{"id":769,"date":"2019-12-04T00:11:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=769"},"modified":"2019-12-04T00:11:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:11:21","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-december-4th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/12\/04\/lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-december-4th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Wednesday, December 4th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>1st Quarter Moon<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Weekday Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Book of Jehovih&#8217;s Kingdom on Earth Chapter 13<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. Tae said: Never grew such straight and handsome children as those of Shalam.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. And it was so. And, moreover, they were of all shades of color, and of all nations and<br \/>\npeoples on the earth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. And they were timed and disciplined from the very first; a time to be fed, a time for<br \/>\nbathing, a time for dressing and a time for sleeping.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. Besides these times, the nurses provided music twice a day for them, and at regular<br \/>\nhours. And many of the babes began to sing and to beat time to the music, even before<br \/>\nthey could stand upright.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. And when the children were able to walk, the nurses provided them, in processions,<br \/>\nwith music to their steps; and a time was also set apart for these.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. Soon after this, they were given simple calisthenics; and, in time after this, calisthenics<br \/>\nproper, for the development of the arms, limbs and person.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. Thus were they trained to keep time with music; to carry themselves erect; to<br \/>\ncontrol the motions of their feet, limbs, arms and hands, and, also, made to develop<br \/>\nthe full use of their joints. And they were taught the names of the bones, joints and<br \/>\nmuscles, by repeating the words in time to the music, being in songs and semi-songs.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. Great were the delight and interest these little ones took in these exercises; and it came<br \/>\nto pass, that even whilst they were little more than babes, they had mastered the names<br \/>\nand uses of the bones and muscles of the body.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. And they were timed and limited in exercise, adapted to the most delicate and slender,<br \/>\nand to the most robust; and every one learned simply by diversion, and not by talk or<br \/>\nlabor.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. After this, they were taught marching, slow and fast, even running in time to music;<br \/>\nand, after this, simple tournaments.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. Simple tournaments embraced games of hunting and chasing; some of them taking<br \/>\nthe part of foxes or wolves, and others, the part of hunters. Yet, in all these games,<br \/>\nthe teachers and musicians took part, directing and cautioning, guarding and<br \/>\nsupervising the games, teaching the little ones the oneness of teachers and<br \/>\npupils. Teaching the stronger children to be observant and gentle toward the weaker<br \/>\nones, illustrating to them how Jehovih had made them all as brothers and sisters.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. Es said: Never was I so reproved for the shortness of my former life, and for my<br \/>\nbelief in the depravity of man, as now, when these little ones demonstrated love<br \/>\nand respect toward one another, as if they had indeed been begotten by the angels<br \/>\nof heaven. They were like little saints, and more of a lesson to their teachers of<br \/>\nthe glorious creation of Jehovih, than the teachers were to them of the wisdom of man.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. Amongst their first lessons of labor were those in the gardens, teaching them how to<br \/>\nplant; teaching them the names of seeds, flowers, plants, trees and all growing things;<br \/>\nexplaining to them how Jehovih, by His Ever Presence, giveth life and growth and form<br \/>\nunto all things.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. And they listened, heeded, and, with delight, sought their turns and privileges to do<br \/>\nsome little work.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. Now, with the beginning of labor, with them, was also the beginning of times and<br \/>\nseasons for recreation (play), which, for the first six years, occupied the principal part of<br \/>\nthe day. And, yet, every day they took lessons of a few minutes in painting or drawing, or<br \/>\ndemonstrating with blocks, cords, squares and angles.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. At six years of age, they were entered as apprentices to labor, devoting half an hour<br \/>\ndaily to knitting, or sewing, or working with tools, giving them an opportunity of<br \/>\nmanifesting their best adaptation.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. At six years of age, they were also taught for half an hour one evening in the week to<br \/>\nsit in the sacred circle for angel communion, that they might become conversant with<br \/>\nangels, seeing them, and hearing them discourse on heavenly things. Here they were<br \/>\ntaught praying in concert, and the order of praise to Jehovih and His creations.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. And the angels appeared amongst them, oft carrying them in their arms, and otherwise<br \/>\ndemonstrating the tangibility of the presence of the spirits of the dead.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. And the children were delighted, often ejaculating thanks unto Jehovih and praise for<br \/>\nHis everlasting heavens.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. Now was also the time that many of them began to manifest su&#8217;is, being capable<br \/>\nof seeing and hearing angels whilst in normal condition, and also of seeing<br \/>\nand hearing corporeal things miles away, and without their corporeal eyes and ears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st Quarter Moon,\u00a0Weekday Sabbath Book of Jehovih&#8217;s Kingdom on Earth Chapter 13 1. Tae said: Never grew such straight and handsome children as those of Shalam. 2. And it was so. And, moreover, they were of all shades of color, and of all nations and peoples on the earth. 3. 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