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6: O ye peoples of the Kingdom! How many a soul … |
It is even as in the time of the Messiah, when the Pharisees
and the pious were left without a portion, while Peter,
John and Andrew, given neither to pious worship nor
ascetic practice, won the day. Wherefore, thank ye God for
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setting upon your heads the crown of glory everlasting, for
granting unto you this immeasurable grace.
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The time hath come when, as a thank-offering for this
bestowal, ye should grow in faith and constancy as day
followeth day, and should draw ever nearer to the Lord,
your God, becoming magnetized to such a degree, and so
aflame, that your holy melodies in praise of the Beloved
will reach upward to the Company on high; and that each
one of you, even as a nightingale in this rose garden of God,
will glorify the Lord of Hosts, and become the teacher of
all who dwell on earth.
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