CHAPTER VII.
1. Apollo said: Hear the decrees of Jehovih, O ye Gods and Lords: I, His Son, God ofthree worlds, speak! In my speech lieth the wisdom of Time; the evidence of fiftythousand years. Here is a great matter, O ye Gods; answer it, O ye Lords of heaven andearth: A child learneth from that which is around about; a man learneth from that which isaround about; a God and a Lord learn from that which is around about. Neither can theyacquire anything more, forever. Jehovih saith:
2. I have decreed the breaking up of old foundations; in new creations I provide food forthe souls of Gods and men.
3. Apollo said: To condense and to expand; to expand and to condense, is this all? Whoshall fashion a corporeal world by compressing ether? or, by standing still, expand hisown soul? How long will they be entailed with idle desires, and self-ease, and self-glory?
4. Jehovih saith: When the lower heaven turneth into itself, it soon turneth downward,also. And its cast moldeth the earth-born. Look to it, O My sons and daughters, that yepreserve the high estate of heaven. Apollo said:
5. To be a God is not all; to be a Lord is not all; ye shall forever invent new stratagems inJehovih's kingdoms. Your people shall be forever infatuated with continual surprises, oryour kingdoms in heaven will go down.
6. Jehovih saith: Behold, I created man, and if he rest constantly, disease shall seize onhis life parts. The kingdoms of men on earth that lack aspiration for the people shall bringdestruction; to the kingdoms in the lower heaven, the lack of invented, new glories, shallbreed up false Gods and false Lords.
7. Apollo said: To be a weak man, is nothing; to be a weak king, is nothing; to be a weakGod, is nothing; but to be strong with Jehovih, furnisheth food for the kingdoms of menand angels. Think not, ye Gods and Lords, that to be a good God is easy, or to be a goodLord is easy, or to be a good corporeal king is easy. He who ruleth in heavenly kingdoms,must forever furnish food for the souls of angels and men.
8. I, Apollo, Son of Jehovih, will give you a parable suitable for Gods and kings: Amultitude go into a forest; one man goeth a little before the rest, and he calleth: Here! Here! Then he goeth a little further, and he calleth: Here! Here! And the multitude follow. Whereon, ye reason well, saying: If the leader go too fast for the multitude, they will notfollow; and if he go not fast enough, they cannot follow. Wherein, of the last condition,anarchy ensueth, and new leaders are chosen.
9. And these conditions follow all peoples on earth, and in the lower heavens. But theglory of the emancipated heavens, in etherea, lieth in the development of every soul intoripeness and bloom, with none too fast nor too slow, but all as one, and one with Jehovih.
10. Is not this the testimony of the All Person: A ruler of a city; a ruler of a state; a rulerof a kingdom? Without a head to lead, and to govern, what people have been found? Without a God and Lords, and kingdoms in heaven, what angels are found? Strollers,beggars, drujas and vampires. He who setteth himself up against the king, what is he? Hewho setteth himself up against the All Person, what is he? Where is the fruit he hathbrought to market?
11. His speech is cunning in denial; his arguments for liberty, the bait of hada. He criethout, in justification of his mutiny: Liberty! Liberty! But he leadeth to inharmony anddarkness. After that, he rusheth to the front, crying out: Follow me! follow me! I will leadto truth and light. And he himself becometh a God, but in falsehood, even as by falsehoodhe denied the true God.
12. A great fact declare I unto you, O Gods and Lords: A line lieth betwixt the man whohath too much opinion of his own, and he who hath no opinion at all. One is to be pitied,the other censured. Which, judge ye, do the Gods pity of these two, and which censure?
13. None could answer Apollo. So he spake further, saying: Pity ye him who hath toomuch opinion of his own; for of all men he standest the farthest from Jehovih. But thewise man and wise angel follow the median line betwixt the two. Herein lieth theharmony of a man's soul.
CHAPTER VIII.
1. Apollo, Son of Jehovih, said: In Jehovih's name speak I, Apollo, God of etherea. Hearme, O ye Gods and Lords; the power of the Father resteth in my soul; my words are of AllWisdom. Think of this great matter: The growth of love! As a man loveth his city and hiscountry, what think ye Apollo hath forgotten? Have I not told it in etherea? I sprang fromthe red star, the earth!
2. Wherefore shall I not take pride before Jehovih? And hold up my head in etherea,where I have neighbors that sprang from other stars. Shall a man forget his love becausehe is a God? Nay, verily. When I was mortal, I loved my neighbors; when I entered thesecond resurrection, in atmospherea, I loved all the people of the earth; and when I rose toetherea, my love expanded to a thousand worlds. But, of all places, how can I make theearth and her heaven second in the love of my soul?
3. As a mother inventeth diversions and employment for her children, shall I not gatherfruit from Jehovih's repositories to feed the atmospherean heavens? I came, and found yein a dark forest, with briars and thorns; but, behold, now, O ye Gods and Lords! Thelower heaven hath become a paradise.
4. Let me recall the philosophies I have overthrown: The false Gods and false Lords said: It is well that there be war and destruction in heaven; otherwise, it would soon be too full! For they saw not the higher heavens; their arguments were framed in a dark corner. And,because of their evil inspiration, they gave mortals the same philosophy, saying: War isjustifiable, lest the earth become too full. For these dark angels shut out from mortals thehigher light of Faith in Jehovih. Justifying themselves in war, and the slaying of whomJehovih had created alive; by their behavior, thrusting condemnation in Jehovih's face forwhat Jehovih had done!
5. Neither knew these mortal philosophers that they were under the inspiration of spiritsof darkness; nor would they wait till the earth was full of people, to prove whether theirphilosophy was true or false.
6. For, as ye of heaven were given to deeds of darkness, your kingdoms reacted on earth,making druks out of men and women. From which have all these heavens turned fromevil ways, and become as stars of glory in Jehovih's universe.
7. Think not that only great thunders and terrible stratagems can govern heaven and earthrighteously; for, as one man, in an army, may cause a panic; or one brave man's upraisedhand lead a nation on to victory, so can ye, O Gods and Lords, by wisdom, in the smallestof Jehovih's plans, rule over heaven and earth, for the glory of His everlasting kingdoms.
8. That which I declare unto you, go ye and declare throughout heaven; for the fruit ofyour teaching shall enrich the earth people, through their guardian spirits; and they shall,likewise, go about preaching amongst themselves.
CHAPTER IX.
1. When Apollo, Jehovih's Son, had finished his labor, the dawn of dan, God foresawthat his own resurrection, and his people with him, had come. So he sent his properofficers to the libraries of atmospherea, to learn who of all the etherean hosts shouldbe selected to remain as God, and who as Lords, for the next four hundred years.
2. In twenty days the examiners returned and came before the throne of God, andthe Council of Gau. Za'dukawaski, chief speaker, said: By the grace of Jehovih,Creator, we stand before thee, God of heaven and earth. We find, by the ancientprecepts, adjudged wise in the foundation of atmospherea, one Gur, highest and mostproficient of all the hosts of heaven, to be anointed God for the next four hundred years.
3. God said: I remember Gur, from Magel, in Sooftus, in etherea, God of Ra'yatuf and a'ji,seventy-two. Let the marshals go to him and acquaint him with Jehovih's decrees, in thename of God. And they shall provide suitable conveyance for Gur to come to Gau,according to his rate.
4. So the marshals, ten thousand in number, besides ten thousand musicians, went andbrought Gur before the throne of God, coming in an otevan, prepared for the purpose, andadorned with one thousand pillars of light.
5. God said: I salute thee, O Gur, in the name of Jehovih, Creator. Behold Apollo!
6. Apollo stretched forth his hand, and Gur came and shook hands with him, standing bythe throne. Gur said: That I have lived to see this day, O Jehovih, I am blessed indeed! Thy will, O God, and Jehovih's, be done!
7. God said: Behold, the dawn of dan is within thirty days to end, and all who choose, andare prepared for the third resurrection, shall be taken up to etherea. Besides thyself, OGur, there are two hundred thousand ethereans who have volunteered to remain anotherfour hundred years in these atmospherean heavens, and on the earth. From them thoushalt select one thousand Lords, and bestow them with kingdoms, over mortals. Twothousand millions of angels will raise up with me to etherea.
8. To thee, O Gur, I bequeath two thousand millions of atmosphereans who have beeninitiated in the second resurrection. And of the first resurrection, two hundred and fiftymillions; and of fetals, three hundred millions; and besides these, the inhabitants of theearth (men, women and children) seven hundred millions.
9. God ceased speaking, and Gur said: Thy will be done, O Jehovih! Thereupon thees'enaurs sang, and the trumpeters played the MARCH OF APOLLO, JEHOVIH’S SON. Presently,the marshals and messengers filed before the throne; and a light of golden fire camedown from etherea, cast out by the Gods of Helmatia, Orian arc of Tanaya, and it fellabout the throne of God, so that many could not look thereon, because of the brilliancy.
10. God raised up, and Apollo by his side. God said: I stretch forth my hand unto Thee, OJehovih! Behold Thy Son, Gur, God of Ra'yatuf, in etherea, an earth-born, forty thousandyears inhabitant of Thy emancipated realms. By Thy power, and in Thy name, O Jehovih,I proclaim him God of heaven and earth, to bestow Thee and Thy kingdoms on angelsand men! Be with him, O Father, Creator, that he may add unto Thy glory, forever! Amen!
11. God took off the triangle, and hung it on Gur's (God's) neck, saying: I now bestowthee with the heirloom of the Gods of the red star, the triangle of the ancients. And thatthou mayest be still further honored, behold, one higher than I, even Apollo, shall weavea crown for thy head.
12. Apollo walked to the left hand, and raised his hand upward, and there came fromunseen space a flame of yellow light, and lodged on his hand, and he turned it but halfaround, and lo, a crown with sparkling gems stood upon his fingers' ends. Apollo said:
13. Incomprehensible All Light! Weave me a crown for Thy Son, God of heavenand earth! And even whilst he spake, it was done, and he placed it on God's (Gur's) head. And God went and sat in the midst of the throne, saying: Throne of Thy throne,O Jehovih! All things are Thine! For my resting-place, to do Thy will, this shall be.
14. During the ceremonies, the music was timed accordingly; and when the new God wascrowned, the multitude of a thousand millions applauded with great joy.
15. When all was quiet, God rose up from the throne, saying to Apollo and to him whohad been God: In Jehovih's name, come and honor my throne! Accordingly, they both satdown on the right hand of God.
16. God said: In thirty days the dawn of dan will end. Let the marshals, through themessengers, proclaim the resurrection of two thousand millions to the etherean heavenson that day. Proclaim it in all the heavens of the earth; inviting all to come who can; for itshall be a day of the feast of glory. But say not to any one that there hath been a change ofGods, nor that great Apollo will rise also, lest sorrow come upon the people. Themarshals then selected messengers, a great number, and sent them throughout the heavensof the earth, proclaiming the commandments of God.
17. God spake further, saying: For thirty days shall the Council deliberate on my tenthousand Lords, selecting and allotting them; and I will crown them in the name of theFather.
18. Apollo then said: Now will I clothe myself in strange colors, that none shall know me,and during the thirty days I yet tarry, I will go around about the earth, that I may againlook upon the star of my birth.
19. And he who had given up the throne said: Thy joy shall be my joy also. I, too, willagain visit the star of my birth.
20. Accordingly, God said: Joy be unto ye twain, in Jehovih's name! Behold, I will throwa thick blanket over the throne, and ye shall change your attire, and when I withdraw it, yeshall walk forth unknown.
21. And this was done.
