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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 195:

All Things Are Wrapped in Progress

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1. THERE is a Door and a Way, there is a Heaven and a Revilement, there is an Altar and a Cross! . . . whosoever hath told you otherwise hath not been blessed by those who have knowledge, yea even that learning which exalteth the heart.

2. I tell you that it hath been known from olden time that tumult hath its message, that the winds have their augury, that the tempest hath a power to drive ships out of storm.

3. Hath it not been known likewise unto you that the cries of men's hearts have been raised in an evil? How cometh it meet that those who do transgress have a knowledge of fulfillment?

4. Truly are they perplexed who have lack of that knowledge. Lo, they know not the times, they perceive not the seasons, when that which is augured hath its hand in their destinies.

5. I say that ye have tumult that bespeaketh a fountain. Ye have a wind in the grass that bespeaketh a harvest. Ye have a knowledge of that which cometh that when it cometh it findeth you pondering, not as the witless who take pause at their ignorance but rather as wise men who marvel at counsel.

6. That which cometh, cometh. That which hath substance, endureth in substance. That which hath ennoblement taketh the spirit and maketh it effulgent.

7. There are those among you who beseech me for substance. I say unto them that the evil man hath substance, thereby is his evil a stench in the land.

8. There are those among you who beseech me for increase. I say that they have it, but their hands have a palsy.

9. There are those among you who beseech me for blessings. I say they have doubtings that the way of the conqueror cometh to victory.

10. Ever was it thus, beloved, when that which is of ignorance beggareth its luxury.

11. I give unto you discernments, which way the wind bloweth; I give unto you reasonings which way the road lieth.

12. I perform a malfeasance among you if I come unto you saying, This way is the Stone, and thereby is the Fish. I say unto you rather, Let us counsel together that the evil man hath blessings in dividing his substance with those who are needy, that those who have substance make others an increase and thus all shall be fed, including the godless.

13. Whenever was it told you that man hath an errand that includeth not his brother? Have warnings not been sent you that an evil time befalleth those who have substance but pay of it no parcel unto those who are lean?

14. Your times cry out for redress. Lo, redress cometh! But think ye that it cometh of one who saith, Perceive ye the Plan! eat of your nourishment but give naught of your pence unto him who hath wrought it?

15. Ye do make a great confusion, ye do cry with a wail, ye do lift up your tongues and perform a great tumult, ye do say, The Son of Man verily hath forsaken us, we are children in the night, our power hath an augury that bringeth us to folly.

16. Ye do play upon harps that create a great discord, ye do stand amid gales and perceive that they tear you.

17. Is it meet for me to say, The way of the transgressor is hard, beloved, . . . and give you no potion to slake your own thirst? Is it meet for me to tell you, Your burden is offensive, . . . yet show you not that rock wherein is a shelter?

18. Is it just for me to say, Behold did I not travel the same way before you? . . . yet offer you no surcease from the thorn that afflicteth you?

19. Behold ye do accuse me of performing a folly. Ye do say that I am heartless and discern not your sufferings. Ye do count yourselves no costs in spiritual attainings but lift a hand at me and send at me revilings.

20. I say unto you, Ye perceive not the Plan, ye possess not the Wisdom, ye go and come in error, if ye take not a notice of that which transcendeth the spite of the hour and see not the truth in the heart of its mockings.

21. For ye are not as sheep whose shepherd hath a willfulness; at no time are ye driven where wolves may devour you or those who make enticements treat with you basely.

22. Rather are ye sent a blessing on a blessing, that ye lift up your faces and augur the Morning.

23. Verily, that which is evil must be known for its evil; that which is richness must be grasped for its wealth.

24. I say that ye have been patient, yea seven times seven; ye have fought a great famine, ye have known a great thirst;

25. Ye have lifted up your eyes in a wilderness of error, and laid down your beds in the way of the robber.

26. Is it not meet that ye shouldst greet a resting-place that is chosen by your wisdom, propounding no error that chooseth your companionship because ye are unknowing?

27. The world hath its wail in that knowledge is rejected. The times have a tumult that a wind may sweep clean the beguilings of the fasters who eat not themselves from the platters set for others.

28. I say, Perform no lecheries unto Caesar, yet cast me not out for having warned you that an evil cycle closeth and those who know radiance give an act unto their missions.

29. Inasmuch as ye have sought counsel of me, so are ye preserved in the night of the tempest. Inasmuch as ye do have knowledge of your times, so sit ye down as wise men and partake of benefaction;

30. For ye do witness a miracle meant for the mighty; ye do endure a little while as the storm is at its darkness but the Light cometh to you and its waters know tranquillity.

31. Take a tribute as ye may in what the world offereth; persevere in remonstrance that the times are beset by the furies of beguilement that hath in it its mischief;

32. For I tell you, surcease cometh. I give you a promise that the rock shall be riven, that a lushness springeth forth when that which is evil is known by its tongue, when that which is foul is discerned by its odor, when that which is base is bought by its ransom, and all things together are wrapped up in Progress.

33. Hear ye my words! Ye do make unto yourselves houses of glory as that which is allotted is piled up in thanksgiving.

34. Verily I adjure you, hear a goodly speech, that the voice of the Teacher giveth you a mortar whereby blessings weld together and provide you with a shelter. . . .

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