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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. 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 243:

All Types Labor in the Harvest

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1. My beloved, be advised: I tell you that death stalketh for those who do linger by the wayside whilst the fields are heavy with the harvest of abundance.

2. Arise and be about your Father’s business. Bind up the broken heart, do good unto those who do unto you an injury.

3. Take up your crosses and bear them nobly; reach high into the heavens, take ye down an ensign; bear it nobly; wave it loftily.

4. Be ye of good cheer, for presently I come among you to do unto you a service.

5. My brethren, be advised: the enemy stalketh, he croucheth as a lion, verily he teareth the throats of the soft ones; he roareth, he blasphemeth;

6. I tell you that he doth you no injury whilst ye are about your Father's business.

7. Only in that ye labor not, but verily fall into wayside mischiefs, doth the evil beast tear you; for he perceiveth your goings and your comings; he saith to himself:

8. Behold I cannot outwit those who go in a straight line; for those who tarry I have a thorn, behold I have a claw that is evil; I tear them down for their courses are wayward; thus they fall in my pathway.

9. Behold I do no evil unto those who walk uprightly for lo, do I fear them; they have an errand, they observe a purpose, they make no pausings to consult on their coursings;

10. They perceive a lean land and presently they fill it; they call up water from cooling depths; they give it unto those whose throats have a thirstiness.

11. Behold and are not these the Anointed of old? are not these the princes, that they minister unto paupers? what have I of them, for in the craft of their princely offices mayhap they have barbs with which to sting me;

12. I will go my way and leave them in peace lest they do a witchery unto me for which I have no armor.

13. My beloved, taunt not, boast not, give neither aid nor comfort unto the enemy by exclaiming at his prowess, for lo, he hath no prowess except an evil mind which beareth him far away from the huskings, that taketh him afar off from the gathering into barns.

14. Hear my words and be wise: Too long have I labored in the vineyard of the world not to know its laborers. I say they are blessed.

15. Too long have I gone hither and yon among men not to know the true ones, not to hear their cries for the blessedness of self-assurance in that which they would perform unto mine honor, yea unto my glory.

16. Yet I bid you to be wise with the gentleness of doves.

17. The enemy soareth now, yea even as the eagle. He teareth with his talons, he hooketh with his beak; I say he teareth the throats of those who would flee before his downward flight.

18. I say that he cometh unto you and yet he lingereth not. He maketh a foul pestilence to glisten in the noonday heat and attract the vultures of his kind.

19. But what attracteth he, beloved, that is of the fruits of a righteous harvest? what gaineth he but that which is rancid? what performeth he but the vultures' spread of carrion, that hath an evil aspect so that men do turn from it or cover it as offal?

20. In the heat of noon harvest there are those who labor nobly, there are those who work for farthings, there are those who say, Lord, take the labors of my hands because I have an affection and a drawing toward Thy mission.

21. There are those who work for pence; there are those who work for love; there are those who work for glory when the harvesters gather in.

22. Treat with them as brethren; have compassion on their weakness; do them no harm that they work in a blindness; forswear them no endeavors when they raise their eyes to a greater harvest-field and say, Mayhap, my brethren, I belong over yonder for the harvest is greener and my scythe moweth cleaner.

23. All sorts and conditions of men are represented in any harvest-field, beloved: some garner for glory, some take their pittance and seek out the quaff-cup.

24. I say that it behooveth you to know your labors, but it behooveth you more to say: Those who come unto me are sent for a price, I will make of them laborers no matter what it cost me, for we labor together and the end is Benediction.

25. Be cautious, beloved. Treat ye with no man merely in that he saith, I am here and would labor. Say unto him, And what wouldst thou labor at, that the harvest may be gathered?

26. Hear him tell his tale and then say unto him: It is meet that we be about our Father's business; pick up your sickle and proceed unto the cutting.

27. It pleaseth me, beloved, that there are those who labor, even at their prices, for after all the harvest ennobleth.

28. Man cometh and goeth on the eternal threshing-floor of Love; he proceedeth to his high calling that hath the vision of the eagle. He climbeth up and falleth not. He maketh himself a vineyard in the midst of plenty and sojourneth there with those who are dear to him.

29. So be it ever. Come and go as I tell you. When the battle groweth hot, recall that I too fought it, yea did I go the whole way before you and naught which ye encounter is unknown to my wisdom.

30. Proceed and be brave, be doughty, be determined. Call not upon the enemy for succor but give him of your arm presented in a contest. Lo, the laborers gather in and the harvest pileth richly.

31. My blessing upon you for being great in your visioning; my peace be upon you for taking of small things and computing them to great; the leaven of the morrow is the yeast of noble effort put into the cake which ye do knead hourly.

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