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MRS. EVA S. BOWLING
SECTION II. Birth and Infancy of John the Harbinger, and of Jesus.
Chapters 2-6.
SECTION III. Education of Mary and Elizabeth in Zoan. Chapters 7-12.
SECTION IV. Childhood and Early Education of John the Harbinger.
Chapters 13-15.
SECTION V. Childhood and Early Education of Jesus. Chapters 16-20.
SECTION VI. Life and Works of Jesus in India. Chapters 21-35.
SECTION VII. Life and Works of Jesus in Tibet and Western India.
Chapters 36-37.
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INTRODUCTION
BY
EVA S. BOWLING, A. Ph.D.,
SCRIBE TO THE MESSENGER.
THE BOOK.
The full title of this book is "The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the
Christ of the Piscean Age," and the critical reader is apt to ask a number
of pertinent questions concerning it. Among the many anticipated ques-
tions these are perhaps the most important:
1 What is an Age?
2 What is the Piscean Age?
3 What is the Aquarian Age?
4 What is meant by the Christ as the word is used in this book?
5 What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the
Christ?
6 Who isLevi, the transcriber of this book?
7 What are the Akashic Records?
1 What is an Age? Astronomers tell us that our sun and his family
of planets revolve around a central sun, which is millions of miles distant,
and that it requires something less than 26,000 years to make one revolu-
tion. His orbit is called the Zodiac, which is divided into twelve signs,
familiarly known as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,
Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. It requires our
Solar System a little more than 2100 years to pass through one of these
signs, and this time is the measurement of an Age or Dispensation. Be-
cause of what Astronomers call "the precession of the Equinoxes" the
movement of the sun through the signs of the Zodiac is in order reverse
from that given above.
Exact Time of the Beginning of an Age. Regarding this matter there
is a disagreement among astronomers; but in this Introduction we are not
called upon to give the reasonsof the various investigators for their opin-
ions; there are for our present purposes.
enough well authenticated facts
It is conceded by all critical students that the sun entered the zodiacal
sign Taurus in the days of our historic Adam when the Taurian Age began;
that Abraham lived not far from the beginning of the Arian Age, when the
sun entered the sign Aries. About the time of the rise of the Roman em-
pire the sun entered the sign Pisces, the Fishes, and the Piscean Age began,
so that early in this Age Jesus of Nazareth lived.
6 INTRODUCTION
2 What is the Piscean Age? This question requires further consider-
ation. The Piscean Age is identical with the Christian Dispensation.
The word Pisces means fish. The sign is known as a water sign, and the
Piscean Age has been distinctly the age of the fish and its element, water.
In the establishment of their great institutions John the Harbinger and
Jesus both introduced the rite of water baptism, which has been used in
some form in all the so-called Christian Churches and cults, even to the
present time. Water is the true symbol of purification. Jesus himself
said to the Harbinger before he was baptized: "All men must be washed,
symbolic of the cleansing of the soul." (Aquarian Gospel 64 :7.)
Fish was a Christian Symbol. In the earlier centuries of the Chris-
tian Dispensation the fish was everywhere used as a symbol. In his
remarkable book, "Christian Iconography," Didron says:
"The fish, in the opinion of antiquarians generally, is the symbol of
Jesus Christ. The fish is sculptured upon a number of Christian monu-
ments, and more particularly upon the ancient sarcophagi. It is also upon
medals, bearing the name of our Savior and also upon engraved stones,
cameos and intaglios The fish is also to be remarked upon the amulets
worn suspended from the necks by children, and upon ancient glasses and
sculptured lamps.
"Baptismal fonts are more particularly ornamented with the fish.
The fish is constantly exhibited placed upon a dish in the middle of the
table, at the Last Supper, among the loaves, knives and cups used at the
banquet."
In the writings of Tertullian we find this statement: "We are little
fishes in Christ our great fish."
The last two thousand years, comprising the Piscean Age, has cer-
tainly been one of water and the many uses of that element have been
emphasized, and sea and lake and river navigation has been brought to a
high degree of efficiency.
3 What is the Aquarian Age? The human race is today standing upon
the cusp of the Piscean-Aquarian Ages. Aquarius is an air sign and the
New Age is already noted for remarkable inventions for the use of air,
electricity, magnetism, etc. Men navigate the air as fish do the sea, and
send their thoughts spinning around the world with the speed of lightning.
The word Aquarius is derived from the Latin word aqua, meaning
water. Aquarius is, however, the water bearer, and the symbol of the sign,
which is the eleventh sign of the Zodiac, is a man carrying in his right hand
a pitcher of water. Jesus referred to the beginning of the Aquarian Age
in these words:
"
And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc
of heaven; the sign and signet of the Son of Man will stand forth in the
eastern sky. The wise will then lift up their heads and know that the
redemption of the earth is near." (Aquarian Gospel 157 :29, 30.)
The Aquarian Age is pre-eminently a spiritual age, and the spiritual
side of the great lessons that Jesus gave to the world may now be compre-
hended by multitudes of people for the many are now coming into an
advanced stage of spiritual consciousness so with much propriety this book
;
An
Important Event. The transfer of dominion from one Age to
another an important event in the world of Cherubim and Seraphim.
is
The word Christ is derived from the Greek wordKristos and means anointed.
It is identical with the Hebrew word Messiah. The word Christ, per se,
does not refer to any particular person; every anointed person is christed.
When the definite article "the" is placed before the word christ a definite
personality is indicated, and this personality is none other than a member
of the Trinity, the Son who had a glory with the Father-Mother before the
worlds were formed.
According to the teachings of all ancient masters this Son is Love; so
the Christ is Love, and Love is God, since God is Love.
Another remarkable manuscript found in Levi's Akashic portfolio
gives the clearest possible ideal of the Christ, or Love of God. It is pre-
sumed that this manuscript is a direct transcription from the Akashic
Records and its importance demands its reproduction here in full.
8 INTRODUCTION
THE CHRIST "Hidin the holiest place in all infini-
" Beforecreation was the Christ ties islocked the scroll that bears the
walked with the Father God and Mother record of the purposes of God, the Tri-
God in Akasha. une God, and there we read:
''The Christ is son, the only son be- "Perfection is the ultimate of life.
gotten by Almighty God, the God of A seed is perfect in its embryotic life,
Force and God omniscient, God of but it is destined to unfold, to grow.
thought; and Christ is God, the God of "Into the soil of every plane these
Love. seeds, which were the Thoughts of God,
"Without the Christ there was no were cast the seeds of protoplast, of
light. Through Christ all life was mani- earth, of plant, of beast, of man, of
fest ; and so through him all things were angel and of cherubim, and they who
done, and naught was done in forming sowed the seeds, through Christ, or-
worlds or peopling worlds without the dained that they should grow, and
Christ. should return at last, by effort of un-
"Christ is the Logos of Infinities and numbered years, to the great granary^of
through the word alone are Thought and thought, and each be a perfection of its
Force made manifest. kind.
"The Son is called the Christ, be- "And in the boundless blessedness of
cause the Son, the Love, the universal Love the man was made the Lord of
Love, was set apart, ordained to be protoplast, of earth, of plant, of beast:
creator, Lord, preserver and redeemer and Christ proclaimed: Man shall
of all things, of everything that is, or have full dominion over everything that
evermore will be. is upon these planes of life; and it was
"Through Christ, the protoplast, the so.
earth, the plant, the beast, the man, the "And he who gave the lordship unto
angel and the cherubim took up their man declared that he must rule by Love.
stations on their planes of life. "But men grew cruel and they lost
"Through Christ they are preserved; their power to rule, and protoplast, and
and if they fall it is the Christ who lifts earth, and plant and beast became at
them up; and if they sell themselves to enmity with man; he lost his heritage;
sin the Christ redeems. but Christ was present to redeem.
"Now Christ, the universal Love, "But man had lost his consciousness
pervades all spaces of infinity, and so of right; he couldno longer comprehend
there is no end to love. the boundlessness of Love; he could see
"From the great heart of Love un- naught but self, and things of self; but
numbered spirits were sent forth to Christ was there to seek the lost and
demonstrate the height, the depth, the save.
width, the boundlessness of Love. "So that he might be close to man in
"To every world and star and moon allthe ways of life, that man might
and sun a master spirit of this Love comprehend the mighty spirit of the
divine was sent; and all were full Love, the Christ of earth made manifest
anointed with the oil of helpfulness, and to human eyes and ears by taking his
each became a Christ. abode in some pure person, well pre-
"All glorious in his majesty is pared by many lives to be a fit abiding
Christ, who spread the pure white robe place of Love.
of Love o'er all the planes of earth "Thus Christ made manifest Love's
The Christ of earth, its heaven, its power to save; but men forgot so soon,
graves. and so Christ must manifest again, and
"In course of time the protoplast, the then again.
earth, the plant, the beast, the man sold "And ever since man took his place
out their birthrights unto sin; but in form of flesh the Christ has been mani-
Christ was present to redeem. fest in flesh at first of every age."
trine is wholly at variance with the teachings of Jesus himself and of his
apostles. The Aquarian Masters in council have formulated an answer to
this question that so well covers all the information required that we give
it in full:
"Jesus was an ideal Jew, born in Savior and Jesus was in more senses
Bethlehem of Judea. His mother was
_
than one a savior.
a beautiful Jewish girl named Mary. The word Christ means "the an-
As a child Jesus differed but little from ointed one," and then it is an official
other children only that in past lives he title. It means, The Master of Love.
had overcome carnal propensities to When we say "Jesus the Christ" we
such an extent that he could be tempted refer to the man and to his office; just as
like others and not yield. Paul was we do when we say Edward, the King,
right when to the Hebrews he said: or Lincoln, the President. Edward was
'He was in all points tempted like as not always King, and Lincoln was not
we are, yet without sin.' Hebrews always President, and Jesus^ was not
4:15. always Christ. Jesus won his Christ-
"Jesus suffered as other men suffer, ship by a strenuous life, and in the
and was made perfect through suffer- Aquarian Gospel, chapter 55, we have a
ing ; for this is the only way to perfection . record of the events of his christing, or
His was an example of attainment
life receiving the degree Christ. Here is
by the way of crosses and cruel treat- where he was coronated by the highest
ment. Paul was right again when he earth authorities as the Christ-King;
It became him, for whom are all
'
said :
properly speaking, 'The Master of
things and by whom are all things, in Love'; and after this was done he
bringing many sons into glory to make entered at once upon his Judean and
the captain of their salvation perfect Galilean ministry.
through suffering.' Hebrews 2:10. "We recognize the facts that Jesus
"In many respects Jesus was a re- was man and that Christ was God, so
markable child, for by ages of strenuous that in very truth Jesus the Christ was
preparation he was qualified to be an the God-man of the ages."
avatar, a savior of the world, and from The Nazarene's Testimony. Jesus
childhood he was endowed with superior himself made the matter clear. Once
wisdom and was conscious of the fact when he was speaking to a congregation
that he was competent to lead the race in Bethany the people called him King
into the higher ways of spiritual living. and he stood forth and said:
But he was conscious also of the fact "
'I am not sent to sit upon a throne to
that he must attain the mastery by rule as Caesar rules; and you may tell
trials, buffetings, temptations and suf- the ruler of the Jews that I am not a
ferings. And all his life was spent in claimant for his throne.
attaining. After his death, burial and
resurrection he appeared in materialized "'Men call me Christ, and God has
form before the Silent Brothers in the recognized the name; but Christ is not a
man. The Christ is universal Love, and
temple of Heliopolis, in Egypt, and said : Love is King.
"'My human was wholly given
life "
'Tkis Jesus is but man who has been
to bring my tune with the deific
will to
fitted by temptations overcome, by
will; when this was done my earth-tasks
trials multiform, to be the temple
all were done.
through which the Christ can manifest
"'You know that all my life was one to men.
great drama for the sons of men; a "'Then hear, you men of Israel, hear!
pattern for the sons of men. I lived to Look not upon the fleshy it is not king.
show the possibilities of man. Look to the Christ within who shall be
'"What I have done all men can do, formed in every one of you, as he is
and what I am all men shall be."' formed in me.
Aquarian Gospel 178:43,46. " 'When
you have purified your hearts
"Jesus was the name of the man and by faith, the king will enter in and you
it was the only appropriate name for will see his face.'" Aquarian Gospel
this kind of a man. The word means 68:10-14.
10 INTRODUCTION
Surely this question has been answered. Jesus was man; Christ was
Divine Love the Love of God, and after thirty years of strenuous life
the man had made his body fit to be the temple of the holy breath and
Love took full possession, and John well said when he declared:
"
'And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld
"
the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.'
6 Who was Levi, the
Transcriber of this Book ? Regarding the person-
ality of Levi we
are permitted to write but little. Suffice it to say that he
is an American citizen, and has been a close student of the religions of the
world from childhood. When but a boy he was impressed with the sensi-
tiveness of the finer ethers and believed that in some manner they were
sensitized plates on which sounds, even thoughts, were recorded. With
avidity he entered into the deeper studies of etheric vibration, determined
to solve the great mysteries of the heavens for himself. Forty years he spent
in study and silent meditation, and then he found himself in that stage of
spiritual consciousness that permitted him to enter the domain of these
superfine ethers and become familiar with their mysteries. He then
learned that the imaginings of his boyhood days were founded upon veri-
table facts, and that every thought of every living thing is there recorded.
'In his manuscript entitled "The Cusp of the Ages," a part of which we
have already reproduced in this Introduction, we find the following copy
of the Commission, which Levi received from Visel, the Goddess of Wisdom,
or the Holy Breath.
"Write of his works as prophet, abused; was spit upon, was crucified,
priest and seer; write of his life of purity was buried in a tomb; but he revived
and love, and how he changed his carnal and rose a conqueror over death that he
flesh to flesh divinewithout descending might show the possibilities of man
through the gates of death. "A thousand times he said to men;
"And you may write the story of 'I came to show the possibilities of man;
Melchizedec, the Christ who lived when what I have done all men may do, and
Abram lived, and pointed out to men the what I am all men shall be.'
way to life through sacrifice; who gave "These stories of The Christ will be
his life a willing sacrifice for men. enough, for they contain the true philos-
"And you may write the story of the ophy of life, of death and of the resur-
Prince of 'Peace, The Christ who came as rection of the dead,
babe in Bethlehem, and traveled every "They show the spiral journey of the
way of life that man must tread. soul until the man of earth and God are
"He was despised, rejected and one forevermore."
Levi in Prophecy. About two thousand years ago Elihu, who conducted
a school of the prophets in Zoan, Egypt, referred to Levi thus:
"This age will comprehend but little sacred pages all the messages of Purity
of the works of Purity and Love; but and Love.
,
>**<* **-01 read
the words of life in the language of his
thought and word and deed;
of every
"And when the world is ready to re- native land, and men will see the light.
ceive, lo, God will send a messenger to "And man again will be at one with
open up the book and copy from its God." Aquarian Gospel 7:25-28.
be wholly absorbed with the spirit of Divine Love and be far removed from
both Intelligence and Force. Furthermore, a person may enter fully into
the consciousness of Holy Breath, or Supreme Intelligence, and be not
at all in rapport with either Love or Force. Knowledge is not gained
through the spirit of either Force or Love. It is only from Universal Mind,
which is Supreme Intelligence, called by Oriental scholars the Akashic
Records, and by Hebrew masters, the Book of God's Remembrance, that
knowledge of any kind can be obtained.
Consciousness; we note three phases of it:
1 Consciousness of the omnipotence of God and man.
2 Christ consciousness, or consciousness of Divine Love.
3 Consciousness of the Holy Breath, or of Supreme Intelligence.
MAN.
"
What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou
visitethhim?" This was the earnest question of David, the Hebrew
Psalmist,and the 8th Psalm is given wholly to the contemplation of man,
the crowning work of manifest creation. Among the many great lessons
that Levi has been permitted to gather from the Akashic Records, or the
INTRODUCTION 13
Universal Mind, we find one on Man in which his descent into physical
matter and his final ascent into an eternal oneness with God is so graphically
described that it certainly merits a place in this Introduction, and we give it
in full:
"Time never was when man was not. within itself the potencies of God, just
"If life of man at any time began a as the seed of any plant of earth holds
time would come when it would end. deep within itself the attributes of every
"The thoughts of God cannot be part of that especial plant.
circumscribed. No finite mind can "So spirit-man, as seed of God, held
comprehend things infinite. deep within himself the attributes of
"All finite things are subject unto every part of God.
change. All finite things will cease to "Now, seeds are perfect, yea, as per-
be, because there was a time when they fect as the source from which they come;
were not. but they are not unfolded into life made
"The bodies and the soul of men are manifest.
finite things, and they will change, yea, "The child in utero is perfect as the
from the finite point of view the time mother is.
will come when they will be no more. "So man, the seed, must be deep
"But man himself is not the body, planted in a soil that he might grow, un-
nor the soul; he is a spirit and is part fold, as does the bud unfold to show the
of God. flower.
"Creative Fiat gave to man, to spirit "The human seed that came forth
man, a soul that he might function on from the heart of God was full ordained
the plane of soul; gave him a body of the to be the lord of plane of coul, and of
flesh, that he might function on the the plane of things made manifest.
plane of things made manifest. "So God, the husbandman of every
"Why did creative Fiat give to spirit thing that is, threw forth this human
man a soul that he might function on the seed into the soil of soul; it grew apace,
plane of soul? and man became a living soul; and he
"Why did creative Fiat give to soul a became the lord of all the kingdom of
body of the flesh that it might function the soul.
on the plane of things that are made "Hark, now, let every creature hear,
manifest? The plane of soul is but the ether of the
"Hear, now, ye worlds, dominions, spirit plane vibrating not so fast, and in
powers and thrones! the slower rhythm of this plane the
"Hear, now, ye cherubim, ye sera- essences of life are manifest; the per-
phim, ye angels and ye men! fumes and the odors, the true sensations
"Hear, now, O protoplast, and earth, and the all of love are manifest.
and plant and beast ! "And these soul attributes become a
"Hear, now, ye creeping things of body beautiful.
earth, ye fish that swim, ye birds that "A multitude of lessons man must
fly! learn upon the plane of soul; and here
"Hear, now, ye winds that blow, ye he tarries many ages until his lessons are
thunders and ye lightnings of the sky! all learned.
"Hear, now, ye spirits of the fire, of "Upon the boundary of the plane of
water, earth and air! soul the ether began to vibrate slower
"Hear, now, O everything that is, or still, and then the essences took on a
was, or evermore will be, for Wisdom garb; the perfumes and the odors and
speaks from out the highest plane of the true sensations and the all of love
spirit life: were clothed in flesh; and man was
"Man is a thought of God; all clothed in flesh.
thoughts of God are infinite they are not
;
"Perfected man must pass through
measured up by time, for things that are all the ways of life, and so a carnal
concerned with time begin and end. nature was full manifest, a nature that
"The thoughts of God are from the sprang forth from fleshly things.
everlasting of the past unto the never "Without a foe a soldier never knows
ending days to come And so is man, his strength, and thought must be
the Spirit-man. developed by the exercise of strength.
"But man, like every other thought of "And so this carnal nature soon be-
God, was but a seed, a seed that held came a foe that man must fight, that bfl
14 INTRODUCTION
CHAP.
CHAP. Apostles flee to avoid arrest 164
Abram, Sketch of life 10 Apostolic charge of Jesus 89
Account must be given, 105 Archelaus, ruler in Jerusalem 7
Accusers are the greatest sinners 132 Ashamed of his cowardice, Peter 164
Address of Jesus at magian feast 39 Ashbina recognizes Jesus 42
Address of Jesus to Chaldeans 42 Ashbina states needs of Assyria 57
Address of Jesus to Atheneans 44 Asher's Inn, Jesus at 78
Address of Delphic Oracle 44 Ask in faith; God answers 137
Address of Jesus, final to Atheneans 46 Assassination of Zachariaa 6
Address of Jesus at Jordan ford 64 Athens, Jesus meets the masters 44
Address of Jesus in Bethany 68 Athens beach, storm on 46
Address of Jesus concerning John 67 Attainment possible 101
Address of Jesus in Bethlehem 76 Augustus Caesar 1
Address of John on Jesus and the Author of misfortune, is God? 114
Christ 80 Avesta 10
Address of Jesus at Jacob's well 82 Awaiting coming of Holy Breath 181
Adultery defined by man 98
Adultery lies in the desire 98 B
Adulterer, the one who lusts 143
Adon Mashich Cumi 172 Baal, Assyrian Idol 43
Afraid of Jesus' power, priests 31 Babylon, Jesus and Ashbina in 43
Afflictions partial payments on debts 138 Babylon, its wicked kings 43
Afflictions, lesson of Jesus 138 Balm of life, the air we breathe 41
Afflic tions merited; the law (V. 5, 6) 138 Baptism instituted 15
Age, Messiah comes at first of every 73 Baptism of Jesus by the Harbinger 64
A j ainin Jesus his guest
;
37 Baptism of many people by the
A j ainin in Benares to see Jesus 29 Harbinger 64
Aj ainin visits Jesus 29 Baptism adopted by Jesus as dis-
Almsgiving, lesson of Jesus on 94 ciples' pledge
Almighty God, the Father; Omnis- Baptism by Jesus of six disciples
cient God, the Mother 97 Baptized, John the Harbinger 15
Alarmed at power of Jesus, Gadarines 118 Barachia, Rabi, teacher of Jesus 17
Alone on mountain, Jesus prays 128 Barato Arabo, friend of Jesus 32
Alertness of Pharisees to apprehend Bartimeus, healed by Jesus 150
Jesus 150 Barren fig tree withered
Altars of Grecian gods 46 Barabas appointed scapegoat 168
Amazed at resurrection of Lazarus 148 Bar-Simon's feast 159
Amphitheater, Jesus and Apollo in 44 Beatitudes, formulated by Jesus 95
Angered at Jesus' words about Belus, monument of folly
castes, priests Benediction of Jesus on his kindred 69
Anger a crime 97 Benediction of Jesus on all 180
Anxiety about earthly things 99 Benediction of Jesus on the seventy 140
Anxious Martha 136 Benediction of Jesus on Ladak 36
Anointed Jesus with perfumes, Mary 159 Benediction of Elihu and Salome 47
Ananias bribes Judas to betray Jesus 159 Best servant, the best ruler 146
Ananias, leader of arresting party 164 Bethlehem, Jesus born in
Answering prayer: how God helps 46 Bethlehem, Jesus in 76
Appeal of Jesus to the mob 164 Bethany, Jesus in 77
Apollo opens up door of Greek lore Bethany, home of Lazarus 77
to Jesus 44 Bethany, Jesus at Lazarus' house 137
Apollo states needs of Greece 57 Bethany, Christines returned to 148
Apostles are chosen 88 Bethesd a, Jesus surrounded by the sick 91
Apostles, all at Jesus' home 89 Bethabara, Jesus in 147
Apostles and Jesus at Capernaum 123 Betrayal by Judas 160
Apostles confirmed as saviors 127 Betrayal of Jesus by a kiss 164
15
16 SUBJECT INDEX
CHAP. CHAP.
Birth, of Holy Breath 75 Confession of faith, Lamaas 80
Birth, of water 75 Confession of faith, Bethlehemites 77
Birthday feast of child Jesus 16 Confession of faith, Samaritan wo-
Birthd ay f east of Herod 117 man 81
Blessed is the Son of Man 156 Confession of faith, Samaritans
Blessedness of living the word of God 108 Confession of faith essential 109
Blind leaders and their followers 100 Confession of faith not to be bought 107
Blind man healed by Jesus 138 Confession of faith, the healed blind
Blind man's story of his healing 138 man 139
Blind guides 126 Confession of Peter: "Thou art
Book of God's Remembrance 7, 158 the Christ" 128
Book of Life 58, 109, 158 Chaldee, Jesus in 42
Brahm, Elihu's lesson on 10 Charge to Mary and Elizabeth by
Brahmic priests seeking wisdom 21 Elihu 7
Brahmic philosophy, Elihu's lesson 10 Charge, the final to Mary and Eliz-
Bread from heaven 82 abeth by Elihu 12
Broad is the way of wickedness 101 Charge to Jesus by Brotherhood
Brotherhood of life 34 Hierophant 48
Brotherhood of Right 83 Charge to the Apostles
Buddha, Life and works of 11, 34 Charge to the foreign Masters
Buddhist temple open for Jesus 31 Charge to the seventy 133
Building on sand cannot stand 101 Charges against Jesus read 165
Building on rock stands forever 101 Child the symbol of greatness
Burial of the Harbinger in Hebron 117 Children sing praises of Jesus 151
Burial of Jesus in Joseph's to mb 171 Christ;theme of sixth postulate,
Busybodies seek faults in others 100 Matheno 59
Christ in Jesus eulogized 79
Christ in Jesus explained by John 79
Christ in the heart essential 79
Christ the Bread of Life 125
Caesarea Philippi, Christines in 128 Christ flesh and blood 125
Caiphas, Jesus in palace of 165 Christ the Rock 128
Camel, a present to Jesus Christ recognized by voice from
Capernaum, Christines in 71 heaven 129
Car of Jagernath at Katak 26 Christ a name of power 182
Carnal man's rule of life 100 Christ the shepherd 136
Carnal thoughts defile the mind 126 Christine consciousness 71
Carnal self, Jesus' temptation 65 Christines in Nazareth Synagogue 86
Care of God for every thing 109 Christines in Cana 87
Caring for the helpless 74 Christines in Capernaum 93,118
Carpenter, Jesus serves as 20 Christines in Jesus' house 102
Castes, Brahmic priest explains 24 Christines in Mary's home 112
Castes, Jesus reveals injustice of 24 Christines in Philip's house 116
Cause of afflictions 138 Christines in Nazareth 121
Censures Jesus for healing, Priest 140 Christine church opened 182
Ceremonial forms are symbols 35 Christines in Jericho 149
Comforter, Holy Breath, promised 161 Christines on Mount of Olives 157
Coming Age, its needs 35
Chuzas and Jesus 123
Coming trials of Apostles, Jesus
foretold 127 Conflicts precede peace 113
Commits to John care of his Mother Congratulates his disciples, Jesus 140
and Miriam, Jesus 170 Conqueror of carnal self 142
Common people, Jesus abides with 24 Consecration of Jesus 4
Common people become guests 153 Consecration, Jesus' lesson to dis-
Common people receive Jesus 73 ciples on 112
Courtesans and thieves, Jesus sits with 27 Consecration of Apostles 89
Conclusion of Jesus' Galilean ministry 149 Conscience stricken Judas returns
Confession of faith, Andrew 66 bribe money 169
Confession of faith, Nathaniel 66 Constant preparation 157
Confession of faith, Philip 66 Courtesan at feast in Simon's house 104
Confession of faith, Peter 66 Courtesan shows gratitude 104
Confession of faith, the people 68 Courtesan's sins forgiven 104
SUBJECT INDEX 17
CHAP. CHAP.
Courtesan brought before Jesus 134 Dove symbol of peace 76
Courtesan and Publicans at feast Drunkard's child calls on Jesus for
of God 153 help 92
Covetousness is theft 98 Drunkard saved by Jesus 92
Coward, the man who fights 97 Drowned child restored by Jesus 74
Circle; its meaning Duality of the one God 97
Cross must be borne Dues, give to Caesar his own 73
Cross, each must bear his own 142
Cross the sea, Christines 1 17, 124 E
Crippled healed tells the news
Crippled man sought healing waters 91 Earthquake shakes Calvary t
171
Crucifixion not permitted Eat grain on Sabbath, Christines 93
Crucifixion, Jesus' secret lesson on 127 Eating flesh of Christ _
125
Cruelty of sacrifice 19 Education of John finished 61
Crumbs, twelve baskets full gath- Effort, not result, receives credit 143
ered 124 Egotism of Pharisees 155
Egypt, Jesus goes to 46
Elder brother of the prodigal son 144
Elihu and Salome entertain Joseph,
Darkness intense on Calvary 171 Mary and Jesus 5
David 's cave home of the Harbinger 1 Elijah reincarnates as the Har-
Dawn of Peace, Lamaas' question 113 binger 129
Day of the Lord 157 Embalmed body of Jesus 171
Day Star 14, 88 Empty tomb found by woman 173
Death of Jesus' father 30 Ensnare Jesus by his words, plan to 108
Death and burial of Elizabeth 15 Ephraim hills, Christines in 148
Death, Matheno's lesson on 15 Epileptic obsessed child 130
Death, Jesus defines it 120 Epileptic obsessed child healed by
Dead should care for the dead 117 Jesus 123
Deeds are seeds that grow 100 Escape from Herod Elizabeth and John 6
,
Fast, theme of Jesus' address 94, 119 God ; the One, the three, the seven 9
Fasting may do one good, another God's remembrance day, Thursday 160
harm 119 God is spirit 81
Father gives his son to save 36 Golden Rule 68, 97
Feast in Jerusalem 124, 133 Good and Evil 119
Feast of God all people must be guests 141
,
Greatest master yet to come 14
Feast of Pharisee in Magdala 108 Greatest in the sight of God 131
Feast for Christines, Matthew's 119 Greatest commandment 155
Feast for Christines, Lazarus' Greatness, Jesus' lesson on 131
Feast at home of Simon, a Pharisee 104 Grecian masters, Jesus teaches
Feast of God 153 Grecian Jews call on Jesus 156
Feast to Magian god 39 Greece, Jesus in 44
Feast of Joachim and Anna 16 Groves of Cyrus, Jesus in 40
Feast in Jerusalem Jesus preeen t a t 18,19
, Growth of man in carnal soul 58
Feast, Mary makes for Jesus Guards of Herod torture Jesus 167
Feast of Ravanna in Nazareth 21 Guardian spirit for every child 131
Feast of Ach at Bahar 27 Guests of child Jesus at feast 16
Feast of Udraka Guest without a wedding robe 154
Feast, Paschal at Jerusalem 72
Fear and unbelief asses that bind
man's will
Festival at Jerusalem
Final lessons of Jesus 163 Hair, Mary wipes Jesus' feet with
Fire, Bethany in flames 92 her 159
Fire controlled by Jesus' word 92 Happiness is near for man of faith 33
Fish, a multitude caught Harbinger John, Matheno's charge
Five thousand fed to 15
Flesh not immortal, may be dissolved 109 Harbinger paves the way 62
Flowing spring near Persepolis 41 Haughty guests would not kneel 153
Fly across the sea, demand of Phar- Healing art; Jesus teaches Ajainin 37
isees 107 Healing fount of Persepolis 41
Foe of John, is Jesus one? Healing art; Udraka's lesson
Followers of John become disciples 66 Healing not paying debts 138
Food does not defile the mind 126 Healing on Sabbath defended
Force, Intelligence and Love 58 74, 91, 93, 140
Foreign plants are Scribes and Heals in Gennesaret 125
Pharisees Heals infant in Leh, Jesus 36
Forerunner of Jesus, John Heals child by Persian fount 41
Forgiveness of sins is healing 90 Heals a woman 140
Forgiveness the paying of debts Heals in the temple 74, 152
Forgiveness, its meaning 13, 36 Heals withered hand 93
Found in the Temple, Jesus 20 Healing virtue of Bethesda 91
Fountain ^ of the temple, Jesus Healing virtue is faith 91
bathes in 47 Healing on Sabbath resented 74, 93
Four thousand fed 128 Healing methods described 74
Freed, all Gadara was 118 Head of John given to Salome 117
Freedom, theme of Jesus' address 86 Hebron, Jesus in 77
Friendship result of kindness Heliopolis, Jesus in temple of 47
Fruitless fig tree made to wither 105 Hell, here and now 33
95 Herod Antipas 1, 85
Fulfilling the law
Herod and the wise men 5
Herod hears charges 167
Herod sends John to Pilate 167
Herod orders Jesus crucified 168
Gadara, Christines in Herod's death . 6
Garden of Siloam, Jesus* tomb 172 Herodias, immoral woman
Garments divided by soldiers 170 Hero, man who answers not 97
Getheseme, Jesus in 163 Heresy of John 85
SUBJECT INDEX 19
CHAP. CHAP.
Henchman of courts 111 Journey to their homes, Joseph,
Helpfulness to others 100 Mary, Jesus, Elizabeth, John 12
Help for storm- wrecked sailors 114 Journey through Sidon and Leba-
Hierophant receives Jesus 47 non hills 12
History of Jesus told by Hillel 21 Journey of Jesus through Caesarea 123
Historic address by Peter 182 Joseph stands in Jesus' defense 147
Holy Breath as a dove 64 Joseph and Nicodemus bury Jesus 171
Holy Breath, thought of heaven 9 Jubilee in Kapavista 34
Holy Breath, fill this child 36 Judas censures Mary ^
159
Holy Breath, mission to the world 162 Judas treasurer of Christines 159
Holy Breath fills the air 126 Judas with mob that abused Jesus 169
Holy Breath, the teacher 109, 128 Judas hangs himself on city walls 169
Holy Breath will come again 105 Jude, Jesus at home of in Jerusalem 72
Holy Breath, Jesus bathes in 79
Holy Breath consciousness 65
Home life, Ruth's lesson 77
Homeless boy cared for by Jesus 74 Kashmar, Jesus in vale of 37
Home of Jesus in Capernaum 87 Kaspar, Persian Sage 38
Honor to Father and Mother 97 Kaspar states needs of Persia 56
Hypocrisy, Jesus' lesson on 126 Kaspar's home by Caspian Sea 42
Hypocrisy will blight soul 105 Kedron, Jesus and the twelve meet at 163
Hypocrisy of Pharisees 108 Keys of safety for men given to Peter 128
Hungry in wilderness 65 King, people believe that Jesus was
born to be 72
Kingdom of the soul 71, 129
Kingdom, Jesus' address on 145
Kingdom to a new people 154
Identity of Jesus considered 128 Kingdom, Jesus tells Ajainin about it 29
Idolatry condemned 96 Kingdom; its gate is low 29
Ignorant learned men 104 Kingdom, subjects must be pure 29
Impartial God cares for all 99 Kiss, sign of identity 159
Impartiality of God 82 Knowledge measure of crime 100
Impartiality of God, child Jesus'
lesson 17
Imprisonment of the Harbinger 85
Incessant work of Jesus 105
Ladak, Jesus in Leh 36
Indignation of ten Apostles 146 Lahore, Jesus in the city of 37
Infant saved from flames by Jesus 92 Lamaas meets John at Salem 80
Inn at Mount Olives 91 Lamaas meets Jesus at Jordan ford 80
Inner light that cannot fail 128 Lamaas friend of Jesus 22
Inner life revealed to disciples 144 76
170 Lamb, symbol of innocence
Inscription above the cross Lamps of God, the disciples 95
Last passover of Jesus and the twelve 160
Law of God recognizes desires only 95
Law, its letter forbids killing 97
Jaganath, Jesus in Law, its spirit recognizes the desire
Jairus' daughter dies 120 to kill, the sin 97
Jealous brothers of Jesus 43 Law, universal application 14
Jealousy unknown in Brotherhood Lawyers' injustice exposed by Jesus 108
of Right 83 Lawyers for gain plead against
Jerico, John with Alpheus in 63 innocence 108
Jerusalem, Jesus' prophetic address 157 Lawyers argue in Jesus' trial 166
Jesus, birth of 3 Lazarus sick in Bethany 148
Jesus meets the Harbinger 64 Lazarus dead, Jesus tells Apostles 148
Jesus a man, not a God League with Beelzebul 106
Jewish mob demand Jesus' death 168 Leaven of Pharisees; Jesus' lesson 109
Jewish soldiers guard Jesus' tomb 171 Letter of Jesus to his mother 30
John, birth and childhood 2 Liberates birds and lambs 72, 152
John in the trial chamber 165 Light about Jesus not compre-
John with Massalian 164 hended 40
Johavehe 138 Listening, Mary chose the better part 136
Jonah and the fish 107 Living Oracle 45
Journey to Egypt 5 Living people may help the dead 128
20 SUBJECT INDEX
CHAP. CHAP.
Logos as Love manifest 65 To the apostles at Sea of Galilee 179
Logos, the perfect word 48 To multitudes of people in Galilee 179
Logos in the council of the sages 57 To Peter, James and John in
Lost; Jesus not with kindred 20 Galilee 179
Love manifest by Jesus 7 To the apostles in Jerusalem 180
Love the savior of the world 8, 75 To the Marys and others on
Love the balm of life 41 Mount Olives 180
Love, Jesus' Paschal address on 161 Matheno, John's teacher 13
Love defined by spiritual law 98 Matheno states Egypt's needs 57
Love fulfils the law 155 Mathias chosen an apostle 181
Love banishes lustful thoughts 143 Memorial, Mary's act 159
Lying defined by the laws of man 99 Memorial Supper 160
Lying defined by spiritual law 99 Meng-ste with Jesus 36
Lying possible by look or act 99 Meng-ste states China's needs 56
Men of faith control storm
M Melzone, Persian wise man
117
38
Magdala, Christines in 106 Merchants driven out of temple 152
Malchus; Peter wounds him 164 Merchants of Kashmar 37
Man with a pitcher 160 Merom, Christines at 128
Man of faith breathes in Christ 126 Message from John to Jesus 103
Man has powers of God 92 Messages of John 61, 62
Man defined by Jesus 22 Message of John at Bethany 62
Manuscripts of Lassa 36 Messages of Silence land 158
Many called; few chosen 153 Messengers from John 108
Marriage feast of Pharisee 141 Messenger, prophecy of Elihu 7
Marriage feast in Cana 70 Messiah defined 73
Marriage defined by man 98 Mighty works of wicked men 101
Marriage defined by God 98 Mind, sin a creature of 126
Marriage, man's relation to 143 Mission of Jesus to save lost 66
Marriage, Jesus' lesson on 70 Mission of Jesus 135
Marriage and lust 143 Mission of John 103
Mars, a Cretan vessel 46 Missionary tours 90, 102, 105, 140
Mart, the beggar 107 Misfortune their causes 114
Mary's birth and childhood 1 Miriam calls on Jesus 106
Mary and Miriam at tomb 173 Miriam's reincarnation 106
Massalian, Jesus with 139 Miriam's song 106, 110, 121, 140, 181
Massacre of young children 6 Model prayer 94, 137
Masters of old and Jesus 123 Model feast 141
Master at resurrection 172 Mood, their philosophy 9
Master tells of Jesus' return 180 Monks of Leh 36
Master minds; Delphic Oracle 45 Money changers driven out 72
Materialization of Jesus, appear- Mother and brothers of Jesus 106
ances after death 173, 180 Mother-in-law of Peter healed 89
To his mother and Miriam 173 Multitude seek Jesus 124
To the other women 173 Multitude defends Jesus 133
To Peter, James and John 173 Murder, Brahmic priests try 31
To disciples at Emmaus 174 Mystery of marriage 155
To ten apostles in Simon's house 175
To Lazarus, Mary, Martha and N
Ruth 175 Name of God not revealed 96
To Ravanna and other teachers Name of Jesus in temple 48
in India 176 Narrow is the perfect way 101
To the Magian priests in Per- Narrow way to life 141
sopolis 176 Nazarite, John the Harbinger 15
To the priests in the temple at Nazareth, Jesus would not teach in 69
Jerusalem 177 Nazareth, Jesus at home 43
To Thomas and the other apostles Necessity above law 93
at Simon's house 177 Neglected opportunities 103
To Apollo and the Silent Brother- Neighbor the one who shows mercy 136
hood in Greece 7 New Age creeds 36
To Claudas and Juliet in Rome 178 New wine burst old bottles 120
To the priests in temple Heliopo- Nicodemus visits Jesus 75
lis, Egypt 178 Nicodemus sees the light 75
SUBJECT INDEX 21
CHAP. CHAP.
Nicodemus in Jesus' defense 134
Parting words of Jesus 161
Nicodemus' home, supper to the Patron of Jesus, Ravanna 21
Lord 160
Peace, Jesus' address on 113
Nicodemus pleads for Jesus in trial 166 Pearl of greatest price 142
Non-resistance, law of spiritual life 97 Pentecost 182
Non-resistance, evidence of willing Perfect man, Jesus 59
sacrifice 127 Perfect age; no rites 35
Not guilty; Pilate's verdict 167 Perfect age; all people priests 35
Number and name of an evil spirit 1 18
Perfection of man, Seventh Postulate 59
Number of a soul 134
Persia, Persepolis, Jesus in 38
Peter afraid in outer court 165
Peter walks on the water 124
Oaths change no conditions 99 Pharisees censure Christines 93
Obsessed man freed by Jesus Phenomena hunters carnal 107
83, 89, 106, 121 Phenomena of Holy Breath 182
Obsessed man met Christines 118 Philo states Jewish needs 57
Obsessed girl freed by Jesus 123 Philo pleads for Jesus 72
Omnific word heard by apostles 89 Physical body not the man 126
Omnipotence of faith 153 Picture of Holy Breath 96
One cleansed leper thankful 133 Pilate protects Christines 181
One thing lacking 142 Pilate would save Jesus' life 163
Offence of causing people to fall 131 Pilate, Jesus taken before 166
Opportunities; theme of Jesus' ad- Pillars of the Church 95
dress 105 Plea for help in home affairs 111
Outer man seen by carnal man 71 Plea of Pilate for Jesus to flee 163
Overcoming; promise to disciples 162 Plea of Jesus before Caiaphas 166
Platform from which Jesus speaks 154
Potter's field bought 169
Palestine under Roman rule 1 Porch of temple, great meeting in 147
Paying debts by healing 138 Power of Jesus 31
Parable, Gold mine 142 Power defined by Jesus 22
Parable, Good Samaritan 136 Power of faith 130
Parable, Good Seed and Tares 116 Power of God not recognized 130
Parable, Householder and Laborers 143 Power of God casting evil spirits
Parable, Householder and Servants 158 out 106
Parable, Importunate Housewife 137 Pray, Christines go apart to 94, 109
Parable, Importunate Widow 145 Pray, Jesus teaches Lazarus to 137
Parable, King and Vast Domain 73 Prayed in sacred grove, Jesus 84
Parable, Laborer and Rich Field 33 Prayer to idols for help 46
Parable, Leaven 116 Prayer no sign of saintship 101
Parable, Lost Sheep 131 Prayer, effectual 46
Parable, Marriage Feast 154 Prayer of the envious not heard 153
Parable, Nobleman and Unjust Prayer of Jesus for disciples 140,150,162
Sons 25 Prayer, power demonstrated 89
Parable, Pharisee and Publican 145 Prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane 163
Parable, Prodigal Son 144 Prayer of Jesus for his murderers 170
Parable, Rich man and Great Har- Prayer, importunate 137
vest 111 Prayer, unceasing 145
Parable, Rich Man's Feast 153 Prayer, Jesus' address on 94
Parable, Rich Man and His Feast 141 Prayer of consecration 89
Parable, Rich Man and Lazarus 142 Prayer, Salome's lesson on 12
Parable, Righteous King and Sons 36 Prayer, the Samaritan's 84
Parable, Seed and its Growth 140, 116 Praying alone, Jesus 90
Parable, Sower 116 Preaches at Jordan ford, Jesus 78
Parable, Ten Servants and Pounds 149 Priesthood can not be reformed 120
Parable, Ten Virgins 158 Priests enraged at Jesus 91
Parable, Treasures in Field 116 Prince of Peace will come 157
Parable, Stalks with Broken Blades 27 Proof of Jesus' messiahship 69
Parable, Unkept Vineyard 34 Prophecy concerning Chaldea 42
Parable, Wheat and Tares explained 116 Prophecies of Gabriel 2
Paschal Supper, preparation 160 Prophecy of aged widow 1
Password of man is character 95 Prophet without honor 69
Patience and readiness 111 Protects, Jesus, Lamaas 24
22 SUBJECT INDEX
CHAP. CHAP.
Primer, blessed work 34 Salome's dance pleases Herod 117
Pupils at Zoan Mary and Eliza- Salvation defined 22
beth 7 Samaria, Christines in 81, 84
Purity essential 68 Samaritans at Jacob's well 82
Purity demanded 126 Sanhedrim hear charges 166
Purity manifest by John 7 Save the lost, Jesus' mission 131
Purifying fires 116 Saving sinners, Jesus' address on 119
Saving life by giving life 129
Savior of the world, resist not 127
Scheme to apprehend Jesus 159
Questions at Jesus' trial 165
School, Elihu and Salome 7
School of Christ 87, 103
Schools of Egypt 11
Raising the widow's son 102 Scroll of temple brotherhood 48
Ravanna with Jesus in Nazareth 21 Scribes question Jesus 126
Reads the scriptures in the temple 68 Scribes and Pharisees try to kill
Readiness to meet the Lord 145 Jesus 135
Rebukes wealthy Pharisee 140 Sea of Galilee, Christines by 88
Reception Robes 112 Searching for Jesus in mountain 128
Reconciliation 97 Secret lesson to apostles 128, 158
Reform the priesthood, Nicodemus' Secret sins exposed 27
120 Secret place for prayer, Jesus' 39
plea
Reincarnation affirmed by Jesus 37 Secret place in Decapolis 127
Rejected stone becomes capstone 154 Seize Judas, Apostles 164
Repudiates claim to c arnal kingship 72 Self exaltation, Jesus' lesson on 141, 146
Reputation an illusion 27 Self laudation brings abasement 145
Request of Mary not granted 146 Selfs, the two 8
Resentment strengthens wrath 113 Selfish ones find gate locked 141
Resistance the sire of anger 97 Selfishness, Jesus' lesson on selfish-
Responsible for use of thought 109 ness of the people 108, 125
Restores Jairus' child to life 120 Sense of right in every man 111
Rested in desert place, Christines 124 Senses sense what seems to be 71
Resurrection of Lazarus 148 Seven, the number of all 133
Resurrection of Lazarus perturbs Seven hours in prayer 158
priests 148 Seven days' silence, the Sages' 56
Resurrection of Jesus 172 Seven days' silence, the Harbinger 61
Responsibility of man 14 Seven postulates . 58
Revealers of light Jesus and John 7 Seven, its meaning 48
Revolution feared by Brahmic Seven days prayer, the Christines 122
priests 31 Seven baskets full taken up 128
Rewards, God's method of giving 143 Seven, number of Holy Breath 96
Rich young man seeks Jesus 142 Sevens of time in God's hands 96
Right is king and will at last reign 113 Seventy sent out 133
Righteousness the Judge 158 Seventy return 140
Rock, Jesus calls Peter the 66 Seventy, number of God and man 133
Rolls of Graphael Seventy's missionary tour 133
Roman seal on tomb of Jesus 172 Sermon on the Mount 95, 101
Roman captain's servant healed 102 Service basis of Judgment 158
Ruth distressed 77 Service, acceptable 26
Ruth and Asher at Lazarus' feast 92 Serve God by serving man 96
Serving two masters 99
Sheep gate 91
Sheep and Goats 158
Sacrifice, giving to the needy 28 Shepherds in hills, Jesus with 76
Sacrifice, serving everything 28 Shepherd's home in Bethlehem 76
Sacrifice of self 35 Shinar, Plains of 43
Sacrifice, Jesus' address on 121 Sick healed in Bethlehem 76
Sad toilers in India 33 Sick servant of Aaher healed 78
Safe retreat, Jesus had none 117 Sick healed at Sychar 83
Sages at Philo's home 56 Sick woman healed by thought 84
Sakara, Egyptian school 15 Sick son of nobleman healed 87
Salim, John preaching afc 79 Sick and obsessed healed at Caper-
Salim springs 146 naum 89
SUBJECT INDEX 23
CHAP. CHAP.
Signs not seen before 157 Temperance lesson by John 62
Signs demanded of Jesus 86 Temperance lesson by Jesus 92
Silence, Jesus' lesson on 40 Temptations of Jesus in Egypt 48-55
Silence in the courts of Heaven 158 First temptation Hypocrisy 48
Silence, Jesus and disciples sit in 66 First victory 48
Silent Brotherhood 38, 87, 172 First Brotherhood degree Sin-
Silent prayer, Christines 182 cerity 48
Simeon's prophecy 4 Second temptation Prejudice 49
Simon of Cyrene, cross bearer 168 Second victory 49
Sin against Holy Breath 105 Second Brotherhood degree 49
Sin and sickness synonymous Third temptation Unbelief 50
Sins of priesthood, Jesus' lesson 72 Third victory 50
Sinless man called to stand Third Brotherhood degree Faith 50
Sinless man not found 134 Fourth temptation Selfishness 51
Sin, Jesus crosses 37 Fourth victory 51
Sleeping disciples 163 Fourth Brotherhood degree Phi- 51
Sly fox, Jesus calls Herod 141 lanthropy
Soldiers charge Silent Brotherhood 172 Fifth temptation Fear 52
Soldiers bribed by priests 172 Fifth victory 52
Son of man will come 145 FifthBrotherhood degree 52
Sons of God, Jesus' lesson on 91, 147 Sixthtemptation Carnal love 53
Songs on the mount Sixthvictory 53
Sonnets of the dead 117 SixthBrotherhood degree 53
Sorrowing rich young man 142 Seventh temptation Emotion 54
Soul communion Seventh victory 54
Soul not immortal Seventh Brotherhood degree The 55
Soul of Jesus with apostles 127 Christ
Specialists in sin 68 Temptations of Jesus in the Wilder-
Spirit truth is new, must expand 120 ness 65
Spirit consciousness 124 First; to demonstrate power over
Spirit law abhorred by man 100 earth substances.
Spirit control, the law revealed 37 Second; to demonstrate power over
Spirit, light and purity 107 the air.
Spirit immortal 109 Third; to demonstrate power over
Spirits of wind and wave 117 men through wealth.
Spiritual man, ethics of 100 Tempting thoughts 65
Standard law of judging crime, no 132 Ten Commands; is there a greatest 17
Statement of Jesus before Pilate 167 Ten Commandments 96
Stealing bread, trial of man for 132 Ten is the number of God 133
Stewards of God's wealth Ten lepers cleansed
Stone Jesus, Jews attempt to 147 Testimonies must all be in 167
Storm on Sea of Galilee 117, 124 Thanks to God 140
Strength through effort 46 Thankfulness of Jesus 194
Strength and wisdom fill Jesus Theft defined by man 98
Striving of the apostles 160 Theft defined by God 98
Substitute for Holy Name Thirty pieces of silver 159
Susanna's guests, Christines 128 Thought the First Postulate 58
Swearing prohibited Thought the greatest power on earth 84
Sychar, Jesus teaches in 83 Thought, Jesus' lesson on 84
Three thousand baptized 182
Tibet, Jesus in 36
Tigres and Euphrates
Tao, God of the Orient 9 Toil should bring happiness
Tax paid by Jesus and Peter Tombs of Gadara 118
Tax money in fish's mouth 131 Tongues of fire
Teacher of Jesus, Mary Transfiguration of Jesus 129
Teacher of Jesus, Barachia 17 Treasures in heaven 99
Teaches doctors and lawyers, Jesus 19 Treasures, anchor of tba soul 99
Teaches from a boat, Jesus 115 Tree without fruit cut down 105
Teacher who is wise Treasure box o^ Christines 114
Temple courts, Jesus teaches in 133, 130 Tree known by its fruit
of God the heart
is 81 Trial hour for apostles 161
Temple
priests invite Jesus 29 Triumphant entry into Jerusalem 151
Temple
24 SUBJECT INDEX
CHAP. CHAP.
Tribute to Caesar 155 Washes his hands in innocence,
Tribulations indescribable 157 Pilate 168
Trust in God; He will care 99 Washed not hands before eatin,g 108
Truth, denned by Jesus 22 Way to Christ, Jesus' address on 129
Truth, the leavening power 10 Wealth of earth hinders progress 112
Truth, spoken in kindness 111 Wealth within the heart 33
Tuesday, Jesus in Jerusalem 153 Wealth of soul is purity 111
Twelve is the number of the Jew 133 Wednesday, Jesus and twelve in
Tyre, Jesus in 123 Mount Olives 158
Wept over Jerusalem, Jesus 151
White, symbol of virtue and purity 76
Unbelief precludes great work
Wicked spirit sent to its own place 83
86
Unclean spirits afraid of Jestos Wife of Pilate urges non-interfer-
118
ence 167
Unclean spirits obey Jesus 118
Unclean spirits in animals 118 Will, faith, helpfulness and love,
Unclean animals drowned in sea 118
Fifth Postulate 59
Wilderness, place of Jesus' self-
Unfoldment, Jesus' lesson on 25
examination 65
Unity of God and man 84
Wine, water changed into 70
Unity of God, foundation of law 96
Wise men visit Jesus 5
Universal Brotherhood 28, 81
Universal Fatherhood 28
Wise men return home 5
Universal Church
Wise men meet Jesus in Persepolis 38
60
Universal family 106
Wisdom defined by Jesus 22
Unrest in Jerusalem 134
Wisdom of Jesus attracts Ravanna 21
Ur of Chaldeas, Jesus in 42 Withered fig tree, Jesus' lesson on 153
Unsuccessful fishermen 88
Woes d escribed by Jesus 95
160
Woes on cities of Galilee 103, 156
Upbraids disciples for striving Wolves in 101
sheep's clothing
Upbraids Judas for treachery 164
Woman with hemorrhage healed 120
Upper gate of consciousness 142
Woman Samaria at Jacob's well 81
of
Words may hide a lie 99
Words of Jesus upon the cross 171
Vidyapati endorses Jesus 32 Work of seven sages 56
Vidyapati states needs of India 56 Worth of a soul 129
Vigilance essential 112 Worth of the soul, its measure 111
Vine and branches 87, 161
Wounded Malchus healed by Jesus 164
Virtue of healing waters 41
Virtue the salt of life 131
Virtueless people lost 131
Vision of Pilate's wife 167 Yoke of Christ easy 104
Vision ol Jesus 16
Voice from heaven testifies 64
Vow of Secret Brotherhood 47
Zacharias and Elizabeth home, near
W Hebron 2
Zaccheus called to entertain Jesus 149
Wages based on intent 143 Zaccheus tells story of own life 149
Walked on water, Jesus 124 Zarathustra; philosophy and works 10
Walked on water, Peter 124 Zara, Persian wise man 38
Wandering musicians 37 Zoan, Jesus in 47
THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL
OF JESUS THE CHRIST.
SECTION I.
ALEPH.
Birth and Early Life of Mary, Mother of Jesus.
SECTION II.
BETH.
Birth and Infancy of John, the Harbinger, and of Jesus.
deem; and they were waiting for home, and with Elizabeth rejoiced.
the king. 14 Five months passed by and
3 Now, Zacharias was a priest, Gabriel came to Mary in her home
and in his turn he led the temple in Nazareth and said,
service in Jerusalem. 15 Hail Mary, hail Once blessed
!
age your son has borne the name of 22 His promises are verified;
Section 11 OF JESUS THE CHRIST 27
for he has brought to pass the words robes that Mary had prepared and
which holy prophets spoke in olden laid him
in a trough from which the
times. beasts of burden fed.
23 And Zacharias looked upon 6 Three persons clad in snow-
the infant John, and said, white robes came in and stood be-
24 You will be called the proph- fore the child and said,
et of the Holy One ; and you will go 7 All strength, all wisdom and
before his face, and will prepare his all love be yours, Immanuek
way. 8 Now, on the hills of Bethle-
25 And you will give a knowl- hem were many flocks of sheep
edge of salvation unto Israel; and with shepherds guarding them.
you will preach the gospel of re- 9 The shepherds were devout,
pentance and the blotting out of were men of prayer, and they were
sins.
waiting for a strong deliverer to
26 Behold, for soon the Day come.
Star from on high will visit us, to 10 And when the child of prom-
light the way for those who sit ise came a man in snow-white robe
within the darkness of the shadow-
appeared to them, and they fell
land, and guide our feet unto the back in fear. The man stood forth
ways of peace. and said,
11 Fear not! behold I bring
CHAPTER 3.
you joyful news. At midnight in a
cave in Bethlehem was born the
Birth of Jesus. Masters honor the
child. The shepherds rejoice. prophet and the king that you have
Zacharias and Elizabeth visit long been waiting for.
12 And then the shepherds all
Mary. Jesus is circumcised.
were glad they felt that all the hills
;
time was nearly due for were filled with messengers of light,
THE Jesus to be born, and Mary who said,
longed to see Elizabeth, and she and 13 All glory be to God on high;
Joseph turned their faces toward peace, peace on earth, good will
the Judean hills. to men.
2 And when upon their way 14 And then the shepherds came
they came to Bethlehem the day with haste to Bethlehem and to the
was done, and they must tarry for cave, that they might see and honor
the night. him whom men had called Im-
3 But Bethlehem was thronged manuel.
with people going to Jerusalem the ;
15 Now, when the morning
inns and homes were filled with came, a shepherdess whose home
guests, and Joseph and his wife was near, prepared a room for Mary,
could find no place to rest but in a Joseph and the child; and here they
cave where animals were kept; and tarried many days.
there they slept. 16 And Joseph sent a messenger
4 At midnight came a cry, A in haste to Zacharias and Elizabeth
child is born in yonder cave among to say, The child is born in Bethle-
the beasts. And lo, the promised hem.
son of man was born. 17 And Zacharias and Elizabeth
5 And strangers took the little took John and came to Bethlehem
one and wrapped him in the dainty with words of cheer.
THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section II
18 And Mary and Elizabeth re- and she departed not, but night and
counted all the wondrous things day she worshipped God.
that had transpired. The people 9 And when she saw the infant
joined with them in praising God. Jesus she exclaimed, Behold Im-
19 According to the custom of manuel! Behold the signet cross
the Jews, the child was circumcised ; of the Messiah on his brow!
and when they asked, What will 10 And then the woman knelt
you call the child? the mother said, to worship him, as God with us, Im-
His name is Jesus, as the man of manuel; but one, a master clothed
God declared. in white, appeared and said,
11 Good woman, stay; take
CHAPTER 4. heed to what you do ; you may not
worship man; this is idolatry.
Consecration of Jesus. Mary offers 12 This child is man, the son of
sacrifices. Simeon and Anna man, and worthy of all praise. You
prophesy. Anna rebuked for
is shall adore and worship God; him
worshipping the child. The family only shall you serve.
returns to Bethlehem. 13 The woman rose and bowed
her head in thankfulness and wor-
Mary took her son, when
NOW,
he was forty days of age, up to shipped God.
14 And Mary took the infant
the temple in Jerusalem, and he was
Jesus and returned to Bethlehem.
consecrated by the priest.
2 And then she offered purifying
sacrifices for herself, according to
CHAPTER 5.
the custom of the Jews; a lamb and Three magian priests honor Jesus.
two young turtle doves. Herod is alarmed. Calls a council
3 A pious Jew named Simeon
of the Jews. Is told that pwphets
was in the temple serving God. had foretold the coming of a king.
4 From early youth he had been Herod resolves to kill the child.
looking forImmanuel to come, and
Mary and Joseph take Jesus and
he had prayed to God that he might into Egypt.
flee
not depart until his eyes had seen
Messiah in the flesh. the river
Euphrates
5 And when he saw the infant BEYOND
the magians and they
lived;
Jesus he rejoiced and said, I now were wise, could read the language
am ready to depart in peace, for I of the stars and they divined that
have seen the king. one, a master soul, was born they ;
6 And then he took the infant saw his star above Jerusalem.
in his arms and said, Behold, this 2 And there were three among
child will bring a sword upon my the magian priests who longed to
people, Israel, and all the world; see the master of the coming age;
but he will break the sword and and they took costly gifts and has-
then the nations will learn war no tened to the West in search of him,
more. the new-born king, that they might
7 The master's cross I see upon honor him.
the forehead of this child, and he 3 And one took gold, the sym-
willconquer by this sign. bol of nobility; another myrrh, the
8 And in the temple was a symbol of dominion and of power;
widow, four and eighty years of age, gum-thus the other took, the sym-
Section 11 OF JESUS THE CHRIST 29
bol of the wisdom of the sage. what the masters of the Jewish law
4 Now when the magians had said and then he sent them on
;
asked, What have the Jewish Herod learns of the supposed mission
prophets said concerning such a of John. The infants
of Bethle-
one? hem are massacred by Herod's or-
11 The Jewish masters answered der. Elizabeth escapes with John.
him and said, The prophets long ago Because Zacharias cannot tell
foretold that one would come to where his son is hidden, he is mur-
rule the tribes of Israel; that this dered. Herod dies.
Messiah would be born in Bethle-
hem. when the
magian priests
12 They said, The prophet Mi- NOW,
did not return to tell him of
cah wrote, O
Bethlehem Judea, a the child that had been born a
little place the Judean hills,
among king, King Herod was enraged.
yet out of you will one come forth 2 And then his courtiers told
to rule my people, Israel; yea, one him of another child in Bethlehem,
who lived in olden times, in very one born to go before and to pre-
ancient days. pare the people to receive the
13 Then Herod called the ma- king.
gian priests again and told them 3 This angered more and more
30 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section II
the king; he called his guards and how could I know where they have
bid them go to Bethlehem and slay taken him?
the infant John, as well as Jesus 13 And when the guards re-
who was born to be a king. turned and told the king what Zach-
4 He said, Let no mistake be arias said, he was enraged and said,
made, and that you may be sure to 14 My guards, go back and tell
slay these claimants to my throne, that wily priest that he is in my
slay all male children in the town hands; that if he does not tell the
not yet two years of age. truth, does not reveal the hiding
5 The guards went forth and did place of John, his son, then he shall
as Herod bade them do. die.
6 Elizabeth knew not that Her- 15 The guards went back and
od sought to slay her son, and she told the priest just what the king
and John were yet in Bethlehem; had said.
but when she knew, she took the 16 And Zacharias said, I can
infant John and hastened to the
but give my life for truth and if the
;
hills.
king does shed my blood the Lord
7 The murderous guards were will save my soul.
near; they pressed upon her hard; 17 The guards again returned
but then she knew the secret caves
and told the kingwhat Zacharias
in all the hills, and into one she ran
said.
and hid herself and John until the
18 Now, Zacharias stood before
guards were gone. the altar in the Holy Place en-
8 Their cruel task was done the ;
gaged in prayer.
guards returned and told the story
to the king. 19 A guard approached and
9 We know that we with a dagger thrust him through;
They said,
have slain the infant king; but John, he fell and died before the curtain
his harbinger, we could not find. of the sanctuary of the Lord.
10 The king was angry with his 20 And when the hour of salu-
tation came, for Zacharias daily
guards because they failed to slay
the infant John; he sent them to the blessed the priests, he did not come.
tower in chains. 21 And after waiting long the
11 And
other guards were sent priestswent to the Holy Place and
to Zacharias, father of the harbin- found the body of the dead.
ger, while he was serving in the 22 And there was grief, deep
Holy Place, to say, The king de- grief, in all the land.
mands that you shall tell where is 23 Now Herod sat upon his
your son. throne; he did not seem to move;
12 But Zacharias did not know, his courtiers came; the king was
and he replied, I am a minister of dead. His sons reigned in his
God, a servant in the Holy Place; stead.
Section III OF JESUS THE CHRIST 31
SECTION III.
GIMEL.
Education of Mary and Elizabeth in Zoan.
sengers in haste to find Elizabeth ers of the Light; but they must
and John. They found them and have the light before they can reveal
they brought them to Zoan. the light.
6 Now, Mary and Elizabeth 17 And you must teach your
were marveling much because of sons, and set their souls on fire with
their deliverance. love and holy zeal, and make them
7 Elihu said, It is not strange; conscious of their missions to the
there are no happenings; law gov- sons of men.
erns all events. 18 Teach them that God and
8 From olden times it was or- man were one; but that through
dained that you should be with us, carnal thoughts and words and
and in this sacred school be taught. deeds, man tore himself away from
9 Elihu and Salome took Mary God; debased himself.
and Elizabeth out to the sacred 19 Teach that the Holy Breath
grove near by where they were wont would make them one again, re-
to teach. storing harmony and peace;
10 Elihu said to Mary and Eliz- 20 That naught can make them
abeth, You may esteem yourselves one but love that God so loved the
;
thrice blest, for you are chosen world that he has clothed his son in
mothers of long promised sons, flesh that man may comprehend.
11 Whoare ordained to lay in 21 The only Savior of the world
solid rock a sure foundation stone is love, and Jesus, son of
Mary,
32 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section HI
comes to manifest that love to men. what they would not have other
22 Now, love cannot be mani- men do unto them.
fest until its way has been prepared, 5 There are two selfs; the higher
and naught can rend tke rocks and and the lower self.
bring down lofty hills and fill the 6 The higher self is human
valleys up, and thus prepare the spirit clothed with soul, made in the
way, but purity. form of God.
23 But purity in life men do not 7 The lower self, the carnal self,
comprehend; and so, it, too, must the body of desires, is a reflexion of
come in flesh. the higher self, distorted by the
24 And you, Elizabeth, are blest murky ethers of the flesh.
because your son is purity made 8 The lower self is an illusion,
flesh, and he shall pave the way for and will pass away; the higher self is
love. God in man, and will not pass away.
25 This age will comprehend 9 The higher self is the embodi-
but little of the works of Purity and ment of truth; the lower self is
Love; but not a word is lost, for in truth reversed, and so is falsehood
the Book of God's Remembrance a manifest.
registry is made of every thought, 10 The higher self is justice,
and word, and deed; mercy, love and right; the lower
26 And when the world is ready self is what the higher self is not.
to receive, lo, God will send a mes- 11 The lower self breeds hatred,
senger to open up the book and slander, lewdness, murders, theft,
copy from its sacred pages all the and everything that harms; the
messages of Purity and Love. higher self is mother of the virtues
27 Then every man of earth will and the harmonies of life.
read the words of life in language of 12 The lower self is rich in prom-
his native land, and men will see ises, but poor in blessedness and
the light, walk in the light and peace; it offers pleasure, joy and sat-
be the light. isfying gains; but gives unrest and
28 And man again will be at misery and death.
one with God. 13 It gives men apples that are
lovely to the eye and pleasant to
CHAPTER 8.
the smell their cores are full of bit-
;
very own; he has been ransomed but half; each has a work to do.
from the perils of the lower self 3 But all things teach each has ;
and is himself his higher self. a time and season for its own. The
17 Men seek salvation from an sun, the moon have lessons of their
evil that they deem a living mon- own for men; but each one teaches
ster of the nether world; and they at the appointed time.
have gods that are but demons in 4 The lessons of the sun fall
disguise; all powerful, yet full of down on human hearts like withered
jealousy and hate and lust; leaves upon a stream, if given in the
18 Whose favors must be bought season of the moon; and so with
with costly sacrifice of fruits, and lessons of the moon and all the stars.
of the lives of birds, and animals, 5 Today one walks in gloom,
and human kind. downhearted and oppressed; to-
19 And
yet these gods possess morrow that same one is filled with
no ears to hear, no eyes to see, no joy.
heart to sympathize, no power to 6 Today the heavens seem full
save. of blessednessand hope; tomorrow
20 This evil is a myth; these hope has fled, and every plan and
gods are made of air, and clothed purpose comes to naught.
with shadows of a thought. 7 Today one wants to curse the
21 The only devil from which
very ground on which he treads to- ;
men must be redeemed is self, the morrow he is full of love and praise.
lower self. If man would find his 8 Today one hates and scorns
devil he must look within; his name
and envies and is jealous of the
is self.
child he loves; tomorrow he has
22 If man would find his savior risen above his carnal self, and
he must look within; and when the breathes forth gladness and good
demon self has been dethroned the will.
savior, Love, will be exalted to the 9 A thousand times men wonder
throne of power.
23 The David of the light is why these heights and depths, these
light hearts and these sad, are found
Purity, who slays the strong Goliath in every life.
of the dark, and seats the savior,
10 They do .not know that there
Love, upon the throne. are teachers everywhere, each busy
with a God-appointed task, and
CHAPTER 9.
driving home to human hearts the
truth.
Salome's lessons. The man and the
woman. Philosophy of human
11 But this is true, and every
one receives the lessons that he
moods. The triune God. The
needs.
Septonate. The God Tao.
12 And Mary said, Today I am
taught the lesson of the in exaltation great; my thoughts
SALOME
day. She said, All times are and all my life seem lifted up; why
not alike. Today the words of am I thus inspired?
man may have the greatest power; 13 Salome replied, This is a day
tomorrow women teaches best. of exaltation ; day of worship and of
2 In all the ways of life the man praise; a day when, in a measure,
and woman should walk hand in we may comprehend our Father-
hand; the one without the other is God.
34 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section II
14 Then let us study God, the ers; from his rich stores he feeds
One, the Three, the Seven. them all.
the Seven, which filled the universe they loved the name of Brahm;
with manifests. they were great beacon lights be-
26 And Tao Great gives unto fore the world.
all, the evil and the good, the rain,
5 And they preserved inviolate
the dew, the sunshine and the flow- the wisdom of their holy Brahm,
Section III OF JESUS THE CHRIST 35
and you may read this wisdom in and feared. Men saw him as the
their sacred books. One, the causeless Cause of all that
6 And in Chaldea, Brahm was is, and he was sacred unto them,
known. A pious Brahm named as Tao to the dwellers of the farther
Terah lived in Ur; his son was so East.
devoted to the Brahmic faith that 17 The people lived in peace,
he was called A-Brahm; and he was and justice ruled.
set apart to be the father of the 18 But, as in other lands, in Per-
Hebrew race. sia priests arose imbued with self
7 Now, Terah took his wife and and self desires, who outraged
sons and and herds to
all his flocks Force, Intelligence and Love;
Haran in the West; here Terah 19 Religion grew corrupt, and
died. birds and beasts and creeping things
8And Abram took the flocks were set apart as gods.
and herds, and with his kindred 20 In course of time a lofty soul,
journeyed further west; whom men called Zarathustra, came
9 And when he reached the in flesh.
Oaks of Morah in the land of Ca- 21 He saw the causeless Spirit,
naan, he pitched his tents and there high and lifted up he saw the weak-
;
ashamed; with truth make straight 2 Salome was the first to speak ;
vale; through flower, and plant and 16 To make men know the sin-
tree. them from the
fulness of sin; to lead
4 God sings for us through bird, adoration of the lower self, and all
and harpsichord, and human voice; illusive things, and make them con-
he speaks to us through wind and scious of the self that lives with
rain and thunder roll; why should Christ in God.
we not bow down and worship at 17 In preparation for their work
his feet? your sons must walk in many
5 God speaks to hearts apart; thorny paths.
and hearts apart must speak to him ; 18 Fierce trials and tempta-
and this is prayer. tions they will meet, like other men;
6 It is not prayer to shout at their loads will not be light, and
God, to stand, or sit, or kneel and they will weary be, and faint.
tell himabout the sins of men.
all 19 And they will know the
7 It is not prayer to tell the pangs of hunger and of thirst; and
Holy One how great he is, how good without cause they will be mocked,
he is, how strong and how com- imprisoned, scourged.
passionate. 20 To many countries they will
8 God is not man to be bought up go, and at the feet of many masters
by praise of man. they will sit, for they must learn
9 Prayer is the ardent wish that like other men.
every way of life be light; that ev- 21 But we have said enough.
ery act be crowned with good ; that The blessings of the Three and of
every living thing be prospered by the Seven, who stand before the
our ministry. throne, will surely rest .upon you
10 A noble deed, a helpful word evermore.
is prayer; a fervent, an effectual 22 Thus closed the lessons of
prayer. Elihu and Salome. Three years
11 The fount of prayer is in the they taught their pupils in the sa-
heart; by thought, not words, the cred grove, and if their lessons all
heart is carried up to God, where it is were written in a book, lo, it would
blest. Then let us pray. be a mighty book; of what they
12 They prayed, but not a word said we have the sum.
was said; but in that holy Silence 23 Now, Mary, Joseph and Eliz-
every heart was blest. abeth with Jesus and his harbinger,
13 And then Elihu spoke. He set forth upon their homeward way.
said to Mary and Elizabeth, Our They went not by Jerusalem, for
words are said; you need not tarry Archelaus reigned.
longer here; the call has come; the 24 They j ourneyed by the Bitter
way is clear, you may return unto Sea, and when they reached Engedi
your native land. hills they rested in the home of
14 A mighty work is given you Joshua, a near of kin; and here Eliz-
to do; you shall direct the minds abeth and John abode.
that will direct the world. 25 But Joseph, Mary and their
15 Your sons are set apart to son went by the Jordan way, and
lead men up to righteous thoughts, after certain days they reached their
and words, and deeds; home in Nazareth.
38 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section IV
SECTION IV.
DALETH.
Childhood and Early Education of John the Harbinger.
CHAPTER 13. 11 John was delighted with his
visit to Jerusalem. Matheno told
Elizabeth in Engedi. Teaches her
him about the service of the
all
son. John becomes the pupil of
Jews; the meaning of their sacrifices
Matheno, who reveals to him the and their rites.
meaning of sin and the law of for- John could not understand
12
giveness.
how be forgiven by killing
sin could
was
blest; spentshe animals and birds and burning them
ELIZABETH
her time with John, and gave before the Lord.
to him the lessons that Elihu and 13 Matheno said, The God of
Salome had given her. heaven and earth does not require
2 And John delighted in the sacrifice. This custom with its
wildness of his home and in the les- cruel rites was borrowed from the
sons that he learned. idol worshippers of other lands.
3 Now in the hills were many 14 No sin was ever blotted out
caves. The cave of David was by sacrifice of animal, of bird, or
a-near in which the Hermit of En- man.
gedi lived. 15 Sin is the rushing forth of
4 This hermit was Matheno, man into the fens of wickedness.
priest of Egypt, master from the If one would get away from sin he
temple of Sakara. must retrace his steps, and find his
5 When John was seven years
way out of the fens of wickedness.
of age Matheno took him to the wil-
16 Return and purify your
derness and in the cave of David
hearts by love and righteousness
they abode. and you shall be forgiven.
6 Matheno taught, and John
17 This is the burden of the mes-
was thrilled with what the master
and day by day Matheno sage that the harbinger shall bring
said, to men.
opened up to him the mysteries of
18 What is forgiveness?
life.
John
7 John loved the wilderness; he inquired.
loved his master and his simple fare. 19 Matheno said, It is the pay-
Their food was fruits, and nuts, ing up of debts. A man who wrongs
wild honey and the carob bread. another man can never be forgiven
8 Matheno was an Israelite, until he rights the wrong.
and he attended all the Jewish 20 The Vedas says that none
feasts. can right the wrong but him who
9 When John was nine years old does the wrong.
Matheno took him to a great feast 21 John said, If this be true
in Jerusalem. where is the power to forgive except
10 The wicked Archelaus had the power that rests in man him-
been deposed and exiled to a distant self? Can man forgive himself?
land because of selfishness and cru- 22 Matheno said, The door is
elty, and John was not afraid. wide ajar; you see the way of man's
Section IV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 39
you must light your lamp directly solve his problems best.
from the coals that burn upon the 6 It is but selfishness that
altar of the Holy Ones. makes one wish to call again to
25 And then your lamp will be earth departed souls.
transmuted to a boundless flame, 7 Then let your mother rest in
and you will be a living torch
peace. Just let her noble life be
whose light will shine wherever man
strength and inspiration unto you.
abides.
8 A crisis in your life has come,
26 But in the ages yet to come,
and you must have a clear concep-
man will attain to greater heights,
tion of the work that you are called
and lights still more intense will to do.
come.
9 The sages of the ages call you
27 And then, at last, a mighty
harbinger. The prophets look to
master soul will come to earth to
you and say, He is Elijah come
light the way up to the throne of
man. again.
perfect 10 Your mission here is that of
harbinger; for you will go before
CHAPTER 15. Messiah's face to pave his way, and
make the people ready to receive
Death and burial of Elizabeth. Ma-
their king.
theno's lessons. The ministry of
The mission of John. In- 11 This readiness is purity of
death.
stitution of the rite of baptism. heart; none but the pure in heart
can recognize the king,
Matheno takes John to Egypt, and
12 To teach men to be pure in
places him in the temple at Sahara,
heart you must yourself be pure in
where he remains eighteen years.
heart, and word, and deed.
was twelve 13 In infancy the vow for you
WHEN John mother
old his
years
died, and was made and you became a Naza-
in a tomb rite. The razor shall not touch your
neighbors laid her body
among her kindred in the Hebron face nor head, and you shall taste
burying ground, and near to Zach- not wine nor fiery drinks.
arias' tomb. 14 Men need a pattern for their
2 And John was deeply grieved; lives; they love to follow, not to
he wept. Matheno said, It is not lead.
well to weep because of death. 15 The man who stands upon
3 Death is no enemy of man; it the corners of the paths and points
is a friend who, when the work of the Way, but does not go, is just a
done, just cuts the cord that
life is pointer; and a block of wood can do
binds the human boat to earth, that the same.
it may sail on smoother seas. 16 The teacher treads the way;
Section IV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 41
SECTION V.
HE.
Childhood and Early Education of Jesus.
CHAPTER 16. 10 Grandmother Anna loved the
The home child; she laid her hand on Jesus'
of Joseph.
1
Mary teaches
head and said, I saw you stand
her son. Jesus grandparents give
beside the sea; I saw you touch the
a feast in his honor. Jesus has a
sand and waves; I saw them turn
dream. His grandmother's inter-
to living things and then I knew the
pretation. His birthday gift.
meaning of the dream.
home of Joseph was on 11 The sea of life rolls high; the
J- Marmion Way in Nazareth; storms are great. The multitude
here Mary taught her son the les- of men are idle, listless, waiting,
sons of Elihu and Salome. like dead sand upon the beach.
2 And Jesus greatly loved the 12Your wand is truth. With
Vedic hymns and the Avesta; but thisyou touch the multitudes, and
more than all he loved to read the every man becomes a messenger of
Psalms of David and the pungent holy light and life.
words of Solomon. 13 You touch the waves upon
3 The Jewish books of prophecy the sea of life; their turmoils cease;
were his delight; and when he the very winds become a song of
reached his seventh year he needed praise.
not the books to read, for he had 14 There is no death, because
fixed in memory every word. the wand of truth can change the
4 Joachim and his wife, grand- dryest bones to living things, and
parents of child Jesus, made a feast bring the lovliest flowers from stag-
in honor of the child, and all their nant ponds, and turn the most dis-
near of kin were guests. cordant notes to harmony and
5 And Jesus stood before the praise.
guests and said, I had a dream, and 15 Joachim said, My son, to-
in my dream I stood before a sea, day you pass the seventh milestone
upon a sandy beach. of your way of life, for you are seven
6 The waves upon the sea were years of age, and we will give to
high; a storm was raging on the you, as a remembrance of this day,
deep. whatever you desire; choose that
7 Some one above gave me a which will afford you most delight.
wand. I took the wand and touched 16 And Jesus said, I do not
the sand, and every grain of sand want a gift, for I am satisfied. If
became a living thing; the beach I could make a multitude of chil-
was all a mass of beauty and of song. dren glad upon this day I would be
8 I touched the waters at my greatly pleased.
feet, and they were changed to 17 Now, there are many hungry
trees, and flowers, and singing birds, boys and girls in Nazareth who
and every thing was praising God. would be pleased to eat with us this
9 And some one spoke, I did not feast and share with us the pleas-
see the one who spoke, I heard the ures of this day.
voice, which said, There is no death. 18 The richest gift that you can
Section V OF JESUS THE CHRIST 43
17 I think the Jews have built sin itself to bring before his face
it is
a wall about themselves, and they burnt offerings, as offerings for sin?
see nothing on the other side of it. Did not Isaiah say the same?
18 They do not know that flow- 7 The priest replied, My child,
ers are blooming over there; that
you are beside yourself. Do you
sowing times and reaping times know more about the laws of God
belong to anybody but the Jews. than all the priests of Israel? This
19 It surely would be well if we is no place for boys to show their
could break these barriers down so wit.
that the Jews might see that God 8 But Jesus heeded not his
has other children that are just as
taunts; he went to Hillel, chief of
greatly blest. the Sanhedrim, and he said to him,
20 I want to go from Jewry land 9 Rabboni, I would like to talk
and meet my kin in other countries with you; I am disturbed about this
of my Fatherland. service of the pascal feast. I
thought the temple was the house
CHAPTER 18. of God where love and kindness
dwell.
Jesus at a feast in Jerusalem. Is
10 Do you not hear the bleating
grieved by the cruelties of the sacri- of those lambs, the pleading of those
ficers. Appeals to Hidel, who doves that men are killing over
sympathizes with him. He re- there? Do you not smell that awful
mains in the temple a year.
stench that comes from burning
feast of the Jews was flesh?
THEon,great
and Joseph, Mary and their 11 Can man be kind and just,
son, and many of their kin, went to and still be with cruelty?
filled
Jerusalem. The child was ten 12 A God that takes delight in
years old. sacrifice, in blood and burning flesh,
2 And Jesus watched the butch- is not my Father-God.
ers kill the lambs and birds and 13 I want to find a God of love,
burn them on the altar in the name and you, my master, you are wise,
of God. and surely you can tell me where to
3 His tender heart was shocked find the God of love.
at this display of cruelty; he asked 14 But Hillel could not give an
the serving priest, What is the pur- answer to the child. His heart was
pose of this slaughter of the beasts stirred with sympathy. He called
and birds? Whydo you burn their the child to him; he laid his hand
flesh before the Lord? upon his head and wept.
4 Thepriest replied, This is our 15 He said, There is a God of
sacrifice for sin. God has com- love,and you shall come with me;
manded us to do these things, and and hand in hand we will go forth
said that in these sacrifices all our and find the God of love.
sins are blotted out. 16 And Jesus said, \Vhy need we
5 And Jesus said, Will you be go? I thought that God is every-
kind enough to tell when God pro- where. Can we not purify our
claimed that sins are blotted out by hearts and drive out cruelty, and
sacrifice of any kind? every wicked thought, and make
6 Did not David say that God within, a temple where the God of
requires not a sacrifice for sin? that love can dwell?
Section V OF JESUS THE CHRIST 45
17 The master
of the great San- 6 And I will camp against her
hedrim as though he was him-
felt round about with hostile posts;
self the child, and that before him 7 And I will bring her low and
stood Rabboni, master of the higher she shall speak out of the earth;
law. with muffled voice like a familiar
18 He said within himself, This spirit shall she speak; yea, she shall
child is surely prophet sent from only whisper forth her speech;
God. 8 And foes unnumbered, like
19 Then Hillel sought the par- the grains of dust, shall come upon
ents of the child, and asked that her suddenly.
Jesus might abide with him, and 9 The Lord of hosts will visit
learn the precepts of the law, and all her with thunder and with tempest,
the lessons of the temple priests. and with storm; with earthquake,
20 His parents gave consent, and with devouring flames.
and Jesus did abide within the holy 10 Lo, all these people have d>-
temple in Jerusalem, and Hillel serted me. They draw to me with
taught him every day.
speech, and with their lips they
21 And every day the master
honor me; their hearts are far re-
learned from Jesus many lessons of
moved from me; their fear for me is
the higher life.
that inspired by man.
22 The child remained with
11 And I will breathe an ad-
Hillel in the temple for a year, and
verse breath upon my people, Is-
then returned unto his home in Naz-
rael; the wisdom of their wise men
areth; and there he wrought with shall be lost; the understanding of
Joseph as a carpenter. their prudent men shall not be
found.
CHAPTER 19. 12 My people seek to hide their
counsel from the Lord, so that their
Jesus at the age of twelve in the
works may not be seen. They fain
temple. Disputes with the doctors
would cover up their works with
of the law. Reads from a book of
darkness of the night, and say, Who
prophecy. By request of Hillel he sees us now? Who knows us now?
interprets the prophecies.
13 Poor, foolish men! shall that
the
great feast in Jerusa- which has been made say of its
AGAIN
lem was on, and Joseph, Mary maker, He is naught, I made my-
and their son were there. The child self?
was twelve years old. 14 Or shall the pot speak out
2 And there were Jews and and say to him, who made the pot,
proselytes from many countries in You have no skill you do not know ?
;
joy; and every one that needs will 30 And if our people will not
be supplied; and it will come to pass hear the voice of God, lo, nations
that all the foolish will be wise. from afar will come and sack Jeru-
18 The people will return and salem, and tear our temple down,
sanctify the Holy One, and in their and take our people captive into
heart of hearts, lo, they will rever- foreign lands.
ence him. 31 But this will not forever be;
19 When Jesus had thus read though they be scattered far and
he put aside the book and said, wide, and wander here and there
You masters of the law, will you among the nations of the earth,
make plain for us the prophet's like sheep that have no
shepherd
words? guide,
20 Now, Hillel sat among the 32 The time will come when God
masters of the law, and he stood will bring again the captive hosts;
forth and said, Perhaps our young for Israel shall return and dwell in
rabboni who has read the word peace.
will be interpreter. 33 And after many years our
21 And Jesus said, The Ariel of temple shall be built again, and one
the prophet is our own. Jerusalem. whom God will honor, one in whom
the pure in heart delights will come
22 By selfishness and cruelty
and glorify the house of God, and
has become a stench unto
this people
the Elohim. reign in righteousness.
34 When Jesus had thus said,
23 The prophet saw these days
he stepped aside, and all the people
from far, and of these times he
were amazed and said, This surely
wrote.
is the Christ.
24 Our doctors, lawyers, priests
and scribes oppress the poor, while
they themselves in luxury live.
CHAPTER 20.
25 The sacrifices and the offer- The homeward
After the feast. jour-
ings of Israel are but abomination ney. The missing Jesus. The
unto God. The only sacrifice that search for him. His parents find
God requires is self.
him in the temple. He goes with
26 Because of this injustice and them to Nazareth. Symbolic mean-
this cruelty of man to man, the Holy tools.
ing of carpenter's
One has spoken of this common-
wealth: great feast of the pasch was
27 Lo, I will overturn, yes, I will THEended and the Nazarenes were
overturn, it shall be overturned, and journeying toward their homes.
it shall be no more until he comes 2 And they were in Samaria,
whose right it is and I will give it and Mary said, Where is my son?
unto him. No one had seen the boy.
28 In all the world there is one 3 And Joseph sought among
law of right, and he who breaks that their kindred who were on their way
law will suffer grief; for God is just. to Galilee; but they had seen him
29 And Israel has gone far not.
astray; has not regarded justice, 4 Then Joseph, Mary, and a son
nor the rights of man, and God de-* of Zebedee, returned and sought
mands that Israel shall reform, and through all Jerusalem, but they
turn again to ways of holiness. could find him not.
Section VI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 47
SECTION VI.
VAU.
Ravanna
CHAPTER 21.
Jewish priests and read and spoke, might take him to the East where he
Ravanna heard and was amazed. could learn the wisdom of the
4 And when he asked who Brahms.
Jesus was, from whence he came and 16 And Jesus longed to go that
what he was, chief Hillel said, he might learn: and after many
5 We call this child the Day days his parents gave consent.
Star from on high, for he has come 17 Then, with proud heart,
to bring to men a light, the light of Ravanna with his train, began the
life; to lighten up the way of men journey toward the rising sun; and
and to redeem his people, Israel. after many days they crossed the
6 And Hillel told Ravanna all Sind, and reached the province of
about the child; about the prophe- Orissa,and the palace of the prince.
cies concerning him; about the won-
18 The Brahmic priests were
ders of the night when he was born; glad to welcome home the prince;
about the visit of the magian with favor they received the Jewish
priests;
boy.
19 And Jesus was accepted as
7 About the way in which he
a pupil in the temple Jagannath;
was protected from the wrath of
and here he learned the Vedas and
evil men about his flight to Egypt-
;
the Manic laws.
land, and how he then was serving
20 The Brahmic masters won-
with his father as a carpenter in Naz-
dered at the clear conceptions of the
areth.
child, and often were amazed when
8 Ravanna was entranced, and
he explained to them the meaning
asked to know the way to Nazareth,
of the laws.
that he might go and honor such a
one as son of God.
9 And with his gorgeous train
CHAPTER 22.
he journeyed on the way and came The friendship Jesus and Lamaas.
of
to Nazareth of Galilee. Jesus to Lamaas the
explains
10 He found the object of his
meaning of truth, man, power,
search engaged in building dwellings
understanding, wisdom, salvation
for the sons of men. and faith.
11 And when he first saw Jesus
he was climbing up a twelve-step the
priests Jagannath of
ladder, and he carried in his hands
AMONG
was one who loved the Jewish
a compass, square and ax. boy. Lamaas Bramas was the
12 Ravanna said, All hail, most name by which the priest was
favored son of heaven! known.
13 And at the inn Ravanna 2 One day as Jesus and Lamaas
made a feast for all the people of the walked alone in plaza Jagannath,
town; and Jesus and his parents Lamaas said, My Jewish master,
were the honored guests. what is truth?
14 For certain days Ravanna 3 And Jesus said, Truth is the
was a guest in Joseph's home on only thing that changes not.
Marmion Way; he sought to learn 4 In all the world there are two
the secret of the wisdom of the son; things; the one is truth; the other
but it was all too great for him. falsehood is and truth is that which
;
gions of Orissa, and the valley of the 13 When man has reached the
Ganges, seeking wisdom from the place where he has faith in God, in
sudras and the visyas and the nature and himself, he knows the
masters. Word of power; his word is balm
2 Benares of the Ganges was a for every wound, is cure for all the
city rich in culture and in learning; ills of life.
here the two rabbonis tarried many 14 The healer is the man who
days. can inspire faith. The tongue may
3 And Jesus sought to learn the speak to human ears, but souls are
Hindu art of healing, and became reached by souls that speak to
the pupil of Udraka, greatest of souls.
the Hindu healers. 15 He is the forceful man whose
4 Udraka taught the uses of the soul is and who can enter into
large,
waters, plants and earths; of heat souls, inspiring hope in those who
and cold; sunshine and shade; of have no hope, and faith in those who
light and dark. have no faith in God, in nature, nor
5 He said, The laws of nature in man.
are the laws of health, and he who 16 There is no universal balm
lives according to these laws is for those who tread the common
never sick. walks of life.
mons, and they speak; they rend of Brahm, the holy one to act for
the man they drive him to despair.
;
Brahm in all affairs of earth.
24 But he who is a healer, true, 8 The second man was red, and
is master of the soul, and can, by from the hand of Parabrahm he
force of will, control these evil ones. came; and he was called shatriya.
25 Some spirits of the air are 9 And he was made to be the
master spirits and are strong, too king, the ruler and the warrior,
strong for human power alone; but whose highest ordained duty was,
man has helpers in the higher
protection of the priest.
realms that may be importuned, 10 And from the inner parts of
and they will help to drive the de- Parabrahm the third man came;
mons out. and he was called a visya.
26 Of what this great physician
11 He was a yellow man, and
said, this is the sum. And Jesus
his it was to till the soil, and keep
bowed his head in recognition of the the flocks and herds.
wisdom of this master soul, and 12 And from the feet of Par-
went his way. abrahm the fourth man came; and
he was black; and he was called the
CHAPTER 24. sudras, one of low estate.
The Brahmic doctrine castes.
13 The sudras is the servant of
of
Jesus repudiates and teaches hu-
it
the race of men; he has no rights
man equality. The priests are that others need respect; he may
not hear the Vedas read, and it
offended and drive him from the
He abides with the sudras means death to him to look into
temple.
and teaches them. the face of priest, or king, and
naught but death can free him from
years Jewish boy
the his state of servitude.
FOUR
abode in temple Jagannath. 14 And
Jesus said, Then Par-
2 One day he sat among the abra{im not a God of justice and
is
priests and said to them, Pray, tell of right; for with his own strong
me all about your views of castes; hand he has exalted one and brought
why do you say that all men are another low.
not equal in the sight of God? 15 And Jesus said no more to
3 A master of their laws stood them, but looking up to heaven he
forth and said, The Holy One whom said,
we call Brahm, made men to suit 16 My Father-God, who was,
himself, and men should not com- and and ever more shall be; who
is,
found a shelter with the black and have no part nor lot in anything
yellow men, the servants and the that is.
tillers of the soil. 9 And then he took a chain and
27 To them he first made known bound his brother to a naked rock
the gospel of equality; he told them upon a desert plain, and said to
of the Brotherhood of Man, the him,
Fatherhood of God. 10 You have been born a slave;
28 The common people heard you have no rights, and you must
him with delight, and learned to be contented with your lot, for
pray, Our Father-God who art in there is no release for you until you
heaven. die and go from hence.
11 Now, after certain years the
CHAPTER 25. day of reckoning came; the noble-
man called up his sons to render
Jesus teaches the sudras and farmers. their accounts.
Relates a parable of a nobleman 12 And when he knew that one,
and his unjust sons. Makes his eldest son, had seized the whole
known the possibilities of all men. estate and made his brothers slaves,
Section VI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 53
13 He seized him, tore his priest; the farmer shall walk hand
priestly robes away and put him in in hand with king; for all the world
a prison cell, where he was forced to will own the brotherhood of mas.
stay until he had atoned for all the 25 O men, arise! be conscious of
wrongs that he had done. your powers, for he who wills need
14 And then, as though they not remain a slave.
were but toys, he threw in air the 26 Just live as you would have
throne and armor of the puppet your brother live; unfold each day
king; he broke his sword, and put as does the flower; for earth is
him in a prison cell. yours, and heaven is yours, and
15 And then he called his farmer God will bring you to your own.
son and asked him why he had not 27 And all the people cried,
rescued from his galling chains his Show us the way that like the flower
brother on the desert sands. we may unfold and come unto our
16 And when the son made an- own.
swer not, the father took unto him-
self the flocks and herds, the fields CHAPTER 26.
and flowing wells,
Jesus at Katak. The car of Jagan-
17 And sent his farmer son to
nath. Jesus reveals to the people
live out on the desert sands, until
he had atoned for all the wrongs
the emptiness of Brahmic rites,
and how to see God in man.
that he had done.
Teaches them the divine law of sac-
18 And then the father went
rifice.
and found his youngest son in cruel
chains with his own hands he broke
; all the cities of Orissa Jesus
the chains and bade his son to go in IN taught. At Katak, by the river
peace. side, he taught, and thousands of
19 Now, when the sons had all the people followed him.
paid up their debts they came again 2 One day a car of Jagannath
and stood before the bar of right. was hauled along by scores of fren-
20 They all had learned their zied men, and Jesus said,
lessons, learned them well; and then 3 Behold, a form without a
the father once again divided the spirit passes by; a body with no
estate. soul; a temple with no altar fires.
21 He gave to each an equal 4 This car of Krishna is an
share, and bade them recognize the empty thing, for Krishna is not
law of equity and right, and live in there.
peace. 5 This car is but an idol of a
22And one, a sudras, spoke and people drunk on wine of carnal
said, May we who are but slaves, things.
who are cut down like beasts to sat- 6 God lives not in the noise of
isfy the whims of priests may we tongues; there is no way to him
have hope that one will come to from any idol shrine.
break our chains and set us free? 7Goers meeting place with
23 And Jesus said, The Holy man is in the heart, and in a still
One has said, that all his children small voice he speaks; and he who
shall be free; and every soul is child hears is still.
of God 8 And all the people said, Teach
24 The sudras shall be free as us to know the Holy One who
54 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section VI
speaks within the heart, God of the 21 Tear down your idols; they
still small voice. can hear you not ; turn all your sac-
9 And Jesus said, The Holy rificial altars into fuel for the flames.
Breath cannot be seen with mortal 22 Make human hearts your al-
eyes; nor can men see the Spirits tars, and burn your sacrifices with
of the Holy One; the fire of love.
10 But in their image man was 23 And all the people were en-
made, and he who looks into the tranced, and would have wor-
face of man, looks at the image of shipped Jesus as a God; but Jesus
the God who speaks within. said,
11 And when man honors man 24 I am your brother man just
he honors God, and what man does come show the way to God; you
to
for man, he does for God. shall not worship man; praise God,
12 And you must bear in mind the Holy One.
that when man harms in thought,
or word or deed another man, he CHAPTER 27.
does a wrong to God.
13 If you would serve the God Jesus attends a feast in Behar.
who speaks within the heart, just Preaches a revolutionary sermon on
serve your near of kin, and those human equality. Relates the para-
that are no kin, the stranger at ble of the broken blades.
your gates, the foe who seeks to do
you harm; fame
of Jesus as a teacher
14 and help the
Assist the poor,
THEspread through all the land,
weak; do harm to none, and covet and people came from near and far
not what is not yours; to hear his words of truth.
15 Then, with your tongue the 2 At Behar, on the sacred river
Holy One will speak; and he will of the Brahms, he taught for many
smile behind your tears, will light days.
your countenance with joy, and fill 3 And Ach, a wealthy man of
your hearts with peace. Behar, made a feast in honor of his
16 And then the people asked, guest, and he invited every one to
To whom shall we bring gifts? come.
Where shall we offer sacrifice? 4 And many came; among them
17 AndJesus said, Our Father- thieves, extortioners, and courte-
God asks not for needless waste of sans. And Jesus sat with them
plant, of grain, of dove, of lamb. and taught; but they who followed
18 That which you burn on any him were much aggrieved because
shrine you throw away. No bless- he sat with thieves and courtesans.
ings can attend the one who takes 5 And they upbraided him;
the food from hungry mouths to be they said, Rabboni, master of the
destroyed by fire. wise, this day will be an evil day for
19 When you would offer sacri- you.
fice unto our God, just take your 6 The news will spread that you
gift of grain,or meat and lay it on consort with courtesans and thieves,
the table of the poor. and men will shun you as they shun
20 From it an incense will arise an asp.
to heaven, which will return to you 7 And Jesus answered them and
with blessedness. said, A master never screens him-
Section VI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 55
self for sake of reputation or of and for fame, just for your selfish
fame. selves.
8 These are but worthless bau- The man who covets is a
19
bles of the day; they rise and sink, and she who lusts is courtesan.
thief,
like empty bottles on a stream; You who are none of these speak
they are illusions and will pass out.
away; 20 Nobody spoke; the accusers
9 They are the indices to what held their peace.
the thoughtless think; they are the 21 And Jesus said, The proof
noise that people make; and shal- this day is all against those who
low men judge merit by the noise. have accused.
10 God and all master men 22 The pure in heart do not ac-
judge men by what they are and cuse. The vile in heart who want
not by what they seem to be; not to cover up their guilt with holy
by their reputation and their fame. smoke of piety are ever loathing
11 These courtesans and thieves drunkard, thief and courtesan.
are children of my Father-God; 23 This loathing and this scorn
their souls are just as precious in is mockery, for if the tinseled coat
his sight as yours, or of the Brahmic of reputation could be torn away,
priests. the loud professor would be found
12 And they are working out to revel in his lust, deceit, and many
the same life sums that you, who forms of secret sin.
pride yourselves on your respect- 24 The man who spends his
ability and moral worth, are work- time in pulling other people's weeds
ing out. can have no time to pull his own,
13 And some of them have and the choicest flowers of life
all
solved much harder sums than you willsoon be choked and die, and
have solved, you men who look at nothing will remain but darnel,
them with scorn. thistles, burs.
14 Yes, they are sinners, and 25 And Jesus spoke a parable:
confess their guilt, while you are he said, Behold, a farmer had great
guilty, but are shrewd enough to fields of ripened grain, and when he
have a polished coat to cover up looked he saw that blades of many
your guilt. stalks ofwheat were bent and brok-
15 Suppose you men who scorn en down.
these courtesans, these drunkards 26 And when he sent his reap-
and these thieves, who know that ers forth he said, We will not save
you are pure in heart and life, that the stalks of wheat that have the
you are better far than they, stand broken blades.
forth that men may know just who 27 Go forth and cut and burn
you are. the stalks with broken blades.
16 The sin lies in the wish, in 28 And after many days he
the desire, not in the act. went to measure up his grain, but
17 You covet other people's not a kernel could he find.
wealth; you look at charming forms, 29 And then he called the har-
and deep within your hearts you vesters and said to them, Where is
lust for them. my grain?
18 Deceit youpractice every 30 They answered him and said,
day, and wish for gold, for honor We did according to your word; we
66 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section VI
gathered up and burned the stalks sweet perfumes that gives them
with broken blades, and not a stalk strength to toil.
was left to carry to the barn. 9 Now, men and birds and
31 And Jesus said, If God saves beasts and creeping things are dei-
only those who have no broken ties, madeflesh; and how dare men
blades, who have been perfect in kill anything?
his sight, who will be saved? 10 'Tis cruelty that makes the
32 And the accusers hung their world awry. When men have
heads in shame; and Jesus went his learned that when they harm a liv-
way. ing thing they harm themselves,
they surely will not kill, nor cause
CHAPTER 28. a thing that God has made to suffer
pain.
Udraka gives a
feast in Jesus' honor. 11 A
lawyer said, I pray you,
Jesus speaks on the unity of God who is this God you speak
Jesus, tell
and the brotherhood of life. Criti-
about; where are his priests, his
cises the priesthood. Becomes the
temples and his shrines?
guest of a farmer. 12 And Jesus said, The God I
is the sacred city of speak about is every where; he can-
BENARES
the Brahms, and in Benares not be compassed with walls, nor
Jesus taught; Udraka was his host. hedged about with bounds of any
2 Udraka made a feast in honor kind.
of his guest, and many high born 13 All people worship God, the
Hindu priests and scribes were One; but all the people see him not
there. alike.
3 And Jesus said to them, With 14 This universal God is wis-
much delight I speak to you con- dom, will and
love.
cerning life the brotherhood of 15 All men see not theTriune
life. God. One sees him as the
God of
4 The universal God is one, yet might; another as the God of
he is more than one; all things are thought; another as the God of love.
God; all things are one. 16 A man's ideal is his God, and
5 By the sweet breaths of God so, as man unfolds, his God unfolds.
all life is bound
in one; so if you Man's God today, tomorrow is not
touch a fiber of a living thing you God.
send a thrill from center to the outer 17 The nations of the earth see
bounds of life. God from different points of view,
6 And when you crush beneath and so he does not seem the same to
your foot the meanest worm, you every one.
shake the throne of God, and cause 18 Man names the part of God
the sword of right to tremble in its he sees, and this to him is all of God;
sheath. and every nation sees a part of God,
7 The bird sings out its song for and every nation has a name for
men, and men vibrate in unison to God.
help it sing. 19 You Brahmans call him Par-
8 The ant constructs her home, abrahm; in Egypt he is Thoth; and
the bee its sheltering comb, the Zeus is his name in Greece; Jehovah
spider weaves her web, and flowers is his Hebrew name; but
every-
breathe to them a spirit in their where he is the causeless Cause, the
Section VI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 57
'
rootless Root from which all things Benares
temple priests
have grown. AMONG
was one, a guest, Ajainin, from
20 When men become afraid of Lahore.
God, and take him for a foe, they 2 By merchantmen Ajainin
dress up other men in fancy garbs heard about the Jewish boy, about
and call them priests, his words of wisdom, and he girt
21 And charge them to restrain himself and journeyed from Lahore
the wrath of God by prayers; and that he might see the boy, and hear
when they fail to win his favor by him speak.
their prayers, to buy him off with 3 The Brahmic priests did not
sacrifice of animal, or bird, accept the truth that Jesus brought,
22 When man sees God as one and they were angered much by
with him, as Father-God, he needs what he said at the Udraka feast.
no middle man, no priest to inter- 4 But they had never seen the
cede; boy, and they desired much to hear
23 He goes straight up to him him speak, and they invited him to
and says, My Father-God ! and then be a temple guest.
he lays his hand in God's own hand, 5 BuJ) Jesus said to them, The
and all is well. light is most abundant, and it shines
24 And this is God. You are, for all; if you would see the light
each one, a priest, just for yourself; come to the light.
and sacrifice of blood God does not 6 If you would hear the mes-
want. sage that the Holy One has given
25 Just give your life in sacri- me to give to men, come unto me.
ficial service to the all of life, and 7 Now, when the priests were
God is pleased. told what Jesus said they were en-
26 When Jesus had thus said raged.
he stood aside; the people were 8 Ajainin did not share their
amazed, but strove among them- wrath, and he sent forth another
selves. messenger with costly gifts to Jesus
27 Some said, He is inspired by at the farmer's home; he sent this
13 Your presents I ret urn; you priestly robes; must cease to serve
cannot buy the knowledge of the the Holy One for gold; must give
Lord with gold, or precious gifts. your life, and all you have, in willing
14 These words of Jesus an- service to the sons of men.
gered more and more the priests, 26 And Jesus said no more;
and they began to plot and plan Ajainin went his way; and while he
how they might drive him from the could not comprehend the truth
land. that Jesus spoke, he saw what he
had never seen before.
15 Ajainin did not join with
them in plot and plan; he left the 27 The realm of faith he never
had explored; but in his heart the
temple in the night, and sought the
home where Jesus dwelt. seeds of faith and universal brother-
16 And Jesus said, There is no hood had found good soil.
28 And as he journeyed to his
night where shines the sun; I have
no secret messages to give; in light home he seemed to sleep, to pass
all secrets are revealed. through darkest night, and when he
17 Ajainin said, I came from
woke the Sun of Righteousness had
arisen; he had found the king.
far-away Lahore, that I might 29 Now, in Benares Jesus tar-
learn about this ancient wisdom,
ried many days and taught.
and this kingdom of the Holy One
of which you speak.
18Where is the kingdom? CHAPTER 30.
where the king? Who are the sub- Jesus receives news of the death of his
jects? what its laws? He writes a letter to his
father.
19 And
Jesus said, This king- mother. The letter. He sends it
dom not far away, but man with
is on its way by a merchant.
mortal eyes can see it not ; it is with-
in the heart. as Jesus stood beside
20 You need not seek the king ONEtheday
Ganges busy with his work,
in earth, or sea, or sky; he is not a caravan, returning from the West,
there, and yet is everywhere. He drew near.
is the Christ of God; is universal 2 And
one, approaching Jesus,
love. said, We come
to you just from
21 The gate of this dominion your native land and bring unwel-
is not high, and he who enters it come news.
must fall down on his knees. It is 3 Your father no more on
is
not wide, and none can carry carnal earth; your mother grieves; and
bundles through. none can comfort her. She won-
22 The lower self must be trans- ders whether you are still alive or
muted into spirit-self; the body not; she longs to see you once again.
must be washed in living streams 4 And Jesus bowed his head in
of purity. silent thought; and then he wrote.
23 Ajainin asked, Can I be- Of what he wrote this is the sum :
for father and is well for you. for you, supplying all your needs;
7 His work in this earth-round and J am with you all the way, JL>
isdone, and it is nobly done. hoshua.
8 In all the walks of life men 20 And by the hand of one, a
cannot charge him with deceit, merchant, going to Jerusalem, he
sent this letter on its way.
dishonesty, nor wrong intent.
9 Here in this round he finished
many heavy tasks, and he has gone CHAPTER 31.
from hence prepared to solve the
Brahmic priests are enraged because
problems of the round of soul.
of Jesus' teaching and resolve to
10 Our Father-God is with him
drive him from India. Lamaas
there, as he was with him here and ;
Priests employ a
there his angel guards his footsteps pleads for him.
murderer to kill him. Lamaas
lest he goes astray.
warns him and he flees to Nepel.
11 Why should you weep? Tears
eannot conquer grief. There is no words and works of Jesus
power in grief to mend a broken THEcaused unrest through all the
heart. land.
12 The plane of grief is idleness ;
2 The common people were his
the busy soul can never grieve; it friends, believed in him, and fol-
has no time for grief. lowed him in throngs.
13 When grief comes trooping 3 The priests and rulers were
through the heart, just lose your- afraid of him; his very name sent
self; plunge deep into the ministry terror to their hearts.
of love, and grief is not. 4 He
preached the brotherhood
14 Yours is a ministry of love, of the righteousness of equal
life,
and all the world is calling out for rights, and taught the uselessness
love. of priests, and sacrificial rites.
15 Then let the past go with the 5 He shook the very sand on
past; rise from the cares of carnal which the Brahmic system stood;
things and give your life for those he made the Brahmic idols seem so
who live. small, and sacrifice so fraught with
16 And if you lose your life in sin, that shrines and wheels of
serving -life you will be sure to find prayer were all forgot.
in it the morning sun, the evening 6 The priests declared that if
dews, in song of bird, in flowers, and this Hebrew boy should tarry longer
in the stars of night. in the land a revolution would oc-
17 In just a little while your cur; the common people would arise*
problems of this earth-round will be and kill the priests, and tear the
solved and ;
when your sums
are all temples down.
worked out it will be pleasure unal- 7 And so they sent a call abroad,
loyed for you to enter wider fields of and priests from every province
usefulness, to solve the greater came. Benares was on fire with
problems of the soul. Brahmic zeal.
18Strive, then, to be content, Lamaas from the temple Ja-
8
and I will come to you some day gannath, who knew the inner life of
and bring you richer gifts than gold Jesus well, was in their midst, and
or precious stones. heard the rantings of the priests,
19 I'm sure that John will care 9 And he stood forth and said,
60 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section Vl
preferred; but when the soldiers 5 Time was when man was not ;
went to bring him to the judgment and then he was a bit of formless
hall they were afraid, because the substance in the molds of time; and
people stood in his defense. then a protoplast.
19 The priests were baffled, and 6 By universal law all things
they resolved to take his life by tend upward to a state of perfect-
stealth. ness. The protoplast evolved, be-
20 They found a man who was coming worm, then reptile, bird and
a murderer by trade, and sent him beast, and then at last it reached
out by night to slay the object of the form of man.
their wrath. 7 Now, man himself is mind,
21 Lamaas heard about their and mind is here to gain perfection
plotting and their plans, and sent a by experience; and mind is often
messenger to warn his friend; and manifest in fleshy form, and in the
Section VI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 61
form best suited to its growth. So stood before his face. (The He-
mind may manifest as worm, or brews call these seven Spirits, Elo-
bird, or beast, or man. him.)
8 The time willcome when ev- 21 And these are they who, in
erything of life will be evolved unto their boundless power, created ev-
the state of perfect man. erything that is, or was.
9 And after man is man in per- 22 These Spirits of the Triune
fectness, he will evolve to higher God moved on the face of boundless
forms of life. space and seven ethers were, and
And Jesus said, Barata Ara-
10 every ether had its form of life.
bo, who taught you this, that mind, 23 These forms of life were but
which is the man, may manifest in the thoughts of God, clothed in the
flesh of beast, or bird, or creeping substance of their ether planes.
thing? 24 (Men call these ether planes
11 Barata said, From times the planes of protoplast, of earth, of
which man remembers not our plant, of beast, of man, of angel and
priests have told us so, and so we of cherubim.)
know. 25 These planes with all their
12 And
Jesus said, Enlightened teeming thoughts of God, are never
Arabo, are you a master mind and seen by eyes of man in flesh; they
do not know that man knows naught are composed of substance far too
by being told? fine for fleshly eyes to see, and still
13 Man may believe what oth- they constitute the soul of things;
ers say; but thus he never knows. 26 And with the eyes of soul all
If man would know, he must him- creatures see these ether planes, and
self be what he knows. all the forms of life.
14 Do you remember, Arabo, 27 Because all forms of life on
when you was ape, or bird, or every plane are thoughts of God,
worm? all creatures think, and every crea-
15 Now, if you have no better ture is possessed of will, and, in its
proving of your plea than that the measure, has the power to choose,
priests have told you so, you do not 28 And in their native planes
know; you simply guess. all creatures are supplied with nour-
16 Regard not, then, what any ishment from the ethers of their
man has said; let us forget the flesh, planes.
and go with mind into the land of 29 And so it was with every liv-
fleshless things; mind never does ing thing until the will became a
forget. sluggish will, and then the ethers
17And backward through the of the protoplast, the earth, the
ages master minds can trace them- plant, the beast, the man, began to
selves; and thus they know. vibrate very slow.
18 Time never was when man 30 The ethers all became more
was not. dense, and all the creatures of these
19That which begins will have planes were clothed with coarser
an end. If man was not, the time garbs, the garbs of flesh, which men
will come when he will not exist. can see and thus this coarser mani-
;
20 From God's own Record fest, which men call physical, ap-
Book we read: The Triune God peared.
breathed forth, and seven Spirits 31 And this is what is called the
62 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section VI
fall of man; but man fell not alone plant, and earth and protoplast
for protoplast, and earth, and plant will be redeemed.
and beast were all included in the 40 Barata was amazed; the
fall. wisdom of the Jewish sage w as rev- r
said, Why are you all so sad? Have could provide enough of food to
you no happiness in life? keep his family from want.
4 The man replied, We scarcely 15 One day a miner who could
know the meaning of that word. see beneath the soil, in passing on
We toil to live, and hope for nothing his way, saw this poor man and
else but toil, and bless the day when his unfruitful field.
we can cease our toil and lay us 16 He called the weary toiler
down to rest in Buddha's city of and he said, My brother, know you
the dead. not that just below the surface of
5 And Jesus' heart was stirred your barren field rich treasures lie
with pity and with love for these concealed?
poor toilers, and he said, 17 You plow and sow and reap
6 Toil should not make a per- in scanty way, and day by day you
son sad; men should be happiest tread upon a mine of gold and pre-
when they toil. When hope and cious stones.
love are back of toil, then all of life 18 This wealth lies not upon the
is with joy and peace, and
filled surface of the ground; but if you
this is heaven. Do you not know will but dig away the rocky soil,
that such a heaven is for you? and delve down deep into the earth,
7 The man replied, Of heaven you need no longer till the soil for
we have heard; but then it is so far naught.
away, and we must live so many 19 The man believed. The
lives before we reach that place! miner surely knows; he said, and
8 And Jesus said, My brother, I will find the treasures hidden in
man, your thoughts are wrong; my field.
your heaven is not far away; and it 20 And then he dug away the
is not a place of metes and bounds, soil, and deep down in the
rocky
is not a country to be reached; it is earth he found a mine of gold.
a state of mind. 21 And Jesus said, The sons of
'
9 God never made a heaven for men are toiling hard on desert
man; he never made a hell; we are plains, and burning sands and rocky
creators and we make our own. soils; are doing what their fathers
10 Now, cease to seek for heav- did, not dreaming they can do
en in the sky; just open up the aught else.
windows of your hearts, and, like a 22 Behold, a master comes, and
flood of light, a heaven will come tells them of a hidden wealth; that
and bring a boundless joy; then toil underneath the rocky soil of carnal
will be no cruel task. things are treasures that no man
11 The people were amazed, and can count;
gathered close to hear this strange 23 That in the heart the richest
young master speak, gems abound that he who wills may
;
12 Imploring him to tell them open up the door and find them all.
more about the Father-God; about 24 And then the people said,
the heaven that men can make on Make known to us the way that we
earth; about the boundless joy. may find the wealth that lies within
13 And Jesus spoke a parable; the heart.
he said, A certain man possessed a 25 And Jesus opened up the
field; the soil was hard and poor. way; the toilers saw another side of
14 By constant toil he scarcely life, and toil became a joy.
64 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section VI
Indian
sage and Jesus often 8 And Jesus said, Our God must
THE
met and talked about the needs loathe the tinseled show of priests
of nations and of men; about the and priestly things.
sacred doctrines, forms and rites 9 When men array themselves
best suited to the coming age. in to indicate that they
showy garbs
2 One day they sat together in are servants of the gods, and strut
a mountain pass, and Jesus said, about like gaudy birds to be ad-
The coming age will surely not re- mired by men, because of piety or
quire priests, and shrines, and sac- any other thing, the Holy One must
rifice of life. surely turn away in sheer disgust.
3 There is no power in sacrifice 10 All people are alike the serv-
of beast, or bird, to help a man to ants of our Father-God, are kings
holy life. and priests.
4 And Vidyapati said, All forms 11Will not the coming age de-
and rites are symbols of the things mand complete destruction of the
that men must do within the temple priestly caste, as well as every
of the soul. other caste and inequality among
5 The Holy One requires man the sons of men?
to give his life in willing sacrifice for 12 And Vidyapati said, The
men, and all the so-called offerings coming age is not the age of spirit
on altars and on shrines that have life and men will pride themselves
been made since time began, were in wearing priestly robes, and chant-
made to teach man how to give him- ing pious chants to advertise them-
self to save his brother man; for selves as saints.
man can never save himself except 13 The simple rites that you will
he lose his life in saving other men. introduce will be extolled by those
6 The perfect age will not re- who follow you, until the sacred
quire forms and rites and carnal service of the age will far outshine
sacrifice. The coming age is not the in gorgeousness the priestly service
perfect age, and men will call for of the Brahmic age.
object lessons and symbolic rites. 14 This is a problem men must
7 And in the great religion you solve.
shall introduce to men, some simple 15 The perfect age will come
rites ofwashings and remembrances when every man will be a priest
will be required; but cruel sacrifice and men will not array themselves
of animals, and birds the gods re- in special garb to advertise their
quire not. piety.
SECTION VII.
ZAIN.
they contained; but Jesus wished she believed that he had power to
to read them for himself. heal her son.
3 Now, Meng-ste, greatest sage
15 And so she clasped the dying
of all the farther East, was in this infant in her arms and ran with
haste and asked to see the man of
temple of Tibet.
4The path across Emodus God.
heights was difficult; but Jesus
16 When Jesus saw her faith
started on his way, and Vidyapati he lifted up his eyes to heaven and
sent with him a trusted guide. said,
5 And Vidyapati
sent a mes- 17 My Father-God, let power di-
vine o'ershadow me, and let the
sage to Meng-ste, in which he told
about the Hebrew sage, and spoke Holy Breath fill full this child that
for him a welcome by the temple it may live.
priests.
18 And in the presence of the
6 after many days, and multitude he laid his hand upon
Now,
the child and said,
perilsgreat, the guide and Jesus
reached the Lassa temple in Tibet. 19 Good woman you are blest;
7 And Meng-ste opened wide your faith has saved your son.
the temple doors, and all the priests And then the child was well.
and masters gave a welcome to the 20 The people were astonished
Hebrew and they said, This surely is the
sage.
8 And Jesus had access to all
the Holy One made flesh, for man alone
cannot rebuke a fever thus and save
sacred manuscripts, and, with the
a child from death.
help of Meng-ste, read them all. 21 Then many of the people
9 And Meng-ste often talked
with Jesus of the coming age, and brought their sick, and Jesus spoke
the Word, and they were healed.
of the sacred service best adapted
22 Among the Ladaks Jesus
to the people of the age.
tarried many days; he taught them
10 In Lassa Jesus did not teach. how to heal; how sins are blotted
When he had finished all his studies
out, and how to make on earth a
in the temple schools he journeyed
heaven of joy.
toward the West. In many villages The people loved him for his
23
he tarried for a time and taught. words and works, and when he must
11 Athe reached the pass,
last as children
depart they grieved
and in the city, Leh, he was
Ladak when mother goes away.
grieve
received with favor by the monks, 24 And on the morning when
the merchants, and the men of low he started on his way the multitudes
estate. were there to press his hand.
12 And monastery he
in the 25 To them he spoke a parable;
abode, and taught; and then he he said, A certain king so loved the
sought the common people in the people of his land that he sent forth
marts of trade; and there he taught. his only son with precious gifts for
13 Not far away a woman lived, all.
whose infant son was sick nigh unto 26 The son went everywhere
death. The doctors had declared, and scattered forth the gifts with
There no hope; the child must die.
is lavish hand.
The woman heard that Jesus
14 27 But there were priests who
was a teacher sent from God, and ministered at shrines of foreign gods,
Section VII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 67
surely could not gain such grace of the land of perfect things the very
voice, such knowledge of the laws angels will delight to hear them
of harmony and tone. play and sing.
12 Men call them prodigies. 17 And Jesus taught the com-
There are no prodigies. All things mon people of Lahore; he healed
result from natural law. their sick, and showed to them the
13 These people are not young. way to rise to better things by help-
A thousand years would not suffice fulness.
to give them such divine expressive- 18 He said, We are not rich by
ness, and such purity of voice and what we get and hold; the only
touch. things we keep are those we give
14 Ten thousand years ago these away.
people mastered harmony. In days 19 If you would live the perfect
of old they trod the busy thorough- life, give forth your life in service
fares of life, and caught the melody for your kind, and for the forms of
of birds, and played on harps of per- life that men esteem the lower forms
fect form. of life.
15 And they have come again 20But Jesus could not tarry
to learn still other lessons from the longer in Lahore; he bade the priests
varied notes of manifests. and other friends farewell and then
;
16 These wandering people form he took his camel and he went his
a part of heaven's orchestra, and in way toward the Sind.
SECTION VIII.
CHETH.
Life and Works of Jesus in Persia.
CHAPTER 38. 5 At times the chiefs made bold
to try to hinder him, forbidding him
Jesus crosses Persia. Teaches and
to teach or heal the sick. But he re-
heals in many places. Three
garded not their angry threats; he
magian priests meet him as he taught, and healed the sick.
nears Persepolis. Kaspar, and 6 In time he reached Persepolis,
two other Persian masters, meet the city where the kings of Persia
him in Persepolis. The seven mas- were entombed; the city of the
ters sit in silence seven days.
learned magi, Hor, and Lun, and
TjiOUR-AND-TWENTY years of Mer, the three wise men,
JF age was Jesus when he entered 7 Who, two-and-twenty years
Persia on his homeward way. before, had seen the star of promise
2 In many a hamlet, town and rise above Jerusalem, and who had
Jesus neared Persepolis; and then Within these sacred walls is liberty ;
they girt themselves, and went to whoever wills to speak may speak.
meet him on the way. 3 And
Jesus standing in the
10 And when they met, a light midst of the people, said, My
all
much brighter than the light of day, brothers, sisters, children of our Fa-
surrounded them, and men who ther-God:
saw the four stand in the way de- 4 Most blest are you among the
clared they were transfigured seem- ; sons of men today, because you
ing more like gods than men. have such just conceptions of the
11 Now, Hor and Lun were Holy One and man.
aged men, and Jesus placed them on 5 Your purity in worship and in
his beast to ride into Persepolis; life is pleasing unto God; and to
while he and Mer led on the way.
your master, Zarathustra, praise is
12 And when they reached the due.
magi's home they all rejoiced. And 6 Well say you all, There is one
Jesus told the thrilling story of his
God from whose great being there
life, and Hor and Lun and Mer came forth the seven Spirits that
spoke not; they only looked to created heaven and earth ; and man-
heaven, and in their hearts praised ifest unto the sons of men are these
God.
great Spirits in the sun, and moon,
13 Three wise men from the
and stars.
North were in Persepolis; and they
were Kaspar, Zara and Melzone;
7 But in your sacred books we
read that two among these seven
and Kaspar was the wisest master are of superior strength that one of ;
of the magian land. These three
these created all the good ; the other
were at the home of Hor and Lun
one created all that evil is.
and Mer when Jesus came. 8 I pray you, honored masters,
14 For seven days these seven
tell me how that evil can be born of
men spoke not; they sat in silence that which is all good?
in the council hall in close commun-
9 A magus rose and said, If you
ion with the Silent Brotherhood.
willanswer me, your problem will
15 They sought for light, for
be solved.
revelation and for power. The
10 We all do recognize the fact
laws and precepts of the coming age must
that evil is. Whatever is,
required all the wisdom of the mas- have a cause. God, the One,If
ters of the world.
made not this evil, then, where is
the God who did?
CHAPTER 39. 11And Jesus said, Whatever
Jesus attends a feast in Persepolis. God, the One, has made is good, and
like the great first Cause, the seven
Speaks to the people, reviewing the and everything
Spirits all are good,
magian philosophy. Explains the that comes from their creative
origin of evil. Spends the night in
hands is good,
prayer.
12 Now,created things have
all
good and pure, when mixed, pro- lence where the soul may meet its
duce discordant things, yea, poison- God, and there the fount of wisdom
ous things, that men call evil things. is, and all who enter are immersed
14 So evil is the inharmonious in light, and filled with wisdom, love
blending of the colors, tones, or and power.
forms of good. 4 The magus said, Tell me about
15 Now, man is not all- wise, and this Silence and this light, that I
yet has will his own. He has the may go and there abide.
power, and he uses it, to mix God's 5 And Jesus said, The Silence is
good things in a multitude of ways, not circumscribed; is not a place
and every day he makes discordant closed in with wall, or rocky steeps,
sounds, and evil things. nor guarded by the sword of man.
16 And every tone and form, 6 Men carry with them all the
be it of good, or ill, becomes a living time the secret place where they
thing, a demon, sprite, or spirit of
a good or vicious kind.
may meet their God.
7 It where men
matters not
17 Man makes his devil thus;
abide, on mountain top, in deepest
and then becomes afraid of him and
vale, in marts of trade, or in the
flees; his devil is emboldened, fol-
quiet home; they may at once, at
lows him away and casts him into
any time, fling wide the door, and
torturing fires. find the Silence, find the house of
18 The devil and the burning
fires are both the works of man,
God; it is within the soul.
8 One may not be so much dis-
and none can put the fires out and turbed by noise of business, and the
dissipate the evil one, but man who words and thoughts of men if he
made them both.
19 Then Jesus stood aside, and goes all alone into the valley or the
mountain pass.
not a magus answered him. 9 And when life's heavy load is
20 And he departed from the
pressing hard, it is far better to go
throng and went into a secret place out and seek a quiet place to pray
to pray.
and meditate.
10 The Silence is the kingdom
CHAPTER 40. of the soul which is not seen by hu-
come into a consciousness of holi- where the multitudes were met, Ife
ness. taught and healed the sick.
15 You are within the Holy
Place, and you will see upon a living CHAPTER 41.
shrine the candle of the Lord aflame.
Jesus stands by a healing fountain.
16 And when you see it burning
Reveals the fact that faith is the po-
there, look deep within the temple tent factorin healing and many are
of your brain, and you will see it all healed by faith. A I '.die child
aglow. teaches a great lesson of faith.
17 In every part, from head to
foot, are candles all in place, just
waiting to be lighted by the flam-
A FLOWING spring that people
called the Healing Fount,
near Persepolis.
was
ing torch of love.
18 And when you see the can- 2 And all the people thought
dles all aflame, just look, and you that at a certain time of year their
will see, with eyes of soul, the wa- deity came down and gave a virtue
ters of the fount of wisdom rushing to the waters of the fount, and that
the sick who then would plunge into
on; and you may drink, and there
abide. the fount and wash would be made
19 And then the curtains part, whole.
3 About the fount a multitude
and you are in the Holiest of All,
of people were in waiting for the
where rests the Ark of God, whose
covering is the Mercy Seat.
Holy One to come and potentize the
waters of the fount.
20 Fear not to lift the sacred
4 The blind, the lame, the deaf,
board; the Tables of the Law are in the dumb, and those obsessed were
the Ark concealed.
there.
21 Take them and read them 5 And Jesus, standing in the
well; for they contain all precepts midst of them, exclaimed, Behold
and commands that men will ever the spring of life! These waters
need. that will fail are honored as the spe-
22 And
in the Ark, the magic cial blessing of your God.
wand prophecy lies waiting for
of 6 From whence do healing vir-
your hand; it is the key to all the tues come? Why is your God so
hidden meanings of the present,
partial with his gifts? Why does
future, past. he bless this spring today, and then
23 And then, behold, the manna tomorrow take his blessings all
there, the hidden bread of life; and away?
he who eats shall never die. 7 A deity of power could fill
24 The cherubim have guarded these waters full of healing virtue
well for every soul this treasure box, every day.
and whosoever will may enter in 8 Hear me, you sick, disconso-
and find his own. late: The virtue of this fount is not
25 Now Kaspar heard the He- a special gift of God.
brew master speak and he ex- 9 Faith is the healing power of
claimed, Behold, the wisdom of the every drop of all the waters of this
gods has come to men! spring.
26 And Jesus went his way, and 10 He who believes with all his
in the sacred groves of Cyrus, heart that he will be made whole by
70 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section IX
hashing in this fount will be made cured, these waters will be just as
whole when he has washed; and he powerful for me.
may wash at any time. 18 Then I can go and stay a
11 Let every one who has this long, long time within the blessed
faith in God and in himself plunge waters of the spring.
in these waters now and wash.
19 And Jesus said, Behold a
12 And many of the people
master soul! She came to earth to
plunged into the crystal fount; and teach to men the power of faith.
they were healed. 20 And then he lifted up the
13 And then there was a rush,
child and said, Why wait for any-
for all the people were inspired with
thing? The very air we breathe is
faith, and each one strove to be
filled with balm of life. Breathe in
among the first to wash, lest all the this balm of life in faith and be
virtue be absorbed.
14 And Jesus saw a little child,
made whole.
21 The child breathed in the
weak, faint and helpless, sitting all
alone beyond the surging crowd; balm of life in faith, and she was
well.
and there was none to help her to
the fount. 22The people marveled much
15 And Jesus said, at what they heard and saw; they
My little one,
why do you sit and wait? Why said, This man must surely be the
not arise and hasten to the fount god of health made flesh.
and wash, and be made well? 23 And Jesus said, The fount
16 The child replied, I need not of life is not a little pool ; it is as wide
haste; the blessings of my Father in as are the spaces of the heavens.
the sky are measured not in tiny 24 The waters of the fount are
cups; they never fail; their virtues love ; the potency is faith, and he who
are the same forevermore. plunges deep into the living springs,
17 When these whose faith is in living faith, may wash away his
weak must haste to wash for fear guilt and be made whole, and freed
their faith will fail, have all been from sin.
SECTION IX.
TETH.
Life and Works of Jesus in Assyria.
CHAPTER 42. him to the Euphrates; then with a
Jesus bids the magians farewell. pledge that they would meet again
Goes to Assyria. Teaches the peo- in Egypt land the masters said,
Farewell.
ple in Ur of Chaldea. Meets Ash-
bina, with whom he visits many 3 And Kaspar went his way un-
towns and cities, teaching and heal- to his home beside the Caspian Sea;
ing the sick. and Jesus soon was in Chaldea, cra-
dle land of Israel.
Persia Jesus'work was done
IN and he resumed his journey 4 In Ur, where Abraham was
towards his native land. born, he tarried for a time; and
2 The Persian sage went with when he told the people who he was,
Section IX OF JESUS THE CHRIST 73
and why he came, they came from 15 Take heed to what this mas-
near and far to speak to him. ter says, for he gives forth the words
5 He said to them, We all are that God has given him.
kin. Two thousand years and more 16 And Jesus and the sage went
ago, our Father Abraham lived here through the towns and cities of
in Ur, and then he worshipped God Chaldea and of the lands between
the One, and taught the people in the Tigris and the Euphrates;
these sacred groves. 17 And Jesus healed a multi-
6 And he was greatly blessed; tude of people who were sick.
SECTION X.
JOD.
Lords of winds and waves? is, of them all, the royal host.
11 The mighty powers of 22 The breadth of Grecian
worlds unseen do not give forth thought; the depth of her philoso-
their help till men have done their phy; the height of her unselfish as-
best ; they only help when man can pirations have well fitted her to be
do no more. the champion of the cause of human
12 And you have agonized and liberty and right.
78 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XI
23 The fates of war have subju- Holy Breath, and be a main spring
gated Greece, because she trusted of the spirit
power of earth.
in the strength of flesh, and bone 26 But God must be your shield,
and intellect, forgetful of the spirit-
your buckler, and your tower of
life that binds a nation to its source
of power, strength.
27 And then he said, Farewell.
24 But Greece will not forever
sit within the darkness of the shad- Apollo raised his hand in silent
owland as vassal of a foreign king. benediction, and the people wept.
25 Lift up your heads, you men 28 Upon the Cretan vessel, Mars,
of Greece; the time will come when the Hebrew sage sailed from the
Greece will breathe the ethers of the Grecian port.
SECTION XI.
CAPH.
Life and Works of Jesus in Egypt.
CHAPTER 47. servants go in peace, for we have
Jesus with Elihu and Salome in seen the glory of the Lord;
7 And we have talked with him,
Egypt. Tells the story of his jour-
neys. Elihu and Salome praise the messenger of love, and of the
God. Jesus goes to the temple in covenant of peace on earth, good
Heliopolis andis received as a pupil.
will to men.
8 Through him shall all the na-
came to Egypt land,
ANDandJesus was
all He tarried
well.
tions of the earth be blest; through
him, Immanuel.
not upon the coast he went at once
;
3 And now a man grown strong all the questions that were asked
with clearness and with power.
by buffetings of every kind a teach- ;
griefs, the disappointments and the will give heed to what I say: No
sore temptations of my brother man; man can enter into light till he has
that I may know just how to succor found himself. Go forth and search
those in need. till you have found your soul and
deceit? Am
I within these holy and days were spent in this deep
walls to learn the wiles of vile hy- solitude.
pocrisy? .4 And Jesus slept, and in the
18 Nay, man, my Father scorns dead of night a secret door was op-
deceit, and I am here to do his will. ened, and, in priest's attire, two
19 Deceive these priests! Not men came in; each carried in his
while the sun shall shine. What I hand a little flickering lamp.
have said, that I have said ; I will 5 Approaching Jesus, one spoke
be true to them, to God, and to out and said, Young man, our
hearts are grieved because of what
myself.
20 And then the tempter left, you suffer in these fearful dens, and
and Jesus was again alone; but in a we have come as friends to bring
little time a white-robed priest ap- you light, and show the way to lib-
peared and said, erty.
21 Well done! the Logos has 6 We once, like you, were in
This is the trial cham- these dens confined, and thought
prevailed.
ber of hypocrisy. And then he led that through these wierd, uncanny
the way, and Jesus stood before the ways we could attain to blessedness
seat. and power;
judgment
22 And all the brothers stood; 7 But in a luckful moment we
the hierophant came forth and laid were undeceived, and, making use
his hand on Jesus' head, and placed of all our strength, we broke our
within his hands a scroll, on which chains, and then we learned that
all this service is corruption in dis-
was written just one word, SIN-
CERITY; and not a word was said. guise. These priests are criminals
23 The guide again appeared, just hid away.
and led the way, and in a spacious 8 They boast in sacrificial rites;
room replete with everything a they offer to their gods, and burn
student craves was Jesus bade to them while alive, poor birds, and
rest and wait. beasts; yea, children, women, men.
9 And now they keep you here,
and, at a certain time, may offer
CHAPTER 49.
in sacrifice.
you
Jesus passes the second brotherhood 10 We pray you, brother, break
test, and receives the second degree, your chains; come, go with us;
JUSTICE. accept of freedom while you may.
11 And Jesus said, Your little
Logos did not care to rest ;
tapers show the light you bring.
THEhe said, Why wait in this lux- Pray, who are you? The words of
urious room? I need not rest; my man are worth no more than is the
Father's work upon me presses man himself.
hard. 12 These temple walls are strong
2 I would go on and learn my and high; how gained you entrance
lessons all. If there are trials, let to this place?
them come, for every victory over 13 The men replied, Beneath
self gives added strength. these walls are many hidden ways,
3 And then the guide led on, and we who have been priests, spent
and in a chamber, dark as night, months and years within these dens,
was Jesus placed and left alone; know all of them.
Section XI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 81
11 The giddy throng found woman and that man, and give
pleasure in abusing him; they jos- them help until my life's blood all
tled him against the wall, and has ebbed away.
laughed at his discomfiture. 23 I call it pleasure when I help
12 And then a poor, frail wo- the helpless, feed the hungry, clothe
man came, who carried in her face the naked, heal the sick, and speak
and form the marks of sin and good words of cheer to those un-
shame; and without mercy she was loved, discouraged and depressed.
spit upon, and jeered, and driven
24 And this that you call mirth
from the hall. is but a phantom of the night; but
13 And then a little child, with flashes of the fire of passion, paint-
timid ways and hungry mien, came ing pictures on the walls of time.
in and asked for just a morsel of 25 And while the Logos spoke
their food. the white-robed priest came in and
14 But she was driven out un- said to him, The council waits for
and unloved and still the
carted for ;
you.
26 Then Jesus stood again be-
merry dance went on.
fore the bar; again no word was
15 And when the pleasure seek-
said; the hierophant placed in his
ers urged that Jesus join them in hands a on which was
their mirth, he said, scroll, writ,
16 How could I seek for pleas-
PHILANTHROPY.
ure for myself while others are in
27 And Jesus was a victor over
selfish self.
want? How can you think that
while the children cry for bread,
while those in haunts of sin call out CHAPTER 52.
for sympathy and love that I can
Jesus spends forty days in the temple
fill myself to full with the good groves. Passes the fifth brother-
things of life? hood test and receives the fifth de-
17 I tell you, nay; we all are
gree, HEROISM.
kin, each one a part of the great hu-
man heart. sacred
temple groves were
18 I cannot
see myself apart THErich in statues, monuments and
from that poor man that you so shrines; here Jesus loved to walk
scorned, and crowded to the wall; and meditate.
19 Nor from the one in female 2 And after he had conquered
garb who came up from the haunts selfhe talked with nature in these
of vice to ask for sympathy and love, groves for forty days.
who was by you so ruthlessly pushed 3 And then the guide took
back into her den of sin; chains and bound him hand and
20 Nor from that little child foot; and then cast him into a den
that you drove from your midst to of hungry beasts, of unclean birds,
suffer in the cold, bleak winds of and creeping things.
night. 4 The den was dark as night;
21 I tell you, men, what you the wild beasts howled; the birds
have done to these, my kindred, in fury screamed ; the reptiles hissed.
you have done to me. 5 And Jesus said, Who was it
22 You have insulted me in your that did bind me thus? Why did
own home; I cannot stay. I will I meekly sit to be bound down with
go forth and find that child, that chains?
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6 I tell you, none has power to 18 And Jesus saw a ladder made
bind a human soul. Of what are of gold, on which he climbed, and
fetters made? at the top the white-robed priest
7 And in his might he rose, and awaited him.
what he thought were chains were 19 Again he stood before the
only worthless cords that parted council bar; again no word was said;
at his touch. again the hierophant reached forth
8 And then he laughed and said, his hand to bless.
The chains that bind men to the car- 20 He placed in Jesus' hand an-
casses of earth are forged in fancy's other scroll, and on this one was
the grotto of the beautiful, and in will grow greater every day. They
the banquet hall a feast was served, will absorb your very life until at
and Jesus was the honored guest. last you will be naught but grief,
wet down with bitter tears.
CHAPTER 54. 11Instead of helping him you
Jesus becomes a private pupil of the grieve your son by your deep grief.
He seeks your solace now as he has
hierophant and is taught the mys- ever done is glad when you are glad
teries of Egypt. In passing the ; ;
SECTION XII.
LAMED.
The Council of the Seven Sages of the World.
rule best suited to the coming age. a demon in the wilds and at him
5 An age had passed, and, lo, lamps and they are broken
cast their
another age had come; the sages up, and not a gleam of light has any
must convene. priest for men.
6 Now, Alexandria was the cen- 16 The night is dark; the heart
ter of the world's best thought, and of India calls for light.
here in Philo's home the sages met. 17 The priesthood cannot be
7 From China came Meng-ste; reformed; it is already dead; its
from India Vidyapati came; from greatest needs are graves and fu-
Persia Kaspar came; and from As- neral chants.
syria Ashbina came; from Greece 18 The new age calls for liberty ;
Apollo came; Matheno was the the kind that makes each man a
Egyptian sage, and Philo was the enables him to go alone, and
chief of Hebrew thought. ty his offerings on the shrine of
Eriest,
8The time was due; the coun- God.
cil met and sat in silence seven days. 19 And Kaspar said, In Persia
9 And then Meng-ste arose and people walk in fear; they do the
said, The wheel of time has turned good for fear to do the wrong.
once more; the race is on a higher 20 The devil is the greatest
plane of thought. power in our land, and though a
10 The garments that our fa- myth, he dandles on his knee both
thers wove have given out; the youth and age.
cherubim have woven a celestial 21 Our land is dark, and evil
cloth; have placed it in our hands prospers in the dark.
and we must make for men new 22 Fear rides on every passing
garbs. breeze, and lurks in every form of
11 The sons of men are looking life.
stood among the sages of the world. paration age, and all the schools,
24 Again the sages sat in silence and governments and worship rites
seven days. must be designed in simple way
that men may comprehend.
CHAPTER 58. 13 And man cannot originate;
he builds by patterns that he sees;
Meeting of the sages, continued. so in this council we must carve out
Presentation of the seven universal
pattern for the coming age.
postulates. 14 And we must formulate the
when the sages were re- gnosis of the Empire of the soul,
NOW,
freshed they opened up the
which rests on seven postulates.
Book of Life and read. 15 Each sage in turn shall form
2 They read the story of the a postulate; and these shall be the
life of man; of all his struggles, basis of the creeds of men until the
losses, gains; and in the light of perfect age shall come.
past events and needs, they saw 16 Then Meng-ste wrote the
what would be best for him in com- first:
10 The age that follows this will 25 Man was a thought of God,
be the age of man, the age of faith. formed in the image of the Sep-
11 In that blest age the human tonate, clothed in the substances of
race will see without the aid of car- soul.
nal eyes; will hear the soundless 26 And his desires were strong;
sound; will know the Spirit-God. he sought to manifest on every plane
12 The age we enter is the Pre- of life, and for himself he made a
Section XII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 91
body of the ethers of the earthy 3 That which one wills to do, he
forms, and so descended to the has the power to do.
plane of earth. 4 A knowledge of that power is
27 In this descent he lost his faith; and when faith moves, the
birthright; lost his harmony with soul begins its flight.
God, and made discordant all the 5 A
selfish faith leads not to
notes of life.
light. There is no lonely pilgrim
28 Inharmony and evil are the on the way to light. Men only gain
same; so evil is the handiwork of the heights by helping others gain
man. the heights.
29Ashbina wrote the fourth: 6 The steed that leads the way
30Seeds do not germinate in to spirit life is Love; is pure unself-
light; they do not grow until they ish Love.
find the soil, and hide themselves 7 Matheno wrote the sixth:
away from light. 8 The universal Love of which
31 Man was evolved a seed of Apollo speaks is child of Wisdom
everlasting life; but in the ethers of and of Will divine, and God has
the Triune God the light was far too sent it forth to earth in flesh that
great for seeds to grow; man may know.
32 And so man
sought the soil 9 The universal Love of which
of carnal life, and in the darksome- the sages speak, is Christ.
ness of earth he found a place 10 The greatest mystery of all
where he could germinate and grow. times lies in the way that Christ
33 The seed has taken root and lives in the heart.
SECTION XIII.
MEM.
The Ministry of John, the Harbinger.
CHAPTER 61. 7 But when his silent fast was
done he stood forth in the midst of
John, the harbinger, returns to He-
all and said,
bron. Lives as a hermit in the
wilds. Visits Jerusalem and 8 Behold, the king has come;
to the people. the prophets told of him; the wise
speaks
men long have looked for him.
came to
pass when
John, the 9 Prepare, O Israel, prepare to
IT son of Zacharias and Elizabeth, meet your king.
had finished all his studies in the 10 And that was all he said,
Egyptian schools that he returned and then he disappeared, and no
to Hebron, where he abode for cer-
one knew where he had gone.
tain days.
2 And then he sought the wil-
11 And there was great unrest
derness and made his home in Da- through all Jerusalem. The rulers
heard the story of the hermit of the
vid's cavewhere many years before,
hills,
he was instructed by the Egyptian
12 And they sent couriers forth
sage.
3 Some people called him Her-
to talk with him that they might
mit of Engedi; and others said, He know about the coming king; but
is the Wild Man of the hills. they could find him not.
4 He clothed himself with skins 13 And after certain days he
of beasts; his food was carobs, came again into the market place,
and all the city came to hear him
honey, nuts and fruits.
5 When John was thirty years speak; he said,
of age he went into Jerusalem, and 14 Be not you rulers
disturbed,
in the market place he sat in silence of the state; thecoming king is no
seven days. antagonist; he seeks no place on
6 The common people and the any earthly throne.
priests, the scribes and Pharisees 15 He comes the Prince of
came out in multitudes to see the Peace, the king of righteousness
silent hermit of the hills; but none and love; his kingdom is within
were bold enough to ask him who the soul.
he was. 16 The eyes of men shall see it
94 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XIII
not and none can enter but the pure and your fame will pass in one short
in heart. hour.
17 Prepare, O Israel, prepare to 30 Prepare, Jerusalem, prepare
meet your king. to meet your king.
18 Again the hermit disappear- 31 He said no more; he left the
ed; the people strove to follow him, court and no one saw him go.
but he had drawn a veil about his 32 The priests, the doctors and
form and men could see him not. the scribes were all in rage. They
19 A Jewish feast day came; sought for John intent to do him
Jerusalem was filled with Jews and harm. They found him not.
proselytes from every part of Pales- 33 The common people stood in
tine, and John stood in the temple his defense; they said, The hermit
court and said, speaks the truth.
20 Prepare, O Israel, prepare to 34 And then the priests, the doc-
meet your king. tors and the scribes were sore afraid ;
21 Lo, you have lived in sin; they said no more; they hid them-
the poor cry in your streets, and selves away.
turn, lo, I will smite them with a 21 I saw them trample on the
curse. poor dead bird of Righteousness;
8 You men
of Israel; you know 22 And you who follow after
your sins. As
I passed by I saw a me, you commoners, are not one
wounded bird prone in your streets, whit behind the scribes and priests
and men of every class were beating in crime.
it with clubs; and then I saw that 23 Reform, you men of Israel;
Justice was its name. the king has come; prepare to meet
9 I looked again and saw that your king.
its companion had been killed; the 24 With Lazarus and his sisters,
pure white wings of Righteousness
John remained for certain days.
were trampled in the dust. 25 In honor of the Nazarite a
10 I tell you men, your awful- feast was spread, and all the people
ness of guilt has made a cesspool of stood about the board.
26 And when the chief men of
iniquity that sends a fearful stench
to heaven. the town poured out the sparkling
wine and offered John a cup, he took
11 Reform, O Israel, reform;
it, held it high in air, and said,
prepare to meet your king.
12 And then John turned away 27 Wine makes glad the carnal
and as he went he said, heart, and it makes sad the human
13 In seven days, lo, I will stand soul; it plunges deep in bitterness
at Gilgal, by the Jordan ford, where
and gall the deathless spirit of the
Israel first crossed into the prom-
man.
ised land.
28 I took the vow of Nazar
14 And then he left the temple
when a child, and not a drop has
ever passed my
court to enter it no more; but many lips.
29 And if you would make glad
people followed him as far as Beth-
the coming king, then shun the cup
any, and there he tarried at the
as you would shun a deadly thing.
home of Lazarus, his kin.
15 The anxious people gathered 30 And then he threw the
all about the home and would not sparkling wine out in the street.
go; then John came forth and said,
16 Reform, O Israel, reform; CHAPTER 63.
prepare to meet your king.
17 The sins of Israel do not all John, the harbinger, visits Jericho.
Meets the people at Gilgal. An-
lie at the door of priest and scribe.
nounces his mission. Introduces
O think you not that all the sinners
the rite of baptism.
of Judea are found among the rulers Baptizes many
and the men of wealth.
people. Returns to Bethany and
teaches. Returns to the Jordan.
18 no sign that man is good
It is
and pure because he lives in want. John went down to Jericho
19 The listless, shiftless vaga- ANDthere he abode with Alpheus.
;
bonds of earth are mostly poor and 2 And when the people heard
have to beg for bread. that he was there they came in
20 I saw the very men that throngs to hear him speak.
cheered because I told the priests 3 He spoke to none; but when
and scribes of their injustice unto the time was due he went down to
man, throw stones and beat poor the Jordan ford, and to the multi-
Justice in the streets. tudes he said,
96 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XIIJ
4 Reform and in the fount of give part of all the food you have
purity wash all your sins away; the to those in need.
kingdom is at hand. 18 And when the publicans
5 Come unto me and in the wa- came up and asked, What must we
ters of this stream be washed, sym- do? John answered them,
bolic of the inner cleansing of the 19 Be honest in your work; do
soul. not increase for selfish gain the
And, lo, the multitudes came
6 tribute you collect; take nothing
down and in the Jordan they were more than what your king demands.
20 And when the soldiers came
washed, and every man confessed
his sins. and asked, What must we do? The
7 For many months, in all the harbinger replied,
21 Do violence to none; exact
regions round about, John plead for
no wrongful thing, and be con-
purity and righteousness; and after
tented with the wages you receive.
many days he went again to Beth- 22 Among the Jews were many
any; and there he taught.
who had been waiting for the Christ
8 At first few but the honest
to come, and they regarded John
seekers came; but, by and by, the
as Christ.
selfish and the vicious came with no
23 But to their questions John
contrition; came because the many
came. replied, In water I do cleanse, sym-
bolic of the cleansing of the soul;
9 And when John saw the unre-
but when he comes who is to come,
pentant Pharisees and Sadducees lo,he will cleanse in Holy Breath
come unto him, he said, and purify in fire.
10 You children of the vipers, 24His fan is in his hand, and he
stay; are you disturbed by news of will separate the wheat and chaff;
coming wrath? will throw the chaff away, but gar-
11 Go to, and do the things that ner every grain of wheat. This is
prove repentance genuine. the Christ.
12 Is it enough for you to say 25 Behold he comes and he will !
that you are heirs of Abraham? I walk with you, and you will know
tell you, no. him not.
13 The heirs of Abraham are 26 He is the king; the latchet of
just as wicked in the sight of God his shoes I am not worthy to un-
when they do wrong as any heathen loose.
man. 27 And John left Bethany and
14Behold the ax! and every went again unto the Jordan ford.
tree that bears not wholesome fruit
is cut down at the roots and cast CHAPTER 64.
into the fire.
15 And then the people asked, Jesus comes from Galilee, and is bap-
What must we do? tized by John. The Holy Breath
16 And John replied, Accept the testifies of his messiahship.
ministry of helpfulness for all man- news reached
Galilee, and
kind; spend not upon your selfish THEJesus with the multitude went
selves all that you have. down to where the harbinger was
17 Let him who has two coats preaching at the ford.
give one to him who has no coat; 2 When Jesus saw the harbinger
Section XIV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 97
he said, Behold the man of God! 10 The multitudes are ready for
Behold the greatest of the seers! the words of life, and I have come
Behold, Elijah has returned! to be made known by you to all the
3 Behold the messenger whom world, as prophet of the Triune
God has sent to open up the way I
God, and as the chosen one to man-
The kingdom is at hand. ifest the Christ to men.
4 When John saw Jesus standing 11 Then John led Jesus down
with the throng he said, Behold the
into the river at the ford and he
king who cometh in the name of
God! baptized him in the sacred name of
him who sent him forth to manifest
5 And Jesus said to John, I
the Christ to men.
would be washed in water as a sym-
12 And as they came out of the
bol of the cleansing of the soul.
6 And John replied, You do not stream, the Holy Breath, in form of
need to wash, for you are pure in dove, came down and sat on Jesus'
head.
thought, and word, and deed. And
if you need to wash I am not worthy
13 A voice from heaven said,
to perform the rite. This is the well-beloved son of God,
7 And Jesus said, I come to be the Christ, the love of God made
a pattern for the sons of men, and manifest.
what I bid them do, that I must do; 14 John heard the voice, and
and all men must be washed, sym- understood the message of the voice.
bolic of the cleansing of the soul. 15 Now Jesus went his way,
8 This washing we establish as and John preached to the multitude.
a ritebaptism rite we call it now, 16 As many as confessed their
and soshall be called.
it sins, and turned from evil ways to
9 Your work, prophetic hap ways of right, the harbinger bap-
binger, is to prepare the way, and tized, symbolic of the blotting out
to reveal the hidden things. of sins by righteousness.
SECTION XIV.
NUN.
The Christine Ministry of Jesus Introductory Epoch.
CHAPTER 65. wilderness to be alone with God
that he might look into his inner
Jesus goes to the wilderness for self-
heart, and note its strength and
examination, where he remains
Is subjected to three worthiness.
forty days.
He overcomes. Re- 3 And with himself he talked;
temptations.
turns to the camps of John and be- he said, My lower self is strong; by
gins teaching. many ties I am bound down to car-
nal life.
harbinger had paved the
THEway; the Logos had been in- 4 Have I the strength to over-
troduced to men as love made come and give my life a willing sac-
rifice for men?
manifest, and he must now begin
his Christine ministry. 5 When I shall stand before the
2 And he went forth into the face of men, and they demand a
98 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XIV
the king, for whom the harbinger to the people. The address. He
has often testified. goes with his disciples to Bethany.
13 And John went forth and
on the morrow Jesus came
found his brother James, and NOW,
again and stood with John
brought him to the Christ. beside the ford; and John prevailed
14 The six disciples went with on him to speak, and standing forth
Jesus to the place where he abode. he said,
15 And Peter said, We long 2 You men of Israel, hear! The
have sought for Christ. We came at hand.
kingdom is
from Galilee to John; we thought 3 Behold the great key-keeper
that he was Christ, but he confessed of the age stands in your midst ; and
to us that he was not; with the spirit of Elijah he has
16 That he was but the harbin- come.
ger sent forth to clear the way, and 4 Behold, for he has turned the
make the pathway easy for the key; the mighty gates fly wide and
coming king; and when you came all who will may greet the king.
he said, Behold the Christ! 5 Behold these multitudes of
17 And we would gladly follow women, children, men! they throng
where you go. Lord, tell us what the avenues, they crowd the outer
to do. courts; each seems to be intent to
18 And Jesus said, The foxes of be the first to meet the king.
the earth have homes, the birds 6 Behold, the censor comes and
have nests; I have no place to lay calls, Whoever will
may come; but
he who comes must will to prune
my head.
19 He who would follow me himself of every evil thought;
must give up all the cravings of the 7 Must overcome desire to grat-
self and lose his life in saving life. ify the lower self; must give his life
20 I come to save the lost, and to save the lost.
man is saved when he is rescued 8 The nearer to the kingdom
from himself. But men are slow gate you come, more spacious is the
to comprehend this doctrine of the room; the multitudes have gone.
Christ. 9 If men could come unto the
21 And Peter said, I cannot kingdom with their carnal thoughts,
speak for any other man, but for their passions and desires, there
myself I speak: I will leave all and scarcely would be room for all.
follow where you lead. 10 But when they cannot take
22 And then the others spoke these through the narrow gate they
and said, You have the words of turn away; the few are ready to go
truth; you came from God, and if in and see the king.
we follow in your footsteps we can- 11 Behold, John is a mighty
not miss the way. fisher, fishing for the souls of men.
23 Then Jesus and the six dis- He throws his great net out into
ciples sat a long, long time in silent the sea of human life he draws it in
;
to hear the Wild Man of the hills; midst of them, exclaimed, Behold,
they come in crowds that he may indeed, the king has come, but
wash them in the crystal flood, and Jesus is not king.
with their lips they do confess their 3 The kingdom truly is at hand ;
heart, for they shall not be cast rises on the ruins of another one.
about by every wind that blows; 6 But when our Father-God
17 But while the fickle and the sets up the kingdom of the soul, he
thoughtless have gone back to pours his blessings forth, like rain,
Egypt land for leeks and carnal upon the thrones of earthly kings
herbs to satisfy their appetites, the who rule in righteousness.
pure in heart have found the king. 7 It is not rule that God would
18 But even those whose faith
overthrow; his sword is raised
is weak, and who are naught but
against injustice, wantonness and
carnal manifests, will some day crime.
come again, and enter in with joy 8 Now, while the kings of Rome
to see the king. do justice, and love mercy and walk
19 O men of Israel, take heed
humbly with their God, the bene-
to what this prophet has to say! Be diction of the Triune God will rest
strong in mind; be pure in heart; upon them all.
be vigilant in helpfulness; the king- 9 They need not fear a messen-
dom is at hand.
ger whom God sends forth to earth.
20 When Jesus had thus said 10 I am not sent to sit upon a
he went his way, and with his six throne to rule as Caesar rules; and
ilisciples came to Bethany; and
you may tell the ruler of the Jews
they abode with Lazarus many that I am not a claimant for his
days. throne.
11 Men call me Christ, and God
CHAPTER 68. has recognized the name; but Christ
is not a man. The Christ is univer-
Jesus speaks to the people in Bethany.
sal love, and Love is king.
Tells them how to become pure in
12 This Jesus is but man who
heart. Goes to Jerusalem and in
has been fitted by temptations over-
the temple reads from a prophetic
book. Goes to Nazareth. come, by trials multiform, to be the
temple through which Christ can
news soon spread abroad manifest to men.
THE that Jesus, king of Israel, had 13 Then hear, you men of Israel,
come to Bethany, and all the people hear! Look not upon the flesh; it
of the town came forth to greet is not king. Look to the Christ
the king. within, who shall be formed in every
2 And Jesus, standing in the one of you, as he is formed in me.
Section XIV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 101
14 When you have purified halls, and with his six disciples,
your hearts by faith, the king will went hisway to Nazareth,
enter in, and you will see his face. 27 And they abode with Mary,
15 And then the people asked, Jesus' mother, and her sister, Mir-
What must we do that we may iam.
make our bodies fit abiding places
for the king? CHAPTER 69.
16 And Jesus said, Whatever
tends to purity in thought, and Jesus and the ruler of the synagogue
word, and deed will cleanse the of Nazareth. Jesus teaches not in
and he will pave the way, and 8 Who gave you right to ask for
Christ, for whom you wait, will proof of my messiahship ? My proof
come unto temple unannounced.
his lies inmy words and works, and so
if you will follow me you will not
Behold, for he will come, says God,
the Lord of hosts. lack for proof.
26 And then he closed the book; 9 And then the ruler went his
he said no more; he left the temple way; he asked himself, What man-
102 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XIV
ner of a man is this to disregard the 7 The twain are guilty of adul-
ruler of the synagogue? tery; the priest is party to the
10 The people of the town came crime. And that was all that Jesus
out in throngs to see the Christ, and said.
hear him speak; but Jesus said, 8 As Jesus stood apart in silent
11 A prophet has no honor in his thought his mother came and said
native town, among his kin. to him, The wine has failed; what
12 I will not speak in Nazareth shall we do?
until the words I speak, and works 9 And Jesus said, Pray what is
I do in other towns have won the wine? It is but water with the
faith of men, flavoring of grapes.
13 Until men know that God 10 And what are grapes? They
has christed me to manifest eternal are but certain kinds of thought
love. made manifest, and I can manifest
14 Good will to you, my kin; I that thought, and water will be
bless you with a boundless love, wine.
and I bespeak for you abundant joy 11 He called the servants, and
and happiness. he said to them, Bring in six water
15 Hesaid no more, and all the
pots of stone, a pot for each of these,
people marveled much because he and them up with
would not speak in Nazareth.
my followers, fill
Peter's home.
13 Men seldom see what others
3 The news spread through the truly are. The human senses sense
what seems to be, and that which
city and along the shore that Ju- seems to be and that which is, may
dah's king had come, and multi-
be diverse in every way.
tudes drew near to press his hand.
14 The carnal man beholds the
4 And Jesus said, I cannot show outer man, which is the temple of
the king, unless you see with eyes the king, and worships at his shrine.
of soul, because the kingdom of the 15 The man of God is pure in
king is in the soul.
heart; he sees the king; he sees with
5 And every soul a kingdom is.
eyes of soul;
There is a king for every man. 16 And when he rises to the
6 This king is love, and when plane of Christine consciousness,
this love becomes the greatest he knows that he himself is king, is
power in life, it is the Christ; so love, is Christ, and so is son of God.
Christ is king. 17 You men of Galilee, prepare
7 And
every one may have this to meet your king.
Christ dwell in his soul, as Christ 18 And Jesus taught the people
dwells in my soul. many lessons as he walked with
8 The body is the temple of the them beside the sea.
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SECTION XV.
SAMECH.
The First Annual Epoch of the Christine Ministry of Jesus.
CHAPTER 72. that bound the lambs, and set them
free.
Jesus in Jerusalem. Drives the mer- The
11 priests and scribes
chants out of the temple. The rushed out, and would have done
priests resent, and he defends him- him harm, but they were driven
self from the standpoint of a loyal back; the common people stood in
Jew. He speaks to the people. his defense.
Jewish paschal feast time 12 And then the rulers said,
THEcame and Jesus left his mother Who is this Jesus you
king? call
13 The people said, He is the
in Capernaum and journeyed to
Jerusalem. Christ of whom our prophets wrote;
2 And he abode with one a Sad- he is the king who will deliver
Israel.
ducee, whose name was Jude.
14 The rulers said to Jesus, Man,
3 And when he reached the tem-
ifyou be king, or Christ, then show
ple courts the multitudes were there us signs. Who gave you right to
to see the prophet whom the people
drive these merchants out?
thought had come to break the yoke 15 And Jesus said, There is no
of Rome, restore the kingdom of the
loyal Jew who would not give his
Jews, and rule on David's throne.
life to save this temple from dis-
4 And when the people saw him
come they said, All hail! behold grace; in this I acted simply as a
loyal Jew, and you yourselves will
the king!
bear me witness to this truth.
5 But Jesus answered not; he
16 The
signs of my
messiahship
saw the money changers in the house will follow me
in words and deeds.
of God, and he was grieved.
17 And you may tear the tem-
6 The courts had been con-
ple down (and you will tear it down)
verted into marts of trade, and men and in three days it will be built
were selling lambs and doves for
again more glorious than before.
offerings in sacrifice. 18 Now Jesus meant that they
7 And Jesus called the priests might take his life; tear down his
and said, Behold, for paltry gain body, temple of the Holy Breath,
you have sold out the temple of the and he would rise again.
Lord. 19 The Jews knew not the mean-
8 This house ordained for prayer ing of his words; they laughed his
is now a den of thieves. Can good claims to scorn. They said,
and evil dwell together in the courts 20 A
multitude of men were
of God? I tell you, no. forty and six years in building up
9 And then he made a scourge this house, and this young stranger
of cords and drove the merchants claims that he will build it up in
out ; he overturned their boards, and three score hours; his words are
threw their money on the floor. idle, and his claims are naught.
10 He opened up the cages of 21 And then they took the
the captive birds, and cut the cords scourge with which he drove the
Section XV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 105
ery loyal Jew I worship God. my only son, heir to the throne, to
31 I am the candle of the Lord teach the people love, and peace,
aflame to light the way; and while and righteousness.
you have the light walk in the light. 11 He sent his son; the people
scorned him and maltreated him,
CHAPTER 73. and nailed him to a cross.
12 He was entombed; but death
Jesus again visits the temple, and is
was far too weak to hold the prince,
favorably received by the people
Tells the parable of a king and his
and he arose.
13 He took a form man could
sons. Defines messiahship.
not kill; and then he went again to
day the multitudes were teach the people love, and peace and
NEXT
surging through the temple righteousness.
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14 And thus God deals with I could not sit in Caesar's place and
men. be the Christ.
15 A lawyer came and asked, 28 Give unto Caesar what be-
What does messiah mean? and who longs to him; give unto God the
has right to make messiah of a man? treasures of your heart.
16 And Jesus said, Messiah is
one sent from God to seek and save CHAPTER 74.
the lost. Messiahs are not made
Jesus heals on the Sabbath, and is
by men. censured by the Pharisees. Re-
17 In first of every age Messiah stores a drowned child. Rescues a
comes to light the way; to heal up wounded dog. Cares for a home-
broken hearts; to set the prisoners less child. Speaks on the law of
free. Messiah and the Christ are kindness.
one.
18 Because a man claims to be was the Sabbath and
Christ not a sign that he is Christ
is
IT Jesus stood among theday,
surging
19 A man may cause the masses of the people in the temple
streams to flow from flinty rocks; courts and sacred halls.
2 The blind, the deaf, the dumb,
may bring on storms at will; may
stay tempestuous winds; may heal
and those obsessed were there, and
the sick and raise the dead, and not Jesus spoke the Word, and they
be sent from God. were healed.
20 All nature is subservient to 3 On some he laid his hands, and
the will of man, and evil men, as they were healed; to others he just
well as good, have all the powers of spoke the Word, and they were full
restored to health; but others had
mind, and may control the elements.
to go and wash in certain pools; and
21 The head gives not the proof
others he anointed with a holy oil.
of true messiahship, for man by
means of intellect, can never know 4 A
doctor asked him why he
healed in divers ways, and he re-
of God, nor bring himself to walk in
plied,
light.
5 Disease is discord in the hu-
22 Messiah lives not in the head,
man form, and discords are pro-
but in the heart, the seat of mercy
duced in many ways.
and of love.
6 The body is a harpsichord;
23 Messiah never works for self- sometimes the strings ar<- too re-
ish gains; he stands above the car-
laxed, and then inharmony results.
nal self; his words and deeds are 7 Sometimes we find the strings
for the universal good.
too tense, and then another form of
24 Messiah never tries to be a discord is induced.
king, to wear a crown and sit upon 8 Disease is many-formed, and
an earthly throne. there are many ways to cure, to tune
25 The king is earthy, of the anew the mystic harpsichord.
earth; Messiah is the man from 9 Now when the Pharisees were
heaven. told that Jesus healed the people on
26 And then the lawyer asked, the Sabbath day they were enraged,
Why do you pose as king? and they commanded him to quit
27 And Jesus said, No man has the place.
ever heard me say that I am king. 10 But Jesus said, Was man de-
Section XV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 107
signed to fit the Sabbath day, or gry; when he called for bread the
was the Sabbath day designed to fit people turned away.
the man? 22 And Jesus took the child and
11 If you had fallen in a pit and, gave him bread; he wrapped him in
lo, the Sabbath day had come, and
his own warm coat, and found for
I should pass your way, would you him a home.
23 To those who followed him
cry out,
the master said, If man would gain
12 Let me alone; it is a sin to
again his lost estate he must respect
help me on the Sabbath day; I'll the brotherhood of life.
swelter in this filth until another
24 Whoever is not kind to
day?
13 You every form of life to man, to beast,
Pharisees, you hypo- to bird, and creeping thing cannot
you know you would be glad
crites !
expect the blessings of the Holy
to have my help upon the Sabbath
One; for as we give, so God will give
day, or any other day. to us.
14 These people all have fallen
into pits, and they are calling loud CHAPTER 75.
for me to help them out, and man
and God would curse me should I Nicodemus visits Jesus in the night.
pass along and heed them not. Jesus reveals to him the meaning
15 And then the Pharisees re- of the new birth and the kingdom of
turned to say their prayers, and heaven.
curse the man of God because he
was a ruler of the
heeded not their words. NICODEMUS he was earnest,
Jews, and
16 Now, in the evening Jesus learned and devout.
stood beside a pool; a playful child 2 He saw the master's signet in
had fallen in, and it was drowned, the face of Jesus as he talked, but
and friends were bearing it away.
was not brave enough to publicly
17 But Jesus called the carriers confess his faith in him;
to stop; and then he stretched him- 3 So in the night he went to talk
self upon the lifeless form, and with Jesus at the home of Jude.
breathed into its mouth the breath 4 When Jesus saw him come he
of life.
said, Full blessed are the pure in
18 And then he called aloud heart ;
unto the soul that had gone out, 5 Twice blessed are the fearless,
and it returned; the child revived pure in heart;
and lived. 6 Thrice blessed are the fearless,
19 And Jesus saw a wounded pure in heart who dare to make con-
dog; it could not move; it lay be- fession of their faith before the high-
side the way and groaned with pain. est courts.
He took it in his arms and bore it 7 And Nicodemus said, Hail,
to the home where he
abode. master, hail! I know you are a
20 He poured the healing oil teacher come from God, for man
into the wounds; he cared for it as alone could never teach as you have
though it were a child till it was taught; could never do the works
strong and well. that you have done.
21 And Jesus saw a little boy 8 And Jesus said, Except a man
who had no home, and he was hun- be born again he cannot see the
108 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XV
king; he cannot comprehend the 21 That all men bitten by the
words I speak. serpent of the dust, the serpent of
9 And Nicodemus said, How this carnal life, may live.
can a man be born again? Can he 22 He who believes in him shall
go back into the womb and come have eternal life.
again to life? 23 For God so loved the world
10 And Jesus said, The birth of that he sent forth his only son to be
which I speak is not the birth of raised up that men may see the love
flesh. of God.
11 Except a man be born of 24 God did not send his son to
water and the Holy Breath, he can- judge the world; he sent him forth
not come into the kingdom of the to save the world; to bring men to
Holy One. the light.
12 That which is born of flesh is 25 But men love not the light,
child of man; that which is born of for light reveals their wickedness;
Holy Breath is child of God. men love the dark.
13 The winds blow where they 26 Now, every one who loves
please; men hear their voices, and the truth comes to the light he does
;
may note results; but they know not fear to have his works made
not from whence they come, nor manifest.
where they go; and so is every one 27 The light had come, and Nic-
that is born of Holy Breath. odemus went his way; he knew the
14 The ruler said, I do not un-
meaning of the birth of Holy
derstand; pray tell me plainly what
Breath; he felt the presence of the
you mean. Spirit in his soul.
15 And Jesus said, The king- 28 And Jesus tarried in Jeru-
dom of the Holy One
in the soul;
is
salem for many days and taught
men cannot see it with their carnal and healed the sick.
eyes; with all their reasoning pow- 29 The common people gladly
ers they comprehend it not.
listened to his words, and many left
16 It is a life deep hid in God; their all of carnal things and fol-
its recognition is the work of inner
lowed him.
consciousness.
17 The kingdoms of the world
are kingdoms of the sight; the king- CHAPTER 76.
dom of the Holy One is that of faith; Jesus in Bethlehem. Explains the
itsking is love. Empire of Peace to the shepherds.
18 Men cannot see the love of An unusual light appears. The
God unmanifest, and so our Father- shepherds recognize Jesus as the
God has clothed this love with flesh Christ.
flesh of a son of man.
19 And that the world may see went to
Bethlehem,
and know this love made manifest, THEandLogos
many people followed him.
the son of man must needs be lifted 2 He found the shepherd's home
up. where he was cradled when a babe;
20 As Moses in the wilderness here he abode.
raised up the serpent for the healing 3 He went upto the hills where
of the flesh, the son of man must be more than thirty years before the
raised up. shepherds watch their flocks and
Section XV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 109
heard the messenger of peace ex- queror threw wide the prison doors
claim : and set the captives free.
4 At midnight in a cave in 19 And, once again, the Prince
Bethlehem the Prince of Peace is of Peace has come, and from these
born. blessed hills he goes again to fight.
5 And shepherds still were there, 20 And he is clothed in white;
and sheep still fed upon the hills. his sword is truth; his shield is faith;
6 And in the valley near great his helmet innocence; his breath is
flocks of snow-white doves were love; his watchword peac e.
flying to and fro. 21 But this is not a carnal war;
7 And when the shepherds knew it is not man at war with man; but
that Jesus, whom the people called it is right against the wrong.
the king, had come, they came from 22 And love is captain, love is
near and far to speak to him. warrior, love is armor, love is all,
udice, and patience is the lesson ter of thehuman race is called upon
you have need to learn. to turn from evil and become the
18 The constant dropping of the
pure in heart.
water wears away the hardest stone. 8 The resolution to attain and
19 The sweet and holy incense enter through the Christine gate
of a godly life will melt intolerance into the kingdom of the Holy One
Section XV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 111
While Jesus is teaching, his disci- reapers all together will rejoice.
ples come and marvel because he 10 And Philip said to Jesus,
speaks with a Samaritan. Many Stay now your work a time and sit
people from Sychar come to see beneath this olive tree and eat a
Jesus. He speaks to them. With .Dortion of this food; you must be
Section XV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 115
faint for you have eaten naught what the stranger said, and many
since early day. The Christ that was to come
said,
11 But Jesus said, I not am has surely come.
faint, for I have food to eat you 24 And Jesus went with them
know not of. into the town, and tarried certain
12 Then the disciples said days.
among themselves, Who
could have
brought him aught to eat? CHAPTER 83.
13 They did not know that he
Jesus teaches the people of Sychar.
had power to turn the very ethers Casts a wicked spirit out of one
into bread.
obsessed. Sends the spirit to its
14 And Jesus said, The master
own place. Heals many people.
of the harvest never sends his reap-
The priests are disturbed by the
ers forth and feeds them not.
presence of Jesus in Sychar, but
15 My Father who has sent me he speaks to them and wins their
forth into the harvest field of human
favor.
life will never suffer me to want;
and when he calls for you to serve, Sychar taughtJesus the people
lo, he will give you food, will clothe
IN in the market place.
and shelter you. 2 A man
obsessed was brought
16 Then turning to the people to The wicked spirit that
him.
of Samaria, he said, Think not it possessed the man was full of vio-
strange that I, a Jew, should speak lence and lust, and often threw his
to you, for I am one with you. victim to the ground.
17 The universal Christ who 3 And Jesus spoke aloud and
was, and is, and evermore shall be, said, Base spirit, loose your hold
is manifest in me; but Christ belongs upon the vitals of this man, and go
to every man. back to your own.
18 God scatters forth his bless- 4 And then the spirit begged
ings with a lavish hand, and he is that he might go into the body of a
not more kind to one than to an- dog that stood near by.
other one of all the creatures of 5 But Jesus said, Why harm
his hand. the helpless dog? Its life is just as
19 I just came up from Judah's dear to it as mine to me.
hills, and God's same sun was shin- 6 It is not yours to throw the
ing and his flowers were blooming, burden of your sin on any living
and in the night hjs stars were just thing.
as bright as they are here. 7 By your own deeds and evil
20 God cannot cast a child away ; thoughts you have brought all these
the Jew, the Greek and the Samar- perils on yourself. You have hard
itan are equal in his sight. problems to be solved; but you
21 And why should men and must solve them for yourself.
women fret and quarrel, like chil- 8 By thus obsessing man you
dren in their plays? make your own conditions doubly
22 The lines that separate the sad. Go back into your own do-
sons of men are made of straw, and main; refrain from harming any-
just a single breath of love would thing, and, by and by, you will,
blow them all away. yourself, be free.
23 The people were amazed at 9 The wicked spirit left the man
116 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XV
and went unto his own. The man dwells and bring their fellows down
looked up in thankfulness and said, to beggary and crime.
Praise God. 28 The holy brotherhood of
10 And many of the people right must stand united in the stir-
brought their sick, and Jesus spoke ring conflicts of the hour.
the Word, and they were healed. 24 No matter whether they be
11 The ruler of the synagogue, Jews, Samaritans, Assyrians or
and all the priests were much dis- Greeks, they must tramp down
turbed when told that Jesus from beneath their feet all strife, all dis-
Jerusalem was preaching in the cord, jealousy and hate, and demon-
town. strate the brotherhood of man.
12 They thought that he had
25 Then to the ruler of the syna-
come to proselyte and stir up strife gogue he spoke: he said, United in
Samaritans.
the cause of right we stand; divided
among we will fall.
13 And so they sent an officer to
26 And then he took the ruler
bring him to the synagogue that he
by the hand; a love light filled their
might give a reason for his presence
in the town. souls; and all the people were
amazed.
14 But Jesus said to him who
came, Go back and tell the priests
and ruler of the synagogue that I CHAPTER 84.
am not engaged in crime. The Christines resume their journey.
15 I come to bind up broken They tarry a while in the city of
hearts, to heal the sick, and cast the Samaria. Jesus speaks in the
evil spirits out of those obsessed. synagogue. Heals a woman by
16 Tell them, their prophets mental power. He disappears^
spoke of me; that I am come to but later joins his disciples as they
break no law, but to fulfil the high- journey toward Nazareth.
est law.
Christines turned their
17 The man returned and told
the priests and ruler of the syna-
THEtoward the land of Galilee;faces
but
when they reached the city of Sa-
gogue what Jesus said,
maria, the multitudes pressed hard
18 The ruler was amazed, and
about them, begging them to tarry
with the priests went to the market
in their city for a while.
place where Jesus was. 2 And then they went up to the
19 And when he saw them, Jesus
synagogue, and Jesus opened up
said, Behold the honored men of all the book of Moses, and he read:
Samaria! the men ordained to lead 3 In thee and in thy seed shall
the people in the way of right. all the nations of the earth be blest.
20 And I am come to help, and 4 And then he closed the book
not to hinder in their work. and said, These words were spoken
21 There are two classes of the by the Lord of hosts unto our father
sons of men; they who would build Abraham, and Israel has been bless-
the human race upon the sure edness to all the world.
foundation stones of justice, truth, 5 We are his seed; but not a
equality and right, tithe of the great work that we were
22 And they who would destroy called to do has yet been done.
the holy temple where the Spirit 6 The Lord of hosts has set
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God, and in her heart she called on John, the harbinger, censures Herod
him for help. Herod sends
for his wickedness.
18 And Jesus helped; he did him to prison in Machaerus. Jesus
not speak; but like a flash of light, tells why God permitted the im-
a mighty virtue from his soul filled
prisonment of John.
full the body of the dying one, and
she arose, and joined her kindred
while they prayed. HEROD ANTIPAS, the tet-
rarch of Paraca and of Galilee
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was dissipated, selfish and tyran- it is of no more worth;
perfectness,
nical. it
becoming part of earth
falls,
2 He
drove his wife away from again from which it came.
home that he might take as wife 15 John is a stalk of golden
Herodias, the wife of one, a near of wheat; he brought unto maturity
kin, a woman, like himself, immoral the richest grain of all the earth;
and unjust. his work is done.
3 The city of Tiberius, upon the 16 If he had said another word
shores of Galilee, was Herod's home. it might have marred the
symmetry
4 Now John, the harbinger, had of what is now a noble life.
left the Salim Spfrings to teach the
17 And when my work is done
the rulers will do unto me what they
people by the sea of Galilee; and he
rebuked the wicked ruler and his have done to John, and more.
stolen wife for all their sins. 18 All these events are part of
5 Herodias was enraged be- God's own plan. The innocent will
suffer while the wicked are in power;
cause the preacher dared accuse her
and her husband of their crimes; but woe to them who cause the
6 And she prevailed on Herod suffering of the innocents.
to arrest the harbinger and cast him
in a dungeon in the castle of Ma- CHAPTER 86.
chaerus that stood beside the Bitter The Christines are in Nazareth.
Sea. Jesus speaks in the synagogue.
7 And Herod did as she re- He offends the people and they at-
quired ; then she lived in peace in all tempt to kill him. He mysteriously
her sins, for none were bold enough
disappears, and returns to the syn-
to censure her again.
agogue.
8 The followers of John were
warned to speak not of the trial and were in Naz-
Christines
imprisonment of John. THEareth. was the Sabbath
It
9 By order of the court, they day, and Jesus went up to the syn-
were restrained from teaching in the agogue.
public halls. 2 The keeper of the books gave
10 They could not talk about one to Jesus and he opened it and
this better life that Herod called, read*
the Heresy of John. 3 The Spirit of the Lord has
11 When it was known that overshadowed me; he has anointed
John had been imprisoned by the me to preach the gospel to the poor;
tetrarch court, the friends of Jesus to set the captives free; to open
thought it best that he should not sightless eyes;
remain in Galilee. 4 To bring relief to those op-
12 But Jesus said, I have no pressed and bruised, and to pro-
need of fear; my time has not yet claim, The year of jubilee has come.
come; no man can stay me till my 5 When he had read these words
work is done. he closed the book and said, This
13 And when they asked why scripture is fulfilled before your
God permitted Herod to imprison eyes this day. The year of jubilee
John, he said, has come; the time when Israel
14 Behold yon stalk of wheat! shall bless the world.
When it has brought the grain to 6 And then he told them many
Section XV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 119
things about the kingdom of the and they said, What manner of a
Holy One; about the hidden way of man is this?
life; about forgiveness of sins. 18 And when they came again
7 Now, many people knew not to Nazareth, they found him teach-
who the speaker was: And others ing in the synagogue.
said, Is not this Joseph's son? Does 19 They troubled him no more
not his mother live on Marmion for they were sore afraid.
Way?
8 And one spoke out and said, CHAPTER 87.
This is the man who did such mighty
works in Cana, in Capernaum and in The Christines go to Cana. Jesus
Jerusalem. heals a nobleman's child. The
9 And then the people said, Christines go to Capernaum. Jesus
Physician heal yourself. Do here provides a spacious home for his
mother. He announces his inten-
among your kindred all the mighty
works that you have done in other tion to choose twelve apostles.
towns.
Nazareth Jesus
taught no
10 And Jesus said, No prophet INmore; he went witH his disciples
is received with honor by the people
up to Cana, where, at a marriage
of his native land and prophets are
;
feast, he once turned water into
not sent to every one. wine.
11 Elijah was a man of God; he 2 here he met a man of no-
And
had the power and he closed the ble birth whose home was in Ca-
gates of heaven, and it did not rain
for forty months; and when he spoke
pernaum, whose son was sick.
3 The man had faith in Jesus*
the Word, the rain came on, the
earth brought forth again. power to heal, and when he learned
that he had come to Galilee he went
12 And there were many wid-
in haste to meet him on the way.
ows in the land; but this Elijah went
to none but Zarephath, and she was
4 The man met Jesus at the sev-
blessed.
enth hour, and he entreated him to
13 And when Elisha lived, lo, hasten to Capernaum to save his
son.
many lepers were in Israel, but none
were cleansed save one the Syrian 5 But Jesus did not go; he stood
who had faith. aside in silence for a time, and then
14 You have no he said, Your faith has proved a
faith; you seek
for signs to satisfy your curious healing balm; your son is well.
whims; but you shall see not till 6 The man believed and went
his way toward Capernaum and as
you open up your eyes of faith.
15 And then the people were en- he went he met a servant from his
raged; they rushed upon him, bound home who said,
him down with cords, and took him 7 My lord, You
need not haste;
to a precipice not far away, intent your son is well.
they had done, and Jesus went alone said, This is a useless trip there are
;
into the Hammoth hills to pray. no fish upon this shore of Galilee
19 Three days and nights he today; with Andrew I have toiled
all night, and taken naught.
spent communing with the Silent
10 But Jesus saw beneath the
Brotherhood; then, in the power of
surface of the sea; he saw a multi-
Holy Breath he came to call the
twelve. tude of fish. He said to Peter,
11 Cast out your net upon the
CHAPTER 88. right side of the boat.
12 And Peter did as Jesus said,
Jesus walks by the sea. Stands in a and, lo, the net was filled; it scarce
fishing boat and speaks
to the peo- was strong enough to hold the mul-
ple. Underhis direction the fisher- titude of fish.
men secure a great catch of fish. 13 And Peter called to John and
He selects and calls his twelve apos- James, who were near by, for help;
tles. and when the net was hauled to
Section XV OF JESUS THE CHRIST 121
boat, both boats were well nigh the tribute house of souls; I go and
filled with fish. you may follow me. And Matthew
14 When Peter saw the heavy followed him.
catch, he was ashamed of what he 25 Ischariot and his son, whose
said; ashamed because he had no name was Judas, were employed by
faith, and he fell down at Jesus' Matthew and were at the tribute
feet and said, Lord, I believe! house.
15 And Jesus said, Behold the 26 And Jesus said to Judas,
catch! from henceforth you shall Stay your work; the masters call us
fish no more for fish; to a duty in the savings bank of
16 You shall cast forth the souls I go and you may follow me.
;
Christine net into the sea of human And Judas followed him.
life, upon the right side of the boat; 27 And Jesus met a lawyer who
you shall ensnare the multitudes had heard about the Christine mas-
to holiness and blessedness and ter and had come from Antioch to
peace. study in the school of Christ.
17 Now, when they reached the 28 This man was Thomas, man
shore the Christine master called to of doubt, and yet a Greek philoso-
Peter, Andrew, James and John and pher of culture and of power.
said, 29 But Jesus saw in him the
18 You fishermen of Galilee, the and said to him, The
lines of faith,
masters have a mighty work for us masters have a need of men who
to do; I go, and you may follow me. can interpret law; I go, and you
And they left all and followed him. may follow me. And Thomas fol-
19 And Jesus walked along the lowed him.
shore,and seeing Philip and Nathan- 30 And when the evening came
ielwalking on the beach he said to and Jesus was at home, behold, there
them, came his kindred, James and Jude,
20 You teachers of Bethsaida, the sons of Alpheus and Miriam.
who long have taught the people 31 And these were men of faith,
Greek philosophy, the masters have and they were carpenters of Naza-
a higher work for you and me to do ; reth.
I go and you may follow me; and 32 And
Jesus said to them, Be-
then they followed him. hold, for you have toiled with me,
21 A little farther on there stood and with my father Joseph, building
a Roman tribute house, and Jesus houses for the homes of men. The
saw the officer in charge; his name masters call us now to aid in build-
was Matthew, who once abode in ing homes for souls; homes built
Jericho ; without the sound of hammer, ax,
22 The youth who once ran on or saw;
before the Lord into Jerusalem and 33 I go, and you may follow me.
said, Behold the Christines come. And James and Jude exclaimed,
23 And Matthew was a man of Lord, we will follow you.
wealth, and learned in wisdom of 34 And on the morrow Jesus
the Jews, the Syrians and the sent a message unto Simon, leader
Greeks. of the Zelotes, a strict exponent of
24 And Jesus said to him, Hail, the Jewish law.
Matthew, trusted servant of the 35 And in the message Jesus
Caesars, hail! the masters call us to said, The masters call for men to
122 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XV
demonstrate the faith of Abraham; keys of life and death; of things that
I go, and you may follow me. And are; of things that were; of things
Simon followed him. that are to be.
10 Behold you are the twelve
CHAPTER 89. great branches of the Christine
1 vine; the twelve foundation stones;
The twelve apostles are at Jesus the twelve apostles of the Christ.
home and are consecrated to their
11 As lambs I send you forth
work. Jesus instructs them. He
goes to the synagogue on the Sabbath
among wild beasts; but the omnific
and teaches. He casts an unclean Word will be your buckler and your
He shield.
spirit out of one obsessed.
heals Peter's mother-in-law. 12 And then again the air was
filled with song, and every living
on the
day before the Sab- creature seemed to say, Praise God
NOW,
!
the evil spirits cannot find a place 2 And Peter said, The city of
to stay; Capernaum is wild; the people crowd
21 They only come to empty the streets and every public place is
heads and hearts. Go on your way filled.
and sin no more. 3 The men, the women and the
22 The people were astonished children everywhere are asking for
at thewords that Jesus spoke, the the man who heals by will.
work he did. They asked among 4 Your home and our homes
themselves, are with people who are sick;
filled
23 Who is this man? From they call for Jesus who is called the
whence comes all this power that Christ. What will we say to them?
even unclean spirits fear, and flee 5 And Jesus said, A score of
away? other cities call, and we must take
24 The Christine master left the the bread of life to them. Go call
synagogue; with Peter, Andrew, the other men and let us go.
James and John, he went to Peter's 6 And Jesus and the twelve
house where one, a near of kin, was went to Bethsaida where Philip and
sick.
Nathaniel dwelt; and there they
25 And Peter's wife came in; taught.
it was her mother who was sick. 7 The multitudes believed on
26 And Jesus touched the wom-
Christ, confessed their sins and were
an as she lay upon her couch; he
baptized, and came into the king-
spoke the Word; the fever ceased dom of the Holy One.
and she arose and ministered to 8 The Christine master and the
them. twelve went everywhere through
27 The neighbors heard what all the towns of Galilee, and taught,
had occurred, and then they brought
baptizing all who came in faith, and
their sick, and those obsessed, and who confessed their sins.
Jesus laid his hands on them, and 9 They opened blinded eyes,
they were healed. unstopped deaf ears, drove forth the
evil ones from those obsessed, and
CHAPTER 90. healed disease of every kind.
Jesus goes alone to a mountain to
10 And they were in Tiberius by
the sea, and as they taught a leper
pray. Hisdisciples find him. He
calls the twelve and they journey
came a-near and said, Lord, I be-
lieve, and if you will but speak the
through Galilee teaching and heal-
At Tiberius Jesus heals a Word I will be clean.
ing.
The Christines return to 11 And Jesus said to him, I will ;
leper.
In his own home be clean. And soon the leprosy
Capernaum.
Jesus heals a palsied man and was gone; the man was clean.
makes known the philosophy of 12 And Jesus charged the man,
SECTION XVI.
AIN.
The Second Annual Epoch of the Christine Ministry of Jesus.
CHAPTER 91. feast timecame and Jesus
THE
and the twelve went to Jeru-
Jesus at the feast in Jerusalem.
salem.
Heals an impotent man. Gives a
2 Upon the day before the Sab-
practical lesson in healing. Af-
firms that all men are the sons of bath day they reached Mount Ol-
God. ives and they tarried at an inn be-
Section XVI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 125
know the law of life. Pray tell come; the dead will hear the voice
who were the sons of God we read of man, and live, because the son
about in Genesis, who took to wife ofman is son of God.
the daughters of the sons of men? 43 You men of Israel, hear! you
31 Our father Adam; who was live in death; you are locked up
he? From whence came he? Had within the tomb.
he a father? or did he fall from 44 (There is no deeper death
heaven as a star? than ignorance and unbelief.)
32 We read that Moses said, He 45 But all will some day hear
came from God. If Adam came the voice of God, made plain by
from God, pray, was he offspring, voice of man, and live. You all will
was he son? know that you are sons of God, and
33 We are the children of this by the sacred Word, may do the
works of God.
son of God; then tell me, learned
Who are we if not sons of
46 When you have come to life,
priest,
that have come to realize that
is,
God?
34 The priest had urgent busi- you are sons of God, you who have
lived the life of right, will open up
ness and he went his away.
your eyes on fields of life.
35 And Jesus said, All men are
47 But you who love the ways
sons of God and if they live a holy of sin will, in this resurrection, stand
life they always are at home with
before a judgment bar, and be con-
God. demned to pay the debts you owe
36 They see and understand to men and to yourselves.
the works of God, and in his sacred 48For whatsoever you have
name they can perform these works. done amiss must be performed again,
37 The lightnings and the and yet again, until you reach the
storms are messengers of God as stature of the perfect man.
well as are the sunshine, rain and 49 But in due time the lowest
dew. and the highest will arise to walk in
38 The virtues of the heavens light.
are in God's hands, and every loyal 50 Shall I accuse you unto God?
son may use these virtues and these No, for your prophet, Moses, has
powers. done that; and if you hear not
39 Man is the delegate of God Moses' words you will not hearken
to do his will on earth, and man can unto me, for Moses wrote of me.
heal the sick, control the spirits of
the air, and raise the dead. CHAPTER 92.
40 Because I have the power to
The Christines at a feast in Lazarus'
do these things is nothing strange.
home. A fire rages in the town.
All men may gain the power to do
Jesus rescues a child from the
these things; but they must conquer
flames and stays the fire by the
all the passions of the lower self;
Word. He gives a practical les-
and they can conquer if they will.
son on how to redeem a drunken
41 So man is God on earth, and
man.
he who honors God must honor man;
for God and man are one, as father Lazarus was at the feast
and the child are one. NOW,
and Jesus and the twelve went
42 Behold, I say, The hour has with him to his home in Bethany.
Section XVI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 127
2 And Lazarus and his sisters and Unbelief. When these are
made a feast for Jesus and the caught and turned aside, the will
twelve; and Ruth and Asher came of man will know no bounds; then
from Jericho; for Asher was no man has but to speak and it is done.
longer hostile to the Christ. 13 And then the guests returned
3 And while the guests sat at and sat about the board. A little
the board behold a cry, The village child came in and stood by Jesus'
is a-fire and all rushed out into the
! side.
streets, and, lo, the homes of many 14 She laid her hand on Jesus'
neighbors were in flames. arm and said, Please, Master Jesus,
4 And in an upper room an in- hear! my father is a drunken man;
fant lay asleep, and none could pass my mother toils from morn till
the flames to save. The mother, night and when she brings her wages
wild with grief, was calling on the home my father snatches them
men to save her child. away and squanders every cent for
5 Then, with a voice that made drink, and mother and us little ones
the spirits of the fire pale and trem- are hungry all the night.
ble, Jesus said, Peace, peace, be 15 Please, Master Jesus, come
still! with me and touch my father's heart.
6 And then he walked through He is so good and kind when he is
smoke and flame, climbed up the just himself; I know it the wine
is
falling stair, and in a moment came that makes another man of him.
again, and in his arms he brought 16 And Jesus went out with the
the child. And not a trace of fire child; he found the wretched home;
was on himself, his raiment, or the he spoke in kindness to the mother
child. and the little ones, and then upon a
7 Then Jesus raised his hand, bed of straw he found the drunken
rebuked the spirits of the fire, com- man.
manding them to cease their awful 17 He took him by the hand
work, and be at rest. and him up and said, My
raised
8 And then, as though the waters brother, man, made in the image
of the seawere all at once poured of our Father-God, will you arise
on the flames, the fire ceased to and come with me?
burn. 18 Your neighbors are in sore
9 And when the fury of the fire distress; they have lost all they had
was spent the multitudes were wild in this fierce fire, and men must
to see the man who could control build their homes again and you
the fire, and Jesus said, and I must lead the way.
10 Man was not made for fire, 19 And then the man arose;
but fire was made for man. the two went arm in arm to view
11 When man comes to himself the wrecks.
and comprehends the fact that he is 20 They heard the mothers and
son of God, and knows that in him- the children crying in the streets;
self lies all the powers of God, he is a they saw their wretchedness.
master mind and all the elements 21 And Jesus said, My friend,
will hear his voice and gladly do his here is a work for you to do. Just
will. lead the way in helpfulness; I'm
12 Two sturdy asses bind the sure the men of Bethany will fur-
will of man ;
their names are Fear nish you the means and help.
128 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVI
22 The spark of hope that had sect,and when they saw the twelve
so long been smouldering in the man thresh out the wheat and eat, they
was fanned into a flame. He threw said to Jesus,
his ragged coat aside; he was him- 4 Sir, why do the twelve do that
self again. which is not lawful on the Sabbath
23 And then he called for help; day?
not for himself, but for the home- 5 And Jesus said, Have you not
less ones; and everybody helped. heard what David did when he and
The ruined homes were built again. those who followed him had need of
24 And then he saw his own food?
poor den; his heart was stirred into 6 How he went to the house of
its depths. God and from the table in the Holy
25 The pride of manhood filled Place took of the presence bread
his soul; he said, This wretched den and ate, and gave to those who fol-
shall be a home. He worked as he lowed him?
had never wrought and ev- 7 I tell you, men, the needs of
before,
man are higher than the law of rites.
erybody helped.
26 And in a little while the den 8 And in our sacred books we
became a home indeed; the flowers read how
priests profane the Sab-
bath
of love bloomed everywhere. day in many ways while they
are serving in the Holy Place, and
27 The mother and the little
still are free from guilt.
ones were filled with joy; the father
9 The Sabbath day was made
never drank again.
for man; man was not made to fit
28 A man was saved, and no one the Sabbath day.
ever said a word about neglect or
10 The man is son of God and
drunkenness, nor urged him to re- under the eternal law of right, which
form. is the highest law, he may annul
the statute laws.
CHAPTER 93. 11 The law of sacrifice is but
the law of man, and in our law we
The Christines go through a field of
read that God desires mercy first;
ripe wheat, and the disciples eat of
the wheat. Jesus exonerates them.
and mercy stands above all statute
laws.
The Christines return to Caper-
naum. Jesus heals a withered 12 The son of man is Lord of
hand on the Sabbath, and defends every law. Did not a prophet sum
his deed. the duties of the man when in the
book he wrote In mercy follow j us-
:
your name to be a hiss and by- 31 And you are light; are called
word in the street. to light the world.
19 I say, rejoice; but deal in 32 A
city on a hill cannot be
mercy with the doers of the wrong; hid; its lights are seen afar; and
they are but children at their play; while you stand upon the hills of
they know not what they do. life men see your light and imitate
20 Rejoice not over fallen foes. your works and honor God.
As you help men rise from the 33 Men do not light a lamp and
depth of sin, so God will help you hide it in a cask; they put it on a
on to greater heights. stand that it may light the house.
21 Woe gold and
to the rich is 34 You are the lamps of God;
lands; they have temptations multi- must not stand in the shade of earth
form. illusions, but in the open, high upon
22 Woe unto men who walk at the stand.
will in pleasure's paths; their ways 35 I am not come to nullify the
are full of snares and dangerous law, nor to destroy; but to fulfill.
pits. 36 The Law, the Prophets and
23 Woe to the proud ; they stand the Psalms were written in the wis-
upon a precipice; destruction waits dom of the Holy Breath and cannot
for them. fail.
24 the man of greed ; for
Woe to 37 The heavens and earth that
what he has is not his own; and, lo, are will changeand pass away; the
another comes; his wealth is gone. word of God is sure; it cannot pass
25 Woe to the hypocrite; his until it accomplish that where-
shall
form is fair to look upon; his heart unto hath been sent.
it
is filled with carcasses and dead
38 Whoever disregards the law
men's bones.
of God and teaches men to do the
26 Woe to the cruel and relent-
less man; he is himself the victim
same, becomes a debtor unto God
and cannot see his face until he has
of his deeds.
returned and paid his debt by sacri-
27 The evil he would do to
fice of life.
other men rebounds; the scourger
is the scourged.
39 But he who hearkens unto
28 Woe to the libertine who God and keeps his law and does his
will on earth, shall rule with Christ.
preys upon the virtues of the weak.
The hour comes when he will be the 40 The
scribes and Pharisees re-
weak, the victim of a libertine of gard the letter of the law; they can-
not comprehend the spirit of the
greater power.
29 Woe unto you when all the law;
world shall speak in praise of you. 41 And if your righteousness
The world speaks not in praise of does not exceed the righteousness of
men who live within the Holy scribe and Pharisee you cannot
Breath it speaks in praise of proph-
;
come into the kingdom of the
ets false, and of illusions base. soul.
30 You men who walk in Holy 42 It is not what man does
Breath are salt, the salt of earth; that gives him
right to enter
but if you lose your virtue you are through the gates; his pass word is
salt in name alone, worth nothing his character and his desire is his
more than dust. character.
132 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVI
of the Lord thy God; remember it a degenerate, a dog, fans into life
and keep it wholly set apart for the burning fires of hell within him-
works of holiness that is, for works
; self.
not for the selfish self, but for the 10 Now, law we
in the higher
universal self. read that your brother is ag-
if
26 Men may do work for self grieved by something you have
upon the six days of the week; but done, before you offer unto God
on the Sabbath of the Lord they your gifts, go forth and find your
must do naught for self. brother and be reconciled to him.
27 This day is consecrated unto 11 It is not well to let the sun
God but man serves God by serving
;
go down upon your wrath.
man. 12 If he will not be reconciled
when you have laid aside all selfish
CHAPTER 97.
pleas, have waived all selfish rights,
The Sermon on the Mount, continued. you will be guiltless in the sight of
Jesus unfolds to the twelve the God; then go and offer unto God
spiritual aspects of the fifth and your gifts.
sixth Commandments. 13 If you owe aught to any man
and cannot pay; or if a man shall
is not force alone; for wis- claim a greater sum than is his due,
GODdom is his counterpart. it is not well that you dispute his
2 Whencherubim instructed claims.
man in wisdom's ways they said 14 Resistance is the sire of
that wisdom is the Mother of the
anger; there is no mercy and no rea-
race, as force is Father of the race. son in a wrathful man.
3 The man who honors the 15 I tell you it is better far to
almighty and omniscient God is suffer loss than go to law, or call
blessed, and in the tables of the law
upon the courts of men to judge of
we read, and wrong.
right
4 Pay homage to your Father
16 The law of carnal man would
and your Mother of the race, that
say, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth;
your days may be prolonged upon resist encroachment on your rights.
the land that they have given you.
17 But this is not the law of God.
5 The letter of the law com-
The Holy Breath would say, Resist
mands; You shall not kill; and he not him who would deprive you of
who kills must stand before the
your goods.
judgment seat, 18 He who would take your coat
6 A person may desire to kill,
yet if he does not kill he is not by force is still a brother man and
judged by law. you should gain his heart, which by
resistance cannot be done;
7 The spirit of the law avers
that he who shall desire to kill, or 19 Give him your coat and offer
seeks revenge, is angry with a man him more and more; in time the
still
without sufficient cause, must an- man will rise above the brute; you
swer to the judge; will uave saved him from himself.
8 And he who calls his brother 20 Refuse not him who calls for
soulless vagabond shall answer to help and give to him who asks to
the council of the just; borrow aught.
9 And he who calls his brother 21 And if a man shall strike you
134 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVI
men; the publicans have set the 12 Now, in this bond of God we
find the marriage tie; all other
pace.
32 Be unions are but bonds of straw, and
perfect as your Father-
God in heaven is. they who live in them commit adul-
tery,
13 The same as they who satisfy
CHAPTER 98.
their lust without the sanction of an
The Sermon on the Mount, continued. officer or priest.
Jesus reveals to the twelve the 14 this; the man
But more than
spiritual aspects of the seventh, or woman who
indulges lustful
eighth and tenth Commandments. thoughts commits adultery.
Section XVI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 135
15 Whom God has joined to- 3 A man may lie by look or act ;
gether man cannot part ; whom man yea, even by his silence may de-
has joined together live in sin. ceive, and thus be guilty in the eyes
16 Upon a table of the law, the of Holy Breath.
great lawgiver wrote, Thou shalt 4 It has been said in olden
not steal. times: Thou shalt not swear by
17 Before the eyes of law a man thine own life.
to steal must take a thing that can 5 But, lo, I say, Swear not at all ;
be seen with eyes of flesh, without not by the head, the heart, the eye,
the knowledge or consent of him to nor hand; not by the sun, the moon,
whom the thing belongs. nor stars;
18 But, lo, I say that he who in 6 Not by the name of God, nor
his heart desires to possess that
which is not his own, and would de- by the name of any spirit, good or
bad.
prive the owner of the thing with- 7 You swear by any-
shall not
out his knowledge or consent, is in
the sight of God, a thief. thing; for in an oath there
is no gain.
8 A man whose word must be
19 The things that men see not
with eyes of flesh are of more worth propped up by oath of any kind is
not trustworthy in the sight of God
than are the things that man can
or man.
see.
20 A man's good name is worth 9 By oath you cannot make a
a thousand mines of gold, and he leaf to fall, nor turn the color of a
who says a word or does a deed that hair.
eyes and see the safety vaults of soul, the righteousness of God, the
heaven, and there deposit every good of men, and murmur not;
gem, God will protect, and feed, and
(n* 18 Where moth and rust cannot clothe.
corrupt; where thieves cannot break
in and steal. CHAPTER 100.
19 There are no safety vaults on
The Sermon on the Mount, continued.
earth; no place secure from moth,
Jesus formulates and presents to
and rust and thieves.
the twelve a practical code of spirit-
20 The treasures of the earth
ual ethics.
are but illusive things that pass
away. is a rule that carnal man
21 Be not deceived; your treas-
rpHERE
-L has and which he
made, rigidly
ures are the anchor of the soul, and observes :
where your treasures are your heart 2 Do unto other men as they do
will be. unto you. As others judge, they
22 Fix not your heart upon the judge; as others give, they give.
things of earth; be anxious not 3 Now, while you walk with
about the things to eat, or drink, or men as men, judge not, and you
wear. shall not be judged.
23 God cares for those who 4 For as you judge you shall be
trust in him and serve the race.
judged, and as you give it shall be
, Behold the birds! They
24 given to you. If you condemn,
praise God in their songs; the earth
you are condemned.
is made more glorious by their min- 5 When you show mercy, men
istry of joy; God keeps them in the are merciful to you, and if you love
hollow of his hand, in such a way that carnal man can
25 And not a sparrow falls to comprehend your love, you will be
earth without his care; and every well beloved.
one that falls shall rise again. 6 And so the wise man of this
26 Behold the flowers of earth! world does unto other men as he
they trust in God and grow; they would have them do to him.
make- the earth resplendent with 7 The carnal man does good to
their beauty and perfume. other men for selfish gain, for he ex-
27 Look at the lilies of the field, pects to have his blessings multi-
the messengers of holy love. No plied and then returned; he does not
son of man, not even Solomon in all stop to note the end.
his excellence, was ever clothed like 8 Man is himself the field; his
one of these. deeds are seeds, and what he does
28 And
yet they simply trust in to others grows apace; the harvest
God; they feed from out his hand; time is sure.
they lay their heads to rest upon his 9 Behold the yield! If he has
breast. sown the wind, he reaps the wind;
29 If God so clothes and feeds if he has sown the noxious seeds of
the flowers and birds that do his scandal, theft and hate; of sensual-
will, will he not feed and clothe his ity and crime,
children when they trust in him? 10 The harvest is assured and
30 Seek first the kingdom of the he must reap what he has sown;
Section XVI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 137
yea, more; the seeds produce an 24 If you would lead the way to
hundred fold. God you must be clear in sight, as
11 The fruit of
righteousness well as pure in heart.
and peace and love and joy can
never spring from noxious seeds ; the CHAPTER 101.
fruit is like the seed.
The Sermon on the Mount, conclu-
12 And when you sow, sow seeds
ded. The concluding part of the
of right, because it is the right, and
code of ethics. The Christines re-
not in way of trade, expecting rich
turn to Capernaum.
rewards.
13 The carnal man abhors the of the tree of life is
spirit law, because it takes away his
THE fruitage
too fine to feed the carnal
all
charge you falsely, scourge you and to men who cannot comprehend the
imprison you, and think he does the spirit life.
will of God to slay you in the streets. 4 The master must be wise and
16 But you may not prejudge feed the soul with what it can di-
nor censure him who does you gest.
wrong. 5 If you have not the food for
r
17Each one has problems to be every man, just ask and you shall
solved, and he must solve them for have; seek earnestly and you shall
himself. find.
18 The man who scourges you 6 Just speak the Word and
may have a load of sin to bear; but knock; the door will fly ajar.
how about your own? 7 No one has ever asked in faith
19 A little sin in one who walks and did not have; none ever sought
in Holy Breath is greater in the in vain; no one who ever knocked
sight of God than monster sins in aright has failed to find an open
him who never knew the way. door.
20 How can you see the splinter 8 When men shall ask you for
in your brother's eye while you have the bread of heaven, turn not away,
chunks within your own? nor give to them the fruit of carnal
21 First take the chunks from trees.
out your eye and then you may be- 9 If one, a son, would ask you
hold the splinter in your brother's for a loaf, would you give him a
eye and help him take it out, stone? If he would ask you for a
22 And while your eyes are full fish, would you give him a serpent
of foreign things you cannot see the of the dust?
way, for you are blind, 10 What you would have your
23 And when the blind lead God give unto you, give unto men.
forth the blind, both lose the way The measure of your worth lies in
and fall into the slough. your service unto men.
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11 There is a way that leads think to buy the favor of the judge
unto the perfect life ; few find it at a with words.
time. 25 And they will say, Lo, we
12 a narrow way; it lies
It is have wrought a multitude of works
among the rocks and pitfalls of the in the Omnific name,
carnal life but in the way there are
;
26 Have we not prophesied?
no pitfallsand no rocks. Have we not cured all manner of
13 There is a way that leads to disease?Have we not cast the
wretchedness and want. It is a evil spirits out of those obsessed?
spacious way and many walk there- 27And then the judge will say,
in. It lies among the pleasure I know you not. You rendered
service unto God in words when in
groves of carnal life.
14 Beware, for many claim to your heart you worshipped Beelze-
walk the way of life who walk the bul.
28 The evil one may use the
way of death.
15 But they are false in word powers of life, and do a multitude
and deed false prophets they. They
;
of mighty works. Depart from me,
clothe themselves in skins of sheep, you workers of iniquity.
while they are vicious wolves. 29 The man who hears the
16 They cannot long conceal words of life and does them not is
men know them by like the man who builds his house
themselves;
their fruits; upon the sand, which when the
17 You cannot floods come on, is washed away
gather grapes
from thorns, nor from the thistles, and all is lost.
But he who hears the words
30
figs.
18 The fruit .is daughter of the of and in an honest, sincere
life
tree and, like the parent, so the heart receives and treasures them
and lives the holy life,
child; and every tree that bears not
wholesome fruit is plucked up by 31 Is like the man who builds
the roots and cast away, his house upon the rock; the floods
19 Because a man prays long may come, the winds may blow,
and loud is not a sign that he is the storms may beat upon his house;
it is not moved.
saint. The praying men are not all
32 Go forth and build your life
in the kingdom of the soul.
20 The man who lives the holy upon the solid rock of truth, and all
who does the will of God, abides the powers of the evil one will shake
life,
within the kingdom of the soul. it not.
21 The good man from the 33And Jesus finished all his
treasures of his heart sends blessed- sayings on the mount and then he,
ness and peace to all the world. with the twelve, returned unto Ca-
22 The evil man sends thoughts pernaum.
that blight and wither hope and joy
and fill the world with wretched- CHAPTER 102.
ness and woe. The Christines at the home of Jesus.
23 Men think and act and speak Jesus unfolds to them the secret
out of the abundance of the heart. doctrine. They go through all Gal-
24 And when the judgment ilee and teachand heal. Jesus
hour shall come a host of men will brings to life the son of a widow at
enter pleadings for themselves and Nain. They return to Capernaum.
Section XVI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 139
twelve apostles went with your faith so shall it be; your serv-
THE
Jesus to his home, and there ant lives.
abode for certain days. 16 It came to pass that at the
2 And Jesus told them many time that Jesus spoke the Word the
things about the inner life that may palsied man arose, and he was well.
not now be written in a book. 17 And then the Christines went
3 Now, in Capernaum there abroad to teach. And as they came
lived a man of wealth, a Roman to Nain, a city on the Hermon way,
captain of a hundred men, who they saw a multitude about the
loved the Jews and who had built gates.
for them a synagogue. 18 It was a funeral train; a
4 A servant of this man was widow's son was dead, and friends
were bearing out the body to the
paralyzed, and he was sick nigh unto
death. tomb.
19 It was the widow's only son,
5 The captain knew of Jesus and
had heard that by the sacred Word and she was wild with grief. And
Jesus said to her, Weep not, I am
he healed the sick, and he had faith
the life; your son shall live.
in him.
20 And Jesus raised his hand;
6 He sent a message by the eld-
the bearers of the dead stood still.
ers of the Jews to Jesus, and he
21 And Jesus touched the bier
plead for help. and return.
7 And Jesus recognized the cap-
said, Young man,
22 The soul returned; the body
tain's faith and went at once to heal
of the dead was filled with life; the
the sick; the captain met him on man
the way and said to him,
sat up and spoke.
23 The people were astonished
8 Lo, Lord, it is not well that at the scene, and every one ex-
you should come into my house; I claimed, Praise God.
am not worthy of the presence of a 24 A Jewish priest stood forth
man God.
of and said, Behold, a mighty prophet
9 I am
a man of war; my life is has appeared; and all the people
spent with those who ofttimes take said, Amen.
the lives of fellow men, 25 The Christines journeyed on;
10 And surely he who comes to they taught, and healed the sick in
save would-be dishonored if he came many towns of Galilee, and then
beneath my roof. they came again unto Capernaum.
11 will speak the Word I
If you
know my servant will be well. CHAPTER 103.
12 And Jesus turned and said to 7
foreign priests were taught the se- simply bade the men to tarry certain
cret things of God. days that they might see and hear.
2 And there were present priests 15 They saw him heal the sick,
from China, India and from Bab- and cause the lame to walk, the deaf
ylon; from Persia, Egypt and from to hear, the blind to see;
Greece, 16 They saw him cast the evil
3 Who came to sit at Jesus' feet spirits out of those obsessed; they
to learn the wisdom that he brought saw him raise the dead.
to men, that they might teach their 17 They heard him preach the
people how to live the holy life. gospel to the poor.
4 And Jesus taught them how 18 Then Jesus said to them, Go
to teach; he told them of the trials on your way; return to John and tell
of the way, and how to make these him all that you have seen and
trials serve the race.
heard; then he will know. They
5 He taught them how to live went their way.
the holy life that they might con- 19 The multitudes were there,
quer death; and Jesus said to them, Once you
6 He taught them what the end were crowding Jordan's fords; you
of mortal life will be, when man has filledthe wilderness.
reached the consciousness that he 20 What did you go to see?
and God are one. The trees of Juda, and the flowers
7 The after midday hours were of Heth? Or did you go to see a
given to the multitudes who came man in kingly garb? Or did you
to learn the way of life and to be
go to see a prophet and a seer?
healed; and many did believe and 21 I tell you, men, you know
were baptized. not whom you saw. A prophet?
8 Now, in his prison by the Bit-
Yea, and more; a messenger whom
ter Sea the harbinger had heard of
God had sent to pave the way for
all the mighty works that Jesus did.
what you see and hear this day.
9 His prison life was hard, and
22 Among the men of earth a
he was sore distressed, and he be-
greater man has never lived than
gan to doubt. John.
10 And to himself he said, I
this Jesus is the Christ of
23 Behold I say, This man whom
wonder if
to pave the way for him who shall 24 Elijah, who did not pass the
redeem our people, Israel? gates of death, whose body of this
12 And then he sent some of his flesh was changed, and he awoke
in Paradise.
friends, who came to see him in his
prison up to Capernaum that
cell,
25 When John came forth and
they might learn about this man, preached the gospel of repentance
and bring him word. for the cleansing of the soul, the
13 The men found Jesus in his common folks believed and were
home, and said, Behold the harbin- baptized.
ger sent us to ask, Are you the 26 The lawyers and the Phari-
Christ? or is he yet to come? sees accepted not the teachings of
14 But Jesus answered not; he this man; were not baptized.
Section XVI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 141
31 Woe unto you, you cities of Jesus looked upon the mul-
the vale of Galilee, where all the ANDtitudes who pressed about for
mighty works of God are done! selfish gain.
Woe to Chorazan and Bethsaida! 2 The men of learning and of
32 If half the mighty works wealth, of reputation and of power,
that have been done in you were were there; but they knew not the
done in Tyre and in Sidon they Christ.
would have long ago repented of 3 Their eyes were blinded by
their sins, and sought the way of the tinseled glitter of their selfish
right. selves; they could not see the king.
33 And when the judgment day 4 And though they walked with-
shall come, lo, Tyre and Sidon will in the light, they groped about in
be called more worthy than will you, dark a darkness like the night of
34 Because they slighted not death.
their gifts, while you have thrown 5 And Jesus cast his eyes to
away the pearl of greatest price. heaven and said,
35 Woe unto you Capernaum! 6 I thank thee, Holy One of
Behold, you are exalted now, but heaven and earth, that while the
you shall be abased; light is hidden from the wise and
36 For if the mighty works that great, it is revealed to babes.
have been done in you had but been 7 Then turning to the multi-
done within the cities of the plain tudes he said, I come to you not in
of Sodom and Zeboim they would the name of man, nor in a strength
have heard and turned to God; my own;
would not have been destroyed. 8 The wisdom and the virtue
37 They perished in their ig- that I bring to you are from above;
norance they had no light but you
; ; they are the wisdom and the virtue
have heard you have the evidence.
;
of the God whom we adore.
38 The light of life has shown 9 The words I speak are not my
above your hills and all the shores words; I give to you what I receive.
of Galilee have been ablaze with 10 Come unto me all you who
light; labor and pull heavy loads and I will
39 The glory of the Lord has give you aid.
shown in every street and syna- 11 Put on the yoke of Christ
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with me; it does not chafe; it is an them with her hair and covered
easy yoke. them with balm!
12 Together we will pull the 25 For years she led a life of sin,
load of life with ease; and so rejoice. but when she heard the words of
13 A Pharisee, whose name was life she sought forgiveness and she
when she would open up the doors 48 Your tree of life is good;
of life for you; but you have nurtured it so long
34 By closing up the windows with dews of self, and mists of car-
of the soul when she would pour the nal things that you have shut the
light of love into your hearts, and sunshine out.
cleanse them with the fires of God; 49 I tell you, men, that you
35 Your guilt shall not be blot- must give account to God for every
ted out in this, nor in the life to idle word you speak and every evil
come. deed you do.
36 An opportunity has gone to
come no more, and you must wait CHAPTER 106.
until the ages roll again.
37 Then will the Holy Breath The Christines are in Magdala.
Jesus heals aman who was blind,
again breathe on your fires of life,
and fan them to a living flame. dumb and obsessed. He teaches the
38 Then she will open up the people. While he speaks his
doors again, and you may let her mother, brothers and Miriam come
to him. He teaches a lesson on fam-
in to sup with you forevermore, or
ily relationship. He introduces
you may slight her once again, and
then again. Miriam to the people and she sings
39 You men of Israel, your op- her songs of victory.
heals the sick and raises up the said, Whoever lives the life and does
dead. the will of God is child of God and
8 But Jesus knew their thoughts ; ismy mother, father, sister, friend.
he said to them, You men are mas- 22 And then he went aside to
ters, and you know the law; what- speak to mother and his other kin-
ever is arrayed against itself must dred in the flesh.
fall; a house divided cannot stand; 23 But he saw more than these.
9 A kingdom warring with it- The maiden who once thrilled his
self is brought to naught. very soul with love, a love beyond
10 Satan casts the devil out,
If the love of any fleshly kin;
how can his kingdom stand? 24 Who was the sorest tempter
11 If I, by Beelzebul, cast dev- in the temple Heliopolis beside the
ils out, by whom do you cast devils Nile, who sung for him the sacred
out? songs, was there.
12 But if I, in the holy name of 25 The recognition was of kin-
2 Sir, we would have you demon- world one sign as surety that the
strate. If you are truly Christ who Christ abides with me.
was to come, then you can surely 16 You all have read the para-
do what black magicians cannot do. ble of Jonah and the fish, wherein it
3 Lo, they can talk, and hold the is recorded that the prophet spent
multitudes with words of power; three days and nights within the
and they can heal the sick and drive stomach of the mighty fish, and
the demons out of those obsessed; then came forth.
4 They can control the storms; 17 The son of man will spend
and fire and earth and air will hear three days and nights within the
and answer when they speak. heart of earth and then come forth
5 Now, if you will ascend and again, and men will see and know.
from that tower fly across the sea, 18Behold, the light may be so
we will believe that you are sent bright that men cannot see any-
from God. thing.
6 And
Jesus said, No black ma- 19 The Spirit light has shown so
gician ever lived a holy life; you brightly over Galilee that you who
have a demonstration of the Christ- hear me now are blind. *
life every day. 20 You may have read the words
7 But lo, you evil and adulter- of prophet Azrael; he said, The light
ous scribes and Pharisees, you can- shall shine out brightly in the dark-
not see a spirit-sign, because your ness of the night, and men shall
spirit eyes are full of carnal self. comprehend it not.
8 You seek a sign to please your 21That time has come; the
curiosity. You walk the very low- light shines forth;
you see it not.
est planes of carnal life and cry,
22 The Queen of Sheba sat in
Phenomena! show us a sign and darkest night and still she yearned
then we will believe. for light.
28 The people heard and they 2 The stronger pushed the weak
believed; and they reformed and aside, and trampled on them in their
turned to ways of right, and lo, haste to be the first to get a blessing
their city was not razed ; was not de- for himself.
stroyed. 3 And Jesus said, Behold the
29 You men of Galilee, I tell
cage of beasts untamed; a den of
you that Arabia and Nineveh will stinging vipers, maddened by their
testify against you in the judgment fiendish greed of selfish gain!
day. 4 I tell you, men, the benefits
30 Behold, for every one to that come to men who see no further
whom I speak has in him all the than themselves are baubles in the
fires of God; but they are lying
morning light;
dead. 5
31 The will
They are unreal; they pass
is by the
bridled
away. The selfish soul is fed to-
flesh desires, and it brings not the
day; the food does not assimilate;
ethers of the fires to vibrate into the soul grows not, and then it must
light. be fed again, and then again.
32 Look, therefore, to your soul 6 Behold, a selfish man obsessed
and note, Is not the light within
by just one spirit of the air; by the
you dark as night? Omnific Word the spirit is cast out ;
33 There is no breath but Holy
e'er can fan
7 It wanders through dry places,
Breath that your fires
of life into a living flame and make seeking rest and finding none.
them 8 And then it comes again; the
light.
34 And Holy Breath can raise selfish man has failed to close and
36 And like a city on a hill, your 10 The last state of the man is
light will shine afar, and thus your
more than sevenfold more wretched
light may light the way for other than the first.
men. 11 And so it is with you who
snatch the blessings that belong to
CHAPTER 108. other men.
12 While Jesus spoke a certain
Jesus rebukes the people for selfish- woman who stood near exclaimed,
ness. The Christines attend a Most blessed is the mother of this
feast and Jesus is censured by the man of God!
Pharisee because he washed not be- 13 And
Jesus said, Yes, blest is
fore he eat. Jesus exposes the hy- she; but doubly blest are they who
pocrisy of the ruling classes and hear, receive and live the word of
pronounces upon them many woes. God.
multitudes were wild with 14 A
Pharisee of wealth pre-
THE thought; none recog-
selfish pared a and Jesus and the
feast,
nized the rights and needs of any twelve, together with the masters
other one. from afar, were guests.
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15 And Jesus did not wash his 27 The time near when you
is
hands according to the strictest will plead against them in the
Pharisaic rules, before he ate when ; courts; will spurn them on the
this the Pharisee observed he mar- streets; will cast them into prison
veled much. cells, and kill them with a fiend's
16 And Jesus said, My host, why delight.
do you marvel that I did not wash 28 I tell you, men, the blood of
my hands? all the holy men of God that has
17 The Pharisees wash well been shed from righteous Abel
their hands and feet; they cleanse down to that of Zacharias, father of
the body every day when, lo, within the holy John,
is every form of filth. 29 Who was struck down beside
18 Their hearts are full of wick- the altar in the Holy Place
edness, extortions and deceit. 30 The blood of all these holy
19 Did not the God who made men has made more red the hands
the outside of the body make the in- of this ungodly generation.
side, too? 31 Woe unto you, you masters
20 And then he said, Woe unto of the law! you snatch the keys of
you, you Pharisees! for you tithe knowledge from the hands of men;
mint and rue, and every herb, and 32 You close the doors; you en-
ter not yourselves, and suffer not
pass by judgment and the love of
God. the willing ones to enter in.
21 Woe unto you, you Phari- 33 His words provoked the
sees! you love the highest seats in Pharisees, the lawyers and the
synagogues and courts, and bid for and they, resenting, poured
scribes,
salutations in the market place. upon him torrents of abuse.
22 Woe unto you, you tinseled 34 The truths he spoke came
a thunderbolt from heaven;
gentry of the land! no man would
like
ever think you servants of the Lord the rulers counseled how they might
of hosts by what you do. ensnare him by his words; they
23 A lawyer sitting near re- sought a legal way to shed his blood.
marked, Rabboni, your words are
harsh, and then in what you say
CHAPTER 109.
you censure us; and why? The Christines go to a place apart to
24 And Jesus said, Woe unto
pray. Jesus warns them against
you, you masters of the law! you the leaven of the Pharisees and re-
heap great burdens on the sons of veals the fact that all thoughts and
men, yea, loads by far too great for deeds are recorded in God's Book
them to bear, and you will never
of Remembrance. Man's responsi-
help to bear a feather's weight your-
bility and God's care.
selves.
25 Woe unto you! you build the when the feast was fin-
tombs of prophets and of seers they
;
NOW,
ished Jesus with the foreign
whom your fathers killed; and you masters and the twelve, with Mary,
are parties to the crimes. Miriam and a band of loyal women
26 And now behold, for God who believed in Christ, went to a
has sent again to you his holy men- place apart to pray.
apostles, prophets, seers; and you 2 And when their silence ended
are persecuting them. Jesus said, Be on your guard; the
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waters stay, and men step forth change the miry clay to solid rock,
into their own. and men can walk and find the path
that leads up to the mountain top.
CHAPTER 111. 12 You cannot haste; but you
can scatter forth this leaven with
Jesus teaches. A man requests him a generous hand.
tocompel his brother to deal justly. 13 When men have learned the
Jesus reveals the divine law, the
truth that bears upon its face the
power of truth and the universality
law of right, then they will haste
of possessions. Relates the parable
to give to every man his dues.
of the rich man and his abundant
14 Then to the people Jesus
harvest.
said, Take heed, and covet not.
Jesus taught the multi- The wealth of men does not consist
AND
tudes; and while he spoke a in what they seem to have in
man stood forth and said, lands, in silver and in gold.
2 Rabboni, hear my plea: My 15 These things are only bor-
father died and left a large estate; rowed wealth. No man can corner
my brother seized it all, and now up the gifts of God.
refuses me my
share. 16The things of nature are the
3 I pray that you will bid him things of God, and what is God's
do the right, and give me what is belongs to every man alike.
mine. 17 The wealth of soul lies in
4 And Jesus said, I am not the purity of life, and in the wisdom
come to be a judge in such affairs; that descends from heaven.
I am no henchman of the court. 18 Behold, a rich man's ground
5 God sent me not to force a
brought forth abundantly; his barns
man to do the right. were far too small to hold his grain,
6 In every man there is a sense and to himself he said,
of right; but many men regard it
19 What shall I do? I must
not.
not give my grain away; I must not
7 The fumes that rise from self-
let it go to waste; and then he said,
ishness have formed a crust about
20 This will I do; I will tear
their sense of right that veils their
inner light, so that they cannot com-
down these little barns and build
up larger ones; there I will store
prehend nor recognize the rights
of other men. away my grain and I will say,
8 This veil you cannot tear 21 My soul take now your ease;
away by force of arms, and there is you have enough for many years;
and fill yourself and be
eat, drink
naught that can dissolve this crust
but knowledge and the love of God. content.
9 While men are in the mire, 22 But God looked down and
the skies seem far away; when men saw the man; he saw his selfish
are on the mountain top, the skies heart and said,
are near, and they can almost touch 23 You foolish man, this night
the stars. will quit its house of flesh ;
your soul
10 Then Jesus turned and
to the then who will have your garnered
twelve he said, Behold the many in wealth?
the mire of carnal life! 24 You men of Galilee, lay not
11 The leaven of truth will up treasures in the vaults of earth;
152 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVI
accumulated wealth will blight your sky is glowing with his presence
soul. now.
25 God does not give men 9 Put on reception robes; gird
wealth to hoard away in secret up your loins; trim up your lamps
vaults. Men are but stewards of and fill them well with oil, and be
God's wealth, and they must use prepared to meet your Lord; when
it for the common good.
you are ready, he will come.
26 To every steward who is 10 Thrice blessed are the serv-
true to self, to other men, to every ants who are ready to receive their
thing that is, the Lord will say, Lord.
Well done. 11 Behold, for he will gird him-
self, and
will prepare a sumptuous
CHAPTER 112. feast for every one, and he himself
will serve.
The Christines in the home of Mary
12 It matters not when he shall
of Magdala. Jesus calls his dis-
ciples, "Little Flock/' and charges come; it may be at the second watch;
it may be at the third ; but blessed
them to place their affections on
divine things. He teaches them are the servants who are ready to
receive.
regarding the inner life.
13 You cannot leave your door
Jesus the multitudes
left and go to and wait in
AND and went with his disciples
ajar sleep,
blissful ignorance of the fleeting
up to Mary's home; and as they sat time;
about the board to dine he said, 14 For thieves will surely come
2 My little flock, fear not; it is
and take away your goods and bind
your Father's will that you shall
and carry you away to robbers'
rule thekingdom of the soul. dens.
3 A
ruler in the house of God
15 And if you are not carried
is servant of the Lord of hosts,
forth, the Master when he comes
and man cannot serve God except will not regard a sleeping guard as
by serving men. friend, but as a foe.
4 A servant in the house of God
16 Beloved, these are times
cannot be servant in the house of
when every man must be awake
wealth; nor in the synagogue of
sense.
and at his post, for none can tell
the hour nor the day when man
5 you are tied to lands, or
If
shall be revealed.
bonds, or wealth of earth, your
hearts are knit to things of earth; 17 And Peter said, Lord is this
for where your treasures are there parable for us, or for the multi-
are your hearts. tudes?
6 18 And Jesus said, Why need
Dispose of all your wealth,
distribute it among the poor, and you ask? God is not man that he
should show respect for one and
put your trust in God, and you nor
cast another off.
yours will ever come to want.
7 This is a test of faith, and God 19 Whoever will may come and
will not accept the service of the gird himself, and trim his lamp, and
faithless one. find a turret in the tower of life
8 The time is ripe; your Master where he may watch, and be pre-
comes upon the clouds; the eastern pared to meet the Lord.
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14 But Peter said, Why, Judas, 28 Men are not motes to float
man, how do you dare to think to about within the air of one short
triflewith the strength of right. life, and then be lost in nothingness.
15 The Lord has spoken true; 29 They are undying parts of
this wealth does not belong to us in the eternal whole that come and go,
face of this distress, and to refuse to lo, many times into the air of earth
give it is to steal. and of the great beyond, just to
16 You need not fear; we will unfold the God-like self.
not come to want. 30 A cause may be a part of one
17 Then Judas opened up the brief life; results may not be noted
treasure box and gave the money till another life.
all.
31 The cause of your results
18 And there was gold and sil-
cannot be found within my life,
ver, food, and raiment in abundance nor can the cause of my results be
for the needs of the bereaved. found in yours.
19 A
lawyer said, Rabboni, if 32 I cannot reap except I sow
God rules the worlds and all that in and I must reap whatever I sow,
them is, did he not bring about this
33 The law of all eternities is
storm? did he not slay these men?
20 Has he not brought this sore
known to master minds :
whit of any other kind, are painted doer of the wrong must make it
may hear; they who have hearts 23 But others hear the words
to understand may know. of truth and comprehend them
10 Now, his disciples were be- well; they sink down deep into their
side him in the boat, and Thomas souls; they live the holy life and all
asked, Why do you speak in para- the world is blest.
bles? 24These are the seeds that fell
11 And Jesus said, My
words, in fertile soil, that brought forth
like every master's words, are dual fruit abundantly.
in their sense. 25 You men of Galilee, take
12 To you who know the lan- heed to how you hear and how you
guage of the soul, my words have cultivate your fields; for if you slight
meanings far too deep for other men the offers of this day, the sower may
to comprehend. not come to you again in this or in
13 The other sense of what I the age to come.
say is all the multitude can under- 26 Then Jesus spoke another
stand; these words are food for parable; he said:
them; the inner thoughts are food 27 The kingdom I may liken to
for you. a field in which a man sowed pre-
14 Let every one reach forth cious seed;
and take the food that he is ready 28 But while he slept an evil
to receive. one went forth and sowed a meas-
15 And then he spoke that all ure full of darnel seed; then went
his way.
might hear; he said, Hear you the
29 The soil was good, and so
meaning of the parable:
16 Men hear my words and un- the wheat and darnel grew; and
derstand them not, and then the when the servants saw the tares
carnal self purloins the seed, and among the wheat, they found the
not a sign of spirit life appears. owner of the field and said,
17 This is the seed that fell
30 You
surely sowed good seed;
within the beaten paths of men. from whence these tares?
18 And others hear the words
31 The owner said, Some evil
one has sown the seed of tares.
of life, and with a fiery zeal receive
32 The servants said, Shall we
them all; they seem to comprehend
the truth and promise well; go out and pull up by the roots the
tares and burn them in the fire?
19 But troubles come; discour-
33 The owner said, No, that
agements arise; there is no depth of would not be well. The wheat and
thought; their good intentions tares grow close together in the
wither up and die. and while you pull the tares
soil,
20 These are the seeds that fell
you would destroy the wheat.
in stony ground. 34 So we will let them grow to-
21 And others hear the words
gether till the harvest time. Then
of truth and seem to know their to the reapers I will say,
worth; but love of pleasure, reputa- 35 Go forth and gather up the
tion, wealth and fame fill all the tares and bind them up and burn
soil;the seeds are nourished not them in the fire, and gather all the
and they are lost. wheat into my barns.
22 These are the seeds that fell 36 When he had spoken thus,
among the thistles and the thorns. he left the boat and went up to the
158 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVI
house, and his disciples followed 10 The sower is the son of man ;
him. the field, the world; the good seed
are the children of the light; the
CHAPTER 116. tares, the children of the dark;
the enemy, the carnal self; the har-
The Christines are in Philip's home. vest day, the closing of the age; the
Jesus interprets the parable of the reapers are the messengers of God.
wheat and tares. He explains the 11 The reckoning day will come
unfoldment of the kingdom by par- to every man; then will the tares be
ables: the good seed; the growth of
gathered up, and cast into the fire
the tree; the leaven; the hidden and be burned.
treasure. He goes to a mountain 12 Then will the good shine
to pray. forth as suns in the kingdom of the
soul.
Christines were in
THEhome and Peter said toPhilip's
Jesus,
13 And Philip said, Must men
and women suffer in the flames be-
Lord, will you explain to us the
of the parables you spoke
cause they have not found the way
meaning of life?
today? The one about the wheat
and tares, especially?
14 And Jesus said, The fire puri-
2 And
Jesus said, God's king- fies. The chemist throws into the
fire the ores that hold all kinds of
dom a dualty; it has an outer and
is
an inner form. dross.
15 The useless metal seems to
3 As seen by man it is composed
be consumed but not a grain of gold
of men, of those who make confes- ;
is lost.
sion of the name of Christ.
16 There is no man that has not
4 For various reasons various
in him gold that cannot be de-
people crowd this outer kingdom
of our God. stroyed. The evil things of men
are all consumed in fire; the gold
5 The inner kingdom is the
survives.
kingdom of the soul, the kingdom 17 The inner kingdom of the
of the pure in heart.
soul I explain in parables:
may
6 The outer kingdom I may well 18 The son of man goes forth
explain in parables. Behold, for I and scatters seeds of truth; God
have seen you cast a great net out waters well the soil; the seeds show
into the sea, life and grow; first comes the blade,
7 And when you hauled it in, lo, and then the stalk, and then the ear,
it was full of every kind of fish, and then the full wheat in the ear.
some good, some bad, some great, 19 The harvest comes and, lo,
some small; and I have seen you the reapers bear the ripened sheaves
save the good and throw the bad into the garner of the Lord.
away. 20 Again, this kingdom of the
8
This outer kingdom is the soul is like a little seed that men
net, and every kind of man is may plant in fertile soil.
tree and birds rest in its leafy bow- and I will give you anything you
ers and men find refuge 'neath its wish.
sheltering boughs from sun and 6 The maiden ran in childish
storm. glee and told her mother what the
23 Again, the truth, the spirit ruler said.
of the kingdom of the soul, is like 7 Her mother said, Go back and
a ball of leaven that a woman hid say, Give me the head of John, the
in measures, three, of flour and in a harbinger.
little time the whole was leavened. 8 The maiden ran and told the
24 Again, the kingdom of the rulerwhat she wished.
soul is like a treasure hidden in a 9 And Herod called his trusty
field which one has found, and executioner and said to him, Go to
straitway goes his way and sells the tower and tell the keeper that
all that he has and buys the field.
by my authority you come to exe-
25 When Jesus had thus said cute the prisoner known as John.
he went alone into a mountain pass 10 The man went forth and in
near by to pray. a little while returned and on a
platter bore the lifeless head of
CHAPTER 117.
John, and Herod offered it unto the
A maiden in the presence of the guests.
royal feast is held in Machaerus.
11 The maiden stood aloof; her
John, the harbinger, is beheaded.
His body is buried in Hebron. His innocence was outraged when she
The Christines saw the bloody gift, and she would
disciples mourn.
cross the sea in the night. Jesus
touch it not.
19 And there they buried it; of the winds and waves as men
and then they went their way. would talk with men.
20 Now, when the news reached 34 And, lo, the winds blew not;
Galilee that John was dead the peo- the waves came tremblingly and
ple met to sing the sonnets of the kissed his feet; the sea was calm.
dead. 35 And then he said, You men
21 And Jesus and the foreign of faith, where your faith? for you
is
masters and the twelve took ship can speak and winds and waves will
to cross the sea of Galilee. hear and will obey.
22 A scribe, a faithful friend of 36 And the disciples were
amazed. They said, Who is this
John, stood by the sea ; he called to
Jesus and he said, Rabboni, let me man that even winds and waves
follow where you go. obey his voice?
23 And Jesus said, You seek a
safe retreat from evil men. There CHAPTER 118.
is no safety for your life with me;
The Christines are in Gadara. Jesus
24 For evil men will take my casts a legion unclean spirits
of
life as they have taken John's.
out of a man. The spirits go into
25 The foxes of the earth have vicious animals which run into
safe retreats; the birds have nests
the sea, and are drowned. The
secure among the hidden rocks,
people are in fear and request
but I have not a place where I may Jesus to leave their coast. With
lay my head and rest secure. his disciples, he returns to Caper-
26 Then an apostle said, Lord, naum.
suffer me to tarry here a while, that
I may take father, who is dead,
my morning came; the Chris-
and lay him in the tomb. THE
tines landed in the country of
27 But Jesus said, The dead can the Geracenes.
care for those who die; the living 2 They went to Gadara, chief
wait for those who live; come, fol- city of the Peracans, and here for
low me. certain days they tarried and they
28 The evening came; three taught.
boats put out to sea and Jesus 3 Now, legends hold that Ga-
rested in the foremost boat; he dara is sacred to the dead, and all
slept. the hills about are known as holy
29 A storm came on; the boats ground.
were tossed about like toys upon 4 These are the burial grounds
the sea. of all the regions round about; the
30 The waters swept the decks; hills are full of tombs; and many
the hardy boatmen were afraid lest dead from Galilee are here en-
all be lost. tombed.
31 And Thomas found the mas- 5 Now, spirits of the lately dead
ter fast asleep; he called, and Jesus that cannot rise to higher planes,
woke. remain about the tombs that hold
32 And Thomas said, Behold the flesh and bones of what was once
the storm! have you no care for us? their mortal homes.
The boats are going down. 6 They sometimes take posses-
33 And Jesus stood; he raised sion of the living, whom they tor-
his hand; he talked unto the spirits ture in a hundred ways.
Section XVI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 161
your number and your name? go forth unto your home and tell
15 The evil spirit said, Our the news that men may know what
name is legion, and our number is man can do when he is tuned with
the number of the beast. God.
16 And Jesus spoke; and with 29 And then the man went
a voice that shook the very he
hills, forth through all Decapolis and
said, Come forth; possess this man told the news.
no more. 30 The Christines sailed away,
17 Now, all the hills were rilled re-crossed the sea and came again
with unclean animals that fed, and into Capernaum.
carried forth and spread the plague
among the people of the land. CHAPTER 119.
18 And when
the evil spirits
begged that they might not be The people of Capernaum welcome
driven forth without a home, the Jesus. Matthew gives a feast.
master said, The Pharisees rebuke Jesus for
19 Go forth and take possession eating with sinners. He tells
of the unclean quadrupeds. them that he is sent to save sinners.
20 And they, and all the evil He gives lessons on fasting and
and on the philosophy of good and evil.
spirits of the tombs went forth
162 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVI
strength? They need it all to strain; they burst, and all the wine
serve the race. is lost.
27 The time will come when God 7 Men do not mend a worn-out
will let you have your way, and you garment with a piece of cloth un-
will do to me what Herod did to worn, which cannot yield to suit the
John; fabric, weak with age, and then a
28 And in the awfulness of that greater rent appears.
sad hour these men will fast. Old wine
8 may be preserved
29 They who have ears to hear in ancient skins; but new wine calls
may hear; they who have hearts to for bottles new.
feel may understand. 9 This spirit-truth I bring is to
this generation new, and if we put
CHAPTER 120. it in the ancient skins of Jewish
19 And Jesus felt that healing 33 And all the people of the city
power had gone from him, and were amazed, and many would have
speaking to the multitude, he said, worshipped Jesus as a God,
20 Who was it touched my 34 But, like a phantom of the
coat? night, he disappeared and went his
21 And Peter said, No one can way.
tell; the multitudes are pressing
you; a score of people may have CHAPTER 121.
touched your coat.
The Christines are in Nazareth. Mir-
22 But Jesus said, Some one in
iam sings a Christine song of
faith, with healing thought, did Jesus teaches in the syna-
touch my coat, for healing virtues praise.
gogue. heals a dumb man who
He
have gone forth from me.
is obsessed. The people do not be-
23 And when the woman knew lieve in him. The Pharisees call
that what she did was known, she him a tool of Beelzebul. The
came and knelt at Jesus' feet and Christines go to Cana.
told it all.
offerings and offerings for sin thou 24 And if you hearken not, and
dost not want; if you turn not from your evil ways,
*
10 And lo, I
come to do thy will, lo,God will smite this nation with
O God; thy law is in my heart, a curse.
11 And I have preached the 25 And when he had thus said
word of righteousness and peace he stood aside, and all the people
unto the thronging multitudes; I were astonished, and they said,
have declared the counsel of my 26 Where did this man get all
God in full. hisknowledge and his power? From
12 I have not hid thy righteous- whence did all this wisdom come?
ness within my heart; I have de- 27 Is not this Mary's son, whose
clared thy faithfulness and grace. home is out on Marmion Way?
13 I have not kept thy loving- 28 Are not his brothers, Jude
kindness and thy truth away from and James and Simon, known
men; I have declared them to the among our honored men? Are not
multitudes. his sisterswith us here?
14 O Lord, make wide my lips 29 But they were all offended
that I may tell thy praise; I do not by the words he spoke.
bring the sacrifice of blood, nor yet 30 And Jesus said, A prophet
burnt offerings for sin. has no honor in his native land; he
15 The sacrifices I would is not well received among his kin;
bring to thee, O God, are purity in his foes are in his home.
life, a contrite heart, a spirit full of 31 And Jesus wrought not many
faith and love; and these thou wilt mighty works in Nazareth, because
receive. the people had no faith in him. He
16 And when he had thus read, did not tarry long.
he gave the book back to the keeper 32 But as he passed from thence
of the books, and then he said, two blind men followed him and
17 Upon these ends of earth cried, Thou son of David, hear!
these messages of God have come. Have mercy, Lord, and open up
18 Our people have exalted our eyes that we may see.
sacrificial rites and have neglected 33 And Jesus said, Do you be-
mercy, justice and the rights of men. lieve that I can open up your eyes
19 You Pharisees, you priests, and make you see?
you scribes, your God is surfeited 34 They said, Yea, Lord, we
with blood; God does not heed know that if you speak the Word
your prayers; you stand before then we can see.
your burning victims; but you 35 And Jesus touched their
stand in vain. eyes and spoke the Word; he said,
20 Turn you unto the testi- According to your faith so will it be.
monies of the law; reform and turn 36 And they were blest; they
to God, and you shall live. opened up their eyes and saw.
21 Let not your altars be ac- 37 And Jesus said, Tell not this
cursed again with smoke of inno- thing to any one.
cence. 38 But they went forth and told
22 Bring unto God as sacrifice a the news through all the land.
broken and a contrite heart. 39 As Jesus walked along the
23 Lift from your fellow men way a man who was obsessed, and
the burdens that you have imposed. who was dumb, was brought to him.
166 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVI
40 And Jesus spoke the Word; the twelve and said, Receive the
the unclean spirit came out of the Holy Breath.
man; his tongue was loosed; he 7 And then he gave them each
spoke; he said, Praise God. the Word of power, and said, By
41 The people were amazed; this Omnific Word you shall cast
They said, This is a mighty deed; spirits out, shall heal the sick and
we never saw that done before. bring the dead to life again.
42 The Pharisees were also much 8 And you shall go not in the
amazed; but they cried out and way of the Assyrians, nor Greek;
said, you shall not go into Samaria; go
43 You men of Israel, take only to your brethren of the scat-
heed; this Jesus is a tool of Beelze- tered tribes.
bul; he heals the sick and casts the 9 And as you go proclaim, The
spirits out in Satan's name. kingdom of the Christ has come.
44 But Jesus answered not; he 10 You have abundantly re-
went his way. ceived, and freely you shall give.
45 And with the foreign masters 11 But you must go in faith;
and the twelve he went up to the
provide yourselves no crutch to
town where he once turned the lean upon.
water into wine and tarried certain 12 Give all your gold and silver
days. to the poor; take not two coats, nor
extra shoes; just take your wands.
CHAPTER 122. 13 You are God's husbandmen
The Christines spend seven days in
and he will never suffer you to want.
14 In every place you go search
prayer. Jesus gives his charge to
out the men of faith; with them
the twelve and sends them forth on
abide until you go from hence.
their apostolic ministry, with in-
15 You go for me; you act for
structions to meet him in Caper-
me. They who receive and wel-
naum.
come you, receive and welcome me;
Christines prayed in silence 16 And they who shut their
THE
seven days; then Jesus called doors against your face, refuse to
the twelve aside and said, welcome me.
2Behold, the multitudes have 17 If you are not received in
thronged about us everywhere; the kindness in a town, bear not away
people are bewildered they wander
;
an evil thought; do not resist.
here and there like sheep without a 18 An evil thought of any kind
fold. willdo you harm ; will dissipate your
They need a shepherd's care;
3 power.
they want a loving hand to lead 19 When you are not received
them to the light. with favor, go your way, for there
4 The grain is ripe; the harvest are multitudes of men who want
is abundant, but the harvesters are the light.
few. 20 Behold, I send you forth as
5 The time is also ripe, and you sheep among a pack of wolves and ;
must go alone through all the vil- you must be as wise as serpents and
lages and towns of Galilee and teach as harmless as the doves.
and heal. 21 In all your language be dis-
6 And then he breathed upon creet, for Pharisees and scribes will
Section XVI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 167
seek a cause for your arrest in what speak, and all the hosts of heaven
in Tyre; and then he went his way 30 Then Jesus journeyed on;
and dwelt a time in Sidon by the he went to Csesarea-Philippi, and in
sea. Susanna's home he tarried certain
24 And then he journeyed on. days.
In Lebanon hills and vales, and in 31 And then he went through
its groves he walked in silent all Decapolis to give encourage-
ment to those who knew him as the
thought.
25 His earthly mission fast was Christ, and to prepare them for the
SECTION XVII.
PE.
these people all to sit upon the grass out and said, It is a ghost, a sign of
in companies of twelve; and they all evil things..
sat down in companies of twelve. 27 But John discerned the form
14 Then Jesus took the loaves and said, It is the Lord.
and fish, and looking up to heaven 28 And then the wind blew not
he spoke the sacred Word. so hard, and Peter, standing in the
15 And then he broke the bread midst, exclaimed,
and gave it to the twelve; he also 29 My Lord! my Lord! If this
gave the fish unto the twelve, and be truly you, bid me to come to you
said, Go to and feed the multitudes. upon the waves.
16 And all the people ate and 30 The form reached forth his
were refreshed. hand and said, Come on.
17 There were about five thou- 31 And
Peter stepped upon the
sand men, a company of little ones, waves and they were solid as a rock;
and women not a few. he walked upon the waves.
18 And when the people all were 32 He walked until he thought
the master said,
filled within himself, What if the waves
19 Let not a crumb be lost; Go should break beneath my feet?
to and gather up the pieces of the 33 And then the waves did
bread and fish for others_that may break beneath his feet, and he be-
want. gan to sink, and in the fearfulness
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 171
of soul he cried, O save me, Lord, or ishment for flesh that soon must
I am lost! pass away.
34 And Jesus took him by the 8 You men of Galilee, seek not
hand and said, O you of little faith! for food that perishes, but seek for
why did you doubt? And Jesus led food that feeds the soul; and, lo, I
the way unto the boat. bring you food from heaven.
35 The storm had spent its 9 You fish, and
ate the flesh of
force; the winds were still, and they you were and now I bring
satisfied,
were near the shore, and when they the flesh of Christ for you to eat that
landed they were in the valley of you may live forevermore.
Gennesaret. 10 Our fathers ate the manna
in the wilderness; and then they ate
CHAPTER 125. the flesh of quail, and drank the
waters of a flowing spring that
The Christines are welcomed in Gen- Moses brought out from the rock;
nesaret. follow Jesus for
Many but all of them are dead.
the loaves and fish. He tells them 11 The manna and the quail
of the bread of life. Speaks of his were symbols of the flesh of Christ ;
flesh and blood as symbols of the the waters of the rock were symbols
bread and water of life. The people of the blood.
are offended and many of his disci- 12 But, lo, the Christ has come;
ples follow him no more. he is the bread of life that God has
news soon spread through given to the world.
THE the valley of Gennesaret
all
13 Whoever eats the flesh of
Christ and drinks his blood shall
that Jesus and the twelve had come,
and many people came to see. never die; and he will hunger never-
2 They brought their sick and more; and he will thirst no more.
14 And they who eat this bread
laid them at the master's feet, and
of heaven, and drink these waters
all the day he taught and healed.
from the spring of life cannot be
3 The multitudes upon the other
lost ; these feed the soul, and purify
side who had been fed the day be-
the life.
fore and other multitudes, went
15 Behold, for God has said,
down to see the Lord; but when they When man has purified himself I
found him not they sought him in will exalt him to the throne of
Capernaum. power.
4 And when they found him not 16 Then Jesus and the twelve
at home, they went on to Gennes- went to Capernaum; and Jesus went
aret. They found him there and into the synagogue and taught.
said, Rabboni, when came you to 17 And when the Jews, who
Gennesaret? heard him in Gennesaret, were
5 And Jesus said, Why are you come they said,
come across the sea? you came not 18 This fellow is beside himself.
for the bread of life; We heard him say, I am the bread
6 You came to gratify your of life thatcomes from heaven and ;
4 Then Jesus said, Behold, the that of him who shall betray, will
time isnear when I will walk with ever be disgraced.
you in flesh no more. 18 I go my way, and though
5 Lo, I have taught that he who my flesh shall pass, my soul will
counts his life of so much worth stand beside you all the way to
that he would give it not in willing guide and bless.
sacrifice to save his brother man, 19 And wicked men will seize
is worthy not to enter into life. you in the streets, and as you kneel
6 Lo, I am come as pattern for in prayer; will charge you with
the sons of men, and I have not re- some legal crime, and think they
frained from helpfulness. serve their God by putting you to
7 When I had passed the seven death.
tests in Heliopolis, I consecrated 20 But
falter not; the load will
life and all I had, to save the world. heavy be, but with the conscious-
8 In the Judean wilderness I ness of duty done, the peace of
fought the strongest foes of men, God will lift the load, dispel the pain
and there I reaffirmed my consecra- and light the way.
tion to the service of my fellow man. 21 And we will meet where car-
9 In troubles and in trials I have nal executioners come not; there
wavered not; when false accusers we will serve the cruel men, who in
their ignorance had tortured us to
came, I answered not.
10 God gave the saving Word to death.
22 Can we prevent
this outrage
me, and I have often spoken it and
healed the sick, drove unclean and our lives? If
this slaughter of
and raised the dead. not we are but creatures of the ebb
spirits out,
11 Andhave shown you how
I
and flow of carnal things. It would
not be a sacrifice of life.
to speak the Word; and I have given
23 But we are masters of the
you the Word;
12 In just a little while we turn things of time. Lo, we can speak,
and all the spirits of the fire, water,
our faces toward Jerusalem, and
earth and air will stand in our de-
one of you who hear me now will
fense.
then betray me into wicked hands.
24 We can command and many
13 The scribes and Pharisees
legions of the angel world would
will bring false charges up and hale come and strike our enemies to
me into court, and, by consent of earth.
Rome, I will be crucified.
25 But it is best that not a
14 Then Peter said, My Lord,
power of heaven or earth should
it shall not be. The Roman sol- come to our relief. And it is best
diers will tread on twelve dead men that even God should veil his face
before they reach our Lord. and seem to hear us not.
15 But Jesus said, savior of A As I am pattern unto you,
26
the world cannot resist. so you are patterns for the human
16 I came to save the world and race. We show by non-resistance
I have taken up your names before that we give our lives in willing
the highest courts of heaven, and sacrifice for man.
you have been confirmed as saviors 27 But my example will not
of the world. end with death. My body will be
17 And not a name, excepting laid within a tomb in which no
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 175
flesh has lain, symbolic of the purity faint, for some have journeyed
of life in death. many miles.
28 And in the tomb I will re- 7 And his disciples said, Where
main three days in sweet communion shall we
get enough of food to feed
with the Christ, and with my them all? There are four thousand
Father-God, and Mother-God. men, besides the women and the
29 And then, symbolic of the little ones.
ascent of the soul to higher life, my 8 And Jesus said, How many
flesh within the tomb will disappear; loaves have you?
30 Will be transmuted into 9 They answered, Seven, and
higher form, and, in the presence some little fish.
of you all, I will ascend to God.
10 And Jesus said, Go to, and
31 Then Jesus and the twelve seat the people as you seated them
went to a village by the sea. the other day when all the mul-
titudes were fed, in companies of
CHAPTER 128. twelve.
Jesus goes at night to a mountain to
11 And when the people were
His disciples and the vil- sat down in companies of twelve
pray.
the loaves and fish were brought.
lagers find him and he teaches them
Feeds four thou- 12 And Jesus looked to heaven
for three days.
sand people. The Christines go to and spoke the Word; and then he
broke the seven loaves in little bits,
Ccesarea-Philippi. They consider
the personality of Christ. Peter is
and likewise cut the fish. k
Chorazin where the kin of Thomas 31 And Peter said, You are the
lived,they left their boats and jour- Christ, the love of God made mani-
neyed on. fest to men.
19 They came to Merom, where 32 And Jesus said, Thrice blessed
the crystal waters seem to catch are you, Simon, Jonas' son. You
the images of heaven and to reflect have declared a truth that God has
the glory of the Lord of hosts. given you.
20 And here they tarried cer- 33 You are a rock, and you shall
tain days in silent thought. be a pillar in the temple of the Lord
21 And then they journeyed on, of hosts.
and came into the land of Csesarea- 34 And your confession is the
cornerstone of faith, a rock of
Philippi.
22 And as they walked and strength, and on this rock the
Church of Christ is built.
talked among themselves, the mas- 35 Against it all the powers of
ter said, What do the people say
about the son of man? who do they hades and of death cannot prevail.
think I am? 36 Behold, I give to you the
23 And Matthew said, Some say keys to open up the doors of safety
that you are David come again; for the sons of men.
some say that you are Enoch, Solo- 37 The Holy Breath will come
mon, or Seth. upon you and the ten, and in Jeru-
24 And Andrew said, I heard a salem you shall stand bef ore the na-
ruler of the tions of the earth, and there pro-
synagogue exclaim,
man claim the covenant of God with
This Jeremiah, for he speaks
is
like Jeremiah wrote. men.
25 Nathaniel said, The foreign 38 And you shall speak the
masters who were with us for a time, words of Holy Breath, and whatso-
declared that Jesus is Gautama ever God requires of men as earnest
come of their faith in Christ, you shall
again.
26 James said, I think that most make known.
the master Jews believe you are the 39Then turning to the twelve
reappearence of Elijah on the earth.
he What you have heard this
said,
27 And John spoke out and said, day tell not to any man.
When we were in Jerusalem I heard 40 Then Jesus and the twelve
a seer exclaim, This Jesus is none went up and were Susanna's guests
other than Melchizedek, the king of for many days.
peace, who lived about two thou-
sand years ago, and said that he CHAPTER 129.
would come again. Jesus teaches the people. He takes
28 And Thomas said, The Tet- James and John and goes
Peter,
rarch Herod thinks that you are to a high mountain and is trans-
John arisen from the dead ;
figured before them.
29 But then his conscience trou-
bles him; the spirit of the murdered news soon
spread that Jesus
John looms up before him in his THE
and the twelve were come, and
dreams, and haunts him as a specter many people came to see.
of the night. 2 And
Jesus said, Behold, you
30 And Jesus asked, Who do come to see, but that means naught.
you think I am? If you would have the benedictions
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 177
of the Christ, take up your cross and 16 And they awoke, and saw
follow me. the glory of the Lord; and more,
3 If you would give your life for they saw the glory of the heavenly
selfish self, then you will lose your world, for they beheld two men
life. from thence stand forth beside the
4 If you will give your life in Lord.
service of your fellow men, then 17 And Peter asked the master
you save your life.
will who awakened them, Who are these
5 This life is but a span, a bau- men who stand beside the Lord?
ble of today. There is a life that 18 The master said, These men
passes not. are Moses and Elijah, who are come
6 Where is your profit if you that you may know that heaven
gain the world and lose your soul? and earth are one; that masters
What would you take in payment there and masters here are one.
for your soul? 19 The veil that separates the
7 If you would find the spirit worlds is but an ether veil. For
life, the life of man in God, then those who purify their hearts by
you must walk a narrow way and faith the veil is rolled aside, and
enter through a narrow gate. they can see and know that death
8 The way is Christ, the gate is
is an illusive thing.
Christ, and you must come up by 20 And Peter said, Praise God!
the way of Christ. No man comes And then he called to Jesus and he
unto God but by the Christ.
said, My master and my Lord, this
9 The kingdom of the Christ is the gate of heaven, and it is well
will come; yea, some of you who that we remain.
hear me now will not pass through 21 May we go down and bring
the gates of death until you see the three tents; a tent for you, a tent
kingdom come in power. for Moses, and for Elijah one? But
10 For seven days the master Jesus answered not.
and the twelve remained in Csesa- 22 And Moses and Elijah talked
rea-Philippi. with Jesus on the mount. They
11 Then Jesus, taking Peter,
talked about the coming trial of the
James and John, went forth unto a
mountain top to pray. Lord;
23 About his death, his rest
12 And
as he prayed a brilliant
within the tomb about the wonders
light appeared; his form became as
;
voice they were afraid; they fell The Christines return to Caper-
upon the ground and prayed. naum.
29 And Jesus came; he touched
James and
them and he said, Arise, fear not;
lo, I am here.
WHEN
John
Jesus, Peter,
were come unto the
30 Then they arose, and as they city's gates a multitude of people
again about his death, and rising and many times a day he falls, he
from the grave; about the kingdom grinds his teeth, the foam pours
of the soul that was to come in from his mouth.
6 I took my child to your dis-
glory and in power.
35 But Peter said, The scribes ciples, and they failed to give relief.
have taught that e'er the king 7 And as he spoke a servant
shall come Elijah must appear. brought the child before the Lord
36 And Jesus said, Elijah has (the child spoke not, for he was
dumb), and instantly he fell upon
already come but scribes and Phari-
;
the ground, he foamed, he writhed
sees received him not;
in agony.
37 And men reviled him, bound 8 And Jesus said, How long has
him, cast him in a prison cell, and he been troubled thus?
shouted with a fiend's delight to see 9 The father said, From infancy ;
him die. and we have sought in many lands
38 What men have done to him, for help, but found it not; but I be-
that they will do to me. lieve that you can speak the Word
39 Then the disciples under- and heal my son.
stood that Jesus spoke of John 10 And Jesus said, Faith is the
whom Herod slew. power of God. All things are pos-
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 179
sible for him who in his heart be- that is, without my presence in the
lieves. flesh.
11 The father cried, in tears, 24 For I will fall into the hands
Lord, I believe; help thou mine ofwicked men, and they will slay
unbelief. me on a mount beyond Bezetha
12 Jesus spoke the Word of
And wall.
this child? We spoke the Word; Jesus and Peter pay the half-shekel
but even that was powerless. tax. The disciples contend for the
17 And Jesus said, Your great supremacy. Jesus rebukes them.
success in all your former work has Teaches them many practical les-
made you careless, and you forgot sons. The parable of the good
to recognize the power of God. shepherd.
18 Without the spirit of the
Jesus and the twelve were
Word, the Word is like an idle tale;
and you forgot to pray.
AS resting in the house, the tax
collector came to Peter saying, Man,
19 There is no faith without the
do Jesus and yourself pay this half-
prayer of faith. Faith is the wings shekel tax?
of prayer; but wings alone fly not. 2 And Peter said, We pay what-
20 By prayer and faith you can ever is assessed.
bring down the mountain peaks, 3 And Jesus said, From whom
and cast them in the sea; the little do publicans collect this special
hills will skip about like lambs at tax? from strangers or from native
your command. sons?
21 This failure may be well for 4 And Peter said, The strangers
you. The greatest lessons that are only are supposed to pay this tax.
learned in life come through the 5 Then Jesus said, We all are
failures that are made. native sons and we are free but lest ;
a shekel, which take up and pay the Be on your guard, you men
18
tax for you and me. of lest you constrain another
God,
7 And Peter did as Jesus said; man to fall beware lest you fall into
;
than over all the righteous men who with one, a man accused of stealing
never went astray. bread.
31And John said, Master, who 2 And in a little while the man
may seek and save the lost? and was brought before the judge to
who may heal the sick, and cast answer to the charge.
the demons out of those obsessed? 3 And Jesus and the twelve were
32 When we were on the way there. The man showed in his face
we saw a man who was not one of and hands the hard drawn lines of
us, cast demons out and heal the toil and want.
sick. 4 A woman richly clad, the
33 He
did it by the sacred Word accuser of the man, stood forth and
and in the name of Christ; but we said, I caught this man myself; I
forbade him, for he did not walk know him well, for yesterday he
with us. came to beg for bread,
34 And Jesus said, You sons of 5 And when I drove him from
men, do you imagine that you own my door, he should have known
the powers of God? that I would harbor not a man like
35 And do you think that all him; and then today he came and
the world must wait for you to do took the bread.
the works of God? 6 He is a thief and I demand
36 God is not man that he that he be sent to jail.
should have a special care for any 7 The servants also testified
man, and give him special gifts. against the man; he was adjudged
37 Forbid not any man to do a thief, and officers were leading
the works of God. him away.
38 There is no man who can 8 But Jesus standing forth ex-
claimed, You officers and judge, be
pronounce the sacred Word, and in not in haste to lead this man away.
the name of Christ restore the sick,
and cast the unclean spirits out,
9 Is this a land of justice and
of right? can you accuse and sen-
who isnot child of God.
tence men to punishment for any
39 The man of whom you speak
crime until they testify themselves?
is one with us. Whoever gathers
10 The Roman law will not per-
in the grain of heaven is one with
mit such travesty on right, and I
us.
demand that you permit this man
40 Whoever gives a cup of water
to speak.
in the name of Christ is one with 11 And then the judge recalled
us; so God shall judge. the man and said, If you have any
tale to tell, say on.
CHAPTER 132. 12 In tears the man stood forth
Jesus defends a man who has been and said, I have a wife and little
convicted of stealing bread. The ones and they are perishing for
verdict is reversed.The man goes bread, and I have told my story
and the oft, and begged for bread ; but none
free, people supply the
needs of his starving family. would hear.
13 This morning when I left
A
officers
MULTITUDE
thronged the
of people
streets.
were on the way to court
The
our cheerless hut in search of work
my children cried for bread, and I
resolved to feed them or to die.
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14 The rulers said, This Jesus brought you here? they who ac-
is a wily man, and if we suffer him cused?
to speak, he will rebuke us face to 26 The woman said, They all
face, and then the multitudes will are gone no one was here who could
;
said, and they said nothing more. Jesus teaches in the temple. He re-
17 And then the people went veals some of the deeper meanings
their way, each to his home; but of the Christine ministry. The
Jesus went unto Mount Olives where rulers are greatly enraged and at-
he spent the night in prayer. tempt to stone him, but he disap-
18 But in the morning when the pears.
sun had scarcely risen, Jesus came
feast was done and Jesus,
again, and many people came to see THEPeter,
him in the temple courts, and he sat James and John were
down and taught the multitudes. sitting in the temple treasury.
2 The nine had gone back to
19 The Pharisees and scribes
were still alert to find a cause where- Capernaum.
3 The people thronged the tem-
by they might condemn him by the
words he spoke. ple courts and Jesus said,
4 I am
the lamp; Christ is the
20 The officers had taken in the the Holy Breath the fire.
oil of life;
very act of crime, a courtesan. As Behold the light! and he who fol-
Jesus taught, they brought this
lows me shall not walk in the dark,
woman in and set her in the midst but he shall have the light of life.
and said, 5 A lawyer said, You witness
21 Rabboni, this vile woman for yourself, your witness is not
has been taken in adultery. The true.
law of Moses says that such as she 6 And Jesus said, If I do witness
shall die, be stoned to death; what for myself I speak that which is
do you say should be her punish- true, for I know whence I came
ment? and where I go.
22 And Jesus stooped and made 7 And no one else in flesh can
a figure on the ground and in it testify for me, for none know
placed the number of a soul, and whence I came, nor where I go.
then he sat in silent thought. 8 My works bear witness to the
23 And when the priests de- truth I speak. As man I could not
manded that he speak, he said, Let speak the words I speak; they are
him who has no sin stand forth and the words of Holy Breath and then ;
come and you will know that I am of God, but you can hear them not.
what I am. 29 A Pharisee stood forth and
18 The people did not compre-
said, This fellow is not one of us;
hend the meaning of the words he he is a curst Samaritan and is ob-
spoke. sessed.
19 And then he spoke unto the
30 But Jesus heeded not the
people who believed in him and said, words of Pharisee or scribe ; he knew
If you abide in Christ, and Christ
that all the people knew he was a
abide in you, and if you keep my
Jew.
words within your heart,
20 You are the way, you are
31 And then he said, Whoever
pie man; you are not fifty years of but then he had no time to lose; he
age; have you seen Abraham? passed by on the other side.
36 And Jesus said, Before the 10 A Levite came and saw the
days Abraham
of I am. man; but he was loath to soil his
sacerdotal robes, and he passed by.
37 Again the scribes and Phari-
sees were in a rage; they took up 11 A lawyer on his way to Jeri-
stones to cast at him, but, like a cho observed the dying man, and
phantom of the night, he disap- then he said, If I could make a
peared; the people knew not where shekel I might help the man but he
;
allthe day? I beg that you will 10 And then he spoke a parable ;
3 Our Father-God who art in 16A son may ask his father for
heaven holy is thy name thy king- a loaf of bread; the father will not
; ;
Lord with
Peter, James and by the Word we heal them, drive the
THE
John were in Jerusalem; was it unclean spirits out, or rescue them
the Sabbath day. from any form of sore distress?
2 And as they walked along the 15 And Jesus said, We cannot
way they saw a man who could not pay the debts of any man, but by
see; he had been blind from birth. the Word we may release a man
3 And Peter said, Lord, if dis- from his afflictions and distress,
ease and imperfections all are caused 16 And make him free, that he
by sin, who was the sinner in this may pay the debts he owes, by giv-
case? the parents or the man him- ing up his life in willing sacrifice for
self? men, or other living things.
4 And Jesus said, Afflictions all 17 Behold, we may make free
are partial payments on a debt, or this man that he may better serve
debts, that have been made. the race and pay his debts.
5 There is a law of recompense 18 Then Jesus called the man
that never fails, and it is summar- and said. Would you be free? would
ized in that true rule of life: you receive your sight?
6 Whatsoever man shall do to 19 The man replied, All that I
any other man some other man will have would I most freely give if I
do to him. could see.
7 In this we find the meaning 20 And Jesus took saliva and
of the Jewish law, expressed con- a bit of clay and made a salve, and
cisely in the words, Tooth for a put it on the blind man's eyes.
tooth; life for a life. 21 He spoke the Word and then
8 He who shall injure any one he said, Go to Siloam and wash, and
in thought, or word, or deed, is as you wash say, Jahhevahe. This
judged a debtor to the law, and do for seven times and you shall see.
some one else shall, likewise, injure 22 The man was led unto Si-
him in thought, or word or deed. loam; he washed his eyes and spoke
9 And he who sheds the blood the word, and instantly his eyes
of any man come upon the time
will were opened and he saw.
when his blood shall be shed by man. 23 The people who had seen the
10 Affliction is a prison cell in man for many years sit by the way
which a man must stay until he and beg, were much surprised to see
pays his debts unless a master sets him see.
him free that he may have a better 24 They said, Is not this man
chance to pay his debts. the Job that was born blind, who
11 Affliction is a certain sign sat beside the way and begged?
that one has debts to pay. 25 He heard them talk among
12 Behold this man! Once in themselves; he said. Yes, I am he.
another life he was a cruel man, 26 The people asked, How were
and in a cruel way destroyed the you healed? who opened up your
eyes of one, a fellow man. eyes?
13 The parents of this man once 27 He said, A man whom men
turned their faces on a blind and call Jesus, made a salve of clay and
helpless man, and drove him from put on my eyes, and bade me say
it
their door. a word and wash in Siloam seven
14 Then Peter asked, Do we times; I did as he commanded me,
pay off the debts of other men when and now I see.
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had healed, out of the synagogue, cret sign; he knocks; the watchman
he found the man and said to him, opens up the gate.
2 Do you believe in God and in 15 And then the shepherd calls
the son of God? his sheep by name;
they hear his
3 The man replied, I do believe voice and follow him; they enter
in God; but who is he, the son of through the gate into the fold.
God, of whom you speak? 16 The sheep know not a
4 And Jesus said, The son of stranger's voice; they will not fol-
God is he who speaks to you. low him; they flee away.
5 The man inquired then, Why 17 The people did not under-
do you say, The son of God? Is stand the parable that Jesus spoke;
there but one? and then he said,
6 And Jesus said, All men are 18 Christ is the gateway of the
sons of God by birth; God is the am the shepherd of the sheep,
fold ; I
Father of the race; but all are not and he who follows me through
the sons of God by faith. Christ shall come into the fold
7 He who attains the victory where living waters flow, and where
over self is son of God by faith, and rich pastures are.
he who speaks to you has overcome, 19 False prophets come and go;
and he is called the son of God, they claim to be the shepherds of
because he is the pattern for the the sheep; they claim to know the
sons of men. way, but they know not the word
8 He who believes and does the of power; the watchman opens not
will of God is son of God by faith. the gate; the sheep heed not their
9 The man in joy exclaimed, call.
Christ. They could not compre- 8 And Jesus said, As you were
hend the words that Jesus spoke. going on your way, the heavens
26 Some said again, He is ob- were bright with light, the earth
sessed, or he is mad; why listen to was bright, they seemed to meet and
his words? be at one; and I beheld, and Satan
27 And others said, His words fell as lightning from the heavens.
are not the words of one obsessed. 9 Behold, for you have power
Can unclean spirits open up the to tread on serpents and on scor-
eyes of one born blind? pions, and these are symbols of the
28 Then Jesus left Jerusalem enemies of men. You are protected
and with Massalian he tarried cer- in the way of right, and naught can
tain days. harm.
10 And as you went I heard a
CHAPTER 140. master say, Well done.
11 But you may not rejoice be-
Jesus and the three disciples return
cause you have the power to heal
to Capernaum. Jesus receives the
the sick and make the devils trem-
report of the seventy. With his
ble by the Word; for such rejoicing
disciples he goes through all Galilee is from carnal self.
encouraging the believers. He
12 You may rejoice because the
heals a woman. Relates the par-
able of the little seed and the great
nations of the earth have ears to
tree.
hear the Word, and eyes to see the
glory of the Lord, arid hearts to feel
time had come for the re- the inner breathing of the Holy
THE turn of the three score and ten Breath.
whom Jesus sent abroad to preach. 13 And you may well be glad
2 And Jesus, Peter, James and because your names are written in
John began their journey back to the Book of Life.
Galilee. 14 Then Jesus looked to heaven
3 They went up through Sa- and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord
maria; they passed through many of heaven and earth, because thou
villages and towns, and everywhere hast revealed thyself to babes, and
the people thronged the ways to see taught them how to light the path
the man the seventy had told and lead the wise to thee.
about and Jesus taught and healed
;
15 What thou hast given to me,
the sick. lo, I have given to them, and
4 And when they reached Caper- through the sacred Word I have be-
naum the seventy were there; and stowed on them the understanding
they were filled with joy; they said, heart,
5 The Spirit of the Lord of 16 That they might know and
hosts was with us all the way, and honor thee through Christ, who was,
we were filled. and is, and evermore shall be.
6 The power of the sacred Word 17 And then he said aside, unto
was manifest in us; we healed the the seventy and twelve, Most blessed
sick; we caused the lame to walk, are your eyes because you see the
the deaf to hear, the blind to see. things you see;
7 The very devils trembled 18 And blessed are your ears
when we spoke the Word, and they because they hear the things they
were subject unto us. hear;
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 193
lay my body down and go to him the Sabbath day you take your
who is the All. beasts of burden from their stalls,
23 In forty days then we will and lead them forth to eat and
turn our faces toward Jerusalem drink; is this not work?
where I will find the altar of the 35 This daughter of your father
Lord and give my life in willing sac- Abraham, who has been bound for
men.
rifice for eighteen years, has come in faith
24 Let us arise and go through to be made free.
all the coasts of Galilee, and give a 36 Now, tell me, men, is it a
salutation of good cheer to all the crime to break her bonds and set
sons of God by faith. her free upon the Sabbath day?
25 And they arose and went; 37 The ruler said no more; the
they entered every town and village people all rejoiced and said, Be-
on the coast, and everywhere they hold the Christ!
38 And Jesus spoke a parable;
said, The benedictions of the Christ
abide with you f orevermore. he said, The kingdom of the Christ
is like a little seed that one put in
26 Now, in a certain town they
went up to the synagogue upon the the ground;
Sabbath day, and Jesus taught. 39 It grew and after many years
27 And as he spoke, two men
became a mighty tree, and many
people rested in shade, and birds
its
brought on a cot a woman bent built nests and reared their young
near double with disease; she had
not risen from her bed for eighteen among its leafy boughs.
years without a helping hand.
28 And Jesus laid his hand upon
CHAPTER 141.
not kill; you shall not steal; you 36 A beggar, blind and lame,
shall not do adulterous things; you whose name was Lazarus, was wont
shall not falsely testify; to beside the waste gate of this
sit
24 And you shall love your God home that he might share with
with all your heart, and you shall dogs the refuse from the rich man's
love your neighbor as yourself. boards.
25 The man replied, These 37 It came to pass that Lazarus
things I have observed from youth ; died,and angels carried him away
what lack I yet? unto the bosom of our father
26 And Jesus said, One thing Abraham.
you lack; your heart is fixed on 38 The rich man also died, and
things of earth; you are not free. he was buried in a costly tomb;
27 Go forth and sell all that you but in the purifying fires he opened
have, and give your money to the up his eyes dissatisfied.
poor, and come and follow me, 39 He looked and saw the beg-
and you shall have eternal life. gar resting peacefully in the bosom
28 The man was grieved at of his father Abraham, and in the
what the master said; for he was bitterness of his soul he cried,
rich; he hid his face and went in 40 My father Abraham, look
sorrow on his way. down in mercy on your son; I am
29 And Jesus looked upon the tormented in these flames.
sorrowing man and said, It is so 41 Send Lazarus, I beseech,
hard for men with hoarded wealth that he may give me just a sup of
to enter through the door into the water to cool my parched tongue.
kingdom of the soul.
42 But Abraham replied, My
30 And his disciples were
son, in mortal life, you had the best
amazed at what he said.
things of the earth and Lazarus
31 He answered them and said,
had the worst, and you would not
I tell you, men, that they who trust
give him a cup of water there, but
in riches cannot trust in God and
drove him from your door. fc
j
have the words of Moses and the a failure in the harvest fields of
seers, let them hear them. and be dishonored in the face
life,
47 The man replied, They will of men.
not hearken to the written word; 6 Men do not know the hearts
but if a man would go up from the of men; God only knows the hearts
grave they might believe. of men, and when the day is done
48 But Abraham replied, If he with life the man
may reward
they hear not the words of Moses who beneath the burdens of the
fell
and the seers they would not be day, and turn away the man who
persuaded even though one from was the idol of the hearts of men.
the dead stood in their midst. 7 And then he spoke
a parable;
49 And Peter said, Lord, we he said, The kingdom of the soul is
have left our all to follow you; and like a man who had a vast estate,
what is our reward? 8 And in the morning time he
50 And Jesus said, Most verily went down to the market place to
I say to you, that you who have left search for men to gather in his
all to follow me shall come into a
grain.
newness of a life hid deep with 9 He found three men, and he
Christ in God.
agreed to give to each a penny for
51 And you shall sit with me his service for the day, and sent
upon the throne of power, and judge them to his field.
with me the tribes of Israel.
Again he went down to the
10
52 And he who conquers carnal market place the third hour of the
self, and follows me through Christ
shall have a hundred fold of that
day and found five men in waiting,
and he said, Go down into my field
which is the wealth of life on earth, and serve, and I will pay you what
and in the world to come, eternal is right; and they went down and
life.
served.
11 He went again; it was the
CHAPTER 143. sixth hour of the day, and seven
men were waiting at the stand; he
Righteousness in rewards. Jesus re-
sent them to the field to serve.
lates the parable of the husband-
12 And at the eleventh hour
man and the laborers. Makes
known the divine law of divorce.
he went again; twelve men stood
there in seeming idleness; he said to
The mystery of marriage.
them, Why stand you here in idle-
Lord was
standing by the ness all day?
THE
sea; the multitudes were there 13 They said, Because we have
and one stood forth and said, no work to do; no man has hired us.
2 Does God bestow rewards as 14 And then he sent them to his
men bestow rewards, for what is field to serve.
done? 15 Now, when the evening came
3 And Jesus said, Men never the man said to his steward, Call
know what other men have done, the laborers from the field, and pay
this life is such a seeming life. them for his services. And all
4 One man may seem to do a were paid, and each received a
mighty work, and be adjudged by penny for his hire.
men as worthy of a great reward. 16 Now, when the twelve, who
5 Another man may seem to be served but from the eleventh hour,
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received each one a penny for his the house, a man made free to ask
hire, the three were sore aggrieved; again about this matter of divorce.
they said, 29 And Jesus said again what
17 These twelve have served to the Pharisee he said; and then he
but one short hour, and now they gave the higher law of marriage
have an equal share with us who life:
have toiled through the scorching 30 Whoever puts away his wife,
hours of day; should we not have except she be a courtesan, and then
at least two pennies for our hire? shall take another wife commits
18 The man replied, My friends, adultery.
I do no wrong to you. Did we 31 The woman who shall leave
not have a fast agreement when a man, unless he be a libertine and
you went to work? have I not an adulterer, and then becomes the
paid in full? wife of any other man, commits
19 What is it unto you if I adultery.
should pay these men a smaller or 32 And Thomas asked, What is
a larger sum? Take that which is adultery?
your own and go your way, for I 33 And Jesus said, The man
will give unto the twelve what I who harbors lustful thoughts, who
will give unto the three, the five, covets any woman not his wife, is an
the seven. adulterer.
20 They did their best and you 34 The wife who harbors lustful
could do no more than do your best. thoughts, and covets any man who
21 The hire of man is based is not wed to her, is not her hus-
pure because they are unmarried had squandered all his wealth in
men. The man who lusts is an ways of sin.
adulterer if he has wife or not. 7 When nothing else remained
42 And then he said to all, for him to do he found employment
Some things men know by being in the fields to care for swine.
told, while other things they know 8 And he was hungry and no
not till the gate of consciousness one gave him aught to eat, and so
shall open up for them. he ate the carob pods that he was
43 I speak a mystery that now feeding to the swine.
you cannot understand; but you 9 And after many days he found
shall some day understand. himself and said unto himself, My
44 A eunuch is a man who does father is a man of wealth; he has a
not lust; some men are eunuchs score of servants who are bounti-
born, some men are eunuchs by fully fed while I, his son, starv- am
the power of men, and some are
ing in the fields among the swine.
eunuchs by the Holy Breath, who 10 I do not hope to be received
makes them free in God through again as son, but I will rise and go
Christ. father's house, and
straight to my
45 He who is able to receive the I will make confession of my way-
truth I speak, let him receive. wardness ;
11 And My father, I
I will say,
CHAPTER 144. am come again; Iam a profligate,
and I have lost my wealth in ways
The Christines at Tiberius. Jesus
of sin; I not am worthy to be called
speaks on the inner life. Relates
the parable of prodigal son.
the your son.
12 I do not ask to be received
The resentment of the elder brother.
again as son, but let me have a
they had journeyed place among your servants, where
WHEN
through the towns and cities I may have a shelter from the
of the land of Galilee, the Lord with storms and have enough to eat.
his disciples came to Tiberius, 13 And he arose and sought his
and here they met a few who loved father's house, and as he came his
the name of Christ. mother saw him while yet a great
2 And Jesus told them many way off.
things about the inner life; but when 14 (A mother's heart can feel
the multitudes came up, he spoke the first faint yearning of a wan-
a parable; he said, dering child.)
3 A certain man with great pos- 15 The father came, and hand
sessions had two sons. The young- in hand they walked a-down the
est son grew tired of life at home way to meet the boy, and there was
and said, joy, great joy.
4 My father, pray divide your 16 The boy tried hard to plead
wealth and give the portion that is for mercy and a servant's place;
mine to me, and I will seek my but love was all too great to listen
fortune in another land. to the plea.
5 The father did as he desired, 17 The door was opened wide;
and with his wealth the young man he found a welcome in the mother's
went into a foreign land. heart, and in the father's heart.
6 He was a profligate and soon 18 The father called the serv-
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 201
thought was dead, returns to us one of these days; but you can see
alive. it not.
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9 And many men will say, Lo, time. Two men will be in bed; one
here is Christ; lo, there is Christ. willbe called, the other left; two
Be not deceived; go not into their women will be working side by side;
ways. one will be snatched away, the
10 For when the son of man will other left.
come again no man need point the 21 And his disciples said, Ex-
way; for as the lightning lights the plain to us this parable; or not is it
heavens, so will the son of man a parable?
light up the heavens and earth. 22 And Jesus said, The wise will
11 But, lo, I say, that many understand, for where the bread of
generations will have come and heaven is, there you will find the
gone before the son of man shall pure in heart and where the carcass
;
come in power; but when he comes lies will gather all the birds of
prey.
no one will say, Lo, here is Christ; 23 But, lo, I say, before these
lo, there. days will come, the son of man will
12 But as it was before the flood be betrayed by one of you into the
in Noah's day, so shall it be. The hands of wicked men, and he will
people ate, they drank, were filled give his life for you and all the
with merriment and sung for joy, world.
13 And did not know their doom 24 Yea, more; the Holy Breath
until the ark was done and Noah willcome in power and fill you with
entered in; then the flood
but the wisdom of the just.
came on and swept them all away.
25 And you will tell the won-
14 So, also, in the days of Lot; drous story in Judea and in Samaria
the people ate and drank; they and in the farther lands of earth.
bought, they sold, they planted 26 And then to teach that men
and they reaped, they went their
should pray and never faint, he told
ways in sin, and they cared not; this parable:
15 But when the righteous Lot
went from their 27 There was a judge who
city's gates the
feared not God, nor yet regarded
earth beneath the city shook, and
brimstone fires fell from heaven; man.
The gapping jaws of earth
16 28 There was a widow who oft
flew wide, and swallowed up their implored the judge to right her
homes, their wealth, and they went wrongs and to avenge her foes.
down to rise no more. 29 At first the judge would hear
17 So shall it be when comes the her not, but after many days he
son of man in power. said,
18 I charge you men, as I will 30 I fear not God, and I regard
charge men then, Seek not to save not man, yet, lest this widow wear
your wealth, or you will lose your me out by pleading every day I
lives. Go forth, and look not back will avenge her on her foes.
upon the crumbling walls of sin. 31 When the disciples asked the
Do not forget Lot's wife. meaning of this parable, the Lord
19 Whoever tries to save his replied, The wise can understand;
lose his life; whoever freely
life will the foolish have no need to know.
gives his life in serving life will 32 And then to teach a lesson
save his life. unto certain of his followers who
20 Then comes the sifting trusted in themselves and thought
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 203
that they were holier than other och, a learned physician and a just
men, he told this parable: and upright man.
33 Two men went to the syna- 3 Theophilus, a Grecian sena-
gogue to pray; one was a Pharisee, tor,a minister of Caesar's court, was
the other was a publican. also there; and many other men of
34 The Pharisee stood forth honor and renown.
and prayed thus with himself, O 4 And Miriam sung: All hail
God, I thank thee that I am not like the Day Star from on high !
other men, who are extortioners, 5 All hail the Christ who ever
unjust, adulterers; was, and is and evermore shall be!
35 Not even like this publican. 6 All hail the darkness of the
I fast two times a week, and I give
shadowland! All hail the dawn of
tithes of all I get.
36 The publican came not a- peace on earth; good will to men!
7 All hail triumphant king,
near; he would not lift his eyes to who grapples with the tyrant Death,
heaven, but smote his breast and who conquers in the fight, and
said,
O brings to light immortal life for
37 Lord, be merciful to me; men!
I am a sinner in thy sight ; I am un-
done. 8 All hail the broken cross, the
38 And now, you men, I say to mutilated spear!
9 All hail the triumph of the
you, The publican knew how to
soul! All hail the empty tomb!
pray, and he was justified.
39 The Pharisee knew how to 10 All hail to him despised by
talk, but still he went away con- men, rejected by the multitudes;
demned. for he is seated on the throne of
40 Lo, every one who lauds power!
himself shall be abased, and he who 11 All hail for he has called the
!
does not praise himself shall be ex- pure in heart of every clime to sit
alted in the sight of God. with him upon the throne of power!
13 All hail, the rending veil!
CHAPTER 146. The way into the highest courts of
God is open for the sons of men!
Last meeting of Jesus with his disci- 13 O men
Rejoice, of earth, re-
ples in Galilee. Miriam sing& a
joice, and be exceeding glad!
song of praise. The song. The
Christines begin their journey to
14 Bring forth the harp and
touch its highest strings; bring
Jerusalem. They rest at Enon forth the lute, and sound its sweet-
Springs. The selfish request of the
est notes!
mother of James and John. The
15 For men who were made low,
Christines reach Jerusalem.
are high exalted now, and they who
work of Jesus in the land of walked in darkness and in the vale
THE
Galilee was done, and he sent of death, are risen up and God and
forth a message, and the many man are one forevermore,
came from many towns of Galilee; 16 Allelujah! praise the Lord
came to receive a benediction from forevermore. Amen.
his hand. 17 And Jesus lifted up his eyes
2 Among the multitudes who to heaven and said,
came was Luke, a Syrian from Anti- 18 My Father-God, let now the
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benediction of thy love, thy mercy heard the pleadings of the mother
and thy truth rest on these men. and knew that James
for her sons,
19 The lamp is taken from their and John were seeking special fa-
midst, and if the inner light be not vors from the Lord, they were in-
aflame, lo, they must tread the dignant and they said,
ways of darkness and of death. 32 We surely thought that
20 And then he said to all, James and John had risen above
Farewell. the selfish self. Who can we trust
21 Then Jesus and his mother, among the sons of men?
and the twelve, and Miriam and 33 And Jesus called the ten
Mary, mother of the two disciples, apart and said to them, How hard
James and John, for men to comprehend the nature
22 And many other loyal souls of the kingdom of the soul!
who loved the Christ, went to Jeru- 34 These two disciples do not
salem, that they might celebrate seem to know that rulership in
the Jewish feast. heaven is not akin to rulership on
23 And as they journeyed on earth.
their way they came to Enon 35 In all the kingdoms of the
Springs, near unto Salim where world, the men of power, they who
the harbinger once taught. exalt themselves, show their author-
24 And as they rested by the ity, and rule with iron rule;
fountain, Mary, wife of Zebedee, 36 But you must know that
and mother of the two disciples, they who rule the sons of light are
James and John, came to the mas- they who seek no earthly power,
ter and she said, but give their lives in willing sacri-
25 My Lord, I know the king- fice for men.
dom is about to come, and I would 37 Whoever would be great
ask this boon: Command that these must be the minister of all. The
my sons shall sit with you upon the highest seat in heaven is at the feet
throne, the one upon the right, the of him who is the lowest man of
other on the left. earth.
26 And Jesus said to her, You 38 I had a glory with our Fa-
know not what you ask. ther-God before the worlds were
27 And then he turned to James made, and still I come to serve the
and John and said, Are you pre- race of men; to be the minister of
pared and are you strong enough men; to give my life for men.
to drink the cup that I will drink? 39 And then the Christines
28 They said, Yes, master, we journeyed on and came unto Jeru-
salem.
are strong enough to follow where
you go.
29 Then Jesus said, You shall CHAPTER 147.
indeed drink of my cup; but I am Jesus speaks to the people in the tem-
not the judge of who will sit upon the
ple regarding messiahship.
my right hand or my left. Rebukes the Jews for treachery.
30 The men who live the life The Jews attempt to stone him,
and keep the faith will sit upon the but are prevented by Joseph. The
throne of power. Christines go to Jericho, and later
31 Now, when the apostles to Bethabara.
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 205
to Jericho, and after certain days and many friends were weeping in
they crossed the Jordan and in their home when one approached
Bethabara abode for many days. and said, The Lord has come; but
Mary did not hear the words.
CHAPTER 148. 12 But Ruth and Martha heard,
and they arose and went to meet the
Lazarus dies and Jesus and the
Lord he waited at the village gate.
;
twelve return to Bethany. The res-
13 And when they met the mas-
urrection of Lazarus, which greatly
ter Martha said, You are too late,
excites the rulers in Jerusalem.
for Lazarus is dead if you had only
The Christines go to the hills of
;
up with grief, and said, Where is and told the Pharisees about this
the tomb in which he lies? resurrection of the dead.
24 They said, Lord, come and 38 The chief priests were con-
see. And
Jesus wept. founded, and they said, What shall
25 The people said', Behold how we do? This man is doing many
Jesus loved this man! mighty deeds, and if we do not stay
26 And others said, Could not him in his work, all men will look
this Lord who opened up the eyes on him as king, and through the
of one born blind, have saved this Romans he may take the throne,
man from death? and we will lose our place and power.
39 And then the chief priests
27 But soon the mourners stood
beside the tomb, a sepulcher hewn
and the Pharisees in council met
out of solid rock; a massive stone
and sought a plan by which they
closed up the door. might put him to death.
40 Caiaphas was the high priest
28 And Jesus said, Take you
then, and he came forth and said,
away the stone.
You men of Israel, do you not know
29 But Martha said, Lord, is it the law?
well? Behold our brother has been 41 Do you not know that in
dead four days; the body must be such times as these we may give up
in decay, and is it well that we one life to save our nation and our
should see it now? laws?
30 The Lord replied, Have you 42 Caiaphas did not know that
forgotten, Martha, what I said he was prophet, speaking out the
while we were at the village gate? words of truth.
Did I not say that you should see 43 He did not know the time
the glory of the Lord? had come for Jesus to be offered up
31 And then they rolled the a sacrifice for every man, for Jew
stone away; the flesh had not de- and Greek, and all the world.
cayed; and Jesus lifted up his eyes 44 From that day forth the
to heaven and said, Jews conferred together every day,
32 My Father-God, thou who maturing plans to put the Lord to
hast ever heard my prayers, I thank death.
thee now, and that these multitudes 45 Now, Jesus and the twelve
may know that thou hast sent me did not remain in Bethany; but in
forth, that I am thine and thou art the hills of Ephriam, upon the bor-
mine, make strong the Word of ders of Samaria, they found a home,
power. and there abode for many days.
33 And then he spoke the Word,
and in a voice that souls can com- CHAPTER 149.
prehend, he said, O Lazarus, awake!
34 And Lazarus arose and came The Jews gather in Jerusalem to at-
tend the feast. The Christines go
out of the tomb. The grave clothes
to Jericho. Jesus dines with Zac-
were about him fast, and Jesus said,
cheus. He relates the parable of the
35 Loose him and let him go.
ten talents.
36 The people were amazed
and multitudes confessed their faith great passovcr of the Jews,
in him. THE
the feast of spring, was calling
37 And some went to Jerusalem every loyal Jew up to Jerusalem.
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2 Ten days before the feast the that you may gain for me more
Lord and his disciples left the Eph- wealth. And then he went his way.
riam hills and, by the Jordan way, 14 And after many days he
went down to Jericho. came again, and called the ten, de-
3 And as they entered Jericho manding a report.
a wealthy publican came out to see 15 The first one came and said,
the Lord; but he was small in stat- Lord, I have gained for you nine
ure and the throng was great and he pounds; you gave me one and here
could see him not. are ten.
4 A tree, a sycamore, stood by 16 The king replied, Well done,
the way and he climbed up the tree you faithful man; because you have
and found a seat among its boughs. been faithful in a little thing I
5 When Jesus came, he saw the judge that you will be a faithful
man and said, O Zaccheus, make servant in a greater thing;
17 Behold, I make you ruler
haste, come down; I would abide
with you today. over nine important cities of my
6 And Zaccheus came down and realm.
18 The second came and said,
joyfully received the Lord; but
many of the stricter sect called out Lord, I have gained for you four
and said, pounds; you gave me one, and here
are five.
7 For shame! he goes to lodge
19 The king replied, and you
with Zaccheus, the sinner and the
have proven up your faithfulness.
publican.
8 But Jesus did not care for Behold, I make you ruler over four
what they said; he went his way important cities of my realm.
20 Another came and said, Lord,
with Zaccheus, who was a man of
I have doubled what you gave tome.
faith, and as they talked together You gave one pound to me and here
Zaccheus said,
are two.
9 Lord, I have ever tried to do
21 The ruler said, And you have
the right I give unto the poor half
;
proved your faithfulness; Behold,
of and if by any means I
my goods, I make you ruler over one important
wrong a man, I right the wrong by
city of my realm.
paying him four fold. 22 Another came and said, Lord,
10 And Jesus said to him, Your here is what you gave to me. I
life and faith are known to God, knew you were an austere man, oft
and lo, the benedictions of the Lord
reaping where you did not sow and
of hosts abide with you and all your I was sore afraid, and so I took the
house.
pound you gave to me and hid it in
11 Then Jesus spoke a parable a secret place; and here it is.
to all; he said, A vassal of an em- 23 The king exclaimed, You
peror was made a king, and he went slothful man! you knew what I re-
to the foreign land to claim his rights
quired, that I expected every man
and take the kingdom to himself. to do his best.
12 Before he went he called ten 24 If you were timid and afraid
trusted servants and to each he gave to trust your judgment in the marts
a pound and said, of trade, why did you not go forth
13 Go forth and use these and put my money out for gain, that
pounds as you have opportunity, I could have my own with interest ?
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 209
25 Then turning to the steward boni, open up mine eyes that I may
of his wealth the ruler said, Take see.
you this pound and give it unto him 12 And Jesus said, Bartimaeus,
who has by diligence earned nine. look up; receive your sight; your
26 For lo, I say, that every one faith has made you whole.
who uses what he has and gains, 13 And he at once received his
shall have abundantly; but he who sight, and from the fullness of his
hides away his talent in the earth heart he said, Praise God.
shall forfeit what he has. 14 And all the people said,
Praise God.
CHAPTER 150. 15 Then Jesus and the twelve
went on to Bethany. It was six
Jesus heals blind Bartimceus. With days before the feast.
the twelve he goes to Bethany. The 16 And when the people knew
multitudes come to welcome him that Jesus was in Bethany they
and to speak with Lazarus. came from near and far to see him
Christines started on their
and to hear him speak.
THE
way to Bethany, and as they
17 And they were anxious all to
talk with Lazarus, whom Jesus had
went, while yet in Jericho, they
awakened from the dead.
passed a beggar sitting by the way; 18 Now in Jerusalem the priests
and he was blind Bartimseus.
2 And when
the beggar heard and Pharisees were
all alert; they
be at the feast,
said, This Jesus will
the multitude pass by he said,
and we must not permit that he
What is it that I hear?
shall slip away again.
3 The people said to him, Jesus
of Nazareth is
19 And they commanded every
passing by.
man to be alert and help to appre-
4 instantly the man cried
And
hend the Lord that they might take
out, Lord Jesus, son of David, stay! his life.
have mercy on poor blind Bar-
timseus!
5 The people said to him, Be CHAPTER 151.
7 And the disciples went as the Lord; but you have cast the
Jesus bade them go; they found the Lord away.
ass and colt a-near an open door; 19 Your eyes are closed, you
and when they would untie the ass cannot see the king; the kingdom of
the owner said, Why would you the Lord of heaven and earth has
take the ass away? come; you comprehend it not.
8 And the disciples said, The 20 Behold, the day will come
master has a need of her; and then when armies from afar will cast a
the owner said, 'Tis well. bank about your way; will compass
9 And then they brought the you about, and hem you in on
animal, and on her put their coats, every side;
and Jesus sat upon the ass and rode 21 Will dash you to the ground
into Jerusalem. and slay you and your children in
10 And multitudes of people the streets.
came and filled the way, and his dis- 22 And of your holy temple,
ciples praised the Lord and said, and of your palaces and walls, they
11 Thrice blessed is the king will not leave a stone upon a stone,
who in the name of God is come! because today you spurn the offers
All glory be to God, and peace on of the God of heaven.
earth; good will to men! 23 When Jesus and the multi-
12 And many spread their gar- tude had come into Jerusalem, ex-
ments in the way, and some tore citement reigned, and people asked,
branches from the trees, and cast Who is this man?
them in the way. 24 The multitude
replied, This
13 And many children came is the king, the prophet, priest of
with garlands of sweet flowers and God this is the man from Galilee.
;
praising God. They said, Hosanna Israel, for shame ! This is supposed
to the king! The son of David is to be the house of prayer; but it is
the king All hail the king Praise
! ! now a den of thieves. Remove this
God! plunder from this holy place.
28 The Pharisees were filled 9 The merchants only laughed
with anger when they heard the and said, We are protected in our
children sing.They said to Jesus, trade by those who bear the rule;
Hear you what the children say? we will not go.
29 And Jesus said, I hear; but 10 Then Jesus made a scourge
have you never read the words of of cords, as he did once before, and
our own bard who said, rushed among the merchantmen,
30 Out of the mouths of babes threw all their money on the floor;
and sucklings thou hast perfected 11 Threw wide the cages of the
praise !
doves, and cut the cords that held
31 And when the evening came the bleating lambs and set them
the Lord and his disciples went free.
again to Bethany, 12 And then he drove the mer-
chants from the place, and with a
CHAPTER 152.
clean, new broom he swept the
floors.
Jesus rebukes a barren fig tree.
Drives the merchants out of the 13Chief priests and scribes were
Teaches the people. Re- filled with wrath, but feared to
temple.
turns to Bethany. touch or even to rebuke the Lord,
for all the people stood in his de-
day, the Monday of the fense.
NEXT
week, the master with the 14 And Jesus taught the people
twelve, went to Jerusalem. all day long and healed a multitude
2 And as they passed along the of those diseased,
way they saw a fig tree full of leaves 15 And when the evening came
without a sign of fruit. he went again to Bethany.
3 And Jesus spoke unto the
tree; he said, You useless cumberer CHAPTER 153.
of the ground; you fig tree fair to
look upon, but a delusive thing. The Christines go to Jerusalem.
4 You take from earth and air They note the withered fig tree; its
the food' that fruitful trees should symbolic meaning. Jesus teaches
have. in the temple. Is censured by the
5 Go back to earth and be your- priests. Relates a parable of a
self the food for other trees to eat. rich man's feast.
6 When Jesus had thus spoken
early in the day,
to the tree he went his way.
7 And when he reached the tem-
ONtheTuesday,
master and the twelve
went to Jerusalem.
ple, lo, the rooms were filled with
2 And as they went the twelve
petty merchants selling doves and
animals, and other things, for sac- observed the tree to which the Lord
rifice; the temple was a mart of
had talked the day before, and lo,
trade. the leaves were withered, just as if
8 And Jesus was indignant at they had been scorched with fire.
the sight, and said, You men of 3 And Peter said, Lord, see the
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tree! Its leaves are withered and John, the harbinger, a man of God,
the tree seems dead. or was he a seditious man?
4 And Jesus said, So shall it 16 The scribes and Pharisees
be with those who bear no fruit. were loath to answer him they rea-
;
28 But you have found the door 4 Now, in the vintage time the
into the banquet hall so low that man sent forth a servant to receive
you must bow your heads and fall and bring to him his portion of the
down on your knees to enter in, fruitage of the vines.
and you have scorned the king who 5 The husbandmen came forth
made the feast, refused to bow your and beat the man; laid forty lashes
heads and fall down on your knees, on his back and cast him out be-
and you have gone your way; yond the vineyard gate.
29 But now God calls again; 6 And then the owner sent an-
the common folks and those of low other man to bring to him his own.
estate have come in multitudes, The husbandmen laid hold of him
have entered in unto the feast and and sorely wounded him and cast
all rejoice. him from the vineyard, leaving him
30 I tell you, men, that publi- half dead beside the way.
cans and courtesans go through the
7 The owner sent another man
gates into the kingdom of the God to bring to him his own. The hus-
of heaven, and you are left with-
bandmen seized hold of him and
out.
with a javelin they pierced his heart ;
31 John came to you in right- then buried him beyond the hedge.
eousness; he brought the truth, but 8 The owner was aggrieved.
you believed him not. He thought within himself, What
32 But publicans and courte- shall I do? and then he said, This
sans believed, and were baptized
and now have entered in unto the
will I do. My
only son is here, and
I will send him to the husbandmen,
feast.
9 They surely will respect my
33 you now, as I have told
I tell
son and send me what mine.
is
you many times, The many have 10 He sent his son ; the husband-
been called, but chosen are the few. men took counsel with themselves;
they said, This is the only heir to all
CHAPTER 154. this wealth, and if we take his life
stoned and killed the messengers of partings of the ways, and to the
God, his prophets and his seers, and marts of trade and say,
now you seek to slay his son. 29 Whoever will may come up
17 I tell you men, the kingdom to the marriage feast.
shall be snatched away from you, 30 The servants went their way
and shall be given unto people who and called; and lo, the banquet hall
are not a people now, and to a na- was filled with guests.
tion that is not a nation now. 31 But when the king came in
18 And men whose speech you to see the guests, he saw a man who
cannot understand, will stand be- had not on a wedding robe; he called
tween the living and the dead, and to him and said,
show the way to life. 32 Friend, why are you here
19 The chief priests and the without a wedding robe? Would
Pharisees were deeply moved with you dishonor thus my son?
33 The man was dumb; he an-
anger when they heard this parable,
and would have seized the Lord and swered not.
done him harm, but they were sore 34 And then the king said to his
guards, Take you this man and bind
afraid; they feared the multitude.
him hand and foot and cast him
20 And Jesus spoke another par- ^
the people would not come. Jesus recognizes the justice of paying
23 And then the king sent other secular taxes. He teaches a lesson
messengers abroad to say, Behold, on family relationships in the life
my tables now are spread; my oxen beyond. The greatest of the com-
and my fatlings are prepared. mandments is comprised in love.
24 The choicest viands and the He warns his disciples against the
richest wines are on my boards; hypocrisy of scribes and Pharisees.
come to the marriage feast. Jesus spoke, the Pharisees
25 The people laughed and
treated with disdain his call, and
AS came up question him they
to ;
come to tempt me thus? Show me death. The seed may seem to die,
the tribute money that you speak but from its grave the tree arises
about. into life.
5 The man brought forth a So man may seem to die,
18
piece of coin on which an image was but he lives on, and from the grave
engraved. he springs up into life.
6 And Jesus said, Whose image 19 If you could comprehend the
and whose name is on this coin? word that Moses spoke about the
7 The man replied, 'Tis Caesar's burning bush that burned and still
image and his name. was not consumed, then you would
8 And Jesus said, Give unto know that death cannot destroy the
Caesar that which is Caesar's own; life.
but give to God the things of God. 20 And Moses said that God is
9 And they who heard him said, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of
He answers well. Israel.
10 And then a Sadducee, who 21 God is not God of dead men's
thinks there is no resurrection of bones, but of the living man.
the dead, came up and said, Rab- 22 I tell you, men, man goes
boni, Moses wrote that if a married down to the grave, but he will rise
man shall die, and have no child, again and manifest the life;
his widow shall become his brother's 23 For every life is hid with
wife. Christ in God, and man shall live
11 Now, there were seven broth- while God shall live.
ers and the eldest had a wife; he 24 The Pharisees and scribes
died and had no child; a brother who heard the Lord, exclaimed, He
took his widow for his wife, and
speaks the truth ; and they were glad
then he died; to have the Sadducees discomfited.
12 And every brother had this
25 And then an honest scribe
woman for his wife in course of time
;
came forth and said to Jesus, Lord,
the woman died;
13 Now which will have this you speak as one whom God has
sent, and may I ask,
woman for a wife in the resurrection
26 Which is the greatest and
day? the first of the Commandments of
14 And Jesus said, Here in this
the Law?
plane of life men marry just to grat-
27 And Jesus said, The first is:
ify their selfish selfs, or to perpetu-
ate the race; but in the world to Hear Israel, the Lord our God is
come, and in the resurrection day, one; and you shall love the Lord
men do not take upon themselves your God with all your heart, with
the marriage vows, allyour mind, with all your soul,
15 But, like the angels and the with all your strength;
other sons of God, they form not 28 And you shall love your
unions for the pleasure of the self, neighbor as yourself.
nor to perpetuate the race. 29 These are the greatest of the
16 Death does not mean the ten, and on them hang the Law,
end of life. The grave is not the the Prophets and the Psalms.
goal of men, no more than is the 30 The scribe replied, My soul
earth the goal of seeds. gives witness that you speak the
17 Life is the consequence of truth, for; love fulfills the law, and
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far transcends burnt offerings and heaven and earth, and he alone, is
sacrifice. Father of the race of men.
31 And Jesus said to him, Lo, 43 Christ is the hierarch, the
you have solved a mystery; you are high, exalted master of the sons of
within the kingdom and the king- men.
dom in you.
is 44 If you would be exalted, sit
32 To his disciples Jesus spoke, down at the master's feet and serve.
and all the people heard; he said, He is the greatest man who serves
Beware you of the scribes and Phar- the best.
isees who pride themselves in wear-
ing long and richly decorated robes,
CHAPTER 156.
33 And love to be saluted in the The scribes and Pharisees are an-
market place, and seek the highest gered. Jesus rebukes them for
seats at feasts, and take the hard- their hypocrisy. He laments over
earned wages of the poor to satisfy Jerusalem. The widow's mite.
their carnal selves, and pray in pub- Jesus delivers his farewell address
lic,long and loud. to the people in the temple.
34 These are the wolves who
clothe themselves to look like scribes and Pharisees were
sheep.
THE
wild with rage; and Jesus said,
35 And then he said to all, The 2 Woe unto you, you scribes
scribes and Pharisees are placed by and Pharisees, you hypocrites! you
law in Moses' seat, and by the law stand within the way; you block
the door; you will not go into the
they may interpret law;
36 So what they bid you do, kingdom and you turn aside the pure
that do; but do not imitate their
in heart who are about to enter in.
deeds.
3 Woe unto you, you scribes and
Pharisees, you hypocrites! you com-
37 They say the things that
Moses taught ; they do the things of pass sea and land to make one pros-
elyte, and when he has been made
Beelzebul.
he is a son, of hell, just like your-
38 They talk of mercy, yet they
selves.
bind on human shoulders burdens 4 Woe unto you who call your-
grievous to bear. selves the guides of men! and you
39 They talk of helpfulness, and are guides, blind guides;
yet they put not forth the slight- 5 For you pay tithes of cum-
est helpful efforts for their brother
min, mint and dill, and leave un-
man. done the weightier matters of the
40 They make a show of doing law; of judgment, justice, faith.
things, and yet they do not any- 6 You filter out the gnats before
thing but show their gaudy robes, you drink; but then you swallow
and broad phylacteries, and smile camels and the like.
when people call them honored mas- 7 Woe unto you, you scribes
ters of the law. and Pharisees, you hypocrites! you
41 They strut about and show clean and scour the outside of the
their pride when people call them cup, while it is full of filth, extortion
father, so and so. and excess.
42 Hear, now, you men, Call no 8 Go to and clean the inside of
man father here. The God of the cup, and then the poisonous
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 217
I must bear; I only ask for grace lieves in God who sent me forth to
and strength to bear the burdens do his will, and he who sees me now
whatso'er they be, beholds my Father-God.
34 This is the hour for which I 48 Behold, I came a light unto
came to earth. O Father, glorify the world; he who believes in me
shall walk in light, the light of life.
thy name!
35 And then the place was 49 You men who hear me now,
lighted with a light more brilliant
If you believe me not, I judge you
than the noonday sun; the people not.
stood a-back; they were afraid. 50 I am not come to judge the
36 And then a voice that seemed world, but I am come to save the
to come from heaven world.
said,
37 have both glorified my
I
51 God is the only judge of men ;
name and yours, and I will honor but what I speak will stand against
them again.
you in the day when God will judge
the world;
The people heard the voice,
38
52 For from myself I do not
and some exclaimed, Behold, a dis-
tant thunder! Others said, An an- speak; I speak the words that God
has given me to speak.
gel spoke to him. 53 And then he said, Jerusa-
39 But Jesus said. This voice
was not for me; it was for you, that lem, with all your glory and your
crimes, Farewell.
you might know that I am come
from God.
40 Now is the judgment of the CHAPTER 157.
world at hand; the prince of dark- The Christines upon Mount Olives.
ness shall be manifest and go unto Jesus prophecies the destruction of
his own.
Jerusalem, and of terrible disasters
41 The son of man will now be that will mark the conclusion of the
lifted up from earth, and he will He
age. exhorts his disciples to
draw all men unto himself.
faithfulness.
42 The people said, The law de-
clares that Christ abides forever Jesus with the twelve
more. Howcan you say, The son THEN
went forth and sat upon Mount
of man will now be lifted up? Who Olives, just beyond the city's gate.
is the son of man? 2 And his disciples said, Behold
43 And Jesus said to them, The the wondrous city of Jerusalem!
light is shining now; walk in the its homes are all so beautiful! its
light while you still have the light. temples and its shrines are clothed
44 The darkness comes; but he in such magnificence!
who walks in darkness cannot find 3 And Jesus said, The city is the
the way. glory of my people, Israel, but, lo,
45 Again I say, Walk in the the time will come when every
light while you still have the light, stone will be cast down, and it will
that men may know that you are be a hiss and byword for the nations
sons of light. of the earth.
46 And Jesus stood out in the 4 And the disciples asked, When
temple porch, and made his last ap- will this desolation come?
peal unto the multitudes; he said, And Jesus said, This round of
5
47 He who believes in me, be- human life will not be full until the
Section XVII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 219
armies of the conqueror will thun- 16 Then let the wise wait not,
der at her gates, and they will en- but flee. Let him who is upon his
ter in, and blood will flow like house wait not to enter in the house
water through the streets. to gather up his wealth, but let him
6 And all the precious furnish- flee.
ings of temple, court and palaces 17 And he who labors in the
will be destroyed, or carried off to
field must not return, but leave his
deck the palaces and courts of all to save his life.
kings. 18 And woe to mothers with
7 Behold, these days are not at their little children in that
hand. Before they come, lo, you day;
none shall escape the sword.
shall be maltreated by the scribes
and Pharisees, the high priests and
19 The tribulation of these days
cannot be told in words, for such
the doctors of the law.
has never been since God created
8 Without a cause you will be
haled into the courts; you will be
man upon the earth.
20 The conqueror will carry
stoned; you will be beaten in the
synagogues; will stand condemned many of the sons of Abraham away
as captives into foreign lands, and
before the rulers of this world, and
they who know not Israel's God
governors and kings will sentence will tread the highways of Jerusalem
you to death. until the anti-Jewish times have
9 But you will falter not, and been fulfilled.
you will testify for truth and right- 21 But when the people have
eousness.
10 And in these hours be anx-
been punished for their crimes, the
tribulation days will end; but lo,
ious not about your speech; you
the time will come when all the
need not think of what to say;
world will rise, like gladiators in a
11 For, lo, the Holy Breath will
overshadow you and ring, and fight just for the sake of
give you
words to say. shedding blood.
12 But then the carnage will
22 And men will reason not;
go
on, and men will think that they are they will not see, nor care to see a
cause for carnage, desolation, thefts;
pleasing God by killing you, and na-
tions far and near will hate you for for they will war with friend or foe.
the sake of Christ. 23 The very air will seem sur-
13 And men will stir up evil charged with smoke of death; and
thoughts among your kin, and they pestilence will follow close upon the
will hate you and will give you up to sword.
die. 24 And signs that men have
14 And
brothers will be false to never seen will then appear in
brothers; fathers will stand forth heaven and earth; in sun, and moon,
and testify against their own, and and stars.
children will drive parents to the 25 The seas will roar, and
funeral pile. sounds will come from heaven that
15 When you shall hear the Ro- men can never comprehend, and
man eagle screaming in the air, and these will bring distress of nations
see his legions streaming o er the;
with perplexity.
plain, then know the desolation of 26 Hearts of the strongest men
Jerusalem is near. will faint in fear, in expectation of
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the coming of more frightful things with the cares of life, lest that day
upon the earth. come and find you unprepared.
27 But while the conflicts rage 39 Keep watch at every season
on land and sea, the Prince of Peace of the year; and pray that you may
will stand above the clouds of meet the Lord with joy and not with
heaven and say again: grief.
28 Peace, peace on earth; good 40 Before these days shall come
will to men; and every man will our Father-God will send his mes-
throw away his sword, and nations sengers abroad, yea, to the corners
of the earth, and they will say,
will learn war no more.
41 Prepare you, O prepare; the
29 And then the man who bears
Prince of Peace shall come, and now
the pitcher will walk forth across an
is coming on the clouds of heaven.
arc of heaven; the sign and signet
42 When Jesus had thus said,
of the son ofman will stand forth in
he went with his disciples back to
the eastern sky.
30 The wise will then lift up Bethany.
their heads and know that the re-
CHAPTER 158.
demption of the earth is near.
31 Before these days shall come, Jesus and the twelve at prayer in Oli-
behold, false Christs and poor de- vet. Jesus reveals to his disciples
luded prophets will arise in many the deeper meanings of secret doc-
lands. trines. He tells them what to teach
32 And they will show forth the people. Relates a number of
signs, and do a multitude of mighty parables. They return to Bethany.
works and they will lead astray the
;
half an hour, for angels spoke with lord returned, and when he knew
bated breath. that thieves had robbed him of his
6 And Jesus said, These things wealth, he called his servants and
may not be spoken out aloud; they he said to them,
never may be written down; they 16 Because you have neglected
are the messages of Silenceland; what was given you to do, have
they are the Breathings of the inner spent your time in revelings and
heart of God. sleep, behold you all are debtors
7 And then the master taught unto me.
the twelve the lessons they should 17 What I have lost by your
teach to other men. He sometimes neglect, you owe to me. And then
taught in parables; he said, he gave them heavy tasks to do,
8 You call to mind the words of and bound them to their posts with
yesterday about the coming of the chains, where they remained till
son of man. Now, you shall teach they had paid for all the goods
to other men what I have spoken their lord had lost through their
and am speaking unto you; neglect.
9 Teach them to pray and not 18 Another man locked up his
to faint; to be prepared at every wealth and went to sleep, and in the
moment of the day, for when they night time robbers came, unlocked
least expect him, then the Lord will his doors, and when they saw no
come. guard, they entered in and carried
10 A man went to a distant land off his wealth.
and left his house and all his wealth 19 And when the man awoke
in care of servants five to guard his
; and found his doors ajar and all his
house and five to guard his barns treasures gone, he said, If I had
and herds. known the hour when the thieves
11 The servants waited long for would come I would have been on
his return, but he came not, and
guard.
they grew careless in their work; 20 Beware, my friends, beware!
some spent their time in revelings and be prepared at every hour, and
and drunkenness, and some slept if your Lord shall come at midnight
at their posts. or at dawn, it matters not, for he
12 And night by night the rob- will find you ready to receive.
bers came and carried off the wealth 21 And then, behold, a marriage
from house and barn, and drove was announced, and virgins, ten of
away the choicest of the herds. them, were set apart to meet the
13 And when they knew that
bridegroom when he came.
much of all the wealth that they 22 The virgins clothed them-
were left to guard had been pur- selves in proper garbs, and took
loined, they said,
14 We
cannot be to blame; if
their lamps and sat in waiting for
the watch to say, Behold, the bride-
we had known the day and hour comes!
when our lord would come again groom
23 Now, five were wise; they
we would have guarded well his
thieves filled their lamps with oil; and five
wealth, and suffered not the
were foolish, for they carried empty
to carry it away; he surely is at
fault because he told us not. lamps.
24 The groom came not at the
15 But after many days the
222 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVII
then come forth to meet the groom. gave me drink was naked and you
;
lamps all trimmed went with him to me with words of cheer; I was a
to the marriage feast. stranger and in your homes I found
30 And when the foolish virgins a home.
came the door was shut, and though 42 Then will the righteous say,
they knocked and called aloud, the When did we see you hungry,
door was opened not. thirsty, sick, imprisoned or a stran-
31 The master of the feast ex- ger at our gates and ministered to
claimed, I know you not and in dis-
!
you?
grace the virgins went their way. 43 And then the judge will say,
32 Again I say to you, and you You served the sons of men, and
shall say to them who follow you, whatsoever you have done for these,
33 Be ready every moment of that you have done for me.
the day and night, because when 44 The judge will say to those
you expect him not, the Lord will upon the left, Depart from me; you
come. have not served the sons of men.
34 Behold, when he will come 45 I was hungry and you gave
with all his messengers of light, the me naught to eat; was thirsty and
Book of Life, and that of Records, you gave me naught to drink; I
shall be opened up the books in was a stranger and you drove me
which the thoughts and words and from your door; I was imprisoned
deeds are written down. and was sick, you did not minis-
35 And every one can read the ter to me.
records he has written for himself, 46 Then these will say, When
and he will know his doom before did we thus neglect to care for you?
the judge shall speak, and this will When did we see you hungry,
be the sifting time. thirsty, sick, a stranger or in prison
36 According to their records and did not minister to you?
men will find their own. 47 And then the judge will say,
37 The judge is Righteousness, Your life was full of self you served
;
the king of all the earth, and he will the self and not your fellow man,
Section XVIII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 223
and when you slighted one of these, 50 When he had finished all
you slighted and neglected me. these parables he said, You know
48 Then will the righteous have that in two days the great passover
the kingdom and the power, and feast will come, and the son of
lo,
they who are unrighteous shall go man will be betrayed into the hands
forth to pay their debts, to suffer of wicked men.
all that men have suffered at their 51 And he will give his life upon
hands. the cross, and men will know that
49 They who have ears to hear he, the son of man, is son of God.
and hearts to understand will com- 52 Then Jesus and the twelve
prehend these parables. returned to Bethany.
SECTION XVIII.
TZADDI.
The Arrest and Betrayal of Jesus.
CHAPTER 159. money to supply our wants and feed
the poor.
The Christines attend a feast in Si-
mon's house. anoints the
7 (Now, Judas was the treas-
Mary and carriedall the money of
master with a costly balm, and Ju- urer,
das and others rebuked her for prof- the Christine band.)
8 And others said, Why, Mary,
ligacy. Jesus defends her. The
what a profligate you are! you
rulers of the Jews employ Ananias should not throw such wealth away.
to arrest Jesus. Ananias bribes
9 But Jesus said, You men, be
Judas to aid him.
still; let her alone; you know not
who was once a what you say.
BAR-SIMON,
leper and was cleansed by 10 The poor are with you con-
Jesus by the sacred Word, abode in stantly; at any time you can ad-
Bethany. minister to them; but I will not be
2 In honor of the Christine with you long.
Lord he gave a feast, and Lazarus 11 And Mary knows the sadness
was among the guests, and Ruth of the coming days she has anointed
;
you will lead the way and bribe the IN Thursday morning Jesus
man of whom you speak, to aid in called to him the twelve dis-
seizing Jesus in a secret place, then ciples," and he said to them, This is
we will give to you a hundred silver God's remembrance day, and we
pieces for your hire. will eat the pascal
supper all alone.
22 And Ananias said, Tis well. 2 And then he said to Peter,
23 And then he went to Beth- James and John, Go now into Jeru-
any and found the twelve at Simon's salem and there prepare the pasch.
house, and calling Judas to the side 3 And the disciples said, Where
he said, would you have us go to find the
24 If you would care to make a place where we may have the feast
sum of money for yourself hear me: prepared?
25 The high priest and the other 4 And Jesus said, Go by the
rulers in Jerusalem would like to fountain gate and you will see a
talk with Jesus when alone, that man who has a pitcher in his hand.
they may know about his claims; Speak unto him and say: This is the
26 And if he proves himself to first day of unleavened bread;
be the Christ, lo, they will stand in 5 The Lord would have you set
his defense. apart your banquet hall where he
27 Now, if you will but lead the may eat his last passover with the
way to where your master is to- twelve.
morrow night that they may send 6 Fear not to speak; the man
Section XVIII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 225
dead, lo, you will come again, and I times that what I speak and what I
will go before you into Galilee. do are not the words and works of
12 And Peter said, My Lord, man;
though every other man forsake 25 They are the words and
you I will not. works of God, who lives in me and I
13 And Jesus said, O Simon in him.
Peter, lo, your zeal is greater than 26 Hear me, you faithful men :
receive because it sees her not; it the Holy Breath will make all mys-
knows her not. teries known
37 But you know her, and will 8 The mysteries of the soul, of
know her, because she will abide life,of death, of immortality; the
within your soul. oneness of a man with every other
38 I will not leave you desolate, man and with his God.
but in the Christ, which is the love 9 Then world be led to
will the
of God made manifest to men, I will truth, and man be the truth.
will
be with you all the way. 10 When she has come, the Com-
forter, she will convince the world
CHAPTER 162. of sin, and of the truth of what I
speak, and of the Tightness of the
Jesus reveals more fully the mission
judgment of the just; and then the
of the Holy Breath. Tells his dis-
prince of carnal life will be cast out.
ciples plainly that he is about to die, 11 And when the Comforter
and they are sad. He prays for shall come I need not intercede for
them and all the world of believers. stand approved,
you; for you will
They leave the banquet hall. and God will know you then as he
John was
knows me.
deeply grieved
NOW,
because the master said, I go
12 The hour has come when you
will weep; the wicked will rejoice,
away, and where I go you cannot because I go away; but I will come
come.
2 He wept and said, Lord, I again, and all your sorrows shall
be turned to joy;
would go with you through every 13 Yea, verily, you will rejoice
trial and to death.
as one who welcomes back a brother
3 And Jesus said, And you from the dead.
shall follow me through trials and 14 And the disciples said, Our
through death; but now you can- Lord, speak not in proverbs any
not go where I will go; but you
more; speak plainly unto us; we
shall come.
know that you are wise and know
4 And Jesus spoke again unto all things.
the eleven and said, Grieve not be- 15 What is the meaning of your
cause I go away, for it is best that I
words, I go away, but I will come
should go away. If I go not the
again?
Comforter will not come to you. 16 And Jesus said, The hour is
5 These things I speak while come when you will all be scattered
with you in the flesh, but when the forth, and every man will be afraid ;
falter not, that all the world may 37 do not pray for these alone,
I
know the power of sacrifice; O God ; pray for all who will
I also
25 For as I give my life for men, believe on me, and will accept the
men must Christ because of what they do and
lo, give their lives for
other men. say, that they may all be one.
26 I came to do thy will, 38 As I am one with thee, and
God,
and thou art one with me, may they be
in the sacred name, the Christ is
that men may see the one with us,
glorified,
Christ as as light, as love, as 39 That all the world may know
life,
that thou hast sent me forth to do
truth,
27 And through the Christ be- thy will, and that thou lovest them
come themselves the as thou hast ever loved me.
life, the light,
the love, the truth. 40 When Jesus had thus said,
28 I praise thy name because of they sung the Jewish song of praise,
these whom thou hast given me, and then arose and went their way.
for they have honored thee and they
will honor thee; CHAPTER 163.
29 And none of them are lost, Jesus visits Pilate, who urges him to
and none are gone away, except the
flee from the country to save his
blinded son of carnal life, who hath Jesus refuses to do so. He
life.
gone forth to sell his Lord. meets his disciples in Massalian's
30 O God, forgive this man, be- orchard. The scene in Gethsem-
cause he knows not what he does. ane. The Jewish mob led by Judas
31 And now, O God, I come to
appears.
thee, and am no more in mortal life;
keep thou these men to whom I and the eleven went out,
have made known thy wisdom and AS aJesus
Roman guard approached
thy love. and said, All hail! Is one of you
32 As they believe in me, and in the man from Galilee?
the words I speak, may all the world 2 And Peter said, We all are
believe in them and in the words men from Galilee; whom do you
they speak. seek?
33 As thou hast sent me forth 3 The guard replied, I seek for
into the world, so I have sent them Jesus, who is called the Christ.
230 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XVIII
guard, and when he reached the pal- comes to seek and save.
ace, Pilate met him at the gate and 20 Before the pasch has been
said, consumed, lo, all this nation will be
9 Young man, I have a word to cursed by shedding blood of inno-
say that may be well for you. I cence; and even now the murderers
have observed your works and are at the door.
words three years and more; 21 And Pilate said, It shall not
10 And I have often stood in be; the sword of Rome will be un-
your defense when your own coun- sheathed to save your life.
trymen would fain have stoned you 22 And Jesus said, Nay, Pilate,
as a criminal. nay; there are no armies large
11 But now the priests, the enough in all the world to save my
scribes and Pharisees have stirred life.
the common people to a stage of 23 And Jesus bade the governor
frenzied wantonness and cruelty, farewell, and went his way; but
and they intend to take your life, Pilate sent a double guard with him
12 Because, they say, that you lest he should fall into the hands of
have sworn to tear their temple those who were alert to take his life.
down ; to change the laws that Moses 24 But in a moment Jesus dis-
gave; to exile Pharisee and priest appeared; the guards saw him no
and seat yourself upon a throne. more, and in a little while he
13 And they aver that you are reached the brook of Kidron where
full in league with Rome. the eleven were.
14 The streets of all Jerusalem 25 Now, just beyond the brook
are filled this moment with a horde there was an orchard and a home
of madmen all intent to shed your where one, Massalian, lived, where
blood. Jesus oft had been.
15 There is no safety for you 26 Massalian was his friend,
but in wait not until the
flight; and he believed that Jesus was the
morning sun. You know the way Christ that Jewish prophets long
to reach the border of this cursed ago had said would come.
land. 27 Now, in the orchard was a
Section XVIII OF JESUS THE CHRIST 231
53 I know the spirit is alert and emissaries of the evil one! and
willing; but the flesh weak.
is Judas leads the way.
54 And then he went again and 3 And the disciples said, Lord,
prayed, O Father, God! if I must let us flee to save our lives.
drink this bitter cup, give me the 4 But Jesus said, Why should
strength of body, as I have the we flee to save our lives when this
strength of soul; for not my will, is the fulfillment of the words of
but thine be done.
prophets and of seers?
55 And when he went again to
5 And Jesus went alone to meet
his disciples; lo, he found them still
the men; and as they came he said,
asleep. He wakened them and
said to James, Why are you here, you men?
56 Have you been sleeping while
whom do you seek?
6 And they replied, We seek the
your master has been wrestling with man from Galilee. We seek for
the greatest foe of men? Could
Jesus, one who calls himself the
you not watch with me a single Christ.
hour?
57 And then he went again and 7 And Jesus answered, Here
prayed. O God, I yield to thee;
am I.
SECTION XIX.
KOPH.
The Trial and Execution of Jesus.
CHAPTER 165. chard of Massalian with this sedi-
tious Nazarene? I'm sure I did,
Jesus before Caiaphas. Peter denies
and you are one of those who fol-
his Lord thrice. The indictment,
lowed him.
signed by seven ruling Jews. A
12 Then Peter rose and stamped
hundred perjured witnesses testify
to the truth of the charges. upon the floor, and swore by every
sacred thing, that he knew not the
was the high priest criminal.
CAIAPHAS
of the Jews the mob led Jesus
; 13 Now, John was standing
to his palace hall. near and when he heard the words
2 The court had been convened, and knew that Peter had denied his
and all the galleries were packed Lord, he looked at him in sheer
with scribes and Pharisees already astonishment.
sworn as witnesses against the Lord. 14 Just then a cock crew loud
3 The maid who kept the palace beneath the court, and Peter called
door knew John, and this disciple to mind the words the Lord had
asked that he and Peter be admitted said,
to the hall. 15 Before the cock shall crow
4 The maid permitted them to tomorrow morn you will deny me
enter in, and John went in; but thrice.
Peter was afraid and tarried in the 16 And Peter's conscience smote
outer court. him and he went out into
heavily,
5 The woman said to Peter, as the night and wept.
he stood beside the door, Are you a 17 Caiaphas sat in state; before
follower of this man from Galilee? him stood the man from Galilee.
6 And Peter said, No, I am not. 18 Caiaphas said, You people
7 The men who had brought of Jerusalem, who is the man that
Jesus to the hall sat by a fire in the you accuse?
outer court, because the night was 19 They answered In the name
:
cool, and Peter sat with them. of every loyal Jew we do accuse this
8 Another maid who waited in man from Galilee, this Jesus, who
the place saw Peter and she said assumes to be our king, as enemy
to him, You surely are from Galilee; of God and man.
your speech is that of Galilee; you 20 Caiaphas said to Jesus, Man,
are a follower of this man. you are permitted now to speak and
9 And Peter said, I know not tell about your doctrines and your
what you mean ; I do not even know claims.
this man. 21 And Jesus said, You priest
10 Andthen a servant of Caia- of carnalman, why do you ask about
phas, one of those who seized the my words and works?
Lord and brought him to the court, 22 Lo, I have taught the mul-
saw Peter and he said to him, titudes in every public place; I have
11 Did I not see you in the or- restored your sick to health :
Section XIX OF JESUS THE CHRIST 235
done in secret place but in your that he and God are one;
public halls and thoroughfares. 37 And he profanes our holy
24 Go ask the people, who have days by healing, and by doing other
not been bought with gold or glit- work upon the Sabbath days;
tering promises, to tell about my 38 And he proclaims himself the
words and works. king, successor of our David and
25 When Jesus had thus said our Solomon;
a Jewish guard came up and smote 39 And he declares that he will
him in the face and said, How dare tear our temple down and build it
you speak thus unto him, the high up again in form more glorious in
priest of the Jews? three days;
26 And Jesus said, If I have 40 And he declares that he will
spoken falsely bear witness unto drive the people from Jerusalem,
what I say; if I have told the truth as he drove out the merchants from
why did you smite me thus? the temple court; and bring to oc-
27 And then Caiaphas said, cupy our sacred hills a tribe of men
What'er you do, do in a legal way, that know not God;
for we must answer to a higher 41 And he avers that every doc-
court for everything we do or say. tor, scribe and Pharisee and Sad-
28 Let the accusers of this man ducee, shall go in exile, and shall
nevermore return;
present their charges in a legal
form. 42 And to these charges we do
29 And then Caiaphas* scribe set our hands and seals.
Annas. Simon.
stood forth and said, I have the ac-
Abinadab. Annanias.
cusations here in legal form; the
Joash. Azaniah.
charges made and signed by scribes Hezekiah.
and priests and Pharisees.
43 Now, when the scribe had
30 Caiaphas said, Be still, you read the charges, all the people
men, and hear the charges read. called for blood; they said, Let such
The scribe took up a roll and read :
a wretch be stoned ; let him be cru-
31 To the Sanhedrim of the Jews cified.
and to Caiaphas the high priest, 44 Caiaphas said, You men of
most honored men:
Israel, do you sustain the charges of
32 The highest duty man can these men?
render to his nation and his own is 45 A hundred men who had
to protect them from their foes. been bribed, stood forth to testify;
33 The people of Jerusalem are they swore that every charge was
conscious that a mighty foe is in true.
their very midst. 46 Caiaphas said to Jesus, Man,
34 A man named Jesus has have you a word to say? are you
come forth and claims to be the heir the son of God?
to David's throne. 47 And Jesus said, So you have
35 As an impostor he is foe, and said ; and then he said no more.
236 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XIX
CHAPTER 166. who testify are perjurers in the sight
of God and man, then let them be
Jesus before the Sanhedrim. Nico-
adjudged as criminals, and let the
demus pleads for justice; he shows man from Galilee go free.
the incompetency of the witnesses.
12 And then he brought the tes-
The council fail to declare Jesus timonies of the witnesses before the
guilty, but Caiaphas, the presiding
judges of the law; no two of them
judge, declares him guilty. The
He agreed. In heat of passion, or for
mob maltreat Jesus. is taken
9 gain, the men had testified.
to Pilate s court.
13 The council would have glad-
Jesus would not ly judged that Jesus was a criminal
WHEN
Caiaphas stood
speak,
before the and sentence him to death; but in
the face of all the evidence they
Jewish mob and said,
2 Bind fast the prisoner, for he were afraid.
must go before the great Sanhe- 14 And then Caiaphas said, You
drim of the Jews to answer for his man from Galilee, Before the living
life. God, I now command that you shall
3 We cannot execute a criminal answer me, Are you the Christ, the
until our findings have been verified son of God?
by this, the highest council of the 15 And Jesus said, If I would
Jews. answer, Yes, you would not hear,
4 As soon as it was day the high- nor yet believe,
est council of the people met; the 16 If I would answer, No, I
Lord and his accusers stood before would be like your witnesses, and
the bar. stand a liar in the sight of man and
5 Caiaphas was the chief; he God. But this I say,
rose and said, Let the accusers of 17 The time will come when you
this man from Galilee bring forth will see the son of man upon the
their charges and their evidence. throne of power and coming in the
6 Caiaphas' scribe stood forth clouds of heaven.
and read the charges and the names 18 And then Caiaphas rent his
of those who had accused the man clothes and said, Have you not
from Galilee. heard enough? Did you not hear
7 And all the witnesses were his vile blasphemous words ? What
made to stand and testify before the further need have we of witnesses?
council of the Jews. What shall we do with him?
8 And then the lawyers weighed 19 The people said, Put him to
the evidence, and Nicodemus stood death. And then the mob rushed
among the men who plead. up and spit into his face, and struck
9 He raised his hands and said, him with their hands.
Let justice now be done, though ev- 20 And then they bound a cloth
ery scribe and Pharisee and priest about his eyes and smote him in the
and Sadducee, as well as Jesus, the face and said, You are a prophet;
accused, be judged a liar. tell us who it was who smote
you
10 If we can prove this Jesus in the face.
to be foe and traitor to our laws and 21 And Jesus answered not and
land, let him be judged a criminal like a lamb before his shearer he,
and suffer for his crimes. the man from Galilee, resisted not.
11 If it be proved that these 22 Caiaphas said, We cannot
Section XIX OF JESUS THE CHRIST 237
put aman to death until the Roman to Tiberius, our counsellors believe
ruler shall confirm the sentence of that he should meet the most hu-
this court;
miliating death the death upon
23 So take this criminal away the cross.
and Pilate will endorse what we 9 But Pilate said, No man can
have done. be found guilty of a crime
24 And then was Jesus dragged by Ro-
man law until the testimony all is
along the way up to the palace of in, and the accused has been per-
the Roman governor. mitted to defend himself;
10 So I will take your bill of
CHAPTER 167. charges, with the evidence you
Jesus before Pilate. Is pronounced have, and judge by Roman law.
not guilty. Jesus before Herod and
11 The Jews had made a copy of
the accusations in the
is tortured and returned to Pilate, language of
the Roman court, and they had
who again declares him innocent.
The Jews demand his death. Pi- added to the bill :
words, and in his soul give witness and Take you this man and
said,
unto me. torturehim until he answers me.
21 And Pilate said, What is the 33 The guards took Jesus and
truth? they smote him; mocked him;
22 And Jesus said, Truth is the wrapped him in a royal robe; they
God who knows. It is the change- made a crown of thorns and put it
less one. The Holy Breath is on his head they put a broken reed
;
went into an inner room and sat in for the multitudes; and they believe
silent thought. that when they drive him forth into
43 And' as he mused his wife, a the wilds, or into foreign lands, they
godly woman, chosen from among are released from sin.
the Gauls, came in and said, 4 So every spring before the
44 I pray you, Pilate, hearken feast they chose a prisoner from the
unto me: Beware of what you do prisons of the land, and by a form
this hour. Touch not this man from their own, they fain would make
Galilee; he is a holy man. him bear their sins away.
45 If you should scourge this 5 Among the Jewish prisoners
man you scourge the son of God. in Jerusalem were three who were
Last night I saw it all in vision far the leaders of a vile, seditious band,
too vivid to be set aside as idle who had engaged in thefts and mur-
dream. ders and rapine, and had been sen-
46 I saw this man walk on the tenced to be crucified.
waters of the sea; I heard him 6 Barabbas bar Jezia was
speak and calm an angry storm; I among the men who were to die;
saw him flying with the wings of but he was rich and he had bought
light; of priests the boon to be the scape-
47 I saw Jerusalem in blood; I goat for the people at the coming
saw the statues of the Caesars fall; feast, and he was anxiously in wait-
I saw a veil before the sun, and day
ing for his hour to come.
was dark as night. 7 Now, Pilate thought to turn
48 The earth on which I stood this superstition to account to save
was shaken like a reed before the the Lord, and so he went again be-
wind. I tell you, Pilate, if you fore the Jews and said,
bathe your hands in this man's 8 You men of Israel, according
blood then you may dread the
frowns of great Tiberius, and the
to my custom I will release to you
today a prisoner who shall bear
curses of the senators of Rome.
your sins away.
49 And then she left, and Pilate 9 This man you drive into the
wept. wilds or into foreign lands, and you
have asked me to release Barabbas,
CHAPTER 168. who has been proven guilty of the
murder of a score of men.
Pilate's final effort to release Jesus
10 Now, hear me men, Let Jesus
fails. He washes his hands in be released and let Barabbas pay his
feigned innocence. Delivers Jesus debt upon the cross; then you can
to the Jews for execution. The Jew-
send this Jesus to the wilds and hear
ish soldiers drive him to Calvary.
no more of him.
11 At what the ruler said the
A SUPERSTITIOUS people are
people were enraged, and they
^jL be-
the Jews. They have a faith
that they have borrowed from the gan to plot to tear the Roman pal-
ace down and drive in exile Pilate,
idol worshippers of other lands,
that at the end of every year, and his household and his guards.
2 They may heap all their sins 12 When Pilate was assured
that civil war would follow if he
upon the head of some man set
heeded not the wishes of the mob,
apart to bear their sins.
3 The man becomes a scapegoat he took a bowl of water and in the
240 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XIX
presence of the multitude he washed called out, Stay, stay you men be- !
his hands and said, hold, the guards of Herod come and
13 This man whom you accuse, they will crucify this man.
is son of the most holy Gods, and 24 And there beside the city's
I proclaim my innocence. gate they found Barabbas' cross;
14 If you would shed his blood, and then the frenzied mob cried out,
his blood is on your hands and not Let him be crucified.
on mine. 25 Caiaphas and the other ruling
15 And then the Jews ex- Jews came forth and gave consent.
claimed, And let his blood be on 26 And then they lifted Jesus
our hands and on our children's from the ground, and at the point of
hands. swords they drove him on.
16 And Pilate trembled like a 27 A man named Simon, from
leaf, in fear. Barabbas he released Cyrene, a friend of Jesus, was a-near
and as the Lord stood forth before the scene and since the bruised and
the mob the ruler said, Behold your wounded Jesus could not bear his
king! And would you put to death cross, they laid it on the shoulders
your king? of this man
and made him bear it on
17 The Jews replied, He is no to Calvary.
king; we have no king but great Ti-
berius.
18 Now, Pilate would not give
CHAPTER 169.
consent that Roman soldiers should Judas is filled with remorse. Hur-
imbue their hands in blood of inno- ries to the temple and throws the
cence, and so the chief priests and thirty pieces of silver at the feet of
the Pharisees took counsel what to the priests who take it and buy a
do with Jesus, who was called the potter's field. Judas hangs him-
Christ. self. His body is buried in the
19Caiaphas said, We cannot potter's field.
crucify this man; he must be stoned
to death and nothing more. Judas who betrayed his
20 And then the rabble said,
NOW,
Lord, was with the mob; but
all the time he thought that Jesus
Make haste let him be stoned. And
!
then they led him forth toward the would assert his power and demon-
strate the strength of God that he
hillbeyond the city's gates, where
criminals were put to death. possessed, and strike to earth the
21 The rabble could not wait fiendish multitudes and free him-
self;
until they reached the place of
skulls. As soon as they had passed 2 But when he saw his master
the city's gate, they rushed upon on the ground and bleeding from a
score of wounds, he said,
him, smote him with their hands,
they spit upon him, stoned him and 3 O God, what have I done?
he fell upon the ground. I have betrayed the son of God the ;
22 And one, a man of God, stood curse of God will rest upon my soul.
forth and said, Isaiah said, He shall 4 And then he turned and ran
be bruised for our transgressions with haste until he reached the
and by his stripes we shall be healed. temple door; he found the priests,
23 As Jesus lay all bruised and who gave to him the thirty silver
mangled on the ground a Pharisee pieces to betray the Lord, and said,
Section XIX OF JESUS THE CHRIST 241
suffice.
CHAPTER 170.
The
10 cruel Jews were near
The crucifixion. Jesus prays for his with hammer and with nails; they
murderers. Pilate puts an inscrip- cried, not cords, but nails ; drive fast
tion above the cross. Jesus speaks the nails and hold him to the cross.
words of encouragement to the pen- 11 And then the soldiers took
itent thief. Commits to John the the nails and drove them through
care of his mother and Miriam. his feet and hands.
The soldiers divide his garments 12 They offered him a sedative
among themselves. to drink, a draught of vinegar and
Jewish mob
pushed on to- myrrh; but he refused to drink the
THE
ward Calvary and as they went draught.
13 The soldiers had prepared a
the Marys, Miriam, and
other
women not a few, were close beside place in which to plant Barabbas'
the Lord. cross between the other criminals;
2 They wept aloud. When Jesus and here they raised the cross of
saw them weeping and lamenting Jesus, who was called the Christ;
thus he said, 14 And then the soldiers and the
3 Weep not for me, for though I mob down to watch him die.
sat
tablet to be placed upon the cross Lord, I know thy kingdom comes,
on which was written in the tongues the kingdom that the world can
of Hebrew, Latin and the Greek never comprehend;
these words of truth: JESUS THE 29 And when thou comest on the
CHRIST, KING OF THE JEWS. clouds of heaven, remember me.
17 And this was placed upon the 30 And Jesus said, Behold, for
cross. The priests were angered I will meet you in the realm of souls
when they read these words upon this day.
the tablet of the cross. 31 Now, standing near unto the
18 And then they prayed that cross were many women from Judea
Pilate would not say, He is the and from Galilee. Among them
Christ, king of the Jews; but say, were the mother of the Lord and
He claims to be the Christ, king of Miriam,
the Jews. 32 And Mary, mother of the two
19 But Pilate said, What I have apostles, James and John, and Mary
written, I have written; let it stand. Magdalene, and Martha, Ruth and
20 The Jewish multitudes who Mary, and Salome.
saw the Lord upon the cross were 33 When Jesus saw his mother
wild with joy; they said, All hail, and the singer Miriam standing
fake king ! close beside the cross and John a-
21 You who would tear the near, he said to John,
temple down and in three days 34 In your most tender care I
would build it up again, why don't leave my mother and my sister
you save yourself? Miriam.
22 If you are Christ, the son of 35 And John replied, While they
God, come from the cross; then all shalllive my home shall be the
men will believe. home of your thrice blessed mother
23 The priests and scribes and and your sister Miriam.
Pharisees looked on the scene and 36 According to a custom of the
scoffed they said, He rescued others
; Jews, to those who were the execu-
from the grave; why don't he save tioners of law and took the lives of
himself? criminals, belonged the garments of
24 The Jewish soldiers and the the criminals.
Roman guards who came from Gal- 37 So when the Lord was cru-
ilee were loud in mocking and de- cified, the Roman guards divided
riding him. up among themselves the garments
25 One of the other men upon of the Lord.
the cross joined in the mockery; he 38 But when they found his coat
said, If you are Christ, you have the it was a seamless coat and
highly
power; just speak the Word, and prized.
save yourself and me. 39 For it the guards cast lots,
26 The other man upon the and thus determined who should
cross rebuked the man; he said, You have the prize.
wretch! have you no fear of God? 40 And thus the scripture was
27 This man is innocent of any fulfilled, which said, And they di-
crime while you and I are guilty and vided all my robes among them-
are paying up the debts we owe. selves, and for my vesture they cast
28 And then he said to Jesus, lots.
Section XIX OF JESUS THE CHRIST 243
will come.
men that had been crucified.
6 And Jesus said, I thirst. A 19 And Pilate sent his guards to
Roman soldier dipped a sponge in Calvary to note if all the men were
dead.
vinegar and myrrh, and placed it to
20 And when the guards were
his lips.
gone, two aged Jews came to the
7 Now, at the ninth hour of the
palace door to see the governor,
day the earth began to quake, and in and they were members of the high-
the darkness of that sunless day,
est council of the Jews;
a flood of golden light appeared 21 Yet they believed that Jesus
above the cross; was a prophet sent from God.
8 And from the light a voice 22 The one was Rabbi Joseph,
was heard which said, Lo, it is done. the Arimathean counsellor, and he
9 And Jesus said, My Father- was just and loved the law of God.
God, into thy hands I give my soul. 23 And Nicodemus was the
10 A Roman soldier in compas- other one who came.
sion said, This agony is all too great ; 24 These men fell down at
relief shall come. And with a spear Pilate's feetand prayed that they
he pierced his heart and it was might take the body of the Naza-
done; the son of man was dead. rene and lay it in a tomb.
11 And then the earth was 25 And Pilate gave consent.
shocked again ; the city of Jerusalem 26 Now, Joseph_had prepared a
244 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XX
costly mixture to embalm the body tomb that had been made for Joseph
of the Lord, about a hundred in a solid rock.
pounds of aloes and of myrrh, and 32 And then they rolled a stone
this they took and hastened out to up to the sepulcher.
Calvary. 33 The priests were fearful lest
27 And when the guards re- the friends of Jesus would go forth
turned they said, The Nazarene is at night and take away the body of
dead; the malefactors are alive. the Nazarene, and then report that
28 And Pilate told the guards he had risen from the dead, as he
to go and smite the living men so had said;
they would die, and then to give 34 And they requested that the
their bodies to the flames but give ; governor would send his soldiers to
the body of the Nazarene to rabbis the tomb to guard the body of the
who would call for it. dead.
29 The soldiers did as Pilate 35 But Pilate said, I will not
said. send a Roman guard ; but you have
30 The rabbis came and took Jewish soldiers and may send a hun-
away the body of the Lord and dred men with a centurion to guard
when they had prepared it with the the tomb.
spices they had bought, 36 And then they sent a hun-
31 They laid it in the new-made dred soldiers out to guard the tomb.
SECTION XX.
RESH.
The Resurrection of Jesus.
CHAPTER 172. 3 They rolled away the stone;
Pilate places the Roman seal upon they saw the body there, and then
the stone door of the tomb. At mid- they placed the stone again before
the door.
night a company of the silent
brothers march about the tomb. 4 And Pilate sent his scribe
The soldiers are alarmed. Jesus who placed upon the stone the seal
preaches to the spirits in prison. of Rome, in such a way that he
Early Sunday morning he rises who moved the stone would break
from the tomb. The soldiers are the seal.
bribed by the priests to say that the 5 To break this Roman seal
disciples had stolen the body. meant death to him who broke the
seal.
tomb in which
they laid the
THE
body of the Lord was in a gar-
6 The Jewish soldiers all were
den, rich with flowers, the garden
sworn to faithfulness; and then the
of Siloam, and Joseph's home was watch began.
near. 7 At midnight all was well, but
2 Before the watch began Caia- suddenly the tomb became a blaze
of light, and down the garden walk
phas sent a company of priests out
to the garden of Siloam that they a troupe of white clad soldiers
might be assured that Jesus' body marched in single file.
was within the tomb. 8 They came up to the tomb
Section XX OF JESUS THE CHRIST 245
and marched and countermarched walk with his disciples, just to prove
before the door. the possibilities of man;
9 The Jewish soldiers were alert ;
22 To give to them the key of
they thought the friends had come life, of death, and of the resurrec-
to steal the body of the Nazarene. tion of the dead.
The captain of the guard cried out 23 In council all the masters
to charge. sat and talked about the revelations
10 They charged; but not a of the coming age,
white clad soldier fell. They did 24 When she, the Holy Breath,
not even stop; they marched and shall fill the earth and air with
holy
countermarched among the fright- breath, and open up the way of man
ened men. to perfectness and endless life.
11 They stood upon the Roman 25 The garden of Siloam was
seal; they did not speak; they un- silent on the Sabbath day; the Jew-
sheathed not their swords; it was ish soldiers watched and no one
the Silent Brotherhood. else approached the tomb; but on
12 The Jewish soldiers fled in the following night the scene was
fear; they fell upon the ground. changed.
13 They stood apart until the 26 At midnight every Jewish
white clad soldiers marched away, soldier heard a voice which said,
and then the light about the tomb Adon Mashich Cumi, which meant,
grew dim. Lord Christ arise.
14 Then they returned; the 27 And they supposed again
stone was in its place; the seal was that friends of Jesus were alert,
not disturbed, and they resumed were coming up to take the body
their watch. of their Lord away.
15 Now, Jesus did not sleep 28 The soldiers were alert with
within the tomb. The body is the
swords unsheathed and drawn, and
then they heard the words again.
manifest of soul; but soul is soul
29 It seemed as though the
without its manifest.
voice was everywhere, and yet they
16 And in the realm of souls,
saw no man.
unmanifest, the Lord went forth 30 The soldiers blanched with
and taught. and still to flee meant death
fear,
17 He opened up the prison for cowardice, and so they stood
doors and set the prisoners free; and watched.
18 He broke the chains of cap- 31 Again, and this was just be-
tive souls, and led the captives to fore the sun arose, the heavens
the light; blazed with light, a distant thunder
19 He sat in council with the seemed to herald forth a coming
patriarchs and prophets of the olden storm;
times; 32 And then the earth began to
20 The masters of all times and quake and in the rays of light they
climes he met, and in the great as- saw a form descend from heaven,
semblies he stood forth and told They said, Behold an angel comes.
the story of his life on earth, and of 33 And then they heard again,
his death in sacrifice for man, Adon Mashich Cumi.
21 And of his promises to clothe 34 And then the white-robed
himself again in garb of flesh and form tramped on the Roman seal,
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SECTION XXI.
SCHIN.
Materialization of the Spiritual Body of Jesus.
CHAPTER 173. 3 They did not know that Jew-
ish soldiers had been sent to guard
Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the tomb, nor that the Roman seal
his mother, Miriam, Mary of Mag- was placed upon the stone;
dala and to Peter , James and John.
4 So in the morning of the first
when the rabbis took the day of the week they hastened to the
NOW,
body of the Lord and laid it tomb with spices to embalm the
in the tomb the mother of the Lord, Lord.
and Mary Magdalene, and Miriam 5 But when they reached the
were there. tomb they found the terror-stricken
2 And when the body was en- soldiers running frantically about,
tombed they went to Joseph's home 6 The women did not know the
and there abode. cause; but when they found an
Section XXI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 247
empty tomb they were excited and and said, My mother! and Mary
aggrieved. said, My Lord!
7 The soldiers did not know 19 The eyes of Miriam were
what had transpired they could not
; opened up and she beheld the Lord.
tell who took the body of the Lord 20 And Jesus said, Behold, I
away. told you as we walked along the way
8 And Mary Magdalene ran with up to the cross that I would meet
haste toward Jerusalem to tell the you at the sepulcher upon the first
news to Peter and the rest. day of the week.
9 She met, just by the gateway, 21Now, Mary Magdalene was
Peter, James and John; she said, sitting not a great way off, and
Some one has rolled away the stone Jesus went to her and said,
and carried off the body of the Lord. 22 Why seek the living 'mong
10 And then the three disciples the dead? Your Lord has risen as
ran toward the tomb; but John was he said. Now, Mary, look! behold
fleet of foot and was the first to my face!
reach the tomb; he found it empty; 23 Then Mary knew it was the
the body of his Lord was gone. Lord; that he had risen from the
11 When Peter came he went dead.
into the tomb, and found the grave 24 And then Salome, and Mary,
clothes neatly folded up and laid mother of the two disciples, James
aside. and John, Joanna, and the other
12 Now, the disciples did not women who had come out to the
comprehend the scene. They did tomb, saw Jesus, and they talked
not know the meaning of their Lord with him.
when he informed them just before 25 And Mary Magdalene was
his death that he would rise from filled with joy. She sought again
death upon the first day of the for Peter, James and John; she
week. found them and she said,
13 The three disciples went back 26 Lo, I have seen the Lord;
to Jerusalem; the mother of the and Miriam has seen the Lord; the
Lord and Miriam went not away. mother of the Lord has seen the
14 And Mary looked within the Lord and many more have seen his
;
tomb, and saw two masters sitting face; for he has risen from the dead.
there; they said, Why do you weep? 27 But the disciples thought
15 And Mary said, Because my that she had simply seen a vision of
Lord is gone; some one has carried the Lord. They did not think that
off the body of my Lord; I know he had risen from the dead.
not where it is. 28 Then Mary found the other
16 Then she arose and looked members of the company and told
around; a man stood near and said, them all about the risen Lord; but
Why do you weep? whom do you none of them believed.
seek? 29 Now, Peter, James and John
17 And Mary thought it was the were in the gardenof Siloam; were
gardener and said, If you have talking with the gardener about
borne away the body of my Lord, the happenings of the day when
O tell rne where it is that I may lay John beheld a stranger coming up
it in a sacred tomb. the walk.
18 And then the man came near 30 The stranger lifted up his
248 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XXI
hands and said, I am. Then the 2 And as they walked and
disciples knew it was the Lord. talked about the things that had oc-
31 And Jesus said, Behold, for curred a stranger joined their com-
human flesh can be transmuted into pany.
higher form, and then that higher 3 He said, My friends, you seem
form is master of things manifest, discouraged and are sad. Has some
and can, at will, take any form. great grief upon you come?
32 And so I come to you in 4 Cleophas said, Are you a
form familiar unto you. stranger in Judea, and know not of
33 Go speak to Thomas, and the the thrilling things that have trans-
other men whom I have called to
pired here?
be apostles unto men, and say to 5 The stranger said, What
them, things? To what do you refer?
34 That he whom Jews and Ro- 6 Cleophas said, Have you not
mans thought was dead is walking heard about the man from Galilee
in the garden of Siloam;
who was a prophet mighty in both
35 Will stand again before the
word and deed?
priests and Pharisees within the
7 A man whom many thought
temple in Jerusalem; had come to found again the king-
36 And will appear unto the
dom of the Jews, and drive the Ro-
sages of the world. mans from the city of Jerusalem
37 Tell them that I will go be-
and be himself the king?
fore them into Galilee.
Then Peter, James and John 8 The stranger said, Tell me
38
went forth and found their brethren, about this man.
and said, Behold, the Lord is risen 9 Cleophas said, His name was
from the dead, and we have seen Jesus; he was born in Bethlehem;
him face to face. his home was up in Galilee. He
39 The brethren were amazed loved the people as he loved him-
at what the three disciples said but self.
;
it empty; the body of the Lord was 25 Then Zachus and Cleopas
gone. went back to Jerusalem, and every-
15 And now the news has spread where they went they said, Lo, we
abroad that he has risen from the have seen the Lord ;
ence of them all, and then the ten 2 Ravanna was the prince with
believed. whom child Jesus went to India
11 Nathaniel said, And now we many years ago.
know that he has risen from the 3 The feast was made in honor
dead; he stands a surety of the res- of the wise men of the East.
urrection of the dead. And Jesus 4 Among the guests were Meng-
disappeared. ste, Vidyapati and Lamaas.
12 Now, Mary, Martha, Ruth 5 The wise men sat about the
and Lazarus were in their home, table talking of the needs of India
and they had heard the rumor that and the world.
their Lord had risen from the dead, 6 The door unto the banquet
and Martha said, hall was in the east ; a vacant chair
13 It cannot be, for such a thing was at the table to the east.
has never happened since the world 7 And as the wise men talked
began. a stranger entered, unannounced,
14 But Mary said, Did not the and raising up his hands in benedic-
Lord bring back our brother from tion said, All hail!
the dead? and he could surely bring 8 A
halo rested on his head, and
himself to life again. light, unlike the light of sun, filled
15 And as they talked, the Lord all the room.
stood in their midst and said, 9 The wise men rose and bowed
16 All hail! for I am risen from their heads and said, All hail!
the dead, first fruitage of the grave ! 10 And Jesus sat down in the
17 And Martha ran and brought vacant chair; and then the wise men
the chair in which the Lord had knew it was the Hebrew prophet
ever loved to sit, and Jesus sat who had come.
down on the chair. 11 And Jesus said, Behold, for I
18 And for a long, long time am risen from the dead. Look at
they talked about the trial, and the my hands, my feet, my side.
scenes of Calvary and of the garden 12 The Roman soldiers pierced
of Siloam. my hands and feet with nails; and
19 Then Jesus said, Fear not, then one pierced my heart.
for I will be your boon companion 13 They put me in a tomb, and
all the way; and then he disap- then I wrestled with the conqueror
peared. of men. I conquered death, I
stamped upon him and arose;
CHAPTER 176. 14 Brought immortality to light
and painted on the walls of time a
Jesus appears, fully materialized, to
rainbow for the sons of men; and
the eastern sages in the palace of
what I did all men shall do.
Prince Ravanna in India. To the
15 This gospel of the resurrec-
magian priests in Persia. The tion of the dead is not confined
three wise men speak in praise of
to Jew and Greek it is the heritage
the personality of the Nazarene. ;
lem. Caiaphas, Annas and some man from Galilee is risen from the
other ruling Jews were there. dead.
2 A stranger came in garb of 13 And then the priests and
fisherman and asked, What has be- scribes and Pharisees rushed up to
come of Jesus who is called the seize the man and cast him out.
Christ? Is he not teaching in the 14 But instantly the fisherman
temple now? became a radiant form of light, and
3 The Jews replied, That man priests and scribes and Pharisees
from. Galilee was crucified a week fell back in deadly fear; they saw
,rred, and Jesus came and said, 5 God speaks to man, not by an
jace be to all! oracle of wood and gold, but by the
24 And then he said to Thomas, voice of man.
iend, you do not know that I 6 The gods have spoken to the
ive risen from the dead; the time Greeks, and kindred tongues,
i
^s come for you to know. through images made by man; but
25 Come here and see the nail God, the One, now speaks to man
hits in my
hands, the spear through Christ the only son, who
ound in side, and talk with
my was, and is and evermore will be.
I le as you have often talked with 7 This Oracle shall fail the Liv-
;
Jesus
earth mine; to you I give all
is
appears, fully materialized,
power in heaven and earth.
before Apollo and the Silent Broth- 12 Go forth and teach the na-
erhood in Greece. Appears to tions of the earth the gospel of the
Claudas and Juliet on the Tiber
resurrection of the dead and of
near Rome. Appears to the priests
eternal life through Christ, the love
in the Egyptian temple at Heliop-
of God made manifest to men.
olis.
13 And then he clasped Apollo's
with the Silent Broth- hand and said, My human flesh was
APOLLO,
erhood of Greece, was sitting changed to higher form by love di-
in a Delphian grove. The Oracle vine and I can manifest in flesh ,^or
in the higher planes of at will.
had spoken loud and long. life,
2 The priests were in the sanc- 14 What I can do all men can
tuary and as they looked the Ora- do. Go preach the gospel of the
cle became a blaze of light it seemed
; omnipotence of man.
to be on fire, and all consumed. 15 Then Jesus disappeared but ;
3 The priests were filled with Greece and Crete and all the nations
fear. They said, A great disaster heard.
is to come; our gods are mad; they 16 Claudas and Juliet, his wife,
have destroyed our Oracle. lived on the Palatine in Rome and
but
4 But when the flames had spent they were servants of Tiberius;
themselves, a man stood on the they had been in Galilee;
orac pedestal and said ; 17 Had walked with Jesus by
254 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XXI
the sea, had heard his words and 29 And that was all he said, but
seen his power; and they believed Rome and all of Italy heard.
that he was Christ made manifest. 30 ^The priests of Heliopolis!
18 Now Claudas and his wife were in their temple met to cele-
were on the Tiber in a little boat; a brate the resurrection of their
storm swept from the sea, the boat brother Nazarite; they knew that he
was wrecked and Claudas and his had risen from the dead.
wife were sinking down to death. 31 The Nazarite appeared and!
19 And Jesus came and took stood upon a sacred pedestal on
them by the hands and said, Clau- which no man had ever stood.
das and Juliet, arise and walk with 32 This was an honor that had
me upon the waves. been reserved for him who first
20 And they arose and walked would demonstrate the resurrec-
with him upon the waves. tion of the dead.
21 A thousand people saw the 33 And Jesus was the first of all
three walk on the waves, and saw the human race to demonstrate
them reach the land, and they were the resurrection of the dead.
allamazed. 34 When Jesus stood upon the
22 And Jesus said, You men of sacred pedestal the masters stood
and said, All hail ! The great bells
Rome, I am the resurrection and the of the temple rang and all the tem-
life. They that are dead shall live, was ablaze with light.
and many that shall live will never ple
die.
35 And Jesus said, All honor to
the masters of this Temple of the
23 By mouth of gods and demi-
Sun.
gods God spoke unto your fathers 36 In flesh of man there is the
long ago; but now he speaks to you essence of the resurrection of the
through perfect man. dead. This essence, quickened by
24 He sent his son, the Christ,
the Holy Breath, will raise the sub-
in human flesh, to save the world,
stance of the body to a higher tone,
and as I lifted from the watery 37 And make it like the sub-
grave and saved these servants of stance of the bodies of the planes
Tiberius,
above, which human eyes cannot
25 So Christ will lift the sons behold.
and daughters of the human race, 38 There is a holy ministry in
yea, every one of them, from dark- death. The essence of the body
ness and from graves of carnal cannot be quickened by the Holy
things, to light and everlasting life. Breath until the fixed is solved; the
26 I am the manifest of love
body must disintegrate, and this is
raised from the dead; Behold my death.
hands, my feet, my side which car- 39 And then upon these pliant
nal men have pierced. substances God breathes, just as he
27 Claudas and Juliet, whom I breathed upon the chaos of the deep
have saved from death, are my am- when worlds were formed,
bassadors to Rome. 40 And life springs forth from
28 And they will point the way death; the carnal form is changed
and preach the gospel of the Holy to form divine.
Breath and of the resurrection of 41 The will of man makes pos-
the sible the action of the Holy Breath.
Section XXI OF JESUS THE CHRIST 255
told to all the world, you shall make me upon the throne of power.
known to faithful men who shall in 24 And then they saw him rise
turn reveal them unto other faithful upon the wings of light; a wreath
men, encircled him about and then they
;
SECTION XXII.
TAU.
Establishment of the Christine Church.
CHAPTER 181. 2 And Pilate gave an order that
the followers of the Nazarene be not
The eleven apostles make choice of
molested in their worship any place
Matthias to fill the place made va- in his domain.
cant by the deflection of Judas. 3 The day of Pentecost was near
The Christines are Miriam
glad. at hand and every one was looking
sings a song of praise. Apostolic for a manifest of Spirit power.
roster. 4 Now, in Jerusalem the eleven
fact that Jesus had arisen had met to choose a man to fill the
THE lace of Judas who betrayed his
from the dead was not denied
ord.
by many of the rulers of the Jews.
258 THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL Section XXll
5 And Peter said, The Lord 16 These are the names of the
called to this ministry twelve men apostles of the Lord: Peter, John
as twelve foundation stones on and James; Philip, Andrew and
which the Christine temple should Nathaniel;
be built. 17 Thomas, James the son of
6 This Judas, who betrayed his Alpheus and Simon Zelotes; Mat-
Lord, has gone to his own place be- thew, Jude, the son of Alpheus and
yond the veil. Matthias.
7 Of him the prophet wrote His :
amazed; they said, Are not these and was subject unto all the trials
men who speak all Jews? how is it and temptations of the sons of men,
that they speak in all the languages that he might know the loads that
of earth? men must bear, and know the way
10 And Peter said, You people to succor them.
of Jerusalem, and you who live be- 24 In distant lands he lived and
yond the city's gates; Peace be to by the sacred Word he healed the
you, and all mankind. sick, threw prison doors ajar, and
11 This is the time that holy set the prisoners free, and
every-
men of old desired to see; by faith where he was proclaimed, Immanuel.
they saw this hour, and now they 25 But wicked men despised
stand with us in ecstasy. him and rejected him, and by
12 The prophet Joel in the olden bribed men they proved him guilty
times told of the things you see of a score of crimes;
and hear. The Holy Breath spoke 26 And in the presence of a mul-
with his tongue and said, titude of men who hear me now,
13 And it shall come to pass in they nailed him to a cross;
latter days, that I will breathe upon 27 They sealed him with the
the sons of men, and fill them with seal of death; but death was all too
the blessedness of holiness. weak to hold him in the tomb and
14 Your sons and daughters when immortal masters said, Adon
will stand forth and prophesy; your mashich cumi, he burst the bands
young men will be seers; your old of death, and rose again to life.
men will dream dreams. 28 He showed himself alive, not
15 And I will show forth won- only to the rulers in Jerusalem, but
ders in the heavens above, and mar- to the many in the distant parts of
velous signs in earth. earth;
16 Sounds will proceed from 29 And then, before the won-
heaven and voices will be heard that dering eyes of many who now hear
men will fail to comprehend. me speak, attended by a retinue
17 The sun will fail to shine, the of courtiers of the angel world, he
moon will wade in blood before the ascended to the throne of God.
coming of the great day of the Lord. 30 And being now exalted high,
18 And it will come to pass and having breathed to full the
that they who call upon the name Holy Breath, he breathes again on
of God in faith shall be redeemed. us, and thus sheds forth what you
19 This is the day of Christine now see and hear.
power; the day that he, the man 31 You men of Israel, know that
from Galilee, is glorified. God has made this man from Gali-
20 He came as babe in Bethle- lee whom you abused and crucified,
hem and from his day of birth the both Lord and Christ.
kings of earth went forth intent to 32 And then the people said,
take his life. What shall we do?
21 God held him in the hollow 33 And Peter said, This Chris-
of his hand. tine Lord has sent us forth to open
22 Men called him Jesus, and up the gates of dawn. Through
they called him well, for he was sent Christ all men may enter into light
to seek and save the lost. and life.
on the postulates that Jesus is the be baptized, and turn away from
love of God made manifest; that sinand lead the life deep hid with
love is savior of the sons of men. Christ in God, and you shall enter in
35 This Christine Church is but and be redeemed.
the kingdom of the Holy One within
39 Three thousand people
the soul, made manifest.
turned away from sin and were bap-
36 This day the Christine
tized and sought to lead the life
Church is opened up, and whoso-
ever will may enter in, and, by the deep hid with Christ in God.
boundless grace of Christ, be saved. 40 And in one day the Christine
37 Again the people said, How Church became a mighty power;
may we enter in that we may share and Christ became a mighty word
the boundless grace of Christ? that thrilled the multitudes in many
38 And Peter said, Reform and lands.
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