Topical Index
Art
7.
96.
Beauty
96.
Blasphemy
21.
Brevets & Missions
5.
8.
11.
18.
22.
88.
105.
116.
130.
142.
207.
257.
Celestial Administration
12.
19.
60.
69.
79.
91.
92.
137.
138.
165.
198.
209.
Change
41.
45.
Children
37.
63.
196.
Circumspection
212.
Communion
1.
62.
178.
199.
200.
201.
206.
Comportment
40.
44.
97.
129.
134.
142.
241.
244.
249.
251.
Divine Instruction
23.
25.
35.
78.
95.
97.
122.
140.
194.
Dogma
25.
91.
163.
Etheric Vacuum
66.
Evil & Ignorance
5.
11.
23.
36.
47.
89.
97.
98.
144.
159.
215.
222.
236.
237.
238.
249.
Experience
8.
9.
27.
86.
152.
186.
193.
253.
Faith
78.
210.
211.
Fear
27.
31.
111.
241.
Force : Physical 128, 169. Cosmic 151. Moral 80.
Giving
70.
Growth
148.
Humility
155.
Impatience
226.
Justice
231.
Knowledge & Wisdom
37.
86.
122.
163.
189.
232.
256.
Leadership
81.
133.
215.
Light
25.
30.
109.
Love
43.
46.
50.
57.
58.
147.
148.
217.
218.
Matter
109.
152.
Mediums
75.
76.
Numerology
85.
Omens, Symbols & Miracles
35.
55.
73.
74.
96.
126.
146.
168.
195.
203.
Pact, Plan & Program
14.
17.
78.
142.
178.
180.
215.
233.
257.
Parables: Figs 104, Five Sons 156, Gardener 163, Mustard Seed 156, Ravens 160, Roses 101, Small Mishiefs 175, Two Bounties 182.
Pattern
149.
Patience
9.
22.
84.
Patriotism
15.
Peace
230.
234.
246.
Personal Choice
14.
16.
29.
93.
153.
157.
168.
246.
253.
Prayer
32.
131.
241.
Promise
10.
16.
24.
28.
42.
117.
166.
192.
205.
248.
Prophets & Prophecy
65.
66.
67.
83.
172.
Reincarnation
6.
12.
25.
31.
72.
76.
81.
152.
Rewards, Recompense & Money
39.
40.
82.
87.
143.
144.
201.
247.
250.
Sacrifice
34.
Self Command
93.
147.
Science & Inovation
14.
166.
Second Coming
25.
26.
29.
36.
72.
81.
106.
114.
120.
146.
181.
219.
Service
2.
33.
69.
107.
114.
156.
177.
Space
65.
Spirit
20.
Suffering
13.
176.
Thought
57.
66.
148.
Time
41.
45.
Tolerence
27.
Tranquility
38.
Vibration
67.
Victory
223.
War
18.
47.
230.
Others
3.
4.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
56.
59.
61.
64.
68.
71.
77.
90.
92.
94.
99.
100.
102.
103.
108.
110.
112.
113.
115.
118.
119.
121.
123.
124.
125.
127.
132.
135.
136.
139.
141.
145.
150.
154.
158.
161.
162.
164.
167.
170.
171.
172.
173.
174.
179.
183.
184.
185.
187.
188.
190.
191.
197.
198.
202.
204.
208.
209.
213.
214.
216.
220.
221.
224.
225.
227.
228.
229.
235.
239.
240.
242.
243.
245.
252.
254.
255.
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Chapter 155:
The Price of Humility
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1. MY DEARLY beloved, harken to my wisdom: I come on an errand that maketh you noble, I come with a solace that giveth you tranquillity;
2. Behold I address you through him who recordeth, behold I make music through the lips of his service;
3. Behold I say unto you, there shall in nowise be a delivery of your intellects till the thoughts of your hearts be attuned unto me.
4. I say unto you, beloved, perish these thoughts of delivery from substance till ye know the nature of that which holdeth blessing;
5. Perish these thoughts of delivery from penury till ye know the nature of your transfigurations;
6. Perish these thoughts of delivery from violence till ye stand with sure feet on the rock of sound wisdom.
7. Hath it not been given unto you to know endurance in long- suffering? Have ye not lived it? Have your days not known profit?
8. I tell you that the Father and the Son have a revilement to make of him who thinketh he standeth surely, for he who thinketh he standeth surely hath an error in his reasonings;
9. He who standeth humbly hath a voice to voice his longings.
10. Out of the mouths of those who suffer cometh the cry that maketh them humble, out of the richness of those who have endurance cometh the wealth that buyeth the Kingdom.
11. Of old it hath been said unto you that he who would rule you would come conquering in a chariot, of old it was declared unto you that those who would deliver you would manifest in radiance.
12. I tell you the price that hath in it a conquerage; I say unto you, be humble, for he who hath humility conquereth all cities, he who hath contriteness taketh many kingdoms.
13. In the days when men shall revile you and persecute you in that ye have wisdom, give thought to your humility that it performeth you a service.
14. For he who possesseth a tongue that is clever maketh his speech to cleave as a blade, but he who possesseth a heart that is contrite cleaveth the anger of him who hath vengeance.
15. Man maketh a pestilence: he declareth his vision: he openeth his mouth, giving tongue to his tumults;
16. He stalketh to and fro saying: Behold I am vain and have pride in my vanity, behold I am God in that others obey me, behold by my violence I ascend unto lordship.
17. Thus saith man and thinketh he achieveth, thus saith he who vaunteth his mortality.
18. I tell you, the ways of the lowly are strong unto triumph, the ways of the humble have a strength not of sinew;
19. They go out in the morning and bend unto labor, they go out in the noon-heat and perceive not its torment, they shoulder the day and scorn not its burden, night cIoseth upon them and their sinew is not wearied.
20. Is it not meet that those should endure who take pride in endurance? What merit hath strength if it bear not the burden?
21. He who cometh seizing hath the voice of the braggart, his tongue hath its bitterness, it biteth itself, it stingeth his neighbor;
22. It saith unto itself: Am I not conqueror in that I have seized? am I not clever in that I have taken?
23. Thus eateth the canker of him who hath lordship, whether he be conqueror or whether he be clever.
24. To his neighbor he saith, Who is there to seize me? bow down and do me reverence or my temper hath its mercury.
25. Lo, he is withered; his subjects league against him; behold he whose temper hath its mercury stingeth the hearts of those who would love him.
26. Do they not say, Who is this who ruleth us? whence cometh his authority? is he not great only in that we exist to make his rulings manifest? therefore let us arise and slay him.
27. In that he seizeth he worketh a pestilence, in that he achieveth he reapeth a vengeance.
28. But he who cometh in strength of endurance destroyeth no resonance meant for his glory; he who ariseth in contriteness of spirit wasteth no offering meant for his tribute.
29. He goeth out and cometh in, he dwelleth in security, he drinketh a goodly vintage from the vines which he hath tended, he persisteth in fellowship, he praiseth the righteous and they honor his ministerings.
30. Verily the conqueror buyeth his triumph but he who hath endurance receiveth triumph as a gift.
31. I speak unto those who come unto me saying, Lord, leave us not! let thy mercy stay with us!
32. I come not unto those who vaunt me for substance, even that substance which increaseth their wits.
33. I come unto the humble, I come unto the contrite; I seek not out the hearts who would have of me for gain.
34. I come unto those who stand in a strong place saying: We perceive thou hast a burden, load it upon us that our biceps may profit.
35. Behold, my beloved, they possess goodly treasure. Their strength is their treasure. They know naught of vileness.
36. Have ye a burden that ye would cast from you? give thought to the burdens that are borne by your brethren.
37. Have ye a hunger to rise up and conquer? conquer your hungers and know your achievements.
38. Of old have I said these words unto men: Verily is he great who taketh a city, verily is he greater who vanquisheth himself.
39. But I tell you now, beloved, greatest of all is he who reduceth himself to the ranks of the servants, who beareth the burden that others may leap.
40. He shall be as a tree that groweth unto fullness, unknown of the axe that would wreak its destruction. He shall be as the vine which hath toughness of fiber, that snareth the braggart and proclaimeth the marauder.
41. For he who would serve hath the merit of endurance, he vaunteth not his pride for the anger of his brother.
42. These are the things I would say with my lips: Let the humble be courageous, let the contrite be unconquerable, let those who do service be as sands by the waters. Lo, do they bend as the storms crash upon them, but the sun hath discovery that the tempest hath not moved them.
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