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.
200.
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 228:
Slumberers in Gethsemane
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1. BEHOLD it hath come unto me that ye abide awhile in stupor.
And yet I say unto you, ye have an errand in that stupor;
2. Ye have made a goodly quaffing of the Cup of Excellence
that ye may tip Wisdom's balances when the lords of earth
bestir themselves.
3. The godly man hath his increment in this: he performeth an
excellence unto himself in times of malfeasance that he
standeth in bright raiment as the years know anointment.
4. Is it not meet that some shall know slumbering? did not
my beloved slumber as I prayed, Father, let this Cup of
Excellence not pass from me until I have quaffed its sweetness
to the bottom?
5. Were they remiss in that? . . . let not the evil one persuade
you to a sophistry. . . .
6. Was there not merit in that which they did? was there
not purpose? was there not augury?
7. Think ye they did slumber in a stupid disregard of me?
8. I tell you, beloved, there was holiness in it. Behold they
were mortal and their stupor was not contumely, they forgot the
things of sense that their vagaries plagued them not. . . they
slept even as mortals sleep in ignorance and error.
9. But behold there was One who knelt apart from them,
bespeaking their wisdom, praying for their good. . . thus hath it
ever been since there was a universe.
10. And did I not say unto them, viewing them as children
whose play had its weariness: And couldst ye not watch with
me for just one little hour?
11. Beloved, beloved! . . . it was not a rebuking.
12. I was the shepherd, they were those who loved him; they
had lent me their voicings until the flesh was weary. . . .
13. Was not that their mortality? What think ye it meant
otherwise? What is it to watch? Doth not the Spirit perceive as
the eagle? Can mortals be as eagles? . . . .
14. I say that I prayed, May the Cup not pass from me;
but they who do slumber have no need for the drinking except
they have the wisdom that cometh from awakening. Hear
my statements and be artful. . . .
15. I say it pleaseth me to tell you of circumspections, and yet
do I have wisdom that maketh stout the heart;
16. In that ye have valor to perform a hard service, thus are ye
chosen to awaken those who sleep.
17. I say that it pleaseth me to tell you to be circumspect; yet in
that ye have valor ye have conscience to endure.
18. I consider you as those who embark for far missions. Ye
do stalk and stall huntsmen and set traps for wolves; ye do
augur the perishing with celestial benedictions directed at their
bellies as much as to their heads.
19. I say unto you, be circumspect. And yet I say more. . . .
20. I hear the strong utterance delivered in secret, I behold the
blasphemy of conduct when the way is not clear unto ramparts
of the spirit.
21. I perceive that there are those among you who dwell
unaware of their timidities of conduct, groping for alchemies and
bethinking them wisdoms; there are those among you who do
build a little house and abide therein securely whilst I cry unto
them: The enemy approacheth! . . . turn him not from your
premises but bar the door against him!
22. I say that it is of moment that ye do commit no hurlyburlies
of conduct in your goings hence, neither deceive, neither vaunt,
neither manifest adroitly that your purposes be hidden;
23. Go contritely but go boldly; make no pretense of discovery;
open not your hearts to infamies of vain conceits, but dare all
things, aspire to all things, receive all things that come upon
you richly.
24. Take them, I tell you, for the sake of Him whose errands ye
run in the avenues of mortality.
25. It hath been said of you that there are those among you
wishful of more circumstance unto which to manifest.
26. I tell them that circumstance waited upon them, it beggeth
them for succor, it openeth the door and showeth them the way,
it lighteth a light and handeth them a candlestick.
27. These are my pronouncements unto you this hour: I say
we have an altar in the heart where we steal by night and
worship; we have candles gleaming in the soul, and unto them
we approach, communing.
28. I say that I do reserve a place for you in transcendent
memory, in that ye have lived on earth and done your deeds
of valor.
29. Yet have ye done them in that I showed you; yet have
ye transacted kingly business because it was within you and
ye knew the way to contest.
30. I say be wise, be adroit, be fair, but ever be persistent.
31. Know those who come unto you for those who they are;
conquer a tempest; subdue a great holocaust; rise up and strike
boldly for freedom's sake, knowing that in the end ye do have a
keen conquerage.
32. Thus let it be with you.
33. Transport yourselves unto acres afar and learn of great
projects that have to do with me; linger not, nor tarry; make a
great speech, do a wide dominion, seek a great performance,
perceive a great truth, subdue a great evil, mock a great
doctrine that hath unhallowedness for essence. Thus do I
bid you.
34. But let your shibboleth be sound; make no false
beseechments unto those who would rend you; be constructive;
be persistent in speaking of the Great Day when the Miracle
performeth, when all who are righteous shall reach up for the
Doctrine.
35. Give them that Doctrine pressed down to overflowing;
as ye have received it, so I command to let it flow out of you.
36. Treat with those who would revile you, not again with
revilings, but with doctrines of mercies, given by appointment
for their special needs and callings.
37. Thus is my speech unto you; harken and heed it; go not
into the broad way, exclaiming lustily; go ye into the smalI,
narrow, and compact way where the brethren wait for listenings.
38. It is my wish for you to go. I show you ways to improve
yourselves in logic, in temperament, in ready word, in timely
speech and scene, in mortal dilemma, in chaos that is
worldly.
39. Perceive ye not the tempest that it hourly rageth blacker?
wouldst ye be skulkers from its victories? wouldst ye seek little
nests among the rocks and utter pipings unto thunders?
40. I say that it is your mission to do a great deed greatly; it is
your destiny to hear a great song sung and play its music unto
ages yet to be.
41. Thus do I address you. . . . .
42. Harden not your hearts to the voice of Him who saith:
I come soon! Prepare ye to receive Him, for lo, I come! . . . . .
43. Have ye not your fill of doctrine? is there more that
I should utter? is there more that ye wouldst call for? have I not
made pronouncements sufficient for your logic? have I not given
birth to words uttering cajoleries to Honor?
44. Give a ready report of these, your comings and your
goings, your aspirings and your wantings. Translate a chord of
harmonies in tumults and let it be said of you as it was said
of me:
45. The way opened and they trod it; the path brightened and
they followed it, for lo, it was a radiant pathway, and stride in
darkness, lo, they could not.
46. Consider my words and ponder on them well; behold my
speech maketh a goodly language for the listening ears of
Spirit.
47. Ponder well, I command you, that which hath been given
you. Let your light so shine before men that they shall exclaim:
Prophets come, mortals go! mortals depart us, angels come
in to us! . . .
48. Power hath been given unto us to transcend many
intellects. Stupor is a humor and we suffer it no longer.
49. We have come into the power, lo, the stupor was delusion!
50. These are the works I give unto your hand.
51. Have I not said unto you in many ages, Lower the nets
on the boat's other side and behold ye find fishes that break
them with abundance?
52. Behold I still call you to be Fishers of Men! . . . .
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