Lectionary Readings for Saturday, September 28th, 2019

New Moon, Seventh-Day Sabbath

Book of Es, Daughter of Jehovih Chapter 20

Chapter 20

JEHOVIH OVERTHROWETH SLAVERY IN GUATAMA.

1. Es said: In the olden times, and in the eastern countries, Jehovih began His revelations.
The western continent He left for the finishing thereof.

2. Now, when God looked abroad over Guatama, he saw four millions of people in
bondage, as slaves; and he saw that they must be liberated. And so, God inquired of the
chief mathematician in the Holy Council, one Arak, saying: Who, of all the kings of
earth, hath had the greatest number of slaves?

3. And Arak said: Xerxes, who dwelleth in Yope’gah, in atmospherea.

4. God said: Send thou a heavenly ship for him, and for a thousand million of his angels.
And send also for the Argos’yan, Leonidas, and for a thousand million of his angels. And,
when they are brought here, they shall descend to the earth, to these barbarians, and
liberate their slaves.

5. Arak saluted, and departed, giving his instructions to the heavenly marshals, who at
once sent ships and messengers as directed.

6. God, then, said: I will now recall the ashars, who hold guard over these mortals; and,
for a season, they shall dwell in drujan darkness.

7. And this was accomplished, and straightway a war ensued betwixt the owners of the
slaves and the neighboring states.

8. Then, came the Gods and angels, high in the grades, to witness the play of mortal
death, and to determine how best to win to liberty and to Jehovih, the inhabitants of this
great land.

9. God had said: It is an easy matter to win in war; but to make mortals see the triumph of
righteousness, is not so easy. Therefore, be discreet in appropriating testimony unto
Jehovih.

10. And, there rose up two million men in arms, pushing on in war on every side,
coursing the rich soil in mortal blood. And yet, neither side had defined its principles, or
taken stand for righteousness sake. But went on in fearful destruction, laying in death tens
of thousands, and tens of thousands!

11. Jehovih said: Send thou, thy Parsi’e’an and Argos’yan angels, down to these
mortals, and, by inspiration and by dreams and by visions, thy angels shall say to them:
Whoso professeth the earth, shall battle in vain; but whoso professeth righteousness
in My name, shall win. And millions of angels descended, and tried to persuade them.

12. But mortals would not hear. Even the chief general, on liberty’s side, closed his
soul against Jehovih. Aye, himself, enforced slavery with his mighty army.

13. And years went on, and all the people began to perceive that, without righteousness,
there would be no end to the war.

14. Jehovih had said: Only death can reach these people, or make them behold my hand.
Yet, thou shalt send thy angel hosts over all the north regions and inspire them, to call out
for liberty.

15. Then went forth Xerxes and Leonidas, with their two thousand million angels, to
overspread the north, to inspire mortals to a more heavenly stand, to make them see
justice and liberty.

16. And, for a hundred days, these angels dwelt with mortals; but many mortals were too
gross in the earth to comprehend. Then, Xerxes came to New York, and took hence the
guardian angels, those of holiness, and he left the city in the hand of drujas. And, at once,
the city was plunged in hell, and the people were as a mad people, wild and fearful.

17. Again, Jehovih spake in the Holy Council in heaven, saying: Let My angels go once
more, and inspire mortals to rise to the light of My will.

18. Again, the angels overrun the land, inspiring mortals day and night to demand
freedom for the slaves. And the Embassadress of Jehovih said to her inspiring hosts of
angels: Number ye the mortals, north and south, as to their majority voice for freedom.

19. Now, when the Gods numbered the mortals and graded them, they discovered the
majority had turned to freedom’s side.

20. Jehovih said to his Embassadress: Take thine own inspiring host, and go down to the
earth, to Washington, to Lincoln, the president, and hold this matter up to him, that he
may understand Me. For he is not bound in doctrines. For which reason My angels made
him president, and for this purpose which I have in hand.

21. And it shall come to pass that Lincoln will hear thee, and he shall resolve in his own
mind freedom for the slaves. But he will seek for some external sign, fearing he may have
mistaken the angels that minister unto him. But I will provide a way for this end also.

22. And the angels of Jehovih went to Lincoln in a vision, like a dream, and they said
unto him: Lincoln! Lincoln! And he answered and said: Who art thou?

23. And the angels said: Such as come in Jehovih’s name for freedom’s sake. Behold,
millions of his angels look down from heaven, and would come to thy armies, if thou
wouldst but proclaim freedom to the slaves. Jehovih’s hand is in this matter.

24. Lincoln awoke, and was troubled with his dream.

25. The next night, the angels came again, and re-told their words, and added thereunto:
The great majority of the country is ripe for this matter. Thou fearest this is but a foolish
dream. Behold, we will give thee proof tomorrow.

26. Lincoln awoke more troubled than before, but remembered, the angels said: We will
give thee proof to-morrow.

27. Jehovih said: I will make this matter a testimony to this nation, so that no man may
gainsay it. And I will show also how My angels work singly and in mighty legions.

28. Now, at that time, there was living in Washington, a seeress, Nettie Mainard, through
whom spirits spake in her entrancement. And on the day mentioned, the angels spake
through her, saying to one Kase: Go thou, and fetch the president into the presence of this
woman.

29. And Kase went to Lincoln, and told him what was said. And when Lincoln was before
the seeress, the angel of Jehovih entranced her, and said unto him: We said, we would
give thee proof to-morrow. Behold, we repeat unto thee, Jehovih is in this matter. Save,
thou proclaimest the freedom of the slaves thou shalt not succeed. Do thou this, and the
enemy’s armies shall melt away like snow in the sun.

30. Lincoln’s eyes were opened, and he went straight away, and proclaimed freedom to
the whole four million slaves.

31. Xerxes said to Leonidas: Thou, great conquerer, thou shalt conquer me again.
Take thy thousand million angels, and go with the armies of the north, and inspire them
on to victory. Give them such strength and courage as they have not before manifested.
And, as for myself and my hosts, we will go to the armies of the south, and we will
inspire them to believe they are conquered, and so make them flee before thy soldiers.

32. Thus, these great angel warriors allotted themselves to the work. And, lo and behold,
the northern armies ran forth over the enemy’s country as if war were but play; and the
southern armies vanished, disarming themselves, and returning to their homes.

33. The slaves were free!

34. Jehovih said: Let this be a testimony, that this land is the place of the beginning of the
kosmon era. There shall be no caste amongst my people.

35. Behold, I went to the Israelites, and in that day, I said: Keep yourselves as a separate
people! For I had work for them, which was to travel westward, and establish Me, the All
One. And they came westward, and fulfilled My commandments. Wherefore I have
blessed them.

36. And I went to Chine’ya, and I said: Let the followers of Chine keep themselves as an
exclusive people; for I have a work for them; which was to establish Me, the All One, and
to demonstrate the most numerous people in all the world united as one people,
peacefully. And they have accomplished their work. And I blessed them. And I went to
Vind’yu also, and established a mighty people with a multiplicity of Gods and languages.
For I had a work for them to do, which was to preserve My revelations of some of the
divisions in My heavens above; and to prove, in after-time, things which I had revealed to
the ancients. They have accomplished their work also, and I have blessed them.

37. But, in this era, I come not to an exclusive people, but to the combination of all
peoples commingled together as one people. Hence, I have called this, the KOSMON ERA.

38. Henceforth, my chosen shall be of the amalgamated races, who choose Me. And these
shall become the best, most perfect of all peoples on the earth.

39. And they shall not consider race or color, but health and nobleness as to the mortal
part; and as to spirit, peace, love, wisdom and good works, and one Great Spirit only.

40. Leonidas said to Xerxes: It will be revealed ere long that we have been here with our
angel hosts. As a testimony of this, let us allot a number of our angels to remain a season
with mortals. And they shall inspire them to athletic sports peculiar to the Argos’yans and
Parsi’e’ans.

41. To this, Xerxes consented, and they asked for six hundred thousand angel volunteers;
and they received them, and officered them, and distributed them in such way that their
inspiration should develop mortals in health, strength and endurance, by means of athletic
games.

42. And it came to pass that the angels of heaven established athletic games amongst this
people, far and near. Jehovih said: Even in this shall man behold the Cause of causes
which lieth behind all things done on the earth.

43. And man searched as to the Cause of these things, and tried to persuade himself of
any cause but the true one!

44. Jehovih said: I will show these people, that the chief causes of great affairs amongst
mortals come from the angels of My heavens.

45. I come in kosmon not to free only the corporeal man, but the spiritual man. I
raised My hand against a God being founded in their constitution; neither will I
have them to fight battles for Me. The past is past; angels and mortals shall be free!