{"id":203,"date":"2019-05-18T23:36:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T23:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=203"},"modified":"2019-05-18T23:36:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T23:36:27","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-sunday-may-19th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/18\/lectionary-readings-for-sunday-may-19th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Sunday, May 19th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Holy Memorial Day\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters XXX and XXXI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter XXX<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. Now, after the three false Gods, Osiris and Te-in and Sudga, had revealed these things<br \/>\nto mortals, they sent messengers to the Lord God, praying audience with him, that they<br \/>\nmight disclose to him what they had done. Anuhasaj, alias De&#8217;yus, therefore, appointed a<br \/>\ntime of meeting, and the Gods came before him and made their report. After which<br \/>\nDe&#8217;yus said:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. In all ye have done I acquiesce; neither have ye said aught that I would not have said,<br \/>\nsave that I desired not to laud myself with mine own mouth. And thus ended the matter,<br \/>\nas to how mortals were taught to worship the names Lord and God, and Lord God, and<br \/>\nHo-Joss, and Joss, and De&#8217;yus, and Deity, and Dyaus, and Zeus, and various other names,<br \/>\naccording to the languages of the people of Jaffeth, and Vind&#8217;yu, and Arabin&#8217;ya, and<br \/>\nParsi&#8217;e, and Heleste. And thousands of millions of angels of the Lord God and his Gods,<br \/>\nwho were sent down to mortals, inspired them and taught them the same things through<br \/>\nseers, and prophets, and magicians, and through other people, also, by dreams and<br \/>\nvisions.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. And mortals were taught the secret of spiritually going out of their own corporeal<br \/>\nbodies, and returning safely; and in this state they were taken subjectively to the kingdom<br \/>\nof the Lord God, where they beheld him even as a man, sitting on a throne; and they saw<br \/>\nthe great glory of his kingdom, and beheld the worshippers, millions of them, glorifying<br \/>\nDe&#8217;yus, the false Lord God. And these persons became preachers on the earth;<br \/>\nenthusiastically stirring men up on every hand to draw the sword and spear and sling<br \/>\nto go forth in battle, to overthrow the doctrine of the Great Spirit and establish the De&#8217;yus.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. And it came to pass that they thus accomplished the will of the Lord God in all these<br \/>\ndivisions of the earth. The Jehovians, being non-resistants, were powerless before them.<br \/>\nKings and queens on the earth accepted these doctrines, and they marshaled their armies<br \/>\nin all directions to establish the Lord God, who had said unto them: As much as ye exalt<br \/>\nme and my kingdoms, so will I exalt you. As I behold, ye are become wise and powerful<br \/>\nto rule over many on the earth, so will I give unto you large kingdoms in heaven.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. And the false Lord God and his false Gods prospered in earth and heaven, as to<br \/>\nthemselves and their kingdoms, hundreds of years, nine hundred years, and at this time<br \/>\nthe Faithists of the earth were reduced to a small fraction of people, mostly hid away, as<br \/>\nsheep from wolves.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. But in nine hundred and fifty years, behold, the worshippers of the Lord God, the false,<br \/>\nbegan to quarrel and fight amongst themselves. Even as by blood they had established<br \/>\nhim, so by blood were the kings and queens of the earth overthrowing one another.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. Because of the warfare, schools, and colleges, and houses of philosophy, were wasted<br \/>\naway; the factories for spinning and weaving were destroyed, and the lands not tilled.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. And now of the heavenly kingdoms of Anuhasaj and his Gods, this is what occurred,<br \/>\nto wit: They had accumulated twenty-eight thousand millions of spirits, all of<br \/>\nwhom were servants to De&#8217;yus and his Gods. For the most part they were below grade<br \/>\nten, whilst three thousand millions were below grade five, which is helplessness.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. Jehovih had so made men and angels that, whosoever had learned to abnegate self and<br \/>\nto labor for the good of others, was already above grade fifty, and his ascension should be<br \/>\nperpetual thereafter; whilst they that were below grade fifty, who had not put away<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">self (satan), should gravitate downward, toward the earth. Wherein it had come to<br \/>\npass that the false Lord God and his false Gods were burdened with their kingdoms.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. And though they were adorned to the utmost, having vast cities for their heavenly<br \/>\ncapitals, with millions of attendants, and millions of musicians, who were forever<br \/>\ninventing new and wonderful music, and playing and singing, millions and millions in<br \/>\nconcert, with millions of trumpeters, near and far off, to fashion echoes beautiful to the<br \/>\near; and though they had decorators forever inventing and changing their thousands of<br \/>\nmillions of flags and banners, and the ornaments for the pageantry; though they had<br \/>\nmillions of heavenly cities, built with heavenly precious stones and gems of splendor, and<br \/>\nwith roadways and streets paved with heavenly diamonds and pearls; and though they had<br \/>\ntournaments, heavenly, and games, and rites and ceremonies, prostrations and salutations,<br \/>\nwithout end, with great ships, heavenly, capable of coursing atmospherea in journeys and<br \/>\nexcursions, ships to carry hundreds of millions of angels, whose chief occupation was to<br \/>\nsing and chant the glory and power and dominion of De&#8217;yus and his Gods; yea, though a<br \/>\nlarge book could not contain a description of the thousandth part of their wonderful glory,<br \/>\nyet each and every God began to see coming danger.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. Jehovih had said: Two precipices have I left open for testing man&#8217;s strength, and they<br \/>\nare: great prosperity and great adversity.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. And behold, satan came upon them in the guise of a good friend. First, he went to<br \/>\nAnuhasaj and said unto him: Thou greatest of Gods! Who is like unto thee? Behold, I<br \/>\ncame to thee in the beginning, and told thee what to do, even to stretch forth thine hand,<br \/>\nand heaven and earth should be thine forever, for thine own glory. And lo, it hath come<br \/>\non finely! Thou hast routed Jehovih and His hosts in heaven and earth; they are as a<br \/>\nremnant skulking away. Hear me, then, O De&#8217;yus, for I will not only praise thee for what<br \/>\nthou hast accomplished, but I will chide thee for thy failings.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. De&#8217;yus said: Wherein have I failed, O satan? And satan answered, saying: Thou art<br \/>\ntoo honest for thine own good; too pure for thine own benefit; too unsuspecting as<br \/>\nregards thy Gods. Being thyself honest, thou hast easily attributed honesty unto others,<br \/>\nand they have taken advantage of thee.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. Anuhasaj said: How? Satan answered, saying: In the first, thou saidst to thy Gods:<br \/>\nMaintain ye your schools, and colleges, and factories, and otherwise prepare the spirits of<br \/>\nthe dead unto resurrection. And as fast as they arrive at grade thirty, send ye them to my<br \/>\nkingdom, that Hored may be glorified forever. But lo and behold, thy Gods used the<br \/>\nangels as slaves, to build up the glory of their own kingdoms. They have suffered their<br \/>\nheavenly places of education, for the most part, to be scattered and gone. Neither have<br \/>\nthey inspired mortals to instruction, as I warned thee at the first. And mortals have thrown<br \/>\naside their schools and colleges, and their places of art, and have become riotous, and<br \/>\ngiven to gross living, and there is no resurrection in them. Which matters show thee that,<br \/>\nsoon or late, all the spirits of the earth will be of no grade at all, but as fetals and vampires<br \/>\nto live on mortals.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. De&#8217;yus said: Why are mortals become gross livers? Satan answered him, saying:<br \/>\nBehold, in thine own revelation to mortals thou saidst to them: Partake not of fish, nor<br \/>\nflesh, nor blood, for food, nor of anything that breatheth the breath of life. And now,<br \/>\nbehold what came to pass: Thy three Gods, whom thou hadst elevated and trusted, fell to<br \/>\nand made other revelations, wherein they said: Partake of fish and flesh; for they desired<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">to please mortals. And lo, it hath come to pass that man not only warreth for thee, but he<br \/>\nwarreth to the right and left, for it is in his blood, after the manner of beasts that feed on<br \/>\nflesh. Thy Gods had no right to give this law unto man without first consulting thee, to<br \/>\nknow thy will and pleasure.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. Anuhasaj said: Alas, it is true. What shall I do? Satan said: Thou shalt call thy Gods<br \/>\nbefore thee and chide them in thine own way, and command them to go down to mortals<br \/>\nand re-establish learning and industry, instead of war. Anuhasaj said: Even so shall they<br \/>\ncome and receive my reprimand. They shall know of a truth that I am the Lord their God.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. Satan went to the other false Gods, every one separately, saying unto each: Hear me,<br \/>\nO thou wisest of Gods, who shouldst in fact be at the all highest Godhead in heaven,<br \/>\nbecause of thy great wisdom and integrity. Behold, I came to thee at the first and foretold<br \/>\nthee how thy kingdom should become great and glorified; and even so hath it come to<br \/>\npass. When thou puttest forth thine hand to do a thing, it is done; for thou wert born into<br \/>\nlife different from all others, and for the highest of glories. And because of thy greatness,<br \/>\nbehold, all the Gods of heaven are jealous of thee and fear thee, all of which thou knowest<br \/>\nof thine own knowledge. Now, whilst I accord this unto thee, I will also chide thee for thy<br \/>\nshortness.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. For, because thou art honest thyself, thou believest the same of others; wherefore thou<br \/>\nart cheated and ill-used on all hands. In the first while, thou didst send thy highest grades<br \/>\nto the Lord God, to be his; yea, thou hast robbed thine own kingdom of its finest and best<br \/>\nsubjects for the glory of De&#8217;yus. And who is De&#8217;yus more than thou? Is he not a coward?<br \/>\nfor he feared to give his own doctrines to mortals; but he abridged his words till they were<br \/>\nworthless. And thou and thy fellow-Gods made his doctrines up in full for him! Yet thou<br \/>\nservest him as if he were thy superior.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. The false God said: Alas, it is true, with all my wisdom I have acted like a fool.<br \/>\nBecause I was too honest and pure for De&#8217;yus and his Gods, they have taken advantage of<br \/>\nme. What shall I do? Satan said: I told thee at the first, that the time should come when<br \/>\nthou shouldst rise to be higher than all other Gods. Behold, the time is near at hand<br \/>\nwhen thou shalt strike the blow. Thou shalt not only have thine own kingdom, but the<br \/>\nkingdoms of thy companion Gods; and even De&#8217;yus shall be tributary unto thee and thine.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. The false God said: What shall I do? And satan answered, saying: De&#8217;yus will scent<br \/>\nthe danger to his kingdom, and he will summon his Gods for consultation. Be thou ready<br \/>\nwith thine answer unto him and them; not hastily, for such is the manner of the weak;<br \/>\nbut most deliberately, in high holiness of purpose, for the good of mortals and spirits.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. Thus alike and like spake satan unto all the false Gods; and they nursed the planted<br \/>\nseed; held it in the light and shade to see it grow, till it became the very giant of each<br \/>\none&#8217;s understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter XXXI<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. In course of time Anuhasaj called the meeting of his Gods in Hored, and Osiris and<br \/>\nSudga came; and great were the pageantry and show that day; and the pomp and glory and<br \/>\nsplendor of Sanctu; with thousands of millions of trained slaves, with their dashing<br \/>\nofficers of high rank. For at this time it was nearly seven hundred years since even<br \/>\ngenerals and high captains could come into the presence of the Lord God, the false, save<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">by crawling on their bellies, even for miles.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. And in and around about the heavenly house of the capital were erected fifty thousand<br \/>\npillars of fire, kept forever going by the labor of his slaves, some of whom stood in their<br \/>\ntracks laboring at one thing for more than a hundred years, without change of watch, or<br \/>\nrest, being threatened with hell, and being too impotent to believe otherwise. None could<br \/>\nwalk upright to the throne of the Lord God save his high Council, his high marshals, and<br \/>\nhis Gods, and Anubi. And none else were permitted to look upon him, under penalty of<br \/>\nbeing cast into hell.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. At first his Gods came to feast with him once a year, for more than a hundred years;<br \/>\nafter that, for awhile, once in six years; and afterward, only once in fifty or a hundred<br \/>\nyears; and then only by special command.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. So it came to pass that the coming of De&#8217;yus&#8217;false Gods was an occasion of rejoicing<br \/>\nand glory to upward of twelve thousand million inhabitants of the kingdom of Anuhasaj.<br \/>\nFor, far and near, they were extra clothed and fed, and granted freedom for the time<br \/>\nbeing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. On the last occasion referred to, the Gods were received by hundreds of millions, called<br \/>\nthe receiving hosts, in fire-ships of great size and brilliancy, and thus conducted up to the<br \/>\nroadways of the court, nearer than which the receiving hosts dared not approach. There<br \/>\nthe Gods were met by De&#8217;yus&#8217;high Council and high marshals, and with them entered the<br \/>\narea and walked up to the high arch of the capital, which led into the place of the throne<br \/>\nof the Lord God. When inside of the Arch, the Council and marshals parted on either<br \/>\nside, and, with the head bowed, chanted an anthem of praise to De&#8217;yus. The Gods also<br \/>\nbowed with respect and friendship, and walked in the midst directly toward the throne.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. When they were near at hand, the vice-Gods, on either side of De&#8217;yus, rose up, saying:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. In the name of the Lord God of the heavens of the earth, who come here, upright, and<br \/>\nas Gods?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. The Gods responded: Behold, we are sons of the Lord God, great De&#8217;yus, and of a truth<br \/>\nare we Gods! We demand audience with our Godhead, for the glory of our kingdoms and<br \/>\nhis.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. De&#8217;yus said: Peace, O my vice-Gods! I do recognize these, my brother Gods. Greeting,<br \/>\nin the name of heaven and earth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. The Gods responded: Greeting unto thee, O Lord God, mightiest of Gods. In thy<br \/>\nmighty name, De&#8217;yus, we salute thee worshipfully, to know thy will and pleasure, that we<br \/>\nmay serve thee in wisdom, and power, and love.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. De&#8217;yus said: Welcome, O ye Gods; the freedom of Sanc-tu is at your hands. Behold, I<br \/>\nwill clear my palace, that we may privily, and most holily, consult together for the good<br \/>\nof angels and mortals.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. Thereupon De&#8217;yus gave a signal for all his officers and attendants to retire beyond<br \/>\nthe Arch, the which they did. And now that the ceremony of reception was over,<br \/>\nAnuhasaj came down from his throne and greeted the Gods cordially by clasping hands,<br \/>\nafter which they all sat down on the foot seats of the throne; and there were present<br \/>\nDe&#8217;yus, and Osiris, and Sudga, and no others within hearing; for Te-in had not come.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. And for a while they talked together like long-separated friends; and lo and behold,<br \/>\nthe satan that was within each one of them began to fail him as regardeth reproving the<br \/>\nothers. For even the smothered seed of love which the Great Spirit had given them began<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">to swell up, as if about to burst forth a mighty power. So the time passed on, and none<br \/>\ndared approach the subject of his soul and resolution.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. Till at last, De&#8217;yus, the most schooled in satan&#8217;s cause, put an end to their old-time<br \/>\nstories and trivial conversation; he said:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. So much have I loved you both, and am now moved by your august presence,<br \/>\nthat with all my majesty and power I am weaker than a young child: who will<br \/>\nunconcernedly reprove its own father. Or more I am like an old man that, in the<br \/>\nabsence of his child, findeth cause to quarrel with it; but on seeing it return, breaketh<br \/>\ndown utterly, and turneth from his previous grieving to an outburst of manifest love.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. Osiris said: What can move thee to this seriousness, O De&#8217;yus? For even as thou hast<br \/>\nspoken, so hast thou uttered the sentiment long heavily lain on my heart. But which now,<br \/>\nin reverence to thee and thy great kingdoms, causeth me to melt down like snow in a<br \/>\nsummer&#8217;s sun. Pray thee, go on!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. Sudga said, As I live, ye twain, so far my superiors as before whom I am nothing,<br \/>\nhave spoken the very sentiment of my soul. Pray ye twain, go on; for so great is my love<br \/>\nunto you, your most extravagant wish shall be answered by me, though I labor a thousand<br \/>\nyears to accomplish it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. Thereupon De&#8217;yus sweetly told his tale, even as satan had taught him. And then he<br \/>\nbade Osiris speak his mind, and also Sudga speak his; which they did, even as satan had<br \/>\ntaught them their parts. When they had finished, De&#8217;yus, much surprised by their pitiful<br \/>\ntales, even as the others were at his, thus spake:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. My Gods, how easier it is to find fault with the state of affairs than to find a remedy. I<br \/>\nhave seen such as find fault with their neighbors, or with the kingdom, or ancients, and<br \/>\nyet turned and accomplished the same faults themselves. We all do know that one of the<br \/>\ncomplaints we had against the old Divan laws was their bondage over the Lords and their<br \/>\ndominions, holding them to the letter. Whereupon, when we confederated, it was to<br \/>\ngive independence to each and every Lord to rule his own heaven and division of the<br \/>\nearth in his own way. And this was granted unto all my Lords and unto me and my<br \/>\nkingdom likewise. And behold where it hath harvested! In the fullness of my soul I gave<br \/>\nyou certain doctrines to give unto mortals, chief of which was to make my names<br \/>\nworshipful on the earth. But I bound you not, saying: Do ye this, and no more. But I<br \/>\nsaid unto you: Here is the substance of the foundations of my doctrines. Go ye unto<br \/>\nmortals and teach them these things, adding or abridging according to your own wisdom.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. And this ye accomplished, and added thereunto the temptation to mortals to become<br \/>\ncarnivorants, whereby the grades have fallen woefully. And now ye find fault with me for<br \/>\nexacting a certain number of slaves annually of a certain grade; complaining that your<br \/>\nown kingdoms are becoming flooded with drujas.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. Osiris said: Hear me, O Lord my God, for I have labored for thee and thy kingdoms<br \/>\nmany a hundred years. Nor are my words in passion, but well considered; wherein,<br \/>\ntherefore, if I err, I ask no excuse on account of hastiness. First, then, that our<br \/>\nconfederation was founded to make a mighty kingdom, heavenly, having dominion<br \/>\nover mortals on the whole earth; of which kingdom thou wert to be the chief and<br \/>\ngreatest glory, and ourselves second. To all of which our songs to this day bear testimony.<br \/>\nBut, as for songs or testimonies in the libraries of heaven, that our confederacy<br \/>\nwas founded chiefly to get rid of the Divan laws, I have not seen nor heard of one.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. Sudga said: What I have done is done. I was commanded to a division of the earth, to<br \/>\nsubdue it unto De&#8217;yus, and I have so accomplished it. I have listened to your complaints,<br \/>\nbut neither hath offered a remedy. Ye twain are higher in rank and wisdom than I; when<br \/>\nye have spoken to the purpose I will also speak. For my part, I am thankful there are no<br \/>\nDivan laws to bind me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. De&#8217;yus said: The remedy lieth in overturning the cause of the falls in the grades. For<br \/>\nsake of glorifying themselves, my Gods have suffered places of learning and industry to<br \/>\nfall to pieces, both in heaven and earth. There be such as give glory unto charity, and unto<br \/>\nrites and ceremonies; but I say unto you, my Gods, I<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">NDUSTRY AND <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">L<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">EARNING <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">stand higher<br \/>\nthan charity or rites and ceremonies; especially so standeth industry that yieldeth<br \/>\nprofitable support.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">24. Osiris said: Where, O Lord my God, lieth the difference betwixt that which is written<br \/>\nor spoken? In thy opening words thou hast even now reiterated the bondage of the Divan<br \/>\nlaws over the Lords. And in the next breath thou sayest: I command you to re-establish<br \/>\nthe places of learning and industry.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">25. Sudga said: Are not written laws less arbitrary than spoken ones? for we see them<br \/>\nbeforehand, and are not, therefore, shocked by the sudden audacity.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">26. De&#8217;yus said: In either case is it not true that the highest in power and mightiest in the<br \/>\nplans and arrangement of his kingdoms must either take jibes and insults from his<br \/>\ninferiors, whom he hath lifted up and made what they are, or otherwise fall brokenhearted on the loss of their love and worship? For on all hands we behold, alas,<br \/>\nbeneficiaries are apt to turn like venomous serpents, and strike, even though the blow<br \/>\nwould send themselves into destruction.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">27. Osiris said: That is most especially true, O De&#8217;yus, where the highest kingdoms owe<br \/>\ntheir glory and greatness to those that have been subsidiary and built them up. None are<br \/>\nso slow to see their danger as they that are exposed to it. There be such who, holding high<br \/>\nplaces, if but their slaves knew who they were and how deceived, would bind them in<br \/>\nknots and cast them into hell.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">28. Sudga said: But in such cases is it not better, O my wise brothers, that the highest who<br \/>\nhave been raised up by the toil and industry of others, that labored to have them glorified,<br \/>\nturn from their own glory and selfish ends, and divide up their ill-gotten kingdoms, and<br \/>\nbestir their lazy carcasses by sending assistants to those that have them in their power?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">29. De&#8217;yus said: Most wisely spoken, both my Gods. But how shall we teach apes<br \/>\nand monkeys to know their masters? They crook their tails and squeal, imagining<br \/>\nthemselves great monarchs. Whereas, were they cut off from their masters, they<br \/>\nwould come to grief most ignominiously, or be the foremost plunged into torments.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">30. Osiris said: Thou wisest of Gods, is it not most strange, wonderful, how better we can<br \/>\nsee others&#8217;shortness than our own? Nor are we much quicker to find a way to save them,<br \/>\nwhich we oft could do were they not self-conceited fools, than to guard our arms, so that<br \/>\nwhen they show the least sign to do us wrong, we inwardly swear within our souls to hurl<br \/>\nthem into hell.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">31. Sudga said: O my loves, it is a sad reflection, when we survey mighty kingdoms at<br \/>\ntheir quarrels, knowing that, if either dare lift a hand to destroy, we ourselves hold the key<br \/>\nwhereby they can be, both, stript of their highest subjects and their greatest glories, and<br \/>\nleft in the ruins of their own evil concocting. But the wise abide their time, and oft are<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">fortified when others know not of it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">32. De&#8217;yus said: My most wise Gods, ye have spoken great wisdom. I will weigh your<br \/>\nwords and be governed accordingly. For your most holy visit I am honored above all I<br \/>\ndeserve.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">33. Osiris said: Words cannot express my reverence for thy spoken words, O De&#8217;yus.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">34. Sudga said: I am bowed with sorrow to leave the place of so much wisdom, love and<br \/>\npower.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">35. And now Osiris and Sudga stepped backward, four paces each, but separate from<br \/>\neach other, with their heads still bowed. By a signal, the vice-Gods re-entered and<br \/>\nstood beside the Gods, and then all, with heads bowed, raised their hands and saluted<br \/>\nin the sign C<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">ENTRAL <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">S<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">UN. <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">De&#8217;yus answered them on the sign M<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">USIC OF THE <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">S<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">ATELLITES<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">36. Slowly now, and with measured step, to low sweet music, backward, the Gods<br \/>\nand vice-Gods crossed the area and passed the Arch, where the vice-Gods left them<br \/>\nand returned within. But the Gods were now met by the high Council and high<br \/>\nmarshals and conducted to the entrance gate, where they left them, and they were<br \/>\nreceived, Osiris and Sudga, by their hosts and reconducted to their ships, with great<br \/>\npomp and honor, and they at once set sail for their own heavenly kingdoms.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">37. Now, in this whole proceeding, the Gods were all surprised that Te-in came not, nor,<br \/>\nby messenger or otherwise, answered the summons; nor could one of them imagine the<br \/>\ncause.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Memorial Day\u00a0 Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters XXX and XXXI Chapter XXX 1. Now, after the three false Gods, Osiris and Te-in and Sudga, had revealed these things to mortals, they sent messengers to the Lord God, praying audience with him, that they might disclose to him what they had done. 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