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 156:
Parable of the Five Sons
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1. LEST IT be said that the times bring no solace to the cravings of your spirits, I speak unto you a parable. See that ye heed it. . . .
2. A certain man was given five sons, each one of them stalwart, each one of them noble.
3. He said unto his offspring, Which one of you, my sons, is noblest among you?
4. Said the first son unto his father, He who hath clean hands and a pure heart.
5. Said the second, He who hath affection for all creatures that have life.
6. Said the third, He who doth the will of the greater Father.
7. Said the fourth, He whose purse is lean from much giving of alms.
8. But the fifth son was silent; his tongue made no answer.
9. Said the parent unto him, Speak thou the promptings of thy heart.
10. Looking to his father, the fifth son made answer, Verily I have no words.
11. Whereat the parent asked, Art thou deserted of thy wits?
12. Thus answered the fifth son, Nay, not so, my father, but my tongue remaineth mute in the face of mine ignorance;
13. Fain would I know the judgments of posterity in looking on the needs of this generation; there are those who wish for gold, there are those who work for power, there are those who seek vantage over their neighbors;
14. Let posterity speak, wherein was lacking understanding of the problems of those neighbors.
15. Thereat was the parent cast down in his countenance, for the fifth son spake truly, out-reasoning his brothers in their judgments of nobility.
16. Lest it be said that evil days befall you without signs or warnings, I speak another parable of the man who owned oxen.
17. Lo, he put them to work in his field by the wayside, plowing that field to yield him a harvest.
18. He did not say unto his oxen, This is your field, I bid that ye till it; neither did he threaten them with hunger if they labored not for him.
19. He did yoke them to the plow and take grasp of its handles, saying unto those beasts that drew it:
20. As we labor together, so shall we harvest; as we overturn the sod, so eat we of wheat; together we shall eat and together know profit.
21. I am not of you, ye are not of me, but the Father who made both of us hath ordained our comings and goings in common, that we work for the harvest and together partake of it.
22. He that hath ears, let him hear a true statement. A third parable I speak unto you as having understanding:
23. Which one among you, having thought for the morrow, would burn today's winnings? . . .
24. A certain man grew a tree in his garden; he kept it and pruned it that fruit might weight its branches.
25. Lo, a mighty wind came and the tree bent before it, straining in its branches and yet remaining upright in that its roots had been securely planted.
26. Behold the storm passed; the new day was calm and filled with sweet peace.
27. Would not that man have been evil indeed to lay axe to that tree which thus had persisted?
28. I tell you, beloved, greater wisdom hath no man than this: that he treat with his brother in the sense of understanding of that which his brother confronteth in circumstance.
29. I speak unto you as one whose patience hath been tried, who hath looked upon mankind and been saddened in his reasonings.
30. Greater love hath no man than that which pointeth the way to human brotherhood; behold mankind hath rejected those who have shown it and called them false prophets who would speak of the wayward.
31. I say again unto men: Perceive ye the horizon! Lo, the clouds gather and the winds come together! Rain beateth in torrents! The rivers all rise and flood human habitation!
32. But wheresoever there is one who doth truly love his neighbor, that man and his house shall be saved from that tempest!
33. He who protecteth a little child is now vaunted among you. But I say unto you, what glory have ye in protecting the weaker? is that not of reason?
34. I tell you that he is greatest among you who looketh to his neighbor's perplexities and saith: He is mighty in circumstance and as powerful as I, yet do I offer him that which he needeth, my loving companionship, my hand in a pact that I henceforth bear his burdens as though they were mine own.
35. Thus shall it be in the last day, that they shall be numbered among the greatest who have taken most weightings from the shoulders of their brethren.
36. Vaunt not yourselves that those walk among you who are powerful to aid you;
37. I tell you that in the last day, he who most aideth shall have given you his friendship in brotherly amity and correct valuation of peace among mortals.
38. Harken unto my wisdom! Make ye no mock of it. Say unto those who address you in scorn for having fellowship with those who have gone the way before you:
39. They do point us to peace and a beauteous fraternity wherein all men unite to bear one another's burdens and behold their own majesty as sons of the Kingdom.
40. What answer have they when ye bring them your fellowship?
41. I say unto you now as I have said unto you before: Seek ye plenty for your firesides? Give plenty unto others. Seek ye substance for your projects? Give freely of your substance. Seek ye Truth to give you wisdom? Open wide your ears and hear it. Seek ye love in your companionships? Pour it richly out on others.
42. Go ye into the market places and say, This miracle work I unto all my brethren; freely I give them all that they ask, freely I bestow on them all that they need, thus do I behold my barns filled with plenty, thus do I greet my life filled with friendships.
43. Test ye this precept by the rod of performance; I say it shall be well with you. . . .
44. Take thought of the morrow in today's human suffering, and when the darkness of a goodly evening falleth on you, pray ye in this wise to Him who created you:
45. Father in majesty, harken to our askings; out of the womb of time and tumult hath been born to us a heritage.
46. We, being mortal, have blundered in circumstance; we have given our brother not bread but a stone; we restore now the balance while life hath its privilege.
47. Greater days than these shall come, greater times than these shall run; we turn from sorrowings after ourselves to give thought to the weight on the hearts of our neighbors.
48. In helping them share it, we find strength for our own; further we do not; this is our heritage, our joy, our thanksgiving.
49. In that we have offered a cup of cool water in the name of our brethren, so have we found profit from Thee who hast sent it.
50. Let us go our ways in peace, rebuking the wayward by coming to them, ministering. . . .
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