ,galilee1 there was a marriage feast1 and ,mary and her sister ,miriam1 and ,jesus and his six disciples were among the guests4 #b ,the ruler of the feast had heard that ,jesus was a master sent from ,god1 and he requested him to speak4 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,there is no tie more sacred than the marriage tie4 #d ,the chain that binds two souls in love is made in heaven1 and man can never sever it in twain1 #e ,the lower passions of the twain may cause a union of the twain1 a union as when oil and water meet4 #f ,and then a priest may forge a chain1 and bind the twain4 ,this is not marriage genuine2 it is a counterfeit4 #g ,the twain are guilty of adultery2 the priest is party to the crime4 ,and that was all that ,jesus said4 #h ,as ,jesus stood apart in silent thought his mother came and said to him1 ,the wine has failed2 what shall we do8 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,pray what is wine8 ,it is but water with the flavoring of grapes4 #aj ,and what are grapes8 ,they are but certain kinds of thought made manifest1 and ,i can manifest that thought1 and water will be wine4 #aa ,he called the servants1 and he said to them1 ,bring in six water pots of stone1 a pot for each of these1 my followers1 and fill them up with water to the brims1 #ab ,the servants brought the water pots1 and filled them to their brims4 #ac ,and ,jesus with a mighty thought stirred up the ethers till they reached the manifest1 and1 lo1 the water blushed1 and turned to wine4 #ad ,the servants took the wine and gave it to the ruler of the feast who called the bridegroom in and said to him1 #ae ,this wine is best of all2 most people when they give a feast bring in the best wine at the first2 but1 lo1 you have reserved the best until the last4 #af ,and when the ruler and the guests were told that ,jesus1 by the power of thought1 had turned the water into wine1 they were amazed2 #ag ,they said1 ,this man is more than man2 he surely is the christed one who prophets of the olden times declared would come4 #ah ,and many of the guests believed on him1 and gladly would have followed him4 ,,chapter #ga4 ,jesus1 his six disciples and his mother1 go to ,capernaum4 ,jesus teaches the people1 revealing the difference between the kings of earth and the kings of heaven4 ,the city of ,capernaum was by the sea of ,galilee1 and ,peter's home was there4 ,the homes of ,andrew1 ,john and ,james were near1 #b ,these men were fishermen1 and must return to tend their nets1 and they prevailed on ,jesus and his mother to accompany them1 and soon with ,philip and ,nathaniel they were resting by the sea in ,peter's home4 #c ,the news spread through the city and along the shore that ,judah's king had come1 and multitudes drew near to press his hand4 #d ,and ,jesus said1 ,i cannot show the king1 unless you see with eyes of soul1 because the kingdom of the king is in the soul4 #e ,and every soul a kingdom is4 ,there is a king for every man4 #f ,this king is love1 and when this love becomes the greatest power in life1 it is the ,christ2 so ,christ is king4 #g ,and every one may have this ,christ dwell in his soul1 as ,christ dwells in my soul4 #h ,the body is the temple of the king1 and men may call a holy man a king4 #i ,he who will cleanse his mortal form and make it pure1 so pure that love and righteousness may dwell unsullied side by side within its walls1 is king4 #aj ,the kings of earth are clothed in royal robes1 and sit in state that men may stand in awe of them4 #aa ,a king of heaven may wear a fisher's garb2 may sit in mart of trade2 may till the soil1 or be a gleaner in the field2 may be a slave in mortal chains2 #ab ,may be adjudged a criminal by men2 may languish in a prison cell2 may die upon a cross4 #ac ,men seldom see what others truly are4 ,the human senses sense what seems to be1 and that which seems to be and that which is1 may be diverse in every way4 #ad ,the carnal man beholds the outer man1 which is the temple of the king1 and worships at his shrine4 #ae ,the man of ,god is pure in heart2 he sees the king2 he sees with eyes of soul2 #af ,and when he rises to the plane of ,christine consciousness1 he knows that he himself is king1 is love1 is ,christ1 and so is son of ,god4 #ag ,you men of ,galilee1 prepare to meet your king4 #ah ,and ,jesus taught the people many lessons as he walked with them beside the sea4 ,,section ,,xv4 ,,samech4 ,the ,first ,annual ,epoch of the ,christine ,ministry of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #gb4 ,jesus in ,jerusalem4 ,drives the merchants out of the temple4 ,the priests resent1 and he defends himself from the standpoint of a loyal ,jew4 ,he speaks to the people4 ,the ,jewish paschal feast time came and ,jesus left his mother in ,capernaum and journeyed to ,jerusalem4 #b ,and he abode with one a ,sadducee1 whose name was ,jude4 #c ,and when he reached the temple courts the multitudes were there to see the prophet whom the people thought had come to break the yoke of ,rome1 restore the kingdom of the ,jews1 and rule on ,david's throne4 #d ,and when the people saw him come they said1 ,all hail6 behold the king6 #e ,but ,jesus answered not2 he saw the money changers in the house of ,god1 and he was grieved4 #f ,the courts had been converted into marts of trade1 and men were selling lambs and doves for offerings in sacrifice4 #g ,and ,jesus called the priests and said1 ,behold1 for paltry gain you have sold out the temple of the ,lord4 #h ,this house ordained for prayer is now a den of thieves4 ,can good and evil dwell together in the courts of ,god8 ,i tell you1 no4 #i ,and then he made a scourge of cords and drove the merchants out2 he overturned their boards1 and threw their money on the floor4 #aj ,he opened up the cages of the captive birds1 and cut the cords that bound the lambs1 and set them free4 #aa ,the priests and scribes rushed out1 and would have done him harm1 but they were driven back2 the common people stood in his defense4 #ab ,and then the rulers said1 ,who is this ,jesus you call king8 #ac ,the people said1 ,he is the ,christ of whom our prophets wrote2 he is the king who will deliver ,israel4 #ad ,the rulers said to ,jesus1 ,man1 if you be king1 or ,christ1 then show us signs4 ,who gave you right to drive these merchants out8 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,there is no loyal ,jew who would not give his life to save this temple from disgrace2 in this ,i acted simply as a loyal ,jew1 and you yourselves will bear me witness to this truth4 #af ,the signs of my messiahship will follow me in words and deeds4 #ag ,and you may tear the temple down 7and you will tear it down7 and in three days it will be built again more glorious than before4 #ah ,now ,jesus meant that they might take his life2 tear down his body1 temple of the ,holy ,breath1 and he would rise again4 #ai ,the ,jews knew not the meaning of his words2 they laughed his claims to scorn4 ,they said1 #bj ,a multitude of men were forty and six years in building up this house1 and this young stranger claims that he will build it up in three score hours2 his words are idle1 and his claims are naught4 #ba ,and then they took the scourge with which he drove the merchants out1 and would have driven him away2 but ,philo1 who had come from ,egypt to attend the feast1 stood forth and said1 #bb ,you men of ,israel1 hear6 ,this man is more than man2 take heed to what you do4 ,i have1 myself1 heard ,jesus speak1 and all the winds were still4 #bc ,and ,i have seen him touch the sick1 and they were healed4 ,he stands a sage above the sages of the world2 #bd ,and you will see his star arise1 and it will grow until it is the full-orbed ,sun of ,righteousness4 #be ,do not be hasty1 men2 just wait and you will have the proofs of his messiahship4 #bf ,and then the priests laid down the scourge1 and ,jesus said1 #bg ,prepare1 ,o ,israel1 prepare to meet your king6 ,but you can never see the king while you press sin as such a precious idol to your hearts4 #bh ,the king is ,god2 the pure in heart alone can see the face of ,god and live4 #bi ,and then the priests cried out1 ,this fellow claims to be the ,god4 ,is not this sacrilege6 away with him6 #cj ,but ,jesus said1 ,no man has ever heard me say1 ,i am a king4 ,our ,father-,god is king4 ,with every loyal ,jew ,i worship ,god4 #ca ,i am the candle of the ,lord aflame to light the way2 and while you have the light walk in the light4 ,,chapter #gc4 ,jesus again visits the temple1 and is favorably received by the people4 ,tells the parable of a king and his sons4 ,defines messiahship4 ,next day the multitudes were surging through the temple courts1 intent on hearing ,jesus speak4 #b ,and when he came the people said1 ,all hail6 behold the king6 #c ,and ,jesus spoke a parable2 he said1 ,a king had vast domains2 his people all were kin1 and lived in peace4 #d ,now1 after many years the king said to his people1 ,take these lands and all ,i have2 enhance their values2 rule yourselves1 and live in peace4 #e ,and then the people formed their states2 selected governors and petty kings4 #f ,but pride1 ambition1 selfish greed1 and base ingratitude grew fast1 and kings began to war4 #g ,they wrote in all their statute books that might is right2 and then the strong destroyed the weak1 and chaos reigned through all the vast domain4 #h ,a long time passed1 and then the king looked out on his domain4 ,he saw his people in their cruel wars2 he saw them sick and sore distressed2 he saw the strong enslave the weak1 #i ,and then he said1 ,what shall ,i do8 ,shall ,i send forth a scourge8 shall ,i destroy my people all8 #aj ,and then his heart was stirred with pity and he said1 ,i will not send a scourge2 ,i will send forth my only son1 heir to the throne1 to teach the people love1 and peace1 and righteousness4 #aa ,he sent his son2 the people scorned him and maltreated him1 and nailed him to a cross4 #ab ,he was entombed2 but death was far too weak to hold the prince1 and he arose4 #ac ,he took a form man could not kill2 and then he went again to teach the people love1 and peace and righteousness4 #ad ,and thus ,god deals with men4 #ae ,a lawyer came and asked1 ,what does messiah mean8 and who has right to make messiah of a man8 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,messiah is one sent from ,god to seek and save the lost4 ,messiahs are not made by men4 #ag ,in first of every age ,messiah comes to light the way2 to heal up broken hearts2 to set the prisoners free4 ,messiah and the ,christ are one4 #ah ,because a man claims to be ,christ is not a sign that he is ,christ4 #ai ,a man may cause the streams to flow from flinty rocks2 may bring on storms at will2 may stay tempestuous winds2 may heal the sick and raise the dead1 and not be sent from ,god4 #bj ,all nature is subservient to the will of man1 and evil men1 as well as good1 have all the powers of mind1 and may control the elements4 #ba ,the head gives not the proof of true messiahship1 for man by means of intellect1 can never know of ,god1 nor bring himself to walk in light4 #bb ,messiah lives not in the head1 but in the heart1 the seat of mercy and of love4 #bc ,messiah never works for selfish gains2 he stands above the carnal self2 his words and deeds are for the universal good4 #bd ,messiah never tries to be a king1 to wear a crown and sit upon an earthly throne4 #be ,the king is earthy1 of the earth2 ,messiah is the man from heaven4 #bf ,and then the lawyer asked1 ,why do you pose as king8 #bg ,and ,jesus said1 ,no man has ever heard me say that ,i am king4 ,i could not sit in ,csar's place and be the ,christ4 #bh ,give unto ,csar what belongs to him2 give unto ,god the treasures of your heart4 ,,chapter #gd4 ,jesus heals on the ,sabbath1 and is censured by the ,pharisees4 ,restores a drowned child4 ,rescues a wounded dog4 ,cares for a homeless child4 ,speaks on the law of kindness4 ,it was the ,sabbath day1 and ,jesus stood among the surging masses of the people in the temple courts and sacred halls4 #b ,the blind1 the deaf1 the dumb1 and those obsessed were there1 and ,jesus spoke the ,word1 and they were healed4 #c ,on some he laid his hands1 and they were healed2 to others he just spoke the ,word1 and they were full restored to health2 but others had to go and wash in certain pools2 and others he anointed with a holy oil4 #d ,a doctor asked him why he healed in divers ways1 and he replied1 #e ,disease is discord in the human form1 and discords are produced in many ways4 #f ,the body is a harpsichord2 sometimes the strings are too relaxed1 and then inharmony results4 #g ,sometimes we find the strings too tense1 and then another form of discord is induced4 #h ,disease is many-formed1 and there are many ways to cure1 to tune anew the mystic harpsichord4 #i ,now when the ,pharisees were told that ,jesus healed the people on the ,sabbath day they were enraged1 and they commanded him to quit the place4 #aj ,but ,jesus said1 ,was man designed to fit the ,sabbath day1 or was the ,sabbath day designed to fit the man8 #aa ,if you had fallen in a pit and1 lo1 the ,sabbath day had come1 and ,i should pass your way1 would you cry out1 #ab ,let me alone2 it is a sin to help me on the ,sabbath day2 ,i'll swelter in this filth until another day8 #ac ,you ,pharisees1 you hypocrites6 you know you would be glad to have my help upon the ,sabbath day1 or any other day4 #ad ,these people all have fallen into pits1 and they are calling loud for me to help them out1 and man and ,god would curse me should ,i pass along and heed them not4 #ae ,and then the ,pharisees returned to say their prayers1 and curse the man of ,god because he heeded not their words4 #af ,now1 in the evening ,jesus stood beside a pool2 a playful child had fallen in1 and it was drowned1 and friends were bearing it away4 #ag ,but ,jesus called the carriers to stop2 and then he stretched himself upon the lifeless form1 and breathed into its mouth the breath of life4 #ah ,and then he called aloud unto the soul that had gone out1 and it returned2 the child revived and lived4 #ai ,and ,jesus saw a wounded dog2 it could not move2 it lay beside the way and groaned with pain4 ,he took it in his arms and bore it to the home where he abode4 #bj ,he poured the healing oil into the wounds2 he cared for it as though it were a child till it was strong and well4 #ba ,and ,jesus saw a little boy who had no home1 and he was hungry2 when he called for bread the people turned away4 #bb ,and ,jesus took the child and gave him bread2 he wrapped him in his own warm coat1 and found for him a home4 #bc ,to those who followed him the master said1 ,if man would gain again his lost estate he must respect the brotherhood of life4 #bd ,whoever is not kind to every form of life--to man1 to beast1 to bird1 and creeping thing--cannot expect the blessings of the ,holy ,one2 for as we give1 so ,god will give to us4 ,,chapter #ge4 ,nicodemus visits ,jesus in the night4 ,jesus reveals to him the meaning of the new birth and the kingdom of heaven4 ,nicodemus was a ruler of the ,jews1 and he was earnest1 learned and devout4 #b ,he saw the master's signet in the face of ,jesus as he talked1 but was not brave enough to publicly confess his faith in him2 #c ,so in the night he went to talk with ,jesus at the home of ,jude4 #d ,when ,jesus saw him come he said1 ,full blessed are the pure in heart2 #e ,twice blessed are the fearless1 pure in heart2 #f ,thrice blessed are the fearless1 pure in heart who dare to make confession of their faith before the highest courts4 #g ,and ,nicodemus said1 ,hail1 master1 hail6 ,i know you are a teacher come from ,god1 for man alone could never teach as you have taught2 could never do the works that you have done4 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,except a man be born again he cannot see the king2 he cannot comprehend the words ,i speak4 #i ,and ,nicodemus said1 ,how can a man be born again8 ,can he go back into the womb and come again to life8 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,the birth of which ,i speak is not the birth of flesh4 #aa ,except a man be born of water and the ,holy ,breath1 he cannot come into the kingdom of the ,holy ,one4 #ab ,that which is born of flesh is child of man2 that which is born of ,holy ,breath is child of ,god4 #ac ,the winds blow where they please2 men hear their voices1 and may note results2 but they know not from whence they come1 nor where they go2 and so is every one that is born of ,holy ,breath4 #ad ,the ruler said1 ,i do not understand2 pray tell me plainly what you mean4 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,the kingdom of the ,holy ,one is in the soul2 men cannot see it with their carnal eyes2 with all their reasoning powers they comprehend it not4 #af ,it is a life deep hid in ,god2 its recognition is the work of inner consciousness4 #ag ,the kingdoms of the world are kingdoms of the sight2 the kingdom of the ,holy ,one is that of faith2 its king is love4 #ah ,men cannot see the love of ,god unmanifest1 and so our ,father-,god has clothed this love with flesh--flesh of a son of man4 #ai ,and that the world may see and know this love made manifest1 the son of man must needs be lifted up4 #bj ,as ,moses in the wilderness raised up the serpent for the healing of the flesh1 the son of man must be raised up4 #ba ,that all men bitten by the serpent of the dust1 the serpent of this carnal life1 may live4 #bb ,he who believes in him shall have eternal life4 #bc ,for ,god so loved the world that he sent forth his only son to be raised up that men may see the love of ,god4 #bd ,god did not send his son to judge the world2 he sent him forth to save the world2 to bring men to the light4 #be ,but men love not the light1 for light reveals their wickedness2 men love the dark4 #bf ,now1 every one who loves the truth comes to the light2 he does not fear to have his works made manifest4 #bg ,the light had come1 and ,nicodemus went his way2 he knew the meaning of the birth of ,holy ,breath2 he felt the presence of the ,spirit in his soul4 #bh ,and ,jesus tarried in ,jerusalem for many days and taught and healed the sick4 #bi ,the common people gladly listened to his words1 and many left their all of carnal things and followed him4 ,,chapter #gf4 ,jesus in ,bethlehem4 ,explains the ,empire of ,peace to the shepherds4 ,an unusual light appears4 ,the shepherds recognize ,jesus as the ,christ4 ,the ,logos went to ,bethlehem1 and many people followed him4 #b ,he found the shepherd's home where he was cradled when a babe2 here he abode4 #c ,he went up to the hills where more than thirty years before the shepherds watch their flocks and heard the messenger of peace exclaim3 #d ,at midnight in a cave in ,bethlehem the ,prince of ,peace is born4 #e ,and shepherds still were there1 and sheep still fed upon the hills4 #f ,and in the valley near great flocks of snow-white doves were flying to and fro4 #g ,and when the shepherds knew that ,jesus1 whom the people called the king1 had come1 they came from near and far to speak to him4 #h ,and ,jesus said to them1 ,behold the life of innocence and peace6 #i ,white is the symbol of the virtuous and pure6 the lamb of innocence2 the dove of peace2 #aj ,and it was meet that love should come in human form amid such scenes as these4 #aa ,our father ,abraham walked through these vales1 and on these very hills he watched his flocks and herds4 #ab ,and here it was that one1 the ,prince of ,peace1 the king of ,salim1 came2 the ,christ in human form2 a greater far than ,abraham was he4 #ac ,and here it was that ,abraham gave to this king of ,salim1 tithes of all he had4 #ad ,this ,prince of ,peace went forth in battle everywhere4 ,he had no sword2 no armor of defence2 no weapons of offence2 #ae ,and yet he conquered men1 and nations trembled at his feet4 #af ,the hosts of ,egypt quailed before this sturdy king of right2 the kings of ,egypt placed their crowns upon his head1 #ag ,and gave into his hands the scepter of all ,egypt land1 and not a drop of blood was shed1 and not a captive placed in chains2 #ah ,but everywhere the conqueror threw wide the prison doors and set the captives free4 #ai ,and1 once again1 the ,prince of ,peace has come1 and from these blessed hills he goes again to fight4 #bj ,and he is clothed in white2 his sword is truth2 his shield is faith2 his helmet innocence2 his breath is love2 his watchword peace4 #ba ,but this is not a carnal war2 it is not man at war with man2 but it is right against the wrong4 #bb ,and love is captain1 love is warrior1 love is armor1 love is all1 and love shall win4 #bc ,and then again the hills of ,bethlehem were clothed with light2 again the messenger exclaimed1 #bd ,peace1 peace on earth1 good will to men4 #be ,and ,jesus taught the people2 healed the sick2 revealed the mysteries of the kingdom of the ,holy ,one4 #bf ,and many said1 ,he is the ,christ2 the king who was to come has come2 ,praise ,god4 ,,chapter #gg4 ,jesus in ,hebron4 ,goes to ,bethany4 ,advises ,ruth regarding certain family troubles4 ,with three disciples ,jesus went to ,hebron where he tarried seven days and taught4 #b ,and then he went to ,bethany and in the home of ,lazarus he taught4 #c ,the evening came2 the multitudes were gone1 and ,jesus1 ,lazarus1 and his sisters1 ,martha1 ,ruth and ,mary1 were alone4 #d ,and ,ruth was sore distressed4 ,her home was down in ,jericho2 her husband was the keeper of an inn2 his name was ,asher-ben4 #e ,now1 ,asher was a ,pharisee of strictest mien and thought1 and he regarded ,jesus with disdain4 #f ,and when his wife confessed her faith in ,christ1 he drove her from his home4 #g ,but ,ruth resisted not2 she said1 ,if ,jesus is the ,christ he knows the way1 and ,i am sure he is the ,christ1 #h ,my husband may become enraged and slay my human form2 he cannot kill the soul1 and in the many mansions of my ,fatherland ,i have a dwelling-place4 #i ,and ,ruth told ,jesus all2 and then she said1 ,what shall ,i do8 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,your husband is not willingly at fault2 he is devout2 he prays to ,god1 our ,father-,god4 #aa ,his zeal for his religion is intense2 in this he is sincere2 but it has driven him insane1 and he believes it right to keep his home unsullied by the heresy of ,christ4 #ab ,he feels assured that he has done the will of ,god in driving you away4 #ac ,intolerance is ignorance matured4 #ad ,the light will come to him some day1 and then he will repay for all your heartaches1 griefs and tears4 #ae ,and ,ruth1 you must not think that you are free from blame4 #af ,if you had walked in wisdom's ways1 and been content to hold your peace1 this grief would not have come to you4 #ag ,it takes a long1 long time for light to break into the shell of prejudice1 and patience is the lesson you have need to learn4 #ah ,the constant dropping of the water wears away the hardest stone4 #ai ,the sweet and holy incense of a godly life will melt intolerance much quicker than the hottest flame1 or hardest blow4 #bj ,just wait a little time1 and then go home with sympathy and love4 ,talk not of ,christ1 nor of the kingdom of the ,holy ,one4 #ba ,just live a godly life2 refrain from harshness in your speech1 and you will lead your husband to the light4 #bb ,and it was so4 ,,chapter #gh4 ,jesus in ,jericho4 ,heals a servant of ,asher4 ,goes to the ,jordan and speaks to the people4 ,establishes baptism as a pledge of discipleship4 ,baptizes six disciples1 who in turn baptize many people4 ,and ,jesus went to ,jericho1 and at the inn of ,asher he abode4 #b ,a servant at the inn was sick1 nigh unto death2 the healers could not cure4 #c ,and ,jesus came and touched the dying girl1 and said1 ,malone1 arise6 and in a moment pain was gone2 the fever ceased2 the maid was well4 #d ,and then the people brought their sick1 and they were healed4 #e ,but ,jesus did not tarry long in ,jericho2 he went down to the ,jordan ford where ,john was wont to teach4 #f ,the multitudes were there and ,jesus said to them1 ,behold1 the time has come2 the kingdom is at hand4 #g ,none but the pure in heart can come into the kingdom of the ,holy ,one2 but every son and daughter of the human race is called upon to turn from evil and become the pure in heart4 #h ,the resolution to attain and enter through the ,christine gate into the kingdom of the ,holy ,one will constitute discipleship1 and every one must make a public pledge of his discipleship4 #i ,john washed your bodies in the stream1 symbolic of the cleansing of the soul1 in preparation for the coming of the king1 the opening of the ,christine gate into the kingdom of the ,holy ,one4 #aj ,john did a mighty work2 but now the ,christine gate is opened up1 and washing is established as the pledge of your discipleship4 #aa ,until this age shall close this pledge shall be a rite1 and shall be called1 ,baptism rite2 and it shall be a sign to men1 and seal to ,god of men's discipleship4 #ab ,you men of every nation1 hear6 ,come unto me2 the ,christine gate is opened up2 turn from your sins and be baptized1 and you shall enter through the gate and see the king4 #ac ,the six disciples who had followed ,jesus stood a-near1 and ,jesus led them forth and in the ,jordan he baptized them in the name of ,christ2 and then he said to them1 #ad ,my friends1 you are the first to enter through the ,christine gate into the kingdom of the ,holy ,one4 #ae ,as ,i baptized you in the name of ,christ1 so you shall1 in that sacred name1 baptize all men and women who will confess their faith in ,christ1 and shall renounce their sins4 #af ,and1 lo1 the multitudes came down1 renounced their sins1 confessed their faith in ,christ1 and were baptized4 ,,chapter #gi4 ,john1 the harbinger1 at ,salim4 ,a lawyer inquires about ,jesus4 ,john explains to the multitude the mission of ,jesus4 ,now1 ,john the harbinger1 was at the ,salim ,springs where water was abundant1 and there he preached and washed the bodies of the people who confessed their sins4 #b ,a ,jewish lawyer went to ,john and said1 ,has not this man from ,galilee1 he whom you washed and called the ,christ1 become your foe8 #c ,they say that he is at the ,jordan ford2 that he is building up a church1 or something else1 and that he washes people1 just as you have done4 #d ,and ,john replied1 ,this ,jesus is indeed the ,christ whose way ,i came to pave4 ,he is not foe of mine4 #e ,the bridegroom hath the bride2 his friends are near1 and when they hear his voice they all rejoice4 #f ,the kingdom of the ,holy ,one is bride1 and ,christ the groom2 and ,i1 the harbinger1 am full of joy because they prosper so abundantly4 #g ,i have performed the work that ,i was sent to do2 the work of ,jesus just begins4 #h ,then turning to the multitudes he said1 ,christ is the king of righteousness2 ,christ is the love of ,god2 yea1 he is ,god2 one of the holy persons of the ,triune ,god4 #i ,christ lives in every heart of purity4 #aj ,now1 ,jesus who is preaching at the ,jordan ford1 has been subjected to the hardest tests of human life1 and he has conquered all the appetites and passions of the carnal man4 #aa ,and by the highest court of heaven1 has been declared a man of such superior purity and holiness that he can demonstrate the presence of the ,christ on earth4 #ab ,lo1 love divine1 which is the ,christ1 abides in him1 and he is pattern for the race4 #ac ,and every man can see in him what every man will be when he has conquered all the passions of the selfish self4 #ad ,in water ,i have washed the bodies of the people who have turned from sin1 symbolic of the cleansing of the soul2 #ae ,but ,jesus bathes forever in the living waters of the ,holy ,breath4 #af ,and ,jesus comes to bring the savior of the world to men2 ,love is the savior of the world4 #ag ,and all who put their trust in ,christ1 and follow ,jesus as a pattern and a guide1 have everlasting life4 #ah ,but they who do not trust the ,christ1 and will not purify their hearts so that the ,christ can dwell within1 can never enter life4 ,,chapter #hj4 ,lamaas comes from ,india to see ,jesus4 ,he listens to the teachings of ,john at ,salim4 ,john tells him of the divine mission of ,jesus4 ,lamaas finds ,jesus at the ,jordan4 ,the masters recognize each other4 ,lamaas1 priest of ,brahm1 who was a friend of ,jesus when he was in the temple ,jagannath1 had heard of ,jesus and his mighty works in many lands2 and he had left his home and come to ,palestine in search of him4 #b ,and as he journeyed towards ,jerusalem he heard of ,john1 the harbinger1 who was esteemed a prophet of the living ,god4 #c ,lamaas found the harbinger at ,salim ,springs2 for many days he was a silent listener to the pungent truths he taught4 #d ,and he was present when the ,pharisee told ,john of ,jesus and his mighty works4 #e ,he heard the answer of the harbinger2 he heard him bless the name of ,jesus1 whom he called the ,christ4 #f ,and then he spoke to ,john2 he said1 ,pray1 tell me more about this ,jesus whom you call the ,christ4 #g ,and ,john replied1 this ,jesus is the love of ,god made manifest4 #h ,lo1 men are living on the lower planes--the planes of greed and selfishness2 for self they fight2 they conquer with the sword4 #i ,in every land the strong enslave and kill the weak4 ,all kingdoms rise by force of arms2 for force is king4 #aj ,this ,jesus comes to overthrow this iron rule of force1 and seat ,love on the throne of power4 #aa ,and ,jesus fears no man4 ,he preaches boldly in the courts of kings1 and everywhere1 that victories won by force of arms are crimes2 #ab ,that every worthy end may be attained by gentleness and love1 just as the ,prince of ,peace1 ,melchisedec1 the priest of ,god1 won gallant victories in war without the shedding of a drop of blood4 #ac ,you ask where are the temples of the ,christ8 ,he ministers at shrines not made with hands2 his temples are the hearts of holy men who are prepared to see the king4 #ad ,the groves of nature are his synagogues2 his forum is the world4 #ae ,he has no priests dressed up in puppet style to be admired by men2 for every son of man is priest of ,love4 #af ,when man has purified his heart by faith1 he needs no middle man to intercede4 #ag ,he is on friendly terms with ,god2 is not afraid of him1 and he is able1 and is bold enough1 to lay his body on the altar of the ,lord4 #ah ,thus every man is priest1 and is himself a living sacrifice4 #ai ,you need not seek the ,christ1 for when your heart is purified the ,christ will come1 and will abide with you forevermore4 #bj ,and then ,lamaas journeyed on2 he came to ,jesus as he taught beside the ford4 #ba ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold the ,star of ,india6 #bb ,lamaas said1 ,behold the ,sun of ,righteousness6 ,and he confessed his faith in ,christ1 and followed him4 ,,chapter #ha4 ,the ,christines journey toward ,galilee4 ,they tarry for a time at ,jacob's well and ,jesus teaches a woman of ,samaria4 ,the ,christine gate into the kingdom of the ,holy ,one was opened up1 and ,jesus and the six disciples and ,lamaas left the ,jordan ford and turned their faces toward ,galilee4 #b ,their way lay through ,samaria1 and as they journeyed on they came to ,sychar1 which was near the plot of ground that ,jacob gave to ,joseph when a youth4 #c ,and ,jacob's well was there1 and ,jesus sat beside the well in silent thought1 and his disciples went into the town to purchase bread4 #d ,a woman of the town came out to fill her pitcher from the well2 and ,jesus was athirst1 and when he asked the woman for a drink she said1 #e ,i am a woman of ,samaria1 and you a ,jew2 do you not know that there is enmity between ,samaritans and ,jews8 ,they traffic not2 then why ask me the favor of a drink8 #f ,and ,jesus said ,samaritans and ,jews are all the children of one ,god1 our ,father-,god1 and they are kin4 #g ,it is but prejudice born of the carnal mind that breeds this enmity and hate4 #h ,while ,i was born a ,jew ,i recognize the brotherhood of life4 ,samaritans are just as dear to me as ,jew or ,greek4 #i ,and then had you but known the blessings that our ,father-,god has sent to men by me1 you would have asked me for a drink1 #aj ,and ,i would glad have given you a cup of water from the ,fount of ,life1 and you would never thirst again4 #aa ,the woman said1 ,this well is deep1 and you have naught with which to draw2 how could you get the water that you speak about8 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,the water that ,i speak about comes not from ,jacob's well2 it flows from springs that never fail4 #ac ,lo1 every one who drinks from ,jacob's well will thirst again2 but they who drink the water that ,i give will never thirst again2 #ad ,for they themselves become a well1 and from their inner parts the sparkling waters bubble up into eternal life4 #ae ,the woman said1 ,sir1 ,i would drink from that rich well of life4 ,give me to drink1 that ,i may thirst no more4 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,go call your husband from the town that he may share with you this living cup4 #ag ,the woman said1 ,i have no husband1 sir4 #ah ,and ,jesus answered her and said1 ,you scarcely know what husband means2 you seem to be a gilded butterfly that flits from flower to flower1 #ai ,to you there is no sacredness in marriage ties1 and you affinitize with any man4 #bj ,and you have lived with five of them who were esteemed as husbands by your friends4 #ba ,the woman said1 ,do ,i not speak unto a prophet and a seer8 ,will you not condescend to tell me who you are8 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,i need not tell you who ,i am for you have read the ,law1 the ,prophets and the ,psalms that tell of me1 #bc ,i am one come to break away the wall that separates the sons of men4 ,in ,holy ,breath there is no ,greek1 nor ,jew1 and no ,samaritan2 no bond1 nor free2 for all are one4 #bd ,the woman asked1 ,why do you say that only in ,jerusalem men ought to pray1 and that they should not worship in our holy mount8 #be ,and ,jesus said1 ,what you have said1 ,i do not say4 ,one place is just as sacred as another place4 #bf ,the hour has come when men must worship ,god within the temple of the heart2 for ,god is not within ,jerusalem1 nor in your holy mount in any way that he is not in every heart4 #bg ,our ,god is ,spirit2 they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth4 #bh ,the woman said1 ,we know that when ,messiah comes that he will lead us in the ways of truth4 #bi ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold the ,christ has come2 ,messiah speaks to you4 ,,chapter #hb4 ,while ,jesus is teaching1 his disciples come and marvel because he speaks with a ,samaritan4 ,many people from ,sychar come to see ,jesus4 ,he speaks to them4 ,with his disciples he goes to ,sychar and remains for certain days4 ,while ,jesus yet was talking to the woman at the well1 the six disciples came from ,sychar with the food4 #b ,and when they saw him talking to a woman of ,samaria1 and one they thought a courtesan1 they were amazed2 yet no one asked him why he spoke with her4 #c ,the woman was so lost in thought and so intent on what the master said1 that she forgot her errand to the well2 she left her pitcher and ran quickly to the town4 #d ,she told the people all about the prophet she had met at ,jacob's well2 she said1 ,he told me every thing ,i ever did4 #e ,and when the people would know more about the man1 the woman said1 ,come out and see4 ,and multitudes went out to ,jacob's well4 #f ,when ,jesus saw them come he said to those who followed him1 ,you need not say1 ,it is four months before the harvest time2 #g ,behold1 the harvest time is now4 ,lift up your eyes and look2 the fields are golden with the ripened grain4 #h ,lo1 many sowers have gone forth to sow the seeds of life2 the seed has grown2 the plants have strengthened in the summer sun2 the grain has ripened1 and the master calls for men to reap4 #i ,and you shall go out in the fields and reap what other men have sown2 but when the reckoning day shall come the sowers and the reapers all together will rejoice4 #aj ,and ,philip said to ,jesus1 ,stay now your work a time and sit beneath this olive tree and eat a portion of this food2 you must be faint for you have eaten naught since early day4 #aa ,but ,jesus said1 ,i am not faint1 for ,i have food to eat you know not of4 #ab ,then the disciples said among themselves1 ,who could have brought him aught to eat8 #ac ,they did not know that he had power to turn the very ethers into bread4 #ad ,and ,jesus said1 ,the master of the harvest never sends his reapers forth and feeds them not4 #ae ,my ,father who has sent me forth into the harvest field of human life will never suffer me to want2 and when he calls for you to serve1 lo1 he will give you food1 will clothe and shelter you4 #af ,then turning to the people of ,samaria1 he said1 ,think not it strange that ,i1 a ,jew1 should speak to you1 for ,i am one with you4 #ag ,the universal ,christ who was1 and is1 and evermore shall be1 is manifest in me2 but ,christ belongs to every man4 #ah ,god scatters forth his blessings with a lavish hand1 and he is not more kind to one than to another one of all the creatures of his hand4 #ai ,i just came up from ,judah's hills1 and ,god's same sun was shining and his flowers were blooming1 and in the night his stars were just as bright as they are here4 #bj ,god cannot cast a child away2 the ,jew1 the ,greek and the ,samaritan are equal in his sight4 #ba ,and why should men and women fret and quarrel1 like children in their plays8 #bb ,the lines that separate the sons of men are made of straw1 and just a single breath of love would blow them all away4 #bc ,the people were amazed at what the stranger said1 and many said1 ,the ,christ that was to come has surely come4 #bd ,and ,jesus went with them into the town1 and tarried certain days4 ,,chapter #hc4 ,jesus teaches the people of ,sychar4 ,casts a wicked spirit out of one obsessed4 ,sends the spirit to its own place4 ,heals many people4 ,the priests are disturbed by the presence of ,jesus in ,sychar1 but he speaks to them and wins their favor4 ,in ,sychar ,jesus taught the people in the market place4 #b ,a man obsessed was brought to him4 ,the wicked spirit that possessed the man was full of violence and lust1 and often threw his victim to the ground4 #c ,and ,jesus spoke aloud and said1 ,base spirit1 loose your hold upon the vitals of this man1 and go back to your own4 #d ,and then the spirit begged that he might go into the body of a dog that stood near by4 #e ,but ,jesus said1 ,why harm the helpless dog8 ,its life is just as dear to it as mine to me4 #f ,it is not yours to throw the burden of your sin on any living thing4 #g ,by your own deeds and evil thoughts you have brought all these perils on yourself4 ,you have hard problems to be solved2 but you must solve them for yourself4 #h ,by thus obsessing man you make your own conditions doubly sad4 ,go back into your own domain2 refrain from harming anything1 and1 by and by1 you will1 yourself1 be free4 #i ,the wicked spirit left the man and went unto his own4 ,the man looked up in thankfulness and said1 ,praise ,god4 #aj ,and many of the people brought their sick1 and ,jesus spoke the ,word1 and they were healed4 #aa ,the ruler of the synagogue1 and all the priests were much disturbed when told that ,jesus from ,jerusalem was preaching in the town4 #ab ,they thought that he had come to proselyte and stir up strife among ,samaritans4 #ac ,and so they sent an officer to bring him to the synagogue that he might give a reason for his presence in the town4 #ad ,but ,jesus said to him who came1 ,go back and tell the priests and ruler of the synagogue that ,i am not engaged in crime4 #ae ,i come to bind up broken hearts1 to heal the sick1 and cast the evil spirits out of those obsessed4 #af ,tell them1 their prophets spoke of me2 that ,i am come to break no law1 but to fulfil the highest law4 #ag ,the man returned and told the priests and ruler of the synagogue what ,jesus said1 #ah ,the ruler was amazed1 and with the priests went to the market place where ,jesus was4 #ai ,and when he saw them1 ,jesus said1 ,behold the honored men of all ,samaria6 the men ordained to lead the people in the way of right4 #bj ,and ,i am come to help1 and not to hinder in their work4 #ba ,there are two classes of the sons of men2 they who would build the human race upon the sure foundation stones of justice1 truth1 equality and right1 #bb ,and they who would destroy the holy temple where the ,spirit dwells and bring their fellows down to beggary and crime4 #bc ,the holy brotherhood of right must stand united in the stirring conflicts of the hour4 #bd ,no matter whether they be ,jews1 ,samaritans1 ,assyrians or ,greeks1 they must tramp down beneath their feet all strife1 all discord1 jealousy and hate1 and demonstrate the brotherhood of man4 #be ,then to the ruler of the synagogue he spoke3 he said1 ,united in the cause of right we stand2 divided we will fall4 #bf ,and then he took the ruler by the hand2 a love light filled their souls2 and all the people were amazed4 ,,chapter #hd4 ,the ,christines resume their journey4 ,they tarry a while in the city of ,samaria4 ,jesus speaks in the synagogue4 ,heals a woman by mental power4 ,he disappears1 but later joins his disciples as they journey toward ,nazareth4 ,the ,christines turned their faces toward the land of ,galilee2 but when they reached the city of ,samaria1 the multitudes pressed hard about them1 begging them to tarry in their city for a while4 #b ,and then they went up to the synagogue1 and ,jesus opened up the book of ,moses1 and he read3 #c ,in thee and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blest4 #d ,and then he closed the book and said1 ,these words were spoken by the ,lord of hosts unto our father ,abraham1 and ,israel has been blessedness to all the world4 #e ,we are his seed2 but not a tithe of the great work that we were called to do has yet been done4 #f ,the ,lord of hosts has set apart the ,israelites to teach the unity of ,god and man2 but one can never teach that which he does not demonstrate in life4 #g ,our ,god is ,spirit1 and in him all wisdom1 love and strength abide4 #h ,in every man these sacred attributes are budding forth1 and in due time they will unfold2 the demonstration will completed be1 and man will comprehend the fact of unity4 #i ,and you1 the ruler of the synagogue1 and you1 these priests1 are honored servants of the ,lord of hosts4 #aj ,all men are looking unto you for guidance in the ways of life2 example is another name for priest2 so what you would that people be1 that you must be4 #aa ,a simple godly life may win ten thousand souls to purity and right4 #ab ,and all the people said1 ,amen4 #ac ,then ,jesus left the synagogue1 and at the hour of evening prayer he went up to the sacred grove1 and all the people turned their faces toward their holy mount and prayed4 #ad ,and ,jesus prayed4 #ae ,and as he sat in silent mood a voice of soul spoke to his soul imploring help4 #af ,and ,jesus saw a woman on a couch in sore distress2 for she was sick nigh unto death4 #ag ,she could not speak1 but she had heard that ,jesus was a man of ,god1 and in her heart she called on him for help4 #ah ,and ,jesus helped2 he did not speak2 but like a flash of light1 a mighty virtue from his soul filled full the body of the dying one1 and she arose1 and joined her kindred while they prayed4 #ai ,her kindred were astonished and they said to her1 ,how were you healed8 ,and she replied1 #bj ,i do not know2 ,i simply asked the man of ,god in thought for healing power1 and in a moment ,i was well4 #ba ,the people said1 ,the gods have surely come to earth2 for man has not the power to heal by thought4 #bb ,but ,jesus said1 ,the greatest power in heaven and earth is thought4 #bc ,god made the universe by thought2 he paints the lily and the rose with thought4 #bd ,why think it strange that ,i should send a healing thought and change the ethers of disease and death to those of health and life8 #be ,lo1 you shall see far greater things than this1 for by the power of holy thought1 my body will be changed from carnal flesh to spirit form2 and so will yours4 #bf ,when ,jesus had thus said he disappeared1 and no one saw him go4 #bg ,his own disciples did not comprehend the change2 they knew not where their master went1 and they went on their way4 #bh ,but as they walked and talked about the strange event1 lo1 ,jesus came and walked with them to ,nazareth of ,galilee4 ,,chapter #he4 ,john1 the harbinger1 censures ,herod for his wickedness4 ,herod sends him to prison in ,machaerus4 ,jesus tells why ,god permitted the imprisonment of ,john4 ,herod ,antipas1 the tetrarch of ,paraca and of ,galilee was dissipated1 selfish and tyrannical4 #b ,he drove his wife away from home that he might take as wife ,herodias1 the wife of one1 a near of kin1 a woman1 like himself1 immoral and unjust4 #c ,the city of ,tiberius1 upon the shores of ,galilee1 was ,herod's home4 #d ,now ,john1 the harbinger1 had left the ,salim ,springs to teach the people by the sea of ,galilee2 and he rebuked the wicked ruler and his stolen wife for all their sins4 #e ,herodias was enraged because the preacher dared accuse her and her husband of their crimes2 #f ,and she prevailed on ,herod to arrest the harbinger and cast him in a dungeon in the castle of ,machaerus that stood beside the ,bitter ,sea4 #g ,and ,herod did as she required2 then she lived in peace in all her sins1 for none were bold enough to censure her again4 #h ,the followers of ,john were warned to speak not of the trial and imprisonment of ,john4 #i ,by order of the court1 they were restrained from teaching in the public halls4 #aj ,they could not talk about this better life that ,herod called1 the ,heresy of ,john4 #aa ,when it was known that ,john had been imprisoned by the tetrarch court1 the friends of ,jesus thought it best that he should not remain in ,galilee4 #ab ,but ,jesus said1 ,i have no need of fear2 my time has not yet come2 no man can stay me till my work is done4 #ac ,and when they asked why ,god permitted ,herod to imprison ,john1 he said1 #ad ,behold yon stalk of wheat6 ,when it has brought the grain to perfectness1 it is of no more worth2 it falls1 becoming part of earth again from which it came4 #ae ,john is a stalk of golden wheat2 he brought unto maturity the richest grain of all the earth2 his work is done4 #af ,if he had said another word it might have marred the symmetry of what is now a noble life4 #ag ,and when my work is done the rulers will do unto me what they have done to ,john1 and more4 #ah ,all these events are part of ,god's own plan4 ,the innocent will suffer while the wicked are in power2 but woe to them who cause the suffering of the innocents4 ,,chapter #hf4 ,the ,christines are in ,nazareth4 ,jesus speaks in the synagogue4 ,he offends the people and they attempt to kill him4 ,he mysteriously disappears1 and returns to the synagogue4 ,the ,christines were in ,nazareth4 ,it was the ,sabbath day1 and ,jesus went up to the synagogue4 #b ,the keeper of the books gave one to ,jesus and he opened it and read3 #c ,the ,spirit of the ,lord has overshadowed me2 he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor2 to set the captives free2 to open sightless eyes2 #d ,to bring relief to those oppressed and bruised1 and to proclaim1 ,the year of jubilee has come4 #e ,when he had read these words he closed the book and said1 ,this scripture is fulfilled before your eyes this day4 ,the year of jubilee has come2 the time when ,israel shall bless the world4 #f ,and then he told them many things about the kingdom of the ,holy ,one2 about the hidden way of life2 about forgiveness of sins4 #g ,now1 many people knew not who the speaker was3 ,and others said1 ,is not this ,joseph's son8 ,does not his mother live on ,marmion ,way8 #h ,and one spoke out and said1 ,this is the man who did such mighty works in ,cana1 in ,capernaum and in ,jerusalem4 #i ,and then the people said1 ,physician heal yourself4 ,do here among your kindred all the mighty works that you have done in other towns4 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,no prophet is received with honor by the people of his native land2 and prophets are not sent to every one4 #aa ,elijah was a man of ,god2 he had the power and he closed the gates of heaven1 and it did not rain for forty months2 and when he spoke the ,word1 the rain came on1 the earth brought forth again4 #ab ,and there were many widows in the land2 but this ,elijah went to none but ,zarephath1 and she was blessed4 #ac ,and when ,elisha lived1 lo1 many lepers were in ,israel1 but none were cleansed save one--the ,syrian who had faith4 #ad ,you have no faith2 you seek for signs to satisfy your curious whims2 but you shall see not till you open up your eyes of faith4 #ae ,and then the people were enraged2 they rushed upon him1 bound him down with cords1 and took him to a precipice not far away1 intent to cast him down to death2 #af ,but when they thought they held him fast1 he disappeared2 unseen he passed among the angry men1 and went his way4 #ag ,the people were confounded and they said1 ,what manner of a man is this8 #ah ,and when they came again to ,nazareth1 they found him teaching in the synagogue4 #ai ,they troubled him no more for they were sore afraid4 ,,chapter #hg4 ,the ,christines go to ,cana4 ,jesus heals a nobleman's child4 ,the ,christines go to ,capernaum4 ,jesus provides a spacious home for his mother4 ,he announces his intention to choose twelve apostles4 ,in ,nazareth ,jesus taught no more2 he went with his disciples up to ,cana1 where1 at a marriage feast1 he once turned water into wine4 #b ,and here he met a man of noble birth whose home was in ,capernaum1 whose son was sick4 #c ,the man had faith in ,jesus' power to heal1 and when he learned that he had come to ,galilee he went in haste to meet him on the way4 #d ,the man met ,jesus at the seventh hour1 and he entreated him to hasten to ,capernaum to save his son4 #e ,but ,jesus did not go2 he stood aside in silence for a time1 and then he said1 ,your faith has proved a healing balm2 your son is well4 #f ,the man believed and went his way toward ,capernaum and as he went he met a servant from his home who said1 #g ,my lord1 ,you need not haste2 your son is well4 #h ,the father asked1 ,when did my son begin to mend8 #i ,the servant said1 ,on yesterday about the seventh hour the fever left4 #aj ,and then the father knew it was the healing balm that ,jesus sent that saved his son4 #aa ,in ,cana ,jesus tarried not2 he went his way with his disciples to ,capernaum1 where he secured a spacious house where1 with his mother1 he could live2 where his disciples might repair to hear the ,word4 #ab ,he called the men who had confessed their faith in him to meet him in his home1 which his disciples called1 ,the school of ,christ2 and when they came he said to them1 #ac ,this gospel of the ,christ must be proclaimed in all the world4 #ad ,this ,christine vine will be a mighty vine whose branches will comprise the peoples1 tribes and tongues of all the earth4 #ae ,i am the vine2 twelve men shall be the branches of the stock1 and these shall send forth branches everywhere2 #af ,and from among the people who have followed me1 the ,holy ,breath will call the twelve4 #ag ,go now and do your work as you have done your work2 but listen for the call4 #ah ,then the disciples went unto their daily tasks1 to do their work as they had done1 and ,jesus went alone into the ,hammoth hills to pray4 #ai ,three days and nights he spent communing with the ,silent ,brotherhood2 then1 in the power of ,holy ,breath he came to call the twelve4 ,,chapter #hh4 ,jesus walks by the sea4 ,stands in a fishing boat and speaks to the people4 ,under his direction the fishermen secure a great catch of fish4 ,he selects and calls his twelve apostles4 ,beside the sea of ,galilee the ,christine master walked1 and multitudes of people followed him4 #b ,the fishing boats had just come in1 and ,peter and his brother waited in their boats2 their helpers were ashore repairing broken nets4 #c ,and ,jesus went into a boat and ,peter pushed it out a little ways from shore2 and ,jesus standing in the boat spoke to the multitude4 ,he said1 #d ,isaiah1 prophet of the ,lord of hosts1 looked forward and he saw this day2 he saw the people standing by the sea1 and he exclaimed1 #e ,the land of ,zebulon and ,napthali1 land beyond the ,jordan and toward the sea1 the ,gentile ,galilee1 #f ,the people were in darkness1 knowing not the way2 but1 lo1 they saw the ,day ,star rise2 a light streamed forth2 they saw the way of life2 they walked therein4 #g ,and you are blest beyond all people of the earth today1 because you first may see the light1 and may become the children of the light4 #h ,then ,jesus said to ,peter1 ,bring your nets aboard1 and put out in the deep1 #i ,and ,peter did as ,jesus bade him do2 but in a faithless way he said1 ,this is a useless trip2 there are no fish upon this shore of ,galilee today2 with ,andrew ,i have toiled all night1 and taken naught4 #aj ,but ,jesus saw beneath the surface of the sea2 he saw a multitude of fish4 ,he said to ,peter1 #aa ,cast out your net upon the right side of the boat4 #ab ,and ,peter did as ,jesus said1 and1 lo1 the net was filled2 it scarce was strong enough to hold the multitude of fish4 #ac ,and ,peter called to ,john and ,james1 who were near by1 for help2 and when the net was hauled to boat1 both boats were well nigh filled with fish4 #ad ,when ,peter saw the heavy catch1 he was ashamed of what he said2 ashamed because he had no faith1 and he fell down at ,jesus' feet and said1 ,lord1 ,i believe6 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold the catch6 from henceforth you shall fish no more for fish2 #af ,you shall cast forth the ,christine net into the sea of human life1 upon the right side of the boat2 you shall ensnare the multitudes to holiness and blessedness and peace4 #ag ,now1 when they reached the shore the ,christine master called to ,peter1 ,andrew1 ,james and ,john and said1 #ah ,you fishermen of ,galilee1 the masters have a mighty work for us to do2 ,i go1 and you may follow me4 ,and they left all and followed him4 #ai ,and ,jesus walked along the shore1 and seeing ,philip and ,nathaniel walking on the beach he said to them1 #bj ,you teachers of ,bethsaida1 who long have taught the people ,greek philosophy1 the masters have a higher work for you and me to do2 ,i go and you may follow me2 and then they followed him4 #ba ,a little farther on there stood a ,roman tribute house1 and ,jesus saw the officer in charge2 his name was ,matthew1 who once abode in ,jericho2 #bb ,the youth who once ran on before the ,lord into ,jerusalem and said1 ,behold the ,christines come4 #bc ,and ,matthew was a man of wealth1 and learned in wisdom of the ,jews1 the ,syrians and the ,greeks4 #bd ,and ,jesus said to him1 ,hail1 ,matthew1 trusted servant of the ,csars1 hail6 the masters call us to the tribute house of souls2 ,i go and you may follow me4 ,and ,matthew followed him4 #be ,ischariot and his son1 whose name was ,judas1 were employed by ,matthew and were at the tribute house4 #bf ,and ,jesus said to ,judas1 ,stay your work2 the masters call us to a duty in the savings bank of souls2 ,i go and you may follow me4 ,and ,judas followed him4 #bg ,and ,jesus met a lawyer who had heard about the ,christine master and had come from ,antioch to study in the school of ,christ4 #bh ,this man was ,thomas1 man of doubt1 and yet a ,greek philosopher of culture and of power4 #bi ,but ,jesus saw in him the lines of faith1 and said to him1 ,the masters have a need of men who can interpret law2 ,i go1 and you may follow me4 ,and ,thomas followed him4 #cj ,and when the evening came and ,jesus was at home1 behold1 there came his kindred1 ,james and ,jude1 the sons of ,alpheus and ,miriam4 #ca ,and these were men of faith1 and they were carpenters of ,nazareth4 #cb ,and ,jesus said to them1 ,behold1 for you have toiled with me1 and with my father ,joseph1 building houses for the homes of men4 ,the masters call us now to aid in building homes for souls2 homes built without the sound of hammer1 ax1 or saw2 #cc ,i go1 and you may follow me4 ,and ,james and ,jude exclaimed1 ,lord1 we will follow you4 #cd ,and on the morrow ,jesus sent a message unto ,simon1 leader of the ,zelotes1 a strict exponent of the ,jewish law4 #ce ,and in the message ,jesus said1 ,the masters call for men to demonstrate the faith of ,abraham2 ,i go1 and you may follow me4 ,and ,simon followed him4 ,,chapter #hi4 ,the twelve apostles are at ,jesus' home and are consecrated to their work4 ,jesus instructs them4 ,he goes to the synagogue on the ,sabbath and teaches4 ,he casts an unclean spirit out of one obsessed4 ,he heals ,peter's mother-in-law4 ,now1 on the day before the ,sabbath day1 the twelve disciples who had received the call were met with one accord in ,jesus' home4 #b ,and ,jesus said to them1 ,this is the day to consecrate yourselves unto the work of ,god2 so let us pray4 #c ,turn from the outer to the inner self2 close all the doors of carnal self and wait4 #d ,the ,holy ,breath will fill this place1 and you will be baptized in ,holy ,breath4 #e ,and then they prayed2 a light more brilliant than the noonday sun filled all the room1 and tongues of flame from every head rose high in air4 #f ,the atmosphere of ,galilee was set astir2 a sound like distant thunder rolled above ,capernaum1 and men heard songs1 as though ten thousand angels joined in full accord4 #g ,and then the twelve disciples heard a voice1 a still1 small voice1 and just one word was said1 a word they dared not speak2 it was the sacred name of ,god4 #h ,and ,jesus said to them1 ,by this omnific ,word you may control the elements1 and all the powers of air4 #i ,and when within your souls you speak this ,word1 you have the keys of life and death2 of things that are2 of things that were2 of things that are to be4 #aj ,behold you are the twelve great branches of the ,christine vine2 the twelve foundation stones2 the twelve apostles of the ,christ4 #aa ,as lambs ,i send you forth among wild beasts2 but the omnific ,word will be your buckler and your shield4 #ab ,and then again the air was filled with song1 and every living creature seemed to say1 ,praise ,god6 ,amen6 #ac ,the next day was the ,sabbath day2 and ,jesus went with his disciples to the synagogue1 and there he taught4 #ad ,the people said1 ,he teaches not as do the scribes and ,pharisees2 but as a man who knows1 and has authority to speak4 #ae ,as ,jesus spoke1 a man obsessed came in2 the evil spirits that obsessed the man were of the baser sort2 they often threw their victim to the ground1 or in the fire4 #af ,and when the spirits saw the ,christine master in the synagogue they knew him1 and they said1 #ag ,you son of ,god1 why are you here8 would you destroy us by the ,word before our time8 we would have naught to do with you2 let us alone4 #ah ,but ,jesus said to them1 ,by the omnific ,word ,i speak2 ,come out2 torment this man no more2 go to your place4 #ai ,and then the unclean spirits threw the man upon the floor1 and1 with a fiendish cry1 they went away4 #bj ,and ,jesus lifted up the man and said to him1 ,if you will keep your mind full occupied with good1 the evil spirits cannot find a place to stay2 #ba ,they only come to empty heads and hearts4 ,go on your way and sin no more4 #bb ,the people were astonished at the words that ,jesus spoke1 the work he did4 ,they asked among themselves1 #bc ,who is this man8 ,from whence comes all this power that even unclean spirits fear1 and flee away8 #bd ,the ,christine master left the synagogue2 with ,peter1 ,andrew1 ,james and ,john1 he went to ,peter's house where one1 a near of kin1 was sick4 #be ,and ,peter's wife came in2 it was her mother who was sick4 #bf ,and ,jesus touched the woman as she lay upon her couch2 he spoke the ,word2 the fever ceased and she arose and ministered to them4 #bg ,the neighbors heard what had occurred1 and then they brought their sick1 and those obsessed1 and ,jesus laid his hands on them1 and they were healed4 ,,chapter #ij4 ,jesus goes alone to a mountain to pray4 ,his disciples find him4 ,he calls the twelve and they journey through ,galilee teaching and healing4 ,at ,tiberius ,jesus heals a leper4 ,the ,christines return to ,capernaum4 ,in his own home ,jesus heals a palsied man and makes known the philosophy of healing and the forgiveness of sins4 ,the ,christine master disappeared2 no one saw him go1 and ,peter1 ,james and ,john set forth to search for him2 they found him at his trysting-place out on the ,hammoth hills4 #b ,and ,peter said1 ,the city of ,capernaum is wild2 the people crowd the streets and every public place is filled4 #c ,the men1 the women and the children everywhere are asking for the man who heals by will4 #d ,your home and our homes are filled with people who are sick2 they call for ,jesus who is called the ,christ4 ,what will we say to them8 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,a score of other cities call1 and we must take the bread of life to them4 ,go call the other men and let us go4 #f ,and ,jesus and the twelve went to ,bethsaida where ,philip and ,nathaniel dwelt2 and there they taught4 #g ,the multitudes believed on ,christ1 confessed their sins and were baptized1 and came into the kingdom of the ,holy ,one4 #h ,the ,christine master and the twelve went everywhere through all the towns of ,galilee1 and taught1 baptizing all who came in faith1 and who confessed their sins4 #i ,they opened blinded eyes1 unstopped deaf ears1 drove forth the evil ones from those obsessed1 and healed disease of every kind4 #aj ,and they were in ,tiberius by the sea1 and as they taught a leper came a-near and said1 ,lord1 ,i believe1 and if you will but speak the ,word ,i will be clean4 #aa ,and ,jesus said to him1 ,i will2 be clean4 ,and soon the leprosy was gone2 the man was clean4 #ab ,and ,jesus charged the man1 ,say naught to any one1 but go and show yourself unto the priests and offer for your cleansing what the law demands4 #ac ,the man was wild with joy2 but then he went not to the priests1 but in the marts of trade1 and everywhere he told what had been done4 #ad ,and then the sick in throngs pressed hard upon the healer and the twelve1 imploring to be healed4 #ae ,and they were so importunate that little could be done1 and so the ,christines left the crowded thoroughfares1 and went to desert places where they taught the multitudes that followed them4 #af ,now1 after many days the ,christines came back to ,capernaum4 ,when it was noised around that ,jesus was at home1 the people came2 they filled the house till there was no more room1 not even at the door4 #ag ,and there were present scribes and ,pharisees and doctors of the law from every part of ,galilee1 and from ,jerusalem1 and ,jesus opened up for them the way of life4 #ah ,four men brought one1 a palsied man upon a cot1 and when they could not pass the door they took the sick man to the roof1 and opened up a way1 then let him down before the healer's face4 #ai ,when ,jesus saw their faith1 he said unto the palsied man1 ,my son1 be of good cheer2 your sins are all forgiven4 #bj ,and when the scribes and ,pharisees heard what he said1 they said1 ,why does this man speak thus8 who can forgive the sins of men but ,god8 #ba ,and ,jesus caught their thought2 he knew they questioned thus among themselves2 he said to them1 #bb ,why reason thus among yourselves8 ,what matters it if ,i should say1 ,your sins are blotted out2 or say1 ,arise1 take up your bed and walk8 #bc ,but just to prove that men may here forgive the sins of men1 ,i say1 7and then he spoke unto the palsied man71 #bd ,arise1 take up your bed1 and go your way4 #be ,and in the presence of them all the man arose1 took up his bed1 and went his way4 #bf ,the people could not comprehend the things they heard and saw4 ,they said among themselves1 ,this is a day we never can forget2 we have seen wondrous things today4 #bg ,and when the multitudes had gone the twelve remained1 and ,jesus said to them1 #bh ,the ,jewish festival draws near2 next week we will go to ,jerusalem1 that we may meet our brethren from afar1 and open up to them the way that they may see the king4 #bi ,the ,christines sought the quiet of their homes1 where they remained in prayer for certain days4 ,,section ,,xvi4 ,,ain4 ,the ,second ,annual ,epoch of the ,christine ,ministry of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #ia4 ,jesus at the feast in ,jerusalem4 ,heals an impotent man4 ,gives a practical lesson in healing4 ,affirms that all men are the sons of ,god4 ,the feast time came and ,jesus and the twelve went to ,jerusalem4 #b ,upon the day before the ,sabbath day they reached ,mount ,olives and they tarried at an inn before ,mount ,olives on the north4 #c ,and in the early morning of the ,sabbath day they went in through the sheep gate to ,jerusalem4 #d ,the healing fountain of ,bethesda1 near the gate1 was thronged about with people who were sick2 #e ,for they believed that at a certain time an angel came and poured a healing virtue in the pool1 and those who entered first and bathed1 would be made whole4 #f ,and ,jesus and the twelve were standing near the pool4 #g ,and ,jesus saw a man near by who had been stricken eight and thirty years2 without a hand to help he could not move4 #h ,and ,jesus said to him1 ,my brother1 man1 would you be healed8 #i ,the man replied1 ,i earnestly desire to be healed2 but ,i am helpless and when the angel comes and pours the healing virtues in the pool1 #aj ,another who can walk1 steps in the fountain first and ,i am left unhealed4 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,who sends an angel here to potentize this pool for just a favored few8 #ab ,i know it is not ,god1 for he deals just the same with every one4 #ac ,one has no better chance in heaven's healing fountain than another one4 #ad ,the fount of health is in your soul2 it has a door locked fast2 the key is faith2 #ae ,and every one can have this key and may unlock the door and plunge into the healing fount and be made whole4 #af ,and then the man looked up in hopeful mood and said1 ,give me this key of faith4 #ag ,and ,jesus said1 ,do you believe what ,i have said8 ,according to your faith it shall be done4 ,arise1 take up your bed and walk4 #ah ,the man at once arose and walked away2 he only said1 ,praise ,god4 #ai ,and when the people asked1 ,who made you whole8 the man replied1 ,i do not know4 ,a stranger at the pool just spoke a word and ,i was well4 #bj ,the many did not see when ,jesus healed the man1 and with the twelve he went his way up to the temple courts4 #ba ,and in the temple ,jesus saw the man and said to him1 ,behold you are made whole2 from henceforth guard your life aright2 #bb ,go on your way and sin no more1 or something worse may fall on you4 #bc ,and now the man knew who it was who made him whole4 #bd ,he told the story to the priests and they were much enraged2 they said1 ,the law forbids a man to heal upon the ,sabbath day4 #be ,but ,jesus said1 ,my ,father works on ,sabbath days and may not ,i8 #bf ,he sends his rain1 his sunshine and his dew2 he makes his grass to grow1 his flowers to bloom2 he speeds the harvests just the same on ,sabbath days as on the other days4 #bg ,if it is lawful for the grass to grow and flowers to bloom on ,sabbath days it surely is not wrong to succor stricken men4 #bh ,and then the priests were angered more and more because he claimed to be a son of ,god4 #bi ,a leading priest1 ,abihu1 said1 ,this fellow is a menace to our nation and our laws2 he makes himself to be a son of ,god2 it is not meet that he should live4 #cj ,but ,jesus said1 ,abihu1 ,sir1 you are a learned man2 you surely know the law of life4 ,pray tell who were the sons of ,god we read about in ,genesis1 who took to wife the daughters of the sons of men8 #ca ,our father ,adam2 who was he8 ,from whence came he8 ,had he a father8 or did he fall from heaven as a star8 #cb ,we read that ,moses said1 ,he came from ,god4 ,if ,adam came from ,god1 pray1 was he offspring1 was he son8 #cc ,we are the children of this son of ,god2 then tell me1 learned priest1 ,who are we if not sons of ,god8 #cd ,the priest had urgent business and he went his away4 #ce ,and ,jesus said1 ,all men are sons of ,god and if they live a holy life they always are at home with ,god4 #cf ,they see and understand the works of ,god1 and in his sacred name they can perform these works4 #cg ,the lightnings and the storms are messengers of ,god as well as are the sunshine1 rain and dew4 #ch ,the virtues of the heavens are in ,god's hands1 and every loyal son may use these virtues and these powers4 #ci ,man is the delegate of ,god to do his will on earth1 and man can heal the sick1 control the spirits of the air1 and raise the dead4 #dj ,because ,i have the power to do these things is nothing strange4 ,all men may gain the power to do these things2 but they must conquer all the passions of the lower self2 and they can conquer if they will4 #da ,so man is ,god on earth1 and he who honors ,god must honor man2 for ,god and man are one1 as father and the child are one4 #db ,behold1 ,i say1 ,the hour has come2 the dead will hear the voice of man1 and live1 because the son of man is son of ,god4 #dc ,you men of ,israel1 hear6 you live in death2 you are locked up within the tomb4 #dd 7,there is no deeper death than ignorance and unbelief47 #de ,but all will some day hear the voice of ,god1 made plain by voice of man1 and live4 ,you all will know that you are sons of ,god1 and by the sacred ,word1 may do the works of ,god4 #df ,when you have come to life1 that is1 have come to realize that you are sons of ,god1 you who have lived the life of right1 will open up your eyes on fields of life4 #dg ,but you who love the ways of sin will1 in this resurrection1 stand before a judgment bar1 and be condemned to pay the debts you owe to men and to yourselves4 #dh ,for whatsoever you have done amiss must be performed again1 and yet again1 until you reach the stature of the perfect man4 #di ,but in due time the lowest and the highest will arise to walk in light4 #ej ,shall ,i accuse you unto ,god8 ,no1 for your prophet1 ,moses1 has done that2 and if you hear not ,moses' words you will not hearken unto me1 for ,moses wrote of me4 ,,chapter #ib4 ,the ,christines at a feast in ,lazarus' home4 ,a fire rages in the town4 ,jesus rescues a child from the flames and stays the fire by the ,word4 ,he gives a practical lesson on how to redeem a drunken man4 ,now1 ,lazarus was at the feast and ,jesus and the twelve went with him to his home in ,bethany4 #b ,and ,lazarus and his sisters made a feast for ,jesus and the twelve2 and ,ruth and ,asher came from ,jericho2 for ,asher was no longer hostile to the ,christ4 #c ,and while the guests sat at the board behold a cry1 ,the village is a-fire6 and all rushed out into the streets1 and1 lo1 the homes of many neighbors were in flames4 #d ,and in an upper room an infant lay asleep1 and none could pass the flames to save4 ,the mother1 wild with grief1 was calling on the men to save her child4 #e ,then1 with a voice that made the spirits of the fire pale and tremble1 ,jesus said1 ,peace1 peace1 be still6 #f ,and then he walked through smoke and flame1 climbed up the falling stair1 and in a moment came again1 and in his arms he brought the child4 ,and not a trace of fire was on himself1 his raiment1 or the child4 #g ,then ,jesus raised his hand1 rebuked the spirits of the fire1 commanding them to cease their awful work1 and be at rest4 #h ,and then1 as though the waters of the sea were all at once poured on the flames1 the fire ceased to burn4 #i ,and when the fury of the fire was spent the multitudes were wild to see the man who could control the fire1 and ,jesus said1 #aj ,man was not made for fire1 but fire was made for man4 #aa ,when man comes to himself and comprehends the fact that he is son of ,god1 and knows that in himself lies all the powers of ,god1 he is a master mind and all the elements will hear his voice and gladly do his will4 #ab ,two sturdy asses bind the will of man2 their names are ,fear and ,unbelief4 ,when these are caught and turned aside1 the will of man will know no bounds2 then man has but to speak and it is done4 #ac ,and then the guests returned and sat about the board4 ,a little child came in and stood by ,jesus' side4 #ad ,she laid her hand on ,jesus' arm and said1 ,please1 ,master ,jesus1 hear6 my father is a drunken man2 my mother toils from morn till night and when she brings her wages home my father snatches them away and squanders every cent for drink1 and mother and us little ones are hungry all the night4 #ae ,please1 ,master ,jesus1 come with me and touch my father's heart4 ,he is so good and kind when he is just himself2 ,i know it is the wine that makes another man of him4 #af ,and ,jesus went out with the child2 he found the wretched home2 he spoke in kindness to the mother and the little ones1 and then upon a bed of straw he found the drunken man4 #ag ,he took him by the hand and raised him up and said1 ,my brother1 man1 made in the image of our ,father-,god1 will you arise and come with me8 #ah ,your neighbors are in sore distress2 they have lost all they had in this fierce fire1 and men must build their homes again and you and ,i must lead the way4 #ai ,and then the man arose2 the two went arm in arm to view the wrecks4 #bj ,they heard the mothers and the children crying in the streets2 they saw their wretchedness4 #ba ,and ,jesus said1 ,my friend1 here is a work for you to do4 ,just lead the way in helpfulness2 ,i'm sure the men of ,bethany will furnish you the means and help4 #bb ,the spark of hope that had so long been smouldering in the man was fanned into a flame4 ,he threw his ragged coat aside2 he was himself again4 #bc ,and then he called for help2 not for himself1 but for the homeless ones2 and everybody helped4 ,the ruined homes were built again4 #bd ,and then he saw his own poor den2 his heart was stirred into its depths4 #be ,the pride of manhood filled his soul2 he said1 ,this wretched den shall be a home4 ,he worked as he had never wrought before1 and everybody helped4 #bf ,and in a little while the den became a home indeed2 the flowers of love bloomed everywhere4 #bg ,the mother and the little ones were filled with joy2 the father never drank again4 #bh ,a man was saved1 and no one ever said a word about neglect or drunkenness1 nor urged him to reform4 ,,chapter #ic4 ,the ,christines go through a field of ripe wheat1 and the disciples eat of the wheat4 ,jesus exonerates them4 ,the ,christines return to ,capernaum4 ,jesus heals a withered hand on the ,sabbath1 and defends his deed4 ,another ,sabbath day had come and ,jesus and the twelve walked through a field of ripened wheat4 #b ,and they were hungry and they took the heads of wheat and in their hands threshed out the grain and ate4 #c ,among the men who followed them were ,pharisees of strictest sect1 and when they saw the twelve thresh out the wheat and eat1 they said to ,jesus1 #d ,sir1 why do the twelve do that which is not lawful on the ,sabbath day8 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,have you not heard what ,david did when he and those who followed him had need of food8 #f ,how he went to the house of ,god and from the table in the ,holy ,place took of the presence bread and ate1 and gave to those who followed him8 #g ,i tell you1 men1 the needs of man are higher than the law of rites4 #h ,and in our sacred books we read how priests profane the ,sabbath day in many ways while they are serving in the ,holy ,place1 and still are free from guilt4 #i ,the ,sabbath day was made for man2 man was not made to fit the ,sabbath day4 #aj ,the man is son of ,god and under the eternal law of right1 which is the highest law1 he may annul the statute laws4 #aa ,the law of sacrifice is but the law of man1 and in our law we read that ,god desires mercy first2 and mercy stands above all statute laws4 #ab ,the son of man is ,lord of every law4 ,did not a prophet sum the duties of the man when in the book he wrote3 ,in mercy follow justice and walk humbly with your ,god8 #ac ,then ,jesus and the twelve returned to ,galilee1 and on the day before the ,sabbath day they reached the home of ,jesus in ,capernaum4 #ad ,and on the ,sabbath day they went up to the synagogue4 ,the multitudes were there and ,jesus taught4 #ae ,among the worshippers was one1 a man who had a withered hand4 ,the scribes and ,pharisees observed that ,jesus saw the man1 and then they said1 #af ,what will he do8 ,will he attempt to heal upon the ,sabbath day8 #ag ,and ,jesus knew their thoughts and he called to the man who had the withered hand and said1 ,arise1 stand forth before these men4 #ah ,and ,jesus said1 ,you scribes and ,pharisees1 speak out and answer me3 ,is it a crime to save a life upon the ,sabbath day8 #ai ,if you had sheep and one of them fell in a pit upon the ,sabbath day would you do wrong to take it out8 #bj ,or would it please your ,god to let it suffer in the mire until another day8 #ba ,but his accusers held their peace4 #bb ,and then he said to them1 ,are sheep of greater value than a man8 #bc ,the law of ,god is written on the rock of ,right2 and ,justice wrote the law1 and ,mercy was the pen4 #bd ,and then he said1 ,man1 raise your hand and stretch it forth4 ,he raised his hand2 it was restored4 #be ,the ,pharisees were filled with rage4 ,they called in secret council the ,herodians1 and they began to plot and plan how they might bring about his death4 #bf ,they were afraid to publicly accuse1 because the multitudes stood forth in his defense4 #bg ,and ,jesus and the twelve went down and walked beside the sea1 and many people followed them4 ,,chapter #id4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount4 ,jesus reveals to the twelve the secret of prayer4 ,the model prayer4 ,the law of forgiveness4 ,the holy fast4 ,the evil of deceit4 ,almsgiving4 ,next morning e'er the sun had risen ,jesus and the twelve went to a mountain near the sea to pray2 and ,jesus taught the twelve disciples how to pray4 ,he said1 #b ,prayer is the deep communion of the soul with ,god2 #c ,so when you pray do not deceive yourselves as do the hypocrites who love to stand upon the streets and in the synagogues and pour out many words to please the ears of men4 #d ,and they adorn themselves with pious airs that they may have the praise of men4 ,they seek the praise of men and their reward is sure4 #e ,but when you pray1 go to the closet of your soul2 close all the doors1 and in the holy silence1 pray4 #f ,you need not speak a multitude of words1 nor yet repeat the words again and then again1 as heathen do4 ,just say1 #g ,our ,father-,god who art in heaven2 holy is thy name4 ,thy kingdom come2 thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven4 #h ,give us this day our needed bread2 #i ,help us forget the debts that other people owe to us1 that all our debts may be discharged4 #aj ,and shield us from the tempter's snares that are too great for us to bear2 #aa ,and when they come give us the strength to overcome4 #ab ,if you would be discharged from all the debts you owe to ,god and man1 the debts you have incurred by wilfully transgressing law1 #ac ,you must pass by the debts of every man2 for as you deal with other men your ,god will deal with you4 #ad ,and when you fast you may not advertise the deed4 #ae ,when fast the hypocrites they paint their faces1 look demure1 assume a pious pose1 that they may seem to men to fast4 #af ,a fast is deed of soul1 and like a prayer1 it is a function of the silence of the soul4 #ag ,god never passes by unnoticed any prayer1 or fast4 ,he walks within the silence1 and his benedictions rest on every effort of the soul4 #ah ,deception is hypocrisy1 and you shall not assume to be what you are not4 #ai ,you may not clothe yourselves in special garb to advertise your piety1 nor yet assume the tone of voice that men conceive to be a holy voice4 #bj ,and when you give to aid the needy ones1 blow not a trumpet in the street1 nor synagogue to advertise your gift4 #ba ,he who does alms for praise of men has his reward from men2 but ,god regardeth not4 #bb ,in giving alms do not let the right hand know the secret of the left4 ,,chapter #ie4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount1 continued4 ,jesus pronounces the eight beatitudes and the eight woes4 ,speaks words of encouragement4 ,emphasizes the exalted character of the apostolic work4 ,and ,jesus and the twelve went to the mountain top1 and ,jesus said1 #b ,twelve pillars of the church1 apostles of the ,christ2 light-bearers of the sun of life and ministers of ,god to men3 #c ,in just a little while you must go forth alone1 and preach the gospel of the king1 first to the ,jews and then to all the world4 #d ,and you shall go1 not with a scourge of cords to drive2 you cannot drive men to the king2 #e ,but you shall go in love and helpfulness and lead the way to right and light4 #f ,go forth and say1 ,the kingdom is at hand4 #g ,worthy are the strong in spirit2 theirs the kingdom is4 #h ,worthy are the meek2 they shall possess the land4 #i ,worthy they who hunger and who thirst for right2 they shall be satisfied4 #aj ,worthy are the merciful2 and mercy shall be shown to them4 #aa ,worthy they who gain the mastery of self2 they have the key of power4 #ab ,worthy are the pure in heart2 and they shall see the king4 #ac ,worthy they who are maligned and wronged because they do the right2 their persecutors they shall bless4 #ad ,worthy is the trustful child of faith2 he shall sit in the throne of power4 #ae ,be not discouraged when the world shall persecute and call you curst2 but rather be exceeding glad4 #af ,the prophets and the seers1 and all the good of earth1 have been maligned4 #ag ,if you are worthy of the crown of life you will be slandered1 vilified and curst on earth4 #ah ,rejoice when evil men shall drive you from their ways and cause your name to be a hiss and byword in the street4 #ai ,i say1 rejoice2 but deal in mercy with the doers of the wrong2 they are but children at their play2 they know not what they do4 #bj ,rejoice not over fallen foes4 ,as you help men rise from the depth of sin1 so ,god will help you on to greater heights4 #ba ,woe to the rich is gold and lands2 they have temptations multiform4 #bb ,woe unto men who walk at will in pleasure's paths2 their ways are full of snares and dangerous pits4 #bc ,woe to the proud2 they stand upon a precipice2 destruction waits for them4 #bd ,woe to the man of greed2 for what he has is not his own2 and1 lo1 another comes2 his wealth is gone4 #be ,woe to the hypocrite2 his form is fair to look upon2 his heart is filled with carcasses and dead men's bones4 #bf ,woe to the cruel and relentless man2 he is himself the victim of his deeds4 #bg ,the evil he would do to other men rebounds2 the scourger is the scourged4 #bh ,woe to the libertine who preys upon the virtues of the weak4 ,the hour comes when he will be the weak1 the victim of a libertine of greater power4 #bi ,woe unto you when all the world shall speak in praise of you4 ,the world speaks not in praise of men who live within the ,holy ,breath2 it speaks in praise of prophets false1 and of illusions base4 #cj ,you men who walk in ,holy ,breath are salt1 the salt of earth2 but if you lose your virtue you are salt in name alone1 worth nothing more than dust4 #ca ,and you are light2 are called to light the world4 #cb ,a city on a hill cannot be hid2 its lights are seen afar2 and while you stand upon the hills of life men see your light and imitate your works and honor ,god4 #cc ,men do not light a lamp and hide it in a cask2 they put it on a stand that it may light the house4 #cd ,you are the lamps of ,god2 must not stand in the shade of earth illusions1 but in the open1 high upon the stand4 #ce ,i am not come to nullify the law1 nor to destroy2 but to fulfill4 #cf ,the ,law1 the ,prophets and the ,psalms were written in the wisdom of the ,holy ,breath and cannot fail4 #cg ,the heavens and earth that are will change and pass away2 the word of ,god is sure2 it cannot pass until it shall accomplish that whereunto it hath been sent4 #ch ,whoever disregards the law of ,god and teaches men to do the same1 becomes a debtor unto ,god and cannot see his face until he has returned and paid his debt by sacrifice of life4 #ci ,but he who hearkens unto ,god and keeps his law and does his will on earth1 shall rule with ,christ4 #dj ,the scribes and ,pharisees regard the letter of the law2 they cannot comprehend the spirit of the law2 #da ,and if your righteousness does not exceed the righteousness of scribe and ,pharisee you cannot come into the kingdom of the soul4 #db ,it is not what man does that gives him right to enter through the gates2 his pass word is his character and his desire is his character4 #dc ,the letter of the law deals with the acts of man2 the spirit of the law takes note of his desires4 ,,chapter #if4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount1 continued4 ,jesus considers the ,ten ,commandments4 ,the philosophy of ,christ the spirit of the ,commandments4 ,jesus unfolds the spiritual aspects of the first four ,commandments4 ,god gave the ,ten ,commandments unto men2 upon the mountain ,moses saw the words of ,god2 he wrote them down on solid rock2 they cannot be destroyed4 #b ,these ,ten ,commandments show the justice side of ,god2 but now the love of ,god made manifest brings mercy on the wings of ,holy ,breath4 #c ,upon the unity of ,god the law was built4 ,in all the world there is one force2 ,jehovah is ,almighty ,god4 #d ,jehovah wrote upon the heavens and ,moses read1 #e ,i am ,almighty ,god and you shall have no ,god but me4 #f ,there is one force1 but many phases of that force2 these phases men call powers4 #g ,all powers are of ,god2 and they are manifests of ,god2 they are the ,spirits of the ,god4 #h ,if men could seem to find another force and worship at its shrine1 they would but court illusion1 vain1 #i ,a shadow of the ,one1 ,jehovah1 ,god1 and they who worship shadows are but shadows on the wall2 for men are what they court4 #aj ,and ,god would have all men to be the substance1 and in mercy he commanded1 ,you shall seek no ,god but me4 #aa ,and finite man can never comprehend infinite things4 ,man cannot make an image of the ,infinite in force4 #ab ,and when men make a ,god of stone or wood or clay they make an image of a shade2 and they who worship at the shrine of shades are shades4 #ac ,so ,god in mercy said1 ,you shall not carve out images of wood1 or clay1 or stone4 #ad ,such idols are ideals1 abased ideals1 and men can gain no higher plane than their ideals4 #ae ,the ,god is ,spirit1 and in spirit men must worship if they would attain a consciousness of ,god4 #af ,but man can never make a picture or an image of the ,holy ,breath4 #ag ,the name of ,god man may not speak with carnal lips2 with ,holy ,breath alone can man pronounce the name4 #ah ,in vanity men think they know the name of ,god2 they speak it lightly and irreverently1 and thus they are accursed4 #ai ,if men did know the sacred name and spoke it with unholy lips1 they would not live to speak it once again4 #bj ,but ,god in mercy has not yet unveiled his name to those who cannot speak with ,holy ,breath4 #ba ,but they who speak the substitute in idle way are guilty in the sight of ,god1 who said1 #bb ,you shall not take the name of ,god in vain4 #bc ,the number of the ,holy ,breath is seven1 and ,god holds in his hands the sevens of time4 #bd ,in forming worlds he rested on the seventh day1 and every seventh day is set apart as ,sabbath day for men4 ,god said1 #be ,the seventh is the ,sabbath of the ,lord thy ,god2 remember it and keep it wholly set apart for works of holiness2 that is1 for works not for the selfish self1 but for the universal self4 #bf ,men may do work for self upon the six days of the week2 but on the ,sabbath of the ,lord they must do naught for self4 #bg ,this day is consecrated unto ,god2 but man serves ,god by serving man4 ,,chapter #ig4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount1 continued4 ,jesus unfolds to the twelve the spiritual aspects of the fifth and sixth ,commandments4 ,god is not force alone2 for wisdom is his counterpart4 #b ,when cherubim instructed man in wisdom's ways they said that wisdom is the ,mother of the race1 as force is ,father of the race4 #c ,the man who honors the almighty and omniscient ,god is blessed1 and in the tables of the law we read1 #d ,pay homage to your ,father and your ,mother of the race1 that your days may be prolonged upon the land that they have given you4 #e ,the letter of the law commands2 ,you shall not kill2 and he who kills must stand before the judgment seat1 #f ,a person may desire to kill1 yet if he does not kill he is not judged by law4 #g ,the spirit of the law avers that he who shall desire to kill1 or seeks revenge1 is angry with a man without sufficient cause1 must answer to the judge2 #h ,and he who calls his brother soulless vagabond shall answer to the council of the just2 #i ,and he who calls his brother a degenerate1 a dog1 fans into life the burning fires of hell within himself4 #aj ,now1 in the higher law we read that if your brother is aggrieved by something you have done1 before you offer unto ,god your gifts1 go forth and find your brother and be reconciled to him4 #aa ,it is not well to let the sun go down upon your wrath4 #ab ,if he will not be reconciled when you have laid aside all selfish pleas1 have waived all selfish rights1 you will be guiltless in the sight of ,god2 then go and offer unto ,god your gifts4 #ac ,if you owe aught to any man and cannot pay2 or if a man shall claim a greater sum than is his due1 it is not well that you dispute his claims4 #ad ,resistance is the sire of anger2 there is no mercy and no reason in a wrathful man4 #ae ,i tell you it is better far to suffer loss than go to law1 or call upon the courts of men to judge of right and wrong4 #af ,the law of carnal man would say1 ,eye for eye and tooth for tooth2 resist encroachment on your rights4 #ag ,but this is not the law of ,god4 ,the ,holy ,breath would say1 ,resist not him who would deprive you of your goods4 #ah ,he who would take your coat by force is still a brother man and you should gain his heart1 which by resistance cannot be done2 #ai ,give him your coat and offer him still more and more2 in time the man will rise above the brute2 you will have saved him from himself4 #bj ,refuse not him who calls for help and give to him who asks to borrow aught4 #ba ,and if a man shall strike you in a fitful1 or an angry way1 it is not well to smite him in return4 #bb ,men call him coward who will not fight and thus defend his rights2 but he is much the greater man who is assailed1 is smitten and does not smite2 #bc ,who is maligned and answers not1 than he who smites the smiter and reviles the one who slanders him4 #bd ,it has been said in olden times that man shall love his friend and hate his foe2 but1 lo1 ,i say1 #be ,be merciful unto your foes2 bless those who slander you2 do good to those who do you harm and pray for those who trample on your rights4 #bf ,remember1 you are children of the ,god who makes his sun to rise alike upon the evil and the good1 who sends his rain upon the unjust and the just4 #bg ,if you do unto other men as they do unto you1 you are but slaves1 but followers in the way to death4 #bh ,but you1 as children of the light1 must lead the way4 #bi ,do unto others as you would have them do unto you4 #cj ,when you do good to those who have done good to you1 you do no more than other men2 the publicans do that4 #ca ,if you salute your friends and not your foes1 you are like other men2 the publicans have set the pace4 #cb ,be perfect as your ,father-,god in heaven is4 ,,chapter #ih4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount1 continued4 ,jesus reveals to the twelve the spiritual aspects of the seventh1 eighth and tenth ,commandments4 ,the law forbids adultery2 but in the eyes of law adultery is an overt act1 the satisfaction of the sensuous self outside the marriage bonds4 #b ,now1 marriage in the sight of law is but a promise made by man and woman1 by the sanction of a priest1 to live for aye in harmony and love4 #c ,no priest nor officer has power from ,god to bind two souls in wedded love4 #d ,what is the marriage tie8 ,is it comprised in what a priest or officer may say8 #e ,is it the scroll on which the officer or priest has written the permission for the two to live in marriage bonds8 #f ,is it the promise of the two that they will love each other until death8 #g ,is love a passion that is subject to the will of man8 #h ,can man pick up his love1 as he would pick up precious gems1 and lay it down1 or give it out to any one8 #i ,can love be bought and sold like sheep8 #aj ,love is the power of ,god that binds two souls and makes them one2 there is no power on earth that can dissolve the bond4 #aa ,the bodies may be forced apart by man or death for just a little time2 but they will meet again4 #ab ,now1 in this bond of ,god we find the marriage tie2 all other unions are but bonds of straw1 and they who live in them commit adultery1 #ac ,the same as they who satisfy their lust without the sanction of an officer or priest4 #ad ,but more than this2 the man or woman who indulges lustful thoughts commits adultery4 #ae ,whom ,god has joined together man cannot part2 whom man has joined together live in sin4 #af ,upon a table of the law1 the great lawgiver wrote1 ,thou shalt not steal4 #ag ,before the eyes of law a man to steal must take a thing that can be seen with eyes of flesh1 without the knowledge or consent of him to whom the thing belongs4 #ah ,but1 lo1 ,i say that he who in his heart desires to possess that which is not his own1 and would deprive the owner of the thing without his knowledge or consent1 is in the sight of ,god1 a thief4 #ai ,the things that men see not with eyes of flesh are of more worth than are the things that man can see4 #bj ,a man's good name is worth a thousand mines of gold1 and he who says a word or does a deed that injures or defames that name has taken what is not his own1 and is a thief4 #ba ,upon a table of the law we also read2 ,thou shalt not covet anything4 #bb ,to covet is an all-consuming wish to have what is not right for one to have4 #bc ,and such a wish1 within the spirit of the law1 is theft4 ,,chapter #ii4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount1 continued4 ,jesus unfolds to the twelve the spiritual aspects of the ninth ,commandment4 ,the law has said3 ,thou shalt not lie2 but in the eyes of law a man to lie must tell in words what is not true4 #b ,now1 in the light of spirit law1 deceit in any form is nothing but a lie4 #c ,a man may lie by look or act2 yea1 even by his silence may deceive1 and thus be guilty in the eyes of ,holy ,breath4 #d ,it has been said in olden times3 ,thou shalt not swear by thine own life4 #e ,but1 lo1 ,i say1 ,swear not at all2 not by the head1 the heart1 the eye1 nor hand2 not by the sun1 the moon1 nor stars2 #f ,not by the name of ,god1 nor by the name of any spirit1 good or bad4 #g ,you shall not swear by anything2 for in an oath there is no gain4 #h ,a man whose word must be propped up by oath of any kind is not trustworthy in the sight of ,god or man4 #i ,by oath you cannot make a leaf to fall1 nor turn the color of a hair4 #aj ,the man of worth just speaks1 and men know that he speaks the truth4 #aa ,the man who pours out many words to make men think he speaks the truth1 is simply making smoke to hide a lie4 #ab ,and there are many men with seeming double hearts2 men who would serve two masters at a time--two masters quite adverse4 #ac ,men feign to worship ,god upon the ,sabbath day and then pay court to ,beelzebul on every other day4 #ad ,no man can serve two masters at a time no more than he can ride two asses at a time that go in different ways4 #ae ,the man who feigns to worship ,god and ,beelzebul is foe of ,god1 a pious devil and a curse of men4 #af ,and men cannot lay treasures up in heaven and earth at once4 #ag ,then1 lo1 ,i say1 ,lift up your eyes and see the safety vaults of heaven1 and there deposit every gem1 #ah ,where moth and rust cannot corrupt2 where thieves cannot break in and steal4 #ai ,there are no safety vaults on earth2 no place secure from moth1 and rust and thieves4 #bj ,the treasures of the earth are but illusive things that pass away4 #ba ,be not deceived2 your treasures are the anchor of the soul1 and where your treasures are your heart will be4 #bb ,fix not your heart upon the things of earth2 be anxious not about the things to eat1 or drink1 or wear4 #bc ,god cares for those who trust in him and serve the race4 #bd ,behold the birds6 ,they praise ,god in their songs2 the earth is made more glorious by their ministry of joy2 ,god keeps them in the hollow of his hand1 #be ,and not a sparrow falls to earth without his care2 and every one that falls shall rise again4 #bf ,behold the flowers of earth6 they trust in ,god and grow2 they make the earth resplendent with their beauty and perfume4 #bg ,look at the lilies of the field1 the messengers of holy love4 ,no son of man1 not even ,solomon in all his excellence1 was ever clothed like one of these4 #bh ,and yet they simply trust in ,god2 they feed from out his hand2 they lay their heads to rest upon his breast4 #bi ,if ,god so clothes and feeds the flowers and birds that do his will1 will he not feed and clothe his children when they trust in him8 #cj ,seek first the kingdom of the soul1 the righteousness of ,god1 the good of men1 and murmur not2 ,god will protect1 and feed1 and clothe4 ,,chapter #ajj4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount1 continued4 ,jesus formulates and presents to the twelve a practical code of spiritual ethics4 ,there is a rule that carnal man has made1 and which he rigidly observes3 #b ,do unto other men as they do unto you4 ,as others judge1 they judge2 as others give1 they give4 #c ,now1 while you walk with men as men1 judge not1 and you shall not be judged4 #d ,for as you judge you shall be judged1 and as you give it shall be given to you4 ,if you condemn1 you are condemned4 #e ,when you show mercy1 men are merciful to you1 and if you love in such a way that carnal man can comprehend your love1 you will be well beloved4 #f ,and so the wise man of this world does unto other men as he would have them do to him4 #g ,the carnal man does good to other men for selfish gain1 for he expects to have his blessings multiplied and then returned2 he does not stop to note the end4 #h ,man is himself the field2 his deeds are seeds1 and what he does to others grows apace2 the harvest time is sure4 #i ,behold the yield6 ,if he has sown the wind1 he reaps the wind2 if he has sown the noxious seeds of scandal1 theft and hate2 of sensuality and crime1 #aj ,the harvest is assured and he must reap what he has sown2 yea1 more2 the seeds produce an hundred fold4 #aa ,the fruit of righteousness and peace and love and joy can never spring from noxious seeds2 the fruit is like the seed4 #ab ,and when you sow1 sow seeds of right1 because it is the right1 and not in way of trade1 expecting rich rewards4 #ac ,the carnal man abhors the spirit law1 because it takes away his liberty to live in sin2 beneath its light he cannot satisfy his passions and desires4 #ad ,he is at enmity with him who walks in ,holy ,breath4 ,the carnal man has killed the holy men of old1 the prophets and the seers4 #ae ,and he will buffet you2 will charge you falsely1 scourge you and imprison you1 and think he does the will of ,god to slay you in the streets4 #af ,but you may not prejudge nor censure him who does you wrong4 #ag ,each one has problems to be solved1 and he must solve them for himself4 #ah ,the man who scourges you may have a load of sin to bear2 but how about your own8 #ai ,a little sin in one who walks in ,holy ,breath is greater in the sight of ,god than monster sins in him who never knew the way4 #bj ,how can you see the splinter in your brother's eye while you have chunks within your own8 #ba ,first take the chunks from out your eye and then you may behold the splinter in your brother's eye and help him take it out1 #bb ,and while your eyes are full of foreign things you cannot see the way1 for you are blind1 #bc ,and when the blind lead forth the blind1 both lose the way and fall into the slough4 #bd ,if you would lead the way to ,god you must be clear in sight1 as well as pure in heart4 ,,chapter #aja4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount1 concluded4 ,the concluding part of the code of ethics4 ,the ,christines return to ,capernaum4 ,the fruitage of the tree of life is all too fine to feed the carnal mind4 #b ,if you would throw a diamond to a hungry dog1 lo1 he would turn away1 or else attack you in a rage4 #c ,the incense that is sweet to ,god is quite offensive unto ,beelzebul2 the bread of heaven is but chaff to men who cannot comprehend the spirit life4 #d ,the master must be wise and feed the soul with what it can digest4 #e ,if you have not the food for every man1 just ask and you shall have2 seek earnestly and you shall find4 #f ,just speak the ,word and knock2 the door will fly ajar4 #g ,no one has ever asked in faith and did not have2 none ever sought in vain2 no one who ever knocked aright has failed to find an open door4 #h ,when men shall ask you for the bread of heaven1 turn not away1 nor give to them the fruit of carnal trees4 #i ,if one1 a son1 would ask you for a loaf1 would you give him a stone8 ,if he would ask you for a fish1 would you give him a serpent of the dust8 #aj ,what you would have your ,god give unto you1 give unto men4 ,the measure of your worth lies in your service unto men4 #aa ,there is a way that leads unto the perfect life2 few find it at a time4 #ab ,it is a narrow way2 it lies among the rocks and pitfalls of the carnal life2 but in the way there are no pitfalls and no rocks4 #ac ,there is a way that leads to wretchedness and want4 ,it is a spacious way and many walk therein4 ,it lies among the pleasure groves of carnal life4 #ad ,beware1 for many claim to walk the way of life who walk the way of death4 #ae ,but they are false in word and deed2 false prophets they4 ,they clothe themselves in skins of sheep1 while they are vicious wolves4 #af ,they cannot long conceal themselves2 men know them by their fruits2 #ag ,you cannot gather grapes from thorns1 nor from the thistles1 figs4 #ah ,the fruit is daughter of the tree and1 like the parent1 so the child2 and every tree that bears not wholesome fruit is plucked up by the roots and cast away1 #ai ,because a man prays long and loud is not a sign that he is saint4 ,the praying men are not all in the kingdom of the soul4 #bj ,the man who lives the holy life1 who does the will of ,god1 abides within the kingdom of the soul4 #ba ,the good man from the treasures of his heart sends blessedness and peace to all the world4 #bb ,the evil man sends thoughts that blight and wither hope and joy and fill the world with wretchedness and woe4 #bc ,men think and act and speak out of the abundance of the heart4 #bd ,and when the judgment hour shall come a host of men will enter pleadings for themselves and think to buy the favor of the judge with words4 #be ,and they will say1 ,lo1 we have wrought a multitude of works in the ,omnific name1 #bf ,have we not prophesied8 ,have we not cured all manner of disease8 ,have we not cast the evil spirits out of those obsessed8 #bg ,and then the judge will say1 ,i know you not4 ,you rendered service unto ,god in words when in your heart you worshipped ,beelzebul4 #bh ,the evil one may use the powers of life1 and do a multitude of mighty works4 ,depart from me1 you workers of iniquity4 #bi ,the man who hears the words of life and does them not is like the man who builds his house upon the sand1 which when the floods come on1 is washed away and all is lost4 #cj ,but he who hears the words of life and in an honest1 sincere heart receives and treasures them and lives the holy life1 #ca ,is like the man who builds his house upon the rock2 the floods may come1 the winds may blow1 the storms may beat upon his house2 it is not moved4 #cb ,go forth and build your life upon the solid rock of truth1 and all the powers of the evil one will shake it not4 #cc ,and ,jesus finished all his sayings on the mount and then he1 with the twelve1 returned unto ,capernaum4 ,,chapter #ajb4 ,the ,christines at the home of ,jesus4 ,jesus unfolds to them the secret doctrine4 ,they go through all ,galilee and teach and heal4 ,jesus brings to life the son of a widow at ,nain4 ,they return to ,capernaum4 ,the twelve apostles went with ,jesus to his home1 and there abode for certain days4 #b ,and ,jesus told them many things about the inner life that may not now be written in a book4 #c ,now1 in ,capernaum there lived a man of wealth1 a ,roman captain of a hundred men1 who loved the ,jews and who had built for them a synagogue4 #d ,a servant of this man was paralyzed1 and he was sick nigh unto death4 #e ,the captain knew of ,jesus and had heard that by the sacred ,word he healed the sick1 and he had faith in him4 #f ,he sent a message by the elders of the ,jews to ,jesus1 and he plead for help4 #g ,and ,jesus recognized the captain's faith and went at once to heal the sick2 the captain met him on the way and said to him1 #h ,lo1 ,lord1 it is not well that you should come into my house2 ,i am not worthy of the presence of a man of ,god4 #i ,i am a man of war2 my life is spent with those who ofttimes take the lives of fellow men1 #aj ,and surely he who comes to save would be dishonored if he came beneath my roof4 #aa ,if you will speak the ,word ,i know my servant will be well4 #ab ,and ,jesus turned and said to those who followed him1 #ac ,behold the captain's faith2 ,i have not seen such faith1 no1 not in ,israel4 #ad ,behold1 the feast is spread for you2 but while you doubt and wait1 the alien comes in faith and takes the bread of life4 #ae ,then turning to the man he said1 ,go on your way2 according to your faith so shall it be2 your servant lives4 #af ,it came to pass that at the time that ,jesus spoke the ,word the palsied man arose1 and he was well4 #ag ,and then the ,christines went abroad to teach4 ,and as they came to ,nain1 a city on the ,hermon way1 they saw a multitude about the gates4 #ah ,it was a funeral train2 a widow's son was dead1 and friends were bearing out the body to the tomb4 #ai ,it was the widow's only son1 and she was wild with grief4 ,and ,jesus said to her1 ,weep not1 ,i am the life2 your son shall live4 #bj ,and ,jesus raised his hand2 the bearers of the dead stood still4 #ba ,and ,jesus touched the bier and said1 ,young man1 return4 #bb ,the soul returned2 the body of the dead was filled with life2 the man sat up and spoke4 #bc ,the people were astonished at the scene1 and every one exclaimed1 ,praise ,god4 #bd ,a ,jewish priest stood forth and said1 ,behold1 a mighty prophet has appeared2 and all the people said1 ,amen4 #be ,the ,christines journeyed on2 they taught1 and healed the sick in many towns of ,galilee1 and then they came again unto ,capernaum4 ,,chapter #ajc4 ,the ,christines in ,jesus' home4 ,jesus teaches the twelve and the foreign masters every morning4 ,jesus receives messengers from ,john1 the harbinger1 and sends him words of encouragement4 ,he eulogizes the character of ,john4 ,the home of ,jesus was a school where in the early morning hours the twelve apostles and the foreign priests were taught the secret things of ,god4 #b ,and there were present priests from ,china1 ,india and from ,babylon2 from ,persia1 ,egypt and from ,greece1 #c ,who came to sit at ,jesus' feet to learn the wisdom that he brought to men1 that they might teach their people how to live the holy life4 #d ,and ,jesus taught them how to teach2 he told them of the trials of the way1 and how to make these trials serve the race4 #e ,he taught them how to live the holy life that they might conquer death2 #f ,he taught them what the end of mortal life will be1 when man has reached the consciousness that he and ,god are one4 #g ,the after midday hours were given to the multitudes who came to learn the way of life and to be healed2 and many did believe and were baptized4 #h ,now1 in his prison by the ,bitter ,sea the harbinger had heard of all the mighty works that ,jesus did4 #i ,his prison life was hard1 and he was sore distressed1 and he began to doubt4 #aj ,and to himself he said1 ,i wonder if this ,jesus is the ,christ of whom the prophets wrote6 #aa ,was ,i mistaken in my work8 ,was ,i1 indeed1 one sent from ,god to pave the way for him who shall redeem our people1 ,israel8 #ab ,and then he sent some of his friends1 who came to see him in his prison cell1 up to ,capernaum that they might learn about this man1 and bring him word4 #ac ,the men found ,jesus in his home1 and said1 ,behold the harbinger sent us to ask1 ,are you the ,christ8 or is he yet to come8 #ad ,but ,jesus answered not2 he simply bade the men to tarry certain days that they might see and hear4 #ae ,they saw him heal the sick1 and cause the lame to walk1 the deaf to hear1 the blind to see2 #af ,they saw him cast the evil spirits out of those obsessed2 they saw him raise the dead4 #ag ,they heard him preach the gospel to the poor4 #ah ,then ,jesus said to them1 ,go on your way2 return to ,john and tell him all that you have seen and heard2 then he will know4 ,they went their way4 #ai ,the multitudes were there1 and ,jesus said to them1 ,once you were crowding ,jordan's fords2 you filled the wilderness4 #bj ,what did you go to see8 ,the trees of ,juda1 and the flowers of ,heth8 ,or did you go to see a man in kingly garb8 ,or did you go to see a prophet and a seer8 #ba ,i tell you1 men1 you know not whom you saw4 ,a prophet8 ,yea1 and more2 a messenger whom ,god had sent to pave the way for what you see and hear this day4 #bb ,among the men of earth a greater man has never lived than ,john4 #bc ,behold ,i say1 ,this man whom ,herod bound in chains and cast into a prison cell1 is ,god's ,elijah come again to earth4 #bd ,elijah1 who did not pass the gates of death1 whose body of this flesh was changed1 and he awoke in ,paradise4 #be ,when ,john came forth and preached the gospel of repentance for the cleansing of the soul1 the common folks believed and were baptized4 #bf ,the lawyers and the ,pharisees accepted not the teachings of this man2 were not baptized4 #bg ,behold1 neglected opportunities will never come again4 #bh ,behold1 the people are unstable as the waters of the sea2 they seek to be excused from righteousness4 #bi ,john came and ate no bread1 and drank no wine4 ,he lived the simplest life apart from men1 and people said1 ,he is obsessed4 #cj ,another comes who eats and drinks and lives in homes like other men1 and people say1 ,he is a glutton1 an inebriate1 a friend of publicans and those who sin4 #ca ,woe unto you1 you cities of the vale of ,galilee1 where all the mighty works of ,god are done6 ,woe to ,chorazan and ,bethsaida6 #cb ,if half the mighty works that have been done in you were done in ,tyre and in ,sidon they would have long ago repented of their sins1 and sought the way of right4 #cc ,and when the judgment day shall come1 lo1 ,tyre and ,sidon will be called more worthy than will you1 #cd ,because they slighted not their gifts1 while you have thrown away the pearl of greatest price4 #ce ,woe unto you ,capernaum6 ,behold1 you are exalted now1 but you shall be abased2 #cf ,for if the mighty works that have been done in you had but been done within the cities of the plain--of ,sodom and ,zeboim--they would have heard and turned to ,god2 would not have been destroyed4 #cg ,they perished in their ignorance2 they had no light2 but you have heard2 you have the evidence4 #ch ,the light of life has shown above your hills and all the shores of ,galilee have been ablaze with light2 #ci ,the glory of the ,lord has shown in every street and synagogue and home2 but you have spurned the light4 #dj ,and1 lo1 ,i say1 ,the judgment day will come and ,god will deal in greater mercy with the cities of the plains than he will deal with you4 ,,chapter #ajd4 ,jesus teaches the multitudes4 ,attends a feast in ,simon's house4 ,a wealthy courtesan anoints him with precious balm4 ,simon rebukes him and he preaches a sermon on false respectability4 ,and ,jesus looked upon the multitudes who pressed about for selfish gain4 #b ,the men of learning and of wealth1 of reputation and of power1 were there2 but they knew not the ,christ4 #c ,their eyes were blinded by the tinseled glitter of their selfish selves2 they could not see the king4 #d ,and though they walked within the light1 they groped about in dark--a darkness like the night of death4 #e ,and ,jesus cast his eyes to heaven and said1 #f ,i thank thee1 ,holy ,one of heaven and earth1 that while the light is hidden from the wise and great1 it is revealed to babes4 #g ,then turning to the multitudes he said1 ,i come to you not in the name of man1 nor in a strength my own2 #h ,the wisdom and the virtue that ,i bring to you are from above2 they are the wisdom and the virtue of the ,god whom we adore4 #i ,the words ,i speak are not my words2 ,i give to you what ,i receive4 #aj ,come unto me all you who labor and pull heavy loads and ,i will give you aid4 #aa ,put on the yoke of ,christ with me2 it does not chafe2 it is an easy yoke4 #ab ,together we will pull the load of life with ease2 and so rejoice4 #ac ,a ,pharisee1 whose name was ,simon1 made a feast1 and ,jesus was the honored guest4 #ad ,and as they sat about the board1 a courtesan who had been cured of her desire to sin by what she had received and seen in ,jesus' ministry1 came uninvited to the feast4 #ae ,she brought an alabaster box of costly balm and as the guests reclined she came to ,jesus in her joy1 because she had been freed from sin1 #af ,her tears fell fast1 she kissed his feet1 and dried them with her hair1 and she anointed them with balm4 #ag ,and ,simon thought1 he did not speak aloud1 ,this man is not a prophet or he would know the kind of woman that approaches him1 and would drive her away4 #ah ,but ,jesus knew his thoughts1 and said to him1 ,my host1 ,i have a word to say to you4 #ai ,and ,simon said1 ,say on4 #bj ,and ,jesus said1 ,sin is a monster of iniquity2 it may be small2 it may be large2 it may be something done2 it may be something left undone4 #ba ,behold1 one person leads a life of sin and is at last redeemed2 another1 in a careless mood1 forgets to do the things he ought to do2 but he reforms and is forgiven4 ,now1 which of these has merited the higher praise8 #bb ,and ,simon said1 ,the one who overcame the errors of a life4 #bc ,and ,jesus said1 ,you speak the truth4 #bd ,behold1 this woman who has bathed my feet with tears and dried them with her hair and covered them with balm6 #be ,for years she led a life of sin1 but when she heard the words of life she sought forgiveness and she found4 #bf ,but when ,i came into your house as guest you gave me not a bowl of water that ,i might wash my hands and feet1 which every loyal ,jew must do before he feasts4 #bg ,now1 tell me1 ,simon1 which of these1 this woman or yourself1 is worthy of most praise8 #bh ,but ,simon answered not4 #bi ,then to the woman ,jesus said1 ,your sins are all forgiven2 your faith has saved you2 go in peace4 #cj ,and then the guests who sat around the board1 began to say within themselves1 ,what manner of a man is this who says1 ,thy sins are all forgiven8 ,,chapter #aje4 ,under the patronage of a number of wealthy women1 the ,christines make a grand missionary tour4 ,in his teaching ,jesus lauds sincerity and rebukes hypocrisy4 ,he speaks concerning the sin against the ,holy ,breath4 ,now1 many women who possessed much wealth1 and who abode in other towns of ,galilee1 implored that ,jesus and the twelve1 together with the masters from the foreign lands1 would thither go and preach and heal4 #b ,among these anxious ones were ,mary ,magdalene1 who was obsessed by seven homeless spirits of the air1 which had been driven out by the ,omnific ,word which ,jesus spoke2 #c ,susanna1 who owned vast estates at ,csarea-,philippi2 #d ,johanna1 wife of ,chuza1 one of ,herod's court2 #e ,and ,rachel from the coast of ,tyre2 #f ,and others from beyond the ,jordan and the sea of ,galilee4 #g ,and they provided ample means and three times seven men went forth4 #h ,they preached the gospel of the ,christ1 and they baptized the multitudes who made confession of their faith2 they healed the sick and raised the dead4 #i ,and ,jesus wrought and taught from early morn until the day had gone1 and then into the night2 he did not stop to eat4 #aj ,his friends became alarmed lest he should fail from loss of strength1 and they laid hold of him and would1 by force1 have taken him away to place of rest4 #aa ,but he rebuked them not2 he said1 ,have you not read that ,god will give his angels charge concerning me8 #ab ,that they would hold me fast and suffer not that ,i should come to want8 #ac ,i tell you1 men1 while ,i am giving out my strength unto these anxious1 waiting throngs ,i find myself at rest within the arms of ,god1 #ad ,whose blessed messengers bring down to me the bread of life4 #ae ,there is a tide just once in human life4 #af ,these people now are willing to receive the truth2 their opportunity is now3 our opportunity is now4 #ag ,and if we do not teach them while we may1 the tide will ebb2 #ah ,they may not care again to hear the truth2 then tell me1 ,who will bear the guilt8 #ai ,and so he taught and healed4 #bj ,among the multitudes were men of every shade of thought4 ,they were divided in their views concerning everything that ,jesus said4 #ba ,some saw in him a ,god1 and would have worshipped him2 and others saw in him a devil of the nether world and would have cast him in a pit4 #bb ,and some were trying hard to lead a double life2 like little lions of the ground that take upon themselves the color of the thing they rest upon4 #bc ,these people without anchorage of any sort1 are friends or foes as seemed to serve them best4 #bd ,and ,jesus said1 ,no man can serve two masters at a time4 ,no man can be a friend and foe at once4 #be ,all men are rising up1 or sinking down2 are building up1 or tearing down4 #bf ,if you are gathering not the precious grain1 then you are throwing it away4 #bg ,he is a coward who would feign to be a friend1 or foe1 to please another man4 #bh ,you men1 do not deceive yourselves in thought2 your hearts are known2 #bi ,hypocrisy will blight a soul as surely as the breath of ,beelzebul4 ,an honest evil man is more esteemed by guardians of the soul than a dishonest pious man4 #cj ,if you would curse the son of man1 just curse him out aloud4 #ca ,a curse is poison to the inner man1 and if you hold and swallow down a curse it never will digest2 lo1 it will poison every atom of your soul4 #cb ,and if you sin against a son of man1 you may be pardoned and your guilt be cleansed by acts of kindness and of love2 #cc ,but if you sin against the ,holy ,breath by disregarding her when she would open up the doors of life for you2 #cd ,by closing up the windows of the soul when she would pour the light of love into your hearts1 and cleanse them with the fires of ,god2 #ce ,your guilt shall not be blotted out in this1 nor in the life to come4 #cf ,an opportunity has gone to come no more1 and you must wait until the ages roll again4 #cg ,then will the ,holy ,breath again breathe on your fires of life1 and fan them to a living flame4 #ch ,then she will open up the doors again1 and you may let her in to sup with you forevermore1 or you may slight her once again1 and then again4 #ci ,you men of ,israel1 your opportunity is now4 #dj ,your tree of life is an illusive tree2 it has a generous crop of leaves2 its boughs hang low with fruit4 #da ,behold1 your words are leaves2 your deeds the fruit4 #db ,behold1 for men have plucked the apples of your tree of life1 and found them full of bitterness2 and worms have eaten to the core4 #dc ,behold that fig tree by the way so full of leaves and worthless fruit6 #dd ,then ,jesus spoke a word that nature spirits know1 and lo1 the fig tree stood a mass of withered leaves4 #de ,and then he spoke again1 ,behold1 for ,god will speak the ,word1 and you will stand a withered fig tree in the setting sun4 #df ,you men of ,galilee1 send forth and call the pruner in before it is too late1 and let him prune away your worthless branches and illusive leaves1 and let the sunshine in4 #dg ,the sun is life1 and it can change your worthlessness to worth4 #dh ,your tree of life is good2 but you have nurtured it so long with dews of self1 and mists of carnal things that you have shut the sunshine out4 #di ,i tell you1 men1 that you must give account to ,god for every idle word you speak and every evil deed you do4 ,,chapter #ajf4 ,the ,christines are in ,magdala4 ,jesus heals a man who was blind1 dumb and obsessed4 ,he teaches the people4 ,while he speaks his mother1 brothers and ,miriam come to him4 ,he teaches a lesson on family relationship4 ,he introduces ,miriam to the people and she sings her songs of victory4 ,magdala is beside the sea1 and here the teachers taught4 #b ,a man obsessed1 and who was blind and dumb was brought1 and ,jesus spoke the ,word1 and lo1 the evil spirits went away2 the man spoke out1 his eyes were opened and he saw4 #c ,this was the greatest work that men had seen the master do1 and they were all amazed4 #d ,the ,pharisees were there1 and they were full of jealous rage2 they sought a cause whereby they might condemn4 #e ,they said1 ,yes1 it is true that ,jesus does a multitude of mighty works2 but men should know that he is leagued with ,beelzebul4 #f ,he is a sorcerer1 a black magician of the ,simon ,cerus type2 he works as ,jannes and as ,jambres did in ,moses' day4 #g ,for ,satan1 prince of evil spirits1 is his stay by night and day1 and in the name of ,satan he casts the demons out1 and in his name he heals the sick and raises up the dead4 #h ,but ,jesus knew their thoughts2 he said to them1 ,you men are masters1 and you know the law2 whatever is arrayed against itself must fall2 a house divided cannot stand2 #i ,a kingdom warring with itself is brought to naught4 #aj ,if ,satan casts the devil out1 how can his kingdom stand8 #aa ,if ,i1 by ,beelzebul1 cast devils out1 by whom do you cast devils out8 #ab ,but if ,i1 in the holy name of ,god1 cast devils out1 and make the lame to walk1 the deaf to hear1 the blind to see1 the dumb to speak1 has not ,god's kingdom come to you8 #ac ,the ,pharisees were dumb2 they answered not4 #ad ,as ,jesus spoke a messenger approached and said to him1 ,your mother and your brothers wish to speak with you4 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,who is my mother8 and my brothers1 who are they8 #af ,and then he spoke a word aside unto the foreign masters and the twelve2 he said1 #ag ,behold1 men recognize their mothers1 fathers1 sisters1 brothers here in flesh2 but when the veil is rent and men walk in the realms of soul1 #ah ,the tender lines of love that bind the groups of fleshy kin in families will fade away4 #ai ,not that the love for anyone will be the less2 but men will see in all the motherhood1 the fatherhood1 the sisterhood1 the brotherhood of man4 #bj ,the family groups of earth will all be lost in universal love and fellowship divine4 #ba ,then to the multitudes he said1 ,whoever lives the life and does the will of ,god is child of ,god and is my mother1 father1 sister1 friend4 #bb ,and then he went aside to speak to mother and his other kindred in the flesh4 #bc ,but he saw more than these4 ,the maiden who once thrilled his very soul with love1 a love beyond the love of any fleshly kin2 #bd ,who was the sorest tempter in the temple ,heliopolis beside the ,nile1 who sung for him the sacred songs1 was there4 #be ,the recognition was of kindred souls1 and ,jesus said1 #bf ,behold1 for ,god has brought to us a power men cannot comprehend1 a power of purity and love2 #bg ,to make more light the burdens of the hour1 to be a balm for wounded souls2 #bh ,to win the multitude to better ways by sacred song and holy life4 #bi ,behold1 for ,miriam who stood beside the sea and sung the song of victory when ,moses led the way1 will sing again4 #cj ,and all the choirs of heaven will join and sing the glad refrain3 #ca ,peace1 peace on earth2 good will to men6 #cb ,and ,miriam stood before the waiting throngs and sung again the songs of victory1 and all the people said1 ,amen4 ,,chapter #ajg4 ,a ,pharisee demands of ,jesus signs of his messiahship4 ,jesus rebukes him1 because he does not recognize the signs that are being continually given4 ,jesus exhorts the people to receive the light that they may become the light4 ,a ,pharisee elated with himself stood forth among the multitudes and said to ,jesus1 #b ,sir1 we would have you demonstrate4 ,if you are truly ,christ who was to come1 then you can surely do what black magicians cannot do4 #c ,lo1 they can talk1 and hold the multitudes with words of power2 and they can heal the sick and drive the demons out of those obsessed2 #d ,they can control the storms2 and fire and earth and air will hear and answer when they speak4 #e ,now1 if you will ascend and from that tower fly across the sea1 we will believe that you are sent from ,god4 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,no black magician ever lived a holy life2 you have a demonstration of the ,christ-life every day4 #g ,but lo1 you evil and adulterous scribes and ,pharisees1 you cannot see a spirit-sign1 because your spirit eyes are full of carnal self4 #h ,you seek a sign to please your curiosity4 ,you walk the very lowest planes of carnal life and cry1 ,phenomena6 show us a sign and then we will believe4 #i ,i was not sent to earth to buy up faith as men buy fish and fruit and rubbish in the streets4 #aj ,men seem to think it quite a favor done to me when they confess their faith in me and in the holy ,christ4 #aa ,what does it matter unto me as man if you believe or disbelieve8 #ab ,faith is not something you can buy with coin2 it is not something you can sell for gold4 #ac ,once ,mart1 a beggar1 followed me and cried1 ,give me a silver piece2 then ,i will believe in you4 #ad ,and you are like this beggar man2 you offer to exchange your faith for signs4 #ae ,but ,i will give to all the world one sign as surety that the ,christ abides with me4 #af ,you all have read the parable of ,jonah and the fish1 wherein it is recorded that the prophet spent three days and nights within the stomach of the mighty fish1 and then came forth4 #ag ,the son of man will spend three days and nights within the heart of earth and then come forth again1 and men will see and know4 #ah ,behold1 the light may be so bright that men cannot see anything4 #ai ,the ,spirit light has shown so brightly over ,galilee that you who hear me now are blind4 #bj ,you may have read the words of prophet ,azrael2 he said1 ,the light shall shine out brightly in the darkness of the night1 and men shall comprehend it not4 #ba ,that time has come2 the light shines forth2 you see it not4 #bb ,the ,queen of ,sheba sat in darkest night and still she yearned for light4 #bc ,she came to hear the words of wisdom from the lips of ,solomon1 and she believed2 #bd ,and she became a living torch1 and when she reached her home1 lo1 all ,arabia was filled with light4 #be ,a greater far than ,solomon is here2 the ,christ is here2 the ,day ,star has arisen1 and you reject the light4 #bf ,and you remember ,nineveh1 the wicked city of ,assyria1 which ,god had marked to be destroyed by shock and flame unless the people turned and walked in ways of right4 #bg ,and ,jonah raised his voice and said1 ,in forty days shall ,nineveh be razed1 and all her wealth shall be destroyed4 #bh ,the people heard and they believed2 and they reformed and turned to ways of right1 and lo1 their city was not razed2 was not destroyed4 #bi ,you men of ,galilee1 ,i tell you that ,arabia and ,nineveh will testify against you in the judgment day4 #cj ,behold1 for every one to whom ,i speak has in him all the fires of ,god2 but they are lying dead4 #ca ,the will is bridled by the flesh desires1 and it brings not the ethers of the fires to vibrate into light4 #cb ,look1 therefore1 to your soul and note1 ,is not the light within you dark as night8 #cc ,there is no breath but ,holy ,breath that e'er can fan your fires of life into a living flame and make them light4 #cd ,and ,holy ,breath can raise the ethers of the fires to light in none but hearts of purity and love4 #ce ,hear1 then1 you men of ,galilee1 ,make pure the heart1 admit the ,holy ,breath1 and then your bodies will be full of light1 #cf ,and like a city on a hill1 your light will shine afar1 and thus your light may light the way for other men4 ,,chapter #ajh4 ,jesus rebukes the people for selfishness4 ,the ,christines attend a feast and ,jesus is censured by the ,pharisee because he washed not before he eat4 ,jesus exposes the hypocrisy of the ruling classes and pronounces upon them many woes4 ,the multitudes were wild with selfish thought2 none recognized the rights and needs of any other one4 #b ,the stronger pushed the weak aside1 and trampled on them in their haste to be the first to get a blessing for himself4 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold the cage of beasts untamed2 a den of stinging vipers1 maddened by their fiendish greed of selfish gain6 #d ,i tell you1 men1 the benefits that come to men who see no further than themselves are baubles in the morning light2 #e ,they are unreal2 they pass away4 ,the selfish soul is fed today2 the food does not assimilate2 the soul grows not1 and then it must be fed again1 and then again4 #f ,behold1 a selfish man obsessed by just one spirit of the air2 by the ,omnific ,word the spirit is cast out2 #g ,it wanders through dry places1 seeking rest and finding none4 #h ,and then it comes again2 the selfish man has failed to close and lock the door2 #i ,the unclean spirit finds the house all swept and cleaned2 it enters in and takes with it full seven other spirits more unclean than is itself2 and there they dwell4 #aj ,the last state of the man is more than sevenfold more wretched than the first4 #aa ,and so it is with you who snatch the blessings that belong to other men4 #ab ,while ,jesus spoke a certain woman who stood near exclaimed1 ,most blessed is the mother of this man of ,god6 #ac ,and ,jesus said1 ,yes1 blest is she2 but doubly blest are they who hear1 receive and live the word of ,god4 #ad ,a ,pharisee of wealth prepared a feast1 and ,jesus and the twelve1 together with the masters from afar1 were guests4 #ae ,and ,jesus did not wash his hands according to the strictest ,pharisaic rules1 before he ate2 when this the ,pharisee observed he marveled much4 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,my host1 why do you marvel that ,i did not wash my hands8 #ag ,the ,pharisees wash well their hands and feet2 they cleanse the body every day when1 lo1 within is every form of filth4 #ah ,their hearts are full of wickedness1 extortions and deceit4 #ai ,did not the ,god who made the outside of the body make the inside1 too8 #bj ,and then he said1 ,woe unto you1 you ,pharisees6 for you tithe mint and rue1 and every herb1 and pass by judgment and the love of ,god4 #ba ,woe unto you1 you ,pharisees6 you love the highest seats in synagogues and courts1 and bid for salutations in the market place4 #bb ,woe unto you1 you tinseled gentry of the land6 no man would ever think you servants of the ,lord of hosts by what you do4 #bc ,a lawyer sitting near remarked1 ,rabboni1 your words are harsh1 and then in what you say you censure us2 and why8 #bd ,and ,jesus said1 ,woe unto you1 you masters of the law6 you heap great burdens on the sons of men1 yea1 loads by far too great for them to bear1 and you will never help to bear a feather's weight yourselves4 #be ,woe unto you6 you build the tombs of prophets and of seers2 they whom your fathers killed2 and you are parties to the crimes4 #bf ,and now behold1 for ,god has sent again to you his holy men-apostles1 prophets1 seers2 and you are persecuting them4 #bg ,the time is near when you will plead against them in the courts2 will spurn them on the streets2 will cast them into prison cells1 and kill them with a fiend's delight4 #bh ,i tell you1 men1 the blood of all the holy men of ,god that has been shed from righteous ,abel down to that of ,zacharias1 father of the holy ,john1 #bi ,who was struck down beside the altar in the ,holy ,place-- #cj ,the blood of all these holy men has made more red the hands of this ungodly generation4 #ca ,woe unto you1 you masters of the law6 you snatch the keys of knowledge from the hands of men2 #cb ,you close the doors2 you enter not yourselves1 and suffer not the willing ones to enter in4 #cc ,his words provoked the ,pharisees1 the lawyers and the scribes1 and they1 resenting1 poured upon him torrents of abuse4 #cd ,the truths he spoke came like a thunderbolt from heaven2 the rulers counseled how they might ensnare him by his words2 they sought a legal way to shed his blood4 ,,chapter #aji4 ,the ,christines go to a place apart to pray4 ,jesus warns them against the leaven of the ,pharisees and reveals the fact that all thoughts and deeds are recorded in ,god's ,book of ,remembrance4 ,man's responsibility and ,god's care4 ,now1 when the feast was finished ,jesus with the foreign masters and the twelve1 with ,mary1 ,miriam and a band of loyal women who believed in ,christ1 went to a place apart to pray4 #b ,and when their silence ended ,jesus said1 ,be on your guard2 the leaven of the ,pharisees is being thrown in every measure of the meal of life4 #c ,it is a poison that will taint whatever it may touch2 and it will blight the soul as sure as fumes of the ,diabolos2 it is hypocrisy4 #d ,the ,pharisees seem fair in speech1 but they are diabolical in heart4 #e ,and then they seem to think that thought is something they can lock within themselves4 #f ,they do not seem to know that every thought and wish is photographed and then preserved within the ,book of ,life to be revealed at any time the masters will4 #g ,that which is thought1 or wished1 or done in darkest night shall be proclaimed in brightest day2 #h ,that which is whispered in the ear within the secret place shall be made known upon the streets4 #i ,and in the judgment day when all the books are opened up1 these men1 and every other man1 shall be a-judged1 not by what they've said or done1 #aj ,but by the way in which they used the thoughts of ,god1 and how the ethers of eternal love were made to serve2 #aa ,for men may make these ethers serve the carnal self1 or serve the holy self within4 #ab ,behold1 these men may kill the body of this flesh2 but what of that8 the flesh is but a transitory thing1 and soon1 by natural law1 will pass2 #ac ,their slaughter only hastens nature's work a little time4 #ad ,and when they kill the flesh they reach their bounds of power2 they cannot kill the soul4 #ae ,but nature is the keeper of the soul as of the flesh1 and in the harvest time of soul1 the trees of life are all inspected by the judge2 #af ,and every tree that bears no fruit of good is plucked up by the roots and cast into the flames4 #ag ,who then shall you regard8 ,not him who has the power to kill the flesh1 and nothing more4 #ah ,regard the mighty one who has the power to dissolve both soul and body in the flames of nature's fire4 #ai ,but man is king2 he may direct his thoughts1 his loves1 his life1 and gain the prize of everlasting life4 #bj ,and you are not abandoned in your struggle for the crown of life4 ,your ,father lives1 and you shall live4 #ba ,god has a care for every living thing4 ,he numbers stars1 and suns1 and moons2 #bb ,he numbers angels1 men1 and every thing below2 the birds1 the flowers1 the trees2 #bc ,the very petals of the rose he knows by name1 and every one is numbered in his ,book of ,life2 #bd ,and every hair upon your head1 and every drop of blood within your veins1 he knows by number and by rythm4 #be ,he hears the birdling's call1 the cricket's chirp1 the glow worm's song2 and not a sparrow falls to earth without his knowledge and consent4 #bf ,a sparrow seems a thing of little worth2 yea1 five of them are worth two farthings in the market place1 and yet ,god cares for every one of them4 #bg ,will he not care much more for you who bear his image in your soul8 #bh ,fear not to make confession of the ,christ before the sons of men1 and ,god will own you as his sons and daughters in the presence of the host of heaven4 #bi ,if you deny the ,christ before the sons of men1 then ,god will not receive you as his own before the hosts of heaven4 #cj ,and more ,i say1 ,fear not when men shall bring you up before the rulers of the land to answer for your faith4 #ca ,behold1 the ,holy ,breath shall teach you in your hour of need what you should say1 and what is best to leave unsaid4 #cb ,and then the ,christines went again to teach the multitudes4 ,,chapter #aaj4 ,miriam sings a song of victory4 ,the song4 ,jesus reveals the symbolic character of the journey of ,israel from ,egypt to ,canaan4 ,and ,miriam stood before the surging crowd1 and casting up her eyes to heaven she sung anew the song of victory3 #b ,bring forth the harp1 the vina and the lyre2 bring forth the highest sounding cymbal1 all ye choirs of heaven4 ,join in the song1 the new1 new song4 #c ,the ,lord of hosts has stooped to hear the cries of men1 and lo1 the citadel of ,beelzebul is shaking as a leaf before the wind4 #d ,the sword of ,gideon is again unsheathed4 #e ,the ,lord1 with his own hand has pulled far back the curtains of the night2 the sun of truth is flooding heaven and earth2 #f ,the demons of the dark1 of ignorance and death1 are fleeing fast2 are disappearing as the dew beneath the morning sun4 #g ,god is our strength and song2 is our salvation and our hope1 and we will build anew a house for him2 #h ,will cleanse our hearts1 and purify their chambers1 every one4 ,we are the temple of the ,holy ,breath4 #i ,we need no more a tent within the wilderness2 no more a temple built with hands4 #aj ,we do not seek the ,holy ,land1 nor yet ,jerusalem4 #aa ,we are the tent of ,god2 we are his temple built without the sound of edged tools4 #ab ,we are the ,holy ,land2 we are the ,new ,jerusalem2 ,allelujah1 praise the ,lord6 #ac ,and when the song was done the multitudes exclaimed1 ,praise ,god4 #ad ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold the way6 #ae ,the sons of men have groped for ages in the darkness of ,egyptian night4 #af ,the ,pharaohs of sense have bound them with their chains4 #ag ,but ,god has whispered through the mists of time and told them of a land of liberty and love4 #ah ,and he has sent his ,logos forth to light the way4 #ai ,the ,red ,sea rolls between the promised land and ,egypt's sands4 #bj ,the ,red ,sea is the carnal mind4 #ba ,behold1 the ,logos reaches out his hand2 the sea divides2 the carnal mind is reft in twain2 the sons of men walk through dry shod4 #bb ,the ,pharaohs of sense would stay them in their flight2 the waters of the sea return2 the ,pharaohs of sense are lost and men are free4 #bc ,for just a little while men tread the wilderness of ,sin2 the ,logos leads the way2 #bd ,and when at last men stand upon the ,jordan's brink1 these waters stay1 and men step forth into their own4 ,,chapter #aaa4 ,jesus teaches4 ,a man requests him to compel his brother to deal justly4 ,jesus reveals the divine law1 the power of truth and the universality of possessions4 ,relates the parable of the rich man and his abundant harvest4 ,and ,jesus taught the multitudes2 and while he spoke a man stood forth and said1 #b ,rabboni1 hear my plea3 ,my father died and left a large estate2 my brother seized it all1 and now refuses me my share4 #c ,i pray that you will bid him do the right1 and give me what is mine4 #d ,and ,jesus said1 ,i am not come to be a judge in such affairs2 ,i am no henchman of the court4 #e ,god sent me not to force a man to do the right4 #f ,in every man there is a sense of right2 but many men regard it not4 #g ,the fumes that rise from selfishness have formed a crust about their sense of right that veils their inner light1 so that they cannot comprehend nor recognize the rights of other men4 #h ,this veil you cannot tear away by force of arms1 and there is naught that can dissolve this crust but knowledge and the love of ,god4 #i ,while men are in the mire1 the skies seem far away2 when men are on the mountain top1 the skies are near1 and they can almost touch the stars4 #aj ,then ,jesus turned and to the twelve he said1 ,behold the many in the mire of carnal life6 #aa ,the leaven of truth will change the miry clay to solid rock1 and men can walk and find the path that leads up to the mountain top4 #ab ,you cannot haste2 but you can scatter forth this leaven with a generous hand4 #ac ,when men have learned the truth that bears upon its face the law of right1 then they will haste to give to every man his dues4 #ad ,then to the people ,jesus said1 ,take heed1 and covet not4 ,the wealth of men does not consist in what they seem to have--in lands1 in silver and in gold4 #ae ,these things are only borrowed wealth4 ,no man can corner up the gifts of ,god4 #af ,the things of nature are the things of ,god1 and what is ,god's belongs to every man alike4 #ag ,the wealth of soul lies in the purity of life1 and in the wisdom that descends from heaven4 #ah ,behold1 a rich man's ground brought forth abundantly2 his barns were far too small to hold his grain1 and to himself he said1 #ai ,what shall ,i do8 ,i must not give my grain away2 ,i must not let it go to waste2 and then he said1 #bj ,this will ,i do2 ,i will tear down these little barns and build up larger ones2 there ,i will store away my grain and ,i will say1 #ba ,my soul take now your ease2 you have enough for many years2 eat1 drink and fill yourself and be content4 #bb ,but ,god looked down and saw the man2 he saw his selfish heart and said1 #bc ,you foolish man1 this night your soul will quit its house of flesh2 then who will have your garnered wealth8 #bd ,you men of ,galilee1 lay not up treasures in the vaults of earth2 accumulated wealth will blight your soul4 #be ,god does not give men wealth to hoard away in secret vaults4 ,men are but stewards of ,god's wealth1 and they must use it for the common good4 #bf ,to every steward who is true to self1 to other men1 to every thing that is1 the ,lord will say1 ,well done4 ,,chapter #aab4 ,the ,christines in the home of ,mary of ,magdala4 ,jesus calls his disciples1 8,little ,flock10 and charges them to place their affections on divine things4 ,he teaches them regarding the inner life4 ,and ,jesus left the multitudes and went with his disciples up to ,mary's home2 and as they sat about the board to dine he said1 #b ,my little flock1 fear not2 it is your ,father's will that you shall rule the kingdom of the soul4 #c ,a ruler in the house of ,god is servant of the ,lord of hosts1 and man cannot serve ,god except by serving men4 #d ,a servant in the house of ,god cannot be servant in the house of wealth2 nor in the synagogue of sense4 #e ,if you are tied to lands1 or bonds1 or wealth of earth1 your hearts are knit to things of earth2 for where your treasures are there are your hearts4 #f ,dispose of all your wealth1 distribute it among the poor1 and put your trust in ,god1 and you nor yours will ever come to want4 #g ,this is a test of faith1 and ,god will not accept the service of the faithless one4 #h ,the time is ripe2 your ,master comes upon the clouds2 the eastern sky is glowing with his presence now4 #i ,put on reception robes2 gird up your loins2 trim up your lamps and fill them well with oil1 and be prepared to meet your ,lord2 when you are ready1 he will come4 #aj ,thrice blessed are the servants who are ready to receive their ,lord4 #aa ,behold1 for he will gird himself1 and will prepare a sumptuous feast for every one1 and he himself will serve4 #ab ,it matters not when he shall come2 it may be at the second watch2 it may be at the third2 but blessed are the servants who are ready to receive4 #ac ,you cannot leave your door ajar and go to sleep1 and wait in blissful ignorance of the fleeting time2 #ad ,for thieves will surely come and take away your goods and bind and carry you away to robbers' dens4 #ae ,and if you are not carried forth1 the ,master when he comes will not regard a sleeping guard as friend1 but as a foe4 #af ,beloved1 these are times when every man must be awake and at his post1 for none can tell the hour nor the day when man shall be revealed4 #ag ,and ,peter said1 ,lord is this parable for us1 or for the multitudes8 #ah ,and ,jesus said1 ,why need you ask8 ,god is not man that he should show respect for one and cast another off4 #ai ,whoever will may come and gird himself1 and trim his lamp1 and find a turret in the tower of life where he may watch1 and be prepared to meet the ,lord4 #bj ,but you1 as children of the light1 have come1 and you have learned the language of the court1 and may stand forth and lead the way4 #ba ,but you may wait1 and think that you are ready to receive the ,lord1 and still he does not come4 #bb ,and you may grow impatient and begin to long for carnal ways again1 and may begin to exercise your rule2 #bc ,to beat1 and otherwise maltreat the servants of the house1 and fill yourselves with wine and meat4 #bd ,and what will say the ,lord when he shall come8 #be ,behold1 for he will cast the faithless servant from his house2 and many years will come and go before he can be cleansed1 and be thought worthy to receive his ,lord4 #bf ,the servant who has come into the light1 who knows the ,master's will and does it not2 the trusted guard who goes to sleep within the turret of the tower of life1 #bg ,shall feel the lash of justice many times1 while he who does not know his ,master's will and does it not1 will not receive the graver punishment4 #bh ,the man who comes and stands before the open door of opportunity and does not enter in1 but goes his way1 #bi ,will come again and find the door made fast1 and when he calls1 the door will open not1 #cj ,the guard will say1 you had the pass-word once1 but you threw it away and now the ,master knows you not2 depart4 #ca ,and verily ,i say to you1 ,to whom much has been given1 much is required2 to whom a little has been given1 a little only is required4 ,,chapter #aac4 ,in answer to a question of ,lamaas ,jesus teaches a lesson on the reign of peace and the way to it through antagonisms4 ,the signs of the times4 ,guidance of the ,holy ,breath4 ,the ,christines go to ,bethsaida4 ,now1 after they had dined1 the guests and ,jesus all were in a spacious hall in ,mary's home4 #b ,and then ,lamaas said1 ,pray1 tell us ,lord1 is this the dawn of peace8 #c ,have we come forth unto the time when men will war no more8 #d ,are you1 indeed1 the ,prince of ,peace that holy men have said would come8 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,peace reigns today2 it is the peace of death4 #f ,a stagnant pool abides in peace4 ,when waters cease to move they soon are ladened with the seeds of death2 corruption dwells in every drop4 #g ,the living waters always leap and skip about like lambs in spring4 #h ,the nations are corrupt2 they sleep within the arms of death and they must be aroused before it is too late4 #i ,in life we find antagonists at work4 ,god sent me here to stir unto its depths the waters of the sea of life4 #aj ,peace follows strife2 ,i come to slay this peace of death4 ,the prince of peace must first be prince of strife4 #aa ,this leaven of truth which ,i have brought to men will stir the demons up1 and nations1 cities1 families will be at war within themselves4 #ab ,the five that have been dwelling in a home of peace will be divided now1 and two shall war with three2 #ac ,the son will stand against his sire2 the mother and the daughter will contend2 yea1 strife will reign in every home4 #ad ,the self and greed and doubt will rage into a fever heat1 and then1 because of me1 the earth will be baptized in human blood4 #ae ,but right is king2 and when the smoke is cleared away the nations will learn war no more2 the ,prince of ,peace will come to reign4 #af ,behold1 the signs of what ,i say are in the sky2 but men can see them not4 #ag ,when men behold a cloud rise in the west they say1 ,a shower of rain will come and so it does2 and when the wind blows from the south they say1 ,the weather will be hot2 and it is so4 #ah ,lo1 men can read the signs of earth and sky1 but they cannot discern the signs of ,holy ,breath2 but you shall know4 #ai ,the storm of wrath comes on2 the carnal man will seek a cause to hale you into court1 and cast you into prison cells4 #bj ,and when these times shall come let wisdom guide2 do not resent4 ,resentment makes more strong the wrath of evil men4 #ba ,there is a little sense of justice and of mercy in the vilest men of earth4 #bb ,by taking heed to what you do and say and trusting in the guidance of the ,holy ,breath1 you may inspire this sense to grow4 #bc ,you thus may make the wrath of men to praise the ,lord4 #bd ,the ,christines went their way1 and came unto ,bethsaida and taught4 ,,chapter #aad4 ,a great storm on the sea destroys many lives4 ,jesus makes an appeal for aid1 and the people give with a generous hand4 ,in answer to a lawyer's question1 ,jesus gives the philosophy of disasters4 ,as ,jesus taught1 a man stood forth and said1 ,rabboni1 may ,i speak8 #b ,and ,jesus said1 ,say on4 ,and then the man spoke out and said1 #c ,a storm upon the sea last night wrecked many fishing boats1 and scores of men went down to death1 and1 lo1 their wives and children are in need2 #d ,what can be done to help them in their sore distress8 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,a worthy plea4 ,you men of ,galilee1 take heed4 ,we may not bring again to live these men1 but we can succor those who looked to them for daily bread4 #f ,you stewards of the wealth of ,god1 an opportunity has come2 unlock your vaults2 bring forth your hoarded gold2 bestow it with a lavish hand4 #g ,this wealth was laid aside for just such times as these2 when it was needed not1 lo1 it was yours to guard2 #h ,but now it is not yours1 for it belongs to those who are in want1 and if you give it not you simply bring upon your heads the wrath of ,god4 #i ,it is not charity to give to those who need2 it is but honesty2 it is but giving men their own4 #aj ,then ,jesus turned to ,judas1 one of the twelve1 who was the treasurer of the band1 and said1 #aa ,bring forth our treasure box2 the money is not ours now2 turn every farthing to the help of those in such distress4 #ab ,now1 ,judas did not wish to give the money all to those in want1 and so he talked with ,peter1 ,james and ,john4 #ac ,he said1 ,lo1 ,i will save a certain part and give the rest2 that surely is enough for us1 for we are strangers to the ones in want2 we do not even know their names4 #ad ,but ,peter said1 ,why1 ,judas1 man1 how do you dare to think to trifle with the strength of right4 #ae ,the ,lord has spoken true2 this wealth does not belong to us in face of this distress1 and to refuse to give it is to steal4 #af ,you need not fear2 we will not come to want4 #ag ,then ,judas opened up the treasure box and gave the money all4 #ah ,and there was gold and silver1 food1 and raiment in abundance for the needs of the bereaved4 #ai ,a lawyer said1 ,rabboni1 if ,god rules the worlds and all that in them is1 did he not bring about this storm8 did he not slay these men8 #bj ,has he not brought this sore distress upon these people here8 and was it done to punish them for crimes8 #ba ,and we remember well when once a band of earnest ,jews from ,galilee were in ,jerusalem1 and at a feast and were1 for fancied crimes against the ,roman law1 #bb ,cut down within the very temple court by ,pontius ,pilate2 and their blood became their sacrifice4 #bc ,did ,god bring on this slaughter all because these men were doubly vile8 #bd ,and then we bring to mind that once a tower called ,siloam1 graced the defences of ,jerusalem1 and1 seemingly1 without a cause it tottered and it fell to earth and eighteen men were killed4 #be ,were these men vile8 and were they slain as punishment for some great crime8 #bf ,and ,jesus said1 ,we cannot look upon a single span of life and judge of anything4 #bg ,there is a law that men must recognize3 ,result depends on cause4 #bh ,men are not motes to float about within the air of one short life1 and then be lost in nothingness4 #bi ,they are undying parts of the eternal whole that come and go1 lo1 many times into the air of earth and of the great beyond1 just to unfold the ,god-like self4 #cj ,a cause may be a part of one brief life2 results may not be noted till another life4 #ca ,the cause of your results cannot be found within my life1 nor can the cause of my results be found in yours4 #cb ,i cannot reap except ,i sow and ,i must reap what e'er ,i sow1 #cc ,the law of all eternities is known to master minds3 #cd ,whatever men do unto other men the judge and executioner will do to them4 #ce ,we do not note the execution of this law among the sons of men4 #cf ,we note the weak dishonored1 trampled on and slain by those men call the strong4 #cg ,we note that men with wood-like heads are seated in the chairs of state2 #ch ,are kings and judges1 senators and priests1 while men with giant intellects are scavengers about the streets4 #ci ,we note that women with a moiety of common sense1 and not a whit of any other kind1 are painted up and dressed as queens1 #dj ,becoming ladies of the courts of puppet kings1 because they have the form of something beautiful2 while ,god's own daughters are their slaves1 or serve as common laborers in the field4 #da ,the sense of justice cries aloud3 ,this is a travesty on right4 #db ,so when men see no further than one little span of life it is no wonder that they say1 ,there is no ,god1 or if there is a ,god he is a tyrant and should die4 #dc ,if you would judge aright of human life1 you must arise and stand upon the crest of time and note the thoughts and deeds of men as they have come up through the ages past2 #dd ,for we must know that man is not a creature made of clay to turn again to clay and disappear4 #de ,he is a part of the eternal whole4 ,there never was a time when he was not2 a time will never come when he will not exist4 #df ,and now we look2 the men who now are slaves were tyrants once2 the men who now are tyrants have been slaves4 #dg ,the men who suffer now1 once stood aloft and shouted with a fiend's delight while others suffered at their hands4 #dh ,and men are sick1 and halt1 and lame1 and blind because they once transgressed the laws of perfect life1 and every law of ,god must be fulfilled4 #di ,man may escape the punishment that seems but due for his misdoings in this life2 but every deed and word and thought has its own metes and bounds1 #ej ,is cause1 and has its own results1 and if a wrong be done1 the doer of the wrong must make it right4 #ea ,and when the wrongs have all been righted then will man arise and be at one with ,god4 ,,chapter #aae4 ,jesus teaches by the sea4 ,he relates the parable of the sower4 ,tells why he teaches in parables4 ,explains the parable of the sower4 ,relates the parable of the wheat and tares4 ,and ,jesus stood beside the sea and taught2 the multitudes pressed close upon him and he went into a boat that was near by and put a little ways from shore1 and then he spoke in parables2 he said1 #b ,behold1 a sower took his seed and went into his field to sow4 #c ,with lavish hand he scattered forth the seed and some fell in the hardened paths that men had made1 #d ,and soon were crushed beneath the feet of other men2 and birds came down and carried all the seed away4 #e ,some seed fell on rocky ground where there was little soil2 they grew and soon the blades appeared and promised much2 #f ,but then there was no depth of soil1 no chance for nourishment1 and in the heat of noonday sun they withered up and died4 #g ,some seed fell where thistles grew1 and found no earth in which to grow and they were lost2 #h ,but other seed found lodgment in the rich and tender soil and grew apace1 and in the harvest it was found that some brought forth a hundred fold1 some sixty fold1 some thirty fold4 #i ,they who have ears to hear may hear2 they who have hearts to understand may know4 #aj ,now1 his disciples were beside him in the boat1 and ,thomas asked1 ,why do you speak in parables8 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,my words1 like every master's words1 are dual in their sense4 #ab ,to you who know the language of the soul1 my words have meanings far too deep for other men to comprehend4 #ac ,the other sense of what ,i say is all the multitude can understand2 these words are food for them2 the inner thoughts are food for you4 #ad ,let every one reach forth and take the food that he is ready to receive4 #ae ,and then he spoke that all might hear2 he said1 ,hear you the meaning of the parable3 #af ,men hear my words and understand them not1 and then the carnal self purloins the seed1 and not a sign of spirit life appears4 #ag ,this is the seed that fell within the beaten paths of men4 #ah ,and others hear the words of life1 and with a fiery zeal receive them all2 they seem to comprehend the truth and promise well2 #ai ,but troubles come2 discouragements arise2 there is no depth of thought2 their good intentions wither up and die4 #bj ,these are the seeds that fell in stony ground4 #ba ,and others hear the words of truth and seem to know their worth2 but love of pleasure1 reputation1 wealth and fame fill all the soil2 the seeds are nourished not and they are lost4 #bb ,these are the seeds that fell among the thistles and the thorns4 #bc ,but others hear the words of truth and comprehend them well2 they sink down deep into their souls2 they live the holy life and all the world is blest4 #bd ,these are the seeds that fell in fertile soil1 that brought forth fruit abundantly4 #be ,you men of ,galilee1 take heed to how you hear and how you cultivate your fields2 for if you slight the offers of this day1 the sower may not come to you again in this or in the age to come4 #bf ,then ,jesus spoke another parable2 he said3 #bg ,the kingdom ,i may liken to a field in which a man sowed precious seed2 #bh ,but while he slept an evil one went forth and sowed a measure full of darnel seed2 then went his way4 #bi ,the soil was good1 and so the wheat and darnel grew2 and when the servants saw the tares among the wheat1 they found the owner of the field and said1 #cj ,you surely sowed good seed2 from whence these tares8 #ca ,the owner said1 ,some evil one has sown the seed of tares4 #cb ,the servants said1 ,shall we go out and pull up by the roots the tares and burn them in the fire8 #cc ,the owner said1 ,no1 that would not be well4 ,the wheat and tares grow close together in the soil1 and while you pull the tares you would destroy the wheat4 #cd ,so we will let them grow together till the harvest time4 ,then to the reapers ,i will say1 #ce ,go forth and gather up the tares and bind them up and burn them in the fire1 and gather all the wheat into my barns4 #cf ,when he had spoken thus1 he left the boat and went up to the house1 and his disciples followed him4 ,,chapter #aaf4 ,the ,christines are in ,philip's home4 ,jesus interprets the parable of the wheat and tares4 ,he explains the unfoldment of the kingdom by parables3 the good seed2 the growth of the tree2 the leaven2 the hidden treasure4 ,he goes to a mountain to pray4 ,the ,christines were in ,philip's home and ,peter said to ,jesus1 ,lord1 will you explain to us the meaning of the parables you spoke today8 ,the one about the wheat and tares1 especially8 #b ,and ,jesus said1 ,god's kingdom is a dualty2 it has an outer and an inner form4 #c ,as seen by man it is composed of men1 of those who make confession of the name of ,christ4 #d ,for various reasons various people crowd this outer kingdom of our ,god4 #e ,the inner kingdom is the kingdom of the soul1 the kingdom of the pure in heart4 #f ,the outer kingdom ,i may well explain in parables4 ,behold1 for ,i have seen you cast a great net out into the sea1 #g ,and when you hauled it in1 lo1 it was full of every kind of fish1 some good1 some bad1 some great1 some small2 and ,i have seen you save the good and throw the bad away4 #h ,this outer kingdom is the net1 and every kind of man is caught2 but in the sorting day the bad will all be cast away1 the good reserved4 #i ,hear1 then1 the meaning of the parable of wheat and tares3 #aj ,the sower is the son of man2 the field1 the world2 the good seed are the children of the light2 the tares1 the children of the dark2 the enemy1 the carnal self2 the harvest day1 the closing of the age2 the reapers are the messengers of ,god4 #aa ,the reckoning day will come to every man2 then will the tares be gathered up1 and cast into the fire and be burned4 #ab ,then will the good shine forth as suns in the kingdom of the soul4 #ac ,and ,philip said1 ,must men and women suffer in the flames because they have not found the way of life8 #ad ,and ,jesus said1 ,the fire purifies4 ,the chemist throws into the fire the ores that hold all kinds of dross4 #ae ,the useless metal seems to be consumed2 but not a grain of gold is lost4 #af ,there is no man that has not in him gold that cannot be destroyed4 ,the evil things of men are all consumed in fire2 the gold survives4 #ag ,the inner kingdom of the soul ,i may explain in parables3 #ah ,the son of man goes forth and scatters seeds of truth2 ,god waters well the soil2 the seeds show life and grow2 first comes the blade1 and then the stalk1 and then the ear1 and then the full wheat in the ear4 #ai ,the harvest comes and1 lo1 the reapers bear the ripened sheaves into the garner of the ,lord4 #bj ,again1 this kingdom of the soul is like a little seed that men may plant in fertile soil4 #ba 7,a thousand of these seeds would scarcely be a shekel's weight47 #bb ,the tiny seed begins to grow2 it pushes through the earth1 and after years of growth it is a mighty tree and birds rest in its leafy bowers and men find refuge 'neath its sheltering boughs from sun and storm4 #bc ,again1 the truth1 the spirit of the kingdom of the soul1 is like a ball of leaven that a woman hid in measures1 three1 of flour and in a little time the whole was leavened4 #bd ,again1 the kingdom of the soul is like a treasure hidden in a field which one has found1 and straitway goes his way and sells all that he has and buys the field4 #be ,when ,jesus had thus said he went alone into a mountain pass near by to pray4 ,,chapter #aag4 ,a royal feast is held in ,machaerus4 ,john1 the harbinger1 is beheaded4 ,his body is buried in ,hebron4 ,his disciples mourn4 ,the ,christines cross the sea in the night4 ,jesus calms a raging storm4 ,a royal feast was held in honor of the birthday of the tetrarch in fortified ,machaerus1 east of the ,bitter ,sea4 #b ,the tetrarch1 ,herod1 and his wife1 ,herodias1 together with ,salome were there2 and all the men and women of the royal court were there4 #c ,and when the feast was done1 lo1 all the guests and courtiers were drunk with wine2 they danced and leaped about like children in their play4 #d ,salome1 daughter of ,herodias1 came in and danced before the king4 ,the beauty of her form1 her grace and winning ways entranced the silly ,herod1 then half drunk with wine4 #e ,he called the maiden to his side and said1 ,salome1 you have won my heart1 and you may ask and ,i will give you anything you wish4 #f ,the maiden ran in childish glee and told her mother what the ruler said4 #g ,her mother said1 ,go back and say1 ,give me the head of ,john1 the harbinger4 #h ,the maiden ran and told the ruler what she wished4 #i ,and ,herod called his trusty executioner and said to him1 ,go to the tower and tell the keeper that by my authority you come to execute the prisoner known as ,john4 #aj ,the man went forth and in a little while returned and on a platter bore the lifeless head of ,john1 and ,herod offered it unto the maiden in the presence of the guests4 #aa ,the maiden stood aloof2 her innocence was outraged when she saw the bloody gift1 and she would touch it not4 #ab ,her mother1 steeped and hardened well in crime1 came up and took the head and held it up before the guests and said1 #ac ,this is the fate of every man who dares to scorn1 or criticize1 the acts of him who reigns4 #ad ,the drunken rabble gazed upon the grewsome sight with fiendish joy4 #ae ,the head was taken back unto the tower4 ,the body had been given unto holy men who had been friends of ,john2 they placed it in a burial case and carried it away4 #af ,they bore it to the ,jordan1 which they crossed just at the ford where ,john first preached the word2 #ag ,and through the passes of the ,judean hills they carried it4 #ah ,they reached the sacred grounds near ,hebron1 where the bodies of the parents of the harbinger lay in their tombs2 #ai ,and there they buried it2 and then they went their way4 #bj ,now1 when the news reached ,galilee that ,john was dead the people met to sing the sonnets of the dead4 #ba ,and ,jesus and the foreign masters and the twelve took ship to cross the sea of ,galilee4 #bb ,a scribe1 a faithful friend of ,john1 stood by the sea2 he called to ,jesus and he said1 ,rabboni1 let me follow where you go4 #bc ,and ,jesus said1 ,you seek a safe retreat from evil men4 ,there is no safety for your life with me2 #bd ,for evil men will take my life as they have taken ,john's4 #be ,the foxes of the earth have safe retreats2 the birds have nests secure among the hidden rocks1 but ,i have not a place where ,i may lay my head and rest secure4 #bf ,then an apostle said1 ,lord1 suffer me to tarry here a while1 that ,i may take my father1 who is dead1 and lay him in the tomb4 #bg ,but ,jesus said1 ,the dead can care for those who die2 the living wait for those who live2 come1 follow me4 #bh ,the evening came2 three boats put out to sea and ,jesus rested in the foremost boat2 he slept4 #bi ,a storm came on2 the boats were tossed about like toys upon the sea4 #cj ,the waters swept the decks2 the hardy boatmen were afraid lest all be lost4 #ca ,and ,thomas found the master fast asleep2 he called1 and ,jesus woke4 #cb ,and ,thomas said1 ,behold the storm6 have you no care for us8 ,the boats are going down4 #cc ,and ,jesus stood2 he raised his hand2 he talked unto the spirits of the winds and waves as men would talk with men4 #cd ,and1 lo1 the winds blew not2 the waves came tremblingly and kissed his feet2 the sea was calm4 #ce ,and then he said1 ,you men of faith1 where is your faith8 for you can speak and winds and waves will hear and will obey4 #cf ,and the disciples were amazed4 ,they said1 ,who is this man that even winds and waves obey his voice8 ,,chapter #aah4 ,the ,christines are in ,gadara4 ,jesus casts a legion of unclean spirits out of a man4 ,the spirits go into vicious animals which run into the sea1 and are drowned4 ,the people are in fear and request ,jesus to leave their coast4 ,with his disciples1 he returns to ,capernaum4 ,the morning came2 the ,christines landed in the country of the ,geracenes4 #b ,they went to ,gadara1 chief city of the ,peracans1 and here for certain days they tarried and they taught4 #c ,now1 legends hold that ,gadara is sacred to the dead1 and all the hills about are known as holy ground4 #d ,these are the burial grounds of all the regions round about2 the hills are full of tombs2 and many dead from ,galilee are here entombed4 #e ,now1 spirits of the lately dead that cannot rise to higher planes1 remain about the tombs that hold the flesh and bones of what was once their mortal homes4 #f ,they sometimes take possession of the living1 whom they torture in a hundred ways4 #g ,and all through ,gadara were men obsessed1 and there was no one strong enough to bring relief4 #h ,that they might meet these hidden foes and learn the way to dispossess the evil ones the master took the foreign masters and the twelve into the tombs4 #i ,and as they neared the gates they met a man obsessed4 ,a legion of the unclean ones were in this man1 and they had made him strong2 #aj ,and none could bind him down1 no1 not with chains2 for he could break the stoutest chains1 and go his way4 #aa ,now1 unclean spirits cannot live in light2 they revel in the dark4 #ab ,when ,jesus came he brought the light of life1 and all the evil spirits were disturbed4 #ac ,the leader of the legion in the man called out1 ,thou ,jesus1 thou ,immanuel1 we beg that thou wilt not consign it to the depths4 ,torment us not before our time4 #ad ,and ,jesus said1 ,what is your number and your name8 #ae ,the evil spirit said1 ,our name is legion1 and our number is the number of the beast4 #af ,and ,jesus spoke2 and with a voice that shook the very hills1 he said1 ,come forth2 possess this man no more4 #ag ,now1 all the hills were filled with unclean animals that fed1 and carried forth and spread the plague among the people of the land4 #ah ,and when the evil spirits begged that they might not be driven forth without a home1 the master said1 #ai ,go forth and take possession of the unclean quadrupeds4 #bj ,and they1 and all the evil spirits of the tombs went forth and took possession of the breeders of the plague1 #ba ,which1 wild with rage1 ran down the steeps into the sea1 and all were drowned4 #bb ,and all the land was freed of the contagion1 and the unclean spirits came no more4 #bc ,but when the people saw the mighty works that ,jesus did they were alarmed4 ,they said1 #bd ,if he can free the country of the plague1 and drive the unclean spirits out1 he is a man of such transcendent power that he can devastate our land at will4 #be ,and then they came and prayed that he would not remain in ,gadara4 #bf ,and ,jesus did not tarry longer there1 and with the other masters and the twelve1 he went aboard the boats to go away4 #bg ,the man who had been rescued from the unclean legion stood upon the shore and said1 ,lord1 let me go with you4 #bh ,but ,jesus said1 ,it is not well2 go forth unto your home and tell the news that men may know what man can do when he is tuned with ,god4 #bi ,and then the man went forth through all ,decapolis and told the news4 #cj ,the ,christines sailed away1 re-crossed the sea and came again into ,capernaum4 ,,chapter #aai4 ,the people of ,capernaum welcome ,jesus4 ,matthew gives a feast4 ,the ,pharisees rebuke ,jesus for eating with sinners4 ,he tells them that he is sent to save sinners4 ,he gives lessons on fasting and on the philosophy of good and evil4 ,the news soon spread through all the land that ,jesus was at home and then the people came in throngs to welcome him4 #b ,and ,matthew1 one of the twelve1 a man of wealth1 whose home was in ,capernaum1 spread forth a sumptuous feast1 and ,jesus and the foreign masters and the twelve1 and people of all shades of thought1 were guests4 #c ,and when the ,pharisees observed that ,jesus sat and ate with publicans and those of ill repute they said1 #d ,for shame6 ,this man who claims to be a man of ,god1 consorts with publicans and courtesans and with the common herd of men1 ,for shame6 #e ,when ,jesus knew their thoughts he said1 ,they who are well cannot be healed2 the pure need not be saved4 #f ,they who are well are whole2 they who are pure are saved4 #g ,they who love justice and do right need not repent2 ,i came not unto them1 but to the sinner ,i am come4 #h ,a band of ,john's disciples who had heard that ,john was dead were wearing badges for their dead2 #i ,were fasting and were praying in their hearts1 which when the ,pharisees observed they came to ,jesus and they said1 #aj ,why fast the followers of ,john and your disciples do not fast8 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,lo1 you are masters of the law2 you ought to know2 perhaps you will make known your knowledge to these men4 #ab ,what are the benefits derived from fasts8 ,the ,pharisees were mute2 they answered not4 #ac ,then ,jesus said1 ,the vital force of men depends on what they eat and drink4 #ad ,is spirit-life the stronger when the vital force is weak8 ,is sainthood reached by starving1 self imposed8 #ae ,a glutton is a sinner in the sight of ,god1 and he is not a saint who makes himself a weakling and unfitted for the heavy tasks of life by scorning to make use of ,god's own means of strength4 #af ,lo1 ,john is dead1 and his devoted followers are fasting in their grief4 #ag ,their love for him impels them on to show respect1 for they have thought1 and have been taught that it is sin to lightly treat the memory of the dead4 #ah ,to them it is a sin1 and it is well that they should fast4 #ai ,when men defy their consciences and listen not to what they say1 the heart is grieved and they become unfitted for the work of life2 and thus they sin4 #bj ,the conscience may be taught4 ,one man may do in conscience what another cannot do4 #ba ,what is a sin for me to do may not be sin for you to do4 ,the place you occupy upon the way of life determines what is sin4 #bb ,there is no changeless law of good2 for good and evil both are judged by other things4 #bc ,one man may fast and in his deep sincerity of heart is blest4 #bd ,another man may fast and in the faithlessness of such a task imposed is cursed4 #be ,you cannot make a bed to fit the form of every man4 ,if you can make a bed to fit yourself you have done well4 #bf ,why should these men who follow me resort to fasting1 or to anything that would impair their strength8 ,they need it all to serve the race4 #bg ,the time will come when ,god will let you have your way1 and you will do to me what ,herod did to ,john2 #bh ,and in the awfulness of that sad hour these men will fast4 #bi ,they who have ears to hear may hear2 they who have hearts to feel may understand4 ,,chapter #abj4 ,nicodemus is at the feast4 ,he asks ,jesus1 ,cannot the ,christine religion be introduced more successfully by reforming the ,jewish service8 ,jesus answers in the negative and gives his reasons4 ,jesus heals a woman with hemorrhages4 ,heals ,jairus' daughter4 ,disappears when the people would worship him4 ,now1 ,nicodemus1 who once came to ,jesus in the night to learn the way of life1 was one among the guests4 #b ,and standing forth he said1 ,rabboni1 it is true that ,jewish laws and ,jewish practices do not agree4 #c ,the priesthood needs to be reformed2 the rulers should become more merciful and kind2 the lawyers should become more just2 the common people should not bear such loads4 #d ,but could we not gain these reforms and not destroy the service of the ,jews8 #e ,could you not harmonize your mighty work with that of ,pharisee and scribe8 ,might not the priesthood be a benefit to your divine philosophy8 #f ,but ,jesus said1 ,you cannot put new wine in ancient skins1 for when it purifies itself1 lo1 it expands2 the ancient bottles cannot bear the strain2 they burst1 and all the wine is lost4 #g ,men do not mend a wornout garment with a piece of cloth unworn1 which cannot yield to suit the fabric1 weak with age1 and then a greater rent appears4 #h ,old wine may be preserved in ancient skins2 but new wine calls for bottles new4 #i ,this spirit-truth ,i bring is to this generation new1 and if we put it in the ancient skins of ,jewish forms1 lo1 it will all be lost4 #aj ,it must expand2 the ancient bottles cannot yield and they would burst4 #aa ,behold the kingdom of the ,christ6 it is as old as ,god himself1 and yet it is as new as morning sun2 it only can contain the truth of ,god4 #ab ,and as he spoke a ruler of the synagogue1 ,jairus by name1 came in and bowed at ,jesus' feet and said1 #ac ,my master1 hear my prayer6 ,my child is very sick1 ,i fear that she will die2 but this ,i know that if you will but come and speak the ,word my child will live4 #ad 7,she was an only child1 a girl twelve years of age47 #ae ,and ,jesus tarried not2 he went out with the man1 and many people followed them4 #af ,and as they went a woman who had been plagued with hemorrhage for many years1 had been a subject of experiment of doctors near and far1 and all had said1 ,she cannot live1 rose from her bed and rushed out in the way as ,jesus passed4 #ag ,she said within herself1 ,if ,i can touch his garment1 then ,i know ,i will be well4 #ah ,she touched him1 and at once the bleeding ceased and she was well4 #ai ,and ,jesus felt that healing power had gone from him1 and speaking to the multitude1 he said1 #bj ,who was it touched my coat8 #ba ,and ,peter said1 ,no one can tell2 the multitudes are pressing you2 a score of people may have touched your coat4 #bb ,but ,jesus said1 ,some one in faith1 with healing thought1 did touch my coat1 for healing virtues have gone forth from me4 #bc ,and when the woman knew that what she did was known1 she came and knelt at ,jesus' feet and told it all4 #bd ,and ,jesus said1 ,your faith has made you whole1 go on your way in peace4 #be ,now1 as he spoke1 a servant from the home of ,jairus came and said1 ,my master1 ,jairus1 trouble not the ,lord to come2 your child is dead4 #bf ,but ,jesus said1 ,jairus1 man of faith1 do not permit your faith to waver in this trying hour4 #bg ,what is it that the servant said8 ,the child is dead8 ,lo1 what is death8 #bh ,it is the passing of the soul out of the house of flesh4 #bi ,man is the master of the soul and of its house4 ,when man has risen up from doubt and fear1 lo1 he can cleanse the empty house and bring the tenant back again4 #cj ,then taking with him ,peter1 ,james and ,john1 ,jairus and the mother of the child1 he went into the chamber of the dead4 #ca ,and when the doors were closed against the multitude1 he spoke a word that souls can understand1 and then he took the maiden by the hand and said1 #cb ,talitha cumi1 child1 arise6 ,the maiden's soul returned and she arose and asked for food4 #cc ,and all the people of the city were amazed1 and many would have worshipped ,jesus as a ,god1 #cd ,but1 like a phantom of the night1 he disappeared and went his way4 ,,chapter #aba4 ,the ,christines are in ,nazareth4 ,miriam sings a ,christine song of praise4 ,jesus teaches in the synagogue4 ,he heals a dumb man who is obsessed4 ,the people do not believe in him4 ,the ,pharisees call him a tool of ,beelzebul4 ,the ,christines go to ,cana4 ,it was a gala day in ,nazareth4 ,the people there had met with one accord to celebrate some great event4 #b ,and ,jesus and the foreign masters and the twelve1 and ,mary1 mother of the ,lord1 and ,miriam were there4 #c ,and when the people were assembled in the great hall of the town1 the graceful singer1 ,miriam1 stood forth and sung a song of praise4 #d ,but few of all the multitude knew who the singer was2 but instantly she won all hearts4 #e ,for many days she sung the songs of ,israel1 and then she went her way4 #f ,the ,sabbath came and ,jesus went into the synagogue4 ,he took the book of ,psalms and read3 #g ,blest is the man who puts his trust in ,god1 respecting not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies4 #h ,o ,lord1 my ,god1 the works that thou hast done for us are wonderful2 and many are thy thoughts for us2 we cannot count them all1 #i ,thou dost not call for sacrifice1 nor offerings of blood2 burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou dost not want2 #aj ,and lo1 ,i come to do thy will1 ,o ,god2 thy law is in my heart1 #aa ,and ,i have preached the word of righteousness and peace unto the thronging multitudes2 ,i have declared the counsel of my ,god in full4 #ab ,i have not hid thy righteousness within my heart2 ,i have declared thy faithfulness and grace4 #ac ,i have not kept thy loving-kindness and thy truth away from men2 ,i have declared them to the multitudes4 #ad ,o ,lord1 make wide my lips that ,i may tell thy praise2 ,i do not bring the sacrifice of blood1 nor yet burnt offerings for sin4 #ae ,the sacrifices ,i would bring to thee1 ,o ,god1 are purity in life1 a contrite heart1 a spirit full of faith and love2 and these thou wilt receive4 #af ,and when he had thus read1 he gave the book back to the keeper of the books1 and then he said1 #ag ,upon these ends of earth these messages of ,god have come4 #ah ,our people have exalted sacrificial rites and have neglected mercy1 justice and the rights of men4 #ai ,you ,pharisees1 you priests1 you scribes1 your ,god is surfeited with blood2 ,god does not heed your prayers2 you stand before your burning victims2 but you stand in vain4 #bj ,turn you unto the testimonies of the law2 reform and turn to ,god1 and you shall live4 #ba ,let not your altars be accursed again with smoke of innocence4 #bb ,bring unto ,god as sacrifice a broken and a contrite heart4 #bc ,lift from your fellow men the burdens that you have imposed4 #bd ,and if you hearken not1 and if you turn not from your evil ways1 lo1 ,god will smite this nation with a curse4 #be ,and when he had thus said he stood aside1 and all the people were astonished1 and they said1 #bf ,where did this man get all his knowledge and his power8 ,from whence did all this wisdom come8 #bg ,is not this ,mary's son1 whose home is out on ,marmion ,way8 #bh ,are not his brothers1 ,jude and ,james and ,simon1 known among our honored men8 ,are not his sisters with us here8 #bi ,but they were all offended by the words he spoke4 #cj ,and ,jesus said1 ,a prophet has no honor in his native land2 he is not well received among his kin2 his foes are in his home4 #ca ,and ,jesus wrought not many mighty works in ,nazareth1 because the people had no faith in him4 ,he did not tarry long4 #cb ,but as he passed from thence two blind men followed him and cried1 ,thou son of ,david1 hear6 ,have mercy1 ,lord1 and open up our eyes that we may see4 #cc ,and ,jesus said1 ,do you believe that ,i can open up your eyes and make you see8 #cd ,they said1 ,yea1 ,lord1 we know that if you speak the ,word then we can see4 #ce ,and ,jesus touched their eyes and spoke the ,word2 he said1 ,according to your faith so will it be4 #cf ,and they were blest2 they opened up their eyes and saw4 #cg ,and ,jesus said1 ,tell not this thing to any one4 #ch ,but they went forth and told the news through all the land4 #ci ,as ,jesus walked along the way a man who was obsessed1 and who was dumb1 was brought to him4 #dj ,and ,jesus spoke the ,word2 the unclean spirit came out of the man2 his tongue was loosed2 he spoke2 he said1 ,praise ,god4 #da ,the people were amazed2 ,they said1 ,this is a mighty deed2 we never saw that done before4 #db ,the ,pharisees were also much amazed2 but they cried out and said1 #dc ,you men of ,israel1 take heed2 this ,jesus is a tool of ,beelzebul2 he heals the sick and casts the spirits out in ,satan's name4 #dd ,but ,jesus answered not2 he went his way4 #de ,and with the foreign masters and the twelve he went up to the town where he once turned the water into wine and tarried certain days4 ,,chapter #abb4 ,the ,christines spend seven days in prayer4 ,jesus gives his charge to the twelve and sends them forth on their apostolic ministry1 with instructions to meet him in ,capernaum4 ,the ,christines prayed in silence seven days2 then ,jesus called the twelve aside and said1 #b ,behold1 the multitudes have thronged about us everywhere2 the people are bewildered2 they wander here and there like sheep without a fold4 #c ,they need a shepherd's care2 they want a loving hand to lead them to the light4 #d ,the grain is ripe2 the harvest is abundant1 but the harvesters are few4 #e ,the time is also ripe1 and you must go alone through all the villages and towns of ,galilee and teach and heal4 #f ,and then he breathed upon the twelve and said1 ,receive the ,holy ,breath4 #g ,and then he gave them each the ,word of power1 and said1 ,by this ,omnific ,word you shall cast spirits out1 shall heal the sick and bring the dead to life again4 #h ,and you shall go not in the way of the ,assyrians1 nor ,greek2 you shall not go into ,samaria2 go only to your brethren of the scattered tribes4 #i ,and as you go proclaim1 ,the kingdom of the ,christ has come4 #aj ,you have abundantly received1 and freely you shall give4 #aa ,but you must go in faith2 provide yourselves no crutch to lean upon4 #ab ,give all your gold and silver to the poor2 take not two coats1 nor extra shoes2 just take your wands4 #ac ,you are ,god's husbandmen and he will never suffer you to want4 #ad ,in every place you go search out the men of faith2 with them abide until you go from hence4 #ae ,you go for me2 you act for me4 ,they who receive and welcome you1 receive and welcome me2 #af ,and they who shut their doors against your face1 refuse to welcome me4 #ag ,if you are not received in kindness in a town1 bear not away an evil thought2 do not resist4 #ah ,an evil thought of any kind will do you harm2 will dissipate your power4 #ai ,when you are not received with favor1 go your way1 for there are multitudes of men who want the light4 #bj ,behold1 ,i send you forth as sheep among a pack of wolves2 and you must be as wise as serpents and as harmless as the doves4 #ba ,in all your language be discreet1 for ,pharisees and scribes will seek a cause for your arrest in what you say4 #bb ,and they will surely find a way by charges false to bring you into court4 #bc ,and judges will declare that you are guilty of some crime1 and sentence you to scourgings and to prison cells4 #bd ,but when you come to stand before the judge1 be not afraid2 be not disturbed about the way to act1 the words to speak4 #be ,the ,holy ,breath will guide you in that hour1 and give the words that you shall speak4 #bf ,of this be full assured2 ,it is not you who speaks2 it is the ,holy ,breath who gives the words and moves the lips4 #bg ,the gospel that you preach will not bring peace1 but it will stir the multitudes to wrath4 #bh ,the carnal man abhors the truth1 and he would give his life to crush the tender plant before the harvest time4 #bi ,and this will bring confusion in the homes that were the homes of stagnant peace4 #cj ,and brother will give brother up to death2 the father will stand by and see men execute his child2 and in the courts the child will testify against the sire1 and gladly see its mother put to death4 #ca ,and men will hate you just because you speak the name of ,christ4 #cb ,thrice blessed is the man who shall be faithful in this coming day of wrath6 #cc ,go now2 when you are persecuted in a place1 go seek another place4 #cd ,and when you meet a foe too great for you1 behold1 the son of man is at your door1 and he can speak1 and all the hosts of heaven will stand in your defense4 #ce ,but do not hold your present life in great esteem4 #cf ,the time will come when men will take my life2 you need not hope to be immune1 for they will slay you in the name of ,god4 #cg ,men call me ,beelzebul and they will call you imps4 #ch ,be not afraid of what men say and do2 they have no power over soul2 they may abuse and may destroy the body of the flesh2 but that is all4 #ci ,they do not know the ,god who holds the issues of the soul within his hands1 who can destroy the soul4 #dj ,the ,christ is king today1 and men must recognize his power4 #da ,he who loves not the ,christ1 which is the love of ,god1 before all else1 can never gain the prize of spirit consciousness4 #db ,and they who love their parents or their children more than they love the ,christ can never wear the name of ,christ4 #dc ,and he who loves his life more than he loves the ,christ cannot please ,god4 #dd ,and he who clings to life shall lose his life1 while he who gives his life for ,christ will save his life4 #de ,when ,jesus had thus said he sent the twelve away by twos1 and bade them meet him in ,capernaum4 #df ,and they went out through all the towns of ,galilee and taught and healed in spirit and in power4 ,,chapter #abc4 ,jesus gives his final charge to the foreign masters and sends them forth as apostles to the world4 ,he goes alone to ,tyre and abides in ,rachel's home4 ,heals an obsessed child4 ,goes to ,sidon and then to the mountains of ,lebanon4 ,visits ,mount ,hermon1 ,csarea-,philippi1 ,decapolis1 ,gadara and returns to ,capernaum4 ,receives the twelve1 who give an account of their work4 ,the ,christine master spent a time in prayer and then he called the foreign masters1 and he said to them1 #b ,behold1 ,i sent the twelve apostles unto ,israel1 but you are sent to all the world4 #c ,our ,god is one1 is ,spirit and is truth1 and every man is dear to him4 #d ,he is the ,god of every child of ,india1 and the farther east2 of ,persia1 and the farther north2 of ,greece and ,rome and of the farther west2 of ,egypt and the farther south1 and of the mighty lands across the seas1 and of the islands of the seas4 #e ,if ,god would send the bread of life to one and not to all who have arisen to the consciousness of life and can receive the bread of life1 then he would be unjust and that would shake the very throne of heaven4 #f ,so he has called you from the seven centers of the world1 and he has breathed the breath of wisdom and of power into your souls1 and now he sends you forth as bearers of the light of life1 apostles of the human race4 #g ,go on your way1 and as you go proclaim the gospel of the ,christ4 #h ,and then he breathed upon the masters and he said1 ,receive the ,holy ,breath2 and then he gave to each the ,word of power4 #i ,and each went on his way1 and every land was blest4 #aj ,then ,jesus went alone across the hills of ,galilee and after certain days he reached the coast of ,tyre1 and in the home of ,rachel he abode4 #aa ,he did not advertise his coming1 for he did not come to teach2 he would commune with ,god where he could see the waters of the ,mighty ,sea4 #ab ,but ,rachel told the news and multitudes of people thronged her home to see the ,lord4 #ac ,a ,grecian woman of ,phenecia came2 her daughter was obsessed4 ,she said1 #ad ,o ,lord1 have mercy on my home6 ,my daughter is obsessed2 but this ,i know1 if you will speak the ,word she will be free4 ,thou son of ,david1 hear my prayer6 #ae ,but ,rachel said1 ,good woman1 trouble not the ,lord4 ,he did not come to ,tyre to heal2 he came to talk with ,god beside the sea4 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,lo1 ,i was sent not to the ,greek1 nor to ,syrophenicians2 ,i come just to my people1 ,israel4 #ag ,and then the woman fell down at his feet and said1 ,lord1 ,jesus1 ,i implore that you will save my child4 #ah ,and ,jesus said1 ,you know the common proverb well3 ,it is not meet that one should give the children's bread to dogs4 #ai ,and then the woman said1 ,yea1 ,jesus1 this ,i know1 but dogs may eat the crumbs that fall down from their master's board4 #bj ,and ,jesus said1 ,such faith ,i have not seen1 no not among the ,jews2 she is not serf1 nor dog4 #ba ,and then he said to her1 ,according to your faith so let it be4 #bb ,the woman went her way and when she came unto her child1 lo1 she was healed4 #bc ,and ,jesus tarried many days in ,tyre2 and then he went his way and dwelt a time in ,sidon by the sea4 #bd ,and then he journeyed on4 ,in ,lebanon hills and vales1 and in its groves he walked in silent thought4 #be ,his earthly mission fast was drawing to a close2 he sought for strength1 and what he sought he found4 #bf ,mount ,hermon stood beyond1 and ,jesus fain would kneel beside that mountain famed in ,hebrew song4 #bg ,and then he stood upon ,mount ,hermon's lofty peaks1 and lifting up his eyes to heaven he talked with ,god4 #bh ,and masters of the olden times revealed themselves and long they talked about the kingdom of the ,christ2 #bi ,about the mighty works that had been done2 about the coming conquest of the cross2 about the victory over death4 #cj ,then ,jesus journeyed on2 he went to ,csarea-,philippi1 and in ,susanna's home he tarried certain days4 #ca ,and then he went through all ,decapolis to give encouragement to those who knew him as the ,christ1 and to prepare them for the day of ,calvary4 #cb ,and then he went to ,gadara1 and many friends were there1 to welcome him4 #cc ,and ,chuzas1 steward of the house of ,herod ,antipas1 was there1 and ,jesus went aboard the royal ship with him and crossed the sea1 and came unto ,capernaum4 #cd ,and when the people knew that ,jesus was at home they came to welcome him4 #ce ,in just a little while the twelve apostles came and told the master all about their journey over ,galilee4 #cf ,they said that by the sacred ,word they had done many mighty works2 and ,jesus said to them1 ,well done4 ,,section ,,xvii4 ,,pe4 ,the ,third ,annual ,epoch of the ,christine ,ministry of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #abd4 ,the ,christines cross the sea4 ,jesus gives to his disciples lessons on secret doctrines4 ,teaches the people4 ,feeds five thousand4 ,the disciples start to recross the sea4 ,a storm arises4 ,jesus1 walking on the waters1 comes to them4 ,trial of ,peter's faith4 ,they land in ,gennesaret4 ,the twelve apostles now had reached the stage of spirit consciousness1 and ,jesus could reveal to them the deeper meanings of his mission to the world4 #b ,next week the great feast of the ,jews would be observed1 and ,matthew said1 ,shall we not girt ourselves and go unto ,jerusalem8 #c ,but ,jesus said1 ,we will not go up to the feast2 the time is short and ,i have many things to say to you2 come you apart into a desert place and rest a while4 #d ,and then they took their boats and crossed the sea1 and came into a desert place near ,julius ,bethsaida4 #e ,the people saw them go1 and in vast multitudes they followed them4 #f ,and ,jesus had compassion on the anxious throng1 and he stood forth and taught them all the day1 because they sought the light and were like sheep without a fold4 #g ,and as the night came on the twelve were doubting what the multitudes would do1 and ,thomas said1 #h ,lord1 we are in a desert place2 the multitudes have naught to eat and they are faint from lack of food2 what shall we do8 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,go to and feed the multitudes4 #aj ,and ,judas said1 ,shall we go down and buy two hundred pennies' worth of bread for them to eat8 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,go look into our larder and see how many loaves we have4 #ab ,and ,andrew said1 ,we have no bread1 but we have found a lad who has five barley loaves and two small fish2 but this would not be food enough for one in ten4 #ac ,but ,jesus said1 ,command these people all to sit upon the grass in companies of twelve2 and they all sat down in companies of twelve4 #ad ,then ,jesus took the loaves and fish1 and looking up to heaven he spoke the sacred ,word4 #ae ,and then he broke the bread and gave it to the twelve2 he also gave the fish unto the twelve1 and said1 ,go to and feed the multitudes4 #af ,and all the people ate and were refreshed4 #ag ,there were about five thousand men1 a company of little ones1 and women not a few4 #ah ,and when the people all were filled the master said1 #ai ,let not a crumb be lost2 ,go to and gather up the pieces of the bread and fish for others that may want4 #bj ,they gathered up the fragments and they filled twelve baskets full4 #ba ,the people were bewildered by this wondrous act of power2 they said1 ,and now we know that ,jesus is the prophet that our prophets said would come2 and then they said1 ,all hail the king6 #bb ,when ,jesus heard them say1 ,all hail the king6 he called the twelve and bade them take their boats and go before him to the other side2 #bc ,and he went all alone into a mountain pass to pray4 #bd ,the twelve were on the sea and hoped to reach ,capernaum in just a little time1 when all at once a fearful storm arose1 and they were at the mercy of the waves4 #be ,and in the fourth watch of the night the wind became a whirling wind1 and they were filled with fear4 #bf ,and in the blinding storm they saw a form move on the waves2 it seemed to be a man1 and one spoke out and said1 ,it is a ghost1 a sign of evil things4 #bg ,but ,john discerned the form and said1 ,it is the ,lord4 #bh ,and then the wind blew not so hard1 and ,peter1 standing in the midst1 exclaimed1 #bi ,my ,lord6 my ,lord6 ,if this be truly you1 bid me to come to you upon the waves4 #cj ,the form reached forth his hand and said1 ,come on4 #ca ,and ,peter stepped upon the waves and they were solid as a rock2 he walked upon the waves4 #cb ,he walked until he thought within himself1 ,what if the waves should break beneath my feet8 #cc ,and then the waves did break beneath his feet1 and he began to sink1 and in the fearfulness of soul he cried1 ,o save me1 ,lord1 or ,i am lost6 #cd ,and ,jesus took him by the hand and said1 ,o you of little faith6 why did you doubt8 ,and ,jesus led the way unto the boat4 #ce ,the storm had spent its force2 the winds were still1 and they were near the shore1 and when they landed they were in the valley of ,gennesaret4 ,,chapter #abe4 ,the ,christines are welcomed in ,gennesaret4 ,many follow ,jesus for the loaves and fish4 ,he tells them of the bread of life4 ,speaks of his flesh and blood as symbols of the bread and water of life4 ,the people are offended and many of his disciples follow him no more4 ,the news soon spread through all the valley of ,gennesaret that ,jesus and the twelve had come1 and many people came to see4 #b ,they brought their sick and laid them at the master's feet1 and all the day he taught and healed4 #c ,the multitudes upon the other side who had been fed the day before and other multitudes1 went down to see the ,lord2 but when they found him not they sought him in ,capernaum4 #d ,and when they found him not at home1 they went on to ,gennesaret4 ,they found him there and said1 ,rabboni1 when came you to ,gennesaret8 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,why are you come across the sea8 you came not for the bread of life2 #f ,you came to gratify your selfish selves2 you all were fed the other day across the sea1 and you are after more of loaves and fish4 #g ,the food you ate was nourishment for flesh that soon must pass away4 #h ,you men of ,galilee1 seek not for food that perishes1 but seek for food that feeds the soul2 and1 lo1 ,i bring you food from heaven4 #i ,you ate the flesh of fish1 and you were satisfied1 and now ,i bring the flesh of ,christ for you to eat that you may live forevermore4 #aj ,our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness2 and then they ate the flesh of quail1 and drank the waters of a flowing spring that ,moses brought out from the rock2 but all of them are dead4 #aa ,the manna and the quail were symbols of the flesh of ,christ2 the waters of the rock were symbols of the blood4 #ab ,but1 lo1 the ,christ has come2 he is the bread of life that ,god has given to the world4 #ac ,whoever eats the flesh of ,christ and drinks his blood shall never die2 and he will hunger nevermore2 and he will thirst no more4 #ad ,and they who eat this bread of heaven1 and drink these waters from the spring of life cannot be lost2 these feed the soul1 and purify the life4 #ae ,behold1 for ,god has said1 ,when man has purified himself ,i will exalt him to the throne of power4 #af ,then ,jesus and the twelve went to ,capernaum2 and ,jesus went into the synagogue and taught4 #ag ,and when the ,jews1 who heard him in ,gennesaret1 were come they said1 #ah ,this fellow is beside himself4 ,we heard him say1 ,i am the bread of life that comes from heaven2 and we all know that he is but a man1 the son of man1 who came from ,nazareth2 we know his mother1 and his other kin4 #ai ,and ,jesus knew their thoughts2 he said to them1 ,why murmur you1 and reason thus among yourselves8 #bj ,the ,christ is everlasting life2 he came from heaven2 he has the keys of heaven1 and no man enters into heaven except he fills himself with ,christ4 #ba ,i came in flesh to do the will of ,god1 and1 lo1 this flesh and blood are filled with ,christ2 and so ,i am the living bread that comes from heaven2 #bb ,and when you eat this flesh and drink this blood you will have everlasting life2 and if you will1 you may become the bread of life4 #bc ,and many of the people were enraged2 they said1 ,how can this man give us his flesh to eat1 his blood to drink8 #bd ,and his disciples were aggrieved because he said these things1 and many turned away and followed him no more4 #be ,they said1 ,this is a fearful thing for him to say1 ,if you eat not my flesh and drink my blood1 you cannot enter into life4 #bf ,they could not comprehend the parable he spoke4 #bg ,and ,jesus said1 ,you stumble and you fall before the truth2 ,what will you do when you shall see this flesh and blood transmuted into higher form8 #bh ,what will you say when you shall see the son of man ascending on the clouds of heaven8 #bi ,what will you say when you shall see the son of man sit on the throne of ,god8 #cj ,the flesh is naught2 the spirit is the quickening power4 ,the words ,i speak are spirit2 they are life4 #ca ,when ,jesus saw the many who had been so loud in their professions of their faith in him1 turn back and go away1 he said unto the twelve1 #cb ,will you desert me in this hour and go away8 #cc ,but ,peter said1 ,lord1 we have no place else to go2 you have the words of everlasting life2 we know that you are sent to us from ,god4 ,,chapter #abf4 ,scribes and ,pharisees visit ,jesus4 ,they censure him for eating with unwashed hands4 ,he defends his acts and teaches a lesson on hypocrisy4 ,privately explains to the twelve his public teachings4 ,a company of scribes and ,pharisees came from ,jerusalem to learn wherein the power of ,jesus lay4 #b ,but when they learned that he and his disciples heeded not the custom of the ,jews1 regarding washing of the hands before they ate1 they were amazed4 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,hypocrisy is queen among you scribes and ,pharisees4 ,of you ,isaiah wrote3 #d ,this people honor me with lips2 their hearts are far away4 ,in vain they worship me2 their doctrines are the dogmas and the creeds of men4 #e ,you men who pose as men of ,god1 and still reject the laws of ,god and teach the laws of men1 #f ,stand forth and tell when ,god gave unto men the ceremonial laws that you observe2 and tell these people how the spirit life is sullied if one washes not before he eats4 #g ,his critics answered not1 and then he said1 #h ,hear me1 you men of ,israel6 ,defilement is a creature of the heart4 ,the carnal mind lays hold of thought1 and makes a monstrous bride2 this bride is sin2 sin is a creature of the mind4 #i ,that which defiles a man is not the food he eats4 #aj ,the bread and fish and other things we eat1 are simply cups to carry to the cells of flesh material for the building of the human house1 and when their work is done as refuse they are cast away4 #aa ,the life of plant and flesh that goes to build the human house is never food for soul4 ,the spirit does not feed upon the carcasses of animal1 or plant4 #ab ,god feeds the soul direct from heaven2 the bread of life comes from above4 #ac ,the air we breathe is charged with ,holy ,breath1 and he who wills may take this ,holy ,breath4 #ad ,the soul discriminates1 and he who wants the life of ,christ may breathe it in4 ,according to your faith so let it be4 #ae ,man is not a part of his abiding place2 the house is not the man4 #af ,the lower world builds up the house of flesh1 and keeps it in repair2 the higher world provides the bread of spirit life4 #ag ,the loveliest lilies grow from stagnant ponds and filthiest muck4 #ah ,the law of flesh demands that one should keep the body clean4 #ai ,the law of spirit calls for purity in thought and word and deed4 #bj ,now1 when the evening came and they were in the house1 the twelve had many things to say1 and many questions to propound4 #ba ,nathaniel asked1 ,was what you said about the house of flesh a parable8 ,if so1 what does it mean8 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,can you not yet discriminate8 ,do you not yet perceive that what a man takes in his mouth defiles him not8 #bc ,his food goes not into his soul2 it is material for flesh and bone and brawn4 #bd ,to spirit everything is clean4 #be ,that which defiles a man wells up from carnal thoughts2 and carnal thoughts spring from the heart1 and generate a host of evil things4 #bf ,from out the heart comes murders1 thefts and foolishness4 ,all selfish acts and sensual deeds spring from the heart4 #bg ,to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man4 #bh ,and ,peter said1 ,lord1 ,what you said today has grievously offended scribe and ,pharisee4 #bi ,and ,jesus said1 ,these scribes and ,pharisees are not the scions of the tree of life2 they are not plants of ,god2 they are the plants of men1 and every foreign plant shall be plucked up4 #cj ,let all these men alone2 they are blind guides2 they lead a multitude of people who are blind4 #ca ,the leaders and the led together walk2 together they will fall into the yawning pits4 ,,chapter #abg4 ,the ,christines cross the sea to ,decapolis4 ,jesus finds a retired place where he privately teaches the twelve4 ,they remain three days1 then go into a village by the sea4 ,now1 ,jesus took the twelve and with them crossed the sea at night and came unto the borders of ,decapolis1 #b ,that he might find a secret place where1 all alone1 he could reveal to them the things to come4 #c ,they went into a mountain pass and spent three days in prayer4 #d ,then ,jesus said1 ,behold1 the time is near when ,i will walk with you in flesh no more4 #e ,lo1 ,i have taught that he who counts his life of so much worth that he would give it not in willing sacrifice to save his brother man1 is worthy not to enter into life4 #f ,lo1 ,i am come as pattern for the sons of men1 and ,i have not refrained from helpfulness4 #g ,when ,i had passed the seven tests in ,heliopolis1 ,i consecrated life and all ,i had1 to save the world4 #h ,in the ,judean wilderness ,i fought the strongest foes of men1 and there ,i reaffirmed my consecration to the service of my fellow man4 #i ,in troubles and in trials ,i have wavered not2 when false accusers came1 ,i answered not4 #aj ,god gave the saving ,word to me1 and ,i have often spoken it and healed the sick1 drove unclean spirits out1 and raised the dead4 #aa ,and ,i have shown you how to speak the ,word2 and ,i have given you the ,word2 #ab ,in just a little while we turn our faces toward ,jerusalem1 and one of you who hear me now will then betray me into wicked hands4 #ac ,the scribes and ,pharisees will bring false charges up and hale me into court1 and1 by consent of ,rome1 ,i will be crucified4 #ad ,then ,peter said1 ,my ,lord1 it shall not be4 ,the ,roman soldiers will tread on twelve dead men before they reach our ,lord4 #ae ,but ,jesus said1 ,a savior of the world cannot resist4 #af ,i came to save the world and ,i have taken up your names before the highest courts of heaven1 and you have been confirmed as saviors of the world4 #ag ,and not a name1 excepting that of him who shall betray1 will ever be disgraced4 #ah ,i go my way1 and though my flesh shall pass1 my soul will stand beside you all the way to guide and bless4 #ai ,and wicked men will seize you in the streets1 and as you kneel in prayer2 will charge you with some legal crime1 and think they serve their ,god by putting you to death4 #bj ,but falter not2 the load will heavy be1 but with the consciousness of duty done1 the peace of ,god will lift the load1 dispel the pain and light the way4 #ba ,and we will meet where carnal executioners come not2 there we will serve the cruel men1 who in their ignorance had tortured us to death4 #bb ,can we prevent this outrage and this slaughter of our lives8 ,if not we are but creatures of the ebb and flow of carnal things4 ,it would not be a sacrifice of life4 #bc ,but we are masters of the things of time4 ,lo1 we can speak1 and all the spirits of the fire1 water1 earth and air will stand in our defense4 #bd ,we can command and many legions of the angel world would come and strike our enemies to earth4 #be ,but it is best that not a power of heaven or earth should come to our relief4 ,and it is best that even ,god should veil his face and seem to hear us not4 #bf ,as ,i am pattern unto you1 so you are patterns for the human race4 ,we show by non-resistance that we give our lives in willing sacrifice for man4 #bg ,but my example will not end with death4 ,my body will be laid within a tomb in which no flesh has lain1 symbolic of the purity of life in death4 #bh ,and in the tomb ,i will remain three days in sweet communion with the ,christ1 and with my ,father-,god1 and ,mother-,god4 #bi ,and then1 symbolic of the ascent of the soul to higher life1 my flesh within the tomb will disappear2 #cj ,will be transmuted into higher form1 and1 in the presence of you all1 ,i will ascend to ,god4 #ca ,then ,jesus and the twelve went to a village by the sea4 ,,chapter #abh4 ,jesus goes at night to a mountain to pray4 ,his disciples and the villagers find him and he teaches them for three days4 ,feeds four thousand people4 ,the ,christines go to ,csarea-,philippi4 ,they consider the personality of ,christ4 ,peter is chosen as apostolic leader4 ,now1 in the night while the disciples slept1 lo1 ,jesus rose and went alone into a mountain pass1 six miles away1 to pray4 #b ,and in the morning when the twelve awoke they could not find the ,lord1 and all the people of the village sought1 and when the sun had passed its highest point they found him in the mountain pass4 #c ,and multitudes of people came and brought their sick1 and ,jesus taught and healed4 #d ,and when the night came on the people would not go2 they slept upon the ground that they might be a-near the ,lord4 #e ,three days and nights the multitudes remained1 and none had aught to eat4 #f ,and ,jesus had compassion and he said1 ,if ,i should send the multitudes away they might not reach their homes1 for they are faint1 for some have journeyed many miles4 #g ,and his disciples said1 ,where shall we get enough of food to feed them all8 ,there are four thousand men1 besides the women and the little ones4 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,how many loaves have you8 #i ,they answered1 ,seven1 and some little fish4 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,go to1 and seat the people as you seated them the other day when all the multitudes were fed1 in companies of twelve4 #aa ,and when the people were sat down in companies of twelve the loaves and fish were brought4 #ab ,and ,jesus looked to heaven and spoke the ,word2 and then he broke the seven loaves in little bits1 and likewise cut the fish4 #ac ,and every bit of bread became a loaf1 and every piece of fish became a fish4 #ad ,the twelve went forth and gave to every one2 the people ate and they were filled2 and all the fragments that were left were gathered up1 and there were seven baskets full4 #ae ,and then the people went their ways1 and ,jesus and the twelve took boats and came to ,dalmanatha by the sea4 #af ,here they remained for many days1 and ,jesus told the twelve about the inner light that cannot fail2 #ag ,about the kingdom of the ,christ within the soul2 about the power of faith2 about the secret of the resurrection of the dead2 about immortal life1 and how the living may go forth and help the dead4 #ah ,and then they went into their boats1 and came unto the northern coast of ,galilee1 and in ,chorazin where the kin of ,thomas lived1 they left their boats and journeyed on4 #ai ,they came to ,merom1 where the crystal waters seem to catch the images of heaven and to reflect the glory of the ,lord of hosts4 #bj ,and here they tarried certain days in silent thought4 #ba ,and then they journeyed on1 and came into the land of ,csarea-,philippi4 #bb ,and as they walked and talked among themselves1 the master said1 ,what do the people say about the son of man8 who do they think ,i am8 #bc ,and ,matthew said1 ,some say that you are ,david come again2 some say that you are ,enoch1 ,solomon1 or ,seth4 #bd ,and ,andrew said1 ,i heard a ruler of the synagogue exclaim1 ,this man is ,jeremiah1 for he speaks like ,jeremiah wrote4 #be ,nathaniel said1 ,the foreign masters who were with us for a time1 declared that ,jesus is ,gautama come again4 #bf ,james said1 ,i think that most the master ,jews believe you are the reappearence of ,elijah on the earth4 #bg ,and ,john spoke out and said1 ,when we were in ,jerusalem ,i heard a seer exclaim1 ,this ,jesus is none other than ,melchizedek1 the king of peace1 who lived about two thousand years ago1 and said that he would come again4 #bh ,and ,thomas said1 ,the ,tetrarch ,herod thinks that you are ,john arisen from the dead2 #bi ,but then his conscience troubles him2 the spirit of the murdered ,john looms up before him in his dreams1 and haunts him as a specter of the night4 #cj ,and ,jesus asked1 ,who do you think ,i am8 #ca ,and ,peter said1 ,you are the ,christ1 the love of ,god made manifest to men4 #cb ,and ,jesus said1 ,thrice blessed are you1 ,simon1 ,jonas' son4 ,you have declared a truth that ,god has given you4 #cc ,you are a rock1 and you shall be a pillar in the temple of the ,lord of hosts4 #cd ,and your confession is the cornerstone of faith1 a rock of strength1 and on this rock the ,church of ,christ is built4 #ce ,against it all the powers of hades and of death cannot prevail4 #cf ,behold1 ,i give to you the keys to open up the doors of safety for the sons of men4 #cg ,the ,holy ,breath will come upon you and the ten1 and in ,jerusalem you shall stand before the nations of the earth1 and there proclaim the covenant of ,god with men4 #ch ,and you shall speak the words of ,holy ,breath1 and whatsoever ,god requires of men as earnest of their faith in ,christ1 you shall make known4 #ci ,then turning to the twelve he said1 ,what you have heard this day tell not to any man4 #dj ,then ,jesus and the twelve went up and were ,susanna's guests for many days4 ,,chapter #abi4 ,jesus teaches the people4 ,he takes ,peter1 ,james and ,john and goes to a high mountain and is transfigured before them4 ,the news soon spread that ,jesus and the twelve were come1 and many people came to see4 #b ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold1 you come to see1 but that means naught4 ,if you would have the benedictions of the ,christ1 take up your cross and follow me4 #c ,if you would give your life for selfish self1 then you will lose your life4 #d ,if you will give your life in service of your fellow men1 then you will save your life4 #e ,this life is but a span1 a bauble of today4 ,there is a life that passes not4 #f ,where is your profit if you gain the world and lose your soul8 ,what would you take in payment for your soul8 #g ,if you would find the spirit life1 the life of man in ,god1 then you must walk a narrow way and enter through a narrow gate4 #h ,the way is ,christ1 the gate is ,christ1 and you must come up by the way of ,christ4 ,no man comes unto ,god but by the ,christ4 #i ,the kingdom of the ,christ will come2 yea1 some of you who hear me now will not pass through the gates of death until you see the kingdom come in power4 #aj ,for seven days the master and the twelve remained in ,csarea-,philippi4 #aa ,then ,jesus1 taking ,peter1 ,james and ,john1 went forth unto a mountain top to pray4 #ab ,and as he prayed a brilliant light appeared2 his form became as radiant as a precious stone2 #ac ,his face shone like the sun2 his garments seemed as white as snow2 the son of man became the son of ,god4 #ad ,he was transfigured that the men of earth might see the possibilities of man4 #ae ,when first the glory came the three disciples were asleep2 a master touched their eyes and said1 ,awake and see the glory of the ,lord4 #af ,and they awoke1 and saw the glory of the ,lord2 and more1 they saw the glory of the heavenly world1 for they beheld two men from thence stand forth beside the ,lord4 #ag ,and ,peter asked the master who awakened them1 ,who are these men who stand beside the ,lord8 #ah ,the master said1 ,these men are ,moses and ,elijah1 who are come that you may know that heaven and earth are one2 that masters there and masters here are one4 #ai ,the veil that separates the worlds is but an ether veil4 ,for those who purify their hearts by faith the veil is rolled aside1 and they can see and know that death is an illusive thing4 #bj ,and ,peter said1 ,praise ,god6 ,and then he called to ,jesus and he said1 ,my master and my ,lord1 this is the gate of heaven1 and it is well that we remain4 #ba ,may we go down and bring three tents2 a tent for you1 a tent for ,moses1 and for ,elijah one8 ,but ,jesus answered not4 #bb ,and ,moses and ,elijah talked with ,jesus on the mount4 ,they talked about the coming trial of the ,lord2 #bc ,about his death1 his rest within the tomb2 about the wonders of the resurrection morn2 the transmutation of his flesh1 and his ascension on the clouds of light2 #bd ,and all symbolic of the path that every man must tread2 symbolic of the way the sons of men become the sons of ,god4 #be ,the three disciples were amazed1 and suddenly the ethers were surcharged with song1 and forms as light as air1 moved all about the mountain top4 #bf ,and then from out the glory of the upper world they heard a voice that said1 #bg ,this is the son of man1 my chosen one to manifest the ,christ to men4 ,let all the earth hear him4 #bh ,when the disciples heard the voice they were afraid2 they fell upon the ground and prayed4 #bi ,and ,jesus came2 he touched them and he said1 ,arise1 fear not2 lo1 ,i am here4 #cj ,then they arose1 and as they looked about they saw no one2 the men had gone4 ,the master only stood with them4 #ca ,as ,jesus and the three came from the mountain top they talked about the meaning of the scene1 and ,jesus told them all2 and then he said1 #cb ,till ,i have risen from the dead tell not to any one what you have seen4 #cc ,but the disciples could not comprehend the meaning of the words1 ,till ,i have risen from the dead4 #cd ,and ,jesus told them once again about his death1 and rising from the grave2 about the kingdom of the soul that was to come in glory and in power4 #ce ,but ,peter said1 ,the scribes have taught that e'er the king shall come ,elijah must appear4 #cf ,and ,jesus said1 ,elijah has already come2 but scribes and ,pharisees received him not2 #cg ,and men reviled him1 bound him1 cast him in a prison cell1 and shouted with a fiend's delight to see him die4 #ch ,what men have done to him1 that they will do to me4 #ci ,then the disciples understood that ,jesus spoke of ,john whom ,herod slew4 ,,chapter #acj4 ,jesus and the three disciples return to ,csarea-,philippi4 ,the nine had failed to cure an epileptic child4 ,jesus heals it and rebukes his disciples for their lack of trust in ,god4 ,the ,christines return to ,capernaum4 ,when ,jesus1 ,peter1 ,james and ,john were come unto the city's gates a multitude of people thronged the way4 #b ,the nine apostles who went not with ,jesus to the mount1 had tried to heal an epileptic child who was obsessed1 and they had failed2 the people waited for the coming of the ,lord4 #c ,when ,jesus came the father of the child knelt down before him and implored his help4 #d ,he said1 ,my master1 ,i beseech that you will look in pity on my son1 my only child2 he is an epileptic child and suffers grievously4 #e ,sometimes he falls into the fire and is burned2 again he falls into the water and is like to drown2 and many times a day he falls1 he grinds his teeth1 the foam pours from his mouth4 #f ,i took my child to your disciples1 and they failed to give relief4 #g ,and as he spoke a servant brought the child before the ,lord 7the child spoke not1 for he was dumb71 and instantly he fell upon the ground1 he foamed1 he writhed in agony4 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,how long has he been troubled thus8 #i ,the father said1 ,from infancy2 and we have sought in many lands for help1 but found it not2 but ,i believe that you can speak the ,word and heal my son4 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,faith is the power of ,god4 ,all things are possible for him who in his heart believes4 #aa ,the father cried1 in tears1 ,lord1 ,i believe2 help thou mine unbelief4 #ab ,and ,jesus spoke the ,word of power2 the epileptic child lay in a swoon2 he did not breathe1 and all the people said1 ,the child is dead4 #ac ,but ,jesus took him by the hand and said3 ,arise2 and he arose and spoke4 #ad ,the people were amazed1 and many said1 ,this surely is a man of ,god1 for no such power was ever given to man4 #ae ,then ,jesus and the twelve went to the house1 and after they had taken food and been refreshed1 the nine disciples said1 #af ,lord1 why could we not heal this child8 ,we spoke the ,word2 but even that was powerless4 #ag ,and ,jesus said1 ,your great success in all your former work has made you careless1 and you forgot to recognize the power of ,god4 #ah ,without the spirit of the ,word1 the ,word is like an idle tale2 and you forgot to pray4 #ai ,there is no faith without the prayer of faith4 ,faith is the wings of prayer2 but wings alone fly not4 #bj ,by prayer and faith you can bring down the mountain peaks1 and cast them in the sea2 the little hills will skip about like lambs at your command4 #ba ,this failure may be well for you4 ,the greatest lessons that are learned in life come through the failures that are made4 #bb ,as the disciples sat in thoughtful meditation ,jesus said1 ,let these words sink into your hearts3 #bc ,the time has nearly come when you must bear your load alone2 that is1 without my presence in the flesh4 #bd ,for ,i will fall into the hands of wicked men1 and they will slay me on a mount beyond ,bezetha wall4 #be ,and men will lay my body in a tomb where1 by the sacred ,word1 it will be guarded and preserved three days2 then ,i will rise again4 #bf ,the twelve were sad2 they did not understand1 and yet they feared to ask him to reveal the meaning of his word4 #bg ,next day the ,christine master and the twelve began their journey of return1 and soon were in ,capernaum4 ,,chapter #aca4 ,jesus and ,peter pay the half-shekel tax4 ,the disciples contend for the supremacy4 ,jesus rebukes them4 ,teaches them many practical lessons4 ,the parable of the good shepherd4 ,as ,jesus and the twelve were resting in the house1 the tax collector came to ,peter saying1 ,man1 do ,jesus and yourself pay this half-shekel tax8 #b ,and ,peter said1 ,we pay whatever is assessed4 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,from whom do publicans collect this special tax8 from strangers or from native sons8 #d ,and ,peter said1 ,the strangers only are supposed to pay this tax4 #e ,then ,jesus said1 ,we all are native sons and we are free2 but lest we cause contention we will pay the tax2 but neither had the shekel wherewithal to pay4 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,go to the sea2 cast in a hook and catch a fish and you will find within its inner parts a shekel1 which take up and pay the tax for you and me4 #g ,and ,peter did as ,jesus said2 he found the shekel and he paid the tax4 #h ,now ,jesus heard the twelve dispute among themselves4 ,the spirit of the carnal self was moving in their hearts1 and they were questioning among themselves who was the greatest in the sight of ,god and man4 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,you men1 for shame6 the greatest is the servant of the rest4 ,and then he called to him a little child2 he took it in his arms and said1 #aj ,the greatest is the little child1 and if you would be great at all you must become as is this child in innocence1 in truth1 in purity in life4 #aa ,great men scorn not the little things of earth2 he who regards and honors such a child1 regards and honors me1 and he who scorns a child1 scorn me4 #ab ,if you would enter through the kingdom gate you must be humble as this little child4 #ac ,hear me1 you men1 ,this child1 as every other child1 has one to plead its cause before the throne of ,god4 #ad ,you scorn it at your peril1 men1 for lo1 ,i say1 its counterpart beholds the face of ,god at every moment1 every day4 #ae ,and hear me once again1 ,he who shall cause a little one to stumble and to fall is marked1 accursed2 and it were better far if he had drowned himself4 #af ,behold1 offenses everywhere6 ,men find occasions for to sin and fall1 and they grow strong by rising when they fall2 #ag ,but woe to him who causes other men to stumble and to fall4 #ah ,be on your guard1 you men of ,god1 lest you constrain another man to fall2 beware lest you fall into sinful ways yourselves4 #ai ,now1 if your hands cause you to sin1 you better cut them off2 for it is better far to have no hands and not be guilty in the sight of ,god and men1 than to be perfect in your form and lose your soul4 #bj ,and if your feet should cause offense1 you better cut them off2 for it is better far to enter into life without your feet than fall beneath the curse4 #ba ,and if your eyes1 or ears1 cause you to sin1 you better lose them all than lose your soul4 #bb ,your thoughts and words and deeds will all be tried by fire4 #bc ,remember that you are the salt of earth2 but if you lose the virtues of the salt1 you are but refuse in the sight of ,god4 #bd ,retain the virtues of the salt of life and be at peace among yourselves4 #be ,the world is full of men who have not in themselves the salt of life1 and they are lost4 ,i come to seek and save the lost4 #bf ,how think you8 if a shepherd has a hundred sheep1 and one of them has gone astray1 will he not leave the ninety and the nine1 #bg ,and go out in the desert ways and mountain tops to seek the one that went astray8 #bh ,yes1 this you know2 and if he finds the one that went astray1 lo1 he is glad1 and he rejoices over it far more than over all the ninety and the nine that did not go astray4 #bi ,and so there is rejoicing in the courts of heaven when one of human birth who has gone forth into the ways of sin is found and brought back to the fold2 #cj ,yea1 there is joy1 more joy than over all the righteous men who never went astray4 #ca ,and ,john said1 ,master1 who may seek and save the lost8 and who may heal the sick1 and cast the demons out of those obsessed8 #cb ,when we were on the way we saw a man who was not one of us1 cast demons out and heal the sick4 #cc ,he did it by the sacred ,word and in the name of ,christ2 but we forbade him1 for he did not walk with us4 #cd ,and ,jesus said1 ,you sons of men1 do you imagine that you own the powers of ,god8 #ce ,and do you think that all the world must wait for you to do the works of ,god8 #cf ,god is not man that he should have a special care for any man1 and give him special gifts4 #cg ,forbid not any man to do the works of ,god4 #ch ,there is no man who can pronounce the sacred ,word1 and in the name of ,christ restore the sick1 and cast the unclean spirits out1 who is not child of ,god4 #ci ,the man of whom you speak is one with us4 ,whoever gathers in the grain of heaven is one with us4 #dj ,whoever gives a cup of water in the name of ,christ is one with us2 so ,god shall judge4 ,,chapter #acb4 ,jesus defends a man who has been convicted of stealing bread4 ,the verdict is reversed4 ,the man goes free1 and the people supply the needs of his starving family4 ,a multitude of people thronged the streets4 ,the officers were on the way to court with one1 a man accused of stealing bread4 #b ,and in a little while the man was brought before the judge to answer to the charge4 #c ,and ,jesus and the twelve were there4 ,the man showed in his face and hands the hard drawn lines of toil and want4 #d ,a woman richly clad1 the accuser of the man1 stood forth and said1 ,i caught this man myself2 ,i know him well1 for yesterday he came to beg for bread1 #e ,and when ,i drove him from my door1 he should have known that ,i would harbor not a man like him2 and then today he came and took the bread4 #f ,he is a thief and ,i demand that he be sent to jail4 #g ,the servants also testified against the man2 he was adjudged a thief1 and officers were leading him away4 #h ,but ,jesus standing forth exclaimed1 ,you officers and judge1 be not in haste to lead this man away4 #i ,is this a land of justice and of right8 can you accuse and sentence men to punishment for any crime until they testify themselves8 #aj ,the ,roman law will not permit such travesty on right1 and ,i demand that you permit this man to speak4 #aa ,and then the judge recalled the man and said1 ,if you have any tale to tell1 say on4 #ab ,in tears the man stood forth and said1 ,i have a wife and little ones and they are perishing for bread1 and ,i have told my story oft1 and begged for bread2 but none would hear4 #ac ,this morning when ,i left our cheerless hut in search of work my children cried for bread1 and ,i resolved to feed them or to die4 #ad ,i took the bread1 and ,i appeal to ,god1 ,was it a crime8 #ae ,this woman snatched the loaf away and threw it to the dogs1 and called the officers and ,i am here4 #af ,good people1 do with me whate'er you will1 but save my wife and little ones from death4 #ag ,then ,jesus said1 ,who is the culprit in this case8 #ah ,i charge this woman as a felon in the sight of ,god4 #ai ,i charge this judge as criminal before the bar of human rights4 #bj ,i charge these servants and these officers as parties to the crime4 #ba ,i charge the people of ,capernaum with cruelty and theft1 because they heeded not the cries of poverty and want1 and have withheld from helpless ones that which is theirs by every law of right2 #bb ,and ,i appeal unto these people here1 and ask1 ,are not my charges based on righteousness and truth8 #bc ,and every man said1 ,yes4 #bd ,the accusing woman blushed for shame2 the judge shrank back in fear2 the officers threw off the shackles from the man and ran away4 #be ,then ,jesus said1 ,give this man what he needs and let him go and feed his wife and little ones4 #bf ,the people gave abundantly2 the man went on his way4 #bg ,and ,jesus said1 ,there is no standard law to judge of crime4 ,the facts must all be stated e'er a judgment can be rendered in a case4 #bh ,you men with hearts2 go forth and stand where stood this man and answer me1 ,what would you do8 #bi ,the thief thinks every other man a thief and judges him accordingly4 #cj ,the man who judges harshly is the man whose heart is full of crime4 #ca ,the courtesan who keeps her wickedness concealed by what she calls respectability1 has not a word of pity for the honest courtesan who claims to be just what she is4 #cb ,i tell you1 men1 if you would censure not till you are free from sin1 the world would soon forget the meaning of the word1 accused4 ,,chapter #acc4 ,the twelve go to the feast in ,jerusalem1 but ,jesus remains in ,capernaum4 ,he selects seventy disciples1 and sends them out to teach and heal4 ,he goes alone to the feast and on his way he heals ten lepers4 ,he teaches in the temple4 ,the harvest feast drew near2 the twelve went to ,jerusalem1 but ,jesus did not go with them2 he tarried in ,capernaum4 #b ,among the multitudes that followed him were many who went not up to the feast2 they were not ,jews4 #c ,and ,jesus called three-score-and-ten of these disciples unto him and said1 ,the kingdom of the ,christ is not for ,jews alone2 it is for every man4 #d ,lo1 ,i have chosen twelve to preach the gospel1 first unto the ,jews2 and they are ,jews4 #e ,twelve is the number of the ,jew and seven the number of the all1 including every man4 #f ,god is the ten1 the holy ,jod4 #g ,when ,god and man are multiplied we have three-score-and-ten1 the number of the brotherhood of man4 #h ,and now ,i send you forth by twos and twos2 not to the ,jews alone1 but unto every nation under heaven2 to ,greek and to ,assyrian2 to the ,samaritan2 to those beyond the seas2 to every man4 #i ,you need not go afar1 for men of every land are here and in ,samaria4 #aj ,arise and go your way2 but go in faith2 and take no gold nor silver in your purse2 no extra coat or shoes4 #aa ,go in the sacred name2 trust ,god and you will never come to want4 #ab ,and let this be your salutation everywhere1 ,peace be to all2 good will to all4 #ac ,and if the son of peace be in the house1 the door will open wide and you will enter in2 and then the holy peace will rest upon that house4 #ad ,the seventy in twos went forth2 they went into ,samaria1 and as they went they said1 ,peace be to all2 good will to all6 #ae ,repent and turn from sin1 and set your house in order1 for a son of man who bears the image of the ,christ1 will come1 and you may see his face4 #af ,they entered every village of ,samaria2 they preached in ,tyre and in ,sidon by the sea4 ,some went to ,crete1 and others into ,greece1 and others went to ,gilead and taught4 #ag ,and ,jesus1 all alone1 went to the feast by the ,samaria way2 and as he went through ,sychar on the way1 the lepers saw him and a company of ten called from afar and said1 #ah ,lord ,jesus1 stay and speak the ,word for us that we may be made clean4 #ai ,and ,jesus said1 ,go forth and show yourselves unto the priests4 #bj ,they went1 and as they went their leprosy was healed4 ,one of the ten1 a native of ,samaria1 returned to thank the master and to praise the ,lord4 #ba ,and ,jesus said to him1 ,lo1 ten were cleansed2 where are the nine8 ,arise1 and go your way2 your faith has made you whole4 #bb ,you have revealed your heart and shown that you are worthy of the power2 behold the nine will find again their leprous hands and feet4 #bc ,and ,jesus went his way1 and while the feast was on he came into ,jerusalem1 and went into the temple courts4 #bd ,and he rebuked the scribes and ,pharisees1 the priests and doctors of the law for their hypocrisy and selfishness4 #be ,the common people were amazed2 they said1 ,from whence has come the wisdom of this man8 he speaks as speaks a sage4 #bf ,and ,jesus said1 ,i did not learn the wisdom of the ,holy ,one within the schools of men2 my teaching is not mine2 ,i speak the words of him who sent me here to do his will4 #bg ,if any man would know whereof ,i speak1 lo1 he must do the will of ,god4 ,no man can know except he enters into life and does the will of ,god4 #bh ,now1 ,moses gave the law2 but none of you have kept the law2 how can you judge the worthiness of any man8 #bi ,once in these courts ,i healed a man upon a ,sabbath day1 and in a rage you sought to take my life2 and now because ,i tell the truth you seek again to take my life4 #cj ,a scribe spoke out and said1 ,you foolish man1 you are obsessed2 who wants to take your life8 #ca ,the common people said1 ,is this not ,jesus whom the rulers long have sought to kill8 and now he comes and teaches in the temple courts4 #cb ,if he is guilty of such monstrous crimes1 why do they not take him away in chains8 #cc ,and ,jesus said1 ,you all know me1 and know from whence ,i came2 but you know not the ,god who sent me here1 whose words ,i speak4 #cd ,the multitudes again stood forth in his defense2 they said1 ,if this is not the ,christ whom ,god has promised to reveal to men1 will he do greater works when he shall come than does this man8 #ce ,the ,pharisees and ruling priests were angered and they sent their officers to take him e'er he went away4 ,the officers were filled with fear2 they seized him not4 #cf ,and ,jesus said1 ,lo1 ,i am here but for a little time and then ,i go my way to him who sent me here to do his will4 #cg ,you seek me now and you can find me now2 the time will come when you will seek and will not find1 for where ,i go you cannot come4 #ch ,the people said1 ,where will he go that men can find him not8 ,will he go forth to ,greece and teach the ,greeks8 or will he go to ,egypt or ,assyria to teach8 #ci ,but ,jesus answered not2 unnoticed by the multitudes he left the temple courts and went his way4 ,,chapter #acd4 ,jesus teaches in the temple4 ,his words enrage the rulers4 ,nicodemus defends him4 ,he spends the night in prayer on ,mount ,olives4 ,next day he again teaches in the temple4 ,an adultress is brought before him for judgment4 ,now1 on the last day of the feast when multitudes were in the courtways1 ,jesus said1 #b ,whoever is athirst may come to me and drink4 #c ,he who believes in me and in the ,christ whom ,god has sent1 may drink the cup of life1 and from his inner parts shall streams of living waters flow4 #d ,the ,holy ,breath will overshadow him1 and he will breathe the ,breath1 and speak the words1 and live the life4 #e ,the people were divided in their views concerning him4 ,some said1 ,this man is prophet of the living ,god4 #f ,and others said1 ,he is ,messiah whom our prophets said would come4 #g ,and others said1 ,he cannot be the ,christ1 for he came down from ,galilee2 the ,christ must come from ,bethlehem where ,david lived4 #h ,again the priests and ,pharisees sent officers to bring him into court to answer for his life2 but when the officers returned and brought him not1 #i ,the rulers were enraged and said1 ,why did you not arrest this man and hale him into court8 #aj ,the officers replied1 ,we never heard a man speak like this man speaks4 #aa ,in rage the ,pharisees stood forth and said1 ,have you gone mad8 ,have you been led astray8 ,are you disciples of this man8 #ab ,have any of the rulers1 or the ,pharisees believed on him8 ,the common people6 yes1 they may believe2 they are accursed2 they know not anything4 #ac ,but ,nicodemus came before the rulers and he said1 ,can ,jewish judges judge a man and sentence him until they hear his plea8 ,let ,jesus stand before this bar and testify himself4 #ad ,the rulers said1 ,this ,jesus is a wily man1 and if we suffer him to speak1 he will rebuke us face to face1 and then the multitudes will laugh and stand in his defense4 #ae ,and then you know1 as well as we1 that prophets do not come from ,galilee4 #af ,the rulers felt the force of what the officers and ,nicodemus said1 and they said nothing more4 #ag ,and then the people went their way1 each to his home2 but ,jesus went unto ,mount ,olives where he spent the night in prayer4 #ah ,but in the morning when the sun had scarcely risen1 ,jesus came again1 and many people came to see him in the temple courts1 and he sat down and taught the multitudes4 #ai ,the ,pharisees and scribes were still alert to find a cause whereby they might condemn him by the words he spoke4 #bj ,the officers had taken in the very act of crime1 a courtesan4 ,as ,jesus taught1 they brought this woman in and set her in the midst and said1 #ba ,rabboni1 this vile woman has been taken in adultery4 ,the law of ,moses says that such as she shall die1 be stoned to death2 what do you say should be her punishment8 #bb ,and ,jesus stooped and made a figure on the ground and in it placed the number of a soul1 and then he sat in silent thought4 #bc ,and when the priests demanded that he speak1 he said1 ,let him who has no sin stand forth and be the first to cast a stone at her4 #bd ,and then he closed his eyes1 and not a word was said4 ,when he arose and saw the woman all alone he said1 #be ,where are the men who brought you here8 they who accused8 #bf ,the woman said1 ,they all are gone2 no one was here who could condemn4 #bg ,and ,jesus said1 ,and ,i condemn you not2 go on your way in peace1 and sin no more4 ,,chapter #ace4 ,jesus teaches in the temple4 ,he reveals some of the deeper meanings of the ,christine ministry4 ,the rulers are greatly enraged and attempt to stone him1 but he disappears4 ,the feast was done and ,jesus1 ,peter1 ,james and ,john were sitting in the temple treasury4 #b ,the nine had gone back to ,capernaum4 #c ,the people thronged the temple courts and ,jesus said1 #d ,i am the lamp2 ,christ is the oil of life2 the ,holy ,breath the fire4 ,behold the light6 and he who follows me shall not walk in the dark1 but he shall have the light of life4 #e ,a lawyer said1 ,you witness for yourself1 your witness is not true4 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,if ,i do witness for myself ,i speak that which is true1 for ,i know whence ,i came and where ,i go4 #g ,and no one else in flesh can testify for me1 for none know whence ,i came1 nor where ,i go4 #h ,my works bear witness to the truth ,i speak4 ,as man ,i could not speak the words ,i speak2 they are the words of ,holy ,breath2 and then my ,father testifies for me4 #i ,the lawyer said1 ,where does your father live8 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,you know me not or you would know my ,father1 and if you knew the ,father you would know the son1 because the ,father and the son are one4 #aa ,i go my way and you shall find me not2 for where ,i go you cannot come1 because you do not know the way4 #ab ,you cannot find the way because your hearts are gross1 your ears are dull1 your eyes are closed4 #ac ,the light of life cannot shine through the murky veil that you have drawn about your hearts4 #ad ,you do not know the ,christ and if the ,christ be not within the heart there is no light4 #ae ,i come to manifest the ,christ to men and you receive me not1 and you will dwell in darkness and in the shadow of the grave till you believe the words ,i speak4 #af ,but you will vilify the son of man1 and lift him up and laugh to see him die4 #ag ,but then a little light will come and you will know that ,i am what ,i am4 #ah ,the people did not comprehend the meaning of the words he spoke4 #ai ,and then he spoke unto the people who believed in him and said1 ,if you abide in ,christ1 and ,christ abide in you1 and if you keep my words within your heart1 #bj ,you are the way1 you are disciples in the way1 and you shall know what is the truth1 and truth shall make you free4 #ba ,and still the people did not understand2 they said1 ,we are the seed of ,abraham and are already free2 we never were the slaves of any man2 why do you say1 ,we shall be free8 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,do you not know that every one committing sin is slave of sin8 abides in bondage unto sin8 #bc ,if you sin not then you are free2 but if you sin in thought1 or word1 or deed1 then you are slaves1 and naught but truth can set you free2 if you are free through ,christ1 then you are free indeed4 #bd ,you are the seed of ,abraham1 and yet you seek to kill me just because ,i speak the truth of ,abraham4 #be ,you are the children of the flesh of ,abraham2 but1 lo1 ,i say1 ,there is a spiritual ,abraham whom you know not4 #bf ,in spirit you are children of your father1 and your father is ,diabolus2 you hang upon his words and do his will4 #bg ,he was a murderer from the first2 he cannot tell the truth1 and when he tells a lie he speaks his own2 he is himself a lie1 and he is father of himself4 #bh ,if you were children of my ,father-,god1 then you could hear the words of ,god2 ,i speak the words of ,god1 but you can hear them not4 #bi ,a ,pharisee stood forth and said1 ,this fellow is not one of us2 he is a curst ,samaritan and is obsessed4 #cj ,but ,jesus heeded not the words of ,pharisee or scribe2 he knew that all the people knew he was a ,jew4 #ca ,and then he said1 ,whoever keeps my words shall never die4 #cb ,a lawyer said1 ,and now we know he is obsessed4 ,our father ,abraham is dead2 the prophets all are dead1 and yet this fellow says1 ,whoever keeps my words shall never die4 #cc ,is this man greater than our father ,abraham8 ,is he above the prophets8 and all of them are dead4 #cd ,and ,jesus said1 ,your father ,abraham rejoiced to see my day2 he saw it and was glad4 #ce ,the lawyer said1 ,you simple man2 you are not fifty years of age2 have you seen ,abraham8 #cf ,and ,jesus said1 ,before the days of ,abraham ,i am4 #cg ,again the scribes and ,pharisees were in a rage2 they took up stones to cast at him1 but1 like a phantom of the night1 he disappeared2 the people knew not where he went4 ,,chapter #acf4 ,jesus teaches in the temple4 ,relates the parable of the good ,samaritan4 ,goes to ,bethany4 ,teaches in ,lazarus' home4 ,rebukes ,martha for her anxiety about the things of this life4 ,and ,jesus stood again within the temple courts and taught4 #b ,a master of the law was sent to question him that he might find a cause to censure and accuse him of a crime4 #c ,he said1 ,lord1 tell me what to do that ,i may have eternal life8 #d ,and ,jesus said1 ,you know the law2 what does it say8 #e ,the lawyer answered1 ,you shall love the ,lord your ,god with all your heart1 with all your soul1 with all your strength1 with all your mind1 and you shall love your neighbor as yourself4 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,lo1 you have answered well2 this do and you shall live4 #g ,the lawyer said1 ,my neighbor1 who is he8 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,a man was going from ,jerusalem to ,jericho1 and lo1 he met with robbers on the way1 who beat him1 robbed him of his goods1 and left him bleeding by the way4 #i ,a ,pharisee was going down that way2 he saw the wounded man2 but then he had no time to lose2 he passed by on the other side4 #aj ,a ,levite came and saw the man2 but he was loath to soil his sacerdotal robes1 and he passed by4 #aa ,a lawyer on his way to ,jericho observed the dying man1 and then he said1 ,if ,i could make a shekel ,i might help the man2 but he has nothing left to give1 ,i have no time for charity2 and he passed on4 #ab ,and then a stranger from ,samaria came that way2 he saw the wounded man2 his heart was touched with pity and he stopped1 dismounted from his horse1 #ac ,revived the man1 and placed him on his horse and took him to an inn and charged the keeper of the inn to nurse him back to strength4 #ad ,he gave the keeper all the money that he had and said1 ,your charges may be more than this1 but care for this unfortunate1 and when ,i come again ,i will pay all2 and then he went his way4 #ae ,now1 master of the law1 which of these four was neighbor unto him who fell among the thieves8 #af ,the lawyer said1 ,the man who showed him mercy2 he who cared for him4 #ag ,and ,jesus said1 ,go on your way and likewise do1 and you shall live4 #ah ,now1 ,jesus1 ,peter1 ,james and ,john went out to ,bethany where ,lazarus lived4 #ai ,and ,mary sat at ,jesus' feet and heard him speak the words of life while ,martha served4 #bj ,and ,martha called1 but ,mary would not leave the ,lord to help her serve4 #ba ,and ,martha said to ,jesus1 ,do you not care that ,mary makes me bear the burdens of the serving all the day8 ,i beg that you will bid her help4 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,you are too anxious1 ,martha1 for your guests2 you need not trouble so about the things of life4 #bc ,you grow a-weary by your care for little things and slight the one thing needed most of all4 #bd ,your sister here has chosen far the better part1 a part that none can take away4 ,,chapter #acg4 ,jesus and his disciples go into a retired place to pray4 ,jesus teaches ,lazarus how to pray4 ,the model prayer4 ,the value of importunate prayer4 ,parable of the importunate housewife4 ,now1 in the evening ,jesus1 ,peter1 ,james and ,john1 with ,lazarus1 went out beyond the village gates to pray4 ,and ,lazarus said1 ,teach me to pray4 #b ,and ,jesus said1 ,the prayer ,i taught the twelve to pray while we were up in ,galilee is one acceptable to ,god2 and when you pray just say1 #c ,our ,father-,god who art in heaven2 holy is thy name2 thy kingdom come2 thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven2 #d ,give us this day our needed bread2 #e ,help us forget the debts that other people owe to us1 that all our debts may be discharged2 #f ,and shield us from the tempter's snares that are too great for us to bear2 #g ,and when they come give us the strength to overcome4 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,the answer to your prayer may not appear in fulness in a little time4 #i ,be not discouraged2 pray again and then again1 for ,god will hear4 #aj ,and then he spoke a parable2 he said1 ,a housewife was alone at night and1 lo1 some guests arrived1 and they were hungry1 having had no food for all the day4 #aa ,the housewife had no bread1 and so at midnight she went forth and called a friend and said1 ,loan me three loaves of bread1 for guests have come1 and ,i have naught for them to eat4 #ab ,the friend replied1 ,why do you trouble me at midnight hour8 ,my door is shut2 my children are with me in bed2 ,i cannot rise to give you bread2 tomorrow you can be supplied4 #ac ,the housewife asked again1 and then again1 and then because she plead1 and would not be refused1 the friend arose and gave her bread4 #ad ,behold1 ,i say to you1 ,ask firmly and you shall receive2 seek trustingly and you shall find2 knock earnestly1 the door will open up4 #ae ,all things are yours1 and when you ask1 not as a begging man would ask1 but as a child1 you shall be satisfied4 #af ,a son may ask his father for a loaf of bread2 the father will not give to him a stone2 #ag ,or he may ask him for a fish2 he will not give a crab2 or he may ask him for an egg2 the father will not give a pebble from the brook4 #ah ,behold1 if men of flesh know how to give abundantly to children of the flesh1 will not your heavenly ,father give abundantly to you when you shall pray8 ,,chapter #ach4 ,the ,christines in ,jerusalem4 ,they meet a man blind from birth4 ,jesus teaches a lesson on the cause of disease and disasters4 ,he heals the blind man4 ,the ,lord with ,peter1 ,james and ,john were in ,jerusalem2 it was the ,sabbath day4 #b ,and as they walked along the way they saw a man who could not see2 he had been blind from birth4 #c ,and ,peter said1 ,lord1 if disease and imperfections all are caused by sin1 who was the sinner in this case8 the parents or the man himself8 #d ,and ,jesus said1 ,afflictions all are partial payments on a debt1 or debts1 that have been made4 #e ,there is a law of recompense that never fails1 and it is summarized in that true rule of life3 #f ,whatsoever man shall do to any other man some other man will do to him4 #g ,in this we find the meaning of the ,jewish law1 expressed concisely in the words1 ,tooth for a tooth2 life for a life4 #h ,he who shall injure any one in thought1 or word1 or deed1 is judged a debtor to the law1 and some one else shall1 likewise1 injure him in thought1 or word or deed4 #i ,and he who sheds the blood of any man will come upon the time when his blood shall be shed by man4 #aj ,affliction is a prison cell in which a man must stay until he pays his debts unless a master sets him free that he may have a better chance to pay his debts4 #aa ,affliction is a certain sign that one has debts to pay4 #ab ,behold this man6 ,once in another life he was a cruel man1 and in a cruel way destroyed the eyes of one1 a fellow man4 #ac ,the parents of this man once turned their faces on a blind and helpless man1 and drove him from their door4 #ad ,then ,peter asked1 ,do we pay off the debts of other men when by the ,word we heal them1 drive the unclean spirits out1 or rescue them from any form of sore distress8 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,we cannot pay the debts of any man1 but by the ,word we may release a man from his afflictions and distress1 #af ,and make him free1 that he may pay the debts he owes1 by giving up his life in willing sacrifice for men1 or other living things4 #ag ,behold1 we may make free this man that he may better serve the race and pay his debts4 #ah ,then ,jesus called the man and said1 ,would you be free8 would you receive your sight8 #ai ,the man replied1 ,all that ,i have would ,i most freely give if ,i could see4 #bj ,and ,jesus took saliva and a bit of clay and made a salve1 and put it on the blind man's eyes4 #ba ,he spoke the ,word and then he said1 ,go to ,siloam and wash1 and as you wash say1 ,jahhevahe4 ,this do for seven times and you shall see4 #bb ,the man was led unto ,siloam2 he washed his eyes and spoke the word1 and instantly his eyes were opened and he saw4 #bc ,the people who had seen the man for many years sit by the way and beg1 were much surprised to see him see4 #bd ,they said1 ,is not this man the ,job that was born blind1 who sat beside the way and begged8 #be ,he heard them talk among themselves2 he said1 ,yes1 ,i am he4 #bf ,the people asked1 ,how were you healed8 who opened up your eyes8 #bg ,he said1 ,a man whom men call ,jesus1 made a salve of clay and put it on my eyes1 and bade me say a word and wash in ,siloam seven times2 ,i did as he commanded me1 and now ,i see4 #bh ,a certain scribe was passing1 and he saw the man and heard him say that ,jesus1 by the ,word1 had opened up his eyes4 #bi ,he therefore took the man up to the synagogue1 and told the story to the priests1 who asked the man about the miracle4 #cj ,the man replied1 ,i never saw the light until today1 for ,i was blind from birth4 #ca ,this morning as ,i sat beside ,siloam1 a man ,i never knew put on my eyes a salve that people say he made of clay2 he bade me say a word and bathe my eyes in water seven times2 ,i did as he commanded and ,i saw4 #cb ,a lawyer asked the man1 ,who was it opened up your eyes8 #cc ,the man replied1 ,some people say1 ,his name is ,jesus and that he came from ,galilee2 but others say1 ,he is the son of ,god4 #cd ,a ,pharisee came up and said1 ,this is the ,sabbath day2 a man who does a work like this1 regarding not the ,sabbath day1 is not from ,god4 #ce ,some of the priests were much amazed and said1 ,a wicked man could never do a miracle like this2 he must possess the power of ,god4 ,and so they strove among themselves4 #cf ,they asked the man1 ,what do you think about this man from ,galilee8 #cg ,he said1 ,he is a prophet sent from ,god4 #ch ,now1 many of the ,jews did not believe the man was blind from birth2 they said1 ,there is no power to open up the eyes of one born blind4 #ci ,and then they brought the parents of the man before the ,pharisees that they might testify4 #dj ,they said1 ,this is our son who was born blind2 we do not know how he received his sight2 he is of age and he can tell2 ask him4 #da ,they were afraid to say what they believed1 that ,jesus is the ,christ who came to manifest the power of ,god1 lest they offend the priests and be cast from the synagogue4 #db ,again the rulers said1 ,this ,jesus is a wicked man4 ,the man who had been healed stood forth again and said1 #dc ,this ,jesus may be sinner or be saint1 ,i do not know2 but this one thing ,i know2 ,i once was blind1 but now ,i see4 #dd ,and then the scribes and ,pharisees reviled the man and said1 ,you are a follower of this man from ,galilee4 ,we follow ,moses1 but this man1 we know him not1 and know not whence he is4 #de ,the man replied1 ,it is a marvel that you know not whence he is1 and yet he opened up my eyes4 #df ,you know that nothing but the power of ,god can do such things4 #dg ,god hears not sinners pray1 and you must know that he is not a wicked man who can employ the power of ,god4 #dh ,the ,pharisees replied1 ,you wretch6 you were begotten and were born in sin1 and now you try to teach the law to us4 ,and then they cast him from the synagogue4 ,,chapter #aci4 ,jesus meets and instructs the man who was blind4 ,unfolds the mysteries of the kingdom4 ,the sheepfold4 ,declares himself the shepherd4 ,goes to the home of ,massalian1 where he abides certain days4 ,when ,jesus heard what had been done and how the priests had cast the man whom he had healed1 out of the synagogue1 he found the man and said to him1 #b ,do you believe in ,god and in the son of ,god8 #c ,the man replied1 ,i do believe in ,god2 but who is he1 the son of ,god1 of whom you speak8 #d ,and ,jesus said1 ,the son of ,god is he who speaks to you4 #e ,the man inquired then1 ,why do you say1 ,the son of ,god8 ,is there but one8 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,all men are sons of ,god by birth2 ,god is the ,father of the race2 but all are not the sons of ,god by faith4 #g ,he who attains the victory over self is son of ,god by faith1 and he who speaks to you has overcome1 and he is called the son of ,god1 because he is the pattern for the sons of men4 #h ,he who believes and does the will of ,god is son of ,god by faith4 #i ,the man in joy exclaimed1 ,lord1 ,i believe in ,god1 and in the son of ,god4 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,i came to open prison doors1 to make the blind to see2 but1 lo1 the ,pharisees are blind from birth4 #aa ,and when ,i put the salve of truth upon their eyes1 and bid them go and wash1 and speak the sacred ,word they will not go2 they love the dark4 #ab ,a multitude of people pressed about the ,lord1 and he stood forth and said1 #ac ,you men of ,israel1 ,i say to you1 ,the fold of ,god is large2 its walls are strong1 it has a gateway in the east1 and he who does not enter by the gate into the fold1 but climbs into the fold some other way1 is thief and comes to rob4 #ad ,the shepherd of the sheep stands by the gate2 he gives the secret sign2 he knocks2 the watchman opens up the gate4 #ae ,and then the shepherd calls his sheep by name2 they hear his voice and follow him2 they enter through the gate into the fold4 #af ,the sheep know not a stranger's voice2 they will not follow him2 they flee away4 #ag ,the people did not understand the parable that ,jesus spoke2 and then he said1 #ah ,christ is the gateway of the fold2 ,i am the shepherd of the sheep1 and he who follows me through ,christ shall come into the fold where living waters flow1 and where rich pastures are4 #ai ,false prophets come and go2 they claim to be the shepherds of the sheep2 they claim to know the way1 but they know not the word of power2 the watchman opens not the gate2 the sheep heed not their call4 #bj ,the shepherd of the sheep will give his life to save the sheep4 #ba ,a hireling flees to save his life when wolves infest the fold2 and then the tender lambs are snatched away1 the sheep are scattered everywhere4 #bb ,i am the shepherd of the sheep2 ,i know the sheep of ,god2 they know my voice1 as ,god knows me and ,i know him4 #bc ,the ,father loves me with a deathless love1 because ,i lay my life down for the sheep4 #bd ,i lay my life down when ,i will1 but ,i may take it up again2 for every son of ,god by faith has power to lay his mortal flesh aside and take it up again4 ,these words ,i have received from ,god4 #be ,again the people strove among themselves2 they were divided in their views concerning ,christ4 ,they could not comprehend the words that ,jesus spoke4 #bf ,some said again1 ,he is obsessed1 or he is mad2 why listen to his words8 #bg ,and others said1 ,his words are not the words of one obsessed4 ,can unclean spirits open up the eyes of one born blind8 #bh ,then ,jesus left ,jerusalem and with ,massalian he tarried certain days4 ,,chapter #adj4 ,jesus and the three disciples return to ,capernaum4 ,jesus receives the report of the seventy4 ,with his disciples he goes through all ,galilee encouraging the believers4 ,he heals a woman4 ,relates the parable of the little seed and the great tree4 ,the time had come for the return of the three score and ten whom ,jesus sent abroad to preach4 #b ,and ,jesus1 ,peter1 ,james and ,john began their journey back to ,galilee4 #c ,they went up through ,samaria2 they passed through many villages and towns1 and everywhere the people thronged the ways to see the man the seventy had told about2 and ,jesus taught and healed the sick4 #d ,and when they reached ,capernaum the seventy were there2 and they were filled with joy2 they said1 #e ,the ,spirit of the ,lord of hosts was with us all the way1 and we were filled4 #f ,the power of the sacred ,word was manifest in us2 we healed the sick2 we caused the lame to walk1 the deaf to hear1 the blind to see4 #g ,the very devils trembled when we spoke the ,word1 and they were subject unto us4 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,as you were going on your way1 the heavens were bright with light1 the earth was bright1 they seemed to meet and be at one2 and ,i beheld1 and ,satan fell as lightning from the heavens4 #i ,behold1 for you have power to tread on serpents and on scorpions1 and these are symbols of the enemies of men4 ,you are protected in the way of right1 and naught can harm4 #aj ,and as you went ,i heard a master say1 ,well done4 #aa ,but you may not rejoice because you have the power to heal the sick and make the devils tremble by the ,word2 for such rejoicing is from carnal self4 #ab ,you may rejoice because the nations of the earth have ears to hear the ,word1 and eyes to see the glory of the ,lord1 and hearts to feel the inner breathing of the ,holy ,breath4 #ac ,and you may well be glad because your names are written in the ,book of ,life4 #ad ,then ,jesus looked to heaven and said1 ,i thank thee1 ,father1 ,lord of heaven and earth1 because thou hast revealed thyself to babes1 and taught them how to light the path and lead the wise to thee4 #ae ,what thou hast given to me1 lo1 ,i have given to them1 and through the sacred ,word ,i have bestowed on them the understanding heart1 #af ,that they might know and honor thee through ,christ1 who was1 and is1 and evermore shall be4 #ag ,and then he said aside1 unto the seventy and twelve1 ,most blessed are your eyes because you see the things you see2 #ah ,and blessed are your ears because they hear the things they hear2 #ai ,and blessed are your hearts because you understand4 #bj ,in ages that are gone the wise of earth1 the prophets1 seers and kings1 desired to hear and see and know what you have heard and seen and known2 but they had not attained and could not hear1 and see and know4 #ba ,and ,jesus said again1 ,lo1 ,i have gone before you many moons1 and ,i have given to you the bread of heaven and the cup of life2 #bb ,have been your buckler and your stay2 but now that you have learned the way1 and have the strength to stand alone1 behold1 ,i lay my body down and go to him who is the ,all4 #bc ,in forty days then we will turn our faces toward ,jerusalem where ,i will find the altar of the ,lord and give my life in willing sacrifice for men4 #bd ,let us arise and go through all the coasts of ,galilee1 and give a salutation of good cheer to all the sons of ,god by faith4 #be ,and they arose and went2 they entered every town and village on the coast1 and everywhere they said1 ,the benedictions of the ,christ abide with you forevermore4 #bf ,now1 in a certain town they went up to the synagogue upon the ,sabbath day1 and ,jesus taught4 #bg ,and as he spoke1 two men brought on a cot a woman bent near double with disease2 she had not risen from her bed for eighteen years without a helping hand4 #bh ,and ,jesus laid his hand upon the woman1 and he said1 ,arise1 be free from your infirmity4 #bi ,and as he spoke the ,word the woman found that she was straight and strong1 and she arose and walked and said1 ,praise ,god4 #cj ,the ruler of the synagogue was filled with wrath because the healer healed upon the ,sabbath day4 #ca ,he did not censure ,jesus face to face1 but turning to the multitudes he said1 #cb ,you men of ,galilee1 why do you break the laws of ,god8 ,there are six days in every week when you may work1 and then you may bring the afflicted to be healed4 #cc ,this is the day that ,god has blessed1 the ,sabbath day in which men may not work4 #cd ,and ,jesus said1 ,you inconsistent scribes and ,pharisees6 ,upon the ,sabbath day you take your beasts of burden from their stalls1 and lead them forth to eat and drink2 is this not work8 #ce ,this daughter of your father ,abraham1 who has been bound for eighteen years1 has come in faith to be made free4 #cf ,now1 tell me1 men1 is it a crime to break her bonds and set her free upon the ,sabbath day8 #cg ,the ruler said no more2 the people all rejoiced and said1 ,behold the ,christ6 #ch ,and ,jesus spoke a parable2 he said1 ,the kingdom of the ,christ is like a little seed that one put in the ground2 #ci ,it grew and after many years became a mighty tree1 and many people rested in its shade1 and birds built nests and reared their young among its leafy boughs4 ,,chapter #ada4 ,jesus speaks words of encouragement4 ,rebukes an officious ,pharisee4 ,attends a wedding feast4 ,heals a dropsical man4 ,rebukes guests who seek chief seats4 ,relates a parable of a wedding feast4 ,and ,jesus went into another town upon the coast and spoke good words of cheer to those who followed him4 #b ,and one stood forth and said1 ,lord1 are there few that enter into life8 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,the way is rough that leads to life2 the gate is narrow and is guarded well2 but every one who seeks in faith shall find the way1 and they who know the ,word may enter in4 #d ,but many seek the way for selfish gain2 they pound upon the gate of life2 but it is fast4 #e ,the watchman from the turret says1 ,i know you not2 your speech is that of ,ashdod1 and your robes are those of sin2 depart and go your way4 #f ,and they will go their way with weeping and with gnashing of the teeth4 #g ,and they will be enraged when they see their father ,abraham with ,isaac1 ,jacob and the prophets1 resting in the kingdom of the ,christ1 and they themselves debarred4 #h ,and1 lo1 ,i say that men will come from lands afar1 from east1 from west1 from north1 from south and sit with me in consciousness of life4 #i ,behold1 ,i say1 the last shall be the first1 the first shall be the last4 #aj ,all men are called unto the kingdom of the ,christ2 but few are chosen1 for the pure in heart alone can see the king4 #aa ,and as he spoke a ,pharisee came up and said1 ,you man of ,galilee1 if you would save your life remain not here2 flee instantly1 for ,herod swears that he will take your life1 and even now his officers are seeking you4 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,why is it that the ,pharisees are so concerned about my life8 ,and then he said unto the man who spoke1 #ac ,go forth and say to that sly fox1 ,behold1 ,i heal the sick and cast the unclean spirits out today1 tomorrow1 and the days to come1 and then ,i will attain4 #ad ,go say to him1 ,i need not fear in ,galilee1 for ,i must meet the cruel wrath of men within ,jerusalem4 #ae ,and while they tarried in the place a man1 a ,pharisee1 invited ,jesus and a few of those who followed him1 to dine with him upon the ,sabbath day1 to celebrate the marriage of his son4 #af ,among the guests was one afflicted with a dropsical disease4 #ag ,and ,jesus said to those who had been sent to get from his own lips some words by which they might accuse him of a crime1 #ah ,you lawyers and you ,pharisees1 what do you say about the lawlessness of healing on the ,sabbath day8 ,here is a man1 one of your own1 and he is sore distressed4 #ai ,shall ,i1 in ,god's own strength1 say out the healing ,word and heal this man8 #bj ,the lawyers and the ,pharisees were dumb2 they answered not4 #ba ,then ,jesus spoke the healing ,word and healed the man and he1 rejoicing1 went his way4 #bb ,then ,jesus said again unto the lawyers and the ,pharisees1 ,which one of you who has a horse or cow1 if it would fall into a pit upon the ,sabbath day would not call in his friends to help to draw it out8 #bc ,and not a man could answer1 ,here am ,i4 #bd ,as ,jesus looked upon the guests who had been bidden to the feast and saw them crowding in to get the highest seats1 he said to them1 #be ,you selfish men why do you strive to take the highest seats when you are but invited guests8 ,you do not show our host the courtesies of life4 #bf ,when men are bidden to a marriage feast they should sit in the lower seats until the host shall place them where he wills4 #bg ,you may1 unbidden1 take the highest seat2 but then a man more honorable may come and when the host shall bid you rise and take a lower seat that he may honor his more worthy guest1 you cannot help but blush for very shame in your humility4 #bh ,but if you take the lowest seat and then are honored by your host and asked to take a higher seat1 you are esteemed an honored guest4 #bi ,in this event we note a principle in life1 ,that he who would exalt himself shall be abased1 and he who humbles low himself shall be exalted in the sight of men4 #cj ,then ,jesus spoke to all the guests2 he said1 ,when any one of you would make a feast it should not be for friends1 or kindred1 or the rich2 #ca ,for they consider such a courtesy loaned out1 and they feel called upon to make a greater feast for you1 just in the payment of a debt4 #cb ,but when you make a feast invite the poor1 the lame1 the blind2 in this a blessing waits for you1 for well you know that you will get naught in return2 but in the consciousness of helping those who need1 you will be recompensed4 #cc ,and then he spoke a parable3 he said1 ,a wealthy man prepared a feast2 he sent his servants forth to bid his chosen ones to come2 but they desired not to go1 and they formed such excuses as they thought would satisfy the would-be host4 #cd ,one said1 ,i have just bought a piece of land1 and ,i must go and prove my title to the land2 ,i pray to be excused4 #ce ,another said1 ,i must go down and prove my ownership in sheep that ,i have bought2 ,i pray to be excused4 #cf ,another said1 ,i have been married but a little time and so ,i cannot go2 ,i beg to be excused4 #cg ,now1 when the servants came and told the man who had prepared the feast that those he had invited would not come1 #ch ,the man was grieved in heart2 and then he sent his servants forth into the streets and alleys of the town to bring up to the feast the poor1 the lame1 the blind4 #ci ,the servants went abroad and found the poor1 the lame1 the blind1 and brought them in2 but there was room for more4 #dj ,the host then sent his men of arms to bring by force the people to his feast2 and then the house was full4 #da ,and ,god has made a feast for men4 ,long years ago he sent his servants forth unto the favored sons of men4 ,they would not hear his call2 they came not to the feast4 #db ,he then sent forth his servants to the strangers and the multitudes2 they came1 but there is room for more4 #dc ,behold1 for he will send his angels forth with mighty trumpet blast1 and men will be compelled to come up to the feast4 ,,chapter #adb4 ,the path of discipleship1 its difficulties4 ,the cross and its meaning4 ,the danger of wealth4 ,the young man who loved wealth more than he loved ,christ4 ,parable of the rich man and ,lazarus4 ,now1 ,jesus and the twelve went to another town1 and as they entered it they said1 ,peace be to all2 good will to all4 #b ,a multitude of people followed and the master said to them1 ,behold1 for you are followers for selfish gain4 #c ,if you would follow me in love1 and be disciples of the ,holy ,breath1 and gain at last the crown of life1 you must leave all there is of carnal life behind4 #d ,be not deceived2 stay1 men1 and count the cost4 #e ,if one would build a tower1 or a home1 he first sits down and counts the cost to be assured that he has gold enough to finish it4 #f ,for well he knows that if he makes a failure of his enterprise he may lose all his wealth1 and be the butt of ridicule4 #g ,and if a king desires to take the kingdom of another king1 he calls his trusted men and they consider well their strength2 he will not measure arms with one of matchless power4 #h ,count well the cost before you start to follow me2 it means the giving up of life1 and all you have4 #i ,if you love father1 mother1 wife1 or child1 more than you love the ,christ1 you cannot follow me4 #aj ,if you love wealth or honor more than you love the ,christ1 you cannot follow me4 #aa ,the paths of carnal life do not run up the mountain side towards the top2 they run around the mount of life1 and if you go straight to the upper gate of consciousness you cross the paths of carnal life2 tread in them not4 #ab ,and this is how men bear the cross2 no man can bear another's cross4 #ac ,take up your cross and follow me through ,christ into the path of true discipleship2 this is the path that leads to life4 #ad ,this way of life is called the pearl of greatest price1 and he who finds it must put all he has beneath his feet4 #ae ,behold1 a man found in a certain field the croppings of a wondrous mine of gold1 and he went forth and sold his home and all he had and bought the field2 then he rejoiced in wealth4 #af ,now1 there were present1 scribes and ,pharisees of wealth who loved their money1 and their bonds and lands1 and they laughed loud to scorn what ,jesus said4 #ag ,then ,jesus spoke to them and said1 ,you are the men who justify yourselves in sight of men2 ,god knows your wickedness of heart2 #ah ,and you must know1 ,o men1 that whatsoever is revered and is exalted by the carnal mind1 is an abomination in the sight of ,god4 #ai ,and ,jesus went his way1 and as he went a young man ran and knelt down at his feet and said1 ,good master1 tell me what to do that ,i may have eternal life4 #bj ,and ,jesus said1 ,why do you call me good8 ,no one is truly good but ,god himself4 #ba ,and ,god has said1 ,if you would enter into life1 keep the ,commandments of the law4 #bb ,the young man asked1 ,to which commands did he refer8 #bc ,and ,jesus said1 ,you shall not kill2 you shall not steal2 you shall not do adulterous things2 you shall not falsely testify2 #bd ,and you shall love your ,god with all your heart1 and you shall love your neighbor as yourself4 #be ,the man replied1 ,these things ,i have observed from youth2 what lack ,i yet8 #bf ,and ,jesus said1 ,one thing you lack2 your heart is fixed on things of earth2 you are not free4 #bg ,go forth and sell all that you have1 and give your money to the poor1 and come and follow me1 and you shall have eternal life4 #bh ,the man was grieved at what the master said2 for he was rich2 he hid his face and went in sorrow on his way4 #bi ,and ,jesus looked upon the sorrowing man and said1 ,it is so hard for men with hoarded wealth to enter through the door into the kingdom of the soul4 #cj ,and his disciples were amazed at what he said4 #ca ,he answered them and said1 ,i tell you1 men1 that they who trust in riches cannot trust in ,god and cannot come into the kingdom of the soul2 #cb ,yea1 it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a man with hoarded wealth to find the way of life4 ,and his disciples said1 ,who then can find the way8 ,who can be saved8 #cc ,and ,jesus said1 ,the rich may give his gold away2 the high may kiss the dust1 and ,god will save4 #cd ,then ,jesus spoke this parable to them3 #ce ,a rich man lived in splendid state2 he wore the finest garments men could make2 his boards were loaded with the costliest viands of the land4 #cf ,a beggar1 blind and lame1 whose name was ,lazarus1 was wont to sit beside the waste gate of this home that he might share with dogs the refuse from the rich man's boards4 #cg ,it came to pass that ,lazarus died1 and angels carried him away unto the bosom of our father ,abraham4 #ch ,the rich man also died1 and he was buried in a costly tomb2 but in the purifying fires he opened up his eyes dissatisfied4 #ci ,he looked and saw the beggar resting peacefully in the bosom of his father ,abraham1 and in the bitterness of his soul he cried1 #dj ,my father ,abraham1 look down in mercy on your son2 ,i am tormented in these flames4 #da ,send ,lazarus1 ,i beseech1 that he may give me just a sup of water to cool my parched tongue4 #db ,but ,abraham replied1 ,my son1 in mortal life1 you had the best things of the earth and ,lazarus had the worst1 and you would not give him a cup of water there1 but drove him from your door4 #dc ,the law must be fulfilled1 and ,lazarus now is comforted1 and you are paying what you owe4 #dd ,besides1 there is a great gulf fixed between your zone and us1 and if ,i would ,i could not send ,lazarus to you1 and you cannot come up to us till you have paid your debts4 #de ,again the man in anguish said1 ,o father ,abraham1 ,i pray1 send ,lazarus back to earth1 and to my father's house1 that he may tell my brothers who are yet in life1 for ,i have five of them1 about the horrors of this place1 lest they come down to me and not to you4 #df ,and ,abraham replied1 ,they have the words of ,moses and the seers1 let them hear them4 #dg ,the man replied1 ,they will not hearken to the written word2 but if a man would go up from the grave they might believe4 #dh ,but ,abraham replied1 ,if they hear not the words of ,moses and the seers they would not be persuaded even though one from the dead stood in their midst4 #di ,and ,peter said1 ,lord1 we have left our all to follow you2 and what is our reward8 #ej ,and ,jesus said1 ,most verily ,i say to you1 that you who have left all to follow me shall come into a newness of a life hid deep with ,christ in ,god4 #ea ,and you shall sit with me upon the throne of power1 and judge with me the tribes of ,israel4 #eb ,and he who conquers carnal self1 and follows me through ,christ shall have a hundred fold of that which is the wealth of life on earth1 and in the world to come1 eternal life4 ,,chapter #adc4 ,righteousness in rewards4 ,jesus relates the parable of the husbandman and the laborers4 ,makes known the divine law of divorce4 ,the mystery of marriage4 ,the ,lord was standing by the sea2 the multitudes were there and one stood forth and said1 #b ,does ,god bestow rewards as men bestow rewards1 for what is done8 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,men never know what other men have done1 this life is such a seeming life4 #d ,one man may seem to do a mighty work1 and be adjudged by men as worthy of a great reward4 #e ,another man may seem to be a failure in the harvest fields of life1 and be dishonored in the face of men4 #f ,men do not know the hearts of men2 ,god only knows the hearts of men1 and when the day is done he may reward with life the man who fell beneath the burdens of the day1 and turn away the man who was the idol of the hearts of men4 #g ,and then he spoke a parable2 he said1 ,the kingdom of the soul is like a man who had a vast estate1 #h ,and in the morning time he went down to the market place to search for men to gather in his grain4 #i ,he found three men1 and he agreed to give to each a penny for his service for the day1 and sent them to his field4 #aj ,again he went down to the market place the third hour of the day and found five men in waiting1 and he said1 ,go down into my field and serve1 and ,i will pay you what is right2 and they went down and served4 #aa ,he went again2 it was the sixth hour of the day1 and seven men were waiting at the stand2 he sent them to the field to serve4 #ab ,and at the eleventh hour he went again2 twelve men stood there in seeming idleness2 he said to them1 ,why stand you here in idleness all day8 #ac ,they said1 ,because we have no work to do2 no man has hired us4 #ad ,and then he sent them to his field to serve4 #ae ,now1 when the evening came the man said to his steward1 ,call the laborers from the field1 and pay them for his services4 ,and all were paid1 and each received a penny for his hire4 #af ,now1 when the twelve1 who served but from the eleventh hour1 received each one a penny for his hire1 the three were sore aggrieved2 they said1 #ag ,these twelve have served but one short hour1 and now they have an equal share with us who have toiled through the scorching hours of day2 should we not have at least two pennies for our hire8 #ah ,the man replied1 ,my friends1 ,i do no wrong to you4 ,did we not have a fast agreement when you went to work8 have ,i not paid in full8 #ai ,what is it unto you if ,i should pay these men a smaller or a larger sum8 ,take that which is your own and go your way1 for ,i will give unto the twelve what ,i will give unto the three1 the five1 the seven4 #bj ,they did their best and you could do no more than do your best4 #ba ,the hire of man is based upon the intent of the heart4 #bb ,as ,jesus taught1 a ,pharisee came up and said1 ,lord1 is it lawful for a man to put away his wife8 #bc ,and ,jesus said1 ,you ought to know2 what says the law8 #bd ,the ,pharisee replied1 ,the law provides that man may be divorced1 may put away his wife4 #be ,and ,jesus said1 ,the hardness of the hearts of men induced the giver of the law to make provisions such as these2 but from the first it was not so4 #bf ,god made a woman for a man1 and they were one2 and afterwards he said1 ,a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife2 they are no more divided2 they are one1 one flesh4 #bg ,what ,god has joined no man can part4 #bh ,now1 when they went up to the house1 a man made free to ask again about this matter of divorce4 #bi ,and ,jesus said again what to the ,pharisee he said2 and then he gave the higher law of marriage life3 #cj ,whoever puts away his wife1 except she be a courtesan1 and then shall take another wife commits adultery4 #ca ,the woman who shall leave a man1 unless he be a libertine and an adulterer1 and then becomes the wife of any other man1 commits adultery4 #cb ,and ,thomas asked1 ,what is adultery8 #cc ,and ,jesus said1 ,the man who harbors lustful thoughts1 who covets any woman not his wife1 is an adulterer4 #cd ,the wife who harbors lustful thoughts1 and covets any man who is not wed to her1 is not her husband1 is a courtesan4 #ce ,men cannot make a law to bind two hearts4 #cf ,when two are bound in love they have no thought of lust4 ,the woman cannot leave the man2 the man has no desire to send his wife away4 #cg ,when men and women harbor lustful thoughts1 and covet any other flesh1 they are not one1 not joined by ,god4 #ch ,and ,philip said1 ,lord1 are there few that ,god has joined in holy marriage bonds8 #ci ,and ,jesus said1 ,god knows the pure in heart2 the lustful men and women are but creatures of the lustful self2 they cannot be at one2 nor can they be at one with ,god4 #dj ,nathaniel said1 ,is it not well that all men should refrain from taking on themselves the marriage vow8 #da ,and ,jesus said1 ,men are not pure because they are unmarried men4 ,the man who lusts is an adulterer if he has wife or not4 #db ,and then he said to all1 ,some things men know by being told1 while other things they know not till the gate of consciousness shall open up for them4 #dc ,i speak a mystery that now you cannot understand2 but you shall some day understand4 #dd ,a eunuch is a man who does not lust2 some men are eunuchs born1 some men are eunuchs by the power of men1 and some are eunuchs by the ,holy ,breath1 who makes them free in ,god through ,christ4 #de ,he who is able to receive the truth ,i speak1 let him receive4 ,,chapter #add4 ,the ,christines at ,tiberius4 ,jesus speaks on the inner life4 ,relates the parable of the prodigal son4 ,the resentment of the elder brother4 ,when they had journeyed through the towns and cities of the land of ,galilee1 the ,lord with his disciples came to ,tiberius1 and here they met a few who loved the name of ,christ4 #b ,and ,jesus told them many things about the inner life2 but when the multitudes came up1 he spoke a parable2 he said1 #c ,a certain man with great possessions had two sons4 ,the youngest son grew tired of life at home and said1 #d ,my father1 pray divide your wealth and give the portion that is mine to me1 and ,i will seek my fortune in another land4 #e ,the father did as he desired1 and with his wealth the young man went into a foreign land4 #f ,he was a profligate and soon had squandered all his wealth in ways of sin4 #g ,when nothing else remained for him to do he found employment in the fields to care for swine4 #h ,and he was hungry and no one gave him aught to eat1 and so he ate the carob pods that he was feeding to the swine4 #i ,and after many days he found himself and said unto himself1 ,my father is a man of wealth2 he has a score of servants who are bountifully fed while ,i1 his son1 am starving in the fields among the swine4 #aj ,i do not hope to be received again as son1 but ,i will rise and go straight to my father's house1 and ,i will make confession of my waywardness2 #aa ,and ,i will say1 ,my father1 ,i am come again2 ,i am a profligate1 and ,i have lost my wealth in ways of sin2 ,i am not worthy to be called your son4 #ab ,i do not ask to be received again as son1 but let me have a place among your servants1 where ,i may have a shelter from the storms and have enough to eat4 #ac ,and he arose and sought his father's house1 and as he came his mother saw him while yet a great way off4 #ad 7,a mother's heart can feel the first faint yearning of a wandering child47 #ae ,the father came1 and hand in hand they walked a-down the way to meet the boy1 and there was joy1 great joy4 #af ,the boy tried hard to plead for mercy and a servant's place2 but love was all too great to listen to the plea4 #ag ,the door was opened wide2 he found a welcome in the mother's heart1 and in the father's heart4 #ah ,the father called the servants in1 and bade them bring the finest robe for him2 the choicest sandals for his feet2 a ring of purest gold for him to wear4 #ai ,and then the father said1 ,my servants1 go and kill the fatted calf2 prepare a feast1 for we are glad2 #bj ,our son we thought was dead is here alive2 a treasure that we thought was lost is found4 #ba ,the feast was soon prepared and all were merry1 when the eldest son who had been serving in a distant field and knew not that his brother had returned1 came home4 #bb ,and when he learned the cause of all the merriment he was offended1 and would not go into the house4 #bc ,his father and his mother both besought him tearfully to disregard the waywardness and folly of their son2 but he would not2 he said1 #bd ,lo1 all these years ,i have remained at home1 have served you every day1 have never yet transgressed your most severe commands2 #be ,and yet you never killed for me a kid1 nor made for me a simple feast that ,i might make merry with my friends2 #bf ,but when your son1 this profligate1 who has gone forth and squandered half your wealth in ways of sin1 comes home1 because he could do nothing else1 you kill for him the fatted calf and make a wondrous feast4 #bg ,his father said1 ,my son1 all that ,i have is yours and you are ever with us in our joys2 #bh ,and it is well to show our gladness when your brother1 who is near and dear to us1 and who we thought was dead1 returns to us alive4 #bi ,he may have been a profligate2 may have consorted with gay courtesans and thieves1 yet he is still your brother and our son4 #cj ,then ,jesus said so all might hear3 ,he who has ears to hear1 and hearts to understand will comprehend the meaning of this parable4 #ca ,then ,jesus and the twelve came to ,capernaum4 ,,chapter #ade4 ,jesus speaks on the establishment of the ,christine kingdom and the future coming of the ,lord in power4 ,exhorts to faithfulness4 ,parable of the unjust judge4 ,parable of the ,pharisee and the publican4 ,a company of ,pharisees came up to speak with ,jesus and they said1 ,rabboni1 we have heard you say1 ,the kingdom is at hand4 #b ,we read in ,daniel that the ,god of heaven will form a kingdom1 and we ask1 ,is this the kingdom of the ,god you speak about8 ,if so1 when will it come8 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,the prophets all have told about this kingdom of the ,god1 and it is just at hand2 but men can never see it come4 #d ,it never can be seen with carnal eyes2 it is within4 #e ,lo1 ,i have said1 and now ,i say again1 ,none but the pure in heart can see the king1 and all the pure in heart are subjects of the king4 #f ,reform1 and turn away from sin2 prepare you1 ,o prepare6 the kingdom is at hand4 #g ,and then he spoke to his disciples and he said1 ,the seasons of the son of man are past4 #h ,the time will come when you will wish above all else to see again one of these days2 but you can see it not4 #i ,and many men will say1 ,lo1 here is ,christ2 lo1 there is ,christ4 ,be not deceived2 go not into their ways4 #aj ,for when the son of man will come again no man need point the way2 for as the lightning lights the heavens1 so will the son of man light up the heavens and earth4 #aa ,but1 lo1 ,i say1 that many generations will have come and gone before the son of man shall come in power2 but when he comes no one will say1 ,lo1 here is ,christ2 lo1 there4 #ab ,but as it was before the flood in ,noah's day1 so shall it be4 ,the people ate1 they drank1 were filled with merriment and sung for joy1 #ac ,and did not know their doom until the ark was done and ,noah entered in2 but then the flood came on and swept them all away4 #ad ,so1 also1 in the days of ,lot2 the people ate and drank2 they bought1 they sold1 they planted and they reaped1 they went their ways in sin1 and they cared not2 #ae ,but when the righteous ,lot went from their city's gates the earth beneath the city shook1 and brimstone fires fell from heaven2 #af ,the gapping jaws of earth flew wide1 and swallowed up their homes1 their wealth1 and they went down to rise no more4 #ag ,so shall it be when comes the son of man in power4 #ah ,i charge you men1 as ,i will charge men then1 ,seek not to save your wealth1 or you will lose your lives4 ,go forth1 and look not back upon the crumbling walls of sin4 ,do not forget ,lot's wife4 #ai ,whoever tries to save his life will lose his life2 whoever freely gives his life in serving life will save his life4 #bj ,then comes the sifting time4 ,two men will be in bed2 one will be called1 the other left2 two women will be working side by side2 one will be snatched away1 the other left4 #ba ,and his disciples said1 ,explain to us this parable2 or is it not a parable8 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,the wise will understand1 for where the bread of heaven is1 there you will find the pure in heart2 and where the carcass lies will gather all the birds of prey4 #bc ,but1 lo1 ,i say1 before these days will come1 the son of man will be betrayed by one of you into the hands of wicked men1 and he will give his life for you and all the world4 #bd ,yea1 more2 the ,holy ,breath will come in power and fill you with the wisdom of the just4 #be ,and you will tell the wondrous story in ,judea and in ,samaria and in the farther lands of earth4 #bf ,and then to teach that men should pray and never faint1 he told this parable3 #bg ,there was a judge who feared not ,god1 nor yet regarded man4 #bh ,there was a widow who oft implored the judge to right her wrongs and to avenge her foes4 #bi ,at first the judge would hear her not1 but after many days he said1 #cj ,i fear not ,god1 and ,i regard not man1 yet1 lest this widow wear me out by pleading every day ,i will avenge her on her foes4 #ca ,when the disciples asked the meaning of this parable1 the ,lord replied1 ,the wise can understand2 the foolish have no need to know4 #cb ,and then to teach a lesson unto certain of his followers who trusted in themselves and thought that they were holier than other men1 he told this parable3 #cc ,two men went to the synagogue to pray2 one was a ,pharisee1 the other was a publican4 #cd ,the ,pharisee stood forth and prayed thus with himself1 ,o ,god1 ,i thank thee that ,i am not like other men1 who are extortioners1 unjust1 adulterers2 #ce ,not even like this publican4 ,i fast two times a week1 and ,i give tithes of all ,i get4 #cf ,the publican came not a-near2 he would not lift his eyes to heaven1 but smote his breast and said1 #cg ,o ,lord1 be merciful to me2 ,i am a sinner in thy sight2 ,i am undone4 #ch ,and now1 you men1 ,i say to you1 ,the publican knew how to pray1 and he was justified4 #ci ,the ,pharisee knew how to talk1 but still he went away condemned4 #dj ,lo1 every one who lauds himself shall be abased1 and he who does not praise himself shall be exalted in the sight of ,god4 ,,chapter #adf4 ,last meeting of ,jesus with his disciples in ,galilee4 ,miriam sings a song of praise4 ,the song4 ,the ,christines begin their journey to ,jerusalem4 ,they rest at ,enon ,springs4 ,the selfish request of the mother of ,james and ,john4 ,the ,christines reach ,jerusalem4 ,the work of ,jesus in the land of ,galilee was done1 and he sent forth a message1 and the many came from many towns of ,galilee2 came to receive a benediction from his hand4 #b ,among the multitudes who came was ,luke1 a ,syrian from ,antioch1 a learned physician and a just and upright man4 #c ,theophilus1 a ,grecian senator1 a minister of ,csar's court1 was also there2 and many other men of honor and renown4 #d ,and ,miriam sung3 ,all hail the ,day ,star from on high6 #e ,all hail the ,christ who ever was1 and is and evermore shall be6 #f ,all hail the darkness of the shadowland6 ,all hail the dawn of peace on earth2 good will to men6 #g ,all hail triumphant king1 who grapples with the tyrant ,death1 who conquers in the fight1 and brings to light immortal life for men6 #h ,all hail the broken cross1 the mutilated spear6 #i ,all hail the triumph of the soul6 ,all hail the empty tomb6 #aj ,all hail to him despised by men1 rejected by the multitudes2 for he is seated on the throne of power6 #aa ,all hail6 for he has called the pure in heart of every clime to sit with him upon the throne of power6 #ab ,all hail1 the rending veil6 ,the way into the highest courts of ,god is open for the sons of men6 #ac ,rejoice1 ,o men of earth1 rejoice1 and be exceeding glad6 #ad ,bring forth the harp and touch its highest strings2 bring forth the lute1 and sound its sweetest notes6 #ae ,for men who were made low1 are high exalted now1 and they who walked in darkness and in the vale of death1 are risen up and ,god and man are one forevermore1 #af ,allelujah6 praise the ,lord forevermore4 ,amen4 #ag ,and ,jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said1 #ah ,my ,father-,god1 let now the benediction of thy love1 thy mercy and thy truth rest on these men4 #ai ,the lamp is taken from their midst1 and if the inner light be not aflame1 lo1 they must tread the ways of darkness and of death4 #bj ,and then he said to all1 ,farewell4 #ba ,then ,jesus and his mother1 and the twelve1 and ,miriam and ,mary1 mother of the two disciples1 ,james and ,john1 #bb ,and many other loyal souls who loved the ,christ1 went to ,jerusalem1 that they might celebrate the ,jewish feast4 #bc ,and as they journeyed on their way they came to ,enon ,springs1 near unto ,salim where the harbinger once taught4 #bd ,and as they rested by the fountain1 ,mary1 wife of ,zebedee1 and mother of the two disciples1 ,james and ,john1 came to the master and she said1 #be ,my ,lord1 ,i know the kingdom is about to come1 and ,i would ask this boon3 ,command that these my sons shall sit with you upon the throne1 the one upon the right1 the other on the left4 #bf ,and ,jesus said to her1 ,you know not what you ask4 #bg ,and then he turned to ,james and ,john and said1 ,are you prepared and are you strong enough to drink the cup that ,i will drink8 #bh ,they said1 ,yes1 master1 we are strong enough to follow where you go4 #bi ,then ,jesus said1 ,you shall indeed drink of my cup2 but ,i am not the judge of who will sit upon my right hand or my left4 #cj ,the men who live the life and keep the faith will sit upon the throne of power4 #ca ,now1 when the apostles heard the pleadings of the mother for her sons1 and knew that ,james and ,john were seeking special favors from the ,lord1 they were indignant and they said1 #cb ,we surely thought that ,james and ,john had risen above the selfish self4 ,who can we trust among the sons of men8 #cc ,and ,jesus called the ten apart and said to them1 ,how hard for men to comprehend the nature of the kingdom of the soul6 #cd ,these two disciples do not seem to know that rulership in heaven is not akin to rulership on earth4 #ce ,in all the kingdoms of the world1 the men of power1 they who exalt themselves1 show their authority1 and rule with iron rule2 #cf ,but you must know that they who rule the sons of light are they who seek no earthly power1 but give their lives in willing sacrifice for men4 #cg ,whoever would be great must be the minister of all4 ,the highest seat in heaven is at the feet of him who is the lowest man of earth4 #ch ,i had a glory with our ,father-,god before the worlds were made1 and still ,i come to serve the race of men2 to be the minister of men2 to give my life for men4 #ci ,and then the ,christines journeyed on and came unto ,jerusalem4 ,,chapter #adg4 ,jesus speaks to the people in the temple regarding the messiahship4 ,rebukes the ,jews for treachery4 ,the ,jews attempt to stone him1 but are prevented by ,joseph4 ,the ,christines go to ,jericho1 and later to ,bethabara4 ,now1 many ,jews from ,galilee1 ,judea and ,samaria were in ,jerusalem and at the feast4 #b ,the porch of ,solomon was filled with scribes and ,pharisees and doctors of the law1 and ,jesus walked with them4 #c ,a scribe approaching ,jesus said1 ,rabboni1 why do you keep the people waiting in suspense8 ,if you are the ,messiah that the prophets said would come1 will you not tell us now8 #d ,and ,jesus said1 ,lo1 ,i have told you many times1 but you believed me not4 #e ,no man can do the work that ,i have done and bring to men the truth as ,i have brought the truth who did not come from ,god4 #f ,what ,i have done and said are witnesses for me4 #g ,god calls1 and they whose ears have been attuned to hear the heavenly voice have heard the call and have believed in me2 because ,god testifies for me4 #h ,you cannot hear the voice of ,god1 because your ears are closed4 ,you cannot comprehend the works of ,god1 because your hearts are full of self4 #i ,and you are busy-bodies1 mischief-makers1 hypocrites4 ,you take these men whom ,god has given me into your haunts and try to poison them with sophistries and lies1 and think that you will snatch them from the fold of ,god4 #aj ,i tell you1 men1 these men are tried and you can snatch not one of them away4 #aa ,my ,father who has given them to me is greater than you all1 and he and ,i are one4 #ab ,and then the ,jews took stones to throw at him and cried1 ,now we have heard enough2 away with him2 let him be stoned4 #ac ,but ,joseph1 member of the great ,sanhedrim of the ,jews1 was in the porch and he came forth and said1 #ad ,you men of ,israel1 do nothing rash2 throw down those stones2 your reason is a better guide than passion in such times as these4 #ae ,you do not know your accusations to be true1 and if this man should prove himself to be the ,christ1 and you should take his life1 the wrath of ,god would rest upon you evermore4 #af ,and ,jesus said to them1 ,lo1 ,i have healed your sick1 have caused your blind to see1 your deaf to hear1 your lame to walk1 and cast out unclean spirits from your friends2 #ag ,for which of these great works would you desire to take my life8 #ah ,the ,jews replied1 ,we would not stone you for your works of grace1 but for your vile1 blasphemous words4 ,you are but man and still you say that you are ,god4 #ai ,and ,jesus said1 ,a prophet of your own said to the sons of men1 ,lo1 you are gods6 #bj ,now1 hark1 you men1 if he could say that to the men who simply heard the word of ,god1 why should you think that ,i blaspheme the name of ,god because ,i say1 ,i am a son of ,god8 #ba ,if you believe not what ,i say you must have faith in what ,i do1 and you should see the ,father in these works1 and know that ,i dwell in the ,father-,god1 and that the ,father dwells in me4 #bb ,and then again the ,jews took stones and would have stoned him in the temple court2 but he withdrew himself from sight and left the porch and court and went his way2 #bc ,and with the twelve he went to ,jericho1 and after certain days they crossed the ,jordan and in ,bethabara abode for many days4 ,,chapter #adh4 ,lazarus dies and ,jesus and the twelve return to ,bethany4 ,the resurrection of ,lazarus1 which greatly excites the rulers in ,jerusalem4 ,the ,christines go to the hills of ,ephriam1 and there abide4 ,one day as ,jesus and the twelve were in the silence in a home in ,araba a messenger came and said1 #b ,lord1 ,jesus1 hear6 your friend in ,bethany is sick1 nigh unto death2 his sisters urge that you arise and come in haste4 #c ,then turning to the twelve the master said1 ,lo1 ,lazarus has gone to sleep1 and ,i must go and waken him4 #d ,and his disciples said1 ,what need to go if he has gone to sleep2 he will awaken by and by8 #e ,then ,jesus said1 ,it is the sleep of death2 for ,lazarus is dead4 #f ,but ,jesus did not haste to go2 he stayed two days in ,araba2 and then he said1 ,the hour has come and we must go to ,bethany4 #g ,but his disciples urged him not to go2 they said1 ,the ,jews are waiting your return that they may take your life4 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,men cannot take my life till ,i have handed unto them my life4 #i ,and when the time shall come ,i will myself lay down my life2 that time is near1 and ,god knows best2 ,i must arise and go4 #aj ,and ,thomas said1 ,then we will also go2 yes1 we will offer up our lives and die with him4 ,and they arose and went4 #aa ,now1 ,mary1 ,martha1 ,ruth and many friends were weeping in their home when one approached and said1 ,the ,lord has come2 but ,mary did not hear the words4 #ab ,but ,ruth and ,martha heard1 and they arose and went to meet the ,lord2 he waited at the village gate4 #ac ,and when they met the master ,martha said1 ,you are too late1 for ,lazarus is dead2 if you had only been with us ,i know that he would not have died4 #ad ,but even now ,i know that you have power over death2 that by the sacred ,word you may cause life to rise from death4 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold1 for ,lazarus shall live again4 #af ,and ,martha said1 ,i know that he will rise and live again when all the dead shall rise4 #ag ,and ,jesus said1 ,i am the resurrection and the life2 he who has faith in me1 though he be dead1 yet shall he live2 #ah ,and he who is alive1 and has a living faith in me1 shall never die4 ,do you believe what ,i have said8 #ai ,and ,martha said1 ,lord1 ,i believe that you are come to manifest the ,christ of ,god4 #bj ,then ,jesus said1 ,go back and call aside your sister1 and my mother and the prophetess and say that ,i have come2 and ,i will stay here by the gate till they have come to me4 #ba ,and ,ruth and ,martha did as ,jesus bade them do1 and in a little while the ,marys and the prophetess had met the ,lord4 #bb ,and ,mary said1 ,why did you tarry thus8 ,if you had been with us our brother1 dear1 would not have died4 #bc ,then ,jesus went up to the house and when he saw the heavy grief of all1 he was himself stirred up with grief1 and said1 ,where is the tomb in which he lies8 #bd ,they said1 ,lord1 come and see4 ,and ,jesus wept4 #be ,the people said1 ,behold how ,jesus loved this man6 #bf ,and others said1 ,could not this ,lord who opened up the eyes of one born blind1 have saved this man from death8 #bg ,but soon the mourners stood beside the tomb1 a sepulcher hewn out of solid rock2 a massive stone closed up the door4 #bh ,and ,jesus said1 ,take you away the stone4 #bi ,but ,martha said1 ,lord1 is it well8 ,behold our brother has been dead four days2 the body must be in decay1 and is it well that we should see it now8 #cj ,the ,lord replied1 ,have you forgotten1 ,martha1 what ,i said while we were at the village gate8 ,did ,i not say that you should see the glory of the ,lord8 #ca ,and then they rolled the stone away2 the flesh had not decayed2 and ,jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said1 #cb ,my ,father-,god1 thou who hast ever heard my prayers1 ,i thank thee now1 and that these multitudes may know that thou hast sent me forth1 that ,i am thine and thou art mine1 make strong the ,word of power4 #cc ,and then he spoke the ,word1 and in a voice that souls can comprehend1 he said1 ,o ,lazarus1 awake6 #cd ,and ,lazarus arose and came out of the tomb4 ,the grave clothes were about him fast1 and ,jesus said1 #ce ,loose him and let him go4 #cf ,the people were amazed and multitudes confessed their faith in him4 #cg ,and some went to ,jerusalem and told the ,pharisees about this resurrection of the dead4 #ch ,the chief priests were confounded1 and they said1 ,what shall we do8 ,this man is doing many mighty deeds1 and if we do not stay him in his work1 all men will look on him as king1 and through the ,romans he may take the throne1 and we will lose our place and power4 #ci ,and then the chief priests and the ,pharisees in council met and sought a plan by which they might put him to death4 #dj ,caiaphas was the high priest then1 and he came forth and said1 ,you men of ,israel1 do you not know the law8 #da ,do you not know that in such times as these we may give up one life to save our nation and our laws8 #db ,caiaphas did not know that he was prophet1 speaking out the words of truth4 #dc ,he did not know the time had come for ,jesus to be offered up a sacrifice for every man1 for ,jew and ,greek1 and all the world4 #dd ,from that day forth the ,jews conferred together every day1 maturing plans to put the ,lord to death4 #de ,now1 ,jesus and the twelve did not remain in ,bethany2 but in the hills of ,ephriam1 upon the borders of ,samaria1 they found a home1 and there abode for many days4 ,,chapter #adi4 ,the ,jews gather in ,jerusalem to attend the feast4 ,the ,christines go to ,jericho4 ,jesus dines with ,zaccheus4 ,he relates the parable of the ten talents4 ,the great passover of the ,jews1 the feast of spring1 was calling every loyal ,jew up to ,jerusalem4 #b ,ten days before the feast the ,lord and his disciples left the ,ephriam hills and1 by the ,jordan way1 went down to ,jericho4 #c ,and as they entered ,jericho a wealthy publican came out to see the ,lord2 but he was small in stature and the throng was great and he could see him not4 #d ,a tree1 a sycamore1 stood by the way and he climbed up the tree and found a seat among its boughs4 #e ,when ,jesus came1 he saw the man and said1 ,o ,zaccheus1 make haste1 come down2 ,i would abide with you today4 #f ,and ,zaccheus came down and joyfully received the ,lord2 but many of the stricter sect called out and said1 #g ,for shame6 he goes to lodge with ,zaccheus1 the sinner and the publican4 #h ,but ,jesus did not care for what they said2 he went his way with ,zaccheus1 who was a man of faith1 and as they talked together ,zaccheus said1 #i ,lord1 ,i have ever tried to do the right2 ,i give unto the poor half of my goods1 and if by any means ,i wrong a man1 ,i right the wrong by paying him four fold4 #aj ,and ,jesus said to him1 ,your life and faith are known to ,god1 and lo1 the benedictions of the ,lord of hosts abide with you and all your house4 #aa ,then ,jesus spoke a parable to all2 he said1 ,a vassal of an emperor was made a king1 and he went to the foreign land to claim his rights and take the kingdom to himself4 #ab ,before he went he called ten trusted servants and to each he gave a pound and said1 #ac ,go forth and use these pounds as you have opportunity1 that you may gain for me more wealth4 ,and then he went his way4 #ad ,and after many days he came again1 and called the ten1 demanding a report4 #ae ,the first one came and said1 ,lord1 ,i have gained for you nine pounds2 you gave me one and here are ten4 #af ,the king replied1 ,well done1 you faithful man2 because you have been faithful in a little thing ,i judge that you will be a faithful servant in a greater thing2 #ag ,behold1 ,i make you ruler over nine important cities of my realm4 #ah ,the second came and said1 ,lord1 ,i have gained for you four pounds2 you gave me one1 and here are five4 #ai ,the king replied1 and you have proven up your faithfulness4 ,behold1 ,i make you ruler over four important cities of my realm4 #bj ,another came and said1 ,lord1 ,i have doubled what you gave to me4 ,you gave one pound to me and here are two4 #ba ,the ruler said1 ,and you have proved your faithfulness2 ,behold1 ,i make you ruler over one important city of my realm4 #bb ,another came and said1 ,lord1 here is what you gave to me4 ,i knew you were an austere man1 oft reaping where you did not sow and ,i was sore afraid1 and so ,i took the pound you gave to me and hid it in a secret place2 and here it is4 #bc ,the king exclaimed1 ,you slothful man6 you knew what ,i required1 that ,i expected every man to do his best4 #bd ,if you were timid and afraid to trust your judgment in the marts of trade1 why did you not go forth and put my money out for gain1 that ,i could have my own with interest8 #be ,then turning to the steward of his wealth the ruler said1 ,take you this pound and give it unto him who has by diligence earned nine4 #bf ,for lo1 ,i say1 that every one who uses what he has and gains1 shall have abundantly2 but he who hides away his talent in the earth shall forfeit what he has4 ,,chapter #aej4 ,jesus heals blind ,bartimus4 ,with the twelve he goes to ,bethany4 ,the multitudes come to welcome him and to speak with ,lazarus4 ,the ,christines started on their way to ,bethany1 and as they went1 while yet in ,jericho1 they passed a beggar sitting by the way2 and he was blind ,bartimus4 #b ,and when the beggar heard the multitude pass by he said1 ,what is it that ,i hear8 #c ,the people said to him1 ,jesus of ,nazareth is passing by4 #d ,and instantly the man cried out1 ,lord ,jesus1 son of ,david1 stay6 have mercy on poor blind ,bartimus6 #e ,the people said to him1 ,be quiet2 hold your peace4 #f ,but blind ,bartimus called again1 ,thou son of ,david1 hear6 have mercy on poor blind ,bartimus6 #g ,and ,jesus stopped and said1 ,bring him to me4 #h ,and then the people brought the blind man to the ,lord1 and as they brought him up they said1 ,be cheerful now1 ,bartimus1 the ,lord is calling you4 #i ,and then he threw his cloak aside1 and ran to ,jesus as he waited by the way4 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,what will you have1 ,bartimus8 #aa ,the blind man said1 ,rabboni1 open up mine eyes that ,i may see4 #ab ,and ,jesus said1 ,bartimus1 look up2 receive your sight2 your faith has made you whole4 #ac ,and he at once received his sight1 and from the fullness of his heart he said1 ,praise ,god4 #ad ,and all the people said1 ,praise ,god4 #ae ,then ,jesus and the twelve went on to ,bethany4 ,it was six days before the feast4 #af ,and when the people knew that ,jesus was in ,bethany they came from near and far to see him and to hear him speak4 #ag ,and they were anxious all to talk with ,lazarus1 whom ,jesus had awakened from the dead4 #ah ,now in ,jerusalem the priests and ,pharisees were all alert2 they said1 ,this ,jesus will be at the feast1 and we must not permit that he shall slip away again4 #ai ,and they commanded every man to be alert and help to apprehend the ,lord that they might take his life4 ,,chapter #aea4 ,jesus teaches in the synagogue4 ,makes his triumphal entry into ,jerusalem4 ,the multitudes1 with the children1 sing his praises1 and say1 ,hosanna to the king6 ,the ,christines return to ,bethany4 ,it was the day before the ,sabbath day1 the eighth day of the ,jewish ,nasan month1 that ,jesus came to ,bethany4 #b ,and on the ,sabbath day he went up to the synagogue and taught4 #c ,and on the morning of the first day of the week1 the ,sunday of the week1 he called his twelve apostles unto him and said1 #d ,this day we go up to ,jerusalem2 be not afraid2 my time has not yet come4 #e ,now1 two of you may go unto the village of ,bethphage1 and you will find an ass tied to a tree1 and you will see a little colt near by4 #f ,untie the ass and bring her here to me4 ,if any one inquires why you take the ass1 just say1 ,the master has a need of her2 and then the owner will come on with you4 #g ,and the disciples went as ,jesus bade them go2 they found the ass and colt a-near an open door2 and when they would untie the ass the owner said1 ,why would you take the ass away8 #h ,and the disciples said1 ,the master has a need of her2 and then the owner said1 ',tis well4 #i ,and then they brought the animal1 and on her put their coats1 and ,jesus sat upon the ass and rode into ,jerusalem4 #aj ,and multitudes of people came and filled the way1 and his disciples praised the ,lord and said1 #aa ,thrice blessed is the king who in the name of ,god is come6 ,all glory be to ,god1 and peace on earth2 good will to men6 #ab ,and many spread their garments in the way1 and some tore branches from the trees1 and cast them in the way4 #ac ,and many children came with garlands of sweet flowers and placed them on the ,lord1 or strewed them in the way1 and said1 ,all hail the king6 ,long live the king6 #ad ,the throne of ,david shall be built again4 ,hosanna to the ,lord of hosts6 #ae ,among the throng were ,pharisees1 who said to ,jesus as he passed1 ,rebuke this noisy throng2 it is a shame for them to cry thus in the street4 #af ,the ,lord replied1 ,i tell you1 men1 if these should hold their peace the very stones would cry aloud4 #ag ,and then the ,pharisees conferred among themselves2 they said1 ,our threats are idle words4 ,behold1 for all the world is following him4 #ah ,as ,jesus drew a-near ,jerusalem he paused and wept1 and said1 ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 the holy city of the ,jews6 yours was the glory of the ,lord2 but you have cast the ,lord away4 #ai ,your eyes are closed1 you cannot see the king2 the kingdom of the ,lord of heaven and earth has come2 you comprehend it not4 #bj ,behold1 the day will come when armies from afar will cast a bank about your way2 will compass you about1 and hem you in on every side2 #ba ,will dash you to the ground and slay you and your children in the streets4 #bb ,and of your holy temple1 and of your palaces and walls1 they will not leave a stone upon a stone1 because today you spurn the offers of the ,god of heaven4 #bc ,when ,jesus and the multitude had come into ,jerusalem1 excitement reigned1 and people asked1 ,who is this man8 #bd ,the multitude replied1 ,this is the king1 the prophet1 priest of ,god2 this is the man from ,galilee4 #be ,but ,jesus tarried not2 he went directly to the temple porch1 and it was filled with people pressing hard to see the king4 #bf ,the sick1 the halt1 the lame1 the blind were there1 and ,jesus paused1 and laid his hands on them and healed them by the sacred ,word4 #bg ,the temple and the temple courts were filled with children praising ,god4 ,they said1 ,hosanna to the king6 ,the son of ,david is the king6 ,all hail the king6 ,praise ,god6 #bh ,the ,pharisees were filled with anger when they heard the children sing4 ,they said to ,jesus1 ,hear you what the children say8 #bi ,and ,jesus said1 ,i hear2 but have you never read the words of our own bard who said1 #cj ,out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise6 #ca ,and when the evening came the ,lord and his disciples went again to ,bethany4 ,,chapter #aeb4 ,jesus rebukes a barren fig tree4 ,drives the merchants out of the temple4 ,teaches the people4 ,returns to ,bethany4 ,next day1 the ,monday of the week1 the master with the twelve1 went to ,jerusalem4 #b ,and as they passed along the way they saw a fig tree full of leaves without a sign of fruit4 #c ,and ,jesus spoke unto the tree2 he said1 ,you useless cumberer of the ground2 you fig tree fair to look upon1 but a delusive thing4 #d ,you take from earth and air the food that fruitful trees should have4 #e ,go back to earth and be yourself the food for other trees to eat4 #f ,when ,jesus had thus spoken to the tree he went his way4 #g ,and when he reached the temple1 lo1 the rooms were filled with petty merchants selling doves and animals1 and other things1 for sacrifice2 the temple was a mart of trade4 #h ,and ,jesus was indignant at the sight1 and said1 ,you men of ,israel1 for shame6 ,this is supposed to be the house of prayer2 but it is now a den of thieves4 ,remove this plunder from this holy place4 #i ,the merchants only laughed and said1 ,we are protected in our trade by those who bear the rule2 we will not go4 #aj ,then ,jesus made a scourge of cords1 as he did once before1 and rushed among the merchantmen1 threw all their money on the floor2 #aa ,threw wide the cages of the doves1 and cut the cords that held the bleating lambs and set them free4 #ab ,and then he drove the merchants from the place1 and with a clean1 new broom he swept the floors4 #ac ,chief priests and scribes were filled with wrath1 but feared to touch or even to rebuke the ,lord1 for all the people stood in his defense4 #ad ,and ,jesus taught the people all day long and healed a multitude of those diseased1 #ae ,and when the evening came he went again to ,bethany4 ,,chapter #aec4 ,the ,christines go to ,jerusalem4 ,they note the withered fig tree2 its symbolic meaning4 ,jesus teaches in the temple4 ,is censured by the priests4 ,relates a parable of a rich man's feast4 ,on ,tuesday1 early in the day1 the master and the twelve went to ,jerusalem4 #b ,and as they went the twelve observed the tree to which the ,lord had talked the day before1 and lo1 the leaves were withered1 just as if they had been scorched with fire4 #c ,and ,peter said1 ,lord1 see the tree6 ,its leaves are withered and the tree seems dead4 #d ,and ,jesus said1 ,so shall it be with those who bear no fruit4 ,when ,god shall call them up to give account1 lo1 he will breathe upon them1 and their leaves1 their empty words1 will wither and decay4 #e ,god will not let the fruitless trees of life encumber ground1 and he will pluck them up and cast them all away4 #f ,now1 you can demonstrate the power of ,god4 ,have faith in ,god1 and you can bid the mountains to depart1 and they will crumble at your feet2 #g ,and you may talk to wind and wave1 and they will hear1 and will obey what you command4 #h ,god hears the prayer of faith and when you ask in faith you shall receive4 #i ,you must not ask amiss2 ,god will not hear the prayer of any man who comes to him with blood of other men upon his hands4 #aj ,and he who harbors envious thoughts1 and does not love his fellow men1 may pray forever unto ,god1 and he will hear him not4 #aa ,god can do nothing more for men than they would do for other men4 #ab ,and ,jesus walked again within the temple courts4 #ac ,the priests and scribes were much emboldened by the council of ,caiaphas and the other men in power1 and so they came to ,jesus and they said1 #ad ,who gave you the authority to do as you have done8 ,why did you drive the merchants from the temple yesterday8 #ae ,and ,jesus answered them and said1 ,if you will answer what ,i ask1 then ,i will answer you2 ,was ,john1 the harbinger1 a man of ,god1 or was he a seditious man8 #af ,the scribes and ,pharisees were loath to answer him2 they reasoned thus among themselves3 #ag ,if we shall say1 ,john was a prophet sent from ,god1 then he will say1 #ah ,john testified for me1 that ,i am son of ,god2 why do you not believe his words8 #ai ,if we should say1 ,john was a bold1 seditious man1 the people will be angered1 for they think he was a prophet of the living ,god4 #bj ,and so they answered ,jesus and they said1 ,we do not know2 we cannot tell4 #ba ,then ,jesus said1 ,if you will tell me not1 then ,i will tell you not who gave me power to drive the robbers from the house of ,god4 #bb ,and then he spoke a parable to them2 he said1 ,a man once made a feast inviting all the rich and honored people of the land4 #bc ,but when they came1 they found the door into the banquet hall was low1 and they could enter not except they bowed their heads and fell down on their knees4 #bd ,these people would not bow their heads and fall down on their knees1 and so they went away2 they went not to the feast4 #be ,and then the man sent forth his messengers to bid the common folks1 and those of low estate1 to come and feast with him4 #bf ,these people gladly came2 they bowed their heads and fell down on their knees1 and came into the banquet hall and it was full1 and every one rejoiced4 #bg ,and then the master said1 ,behold1 you priests and scribes1 and ,pharisees6 the ,lord of heaven and earth has spread a sumptuous feast1 and you were bidden first of all2 #bh ,but you have found the door into the banquet hall so low that you must bow your heads and fall down on your knees to enter in1 and you have scorned the king who made the feast1 refused to bow your heads and fall down on your knees1 and you have gone your way2 #bi ,but now ,god calls again2 the common folks and those of low estate have come in multitudes1 have entered in unto the feast and all rejoice4 #cj ,i tell you1 men1 that publicans and courtesans go through the gates into the kingdom of the ,god of heaven1 and you are left without4 #ca ,john came to you in righteousness2 he brought the truth1 but you believed him not4 #cb ,but publicans and courtesans believed1 and were baptized and now have entered in unto the feast4 #cc ,i tell you now1 as ,i have told you many times1 ,the many have been called1 but chosen are the few4 ,,chapter #aed4 ,jesus teaches in the temple court4 ,the parable of the householder and wicked husbandmen4 ,parable of the marriage feast and the guest without a wedding robe4 ,the multitudes would hear what ,jesus had to say1 and so they built a platform in the temple court1 and ,jesus stood upon the place and taught4 ,he spoke in parables2 he said1 #b ,a man possessed a vast estate2 he planted out a vineyard1 placed a hedge about it1 built a tower1 installed the press for making wine4 #c ,he placed his vineyard in the hands of husbandmen and then he journeyed to a distant land4 #d ,now1 in the vintage time the man sent forth a servant to receive and bring to him his portion of the fruitage of the vines4 #e ,the husbandmen came forth and beat the man2 laid forty lashes on his back and cast him out beyond the vineyard gate4 #f ,and then the owner sent another man to bring to him his own4 ,the husbandmen laid hold of him and sorely wounded him and cast him from the vineyard1 leaving him half dead beside the way4 #g ,the owner sent another man to bring to him his own4 ,the husbandmen seized hold of him and with a javelin they pierced his heart2 then buried him beyond the hedge4 #h ,the owner was aggrieved4 ,he thought within himself1 ,what shall ,i do8 and then he said1 ,this will ,i do4 ,my only son is here1 and ,i will send him to the husbandmen1 #i ,they surely will respect my son and send me what is mine4 #aj ,he sent his son2 the husbandmen took counsel with themselves2 they said1 ,this is the only heir to all this wealth1 and if we take his life the vast inheritance is ours4 #aa ,they took his life and cast him out beyond the vineyard hedge4 #ab ,the days will come2 the owner will return to reckon with the husbandmen1 and he will seize them every one1 and cast them into scorching fires where they shall stay until they pay the debts they owe4 #ac ,and he will place his vineyard in the care of honest men4 #ad ,then turning to the priests and scribes he said1 ,did not your prophets say1 #ae ,the stone the builders cast away became the capstone of the arch8 #af ,you men who pose as men of ,god1 as husbandmen1 lo1 you have stoned and killed the messengers of ,god1 his prophets and his seers1 and now you seek to slay his son4 #ag ,i tell you men1 the kingdom shall be snatched away from you1 and shall be given unto people who are not a people now1 and to a nation that is not a nation now4 #ah ,and men whose speech you cannot understand1 will stand between the living and the dead1 and show the way to life4 #ai ,the chief priests and the ,pharisees were deeply moved with anger when they heard this parable1 and would have seized the ,lord and done him harm1 but they were sore afraid2 they feared the multitude4 #bj ,and ,jesus spoke another parable2 he said1 ,the kingdom is alike a certain king who made a feast in honor of the marriage of his son4 #ba ,he sent his servants forth to call the people who had been invited to the feast4 #bb ,the servants called2 but then the people would not come4 #bc ,and then the king sent other messengers abroad to say1 ,behold1 my tables now are spread2 my oxen and my fatlings are prepared4 #bd ,the choicest viands and the richest wines are on my boards2 come to the marriage feast4 #be ,the people laughed and treated with disdain his call1 and went their way1 one to his farm1 another to his merchandise2 #bf ,and others seized the servants of the king2 abused them shamefully2 and some of them they killed4 #bg ,and then the king sent forth his soldiery who slew the murderers and burned their towns4 #bh ,and then the king sent other servants forth2 to them he said1 ,go to the corners of the streets1 the partings of the ways1 and to the marts of trade and say1 #bi ,whoever will may come up to the marriage feast4 #cj ,the servants went their way and called2 and lo1 the banquet hall was filled with guests4 #ca ,but when the king came in to see the guests1 he saw a man who had not on a wedding robe2 he called to him and said1 #cb ,friend1 why are you here without a wedding robe8 ,would you dishonor thus my son8 #cc ,the man was dumb2 he answered not4 #cd ,and then the king said to his guards1 ,take you this man and bind him hand and foot and cast him out into the darkness of the night4 #ce ,the many have been called1 but none are chosen to be guests who have not clad themselves in wedding robes4 ,,chapter #aee4 ,jesus recognizes the justice of paying secular taxes4 ,he teaches a lesson on family relationships in the life beyond4 ,the greatest of the commandments is comprised in love4 ,he warns his disciples against the hypocrisy of scribes and ,pharisees4 ,as ,jesus spoke1 the ,pharisees came up to question him2 they thought to criminate him by what he said4 #b ,a strict ,herodian spoke and said1 ,my ,lord1 you are a man of truth2 you show the way to ,god1 and you do not regard the personality of men2 #c ,tell us1 what do you think2 should we1 who are the seed of ,abraham1 pay tribute unto ,csar8 or should we not8 #d ,and ,jesus knew his wickedness of heart and said1 ,why do you come to tempt me thus8 ,show me the tribute money that you speak about4 #e ,the man brought forth a piece of coin on which an image was engraved4 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,whose image and whose name is on this coin8 #g ,the man replied1 ',tis ,csar's image and his name4 #h ,and ,jesus said1 ,give unto ,csar that which is ,csar's own2 but give to ,god the things of ,god4 #i ,and they who heard him said1 ,he answers well4 #aj ,and then a ,sadducee1 who thinks there is no resurrection of the dead1 came up and said1 ,rabboni1 ,moses wrote that if a married man shall die1 and have no child1 his widow shall become his brother's wife4 #aa ,now1 there were seven brothers and the eldest had a wife2 he died and had no child2 a brother took his widow for his wife1 and then he died2 #ab ,and every brother had this woman for his wife2 in course of time the woman died2 #ac ,now which will have this woman for a wife in the resurrection day8 #ad ,and ,jesus said1 ,here in this plane of life men marry just to gratify their selfish selfs1 or to perpetuate the race2 but in the world to come1 and in the resurrection day1 men do not take upon themselves the marriage vows1 #ae ,but1 like the angels and the other sons of ,god1 they form not unions for the pleasure of the self1 nor to perpetuate the race4 #af ,death does not mean the end of life4 ,the grave is not the goal of men1 no more than is the earth the goal of seeds4 #ag ,life is the consequence of death4 ,the seed may seem to die1 but from its grave the tree arises into life4 #ah ,so man may seem to die1 but he lives on1 and from the grave he springs up into life4 #ai ,if you could comprehend the word that ,moses spoke about the burning bush that burned and still was not consumed1 then you would know that death cannot destroy the life4 #bj ,and ,moses said that ,god is ,god of ,abraham1 of ,isaac1 and of ,israel4 #ba ,god is not ,god of dead men's bones1 but of the living man4 #bb ,i tell you1 men1 man goes down to the grave1 but he will rise again and manifest the life2 #bc ,for every life is hid with ,christ in ,god1 and man shall live while ,god shall live4 #bd ,the ,pharisees and scribes who heard the ,lord1 exclaimed1 ,he speaks the truth2 and they were glad to have the ,sadducees discomfited4 #be ,and then an honest scribe came forth and said to ,jesus1 ,lord1 you speak as one whom ,god has sent1 and may ,i ask1 #bf ,which is the greatest and the first of the ,commandments of the ,law8 #bg ,and ,jesus said1 ,the first is3 ,hear ,o ,israel1 the ,lord our ,god is one2 and you shall love the ,lord your ,god with all your heart1 with all your mind1 with all your soul1 with all your strength2 #bh ,and you shall love your neighbor as yourself4 #bi ,these are the greatest of the ten1 and on them hang the ,law1 the ,prophets and the ,psalms4 #cj ,the scribe replied1 ,my soul gives witness that you speak the truth1 for love fulfills the law1 and far transcends burnt offerings and sacrifice4 #ca ,and ,jesus said to him1 ,lo1 you have solved a mystery2 you are within the kingdom and the kingdom is in you4 #cb ,to his disciples ,jesus spoke1 and all the people heard2 he said1 ,beware you of the scribes and ,pharisees who pride themselves in wearing long and richly decorated robes1 #cc ,and love to be saluted in the market place1 and seek the highest seats at feasts1 and take the hard-earned wages of the poor to satisfy their carnal selves1 and pray in public1 long and loud4 #cd ,these are the wolves who clothe themselves to look like sheep4 #ce ,and then he said to all1 ,the scribes and ,pharisees are placed by law in ,moses' seat1 and by the law they may interpret law2 #cf ,so what they bid you do1 that do2 but do not imitate their deeds4 #cg ,they say the things that ,moses taught2 they do the things of ,beelzebul4 #ch ,they talk of mercy1 yet they bind on human shoulders burdens grievous to bear4 #ci ,they talk of helpfulness1 and yet they put not forth the slightest helpful efforts for their brother man4 #dj ,they make a show of doing things1 and yet they do not anything but show their gaudy robes1 and broad phylacteries1 and smile when people call them honored masters of the law4 #da ,they strut about and show their pride when people call them father1 so and so4 #db ,hear1 now1 you men1 ,call no man father here4 ,the ,god of heaven and earth1 and he alone1 is ,father of the race of men4 #dc ,christ is the hierarch1 the high1 exalted master of the sons of men4 #dd ,if you would be exalted1 sit down at the master's feet and serve4 ,he is the greatest man who serves the best4 ,,chapter #aef4 ,the scribes and ,pharisees are angered4 ,jesus rebukes them for their hypocrisy4 ,he laments over ,jerusalem4 ,the widow's mite4 ,jesus delivers his farewell address to the people in the temple4 ,the scribes and ,pharisees were wild with rage2 and ,jesus said1 #b ,woe unto you1 you scribes and ,pharisees1 you hypocrites6 you stand within the way2 you block the door2 you will not go into the kingdom and you turn aside the pure in heart who are about to enter in4 #c ,woe unto you1 you scribes and ,pharisees1 you hypocrites6 you compass sea and land to make one proselyte1 and when he has been made he is a son of hell1 just like yourselves4 #d ,woe unto you who call yourselves the guides of men6 and you are guides1 blind guides2 #e ,for you pay tithes of cummin1 mint and dill1 and leave undone the weightier matters of the law2 of judgment1 justice1 faith4 #f ,you filter out the gnats before you drink2 but then you swallow camels and the like4 #g ,woe unto you1 you scribes and ,pharisees1 you hypocrites6 you clean and scour the outside of the cup1 while it is full of filth1 extortion and excess4 #h ,go to and clean the inside of the cup1 and then the poisonous fumes will not defile the outside of the cup4 #i ,woe unto you1 you scribes and ,pharisees1 you hypocrites6 you are yourselves like whitewashed sepulchres2 your outer garbs are beautiful1 but you are full of dead men's bones4 #aj ,you seem to men to be divine2 but in your hearts you nourish lust1 hypocrisies and vile iniquities4 #aa ,woe unto you1 you scribes and ,pharisees1 you hypocrites6 you build and then adorn the tombs of holy men of old and say1 #ab ,if we had lived when these men lived1 we would have guarded them1 would not have acted as our fathers did1 when they maltreated them and put them to the sword4 #ac ,but you are sons of them who slew the holy men1 and you are not a whit more just than they4 #ad ,go forth and fill the measure of your fathers who were steeped in crime4 #ae ,you are the offsprings of the vipers1 and how can you be but serpents of the dust8 #af ,god now has sent again to you his prophets and his seers1 his wise men and his holy men1 and you will scourge them in your synagogues1 and stone them in the streets1 and nail them to the cross4 #ag ,woe unto you6 for on your heads will come the blood of all the holy men who have been slain upon the earth1 #ah ,from righteous ,abel down to ,zacharias1 son of ,barachias1 who was slain within the ,holy ,place before the altar of the ,lord4 #ai ,behold1 ,i say that these things all shall come upon this nation and the people of ,jerusalem4 #bj ,and ,jesus looked about and said1 ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 thou cruel city of ,jerusalem1 that slays the prophets in the streets and kills the holy men whom ,god has sent to you6 #ba ,lo1 ,i would oft have gathered you as children to the fold of ,god2 but you would not4 #bb ,you have rejected ,god1 and now your house is desolate1 and you shall see me not again till you can say1 #bc ,thrice blessed is the son of man who comes as son of ,god4 #bd ,then ,jesus went and sat beside the treasury and watched the people as they paid their tithes4 #be ,the rich men came and gave of their abundance2 and then he saw a poor but loyal widow come and put a farthing in the treasure box4 #bf ,and then he said to his disciples who were standing by1 ,behold1 for this poor widow who has put a farthing in the treasury has done more than they all2 #bg ,for she has given all she had2 the rich have given just a little share of what they have4 #bh ,a company of ,grecian ,jews were at the feast1 and they met ,philip1 who could talk with them1 and said1 ,sir1 we would see the ,lord1 this ,jesus1 who is called the ,christ4 #bi ,and ,philip led the way1 and brought them to the ,christ4 #cj ,and ,jesus said1 ,the hour has come2 the son of man is ready to be glorified1 and it cannot be otherwise4 #ca ,except a grain of wheat fall into earth and die it can be nothing but a grain of wheat2 but if it die it lives again1 and from its grave a hundred grains of wheat arise4 #cb ,my soul is troubled now2 ,what shall ,i say8 ,and then he cast his eyes to heaven and said1 #cc ,my ,father-,god1 ,i would not ask to be relieved of all the burdens ,i must bear2 ,i only ask for grace and strength to bear the burdens whatso'er they be1 #cd ,this is the hour for which ,i came to earth4 ,o ,father1 glorify thy name6 #ce ,and then the place was lighted with a light more brilliant than the noonday sun2 the people stood a-back2 they were afraid4 #cf ,and then a voice that seemed to come from heaven said1 #cg ,i have both glorified my name and yours1 and ,i will honor them again4 #ch ,the people heard the voice1 and some exclaimed1 ,behold1 a distant thunder6 ,others said1 ,an angel spoke to him4 #ci ,but ,jesus said1 ,this voice was not for me2 it was for you1 that you might know that ,i am come from ,god4 #dj ,now is the judgment of the world at hand2 the prince of darkness shall be manifest and go unto his own4 #da ,the son of man will now be lifted up from earth1 and he will draw all men unto himself4 #db ,the people said1 ,the law declares that ,christ abides forever more4 ,how can you say1 ,the son of man will now be lifted up8 ,who is the son of man8 #dc ,and ,jesus said to them1 ,the light is shining now2 walk in the light while you still have the light4 #dd ,the darkness comes2 but he who walks in darkness cannot find the way4 #de ,again ,i say1 ,walk in the light while you still have the light1 that men may know that you are sons of light4 #df ,and ,jesus stood out in the temple porch1 and made his last appeal unto the multitudes2 he said1 #dg ,he who believes in me1 believes in ,god who sent me forth to do his will1 and he who sees me now beholds my ,father-,god4 #dh ,behold1 ,i came a light unto the world2 he who believes in me shall walk in light1 the light of life4 #di ,you men who hear me now1 ,if you believe me not1 ,i judge you not4 #ej ,i am not come to judge the world1 but ,i am come to save the world4 #ea ,god is the only judge of men2 but what ,i speak will stand against you in the day when ,god will judge the world2 #eb ,for from myself ,i do not speak2 ,i speak the words that ,god has given me to speak4 #ec ,and then he said1 ,jerusalem1 with all your glory and your crimes1 ,farewell4 ,,chapter #aeg4 ,the ,christines upon ,mount ,olives4 ,jesus prophecies the destruction of ,jerusalem1 and of terrible disasters that will mark the conclusion of the age4 ,he exhorts his disciples to faithfulness4 ,then ,jesus with the twelve went forth and sat upon ,mount ,olives1 just beyond the city's gate4 #b ,and his disciples said1 ,behold the wondrous city of ,jerusalem6 its homes are all so beautiful6 its temples and its shrines are clothed in such magnificence6 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,the city is the glory of my people1 ,israel1 but1 lo1 the time will come when every stone will be cast down1 and it will be a hiss and byword for the nations of the earth4 #d ,and the disciples asked1 ,when will this desolation come8 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,this round of human life will not be full until the armies of the conqueror will thunder at her gates1 and they will enter in1 and blood will flow like water through the streets4 #f ,and all the precious furnishings of temple1 court and palaces will be destroyed1 or carried off to deck the palaces and courts of kings4 #g ,behold1 these days are not at hand4 ,before they come1 lo1 you shall be maltreated by the scribes and ,pharisees1 the high priests and the doctors of the law4 #h ,without a cause you will be haled into the courts2 you will be stoned2 you will be beaten in the synagogues2 will stand condemned before the rulers of this world1 and governors and kings will sentence you to death4 #i ,but you will falter not1 and you will testify for truth and righteousness4 #aj ,and in these hours be anxious not about your speech2 you need not think of what to say2 #aa ,for1 lo1 the ,holy ,breath will overshadow you and give you words to say4 #ab ,but then the carnage will go on1 and men will think that they are pleasing ,god by killing you1 and nations far and near will hate you for the sake of ,christ4 #ac ,and men will stir up evil thoughts among your kin1 and they will hate you and will give you up to die4 #ad ,and brothers will be false to brothers2 fathers will stand forth and testify against their own1 and children will drive parents to the funeral pile4 #ae ,when you shall hear the ,roman eagle screaming in the air1 and see his legions streaming o'er the plain1 then know the desolation of ,jerusalem is near4 #af ,then let the wise wait not1 but flee4 ,let him who is upon his house wait not to enter in the house to gather up his wealth1 but let him flee4 #ag ,and he who labors in the field must not return1 but leave his all to save his life4 #ah ,and woe to mothers with their little children in that day2 none shall escape the sword4 #ai ,the tribulation of these days cannot be told in words1 for such has never been since ,god created man upon the earth4 #bj ,the conqueror will carry many of the sons of ,abraham away as captives into foreign lands1 and they who know not ,israel's ,god will tread the highways of ,jerusalem until the anti-,jewish times have been fulfilled4 #ba ,but when the people have been punished for their crimes1 the tribulation days will end2 but lo1 the time will come when all the world will rise1 like gladiators in a ring1 and fight just for the sake of shedding blood4 #bb ,and men will reason not2 they will not see1 nor care to see a cause for carnage1 desolation1 thefts2 for they will war with friend or foe4 #bc ,the very air will seem surcharged with smoke of death2 and pestilence will follow close upon the sword4 #bd ,and signs that men have never seen will then appear in heaven and earth2 in sun1 and moon1 and stars4 #be ,the seas will roar1 and sounds will come from heaven that men can never comprehend1 and these will bring distress of nations with perplexity4 #bf ,hearts of the strongest men will faint in fear1 in expectation of the coming of more frightful things upon the earth4 #bg ,but while the conflicts rage on land and sea1 the ,prince of ,peace will stand above the clouds of heaven and say again3 #bh ,peace1 peace on earth2 good will to men2 and every man will throw away his sword1 and nations will learn war no more4 #bi ,and then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of heaven2 the sign and signet of the son of man will stand forth in the eastern sky4 #cj ,the wise will then lift up their heads and know that the redemption of the earth is near4 #ca ,before these days shall come1 behold1 false ,christs and poor deluded prophets will arise in many lands4 #cb ,and they will show forth signs1 and do a multitude of mighty works2 and they will lead astray the many who are not wise2 and many of the wise will be deceived4 #cc ,and now ,i tell you once again1 ,when men shall say1 ,the ,christ is in the wilderness1 go you not forth4 #cd ,and if they say1 ,the ,christ is in the secret place1 believe it not2 for when he comes the world will know that he has come4 #ce ,for as the morning light comes from the east and shines unto the west2 so shall be the coming of the age and son of man4 #cf ,the wicked of the earth will weep when they shall see the son of man come down upon the clouds of heaven1 in power4 #cg ,take heed you1 ,o take heed1 for you know not the hour nor the day when comes the son of man4 #ch ,let not your hearts be overcharged with sensuous things1 nor with the cares of life1 lest that day come and find you unprepared4 #ci ,keep watch at every season of the year2 and pray that you may meet the ,lord with joy and not with grief4 #dj ,before these days shall come our ,father-,god will send his messengers abroad1 yea1 to the corners of the earth1 and they will say1 #da ,prepare you1 ,o prepare2 the ,prince of ,peace shall come1 and now is coming on the clouds of heaven4 #db ,when ,jesus had thus said1 he went with his disciples back to ,bethany4 ,,chapter #aeh4 ,jesus and the twelve at prayer in ,olivet4 ,jesus reveals to his disciples the deeper meanings of secret doctrines4 ,he tells them what to teach the people4 ,relates a number of parables4 ,they return to ,bethany4 ,the morning of the ,wednesday of the week was come1 and ,jesus with the twelve went out to ,olivet to pray2 and they were lost in prayer for seven hours4 #b ,then ,jesus called the twelve close to his side and said1 ,this day the curtain parts and we will step beyond the veil into the secret courts of ,god4 #c ,and ,jesus opened up to them the meaning of the hidden way1 and of the ,holy ,breath1 and of the light that cannot fail4 #d ,he told them all about the ,book of ,life1 the ,rolls of ,graphael1 the ,book of ,god's ,remembrance where all the thoughts and words of men are written down4 #e ,he did not speak aloud to them2 he told the secrets of the masters in an undertone1 and when he spoke the name of ,god there was a silence in the courts of heaven for half an hour1 for angels spoke with bated breath4 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,these things may not be spoken out aloud2 they never may be written down2 they are the messages of ,silenceland2 they are the ,breathings of the inner heart of ,god4 #g ,and then the master taught the twelve the lessons they should teach to other men4 ,he sometimes taught in parables2 he said1 #h ,you call to mind the words of yesterday about the coming of the son of man4 ,now1 you shall teach to other men what ,i have spoken and am speaking unto you2 #i ,teach them to pray and not to faint2 to be prepared at every moment of the day1 for when they least expect him1 then the ,lord will come4 #aj ,a man went to a distant land and left his house and all his wealth in care of servants2 five to guard his house and five to guard his barns and herds4 #aa ,the servants waited long for his return1 but he came not1 and they grew careless in their work2 some spent their time in revelings and drunkenness1 and some slept at their posts4 #ab ,and night by night the robbers came and carried off the wealth from house and barn1 and drove away the choicest of the herds4 #ac ,and when they knew that much of all the wealth that they were left to guard had been purloined1 they said1 #ad ,we cannot be to blame2 if we had known the day and hour when our lord would come again we would have guarded well his wealth1 and suffered not the thieves to carry it away2 he surely is at fault because he told us not4 #ae ,but after many days the lord returned1 and when he knew that thieves had robbed him of his wealth1 he called his servants and he said to them1 #af ,because you have neglected what was given you to do1 have spent your time in revelings and sleep1 behold you all are debtors unto me4 #ag ,what ,i have lost by your neglect1 you owe to me4 ,and then he gave them heavy tasks to do1 and bound them to their posts with chains1 where they remained till they had paid for all the goods their lord had lost through their neglect4 #ah ,another man locked up his wealth and went to sleep1 and in the night time robbers came1 unlocked his doors1 and when they saw no guard1 they entered in and carried off his wealth4 #ai ,and when the man awoke and found his doors ajar and all his treasures gone1 he said1 ,if ,i had known the hour when the thieves would come ,i would have been on guard4 #bj ,beware1 my friends1 beware6 and be prepared at every hour1 and if your ,lord shall come at midnight or at dawn1 it matters not1 for he will find you ready to receive4 #ba ,and then1 behold1 a marriage was announced1 and virgins1 ten of them1 were set apart to meet the bridegroom when he came4 #bb ,the virgins clothed themselves in proper garbs1 and took their lamps and sat in waiting for the watch to say1 ,behold1 the bridegroom comes6 #bc ,now1 five were wise2 they filled their lamps with oil2 and five were foolish1 for they carried empty lamps4 #bd ,the groom came not at the expected time2 the virgins were a-weary with their watch and slept4 #be ,at midnight came the cry1 ,behold1 the bridegroom comes6 #bf ,the virgins rose2 the wise ones quickly trimmed their lamps and went forth ready to receive the groom4 #bg ,the foolish virgins said1 ,we have no oil1 our lamps burn not4 #bh ,they sought to borrow from the wise1 who said1 ,we have no oil to spare2 ,go to the merchantmen and buy and fill your lamps and then come forth to meet the groom4 #bi ,but while they went to purchase oil1 the bridegroom came2 the virgins who were ready with their lamps all trimmed went with him to the marriage feast4 #cj ,and when the foolish virgins came the door was shut1 and though they knocked and called aloud1 the door was opened not4 #ca ,the master of the feast exclaimed1 ,i know you not6 and in disgrace the virgins went their way4 #cb ,again ,i say to you1 and you shall say to them who follow you1 #cc ,be ready every moment of the day and night1 because when you expect him not1 the ,lord will come4 #cd ,behold1 when he will come with all his messengers of light1 the ,book of ,life1 and that of ,records1 shall be opened up--the books in which the thoughts and words and deeds are written down4 #ce ,and every one can read the records he has written for himself1 and he will know his doom before the judge shall speak1 and this will be the sifting time4 #cf ,according to their records men will find their own4 #cg ,the judge is ,righteousness1 the king of all the earth1 and he will separate the multitudes as shepherds separate the sheep and goats4 #ch ,the sheep will find their places on the right1 the goats upon the left1 and every man will know his place4 #ci ,and then the judge will say1 to those upon the right1 ,you blessed of the ,father-,god1 come unto your inheritance1 which was prepared for you from times of old4 #dj ,you have been servants of the race2 and ,i was hungry and you gave me bread2 was thirsty and you gave me drink2 was naked and you gave me clothes2 #da ,was sick1 you ministered to me2 and was in prison and you came to me with words of cheer2 ,i was a stranger and in your homes ,i found a home4 #db ,then will the righteous say1 ,when did we see you hungry1 thirsty1 sick1 imprisoned or a stranger at our gates and ministered to you8 #dc ,and then the judge will say1 ,you served the sons of men1 and whatsoever you have done for these1 that you have done for me4 #dd ,the judge will say to those upon the left1 ,depart from me2 you have not served the sons of men4 #de ,i was hungry and you gave me naught to eat2 was thirsty and you gave me naught to drink2 ,i was a stranger and you drove me from your door2 ,i was imprisoned and was sick1 you did not minister to me4 #df ,then these will say1 ,when did we thus neglect to care for you8 ,when did we see you hungry1 thirsty1 sick1 a stranger or in prison and did not minister to you8 #dg ,and then the judge will say1 ,your life was full of self2 you served the self and not your fellow man1 and when you slighted one of these1 you slighted and neglected me4 #dh ,then will the righteous have the kingdom and the power1 and they who are unrighteous shall go forth to pay their debts1 to suffer all that men have suffered at their hands4 #di ,they who have ears to hear and hearts to understand will comprehend these parables4 #ej ,when he had finished all these parables he said1 ,you know that in two days the great passover feast will come1 and lo1 the son of man will be betrayed into the hands of wicked men4 #ea ,and he will give his life upon the cross1 and men will know that he1 the son of man1 is son of ,god4 #eb ,then ,jesus and the twelve returned to ,bethany4 ,,section ,,xviii4 ,,tzaddi4 ,the ,arrest and ,betrayal of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #aei4 ,the ,christines attend a feast in ,simon's house4 ,mary anoints the master with a costly balm1 and ,judas and others rebuked her for profligacy4 ,jesus defends her4 ,the rulers of the ,jews employ ,ananias to arrest ,jesus4 ,ananias bribes ,judas to aid him4 ,bar-,simon1 who was once a leper and was cleansed by ,jesus by the sacred ,word1 abode in ,bethany4 #b ,in honor of the ,christine ,lord he gave a feast1 and ,lazarus was among the guests1 and ,ruth and ,martha served4 #c ,and as the guests reclined about the table1 ,mary took a cruse of rich perfume and poured it out on ,jesus' head and feet4 #d ,and then she knelt and with her hair she wiped his feet2 the odor of the rich perfume filled all the room4 #e ,now1 ,judas1 always looking at the selfish side of life1 exclaimed1 ,for shame6 why did you waste that costly perfume thus8 #f ,we might have sold it for three hundred pence1 and had the money to supply our wants and feed the poor4 #g 7,now1 ,judas was the treasurer1 and carried all the money of the ,christine band47 #h ,and others said1 ,why1 ,mary1 what a profligate you are6 you should not throw such wealth away4 #i ,but ,jesus said1 ,you men1 be still2 let her alone2 you know not what you say4 #aj ,the poor are with you constantly2 at any time you can administer to them2 but ,i will not be with you long4 #aa ,and ,mary knows the sadness of the coming days2 she has anointed me beforehand for my burial4 #ab ,the gospel of the ,christ will everywhere be preached1 and he who tells the story of the ,christ will tell about this day2 and what was done by ,mary at this hour will be a sweet memorial to her wherever men abide4 #ac ,and when the feast was over ,jesus went with ,lazarus to his home4 #ad ,now1 in ,jerusalem the priests and ,pharisees were busy with their plans to seize the ,lord and take his life4 #ae ,the high priest called in counsel all the wisest men and said1 ,this deed must be accomplished in a secret way4 #af ,he must be taken when the multitudes are not a-near1 else we may cause a war2 the common people may stand forth in his defense and thus pollute this sacred place with human blood4 #ag ,and what we do1 that we must do before the great day of the feast4 #ah ,and ,ananias said1 ,i have a plan that will succeed4 ,the twelve with ,jesus every day go forth alone to pray2 #ai ,and we will find their trysting place2 then we can seize the man and bring him here without the knowledge of the multitudes4 #bj ,i know one of the twelve1 a man who worships wealth1 and for a sum ,i think that he will lead the way to where the man is wont to pray4 #ba ,and then ,caiaphas said1 ,if you will lead the way and bribe the man of whom you speak1 to aid in seizing ,jesus in a secret place1 then we will give to you a hundred silver pieces for your hire4 #bb ,and ,ananias said1 ',tis well4 #bc ,and then he went to ,bethany and found the twelve at ,simon's house1 and calling ,judas to the side he said1 #bd ,if you would care to make a sum of money for yourself hear me3 #be ,the high priest and the other rulers in ,jerusalem would like to talk with ,jesus when alone1 that they may know about his claims2 #bf ,and if he proves himself to be the ,christ1 lo1 they will stand in his defense4 #bg ,now1 if you will but lead the way to where your master is tomorrow night that they may send a priest to talk with him alone1 there is a sum of silver1 thirty pieces1 that the priests will give to you4 #bh ,and ,judas reasoned with himself2 he said1 ,it surely may be well to give the ,lord a chance to tell the priests about his claims when he is all alone4 #bi ,and if the priests would do him harm he has the power to disappear and go his way as he has done before2 and thirty pieces is a goodly sum4 #cj ,and so he said to ,ananias1 ,i will lead the way1 and by a kiss make known which person is the ,lord4 ,,chapter #afj4 ,jesus and the twelve eat the passover alone in ,nicodemus' house4 ,jesus washes the disciples' feet4 ,judas leaves the table and goes forth to betray the ,lord4 ,jesus teaches the eleven4 ,he institutes the ,lord's supper4 ,on ,thursday morning ,jesus called to him the twelve disciples1 and he said to them1 ,this is ,god's remembrance day1 and we will eat the pascal supper all alone4 #b ,and then he said to ,peter1 ,james and ,john1 ,go now into ,jerusalem and there prepare the pasch4 #c ,and the disciples said1 ,where would you have us go to find the place where we may have the feast prepared8 #d ,and ,jesus said1 ,go by the fountain gate and you will see a man who has a pitcher in his hand4 ,speak unto him and say3 ,this is the first day of unleavened bread2 #e ,the ,lord would have you set apart your banquet hall where he may eat his last passover with the twelve4 #f ,fear not to speak2 the man whom you will see is ,nicodemus1 a ruler of the ,jews1 and yet a man of ,god4 #g ,and the disciples went and found the man as ,jesus said1 and ,nicodemus hastened to his home2 the banquet hall1 an upper room1 was set apart1 the supper was prepared4 #h ,now1 in the afternoon the ,lord and his disciples went up to ,jerusalem and found the feast in readiness4 #i ,and when the hour had come to eat the feast1 the twelve began to strive among themselves1 each anxious to secure the honored seats4 #aj ,and ,jesus said1 ,my friends1 would you contend for self just as the shadows of this night of gloom comes on8 #aa ,there is no honored seat at heaven's feast except for him who humbly takes the lowest seat4 #ab ,and then the ,lord arose and took a basin full of water and a towel1 and bowing down1 he washed the feet of all the twelve and dried them with the towel4 #ac ,he breathed upon them and he said1 ,and may these feet walk in the ways of righteousness forevermore4 #ad ,he came to ,peter and was about to wash his feet1 and ,peter said1 ,lord1 would you wash my feet8 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,you do not comprehend the meaning of the thing ,i do1 but you will comprehend4 #af ,and ,peter said1 ,my master1 no1 you shall not stoop to wash my feet4 #ag ,and ,jesus said1 ,my friend1 if ,i wash not your feet you have no part with me4 #ah ,and ,peter said1 ,then1 ,o my ,lord1 wash both my feet1 my hands1 my head4 #ai ,and ,jesus said to him1 ,he who has taken first his bath is clean1 and has no need to wash1 except his feet4 #bj ,the feet are truly symbols of the understanding of the man1 and he who would be clean must1 in the living stream of life1 wash well his understanding every day4 #ba ,then ,jesus sat with his disciples at the table of the feast and said1 ,behold the lesson of the hour3 #bb ,you call me master2 such ,i am4 ,if1 then1 your ,lord and master kneel and wash your feet1 should you not wash each other's feet and thus show forth your willingness to serve8 #bc ,you know these things1 and if you do them1 blessed thrice are you4 #bd ,and then he said1 ,this is an hour when ,i can truly praise the name of ,god1 for ,i have greatly wished to eat with you this feast before ,i pass the veil2 #be ,for ,i will eat it not again until anew ,i eat it with you in the kingdom of our ,father-,god4 #bf ,and then they sung the ,hebrew song of praise that ,jews were wont to sing before the feast4 #bg ,and then they ate the pasch and as they ate1 the master said1 ,behold1 for one of you will turn away this night and will betray me into wicked hands4 #bh ,and the disciples were amazed at what he said2 they looked into each other's face in wonderment2 they all exclaimed1 ,lord1 is it ,i8 #bi ,and ,peter said to ,john1 who sat beside the ,lord1 ,to whom does he refer8 #cj ,and ,john put forth his hand and touched the master's hand and said1 ,which one of us is so depraved as to betray his ,lord8 #ca ,and ,judas said1 ,lord1 is it ,i8 #cb ,and ,jesus said1 ,he is the one who now has put his hand with mine into the dish4 ,they looked1 and ,judas' hand was with the hand of ,jesus in the dish4 #cc ,and ,jesus said1 ,the prophets cannot fail2 the son of man must be betrayed1 but woe to him who shall betray his ,lord4 #cd ,and from the table ,judas rose at once2 his hour had come4 #ce ,and ,jesus said to him1 ,do quickly what you are to do4 ,and ,judas went his way4 #cf ,and when the pasch was done the ,lord with the eleven sat a while in silent thought4 #cg ,then ,jesus took a loaf of bread that had been broken not and said1 ,this loaf is symbol of my body1 and the bread is symbol of the bread of life2 #ch ,and as ,i break this loaf1 so shall my flesh be broken as a pattern for the sons of men2 for men must freely give their bodies up in willing sacrifice for other men4 #ci ,and as you eat this bread1 so shall you eat the bread of life1 and never die4 ,and then he gave to each a piece of bread to eat4 #dj ,and then he took a cup of wine and said1 ,blood is the life2 this is the life-blood of the grape2 it is the symbol of the life of him who gives his life for men4 #da ,and as you drink this wine1 if you shall drink in faith1 you drink the life of ,christ4 #db ,and then he supped and passed the cup1 and the disciples supped2 and ,jesus said1 ,this is the feast of life1 the great passover of the son of man1 the ,supper of the ,lord1 and you shall often eat the bread and drink the wine4 #dc ,from henceforth shall this bread be called ,remembrance bread2 this wine shall be ,remembrance wine2 and when you eat this bread and drink this wine remember me4 ,,chapter #afa4 ,jesus teaches the eleven4 ,tells them that they will all be estranged from him1 and that ,peter will deny him thrice before the morning4 ,he speaks final words of encouragement4 ,promises the ,comforter4 ,now1 after ,judas had gone forth to meet the emissaries of the priests and to betray his ,lord1 #b ,the master said1 ,the hour has come1 the son of man will now be glorified4 #c ,my little children1 ,i am with you yet a little while2 soon you will seek me and will find me not1 for where ,i go you cannot come4 #d ,i give to you a new command3 ,as ,i love you and give my life for you1 so shall you love the world1 and give your life to save the world4 #e ,love one another as you love yourselves1 and then the world will know that you are sons of ,god1 disciples of the son of man whom ,god has glorified4 #f ,and ,peter said1 ,lord1 where you go there ,i will go1 for ,i would lay my life down for my ,lord4 #g ,and ,jesus said1 ,boast not of bravery1 my friend2 you are not strong enough tonight to follow me4 #h ,now1 ,peter1 hear6 you will deny me thrice before the cock shall crow tomorrow morn4 #i ,and then he looked upon the eleven and said1 ,you all will be estranged from me this night4 #aj ,the prophet said1 ,lo1 he will smite the shepherd of the sheep2 the sheep will flee and hide away4 #aa ,but after ,i am risen from the dead1 lo1 you will come again1 and ,i will go before you into ,galilee4 #ab ,and ,peter said1 ,my ,lord1 though every other man forsake you ,i will not4 #ac ,and ,jesus said1 ,o ,simon ,peter1 lo1 your zeal is greater than your fortitude6 ,behold1 for ,satan cometh up to sift you as a pan of wheat1 but ,i have prayed that in your faith you shall not fail2 that after trial you may stand a tower of strength4 #ad ,and the disciples all exclaimed1 ,there is no power on earth that can estrange1 or cause us to deny our ,lord4 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,let not your hearts be sad2 you all believe in ,god2 believe in me4 #af ,behold1 for there are many mansions in my ,fatherland4 ,if there were not ,i would have told you so4 #ag ,i go unto my ,fatherland1 and will prepare a place for you that where ,i am there you may be4 ,but now you do not know the way unto my ,fatherland4 #ah ,and ,thomas said1 ,we do not know where you intend to go2 how could we know the way8 #ai ,and ,jesus said1 ,i am the way1 the truth1 the life2 ,i manifest the ,christ of ,god4 ,no man can reach my ,fatherland except he comes with me through ,christ4 #bj ,if you had known and comprehended me1 then you would know my ,father-,god4 #ba ,and ,philip said1 ,show us the ,father and we will be satisfied4 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,have ,i been with you all these years and still you know me not8 #bc ,he who has seen the son has seen the ,father1 for in the son the ,father has revealed himself4 #bd ,lo1 ,i have told you many times that what ,i speak and what ,i do are not the words and works of man2 #be ,they are the words and works of ,god1 who lives in me and ,i in him4 #bf ,hear me1 you faithful men3 ,he who believes in me and in my ,father-,god shall say and do what ,i have said and done4 #bg ,yea1 more1 he shall do greater works than ,i have ever done1 because ,i go to him whose works we do1 and then ,i can reach forth my hand in helpfulness4 #bh ,and in my name1 through ,christ1 you may petition ,god and he will grant you your request4 #bi ,do you believe what ,i have said8 ,yes1 you believe1 and if you love the ,christ and follow me then you will keep my words4 #cj ,i am the vine2 you are the branches of the vine2 my ,father is the husbandman1 #ca ,the branches that are worthless1 bearing naught but leaves1 the husbandman will cut away and cast into the fire to be burned4 #cb ,and he will prune the branches that bear fruit that they may yield abundantly4 #cc ,the branch cannot bear fruit if separated from the vine2 and you cannot bear fruit when separate from me4 #cd ,abide in me1 and do the works that ,god1 through me1 has taught you how to do1 and you will bear much fruit1 and ,god will honor you as he has honored me4 #ce ,and now ,i go my way1 but ,i will pray my ,father-,god and he will send another ,comforter to you1 who will abide with you4 #cf ,behold1 this ,comforter of ,god1 the ,holy ,breath1 is one with ,god1 but she is one the world cannot receive because it sees her not2 it knows her not4 #cg ,but you know her1 and will know her1 because she will abide within your soul4 #ch ,i will not leave you desolate1 but in the ,christ1 which is the love of ,god made manifest to men1 ,i will be with you all the way4 ,,chapter #afb4 ,jesus reveals more fully the mission of the ,holy ,breath4 ,tells his disciples plainly that he is about to die1 and they are sad4 ,he prays for them and all the world of believers4 ,they leave the banquet hall4 ,now1 ,john was deeply grieved because the master said1 ,i go away1 and where ,i go you cannot come4 #b ,he wept and said1 ,lord1 ,i would go with you through every trial and to death4 #c ,and ,jesus said1 ,and you shall follow me through trials and through death2 but now you cannot go where ,i will go2 but you shall come4 #d ,and ,jesus spoke again unto the eleven and said1 ,grieve not because ,i go away1 for it is best that ,i should go away4 ,if ,i go not the ,comforter will not come to you4 #e ,these things ,i speak while with you in the flesh1 but when the ,holy ,breath shall come in power1 lo1 she will teach you more and more1 and bring to your remembrance all the words that ,i have said to you4 #f ,there are a multitude of things yet to be said2 things that this age cannot receive1 because it cannot comprehend4 #g ,but1 lo1 ,i say1 ,before the great day of the ,lord shall come1 the ,holy ,breath will make all mysteries known-- #h ,the mysteries of the soul1 of life1 of death1 of immortality2 the oneness of a man with every other man and with his ,god4 #i ,then will the world be led to truth1 and man will be the truth4 #aj ,when she has come1 the ,comforter1 she will convince the world of sin1 and of the truth of what ,i speak1 and of the rightness of the judgment of the just2 and then the prince of carnal life will be cast out4 #aa ,and when the ,comforter shall come ,i need not intercede for you2 for you will stand approved1 and ,god will know you then as he knows me4 #ab ,the hour has come when you will weep2 the wicked will rejoice1 because ,i go away2 but ,i will come again1 and all your sorrows shall be turned to joy2 #ac ,yea1 verily1 you will rejoice as one who welcomes back a brother from the dead4 #ad ,and the disciples said1 ,our ,lord1 speak not in proverbs any more2 speak plainly unto us2 we know that you are wise and know all things4 #ae ,what is the meaning of your words1 ,i go away1 but ,i will come again8 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,the hour is come when you will all be scattered forth1 and every man will be afraid2 #ag ,will flee to save his life and leave me all alone2 yet ,i will not be all alone2 my ,father-,god is with me all the way4 #ah ,and wicked men will take me to the judgment seat of wicked men1 and in the presence of the multitudes ,i will give up my life1 a pattern for the sons of men4 #ai ,but ,i will rise again and come to you4 #bj ,these things ,i speak that you may be established in the faith when they shall come to pass4 #ba ,and you shall bear the buffetings of men1 and follow in the thorny path ,i tread4 #bb ,be not dismayed2 be of good cheer4 ,lo1 ,i have overcome the world1 and you shall overcome the world4 #bc ,then ,jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said1 ,my ,father-,god1 the hour has come2 #bd ,the son of man must now be lifted from the earth1 and may he falter not1 that all the world may know the power of sacrifice2 #be ,for as ,i give my life for men1 lo1 men must give their lives for other men4 #bf ,i came to do thy will1 ,o ,god1 and in the sacred name1 the ,christ is glorified1 that men may see the ,christ as life1 as light1 as love1 as truth1 #bg ,and through the ,christ become themselves the life1 the light1 the love1 the truth4 #bh ,i praise thy name because of these whom thou hast given me1 for they have honored thee and they will honor thee2 #bi ,and none of them are lost1 and none are gone away1 except the blinded son of carnal life1 who hath gone forth to sell his ,lord4 #cj ,o ,god1 forgive this man1 because he knows not what he does4 #ca ,and now1 ,o ,god1 ,i come to thee1 and am no more in mortal life2 keep thou these men to whom ,i have made known thy wisdom and thy love4 #cb ,as they believe in me1 and in the words ,i speak1 may all the world believe in them and in the words they speak4 #cc ,as thou hast sent me forth into the world1 so ,i have sent them forth4 ,i pray that thou wouldst honor them as thou hast honored me4 #cd ,i do not pray that thou wouldst take them from the world1 but that they may be guarded from the evil of the world1 and not be subject to temptations that are too great for them to bear4 #ce ,they once were of the world1 but now are of the world no more1 as ,i am of the world no more4 #cf ,thy word is truth1 ,o ,god1 and by thy word let them be sanctified4 #cg ,i do not pray for these alone1 ,o ,god2 ,i also pray for all who will believe on me1 and will accept the ,christ because of what they do and say1 that they may all be one4 #ch ,as ,i am one with thee1 and thou art one with me1 may they be one with us1 #ci ,that all the world may know that thou hast sent me forth to do thy will1 and that thou lovest them as thou hast ever loved me4 #dj ,when ,jesus had thus said1 they sung the ,jewish song of praise1 and then arose and went their way4 ,,chapter #afc4 ,jesus visits ,pilate1 who urges him to flee from the country to save his life4 ,jesus refuses to do so4 ,he meets his disciples in ,massalian's orchard4 ,the scene in ,gethsemane4 ,the ,jewish mob led by ,judas appears4 ,as ,jesus and the eleven went out1 a ,roman guard approached and said1 ,all hail6 ,is one of you the man from ,galilee8 #b ,and ,peter said1 ,we all are men from ,galilee2 whom do you seek8 #c ,the guard replied1 ,i seek for ,jesus1 who is called the ,christ4 #d ,and ,jesus answered1 ,here am ,i4 #e ,the guard spoke out and said1 ,i do not come in an official way2 ,i bear to you a message from the governor4 #f ,jerusalem is all alive with vengeful ,jews who swear that they will take your life1 and ,pilate would confer with you1 and he would have you come to him without delay4 #g ,and ,jesus said to ,peter and the rest1 ,go to the vale1 and by the ,kidron wait for me1 and ,i will go alone and see the governor4 #h ,and ,jesus went up with the guard1 and when he reached the palace1 ,pilate met him at the gate and said1 #i ,young man1 ,i have a word to say that may be well for you4 ,i have observed your works and words three years and more2 #aj ,and ,i have often stood in your defense when your own countrymen would fain have stoned you as a criminal4 #aa ,but now the priests1 the scribes and ,pharisees have stirred the common people to a stage of frenzied wantonness and cruelty1 and they intend to take your life1 #ab ,because1 they say1 that you have sworn to tear their temple down2 to change the laws that ,moses gave2 to exile ,pharisee and priest and seat yourself upon a throne4 #ac ,and they aver that you are full in league with ,rome4 #ad ,the streets of all ,jerusalem are filled this moment with a horde of madmen all intent to shed your blood4 #ae ,there is no safety for you but in flight2 wait not until the morning sun4 ,you know the way to reach the border of this cursed land4 #af ,i have a little band of guards1 well horsed and armed1 and they will take you out beyond the reach of harm4 #ag ,you must not tarry here1 young man1 you must arise and go4 #ah ,and ,jesus said1 ,a noble prince has ,csar in his ,pilate ,pontius1 and from the point of carnal man your words are seasoned with the wise man's salt2 but from the point of ,christ your words are foolishness4 #ai ,the coward flees when danger comes2 but he who comes to seek and save the lost must give his life in willing sacrifice for those he comes to seek and save4 #bj ,before the pasch has been consumed1 lo1 all this nation will be cursed by shedding blood of innocence2 and even now the murderers are at the door4 #ba ,and ,pilate said1 ,it shall not be2 the sword of ,rome will be unsheathed to save your life4 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,nay1 ,pilate1 nay2 there are no armies large enough in all the world to save my life4 #bc ,and ,jesus bade the governor farewell1 and went his way2 but ,pilate sent a double guard with him lest he should fall into the hands of those who were alert to take his life4 #bd ,but in a moment ,jesus disappeared2 the guards saw him no more1 and in a little while he reached the brook of ,kidron where the eleven were4 #be ,now1 just beyond the brook there was an orchard and a home where one1 ,massalian1 lived1 where ,jesus oft had been4 #bf ,massalian was his friend1 and he believed that ,jesus was the ,christ that ,jewish prophets long ago had said would come4 #bg ,now1 in the orchard was a sacred knoll2 ,massalian called the place ,gethsemane4 #bh ,the night was dark1 but in the orchard it was doubly dark and ,jesus bade the eight disciples tarry by the brook1 #bi ,while he1 with ,peter1 ,james and ,john went to ,gethsemane to pray4 #cj ,they sat beneath an olive tree1 and ,jesus opened up the mysteries of life to ,peter1 ,james and ,john4 ,he said1 #ca ,the ,spirit of eternity is ,one unmanifest2 and this is ,god the ,father1 ,god the ,mother1 ,god the ,son in ,one4 #cb ,in life of manifests the ,one became the ,three1 and ,god the ,father is the ,god of might2 and ,god the ,mother is omniscient ,god1 and ,god the ,son is love4 #cc ,and ,god the ,father is the power of heaven and earth2 and ,god the ,mother is the ,holy ,breath1 the thought of heaven and earth2 and ,god the ,son1 the only son1 is ,christ1 and ,christ is love4 #cd ,i came as man to manifest this love to men1 #ce ,as man ,i have been subject unto all the trials and temptations of the human race2 but ,i have overcome the flesh1 with all its passions and its appetites4 #cf ,what ,i have done all men can do4 #cg ,and ,i am now about to demonstrate the power of man to conquer death2 for every man is ,god made flesh4 #ch ,i will lay down my life1 and ,i will take it up again1 that you may know the mysteries of life1 of death1 and of the resurrection of the dead4 #ci ,i lay me down in flesh1 but ,i will rise in spirit form with power to manifest myself so mortal eyes can see4 #dj ,so in a trinity of days ,i will show forth the all of life1 the all of death1 the meaning of the resurrection of the dead4 #da ,and what ,i do all men can do4 #db ,and you1 my three1 who constitute the inner circle of the ,church of ,christ1 will show to men the attributes of all the ,gods4 #dc ,and ,peter shall make known the ,power of ,god2 and ,james shall show the ,thought of ,god2 and ,john shall demonstrate the ,love of ,god4 #dd ,be not afraid of men1 for you have been sent forth to do the mighty works of ,god the ,father1 ,god the ,mother1 ,god the ,son4 #de ,and all the powers of carnal life cannot destroy your life until your work is done4 #df ,i leave you now1 and ,i will go out in the darkness all alone and talk with ,god4 #dg ,by sorrow ,i am overwhelmed4 ,i leave you here to watch with me4 #dh ,then ,jesus went three hundred cubits toward the east1 and fell upon his face and prayed2 he said1 #di ,my ,god6 my ,god6 is there a way by which ,i may escape the horrors of the coming hours8 ,my human flesh shrinks back2 my soul is firm2 so not my will1 but thine1 ,o ,god1 be done4 #ej ,in agony he prayed2 the strain upon the human form was great2 his veins were burst asunder1 and his brow was bathed in blood4 #ea ,and then he went back to the three1 and found them all asleep2 he said1 #eb ,o ,simon1 ,simon1 do you sleep6 ,could you not watch with me a single hour8 ,be vigilant1 and watch and pray that your temptations be not too great for you to bear4 #ec ,i know the spirit is alert and willing2 but the flesh is weak4 #ed ,and then he went again and prayed1 ,o ,father1 ,god6 if ,i must drink this bitter cup1 give me the strength of body1 as ,i have the strength of soul2 for not my will1 but thine be done4 #ee ,and when he went again to his disciples2 lo1 he found them still asleep4 ,he wakened them and said to ,james1 #ef ,have you been sleeping while your master has been wrestling with the greatest foe of men8 ,could you not watch with me a single hour8 #eg ,and then he went again and prayed4 ,o ,god1 ,i yield to thee2 thy will be done4 #eh ,and then again he went back to the three1 and still they slept4 ,he said to ,john1 #ei ,with all the love you have for me1 could you not watch with me a single hour8 #fj ,and then he said1 ,it is enough2 the hour has come1 and my betrayer is at hand2 arise and let us go4 #fa ,and when they came again to ,kidron1 lo1 the eight disciples were asleep1 and ,jesus said1 ,you men1 awake2 behold1 for the betrayer of the son of man is come4 ,,chapter #afd4 ,judas betrays his ,lord with a kiss4 ,jesus is seized by the mob and the disciples flee to save their lives4 ,jesus is taken unto ,jerusalem4 ,peter and ,john follow the mob4 ,the ,lord with the eleven were in the orchard of ,massalian1 and as they talked they saw a band of men with lanterns and with swords and clubs approaching them4 #b ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold the emissaries of the evil one6 and ,judas leads the way4 #c ,and the disciples said1 ,lord1 let us flee to save our lives4 #d ,but ,jesus said1 ,why should we flee to save our lives when this is the fulfillment of the words of prophets and of seers8 #e ,and ,jesus went alone to meet the men2 and as they came he said1 ,why are you here1 you men8 whom do you seek8 #f ,and they replied1 ,we seek the man from ,galilee4 ,we seek for ,jesus1 one who calls himself the ,christ4 #g ,and ,jesus answered1 ,here am ,i4 #h ,and then he raised his hands and with a mighty thought he brought the ethers to the state of light2 and all the orchard was aglow with light4 #i ,the frenzied men were driven back and many fled and tarried not until they reached ,jerusalem2 and others fell upon their faces on the ground4 #aj ,the bravest men1 and they with hardest hearts1 remained1 and when the light had paled1 the ,lord again inquired1 ,whom do you seek8 #aa ,and ,ananias said1 ,we seek the man from ,galilee2 we seek for ,jesus1 he who calls himself the ,christ4 #ab ,and ,jesus answered him and said1 ,i told you once before2 but now ,i tell you once again that ,i am he4 #ac ,by ,ananias1 ,judas stood2 but in a moment he had gone and coming up behind the ,lord he said1 ,my ,lord2 and then he kissed him as a sign that he was ,jesus whom they sought4 #ad ,and ,jesus said1 ,do you1 ,iscariot1 come and thus betray your master with a kiss8 #ae ,this thing must need be done2 but woe to him who does betray his ,lord4 #af ,your carnal greed has seared your conscience and you know not what you do2 but in a little time your conscience will assert itself1 and in remorse1 lo1 you will close your span and take your life4 #ag ,then the eleven came1 laid hold of ,judas and would have done him harm2 but ,jesus said1 #ah ,you must not harm this man2 you have no right to judge this man2 his conscience is his judge1 will sentence him and he will execute himself4 #ai ,and then the mob led on by ,malchus1 servant of ,caiaphas1 laid hold of ,jesus1 and was binding him with chains4 #bj ,and ,jesus said1 ,why do you come in dead of night with swords and clubs to take me in this sacred place8 #ba ,have ,i not spoken in the public places of ,jerusalem8 ,have ,i not healed your sick1 and opened up your blinded eyes1 and made your lame to walk1 your deaf to hear8 ,you could have found me any day4 #bb ,and now you try to bind me down with chains2 what are these chains but links of reeds8 ,and then he raised his hands2 the chains were broken and they fell to earth4 #bc ,and ,malchus thought the ,lord would flee to save his life1 and with a club he fain would smite him in the face4 #bd ,but ,peter had a sword1 and rushing up he smote the man and wounded him4 #be ,but ,jesus said1 ,stay1 ,peter1 stay2 put up your sword2 you are not called to fight with swords and clubs4 ,whoever wields the sword shall perish by the sword4 #bf ,i do not need protection by the sons of men1 for ,i could call this moment and a legion1 yea1 twelve legions of the messengers of ,god1 would come and stand in my defense2 but then it is not well4 #bg ,and then he said to ,malchus1 ,man1 ,i would not have you harmed4 ,and then he laid his hand upon the wound that ,peter made1 and it was healed4 #bh ,then ,jesus said1 ,be not concerned lest ,i should tear myself away from you and flee to save my life4 ,i have no wish to save my life2 do with me as you wish4 #bi ,and then the mob rushed up to seize the eleven to take them back to stand for trial as the aids of ,jesus in his crimes4 #cj ,but the disciples1 every one of them1 deserted ,jesus1 and they fled to save their lives4 #ca ,now1 ,john was last to flee2 the mob laid hold of him and tore his garments all to shreds2 but he escaped in nakedness4 #cb ,massalian saw the man1 and took him to his home and gave him other clothes2 and then he followed after them who led the ,lord away4 #cc ,and ,peter was ashamed because of his weak cowardice1 and when he was himself again he joined with ,john and followed close behind the mob1 and came into ,jerusalem4 ,,section ,,xix4 ,,koph4 ,the ,trial and ,execution of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #afe4 ,jesus before ,caiaphas4 ,peter denies his ,lord thrice4 ,the indictment1 signed by seven ruling ,jews4 ,a hundred perjured witnesses testify to the truth of the charges4 ,caiaphas was the high priest of the ,jews2 the mob led ,jesus to his palace hall4 #b ,the court had been convened1 and all the galleries were packed with scribes and ,pharisees already sworn as witnesses against the ,lord4 #c ,the maid who kept the palace door knew ,john1 and this disciple asked that he and ,peter be admitted to the hall4 #d ,the maid permitted them to enter in1 and ,john went in2 but ,peter was afraid and tarried in the outer court4 #e ,the woman said to ,peter1 as he stood beside the door1 ,are you a follower of this man from ,galilee8 #f ,and ,peter said1 ,no1 ,i am not4 #g ,the men who had brought ,jesus to the hall sat by a fire in the outer court1 because the night was cool1 and ,peter sat with them4 #h ,another maid who waited in the place saw ,peter and she said to him1 ,you surely are from ,galilee2 your speech is that of ,galilee2 you are a follower of this man4 #i ,and ,peter said1 ,i know not what you mean2 ,i do not even know this man4 #aj ,and then a servant of ,caiaphas1 one of those who seized the ,lord and brought him to the court1 saw ,peter and he said to him1 #aa ,did ,i not see you in the orchard of ,massalian with this seditious ,nazarene8 ,i'm sure ,i did1 and you are one of those who followed him4 #ab ,then ,peter rose and stamped upon the floor1 and swore by every sacred thing1 that he knew not the criminal4 #ac ,now1 ,john was standing near and when he heard the words and knew that ,peter had denied his ,lord1 he looked at him in sheer astonishment4 #ad ,just then a cock crew loud beneath the court1 and ,peter called to mind the words the ,lord had said1 #ae ,before the cock shall crow tomorrow morn you will deny me thrice4 #af ,and ,peter's conscience smote him heavily1 and he went out into the night and wept4 #ag ,caiaphas sat in state2 before him stood the man from ,galilee4 #ah ,caiaphas said1 ,you people of ,jerusalem1 who is the man that you accuse8 #ai ,they answered3 ,in the name of every loyal ,jew we do accuse this man from ,galilee1 this ,jesus1 who assumes to be our king1 as enemy of ,god and man4 #bj ,caiaphas said to ,jesus1 ,man1 you are permitted now to speak and tell about your doctrines and your claims4 #ba ,and ,jesus said1 ,you priest of carnal man1 why do you ask about my words and works8 #bb ,lo1 ,i have taught the multitudes in every public place2 ,i have restored your sick to health3 have opened up your blinded eyes2 have caused your deaf to hear1 your lame to walk1 and ,i have brought your dead to life again4 #bc ,my works have not been done in secret place but in your public halls and thoroughfares4 #bd ,go ask the people1 who have not been bought with gold or glittering promises1 to tell about my words and works4 #be ,when ,jesus had thus said a ,jewish guard came up and smote him in the face and said1 ,how dare you speak thus unto him1 the high priest of the ,jews8 #bf ,and ,jesus said1 ,if ,i have spoken falsely bear witness unto what ,i say2 if ,i have told the truth why did you smite me thus8 #bg ,and then ,caiaphas said1 ,what'er you do1 do in a legal way1 for we must answer to a higher court for everything we do or say4 #bh ,let the accusers of this man present their charges in a legal form4 #bi ,and then ,caiaphas' scribe stood forth and said1 ,i have the accusations here in legal form2 the charges made and signed by scribes and priests and ,pharisees4 #cj ,caiaphas said1 ,be still1 you men1 and hear the charges read4 ,the scribe took up a roll and read3 #ca ,to the ,sanhedrim of the ,jews and to ,caiaphas the high priest1 most honored men3 #cb ,the highest duty man can render to his nation and his own is to protect them from their foes4 #cc ,the people of ,jerusalem are conscious that a mighty foe is in their very midst4 #cd ,a man named ,jesus has come forth and claims to be the heir to ,david's throne4 #ce ,as an impostor he is foe1 and in the name of every loyal ,jew we here submit these charges1 which we are competent to prove3 #cf ,and first1 he blasphemes ,god2 he says he is the son of ,god2 that he and ,god are one2 #cg ,and he profanes our holy days by healing1 and by doing other work upon the ,sabbath days2 #ch ,and he proclaims himself the king1 successor of our ,david and our ,solomon2 #ci ,and he declares that he will tear our temple down and build it up again in form more glorious in three days2 #dj ,and he declares that he will drive the people from ,jerusalem1 as he drove out the merchants from the temple court2 and bring to occupy our sacred hills a tribe of men that know not ,god2 #da ,and he avers that every doctor1 scribe and ,pharisee and ,sadducee1 shall go in exile1 and shall nevermore return2 #db ,and to these charges we do set our hands and seals4 ,annas4 ,abinadab4 ,joash4 ,simon4 ,annanias4 ,azaniah4 ,hezekiah4 #dc ,now1 when the scribe had read the charges1 all the people called for blood2 they said1 ,let such a wretch be stoned2 let him be crucified4 #dd ,caiaphas said1 ,you men of ,israel1 do you sustain the charges of these men8 #de ,a hundred men who had been bribed1 stood forth to testify2 they swore that every charge was true4 #df ,caiaphas said to ,jesus1 ,man1 have you a word to say8 are you the son of ,god8 #dg ,and ,jesus said1 ,so you have said2 and then he said no more4 ,,chapter #aff4 ,jesus before the ,sanhedrim4 ,nicodemus pleads for justice2 he shows the incompetency of the witnesses4 ,the council fail to declare ,jesus guilty1 but ,caiaphas1 the presiding judge1 declares him guilty4 ,the mob maltreat ,jesus4 ,he is taken to ,pilate's court4 ,when ,jesus would not speak1 ,caiaphas stood before the ,jewish mob and said1 #b ,bind fast the prisoner1 for he must go before the great ,sanhedrim of the ,jews to answer for his life4 #c ,we cannot execute a criminal until our findings have been verified by this1 the highest council of the ,jews4 #d ,as soon as it was day the highest council of the people met2 the ,lord and his accusers stood before the bar4 #e ,caiaphas was the chief2 he rose and said1 ,let the accusers of this man from ,galilee bring forth their charges and their evidence4 #f ,caiaphas' scribe stood forth and read the charges and the names of those who had accused the man from ,galilee4 #g ,and all the witnesses were made to stand and testify before the council of the ,jews4 #h ,and then the lawyers weighed the evidence1 and ,nicodemus stood among the men who plead4 #i ,he raised his hands and said1 ,let justice now be done1 though every scribe and ,pharisee and priest and ,sadducee1 as well as ,jesus1 the accused1 be judged a liar4 #aj ,if we can prove this ,jesus to be foe and traitor to our laws and land1 let him be judged a criminal and suffer for his crimes4 #aa ,if it be proved that these who testify are perjurers in the sight of ,god and man1 then let them be adjudged as criminals1 and let the man from ,galilee go free4 #ab ,and then he brought the testimonies of the witnesses before the judges of the law2 no two of them agreed4 ,in heat of passion1 or for gain1 the men had testified4 #ac ,the council would have gladly judged that ,jesus was a criminal and sentence him to death2 but in the face of all the evidence they were afraid4 #ad ,and then ,caiaphas said1 ,you man from ,galilee1 ,before the living ,god1 ,i now command that you shall answer me1 ,are you the ,christ1 the son of ,god8 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,if ,i would answer1 ,yes1 you would not hear1 nor yet believe1 #af ,if ,i would answer1 ,no1 ,i would be like your witnesses1 and stand a liar in the sight of man and ,god4 ,but this ,i say1 #ag ,the time will come when you will see the son of man upon the throne of power and coming in the clouds of heaven4 #ah ,and then ,caiaphas rent his clothes and said1 ,have you not heard enough8 ,did you not hear his vile blasphemous words8 ,what further need have we of witnesses8 ,what shall we do with him8 #ai ,the people said1 ,put him to death4 ,and then the mob rushed up and spit into his face1 and struck him with their hands4 #bj ,and then they bound a cloth about his eyes and smote him in the face and said1 ,you are a prophet2 tell us who it was who smote you in the face4 #ba ,and ,jesus answered not and like a lamb before his shearer he1 the man from ,galilee1 resisted not4 #bb ,caiaphas said1 ,we cannot put a man to death until the ,roman ruler shall confirm the sentence of this court2 #bc ,so take this criminal away and ,pilate will endorse what we have done4 #bd ,and then was ,jesus dragged along the way up to the palace of the ,roman governor4 ,,chapter #afg4 ,jesus before ,pilate4 ,is pronounced not guilty4 ,jesus before ,herod and is tortured and returned to ,pilate1 who again declares him innocent4 ,the ,jews demand his death4 ,pilate's wife urges her husband to have nothing to do with the punishment of ,jesus4 ,pilate weeps4 ,into the palace of the ,roman governor the ,jews would enter not lest they become defiled and be unworthy to attend the feast2 but they led ,jesus to the palace court1 and ,pilate met them there4 #b ,and ,pilate said1 ,why this commotion in the early day8 ,what is your prayer8 #c ,the ,jews replied1 ,we bring before you one1 an evil and seditious man4 #d ,he has been tried before the highest council of the ,jews and has been proven traitor to our laws1 our state and to the government of ,rome4 #e ,we pray that you will sentence him to death upon the cross4 #f ,and ,pilate said1 ,why do you bring him unto me8 ,go to1 and judge him for yourselves4 #g ,you have a law1 and by the sanction of the ,roman law1 you have a right to judge and right to execute4 #h ,the ,jews replied1 ,we have no right to execute a man upon the cross1 and since this man is traitor to ,tiberius1 our counsellors believe that he should meet the most humiliating death--the death upon the cross4 #i ,but ,pilate said1 ,no man can be found guilty of a crime by ,roman law until the testimony all is in1 and the accused has been permitted to defend himself2 #aj ,so ,i will take your bill of charges1 with the evidence you have1 and judge by ,roman law4 #aa ,the ,jews had made a copy of the accusations in the language of the ,roman court1 and they had added to the bill3 #ab ,we charge that ,jesus is an enemy of ,rome2 that he demands that men shall pay no tribute to ,tiberius4 #ac ,and ,pilate took the bill2 his guards led ,jesus up the steps into the palace hall4 #ad ,and ,jesus stood before the ,roman governor1 and ,pilate read to him the charges of the ,jews1 and said1 #ae ,what is your answer to this bill8 ,these charges1 are they true or false8 #af ,and ,jesus said1 ,why should ,i plead before an earthly court8 ,the charges have been verified by perjured men2 what need ,i say8 #ag ,yes1 ,i am king2 but carnal men cannot behold the king1 nor see the kingdom of the ,god2 it is within4 #ah ,if ,i had been a king as carnal man is king1 my servants would have stood in my defense1 and ,i would not have willingly surrendered to the minions of the ,jewish law4 #ai ,i have no testimony from the sons of men4 ,god is my witness1 and my words and deeds bear witness to the truth2 #bj ,and every man who comprehends the truth will hearken to my words1 and in his soul give witness unto me4 #ba ,and ,pilate said1 ,what is the truth8 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,truth is the ,god who knows4 ,it is the changeless one4 ,the ,holy ,breath is truth2 she changes not and cannot pass away4 #bc ,and ,pilate went again unto the ,jews and said1 ,this man is guilty of no crime2 ,i cannot sentence him to death4 #bd ,and then the ,jews grew boisterous2 they cried aloud and said1 ,our council surely knows4 ,the wisest men of all the land have found him guilty of a score of crimes4 #be ,he would pervert the nation of the ,jews2 would overthrow the ,roman rule and make himself the king4 ,he is a culprit come from ,galilee2 he must be crucified4 #bf ,and ,pilate said1 ,if ,jesus is from ,galilee he is a subject of the governor of ,galilee1 who should be judge4 #bg ,now1 ,herod had come down from ,galilee and with his suite was in ,jerusalem4 #bh ,and ,pilate sent to him the ,lord in chains2 he also sent a copy of the charges1 and of the testimonies of the ,jews1 and asked that he would pass in judgment on the case4 #bi ,and ,herod said1 ,i have heard much about this man and ,i am pleased to see him in my court4 #cj ,and then he asked the ,lord about his claims1 about his doctrines and his aims4 #ca ,and ,jesus answered not a word2 and ,herod was enraged2 he said1 ,do you insult the ruler of the land by answering not8 #cb ,and then he called his guards and said1 ,take you this man and torture him until he answers me4 #cc ,the guards took ,jesus and they smote him2 mocked him2 wrapped him in a royal robe2 they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head2 they put a broken reed into his hands2 #cd ,and then they said deridingly1 ,all hail1 thou royal king6 ,where are your armies and your guards8 ,where are your subjects and your friends8 #ce ,but ,jesus answered not a word4 ,then ,herod sent him back to ,pilate with this note of courtesy3 #cf ,most worthy counsellor of ,rome1 ,i have examined all the charges and the testimonies that you sent to me regarding this seditious man from ,galilee1 and while ,i might adjudge him guilty of the crimes as charged1 #cg ,i yield to you my rights as judge1 because you are superior to me in power4 ,i will approve of any judgment you may render in this case4 #ch ,now1 ,pilate and the tetrarch had been foes1 but the experience of this hour destroyed their enmity and they were friends in after days4 #ci ,when ,jesus had been brought again to ,pilate's court1 the ,roman governor stood forth before the accusers of the ,lord and said1 #dj ,i cannot find this ,nazarene to be a criminal as charged2 there is no evidence that he should suffer death2 so ,i will scourge him well and let him go4 #da ,the ,jews cried angrily1 ,it is not mete that such a dangerous man should live2 he must be crucified4 #db ,then ,pilate said1 ,i bid you wait a little time4 ,and then he went into an inner room and sat in silent thought4 #dc ,and as he mused his wife1 a godly woman1 chosen from among the ,gauls1 came in and said1 #dd ,i pray you1 ,pilate1 hearken unto me3 ,beware of what you do this hour4 ,touch not this man from ,galilee2 he is a holy man4 #de ,if you should scourge this man you scourge the son of ,god4 ,last night ,i saw it all in vision far too vivid to be set aside as idle dream4 #df ,i saw this man walk on the waters of the sea2 ,i heard him speak and calm an angry storm2 ,i saw him flying with the wings of light2 #dg ,i saw ,jerusalem in blood2 ,i saw the statues of the ,csars fall2 ,i saw a veil before the sun1 and day was dark as night4 #dh ,the earth on which ,i stood was shaken like a reed before the wind4 ,i tell you1 ,pilate1 if you bathe your hands in this man's blood then you may dread the frowns of great ,tiberius1 and the curses of the senators of ,rome4 #di ,and then she left1 and ,pilate wept4 ,,chapter #afh4 ,pilate's final effort to release ,jesus fails4 ,he washes his hands in feigned innocence4 ,delivers ,jesus to the ,jews for execution4 ,the ,jewish soldiers drive him to ,calvary4 ,a superstitious people are the ,jews4 ,they have a faith that they have borrowed from the idol worshippers of other lands1 that at the end of every year1 #b ,they may heap all their sins upon the head of some man set apart to bear their sins4 #c ,the man becomes a scapegoat for the multitudes2 and they believe that when they drive him forth into the wilds1 or into foreign lands1 they are released from sin4 #d ,so every spring before the feast they chose a prisoner from the prisons of the land1 and by a form their own1 they fain would make him bear their sins away4 #e ,among the ,jewish prisoners in ,jerusalem were three who were the leaders of a vile1 seditious band1 who had engaged in thefts and murders and rapine1 and had been sentenced to be crucified4 #f ,barabbas bar ,jezia was among the men who were to die2 but he was rich and he had bought of priests the boon to be the scapegoat for the people at the coming feast1 and he was anxiously in waiting for his hour to come4 #g ,now1 ,pilate thought to turn this superstition to account to save the ,lord1 and so he went again before the ,jews and said1 #h ,you men of ,israel1 according to my custom ,i will release to you today a prisoner who shall bear your sins away4 #i ,this man you drive into the wilds or into foreign lands1 and you have asked me to release ,barabbas1 who has been proven guilty of the murder of a score of men4 #aj ,now1 hear me men1 ,let ,jesus be released and let ,barabbas pay his debt upon the cross2 then you can send this ,jesus to the wilds and hear no more of him4 #aa ,at what the ruler said the people were enraged1 and they began to plot to tear the ,roman palace down and drive in exile ,pilate1 and his household and his guards4 #ab ,when ,pilate was assured that civil war would follow if he heeded not the wishes of the mob1 he took a bowl of water and in the presence of the multitude he washed his hands and said1 #ac ,this man whom you accuse1 is son of the most holy ,gods1 and ,i proclaim my innocence4 #ad ,if you would shed his blood1 his blood is on your hands and not on mine4 #ae ,and then the ,jews exclaimed1 ,and let his blood be on our hands and on our children's hands4 #af ,and ,pilate trembled like a leaf1 in fear4 ,barabbas he released and as the ,lord stood forth before the mob the ruler said1 ,behold your king6 ,and would you put to death your king8 #ag ,the ,jews replied1 ,he is no king2 we have no king but great ,tiberius4 #ah ,now1 ,pilate would not give consent that ,roman soldiers should imbue their hands in blood of innocence1 and so the chief priests and the ,pharisees took counsel what to do with ,jesus1 who was called the ,christ4 #ai ,caiaphas said1 ,we cannot crucify this man2 he must be stoned to death and nothing more4 #bj ,and then the rabble said1 ,make haste6 let him be stoned4 ,and then they led him forth toward the hill beyond the city's gates1 where criminals were put to death4 #ba ,the rabble could not wait until they reached the place of skulls4 ,as soon as they had passed the city's gate1 they rushed upon him1 smote him with their hands1 they spit upon him1 stoned him and he fell upon the ground4 #bb ,and one1 a man of ,god1 stood forth and said1 ,isaiah said1 ,he shall be bruised for our transgressions and by his stripes we shall be healed4 #bc ,as ,jesus lay all bruised and mangled on the ground a ,pharisee called out1 ,stay1 stay you men6 behold1 the guards of ,herod come and they will crucify this man4 #bd ,and there beside the city's gate they found ,barabbas' cross2 and then the frenzied mob cried out1 ,let him be crucified4 #be ,caiaphas and the other ruling ,jews came forth and gave consent4 #bf ,and then they lifted ,jesus from the ground1 and at the point of swords they drove him on4 #bg ,a man named ,simon1 from ,cyrene1 a friend of ,jesus1 was a-near the scene and since the bruised and wounded ,jesus could not bear his cross1 they laid it on the shoulders of this man and made him bear it on to ,calvary4 ,,chapter #afi4 ,judas is filled with remorse4 ,hurries to the temple and throws the thirty pieces of silver at the feet of the priests who take it and buy a potter's field4 ,judas hangs himself4 ,his body is buried in the potter's field4 ,now1 ,judas who betrayed his ,lord1 was with the mob2 but all the time he thought that ,jesus would assert his power and demonstrate the strength of ,god that he possessed1 and strike to earth the fiendish multitudes and free himself2 #b ,but when he saw his master on the ground and bleeding from a score of wounds1 he said1 #c ,o ,god1 what have ,i done8 ,i have betrayed the son of ,god2 the curse of ,god will rest upon my soul4 #d ,and then he turned and ran with haste until he reached the temple door2 he found the priests1 who gave to him the thirty silver pieces to betray the ,lord1 and said1 #e ,take back your bribe2 it is the cost price of my soul2 ,i have betrayed the son of ,god4 #f ,the priests replied1 ,that matters not to us4 #g ,then ,judas threw the silver on the floor1 and1 bowed with grief1 he went away1 and on a ledge beyond the city's walls he hanged himself and died4 #h ,in time the fastenings gave way1 his body fell into the ,hinnon vale and after many days they found it there a shapeless mass4 #i ,the rulers could not put the price of blood into the treasury1 and so they took the thirty silver pieces with which they bought a potter's field1 #aj ,where they might bury those who had no rights to lie within their sacred burial grounds4 #aa ,and there they put the body of the man who sold his ,lord4 ,,chapter #agj4 ,the crucifixion4 ,jesus prays for his murderers4 ,pilate puts an inscription above the cross4 ,jesus speaks words of encouragement to the penitent thief4 ,commits to ,john the care of his mother and ,miriam4 ,the soldiers divide his garments among themselves4 ,the ,jewish mob pushed on toward ,calvary and as they went the ,marys1 ,miriam1 and other women not a few1 were close beside the ,lord4 #b ,they wept aloud4 ,when ,jesus saw them weeping and lamenting thus he said1 #c ,weep not for me1 for though ,i go away1 go through the gateway of the cross1 yet on the next day of the sun1 lift up your hearts1 for ,i will meet you at the sepulchre4 #d ,the great procession came to ,calvary4 ,the ,roman soldiers had already bound the two state prisoners to the cross4 #e 7,they were not nailed1 but simply bound47 #f ,four soldiers of the ,roman guard that ,herod brought from ,galilee were called to execute the orders of the court4 #g ,these were the men who had been set apart to torture ,jesus and secure from him confession of his guilt4 #h ,these were the men who scourged him1 put a crown of thorns upon his head1 a broken reed into his hands1 and wrapped him in a royal robe1 and bowed in mockery1 before him as a king4 #i ,these soldiers took the ,lord and stripped him1 laid him on the cross and would have bound him there with cords2 but this would not suffice4 #aj ,the cruel ,jews were near with hammer and with nails2 they cried1 not cords1 but nails2 drive fast the nails and hold him to the cross4 #aa ,and then the soldiers took the nails and drove them through his feet and hands4 #ab ,they offered him a sedative to drink1 a draught of vinegar and myrrh2 but he refused to drink the draught4 #ac ,the soldiers had prepared a place in which to plant ,barabbas' cross between the other criminals2 and here they raised the cross of ,jesus1 who was called the ,christ2 #ad ,and then the soldiers and the mob sat down to watch him die4 #ae ,and ,jesus said1 ,my ,father-,god1 forgive these men2 they know not what they do4 #af ,now1 ,pilate had prepared a tablet to be placed upon the cross on which was written in the tongues of ,hebrew1 ,latin and the ,greek these words of truth3 ,,jesus ,,the ,,christ1 ,,king ,,of ,,the ,,jews4 #ag ,and this was placed upon the cross4 ,the priests were angered when they read these words upon the tablet of the cross4 #ah ,and then they prayed that ,pilate would not say1 ,he is the ,christ1 king of the ,jews2 but say1 ,he claims to be the ,christ1 king of the ,jews4 #ai ,but ,pilate said1 ,what ,i have written1 ,i have written2 let it stand4 #bj ,the ,jewish multitudes who saw the ,lord upon the cross were wild with joy2 they said1 ,all hail1 fake king6 #ba ,you who would tear the temple down and in three days would build it up again1 why don't you save yourself8 #bb ,if you are ,christ1 the son of ,god1 come from the cross2 then all men will believe4 #bc ,the priests and scribes and ,pharisees looked on the scene and scoffed2 they said1 ,he rescued others from the grave2 why don't he save himself8 #bd ,the ,jewish soldiers and the ,roman guards who came from ,galilee were loud in mocking and deriding him4 #be ,one of the other men upon the cross joined in the mockery2 he said1 ,if you are ,christ1 you have the power2 just speak the ,word1 and save yourself and me4 #bf ,the other man upon the cross rebuked the man2 he said1 ,you wretch6 have you no fear of ,god8 #bg ,this man is innocent of any crime while you and ,i are guilty and are paying up the debts we owe4 #bh ,and then he said to ,jesus1 ,lord1 ,i know thy kingdom comes1 the kingdom that the world can never comprehend2 #bi ,and when thou comest on the clouds of heaven1 remember me4 #cj ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold1 for ,i will meet you in the realm of souls this day4 #ca ,now1 standing near unto the cross were many women from ,judea and from ,galilee4 ,among them were the mother of the ,lord and ,miriam1 #cb ,and ,mary1 mother of the two apostles1 ,james and ,john1 and ,mary ,magdalene1 and ,martha1 ,ruth and ,mary1 and ,salome4 #cc ,when ,jesus saw his mother and the singer ,miriam standing close beside the cross and ,john a-near1 he said to ,john1 #cd ,in your most tender care ,i leave my mother and my sister ,miriam4 #ce ,and ,john replied1 ,while they shall live my home shall be the home of your thrice blessed mother and your sister ,miriam4 #cf ,according to a custom of the ,jews1 to those who were the executioners of law and took the lives of criminals1 belonged the garments of the criminals4 #cg ,so when the ,lord was crucified1 the ,roman guards divided up among themselves the garments of the ,lord4 #ch ,but when they found his coat it was a seamless coat and highly prized4 #ci ,for it the guards cast lots1 and thus determined who should have the prize4 #dj ,and thus the scripture was fulfilled1 which said1 ,and they divided all my robes among themselves1 and for my vesture they cast lots4 ,,chapter #aga4 ,concluding scenes of the crucifixion4 ,joseph and ,nicodemus1 by consent of ,pilate1 take the body of ,jesus from the cross and lay it in ,joseph's tomb4 ,a guard of one hundred ,jewish soldiers are placed about the sepulcher4 ,now1 at the sixth hour of the day1 although the sun was at its height1 the day became as dark as night2 #b ,and men sought lanterns and they builded fires upon the hills that they might see4 #c ,and when the sun refused to shine and darkness came1 the ,lord exclaimed1 ,heloi6 ,heloi6 lama sabachthani8 7,thou sun6 thou sun6 why hast thou forsaken me87 #d ,the people did not understand the words he spoke2 they thought he spoke the name ,elijah and they said1 #e ,he calls upon ,elijah in his hour of need2 now we will see if he will come4 #f ,and ,jesus said1 ,i thirst4 ,a ,roman soldier dipped a sponge in vinegar and myrrh1 and placed it to his lips4 #g ,now1 at the ninth hour of the day the earth began to quake1 and in the darkness of that sunless day1 a flood of golden light appeared above the cross2 #h ,and from the light a voice was heard which said1 ,lo1 it is done4 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,my ,father-,god1 into thy hands ,i give my soul4 #aj ,a ,roman soldier in compassion said1 ,this agony is all too great2 relief shall come4 ,and with a spear he pierced his heart and it was done2 the son of man was dead4 #aa ,and then the earth was shocked again2 the city of ,jerusalem rocked to and fro2 the hills were rent and tombs were opened up2 #ab ,and people thought they saw the dead arise and walk the streets4 #ac ,the temple quivered and the veil between the sanctuary and the ,holy ,place was rent in twain1 and consternation reigned through all the place4 #ad ,the ,roman guard who watched the body on the cross exclaimed1 ,this surely was the son of ,god who died4 #ae ,and then the people hurried down from ,calvary4 ,the priests1 the ,pharisees and scribes were filled with fear4 #af ,they sought the cover of their synagogues and homes and said1 ,behold1 the wrath of ,god6 #ag ,the great day of the ,jewish pasch was near1 and ,jews could not by law permit a criminal to hang upon the cross upon the ,sabbath day4 #ah ,and so they prayed that ,pilate would remove the bodies of the men that had been crucified4 #ai ,and ,pilate sent his guards to ,calvary to note if all the men were dead4 #bj ,and when the guards were gone1 two aged ,jews came to the palace door to see the governor1 and they were members of the highest council of the ,jews2 #ba ,yet they believed that ,jesus was a prophet sent from ,god4 #bb ,the one was ,rabbi ,joseph1 the ,arimathean counsellor1 and he was just and loved the law of ,god4 #bc ,and ,nicodemus was the other one who came4 #bd ,these men fell down at ,pilate's feet and prayed that they might take the body of the ,nazarene and lay it in a tomb4 #be ,and ,pilate gave consent4 #bf ,now1 ,joseph had prepared a costly mixture to embalm the body of the ,lord1 about a hundred pounds of aloes and of myrrh1 and this they took and hastened out to ,calvary4 #bg ,and when the guards returned they said1 ,the ,nazarene is dead2 the malefactors are alive4 #bh ,and ,pilate told the guards to go and smite the living men so they would die1 and then to give their bodies to the flames2 but give the body of the ,nazarene to rabbis who would call for it4 #bi ,the soldiers did as ,pilate said4 #cj ,the rabbis came and took away the body of the ,lord and when they had prepared it with the spices they had bought1 #ca ,they laid it in the new-made tomb that had been made for ,joseph in a solid rock4 #cb ,and then they rolled a stone up to the sepulcher4 #cc ,the priests were fearful lest the friends of ,jesus would go forth at night and take away the body of the ,nazarene1 and then report that he had risen from the dead1 as he had said2 #cd ,and they requested that the governor would send his soldiers to the tomb to guard the body of the dead4 #ce ,but ,pilate said1 ,i will not send a ,roman guard2 but you have ,jewish soldiers and may send a hundred men with a centurion to guard the tomb4 #cf ,and then they sent a hundred soldiers out to guard the tomb4 ,,section ,,xx4 ,,resh4 ,the ,resurrection of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #agb4 ,pilate places the ,roman seal upon the stone door of the tomb4 ,at midnight a company of the silent brothers march about the tomb4 ,the soldiers are alarmed4 ,jesus preaches to the spirits in prison4 ,early ,sunday morning he rises from the tomb4 ,the soldiers are bribed by the priests to say that the disciples had stolen the body4 ,the tomb in which they laid the body of the ,lord was in a garden1 rich with flowers1 the garden of ,siloam1 and ,joseph's home was near4 #b ,before the watch began ,caiaphas sent a company of priests out to the garden of ,siloam that they might be assured that ,jesus' body was within the tomb4 #c ,they rolled away the stone2 they saw the body there1 and then they placed the stone again before the door4 #d ,and ,pilate sent his scribe who placed upon the stone the seal of ,rome1 in such a way that he who moved the stone would break the seal4 #e ,to break this ,roman seal meant death to him who broke the seal4 #f ,the ,jewish soldiers all were sworn to faithfulness2 and then the watch began4 #g ,at midnight all was well1 but suddenly the tomb became a blaze of light1 and down the garden walk a troupe of white clad soldiers marched in single file4 #h ,they came up to the tomb and marched and countermarched before the door4 #i ,the ,jewish soldiers were alert2 they thought the friends had come to steal the body of the ,nazarene4 ,the captain of the guard cried out to charge4 #aj ,they charged2 but not a white clad soldier fell4 ,they did not even stop2 they marched and countermarched among the frightened men4 #aa ,they stood upon the ,roman seal2 they did not speak2 they unsheathed not their swords2 it was the ,silent ,brotherhood4 #ab ,the ,jewish soldiers fled in fear2 they fell upon the ground4 #ac ,they stood apart until the white clad soldiers marched away1 and then the light about the tomb grew dim4 #ad ,then they returned2 the stone was in its place2 the seal was not disturbed1 and they resumed their watch4 #ae ,now1 ,jesus did not sleep within the tomb4 ,the body is the manifest of soul2 but soul is soul without its manifest4 #af ,and in the realm of souls1 unmanifest1 the ,lord went forth and taught4 #ag ,he opened up the prison doors and set the prisoners free2 #ah ,he broke the chains of captive souls1 and led the captives to the light2 #ai ,he sat in council with the patriarchs and prophets of the olden times2 #bj ,the masters of all times and climes he met1 and in the great assemblies he stood forth and told the story of his life on earth1 and of his death in sacrifice for man1 #ba ,and of his promises to clothe himself again in garb of flesh and walk with his disciples1 just to prove the possibilities of man2 #bb ,to give to them the key of life1 of death1 and of the resurrection of the dead4 #bc ,in council all the masters sat and talked about the revelations of the coming age1 #bd ,when she1 the ,holy ,breath1 shall fill the earth and air with holy breath1 and open up the way of man to perfectness and endless life4 #be ,the garden of ,siloam was silent on the ,sabbath day2 the ,jewish soldiers watched and no one else approached the tomb2 but on the following night the scene was changed4 #bf ,at midnight every ,jewish soldier heard a voice which said1 ,adon ,mashich ,cumi1 which meant1 ,lord ,christ arise4 #bg ,and they supposed again that friends of ,jesus were alert1 were coming up to take the body of their ,lord away4 #bh ,the soldiers were alert with swords unsheathed and drawn1 and then they heard the words again4 #bi ,it seemed as though the voice was everywhere1 and yet they saw no man4 #cj ,the soldiers blanched with fear1 and still to flee meant death for cowardice1 and so they stood and watched4 #ca ,again1 and this was just before the sun arose1 the heavens blazed with light1 a distant thunder seemed to herald forth a coming storm2 #cb ,and then the earth began to quake and in the rays of light they saw a form descend from heaven1 ,they said1 ,behold an angel comes4 #cc ,and then they heard again1 ,adon ,mashich ,cumi4 #cd ,and then the white-robed form tramped on the ,roman seal1 and then he tore it into shreds2 he took the mighty stone in hand as though it were a pebble from the brook1 and cast it to the side4 #ce ,and ,jesus opened up his eyes and said1 ,all hail the rising sun6 the coming of the day of righteousness6 #cf ,and then he folded up his burial gown1 his head bands and his coverings and laid them all aside4 #cg ,he rose1 and for a moment stood beside the white-robed form4 #ch ,the weaker soldiers fell upon the ground1 and hid their faces in their hands2 the stronger stood and watched4 #ci ,they saw the body of the ,nazarene transmute2 they saw it change from mortal to immortal form1 and then it disappeared4 #dj ,the soldiers heard a voice from somewhere2 yea1 from everywhere1 it said1 #da ,peace1 peace on earth2 good will to men4 #db ,they looked1 the tomb was empty and the ,lord had risen as he said4 #dc ,the soldiers hastened to ,jerusalem1 and to the priests1 and said1 #dd ,behold1 the ,nazarene has risen as he said2 the tomb is empty and the body of the man is gone2 we know not where it is4 ,and then they told about the wonders of the night4 #de ,caiaphas called a council of the ,jews2 he said1 the news must not go forth that ,jesus has arisen from the dead2 #df ,for if it does all men will say1 ,he is the son of ,god1 and all our testimonies will be proven false4 #dg ,and then they called the hundred soldiers in and said to them1 #dh ,you know not where the body of the ,nazarene is resting now1 so if you will go forth and say that his disciples came and stole the body while you slept1 #di ,each one of you shall have a silver piece1 and we will make it right with ,pilate for the breaking of the ,roman seal4 #ej ,the soldiers did as they were paid to do4 ,,section ,,xxi4 ,,schin4 ,materialization of the ,spiritual ,body of ,jesus4 ,,chapter #agc4 ,jesus appears1 fully materialized1 to his mother1 ,miriam1 ,mary of ,magdala and to ,peter1 ,james and ,john4 ,now1 when the rabbis took the body of the ,lord and laid it in the tomb the mother of the ,lord1 and ,mary ,magdalene1 and ,miriam were there4 #b ,and when the body was entombed they went to ,joseph's home and there abode4 #c ,they did not know that ,jewish soldiers had been sent to guard the tomb1 nor that the ,roman seal was placed upon the stone2 #d ,so in the morning of the first day of the week they hastened to the tomb with spices to embalm the ,lord4 #e ,but when they reached the tomb they found the terror-stricken soldiers running frantically about4 #f ,the women did not know the cause2 but when they found an empty tomb they were excited and aggrieved4 #g ,the soldiers did not know what had transpired2 they could not tell who took the body of the ,lord away4 #h ,and ,mary ,magdalene ran with haste toward ,jerusalem to tell the news to ,peter and the rest4 #i ,she met1 just by the gateway1 ,peter1 ,james and ,john2 she said1 ,some one has rolled away the stone and carried off the body of the ,lord4 #aj ,and then the three disciples ran toward the tomb2 but ,john was fleet of foot and was the first to reach the tomb2 he found it empty2 the body of his ,lord was gone4 #aa ,when ,peter came he went into the tomb1 and found the grave clothes neatly folded up and laid aside4 #ab ,now1 the disciples did not comprehend the scene4 ,they did not know the meaning of their ,lord when he informed them just before his death that he would rise from death upon the first day of the week4 #ac ,the three disciples went back to ,jerusalem2 the mother of the ,lord and ,miriam went not away4 #ad ,and ,mary looked within the tomb1 and saw two masters sitting there2 they said1 ,why do you weep8 #ae ,and ,mary said1 ,because my ,lord is gone2 some one has carried off the body of my ,lord2 ,i know not where it is4 #af ,then she arose and looked around2 a man stood near and said1 ,why do you weep8 whom do you seek8 #ag ,and ,mary thought it was the gardener and said1 ,if you have borne away the body of my ,lord1 ,o tell me where it is that ,i may lay it in a sacred tomb4 #ah ,and then the man came near and said1 ,my mother6 and ,mary said1 ,my ,lord6 #ai ,the eyes of ,miriam were opened up and she beheld the ,lord4 #bj ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold1 ,i told you as we walked along the way up to the cross that ,i would meet you at the sepulcher upon the first day of the week4 #ba ,now1 ,mary ,magdalene was sitting not a great way off1 and ,jesus went to her and said1 #bb ,why seek the living 'mong the dead8 ,your ,lord has risen as he said4 ,now1 ,mary1 look6 behold my face6 #bc ,then ,mary knew it was the ,lord2 that he had risen from the dead4 #bd ,and then ,salome1 and ,mary1 mother of the two disciples1 ,james and ,john1 ,joanna1 and the other women who had come out to the tomb1 saw ,jesus1 and they talked with him4 #be ,and ,mary ,magdalene was filled with joy4 ,she sought again for ,peter1 ,james and ,john2 she found them and she said1 #bf ,lo1 ,i have seen the ,lord2 and ,miriam has seen the ,lord2 the mother of the ,lord has seen the ,lord2 and many more have seen his face2 for he has risen from the dead4 #bg ,but the disciples thought that she had simply seen a vision of the ,lord4 ,they did not think that he had risen from the dead4 #bh ,then ,mary found the other members of the company and told them all about the risen ,lord2 but none of them believed4 #bi ,now1 ,peter1 ,james and ,john were in the garden of ,siloam2 were talking with the gardener about the happenings of the day when ,john beheld a stranger coming up the walk4 #cj ,the stranger lifted up his hands and said1 ,i am4 ,then the disciples knew it was the ,lord4 #ca ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold1 for human flesh can be transmuted into higher form1 and then that higher form is master of things manifest1 and can1 at will1 take any form4 #cb ,and so ,i come to you in form familiar unto you4 #cc ,go speak to ,thomas1 and the other men whom ,i have called to be apostles unto men1 and say to them1 #cd ,that he whom ,jews and ,romans thought was dead is walking in the garden of ,siloam2 #ce ,will stand again before the priests and ,pharisees within the temple in ,jerusalem2 #cf ,and will appear unto the sages of the world4 #cg ,tell them that ,i will go before them into ,galilee4 #ch ,then ,peter1 ,james and ,john went forth and found their brethren1 and said1 ,behold1 the ,lord is risen from the dead1 and we have seen him face to face4 #ci ,the brethren were amazed at what the three disciples said2 but still they looked upon their words as idle talk and they believed them not4 ,,chapter #agd4 ,jesus appears1 fully materialized1 to ,zachus and ,cleophas as they journey to ,emmaus1 but they know him not4 ,he tells them many things about ,christ4 ,he eats the evening meal with them1 and reveals himself to them4 ,they go to ,jerusalem and tell the news4 ,towards the evening of the resurrection day1 two friends of ,jesus1 ,zachus and ,cleophas of ,emmaus1 seven miles away1 were going to their home4 #b ,and as they walked and talked about the things that had occurred a stranger joined their company4 #c ,he said1 ,my friends1 you seem discouraged and are sad4 ,has some great grief upon you come8 #d ,cleophas said1 ,are you a stranger in ,judea1 and know not of the thrilling things that have transpired here8 #e ,the stranger said1 ,what things8 ,to what do you refer8 #f ,cleophas said1 ,have you not heard about the man from ,galilee who was a prophet mighty in both word and deed8 #g ,a man whom many thought had come to found again the kingdom of the ,jews1 and drive the ,romans from the city of ,jerusalem and be himself the king8 #h ,the stranger said1 ,tell me about this man4 #i ,cleophas said1 ,his name was ,jesus2 he was born in ,bethlehem2 his home was up in ,galilee4 ,he loved the people as he loved himself4 #aj ,he was1 in truth1 a master sent from ,god1 for he had matchless power4 ,he healed the sick and made the deaf to hear1 the blind to see1 the lame to walk1 and even raised the dead4 #aa ,the ,jewish scribes and ,pharisees were jealous of his fame and power1 and they arrested him2 by perjured witnesses they proved him guilty of a score of crimes1 #ab ,and on last ,friday he was taken to the place of skulls and crucified4 #ac ,he died and he was buried in a rich man's tomb1 out in the garden of ,siloam4 #ad ,this very morning when his friends went to the tomb they found it empty2 the body of the ,lord was gone4 #ae ,and now the news has spread abroad that he has risen from the dead4 #af ,the stranger said1 ,yes1 ,i have heard about this man2 but it seems strange that after all the things that ,jewish prophets long ago foretold concerning him that when he came men knew him not4 #ag ,this man was born to demonstrate the ,christ to men1 and it is just to say that ,jesus is the ,christ4 #ah ,according to the ,word1 this ,jesus came to suffer at the hands of men1 to give his life as pattern for the sons of men2 #ai ,to rise from death that men might know the way to rise from death4 #bj ,and then the stranger told the two disciples all about the ,law1 the ,prophets and the ,psalms1 and read to them a multitude of things that had been written of this man from ,galilee4 #ba ,and now the men had reached their home and as the night was near they importuned the stranger to abide with them4 #bb ,and he went in with them and as they sat about the table at the evening meal1 he took a piece of bread1 and blessed it in the name of ,christ4 #bc ,and instantly their eyes were opened up1 and they perceived that he1 the stranger1 was the ,lord1 the man from ,galilee2 that he had risen from the dead2 and then the form of ,jesus disappeared4 #bd ,when he had gone1 the two disciples were amazed4 ,they said1 ,did not our hearts burn with delight while he was talking to us by the way and opening up the testimonies of the ,law1 the ,prophets and the ,psalms8 #be ,then ,zachus and ,cleopas went back to ,jerusalem1 and everywhere they went they said1 ,lo1 we have seen the ,lord2 #bf ,he walked with us to ,emmaus2 he ate with us the evening meal1 and broke for us the bread of life4 ,,chapter #age4 ,jesus appears1 fully materialized1 to the ten apostles in ,simon's house1 and to ,lazarus and his sisters4 ,the evening of the resurrection day had come2 the ten apostles were in ,simon's house in ,bethany4 ,the lawyer1 ,thomas1 was not there4 #b ,the doors were closed and barred1 because the ,jews had said that they would drive the ,galileans from the land4 #c ,and as they talked1 lo1 ,jesus came and stood forth in their midst1 and said1 ,peace6 peace6 #d ,and the disciples shrank in fear2 they thought it was a phantom that they saw4 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,why are you troubled thus8 why do you fear8 ,i am no phantom form4 ,i am your ,lord1 and ,i have risen from the dead4 #f ,i often said1 ,i will arise2 but you believed me not2 and now come here and see4 ,a phantom has not flesh and bones and brawn1 like ,i possess4 #g ,come now1 and clasp my hands1 and touch my feet1 and lay your hands upon my head4 #h ,and every one came up and clasped his hands1 and touched his feet1 and laid his hands upon his head4 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,have you here anything to eat8 #aj ,and they brought out a fragment of a fish2 he ate it in the presence of them all1 and then the ten believed4 #aa ,nathaniel said1 ,and now we know that he has risen from the dead2 he stands a surety of the resurrection of the dead4 ,and ,jesus disappeared4 #ab ,now1 ,mary1 ,martha1 ,ruth and ,lazarus were in their home1 and they had heard the rumor that their ,lord had risen from the dead1 and ,martha said1 #ac ,it cannot be1 for such a thing has never happened since the world began4 #ad ,but ,mary said1 ,did not the ,lord bring back our brother from the dead8 and he could surely bring himself to life again4 #ae ,and as they talked1 the ,lord stood in their midst and said1 #af ,all hail6 for ,i am risen from the dead1 first fruitage of the grave6 #ag ,and ,martha ran and brought the chair in which the ,lord had ever loved to sit1 and ,jesus sat down on the chair4 #ah ,and for a long1 long time they talked about the trial1 and the scenes of ,calvary and of the garden of ,siloam4 #ai ,then ,jesus said1 ,fear not1 for ,i will be your boon companion all the way2 and then he disappeared4 ,,chapter #agf4 ,jesus appears1 fully materialized1 to the eastern sages in the palace of ,prince ,ravanna in ,india4 ,to the magian priests in ,persia4 ,the three wise men speak in praise of the personality of the ,nazarene4 ,ravanna1 prince of ,india1 gave a feast4 ,his palace in ,orissa was the place where men of thought from all the farther ,east were wont to meet4 #b ,ravanna was the prince with whom child ,jesus went to ,india many years ago4 #c ,the feast was made in honor of the wise men of the ,east4 #d ,among the guests were ,meng-ste1 ,vidyapati and ,lamaas4 #e ,the wise men sat about the table talking of the needs of ,india and the world4 #f ,the door unto the banquet hall was in the east2 a vacant chair was at the table to the east4 #g ,and as the wise men talked a stranger entered1 unannounced1 and raising up his hands in benediction said1 ,all hail6 #h ,a halo rested on his head1 and light1 unlike the light of sun1 filled all the room4 #i ,the wise men rose and bowed their heads and said1 ,all hail6 #aj ,and ,jesus sat down in the vacant chair2 and then the wise men knew it was the ,hebrew prophet who had come4 #aa ,and ,jesus said1 ,behold1 for ,i am risen from the dead4 ,look at my hands1 my feet1 my side4 #ab ,the ,roman soldiers pierced my hands and feet with nails2 and then one pierced my heart4 #ac ,they put me in a tomb1 and then ,i wrestled with the conqueror of men4 ,i conquered death1 ,i stamped upon him and arose2 #ad ,brought immortality to light and painted on the walls of time a rainbow for the sons of men2 and what ,i did all men shall do4 #ae ,this gospel of the resurrection of the dead is not confined to ,jew and ,greek2 it is the heritage of every man of every time and clime2 and ,i am here a demonstration of the power of man4 #af ,then he arose and pressed the hand of every man and of the royal host1 and said1 #ag ,behold1 ,i am not myth made of the fleeting winds1 for ,i am flesh and bone and brawn2 but ,i can cross the borderland at will4 #ah ,and then they talked together there a long1 long time4 ,then ,jesus said1 #ai ,i go my way1 but you shall go to all the world and preach the gospel of the omnipotence of man1 the power of truth1 the resurrection of the dead2 #bj ,he who believes this gospel of the son of man shall never die2 the dead shall live again4 #ba ,then ,jesus disappeared1 but he had sown the seed4 ,the words of life were spoken in ,orissa1 and all of ,india heard4 #bb ,the magian priests were in the silence in ,persepolis1 and ,kaspar1 and the magian masters who were first to greet the child of promise in the shepherd's home in ,bethlehem1 were with the priests4 #bc ,and ,jesus came and sat with them2 a crown of light was on his head4 #bd ,and when the silence ended ,kaspar said1 ,a master from the royal council of the ,silent ,brotherhood is here2 let us give praise4 #be ,and all the priests and masters stood and said1 ,all hail6 ,what message from the royal council do you bring8 #bf ,and ,jesus said1 ,my brothers of the ,silent ,brotherhood1 peace1 peace on earth2 good will to men6 #bg ,the problem of the ages has been solved2 a son of man has risen from the dead2 has shown that human flesh can be transmuted into flesh divine4 #bh ,before the eyes of men this flesh in which ,i come to you was changed with speed of light from human flesh4 ,and so ,i am the message that ,i bring to you4 #bi ,to you ,i come1 the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the ,,am4 #cj ,what ,i have done1 all men will do2 and what ,i am1 all men will be4 #ca ,but ,jesus said no more4 ,in one short breath he told the story of his mission to the sons of men1 and then he disappeared4 #cb ,the magi said1 ,some time ago we read this promise1 now fulfilled1 upon the dial plate of heaven4 #cc ,and then we saw this man who has just demonstrated unto us the power of man to rise from carnal flesh and blood to flesh of ,god1 a babe in ,bethlehem4 #cd ,and after many years he came and sat with us in these same groves2 #ce ,he told the story of his human life1 of trials1 sore temptations1 buffetings and woes4 #cf ,he pressed along the thorny way of life till he had risen and o'erthrown the strongest foes of ,god and man2 and he is now the only master of the human race whose flesh has been transmuted into flesh divine4 #cg ,he is the ,god-man of today2 but every one of earth shall overcome and be like him1 a son of ,god4 ,,chapter #agg4 ,jesus appears1 fully materialized1 in the temple in ,jerusalem4 ,rebukes the rulers of the ,jews for their hypocrisy4 ,reveals himself to them and they fall back in fear4 ,he appears to the apostles in ,simon's house4 ,thomas is convinced4 ,it was the ,sabbath day and many priests and scribes and ,pharisees were in the temple in ,jerusalem4 ,caiaphas1 ,annas and some other ruling ,jews were there4 #b ,a stranger came in garb of fisherman and asked1 ,what has become of ,jesus who is called the ,christ8 ,is he not teaching in the temple now8 #c ,the ,jews replied1 ,that man from ,galilee was crucified a week ago1 because he was a dangerous man1 a vile1 seditious man4 #d ,the stranger asked1 ,where did you put the body of this man from ,galilee8 where is his tomb8 #e ,the ,jews replied1 ,we do not know4 ,his followers came at night and stole the body from the tomb in which it lay and carried it away1 and then declared that he had risen from the dead4 #f ,the stranger asked1 ,how do you know that his disciples stole the body from the tomb8 was any one a witness of the theft8 #g ,the ,jews replied1 ,we had a hundred soldiers at the place1 and every one of them declares that his disciples stole the body from the tomb4 #h ,the stranger asked1 ,will any one of all your hundred men stand forth and say1 ,i saw the body stolen from the tomb8 #i ,the ,jews replied1 ,we do not know2 these men are men of truth2 we cannot doubt their word4 #aj ,the stranger said1 ,you priests and scribes and ,pharisees hear me3 ,i was a witness of the facts1 was in the garden of ,siloam1 and stood among your hundred men4 #aa ,and this ,i know that not a man among your hundred men1 will say1 ,i saw the body stolen from the tomb4 #ab ,and ,i will testify before the ,god of heaven and earth1 ,the body was not stolen from the tomb2 the man from ,galilee is risen from the dead4 #ac ,and then the priests and scribes and ,pharisees rushed up to seize the man and cast him out4 #ad ,but instantly the fisherman became a radiant form of light1 and priests and scribes and ,pharisees fell back in deadly fear2 they saw the man from ,galilee4 #ae ,and ,jesus looked upon the frightened men and said1 ,this is the body that you stoned beyond the city's gates and crucified on ,calvary4 #af ,behold my hands1 my feet1 my side and see the wounds the soldiers made4 #ag ,if you believe that ,i am phantom made of air1 come forth and handle me2 ghosts do not carry flesh and bones4 #ah ,i came to earth to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead1 the transmutation of the flesh of carnal man to flesh of man divine4 #ai ,then ,jesus raised his hands and said1 ,peace be to every one of you2 good will to all mankind4 ,and then he disappeared4 #bj ,now1 ,thomas had not seen the ,lord since he had risen from the dead1 and when the ten averred that they had seen and talked with him he said1 #ba ,until ,i see the nail prints in his hands and feet1 the spear wound in his side1 and talked with him as ,i have talked with him before1 ,i cannot have a reason to believe that he is risen from the dead4 #bb ,at ,simon's house in ,bethany the men from ,galilee had met4 ,it was the evening of the first day of the week1 and on the morrow all would turn their faces toward their homes4 #bc ,the eleven apostles all were there2 the doors were closed and barred1 and ,jesus came and said1 ,peace be to all6 #bd ,and then he said to ,thomas1 friend1 you do not know that ,i have risen from the dead2 the time has come for you to know4 #be ,come here and see the nail prints in my hands1 the spear wound in my side1 and talk with me as you have often talked with me4 #bf ,and ,thomas came and saw1 and then exclaimed1 ,my master1 and my ,lord6 ,i do not now believe1 ,i know that you are risen from the dead4 #bg ,and ,jesus said1 ,because you see me you believe1 and blessed are your eyes2 #bh ,but blessed thrice are they who see me not and yet believe4 #bi ,then ,jesus vanished from their sight1 but the disciples were established in their faith4 ,,chapter #agh4 ,jesus appears1 fully materialized1 before ,apollo and the ,silent ,brotherhood in ,greece4 ,appears to ,claudas and ,juliet on the ,tiber near ,rome4 ,appears to the priests in the ,egyptian temple at ,heliopolis4 ,apollo1 with the ,silent ,brotherhood of ,greece1 was sitting in a ,delphian grove4 ,the ,oracle had spoken loud and long4 #b ,the priests were in the sanctuary and as they looked the ,oracle became a blaze of light2 it seemed to be on fire1 and all consumed4 #c ,the priests were filled with fear4 ,they said1 ,a great disaster is to come2 our gods are mad2 they have destroyed our ,oracle4 #d ,but when the flames had spent themselves1 a man stood on the orac pedestal and said2 #e ,god speaks to man1 not by an oracle of wood and gold1 but by the voice of man4 #f ,the gods have spoken to the ,greeks1 and kindred tongues1 through images made by man2 but ,god1 the ,one1 now speaks to man through ,christ the only son1 who was1 and is and evermore will be4 #g ,this ,oracle shall fail2 the ,living ,oracle of ,god1 the ,one1 will never fail4 #h ,apollo knew the man who spoke2 he knew it was the ,nazarene who once had taught the wise men in the ,acropolis and had rebuked the idol worshippers upon the ,athen's beach2 #i ,and in a moment ,jesus stood before ,apollo and the ,silent ,brotherhood1 and said1 #aj ,behold1 for ,i have risen from the dead with gifts for men4 ,i bring to you the title of your vast estate4 #aa ,all power in heaven and earth is mine2 to you ,i give all power in heaven and earth4 #ab ,go forth and teach the nations of the earth the gospel of the resurrection of the dead and of eternal life through ,christ1 the love of ,god made manifest to men4 #ac ,and then he clasped ,apollo's hand and said1 ,my human flesh was changed to higher form by love divine and ,i can manifest in flesh1 or in the higher planes of life1 at will4 #ad ,what ,i can do all men can do4 ,go preach the gospel of the omnipotence of man4 #ae ,then ,jesus disappeared2 but ,greece and ,crete and all the nations heard4 #af ,claudas and ,juliet1 his wife1 lived on the ,palatine in ,rome and they were servants of ,tiberius2 but they had been in ,galilee2 #ag ,had walked with ,jesus by the sea1 had heard his words and seen his power2 and they believed that he was ,christ made manifest4 #ah ,now ,claudas and his wife were on the ,tiber in a little boat2 a storm swept from the sea1 the boat was wrecked and ,claudas and his wife were sinking down to death4 #ai ,and ,jesus came and took them by the hands and said1 ,claudas and ,juliet1 arise and walk with me upon the waves4 #bj ,and they arose and walked with him upon the waves4 #ba ,a thousand people saw the three walk on the waves1 and saw them reach the land1 and they were all amazed4 #bb ,and ,jesus said1 ,you men of ,rome1 ,i am the resurrection and the life4 ,they that are dead shall live1 and many that shall live will never die4 #bc ,by mouth of gods and demigods ,god spoke unto your fathers long ago2 but now he speaks to you through perfect man4 #bd ,he sent his son1 the ,christ1 in human flesh1 to save the world1 and as ,i lifted from the watery grave and saved these servants of ,tiberius1 #be ,so ,christ will lift the sons and daughters of the human race1 yea1 every one of them1 from darkness and from graves of carnal things1 to light and everlasting life4 #bf ,i am the manifest of love raised from the dead2 ,behold my hands1 my feet1 my side which carnal men have pierced4 #bg ,claudas and ,juliet1 whom ,i have saved from death1 are my ambassadors to ,rome4 #bh ,and they will point the way and preach the gospel of the ,holy ,breath and of the resurrection of the dead4 #bi ,and that was all he said1 but ,rome and all of ,italy heard4 #cj ,the priests of ,heliopolis were in their temple met to celebrate the resurrection of their brother ,nazarite2 they knew that he had risen from the dead4 #ca ,the ,nazarite appeared and stood upon a sacred pedestal on which no man had ever stood4 #cb ,this was an honor that had been reserved for him who first would demonstrate the resurrection of the dead4 #cc ,and ,jesus was the first of all the human race to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead4 #cd ,when ,jesus stood upon the sacred pedestal the masters stood and said1 ,all hail6 ,the great bells of the temple rang and all the temple was ablaze with light4 #ce ,and ,jesus said1 ,all honor to the masters of this ,temple of the ,sun4 #cf ,in flesh of man there is the essence of the resurrection of the dead4 ,this essence1 quickened by the ,holy ,breath1 will raise the substance of the body to a higher tone1 #cg ,and make it like the substance of the bodies of the planes above1 which human eyes cannot behold4 #ch ,there is a holy ministry in death4 ,the essence of the body cannot be quickened by the ,holy ,breath until the fixed is solved2 the body must disintegrate1 and this is death4 #ci ,and then upon these pliant substances ,god breathes1 just as he breathed upon the chaos of the deep when worlds were formed1 #dj ,and life springs forth from death2 the carnal form is changed to form divine4 #da ,the will of man makes possible the action of the ,holy ,breath4 ,when will of man and will of ,god are one1 the resurrection is a fact4 #db ,in this we have the chemistry of mortal life1 the ministry of death1 the mystery of deific life4 #dc ,my human life was wholly given to bring my will to tune with the deific will2 when this was done my earth-tasks all were done4 #dd ,and you1 my brothers1 know full well the foes ,i had to meet2 you know about my victories in ,gethsemane2 my trials in the courts of men2 my death upon the cross4 #de ,you know that all my life was one great drama for the sons of men2 a pattern for the sons of men4 ,i lived to show the possibilities of man4 #df ,what ,i have done all men can do1 and what ,i am all men shall be4 #dg ,the masters looked2 the form upon the sacred pedestal had gone1 but every temple priest1 and every living creature said1 ,praise ,god4 ,,chapter #agi4 ,jesus appears1 fully materialized1 to the apostles at the sea of ,galilee4 ,appears to a multitude of people4 ,tells his apostles to go again to ,jerusalem and he would meet them there4 ,now1 the apostles were at home in ,galilee2 the women tarried in ,judea until the ,pentecost1 #b ,and ,peter1 ,james and ,john1 and ,andrew1 ,philip and ,nathaniel were in ,capernaum4 ,they joined with ,jonah and with ,zebedee1 and in their boats went out to fish1 #c ,they toiled all night and when the morning came they had no fish4 #d ,and as they neared the shore a man stood on the shore and said1 ,how many fish have you8 #e ,and ,peter answered1 ,none4 #f ,again the man called out and said1 ,a school of fish is passing now upon the right side of your boat2 cast out your net4 #g ,they cast their net1 and it was filled2 and ,john exclaimed1 ,it is the ,lord who stands upon the shore4 #h ,and ,peter plunged into the sea and swam to shore4 ,the other men brought in the net1 and it contained a hundred fifty and three fish and yet it did not break4 #i ,and ,jesus said1 ,my children1 let us break our fast together here4 #aj ,they found some living coals upon the beach and ,peter brought and dressed the fish2 they had some bread4 #aa ,and when the meal had been prepared they broke their fast1 and ,jesus ate of both the fish and bread4 #ab ,now1 after breakfast all the men were sitting on the beach1 and ,jesus said to ,peter1 ,do you love the ,lord your ,god with all your heart1 and do you love your neighbor as you love yourself8 #ac ,and ,peter said1 ,yea1 ,lord1 ,i love the ,lord my ,god with all my heart2 ,i love my neighbor as ,i love myself4 #ad ,and ,jesus said1 ,then feed my sheep4 #ae ,and then he said to ,james1 ,do you love her1 the ,holy ,breath1 with all your heart1 and do you love your neighbor as you love yourself8 #af ,and ,james replied1 ,yea1 ,lord1 ,i love the ,holy ,breath with all my heart2 ,i love my neighbor as ,i love myself4 #ag ,then ,jesus said1 ,protect my sheep4 #ah ,and then he said to ,john1 ,do you love ,christ1 the love divine made manifest1 with all your heart1 and do you love your neighbor as you love yourself8 #ai ,and ,john replied1 ,yea1 ,lord1 ,i love the ,christ with all my heart2 ,i love my neighbor as ,i love myself4 #bj ,and ,jesus said1 ,then feed my lambs4 #ba ,then ,jesus rose and said to ,peter1 ,follow me4 ,and ,peter followed him4 #bb ,when ,peter saw that ,john was following him he said to ,jesus1 ,lord1 behold1 ,john follows you6 ,what shall he do8 #bc ,now ,peter did not hear the master when he said to ,john1 ,then feed my lambs4 #bd ,and ,jesus spoke to ,peter and he said1 ,it matters not to you what ,john shall do2 not even though ,i will that he remain until ,i come again4 #be ,just do your duty2 follow me4 #bf ,and ,jesus passed1 they knew not where he went4 #bg ,the news soon spread through all ,capernaum that ,jesus had arisen from the dead1 that he had walked with his disciples by the sea1 and ate with them the morning meal4 ,the multitudes came forth to see4 #bh ,now ,peter1 ,james and ,john1 together with the other men who had been called to be apostles of the ,lord1 went to the mountains near ,capernaum to pray1 #bi ,and as they prayed the master came2 they saw him and they talked with him4 #cj ,he said to them1 ,the ,pentecost is near at hand2 go to ,jerusalem and ,i will meet you there4 #ca ,and as he talked1 a multitude of people came2 they saw the ,lord2 they said1 #cb ,behold1 for now we know that he1 the ,nazarene1 has risen from the dead for we have seen him face to face4 ,,chapter #ahj4 ,jesus appears1 fully materialized1 to the apostles in ,jerusalem4 ,gives them his instructions4 ,promises them a special endowment for their work on ,pentecost4 ,goes to ,mount ,olives and in full view of many disciples ascends to heaven4 ,the disciples return to ,jerusalem4 ,the eleven apostles of the ,lord were in ,jerusalem and in a spacious room that they had chosen by the ,lord's command4 #b ,and as they prayed the ,lord appeared to them and said1 #c ,peace be to all2 good will to every living thing4 ,and then he talked with them a long1 long time4 #d ,and the disciples asked1 ,will you restore the kingdom unto ,israel now8 #e ,and ,jesus said1 ,be not concerned about the governments of men2 the masters will direct4 #f ,do that which has been given you to do1 and wait and murmur not4 #g ,all power in heaven and earth is given unto me1 and now ,i bid you go to all the world and preach the gospel of the ,christ1 the unity of ,god and man1 the resurrection of the dead1 and of eternal life4 #h ,and as you go and preach1 baptize the people in the name of ,christ4 #i ,they who believe and are baptized shall rise up in the newness of the life of ,christ1 and they who disbelieve shall rise not in the newness of the life of ,christ4 #aj ,and you shall give to men the power ,i give to you4 #aa ,they who believe and are baptized shall heal the sick2 shall cause the blind to see1 the deaf to hear1 the lame to walk2 #ab ,shall cast the unclean spirits out of those obsessed2 shall tread on deadly serpents and be not harmed2 shall pass through flames and not be burned2 and if they drink a poisonous draught it shall not kill4 #ac ,you know the sacred ,word1 which is the word of power4 #ad ,the secret things that ,i have told to you that may not now be told to all the world1 you shall make known to faithful men who shall in turn reveal them unto other faithful men1 #ae ,until the time shall come when all the world may hear and comprehend the words of truth and power4 #af ,and now ,i will ascend to ,god1 as you and all the world will rise to ,god4 #ag ,behold1 upon the day of ,pentecost you all shall be endowed with power from on high4 #ah ,but here you shall remain till then in holy thought and prayer4 #ai ,then ,jesus went to ,olivet1 and his disciples followed him1 and in a place not far removed from ,bethany1 he met the ,marys and ,salome2 #bj ,met ,martha1 ,ruth and ,miriam2 met ,lazarus and a host of others who had come from ,galilee4 #ba ,and ,jesus stood apart and raised his hands and said1 #bb ,the benedictions of the ,holy ,ones1 of the ,almighty ,god1 and of the ,holy ,breath1 of ,christ the love of ,god made manifest1 #bc ,will rest upon you all the way till you shall rise and sit with me upon the throne of power4 #bd ,and then they saw him rise upon the wings of light2 a wreath encircled him about2 and then they saw his form no more4 #be ,but as they gazed up into heaven two men1 in robes of white1 appeared and said1 #bf ,you men of ,galilee1 why gaze you thus so anxiously upon the ascending ,lord8 ,lo1 he will come again from heaven as you have seen him go to heaven4 #bg ,then the eleven and ,lazarus1 and the other men from ,galilee1 together with the faithful women1 not a few1 returned unto ,jerusalem and there abode4 #bh ,and they were constantly in prayer and holy thought4 ,they waited for the ,holy ,breath1 and for the coming of the promised power from on high4 ,,section ,,xxii4 ,,tau4 ,establishment of the ,christine ,church4 ,,chapter #aha4 ,the eleven apostles make choice of ,matthias to fill the place made vacant by the deflection of ,judas4 ,the ,christines are glad4 ,miriam sings a song of praise4 ,apostolic roster4 ,the fact that ,jesus had arisen from the dead was not denied by many of the rulers of the ,jews4 #b ,and ,pilate gave an order that the followers of the ,nazarene be not molested in their worship any place in his domain4 #c ,the day of ,pentecost was near at hand and every one was looking for a manifest of ,spirit power4 #d ,now1 in ,jerusalem the eleven had met to choose a man to fill the place of ,judas who betrayed his ,lord4 #e ,and ,peter said1 ,the ,lord called to this ministry twelve men as twelve foundation stones on which the ,christine temple should be built4 #f ,this ,judas1 who betrayed his ,lord1 has gone to his own place beyond the veil4 #g ,of him the prophet wrote3 ,his habitation shall be desolate2 no man shall dwell therein2 his office let another take4 #h ,from those who have accompanied us from ,gilgal1 where the harbinger baptized1 until this day1 shall one be chosen to complete the number twelve1 to fill the place from which our brother by transgression fell4 #i ,and then the eleven spent a long1 long time in prayer1 and when they cast their lots1 ,matthias1 from the valley of the ,nile1 was chosen for the place4 #aj ,matthias was an ,israelite indeed2 but he was learned in all the wisdom of ,egyptian schools1 and he had taught the mysteries of ,mizraim in ,jericho4 #aa ,he was among the first to greet the harbinger2 among the first to recognize the ,nazarene as ,christ1 the son of ,god2 #ab ,he had been with the ,christine band in all their journeys in the land of ,galilee1 ,judea and ,samaria4 #ac ,a messenger was sent who found ,matthias1 and he came and joined the eleven1 and for a time the twelve were lost in silent prayer4 #ad ,the ,christines who had come from ,galilee and places in ,judea1 about six score1 were there1 and ,peter told them of ,matthias1 and how1 by lot1 he had been chosen an apostle of the ,lord4 #ae ,the ,christines all were glad and praised the name of ,god2 and ,miriam sung a song of praise4 #af ,these are the names of the apostles of the ,lord3 ,peter1 ,john and ,james2 ,philip1 ,andrew and ,nathaniel2 #ag ,thomas1 ,james the son of ,alpheus and ,simon ,zelotes2 ,matthew1 ,jude1 the son of ,alpheus and ,matthias4 ,,chapter #ahb4 ,events of the day of ,pentecost4 ,endowment of the apostles4 ,the ,christine ,church is established4 ,peter preaches the introductory sermon4 ,the sermon4 ,three thousand people are baptized and become members of the church4 ,now1 when the day of ,pentecost had come ,jerusalem was filled with pious ,jews and proselytes from many lands4 #b ,the ,christines all were met and were in perfect harmony4 #c ,and as they sat in silent prayer they heard a sound a-like the distant murmur of a coming storm4 #d ,the sound grew loud1 and louder still1 until1 like thunder peals1 it filled the room where the apostles sat4 #e ,a brilliant light appeared1 and many thought1 ,the building is afire4 #f ,twelve balls1 that seemed like balls of fire1 fell from heaven--a ball from every sign of all the circle of the heavens1 and on the head of each apostle there appeared a flaming ball of fire4 #g ,and every ball sent seven tongues of fire toward heaven1 and each apostle spoke in seven dialects of earth4 #h ,the ignorant rabble treated lightly what they heard and saw2 they said1 ,these men are drunk1 and know not what they say4 #i ,but men of learning were amazed2 they said1 ,are not these men who speak all ,jews8 how is it that they speak in all the languages of earth8 #aj ,and ,peter said1 ,you people of ,jerusalem1 and you who live beyond the city's gates2 ,peace be to you1 and all mankind4 #aa ,this is the time that holy men of old desired to see2 by faith they saw this hour1 and now they stand with us in ecstasy4 #ab ,the prophet ,joel in the olden times told of the things you see and hear4 ,the ,holy ,breath spoke with his tongue and said1 #ac ,and it shall come to pass in latter days1 that ,i will breathe upon the sons of men1 and fill them with the blessedness of holiness4 #ad ,your sons and daughters will stand forth and prophesy2 your young men will be seers2 your old men will dream dreams4 #ae ,and ,i will show forth wonders in the heavens above1 and marvelous signs in earth4 #af ,sounds will proceed from heaven and voices will be heard that men will fail to comprehend4 #ag ,the sun will fail to shine1 the moon will wade in blood before the coming of the great day of the ,lord4 #ah ,and it will come to pass that they who call upon the name of ,god in faith shall be redeemed4 #ai ,this is the day of ,christine power2 the day that he1 the man from ,galilee1 is glorified4 #bj ,he came as babe in ,bethlehem and from his day of birth the kings of earth went forth intent to take his life4 #ba ,god held him in the hollow of his hand4 #bb ,men called him ,jesus1 and they called him well1 for he was sent to seek and save the lost4 #bc ,and ,jesus grew to manhood and was subject unto all the trials and temptations of the sons of men1 that he might know the loads that men must bear1 and know the way to succor them4 #bd ,in distant lands he lived and by the sacred ,word he healed the sick1 threw prison doors ajar1 and set the prisoners free1 and everywhere he was proclaimed1 ,immanuel4 #be ,but wicked men despised him and rejected him1 and by bribed men they proved him guilty of a score of crimes2 #bf ,and in the presence of a multitude of men who hear me now1 they nailed him to a cross2 #bg ,they sealed him with the seal of death2 but death was all too weak to hold him in the tomb and when immortal masters said1 ,adon mashich cumi1 he burst the bands of death1 and rose again to life4 #bh ,he showed himself alive1 not only to the rulers in ,jerusalem1 but to the many in the distant parts of earth2 #bi ,and then1 before the wondering eyes of many who now hear me speak1 attended by a retinue of courtiers of the angel world1 he ascended to the throne of ,god4 #cj ,and being now exalted high1 and having breathed to full the ,holy ,breath1 he breathes again on us1 and thus sheds forth what you now see and hear4 #ca ,you men of ,israel1 know that ,god has made this man from ,galilee whom you abused and crucified1 both ,lord and ,christ4 #cb ,and then the people said1 ,what shall we do8 #cc ,and ,peter said1 ,this ,christine ,lord has sent us forth to open up the gates of dawn4 ,through ,christ all men may enter into light and life4 #cd ,the ,christine ,church stands on the postulates that ,jesus is the love of ,god made manifest2 that love is savior of the sons of men4 #ce ,this ,christine ,church is but the kingdom of the ,holy ,one within the soul1 made manifest4 #cf ,this day the ,christine ,church is opened up1 and whosoever will may enter in1 and1 by the boundless grace of ,christ1 be saved4 #cg ,again the people said1 ,how may we enter in that we may share the boundless grace of ,christ8 #ch ,and ,peter said1 ,reform and be baptized1 and turn away from sin and lead the life deep hid with ,christ in ,god1 and you shall enter in and be redeemed4 #ci ,three thousand people turned away from sin and were baptized and sought to lead the life deep hid with ,christ in ,god4 #dj ,and in one day the ,christine ,church became a mighty power2 and ,christ became a mighty word that thrilled the multitudes in many lands4 ,illustration ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book2 otherwise they were not changed4 ,simple typographical errors were corrected2 occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained4 ,ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained4 ,alphabetization errors in the ,index have not been changed4 ,text uses both 8rythm0 and 8rhythm02 8fleshy0 and 8fleshly04 ,page #i3 ,paragraph beginning 8,jesus was the name of the man has no closing quotation mark4 ,page #bc3 8,thankfulness of ,jesus1 #aid0 refers to a non-existent chapter4 ,it is possible that the correct reference would be to 8#ajd04 ,page #aag ,chapter #hd1 verse #ai3 comma may be missing after 8astonished04 ,page #abf ,chapter #ia1 verse #cd3 8went his away0 may be typographical error for 8way04 ,page #adh ,chapter #ajh1 verse #bf3 8holy men-apostles0 perhaps should be 8holy men--apostles04 ,page #aeh ,chapter #aaf1 verse #b3 8dualty0 may be typographical error for 8duality04