{"id":220,"date":"2019-05-25T21:07:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T21:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=220"},"modified":"2019-05-25T21:07:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T21:07:19","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-sunday-may-26th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/05\/25\/lectionary-readings-for-sunday-may-26th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Sunday, May 26th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>3rd Quarter Moon<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Holy Memorial Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters 44 and 45<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter XLIV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. At this time Osiris&#8217;heavenly kingdom numbered thirteen thousand million angels, good<br \/>\nand bad. And it was the largest heavenly kingdom ever established on the earth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. It was built after the manner of Sudga&#8217;s; that is to say, modeled after Sanc-tu, in Hored,<br \/>\nbut more magnificent than Sudga&#8217;s kingdom, and far larger. The arena-way was five<br \/>\nthousand lengths of a man across; so that approaching visitors to the throne must crawl<br \/>\ntwo thousand lengths in order to approach the throne. And they also had to repeat an<br \/>\nanthem of praise, or a prayer, for every length crawled, going and coming. And they were,<br \/>\nlike at Sudga&#8217;s, permitted to approach only to within a long distance from Osiris; whilst<br \/>\nthe array of lights around him were so dazzling that scarcely any could look upon him.<br \/>\nAnd they that thus approached were so reverential that their minds magnified Osiris&#8217;<br \/>\nglorious appearance so much, they verily believed they had looked into the Creator&#8217;s face,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">and saw, of a truth, man was of his image and likeness. And thousands, and even<br \/>\nmillions, that thus crawled to look upon him, afterward went about in heaven preaching<br \/>\nOsiris as the veritable All Highest Creator of heaven and earth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. Osiris made his Godhead to consist of three persons: first, himself, as T<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">HE <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">F<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">OUNTAIN OF<br \/>\nTHE <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">U<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">NIVERSE<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, whose name was U<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">NSPEAKABLE<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">; second, B<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">AAL<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, H<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">IS <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">O<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">NLY <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">B<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">EGOTTEN <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">S<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">ON<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, into<br \/>\nwhose keeping he had assigned the earth and all mortals thereon; and, third, A<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">SHTAROTH<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">,<br \/>\nH<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">IS <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">V<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">IRGIN <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">D<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">AUGHTER<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, into whose keeping he had assigned life and death, or rather the<br \/>\npower of begetting and the power to cause death with mortals.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. Osiris was the most cunning of all the self-Gods; for thus he appropriated the triangle<br \/>\nof the Faithists; thus appropriated the names and powers of the Lord God, the false (now<br \/>\nin hell), for only through Baal and Ashtaroth could any mortal or spirit ever attain to<br \/>\napproach the arena of the throne in Agho&#8217;aden. And here again, they had to pass the high<br \/>\nsentinel, Egupt, before they were entitled to the right to crawl on their bellies over the<br \/>\nsacred pavement, the way to the heavenly palace.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. Only the vice-Gods of Osiris and his chief marshal could walk upright to the capital<br \/>\npalace, and they with heads bowed low. And when Osiris was informed of Ahura&#8217;s<br \/>\ncoming he sent word that he should come upright, with head erect, but veiled from head<br \/>\nto foot. To this Ahura gladly consented; and, being thus veiled by Egupt and handed over<br \/>\nto the vice-Gods and the chief marshal, he walked upright till he came to the high arch of<br \/>\nthe palace; here they halted, and Ahura saluted on the sign O<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">LD <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">T<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">IME <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">L<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">OVE<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, and Osiris<br \/>\nanswered in the sign J<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">OY IN <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">H<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">EAVEN<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">. Whereupon Ahura left the vice-Gods and walked<br \/>\nnear the throne, and Osiris came down, and they embraced in each other&#8217;s arms, not<br \/>\nhaving seen each other for more than a thousand years.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. Osiris signaled the vice-Gods and chief marshal to fall back, and they did so, and they<br \/>\nascended the throne and sat thereon, privately.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. Osiris said: This is a great joy! To meet one&#8217;s loves, is not this greater, after all, than<br \/>\nall the pomp and glory of the Gods? Ahura said: True; but who is wise enough to live<br \/>\nto enjoy so cheap a glory? We run afar off; we build up mighty kingdoms, and our<br \/>\nplaces are replete with great magnificence; in search after what? Whilst that which<br \/>\ndoth cost nothing, love, the greatest good of all in heaven and earth, we leave out in<br \/>\nthe cold. More delight have I to again look upon thy buoyant face, and hear the music<br \/>\nof thy voice, than I ever had in my heavenly kingdom of seven thousand million angels.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. Osiris said: Is it not so with all Gods, and with mortal kings and queens? They boast of<br \/>\nthe extent and power of their countless millions; and yet they have not more to love them<br \/>\nthan would match in numbers their fingers&#8217;ends, whom they can take into their arms<br \/>\nin the fullness of reciprocity. What, then, are pomp and glory? Are not kings and queens<br \/>\nof earth but watch-dogs, to guard the stinking flesh and bones of other mortals? And<br \/>\nare not the Gods equally base in their dirty trade of ruling over foul-smelling drujas?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. Ahura said: It is so. But whence is this great desire to rule over others; to lead them; to<br \/>\nbe applauded; and to revel in the toil of millions? Would it not be wise for the Gods who<br \/>\nunderstand this, to resign their mighty kingdoms and go along with their loves to feast in<br \/>\nthe great expanse of the universe.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. Osiris said: True, O Ahura. But who hath power to do this? Certainly not the Gods.<br \/>\nAnd is it not so with mortals? For thousands of years, have they not been told: Except ye<br \/>\ngive up your earthly kingdoms, and give up your riches, ye cannot rise in heaven. But,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">behold, the rich man cannot give up his riches; the king cannot give up his kingdom.<br \/>\nThey are weak indeed! As well expect an unhatched bird to fly, as for such souls to be but<br \/>\nslaves in our dominions. This do I perceive also, of mine own kingdom, I cannot give it<br \/>\nup; because, forsooth, I cannot get the desire to give it up, although my judgment saith it<br \/>\nwould be the highest, best thing for me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. Ahura said: Are not great possessions like unto dissipation? I have seen mortals<br \/>\nwho admit <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">THE HIGHEST, BEST THING TO DO IS TO LIVE THE HIGHEST, BEST ONE KNOWETH, <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">and straightway go off and pollute the body by eating flesh and drinking wine. They also<br \/>\nknow the right way, but to attain to the desire to put in practice what one knoweth to be<br \/>\nthe highest, they have not reached.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. Osiris said: Yea, all this is dissipation. And if a man give away what he hath, is not<br \/>\nthat also dissipation? Can it be true, O Ahura, that even as we manipulate mortals, to<br \/>\ndrive them to war or to make them play peace, to make them destroy their kingdoms and<br \/>\nbuild up others by our angel armies, which they know not of, that we ourselves are ruled<br \/>\nover by the Gods in the etherean heavens?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. Ahura said: It seemeth to me thus, Osiris, that is to say: That the etherean Gods above<br \/>\nus rule us, but not in the same way, but by their absence from us when we do unjustly,<br \/>\nand by their presence when we do righteously. We rule over mortals by direct action<br \/>\nupon them, shaping their destinies by our heavenly wills, and they are often cognizant<br \/>\nof our angel servants being with them. But when we cannot appropriate a mortal to<br \/>\ndo our wills, we withdraw our angels and suffer him to fall into the hands of drujas.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. Ahura continued: Not that the Gods above us, O Osiris, send evils upon us; but that<br \/>\nwe foster evils within our own kingdoms which take root, like thorns and nettles in a<br \/>\nneglected field, and they grow and environ us. Even this I have seen in thy heavens in the<br \/>\nfar future. It will come upon thee, O Osiris, and with all thy wisdom and strength thou<br \/>\nwilt meet the same fate as De&#8217;yus, and be cast into hell.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. Osiris said: Were I to judge by all the self-Gods who have been before me, I should<br \/>\nassent unto thy wise judgment. But hear thou me, O Ahura, for mine is not like any other<br \/>\nheavenly kingdom, nor formed for mine own glory only. This, then, is that that I will<br \/>\naccomplish:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. I will cast out sin from amongst mortals, and all manner of wickedness; and I<br \/>\nwill give them a heavenly kingdom on earth. They shall war no more, nor deal<br \/>\nunjustly with one another; nor have suffering, nor immature deaths, nor famines,<br \/>\nnor sickness, but peace and love, and righteousness, and good works and nobleness.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. For I will go down to them in person in time to come; and I will take with me angels<br \/>\nhigh raised, and appoint them unto mortals, and give them corporeal bodies for their<br \/>\npleasure, and they shall be the teachers of man on the earth. And man shall put away all<br \/>\nselfishness and deceit, and lust, and lying; and the races of man shall be taught how to<br \/>\nbeget offspring in purity and wisdom.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. And in that day I will take back the drujas of heaven and engraft them on mortals and<br \/>\nre-raise them up with understanding. Wherefore, O Ahura, though I fortify myself in all<br \/>\nthis, am I not laboring in the right way?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. Ahura said: It seemeth to me a dangerous proceeding. I would compare thy plan to<br \/>\nthat of a teacher who took his pupil into a place of vice to teach him virtue. How can a<br \/>\nheavenly kingdom exist amongst mortals, save with celibates? And they cannot people<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">the world. Is there any other way but by the delight of the lowest passion that man can be<br \/>\nborn into life? What belongeth to the flesh is of the flesh; the spirit repudiateth the earth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. Osiris said: It hath been so said; but I will cast the higher love down into the lower.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. Ahura said: Why, so thou canst; but, alas, will it remain down, and forever grovel on<br \/>\nthe earth? I have seen a sweet maiden wed to a vicious husband, and she lifted him not<br \/>\nup, but he pulled her down. Will not it be so with the higher love, when thou weddest it to<br \/>\nthe passions? Behold the manner of the oracles! We appoint high-raised angels to answer<br \/>\nthe questions of mortals, to lead them to virtue and wisdom; but, alas, mortals come not<br \/>\nto the oracles to learn these things, but to learn wickedness, and war, and earthly gain.<br \/>\nWill it not be so with thy kingdom founded on earth? Instead of helping mortals up,<br \/>\nmortals will pull down the angels to answer them in their most sinful desires and<br \/>\ncuriosity.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. Osiris said: Thou hast great reason on thy side, and facts withal to sustain thee. Yet<br \/>\nforget not, O Ahura, I shall have a temple built of stone on the earth, and a chamber<br \/>\nwhere I can come and command the kingdom through the mortal king.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. Ahura said: Behold, my mission is fruitless. I have now visited my three loves,<br \/>\nTe-in, and Sudga, and thee. And I cannot turn one, even a jot or tittle. In this I have<br \/>\ngreat sorrow; for I fear the time may come when great darkness will be upon you all.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">24. Osiris said: I will consider thy wise words, O Ahura. And though thou now goest<br \/>\nfrom me, my love will follow thee.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">25. Hereupon Osiris signaled the chief marshal and the vice-Gods, and they came.<br \/>\nThen Osiris and Ahura embraced each other and parted, both saluting in the sign,<br \/>\nL<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">OVE <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">F<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">OREVER<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">. Ahura retired even as he came, but backward, the vice-Gods on either<br \/>\nside and the marshal leading the way. After they crossed the arena, Ahura<br \/>\nwas delivered to Egupt, and the chief marshal and the vice-Gods returned to Osiris.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">26. Egupt passed Ahura on to his own attendants, who conducted him to his fireship wherein they embarked and set sail for his own heavenly place, Vara-pishanaha<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter XLV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. Jehovih suffered the self-Gods to prosper for more than four hundred years; and<br \/>\nTe-in, and Sudga, and Osiris became the mightiest Gods that ever ruled on the earth.<br \/>\nKnow, then, these things of them, in heaven and earth, whereof the libraries of<br \/>\nJehovih&#8217;s kingdoms relate more fully that of which the following is a synopsis, to wit:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. First of Te-in, then Sudga, then Osiris. And of Te-in&#8217;s heavenly kingdom, two viceGods, Noe Jon and Wang-tse-Yot. Chief high marshal, Kolotzka, and under him<br \/>\nthirty thousand marshals. Chief general, Ha-e Giang, and under him one hundred<br \/>\nthousand generals and high captains. Of these, twenty thousand were allotted to the<br \/>\ndominion of mortals in Jaffeth; the others served in heaven, mostly about the throne<br \/>\nof Te-in. Chiefly distinguished as Gods on the earth were Te-in&#8217;s fourteen chief<br \/>\ngenerals: Kaoan-cat, Yam-yam, Tochin-woh, Ho-jon-yo, Wah-ka, Oke-ya-nos,<br \/>\nHaing-le, Lutz-rom, Le-Wiang, Thu-wowtch, Eurga-roth, I-sa-ah, To Gow and Ah Shung.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. These generals were divided into two parts, seven each; and they were allotted equally,<br \/>\nof the twenty thousand rank generals deputed to the earth; and these again were allotted<br \/>\neach thirty thousand angel warriors.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. Te-in had said to these fourteen chief generals: When ye come to the earth, and finding<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">two cities near together, both of which worship other Gods than me, ye shall<br \/>\ndivide yourselves into two parts; and one army shall go to one mortal city and the other<br \/>\nto the other, and by inspiration and otherwise ye shall bring the two cities to war<br \/>\nagainst each other, until both are broken down, or destroyed. After which ye shall<br \/>\ninspire another city, that worshippeth me, to come and possess both of those that<br \/>\nare destroyed. Better is it to make our enemies kill each other than to kill them ourselves.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. And such was the mode of warfare by Te-in in that all the land of Jaffeth was subdued<br \/>\nunto himself in less than a hundred years. Save the matter of a million Faithists, scattered<br \/>\nhere and there; and of the Listians who were in the mountains and wildernesses. And<br \/>\ngreat and costly temples were built in all the cities of Jaffeth, and dedicated to T<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">E-IN<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">,<br \/>\nC<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">REATOR AND <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">R<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">ULER OF <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">H<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">EAVEN AND <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">E<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">ARTH<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. Now, as to the worshippers of Joss and Ho-Joss, they were not converted but subdued,<br \/>\nand they worshipped their God in secret, and made rites and ceremonies whereby they<br \/>\nmight know one another and the better escape persecution. Many of these rites partook<br \/>\nafter the manner of the ancient rite of Bawgangad.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. Of the great cities destroyed in these wars were: Hong We, Chow Go and Sheing-tdo.<br \/>\nFor Hong We the wars lasted twenty years; and there were slain within the city five<br \/>\nhundred thousand men, women and children.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. The wars of Chow Go lasted forty years, and within her walls were slain three hundred<br \/>\nthousand men, women and children. For Sheing-tdo the wars lasted twenty-five years,<br \/>\nand there were slain within her walls three hundred thousand men, women and children.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. In the destruction of Hong-We there were consigned to ashes four hundred houses of<br \/>\nphilosophy; two thousand four hundred colleges, and twelve thousand public schools. All<br \/>\nof which had been made glorious in the reign of Hong, the king of the city. Because he<br \/>\nworshipped Ho-Joss, his great city was destroyed.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. In Chow Go there were destroyed six hundred houses of philosophy and two hundred<br \/>\ncolleges of Great Learning. Here was the Temple of Jonk, which was dedicated to<br \/>\nworship of Joss (God), and which, in building, required twenty thousand men twelve<br \/>\nyears. It had two thousand pillars of Awana stone, polished; and at the blood altar it had<br \/>\ntwelve thousand skulls, of which the great king Bak Ho was slaughterer in the name of<br \/>\nHo-Joss. The throne of worship for the king was set with diamonds and pearls; and it had<br \/>\na thousand candlesticks of gold and silver. And the fine silk drapery and fine wool<br \/>\ndrapery within the temple were sufficient, if spread out, for five hundred thousand men to<br \/>\nlie down on and yet not cover up the half of it. And the drapery was painted and<br \/>\nembroidered with pictures of battles and wars; and of scenes in heaven. For the<br \/>\nornamentation of which drapery twenty thousand men and women had labored for forty<br \/>\nyears. All of which were destroyed, together with all the great city and all its riches and<br \/>\nmagnificence.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. Sheing-tdo was a city of fashion and splendor, inhabited by the richest men in the<br \/>\nworld. She had a temple called Cha-oke-king, dedicated to learning, but in fact<br \/>\nappropriated to the display of wealth and pageantry. It was round, with a high projecting<br \/>\nroof, the eaves of which rested on ten thousand pillars of polished stone. There were four<br \/>\nhundred door-ways to enter the temple; but, within each door-way, one came against<br \/>\nthe square columns of precious stones that supported the roof inside; and to either side<br \/>\nof the columns were passage-ways that led into the four hundred chambers within. In<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">the center of the temple, artificial stalactites, twenty thousand, hung from the roof;<br \/>\nthese were made of silk and wool and fine linen and painted, and of colors so bright that<br \/>\nmortal eye could scarce look upon them, and they were as ice with the sun shining<br \/>\nthereon, forming rainbows in every direction. Here came kings and queens and governors<br \/>\nof great learning; for here were deposited copies of the greatest books in all the world.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. Besides the temple of Cha-oke-king, there were seven great temples built to Joss,<br \/>\neither of which was large enough for ten thousand men to do sacrifice in at one time. For<br \/>\nfive and twenty years the people of Sheing-tdo fought to save their great city from<br \/>\ndestruction, but it fell, and was destroyed, and all the temples with it; by king Bingh it<br \/>\nwas laid low.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. Next to these were the following great cities that were destroyed: Gwoo-gee, which<br \/>\nhad one hundred houses of philosophy and forty colleges for great learning; one temple,<br \/>\nwith eight hundred polished pillars and two thousand arches; thirty temples of wheat and<br \/>\ncorn sacrifice; one feed-house, where was stored food for one hundred thousand people in<br \/>\ncase of famine, sufficient for eight years; and all these, and the libraries of the records<br \/>\nof the Gods and Lords of earth, and all things whatever in the city were burnt to ashes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. The city of Young-ooh, of two hundred thousand inhabitants, which had seventy<br \/>\nhouses of philosophy, and thirty-five colleges of great learning, besides many schools;<br \/>\none T<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">EMPLE OF THE <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">S<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">TARS<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, where lectures were given daily to the people to teach them the<br \/>\nnames and places of the stars and their wondrous size and motion; forty temples of<br \/>\nsacrifice, seven of which were large enough to hold all the inhabitants of Young-ooh, the<br \/>\ngreat city. By king Shaing it was laid in ashes, and nothing but heaps of stones remained<br \/>\nto tell where the city had been.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. The city, Gwan-she, which had thirty houses of philosophy, and seventy temples of<br \/>\nsacrifice, two Temples of the Stars dedicated to Joss; eighty-five colleges of Great<br \/>\nLearning, and also a feed-house, stored sufficiently to feed the city seven years; and there<br \/>\nwere two hundred thousand inhabitants within the city walls. Twelve years the people of<br \/>\nthis city fought against the incited plunderers, the warriors under the God Te-in, but were<br \/>\nconquered at last, and their city laid low.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. And the great cities, Ghi, and Owan, and Chong, and Goon, and Ca-On and Jongwong, and Sow, and Wowtch-gan, and Sem-Sin, and Gee, and Tiang, and Choe, and<br \/>\nDoth, and Ah-mai, and Conc Shu, and Guh, and Haingtsgay, and Ghi-oo-yong, and Boygonk, all of which had houses of philosophy and colleges of great learning, and public<br \/>\nschools, and temples of sacrifice, and feed-houses, and hundreds of thousands of<br \/>\ninhabitants. And all these cities were destroyed, and only heaps of stones left to tell where<br \/>\nthey had been.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. Besides these, there were more than two thousand cities of less prominence destroyed.<br \/>\nAnd yet, of villages and small cities, so great were they in number which were destroyed,<br \/>\nthat no man ever counted them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. City against city; king against king; man against man; for the inhabitants of Jaffeth<br \/>\nwere obsessed to madness and war and destruction; almost without cause would they fall<br \/>\nupon one another to destroy; for so had Te-in sent his hundreds of millions of warring<br \/>\nangels to inspire mortals to destroy all knowledge, and instruction, and learning, and<br \/>\nphilosophy, and to destroy all trace of all other Gods and Lords, that he alone might reign<br \/>\nsupreme.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. And these angels taught mortals how to make explosive powder, and guns to shoot<br \/>\nwith, more deadly than the bow and arrow; and taught the secret of under-digging a city<br \/>\nand blowing it up with explosive powder.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. So, the fair land of Jaffeth, with its wisdom and great learning, was made as a<br \/>\ndistracted and broken-up country. In all directions the bones of mortals were scattered<br \/>\nover the lands; nor could the land be tilled without digging amongst the skulls and bones<br \/>\nof the great giant race of I&#8217;huans that once had peopled it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. And of those who were not destroyed, one might say: They were a poor, half-starved,<br \/>\nsickly breed, discouraged and helpless, badly whipped.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. And the spirits of the dead were on all the battle-fields, lighting up the dark nights by<br \/>\ntheir spirit-fires, and in the morning and the twilight of evening they could be seen by<br \/>\nhundreds and thousands, walking about, shy and wild! But an abundance of familiar<br \/>\nspirits dwelt with mortals; took on sar&#8217;gis forms, and ate and drank with them, and even<br \/>\ndid things of which it is unlawful to mention.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. Thus was Jaffeth won to the God Te-in. Now of Sudga, know ye.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd Quarter Moon,\u00a0Holy Memorial Day Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapters 44 and 45 Chapter XLIV 1. At this time Osiris&#8217;heavenly kingdom numbered thirteen thousand million angels, good and bad. And it was the largest heavenly kingdom ever established on the earth. 2. 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