ate ee pe Se Esa eee Se oS nso 2 = ‘ ms —e5 =st rise MOS Se aS es sae fase € oe arts 3 - em Ae ci aaa oe ee ae = ae ; aT aoe : : eS Stee ceten eerste “S25, = Teas re A rhetimet a a ae ees atest sate anee ree ae Retest pear eee eee + * m8! 3 a: il nen f : tes. oe : Paaate: “= See a = et ee chaise: Soe Fie as 5 aera See SS test TaSostS Seo. at ete THE HISTORICAL LIFE 2 ie eae j ‘ JESUS OF) NAZARETH, =i are a Extracts from the Apostolic Age. * ‘ GIVEN BY THEMSELVES THROUGH THE INSPIRATION Deep from the past we drew the light, That all could see, and know the right. VOLUME 1. PROVIDENCE: 4. CRAWFORD GREENE, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, RAILROAD HALLS, 1876. 7 ts ~~ © 4 | } ; 4 r 7 yy 77? : ’ 1 t ke if § i : ‘ mx wa A Oe “ » 3 e ny tom $ *> Z ™ 4 ‘e: -. ry or Fin oa a ff ‘ ; : rq ff 4 4 | é ») a 7 a | y be Wc LY Ca oe ~~ ‘a 4 r on ’ CK _ ne iy i a - Fe i ‘ 1 ‘o : q poe 4 pn man A ge Wa hy DR ie pty cote ees TG y 1 X ; ee | po i ; : | " a ee % d wm van Aid wi Od aatd whice haute [ i VIGeMaRT Ya Mavip Yq a a lp ee, cee ars commas 6 ih Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by ar er G. kay ua er py Wt | on. in the Office of a Librarian of none at “Washington =D. y: ied : x é it ‘t , 4 ¢ if see ii ks ry 4 : o & Lt ae Ly ‘. 7 + & < INTRODUCTORY. ae i” 0 ‘DEDICATED TO THE HUMBLE MAN THAT DIED FOR TRUTH’S SAKE. PROVIDENCE, Mane 2, 1870. I am | the huroble instrament through which the hely Hebrew family has seen fit to give facts relative to themselves, and the faithful friends that fol- lowed the ‘destiny of the family of Joseph and Maryn. Humanity’s de- mands were upon them, and they sought earth again in order to bestow upon them a legacy full of interest to every one that chooses facts instead of fic- tion. Candid minds shall decide for me whether or not lam worthy to be- eome scribe for the humble Nazarene ; ; but there is one thing, I did not choose my labor, it was brought before me and laid down in life lines ere I > could inseribe one word, Sentence by sentence it has been printed before me. in bright electri ic letters ere I consigned them to paper, and every ex- pression was as new to me as to the reader, from the first tothe last ; now, Tam called upon to submit this manuscript to the press, and may all that read this work read it with an unprejudieed mind against one that has sub- mitted days of toil te this workin order that the human mind may be un- trammeled by heathen devices that have been handed down through the Catholic Church, and all of her offspring have partaken of their mother’s errors. Friends of earth, I shallsoon go from you, but when I am gone do not say I did not lay down my life for God’s children to receive light. Life, what is.it but a burden to me, now? yet there is a balm that eauses me to be submissive to the higher powers, and say humanity’s demand 3s upon me, and I will obey her will while I breathe this earthly air. Farewell, friends, .that have known me in earth life ; farewell, friends, that love light and al! that love truth bereft of fiction, for such are friends to humanity. God alone shall, decide between me and thee as.to the holy gitt of inspiration or no. Humble. in birth, limitedin education, I-have desired to submit myseifto the criticism. of the refined ‘and’ educated. Deal gently with the errors of this work, and receive the holy ideas from the holy band that come back to'finish up what had beem begun ages on ages ago—to bless humanity when freedom would» protect ‘the humble, controlled) from the battle axe, the flames and the Cross. ) u : x | \T am your most obedient, Oxive G. Perris. a wy iv "Y van le ; ‘eS tagpaaogra? 7S Let humanity learn that those that have ae own their coe wen are not dead. Lét the! earth claim but her own! The tite of that body. con- tinues to live as before. Here I find myself employed in my former busi- ness, even with all my enthusiasm I ever felt, writing my own books. Freed from elire i fleéed frond ‘the cold neglect of man. That was ae expe. riénce wher! feat bestest the scour 4e ‘of. ‘diséase, “The! hour has ¢ come hen 1 can dénotince hypocrisy and decels, ‘fearing not the wicked tongue of slan- der, or the’ criticism: ‘of. false friends, © ‘May Tent’ fll’ ‘the eee , fedrtee8t those that fear the light.” My friends are fiven ay! that hs ebee oO thade: ‘my friends ‘through’ the” sy mpathy of my writings, ‘theteford | it is. “the: sytipa- thy of the soul ‘withoiit ! any selfish motiv és} : hablisee that “hhakes ds friends 3 forever. Bhe that inseribes | ‘for ‘me’ “HAS bégut a work for hitmanity. 4) can “assist in’ the Writing, yet ‘all the’ jdeas are aS new ‘to me as they” ae 3 the readér, “This work is to be free fy ‘om ‘fiction, “Hee Re first that Has ever been oft en relative’ to the first Born of Josephs ‘ind’Mary— sit of NZ dieth.’ ‘Phe influendes : ‘ire all from. that igen whieh “he lived, and will si sive Lldmble tuth¥ as they. were He is’ beside: In! oping t to'bl ee Ritts? they will be blest by’ fadts. aoe bob hee madé its “appearance,” énitited “The Life’ of Jesus OF NUZAreth?? | Ey ery cateful ‘reader’ will feel that it is an eins blematical histéty iste: id of life facts that actually dccured. " i ieee THis work before me i8 full of mterest to’ every human’ rdbtind 9 Reel der, YT acknowledge” myself a’ heretic! towaid the my tified’ Goa; inéarcerated' in the flesh. ~ May my friends'in the fest believe T dietatelt tH preface in or- der that’ they ‘may kiiow I ain ’Still beside ther’; be is Tiving'i in their’ mid dst. I Will inscribe my own name)” si ccticall eidwdh abe Libhab. Basie) et oe Der tel sae, : recon! | ofidwillpw sil yoo ity >t boa ve bar gd ba? Brawl wad isdi TESTIMONY: OF ESA ig lyuas ovol dads » Dranathe dombtolledl of thi boy Jesus.»: Theo father and smb dwelt ‘to+ géther! in; love, and: harmony. . Their: first-born: was’ filled! withdove, ‘fuith and hope‘in the mercy of one! God,oand that\God! existed injall:things, that had been created. [he mother gazed! deep in the cause of:crented things, and askéd her husband many. questions concerning: the law that; begat them: Joseph, was educated far superion tooMaryin the ordinance of (God, because he had been taught the commandments as it bad beenheéldit God's holy brotherhood from the remotest period |of«time. He could instruct Mary ty nile ae 3d i % wm. all the ideas) she, had caught from inspirations; Sbeheldi her bastantil's opinion in the greatest adoration; because she felt Godihad) blest: her w with one 7 capable, of. guiding, hey sin all things. . Joseph: looked, upon. Mary, asa tholy thing ,-which» God, had laid: inthis bosom.to,ebeer and.coinfort him, andj in this boly feeling of adoration, one for. tbe other, their first-born, Jesus, was, begotten. . My) control commenced , over) that, ebild as soon" as heures e earth air. | Iknew!he was doomed.to die.for hum anity, and 1 mast ac ‘knowl- edge him. the child of God, for God is go6d,and ail there wasief that boy was ‘good.)). His ideas) were: bright, diawa fromthe inner liferof all things around him, while he forgot: the external;?beautiful be owas inoform) and! feature— | hone. could ; Suances him.» W hen 1 he began tdiwalk his adoring-father ex- claimed, hé! is) like an odvgel,) all so. brihty:dalling; Maryyto look jat-bim, Mary’s, keen, perception. saw at /onee that he was electrifiedy/but shé called it’ God, as. the» holiést’ expression sheicould give utteranceto. «I acknowl- edge myself but a man; and Lwas)his-controller:)’ The family /bevome en-. wrapt .withi.eaeh, other, evens as their>father and mother had been before them... Their) four »boys owére. all beautiful | boys, butsall different: in! their natures. 1. must: acknowledge my inability to describe this family and do them justice, aS there» are nove thatowalkethe earth: could comprehend the purity, and aifectiom ‘that blended their lives together trum the oldest to’ the youngest. ‘No. one! could fully bélieve me if 1: should declard to them how bumble they were’ in every desire ;seven ‘Mary)iprayed that God would give ther children that:she could rear them: in /God’s glory.) Josephvalways knelt) and thanked) his: Godowhenéver Mary gave promise of another off- spring. cd) having! the fully-knowledge'of this) family; and whatithey must pass. through,! madé: me: anxious’ to: bestow upon them all the comforts I could procure for them earthly. »The mother’s: face was fully imprinted in the boy, Jesus,,sweet and gentle in every,expression,;jthe father dound a full impression in James, brave, noble and good. Jessie blended the two together. Beautiful, frail boy, but he blest father and mother with his holy love and affection. Simeon, beautiful angel boy, caught the impression of his aunt Martha more fully than any of the rest ; fair in feature, bright and active, filled with holy affection and adoration to God for bestowing upon him such good friends, hope was ever bright before him ; the beauti- fal child was more like a delicate female than male, and one that never breathed earth air partook in feature more of father than mother ; his exis tence has found no record tor earth knew him not. The boy’s name is in- seribed in the book of genealogy as Levi by the Grand Arch Bishop in the Holy of Holies beyond God’s ether blue. Here I have drawn from the inner life of 1867 years, the true description of that Hebrew family, which is designed by Almighty God hereafter to give light to all the world and draw from eternal distance, holy inspiration, that God may be glorified through His works among the children of men, Iam the one that Joseph and Mary ” 4 Nag’ ae 6 7 * called God ;. I beg a spin't, they could not desigiate, and gave the holiest name they obald conceive of. My worthy Joseph felt humbled before that child Jesus when the was under control, and woukl ask many questions which L explained in Hebrew tongues then he taught it to his children. ” be rth’s children are willing to receive facts from ene that did lay down his life: ° Gots glory en earth, they willbe blest by these facts; but these that are bigoted and not willing to receive trath > frem this ‘humble origin, can never be blest. » Farewell, reader, this is the last testimony T shall ever leave on earth concerning the Hebrew family and their first-born, Jesus. 0” Iam) Leiah, once King ef Ancient Arabia, when it was! known among the nations of the earth as the finest and noblest of any people that walked the earth. I was Grand Arch Bishop of: the order ef Ged’s Brotherhood Then Arabia was a iand of fountains and ‘flowers, ere the ocean of sand was thrown upon its besom from the upheaving of the ocean’ bed. . Holy Arabia, God’s chosen children, were swept away, wre they were ‘polluted by the accursed heathen priests and confessors.’ I. held control'in my own kingdom, and on avisit to India being heard to exclaim there is one God and one God only, I was beheaded by the order of the priesthood’ in my 55th year, being denounced as a heretic.’ I have centrolied in all countries of the earth, declaring ene God, and one God only. Here Iam again, de: claring how I controlled the boy Jesus through a humble female that lives but for God and humanity, hoping ere Jong to breathe in'a more congenial clime where humanity cannot crush her, and where angel brothers and sis- ters will know her as she is and net hold her in ridicule for believing God’s children breathe vpon her. God’s. blessings rest upon all that hear and be- lieve, because it will bring peace and rest to their souls. ‘She must be’ in- scribed as the earth daughter of Leiah,-King of Arabia, in spirit: Adieu. Caught threugh inspiration hy |” ~~ OLIVE G. Purtis. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. © 0" ¥¢ t ; , * Humanity, thou hast called and we have come to give answer, Heathen, idolatrous worship, fills your land and allis commotion. God’s command is upon us, and we have left our abode of light i in order that you may receive truth just as it was, entirely bereft of fiction. Holy God assist us in laying down each incident exactly as it was, even as it was when I walked the earth. How holy the task is to me te be able to bless humanity. These records are drawn from my humble condition in life, when dar kness filled the land and the chains of heathen bigots .were heavy, and brute force was law. How little man knows, to-day, how I lived, having a price set upon my head from the coutroller for declaring God’s presence and nothing more; having a price set upon my head when [I was but eleven. From that time I was in constant fear of being destroyed by those fiends of darkness that acknowledged no God but their idols. and their hellish desires. I was com- pelled to hide away, because the knowledge given through me by my con- troller caused them to exclaim: “Heresy is here, let it be destroyed ere we all become contaminated ;” but ere they could hold their council, my guardian angel would draw near, lay her hand in mine, and say, “come brother, let us hurry away to the mountains, Mary awaits her boy, filled with fear at his long absence.” Taen she would bear me from the midst of. confusion and dart up the mountain, I hardly know how. Mary would always be waiting my coming, and exclaim, “God bless you, dear children, how glad I am you have come.” My holy guide would never leave me until I was safe in my humble home. Mary could discern spirits and converse with them even as I could. Joseph’s revelations come by dreams. James interpreted dreams. Jessie was a natural clairvoyant from his birth ; could converse with spir- its even as easy as he could with me. Simeon was one that could interpret ull characters from the Ancient Arabic to the Hebrew. I was oftentimes controlled to draw characters on the ground, but I could not decipher them, but he could translate as fast as any could read their own language, My controller taught my mother and father many things that the world never knew ; truths that they dare not reveal for fear their lives would be de- stroyed. These records are drawn by myself, humble as I am, in order that humanity may be blest, and all that receive these simple truths will be blest by receiving me as a brother, and hold me no longer as an idol. Holy God forbids that humanity should be deceived any longer by declaring me a God * ‘ % 8 or my mother a virgin when I was begotten. Joseph declares he “knew Mary one year and eight days before I was born. Catholicism is but the device of heathen anointed priests in order to hold control and nothing more. The poor, igaovant creatures have bowed to their idols until their chains are heavy and they are beginning to ask for eternal light. The priests declare in all of ithe churches) what thdy donot bdlieve, with a few exceptions ouly. Why ? f Rew luse it is in their articles of faith, and they would not be held in such high esteemr by their deluded votaries. Holy, eternal God, assist me in taking up the cross again in order that Imay bless humanily ere I depart again from earth forever, bearing away. with, me all that earth holds dear. My belov ed father and mother, my darling broth- ers, my controller and his daughters, my holy brethren’ that ‘suffered with me éarthly, and laid down their lives: even as I did in order that God could ve acknowledged by his children, and that they could declare his ever pres- ence without fear of the battle- “Axe, javelin, spear or ‘the: cross, cannot b held before ‘them for shouting Glory to God, Thou, art ‘here even nin, our midst, and the holy revelations from thy children of light gan b be é received and seattered like God's electric breath all over earth’s bosom ; ;, ; that they can all be bathed in the holy fountain of trath ; : that they can be cleansed from the damning influence of anointed priests and heathen bigots that, has held earth’s inhabitants chained and bound for countless. ages. “Change after change will come over e earth, bearing humanity: higher. and still higher in the scale of happiness, until they’ shall all exclaim, God is here ! ur Then God’s holy angels bi ‘ight can dwell beside God’s holy ¢ children even as t ley dwell. together on the bright orb of light—the morning ; star—that has been my home for many ages, ‘and will be again as soon as ‘these records ¢ can be finished and give en into the hands of the heretics. I long to “go back. again, to that home of rest and enjoy God’s wonders there. Hills and valleys and pearly streams are around that home where I have heen. Bape cab ny ish! May I ascribe myself as the author of this work, and ‘inscribe my own, name, Jes us of Nazareth, the first born of Joseph and May. OKC TTR “y* ; if 5 { pie ii le i 4 Wie wine RW Siée9 ; / ee f A prot was) AOVs ayy i { A } f t yirye giles | ibs i blvoo t jod Datory c amtosisio wath of Dellonnoea, f ’ ri Ae | £2 5 WinOoOy : & eet wi OPRie i ; f 7) Th Jud DLO W i id 2TH TiO Fai radstom ri ii opt tallosd noo ’ rt j iG gS een? i Ch } } ‘ VOTIZ CHAPTER 1, a feo Oe ee ae “LIFE OF ‘JESUS. {i “My father’s oak must ibe called tbe blood of Abr aham through Holland’s Kings even to Judea’s worthy King David, The genealogy must be given from David in order that God’s children can feel that Joseph is a worthy man. David’s fourth son, Stephen, gave all he had for declaring Ged. He left behind him four children. Zachariah was his first-born ; he died from suffocation, because he declared God’s love. He had one boy ; that boy’s name was Timothy. .He was ‘a’ captain ‘in the army of Judea; he was sent out against the Hivites and was slain; he left, three children, all boys. The youngest was named Hurz ; his death was from drunkenness. Eight- een children God gaye, to,his ;, his, fourth, boy was; Joseph’s great grand- father ; he had five children, all boys, the, youngest was Jessie’s father; he had eleven children, Jessie; was.the tenth. Jessie, lived by carpentering all of his days 5, ; he died when Joseph was one yeariand avhalf) old». When he was fourteen, years old, he learned the carpenter's trade. . His: mother was feeble. and Joseph dwelt, with her, except whenihe was\away at his day’s labor. W hen Joseph: was eighteen. years old, he became.a Bree! Mason ; he looked upon that. order witha holy reverence until: his: mother’ 3 death. He had returned from, his, labor, and ere he; entered’ his mother’s home he was accosted by a brother Mason, thus: ‘Brother, I have brought you this lamb from, Italy ; you know its meaning; hold it in your bosom as the ° last gift of a dy ‘ing brother .’; Josephj caught the. idea;and answered, “I will hold it in. my bosom foreyer, eternal and forever, asia gift from thee.” He oak: the lamb i in his. arms, and bore it,into’ the house; his mother ‘breathed deep as he en tered, and, Joseph knew she..was, dying. | She reached out her’ hand to her hoy,and said “I shall, soon be with your father ;: have You any message for hime 7? Joseph. replied,.‘‘God’s love endureth forever, eternal and forey er. His mother fell back upon her pillow and breathed’no more. Joseph. fell. upon, his Knees, and said, “Holy, eternal God, forgive me for de- scribing this emblem to my) mother, but she will bearsthis message to my father, and, they. rill be.united forever, in.,God’s bosom.” »He buried his mother beside, his father, and, then) went to Judeafor work. Seven years’ he labored i in that country, ;, then, he had a call to:go to Jerusalem, to’ erect a building for ‘Caiphas, the high priest.: Ashe was) returning: trom’ labor, he saw Mary for,the first time, bearmg a gourd /ofimilk to her mother’s home, He called to the door, and said “can you give me.a drink of water?” * 10 Mary caught the cup and hastened away tothe spring, and brought it fresh and full for him to drink. As he handed back the cup he exclaimed “how beautiful!” “Mary answered, “yes, it is fresh from the boiling spring.” He remained but a few moments; but day by day he was sure to call for his cup of water. Mary was sure to bring it to him each day fresh from the spring. After a time he asked the mother for her daughter in marriage. She bowed her head and said, “God’s a! be done, a fearful destiny awaits her and you, Joseph, it you marry her ;” then she related to kim Bie proph- ecy that had been giyen.years before by Zadock, the seer. . CHAPTER II. THE SEER DESCRIBING MARY’S DESTINY. Mary was in her fourteenth year when she espied a beggar sitting by the wayside. She approached him and said, “good father may I bring you some food?” He answered, “I am filled with God’s food, even now. Come, angel, let. me read your destiny.” He reached out his hand, and she lay her palm in his. He then began: “Bright and joyous are thy childhood days, filled with peace and plenty, but you will marry in your eighteenth year.» Your husband is even now in Judea; he is a carpenter by trade, rather:tall, comely, hair dark brown, eyes hazel, There comes before. me a beautiful boy, your first-born ; ‘his hair is light and wavy, his eyes are like the ether blue, fair in every feature ; child, he looks like you. Then another boy, exactly like the father, strong’ and hardy, good and hon- est.. The children number five. One little bud drops from your bosom and breathes not his mother’s name; the third boy is a feeble ehild, but like'\an angel bright. . Holy God,” he said, “he loses a leg in his third year.” Then he looked.again ; “beautiful thy fourth one, and his hair hangs in golden curls falling .upom his shoulder, but in his fourteenth year he dies © by the battle axe ;” thenihe held his breath. Then he spoke again and said. “all of your family are doomed to’ die’ by the ¢ruel oppression of heathen bigots.” . He ceased. to ‘breathe’ for a time. Mary thought he was dying ; 5 she ran for water, butere she returned he opened his eyes and looked about like one filled with fear, “Can you go on?” Mary said, “Iam strong now, I. would know all.” He said; “bitter is your cap, but you will drink it to the dregs.” Your third-born will be devoured by wild beasts ; I see them. even now tearing his: flesh from his bones. |Your second-born will be bound and be beaten to.death with clubs and stones.” Here he stopped again, unable to gazeiinto the future and live. Mary handed him the cup : li he drank freely 5 then she bathed his hands and his temples, and he went on again <) “Your ‘husband: will die by starvation in acave.. But Holy God assist:me, I see your: first-born hanging upon a cress\in his thirty-fourth, years 1 see him, even now, before me, writhing in agony, and youp daughter, a poor, bruised lamb, dragged about by her hair, even from the foot of the cross: Hveu while I gaze, I beheld a sight that: causes me.to exclaim God be praised, it is finished ; am angel bright ‘holds the spirit, folds him to her bosom, and passes out of sight, and you, Mary, wandering abeut: not know- ing whither to go 3 friends will feed) you, but before the end of the coming season Isee two-angels bright come and: bear you away beyond Ged’s ether blue -to, the bosem ef your husband, surreunded by yourchildren. Many, many ages will pass away and you will all dwell together in that house of God’s. children, ‘but earth’ will demand your presence again in God’s own time|to finish up what has been begun by the death of your family.” Here the old Prophet fell back: dead ; then Mary hastened home to her mother and told her all; she burst into tearsand sard, “I believe all he told me.” o CHAPTER Til. SOSEPH’S LOVE FOR MARY. Joseph listened until his heart was so filled with anguish that he arose to his feet and walked the foors then he said, “I feel God’s hand is upon us, but let me assist Mary in he: destiny, is all Task.” The mother answered, “God doeth all things well for those that put their trust ia him.” © Mary said, ‘if it please God, Josaph shall be my husband.” Joseph, Mary, and the mother, Lazarus’ and Martha, all went to an annointed priest together, and they were married even that day. Joseph built an addition to the house of Mary’s mother, where they all dwelt together, Joseph’s heart was filled with adoration for his beautiful wife, and Mary’s love for her husband knew no bounds. A’holier and'a happier couple were never united on earth. Lazarus was feeble, and Mary’s mother was getting old.’ Joseph and Mary cared for the home, while Martha went’ out to day’s labor and returned each night. Joseph labored ‘constantly; he was a good ‘workman, and many sought to employ him. ‘The family loved Joseph even'as their own ; they knelt and prayed night and morning, and when Mary become pregnant they all blessed’ God, feeling his ‘hand might be stayed frem destroying Mary’s children until they should all live out their natural lives. The con- dition of Mary in due time wasmade known, and all of ‘the families brought in their little gifts as was the custom of that day. Eight months and a half 6 12 passed away, and Joseph fell into a deep'sleep..! He saw an! angel beside! him. She isaid, “arise: Joseph, take Mary) flée into a land of safety,ielse: Herod will destroy your-boy. before he is;three thonths old:? « Joséphawokey from his slumber, andsaid, “arise: Mary, the'angel of :\God. has warned) me to flee even in'this hour lest: our child be) cut off.”. Mary answered; *Joseph;: I. seensher now) standing beside you, let us»depart-ere:it is too late.’ Dark and stormy was the might ‘they started on 'foot:tonflee the persecution of the wicked King... They journeyed toward Egypt; hoping'to reach there before Mary -gave birth to: her’ child. Dwelve!weary-days and cheerless nights passed. alway. Sometimes they could: get lodgings ‘among the :poor herds= men, | but. that night they! found no place to give themishelter:| olt was Jate in the night'when Joseph espied!aslight afar off. . “et ug hasten for ward,” said Joseph, “there: I) cam: make 'yourcomfortable: with shelter and food.” But they were fearfully disappointed! when they called and got ‘answer from the inn keeper that the house was filled:with strangers.» But«when he saw’ Mary his heart softened-and he said, “my:oxen areiaway, you: can be»¢om- fortable in the barn.” Joseph asked for a lamp fiiled with oil. He then led Mary into the barn and prepared a bed for her in the manger where the oxen fed. As Mary entered the barn a light fell over her ; she exclaimed, “an angel is here; Joseph just look at her!” Mary lay down, but not to sleep ; she knew her hour had come. She called Joseph to her and said, “who is this angel?’ Cannot you discern her?” sone said “he could not » see her,” but Mary said, “she is, light all over, The angel knelt beside Mary and folded her to her bosom ane said, “J am God’s child; I have been sent to care for -you'and lyour babe; he: will live to fillithe earth: with God’s knowledgeé.; I shall care for him even to his death.” Mary’s heart beat) for she! i knew that ‘that child would-be hung: upon the cross not long after he was'born,, but ere Joseph could look upon him hie fell asleep. ',Jo-". seph Jay the! babée,on Mary’s bosom, thencovered!them both over wath his» blanket..; They both slept together); the night wore away; but ere»morning dawneéd.a loud rap |was heard at the.door.' Joseph asked; “twho is there)?/7. He got. answer, ‘four, shepherds, from, the country 3)we have come; to/the, feast that. is,to be held here'this\ day in memory of the Jacobites being led out-of Egypt.” Joseph. answered,,.“my. wife-has.a new-born babe « ifyou: will be quiet you can ‘come, in and.rest.”),,, They, all went in; and when, they saw Mary. sleeping, with.‘bet babedn her bosom; they all pelcpdbaaat in one voice, “they look! like angels, they are covered. with light all over.)?, Mary awoke. and was filled. with, fear, feeling they had: come to! destroy, bite child... She gathered him, still! closer to, ber bosom and exclaimed, “child of, the liv- ing God care der, my, babe.” . They all exclaimed, “fear not,angel of light, we are but humble! shepherds 'that-hayé come: te the feast.”) “They jall knelt down and prayed ;that God, would spareythe mother and child, 5 then they. all. lay down and rested until morning dawn. .. Before they departed they: we ABs all. knelt againe and’ thanked their Father, Giod; for oiving them a shelter fromthe '¢old winds that'swept’by.! Then they*added, “Holy God we’ praise thee’ for ‘sheltering these bruised lambs fromthe storm.” They all gazed upon’ the! child’ssone among theny saw a bright lieht resting over his head. Even then! Mary gazed into the futtire } ‘shé saw her boy nailed ‘to the eross, and the same spirit ‘that had knelt besidé “her, folded her arms about him. Mary gained: fast: "The nextday following Jésephibore her to the inn, where they were made comfortable until her babe ‘was ten days old.’ Then Joseph took ‘the ‘babe in his arms, and’ Mary walked beside ‘him, and they set ‘out ‘on their journey tothe mountaing of Helém. ' Joséph had friends there';/he knew? they would’ give ‘Maty a’ shelter until/hé could build fér himself‘a home.’ They reached\ the home . ie si friend after eiglit a — me all found ‘gngeine - oa 9 |... CHAPTER. IV. JOSEPH ESTABLISHES HIS FAMILY pM HIS MOUNTAIN HOME, i¢?7 Joseph worked aunigentty felling’ trees and hewing out boards, and at the end of two weeks he had‘a good comfortable home.” “Maiy took her babe in hér atts ‘and’ entered that home with a beating heart j in declaring that God had’ blest her in giving her that good hasband and beautiful boy. “Her health “was'! ‘good and ‘she mide‘her little home joyous because she knew her’ child’s life was in ‘danger among her people, but here he was freed from Herod's spies, which were annointed priests and’ confessors. Joseph gazed upon Mary with delight Bebause she was fair as the lily, and the sweet lit- tle babe that nestled: ih hér bosom caused him to exclaim, “Holy God has _ blest me more than thé rest of ‘his ¢hildren.” Hetod died after two years, but ere that time Mary had’ born another edly boy to bless his father and mother. . James must ‘be described © ‘He was like’ the father, but fair in feature, a strong boy, and Joseph received him a$ a blessing from’ his Father, God. He lay the babe in Mary’s bosom, then knélt and prayed out his’ soul’s ado- ration to his Creator for his many blessings. After Joseph had finished his house he used to go to the lowlands for work, but come home every eight days, bringing | lis barley meal and sometimes a piece of beef or venison— always bringing something home for Mary and myself, if nothing but sweet grapes ‘that gr ew in the lowlands $ he would also“exchangé'‘a portion of ‘his barley meal for damels hair, which Mary would braid ‘into garments, being all’ they had ~ ‘to weir but bueksking, which was also’made into garments. 14 His day’s, wages was one peck of barley meal, James. grew finely. | Jo- seph was delighted with his family, but I wasa poor frail thing that could not stand upon my feet.. Mary. eared for us. both, even as we were both of one age. Ere. one. year, and a half more had passed away, our, home: was blessed again , with, another darling boy, feeble from birth, light and fair ; his, hair clustered. in, golden curls.all over'his head ; in feature he resem- bled both father, and. mother... His name was Jessie ; he was named for — Joseph’s father; his name.was Jessie... In Jessie’s third year he grew more feeble, and when. he, was three years and. a half old, his Jeg was eut off. Joseph had been gone into, the lowlands, two weeks. Mary feared for his safety, and in.prayer asked God to, reveal. to her if Joseph was living or dead. Iwas looking earnestly at Mary ; Isaw a light form enter our house ; she approached Mary and folded her to her, bosom.|/1 beard a voice, Sweet and clear, say, “Joseph will be back to-morrow eve, and he will bring Martha. They are on their way even now.” She then approached me ; she reached out her hand and f laid my palm in hers and fell asleep. When I awoke I saw her there still. I began to ery because I saw a fiend. I thought it was some wicked creature come to bear her away ; he was a black, fierce looking creature ; Ethought he was clothed in mortal flesh, as I had never seen a spirit before the bright angel entered our house. The child of God approached him and said, “begone, thou hell’s damned, or I will dash you. to atoms with the help of Almighty God.” Her hand was raised, and with one breath he crumb! led to atoms, even while I was ga- zing upon him. As she used this expression let God control forever, she turned away from where he bad stood and came near me again, knelt down beside me, raised one hand over my head, and in a sweet, gentle breath [ heard her say, “Holy, Creator, God, care for this frail flower, that be may begin a work for humanity.” She then. left us, as I was then three years and a half old ; but, sure enough Joseph and Martha did come as the day following was,.closing in. Glad hearts were.in that humble home ; 3 they knelt in prayer befure their God. This was. the first time Mary had seen Martha after that fearful night tnat they parted in their home when Joseph and Mary were fleeing to save their unborn babe, as Herod bad issued : a decree that all male children should be, eut off under two years « old. ey prophecy had been revealed to one of the herdsmen even while he was tend- ing his flocks, that one should be born that would rule over Israel. Vhe King’s. confessor heard it and hastened away to the King. When he heard it, he was filled with hate and fear. He called the priesthood together ; ; they decided that Herod's safety alone, depended on having all the male children, cut off... Herod had been dronk all that uy and his. rage knew no bounds, and he shouted, “begin your work even now.’ The priests and con, " fessors did begin their work, and in eight days they had destroyed two thor “1 sand eight hundred.and seven. It was after this slaughter that Joseph hud ‘e > 15 the dream that he must depart even that hour. | That night after: Mary left her home, the poor mother exclaimed, **God’s hand is already laid upon my poor child ;”, then she lay back upon her bed and breathed no more. But when these sisters met again they embraced each other over and over again, recounting to each other the changes: they had passed through since that night. Our humble home was filled with angels bright; I could discern’ them clearly for the first time. I saw Joseph’s father and mother, and Martha’s mother walked in beside her as she entered the door. Here Martha exclaimed over and over again, “dear Mary, how God h s blest you in giving you these beautiful children.” Many days Martha remained with Mary ‘in order that she could assist in caring for Jessie, as he grew more and more feeble every ; also to prepare clothes for the children. Jo- seph had gone to the lowlands again. I would sit by Martha and straighten the camels’ hair for her to braid. One day as I was sitting I saw the same bright form enter. our home... I, cried) out, “Mary, she has come, she has _ come.” Martha said, “who has.come ?” I said, ‘God's child; she has in her hand a green herb; here I reached out my hand for it, she breathed -upon, me and I fell, asleep ;'then she explained to Mary that she must go ‘upon the hillside and gather that herb, describing it,to her just as it was, give itto him fordrink, and bathe the knee, because inflammation is already there. The limb must be taken off, and unless the body is strengthened up he cannot possibly endure it...,She added, “God cannot;let,him die yet, be- cause his work is not done.” Mary. gathered. the herb, Jessie became stronger in body, but the knee.became more and more afflicted... Kight months passed away, and Martha felt if she must go back to her brother Lazarus—he had been left alone while she was away... Now the time had come that Jessie’s leg must be taken off, and Martha felt. if, she could bear him away. with her to Jerusalem ;.it could be done far better tl.an im the mountains. There was a. confessor|that, amputated limbs, and they would be compelled to call his. aid.,, Now Martha prepared for, her journey ; she folded. Jessie ina blanket, ak him.in her arms and made her, way down the mountains, and at night folded him in her bosom in a herdsman’s home. Eight weary days she journeyed/onward, ere she reached the great road leading to Jerusalem. No one had sought to molest) her until she was near- ing her home. _ As she sat down by. the wayside to rest, a confessor accosted her thus: “Cannot I carry the baby for you?” and at the same time reached out his hand., An influence caught Martha in an instant; she exclaimed, “dare. not touch this child, he belongs to Almighty God, and if you dare touch him your hand will wither... He answered, “begone, thou heretic, - I will see to this, if you are going round the country, carrying children to _ -tlectrify people.” After he was. gone, Martha saw a bright form beside cer. She said, “Who art thou, angel of light?” She got answer, “I am | “God’s child, come to,save youjin your hour of need. . Farewell, Martha, I 16 will now ‘hasten back to my friends in: the mountains that lone to! hear from you . and |, their dear boy.” At ‘this ‘hour *Joseph“was inthe house as the spirit ,entereds | oI. saidj.“Motlier,« look, ‘she ‘has! come ‘again 5 how. is, Martha and Jessie??”) She said, “they are safe in thei home ;' I left, them. as they ‘were entering ‘there,’ I told the —— biti she: pie arth ih eg? “God be: (uantind nr are: safe.” LOOT “TN Pe Fekete Ss EES BEING AMPUTATED BY, A CONFESSOR. . ~ Tetius. now’go back into the walls of Jerugalem—here is Lazarus, Mar- tha and Jessie: Lazarus received the boy in his arms and shouted, “Glory to’ God,’ here is my dear sister Martha, and she has broaght an‘ angel with her.” When’ it! was’ known ‘that Martha had returned, all of the Hebrew families “about. gathered in’ to'see her and make inquiry cotiterning Joseph, Mary, and their family. They all knelt‘and- prayed, and the’ glory of God filléd ‘that’ house ‘ere they’ lay down to rest!” After they hid rested for a few days, Martha’ said to Lazarus, “Jessie’s “leg mist be taken’ off because | it'is te dark.” | Lazarus answered, '“I know one, and F will seek him, even now.” He went out ard ‘soon returned, bringing: with bin the’ one that was to cut off the leg: ‘Martha’said, “how many pieces of’ silver shall I give'you to free the boy from that afflicted limb.” “He looked’ at hith ‘and’ said, “he will® die’ and I’ shall'get nothing, but T’must: ‘havé fifty pieces of silver.” Martha‘ said, “his “paretits ‘are: poor, can’t you ‘do’ it for half’ that sum?” He said, “I will do'it for one halt of that sum ; ‘IE att sure ‘He’ will die, he is stich a’feeble thing. If he is ‘a heretic; as’ (hint he’ is, then let. him dié, ‘but’it must be cut’ off, even this hour, élseé it will be too late.” . Then he began his work.’ They: laid him “on his ‘little bed, Lazarus held’ him, and Martha’ tried to’soothé him. ‘Martha’ saw the angel that met her by the roadside’ enter ‘Het house ; ‘she held in her hand a edblet: of pu re sparkling liquid. She bathed Jessie’s temples and sae : she sprinkled the | lim, also, from time to Hime iintil the work was done.” He that was remov- | ing the limb shuddered all over, ‘and exclaimed, '“Heresy’i is here, I feel its chill.” Fhe ‘limb was removed and Martha: carefully’ bandaged it Then the confessor exclaimed, “sive me the silver 5 -' damn the heretic, ‘let him die, Tam half frozen to death sitting here.” Martha saw ‘the angel of light sprinkle ‘that ‘clear, sparkling liquid all over him. He fled ‘then, and never returned to see if the boy ‘was'‘dead or alive.’ Martha’s ood ear e, and Lazarus’s good ‘advice, was all’ that was needed to bring back the flush to “4 ‘, | 17 his cheek, and life to the eye. Joseph was, sitting; by his fine at night, and Isaw our .guerdian. angel, enter.there. ,She breathed, upon me and con- trolled. me, then, delivered a.message from Martha to my father and mother, dike this; “Holy God, has saved your child from death ; now, Joseph, make a journey to Jerusalem, work awaits you there ;, not many months will pass away ere you will come and bear all of your family back to Mary’s child- -hood home.” She then breathed ,out of, me, and, she eame not back.to us again for two. years... Joseph did go back to Jerusalem and there found work. Mary. was. lett.alone with her little children ;, months passed away, and Joseph did not return. At) last. a beggar made,his way high into the mountains, and he told Mary he had: seen Joseph about, one.month before, and he was. coming back. for his family. , Not many days after, Joseph reached his home with a glad heart... He , told, Mary, about Jessie’s health being so much better, and he made an expression like this : He is like a lily fair, Diamonds glisten beneath’ his hair, He is like:a:dew drop: sweet, In Martha’s arms when he falls asleep. ' I asked Joseph if the angel came to see Jessie. When he was sick an angel bright held him from death, and when he is weary she hushes him to sleep. I answered, “how I.wish she would come here again, I am so lone- some” Joseph said, “she is going away, her father came for her and said “they should be gone and a year and a half, which would be two years from the time she left the monntain home in company with Martha.” Mary an- 4 swered, “how good God is to give us such a bright angel to care for the little children, and ‘I think she has been a great comfort to Lazarus and ~ Martha, as well as our dear Jessie.” Joseph said, “we are going back to Jerusalem, and, we must start at early dawn.” Mary baked the barley loaf, and we begun our journey. Joseph took me in his arms, as Ja had no use of my legs and feet. I was now six years and two © months old. Mary led James and carried the barley bread. Thus we begun our journey, and all day we were climbing down the mountains, but as night eloséd in, Mary espied a light. . Joseph said, “@lory to God, we can soon lie down to rest, because that is the home of the aged seer, Timothy, and, he will shelter us from these cold winds.” I was cry- ing bitterly ; my feet and hands. were aching with the cold. Joseph said, “have courage, we shall soon find warmth and rest.” Timothy had seen us coming from early morn, and he came out to meet us. As soon as he reached us he said, “God grant you rest and comfort in my house ; although my fare is humble, yet God’s children are welcome to all I have.” All of that night the winds blew fearfully, and the weary travelers slept, all but myself. I crept from my ‘bed close to where my perents lay, and I saw >| i His ‘18 they! were’ all covered’ over with dléctricity; ‘and T said; ‘Goi’ is:here.’ At that “thoment 'T' ‘heard’ 'A ‘sweet voieé sy, “my? father is ‘dying. "\T awoke Joseph and | “Mary ‘they ” arose ‘from: their bed,’ ‘and indeed: ‘the aged ‘seer was. in the last’ avonies'of death.’ Joseph’ called for a’eup of water, saying, ‘She is ‘hot dead, but is it’ an ‘electrified condition.” - He may have Sonie mes- ipl for bhicmaang & said, “he 3 is dead already 3 seé,' there’ he Stands in the cor- “ner “Mary saw him, biit she’ could' not see ‘his angel daughter: standing by “the ‘Pattie! | She’ was ‘the’ one I saw and told me to’ awake ‘Joseph even in “time 10 Close’! his" eyes’ in ‘death.’ The'remainder ‘of the’ night ‘was passéd ‘in preparing thé ‘bédy'for ‘butial. © As” there was’ tio’ 6ne butiJdseph to “cover thé earth over him, ‘morning’ dawned, and Joseph and Mary’ boré ‘him to his earthly bed. (‘A sWéet dhatit' was Heard ‘by us ‘all Whew ‘he ‘was laid “in his ‘arrow bed, ‘and’ ‘after: ‘théy “coverédl” hini“over they prepared ‘for’ their journey, even asthe’ sun Was’ rising. !'"Phat day they made their wiyté the lowlands among the poor herdsmen,.,, In, the eyening we made our way to a humble cot, where an,.old,man, dwelt alone, attending a few cattle. His beard was grey, his head was’ bald) his garments! were buckskin, his floor was clay, and his bed wa8'dried grass. When Wwé ‘entered, he arose to his feet. and said, “I knew. you were coming, because God’s child told me so.” “Joseph “enquired ¢ concerning. her features, and he described her thus : ; “Her hair i is ‘dark and flowing, her eyes are black and holy, her face 1 is ‘ike & a dia- “mond bright, and she is light all over.” ‘I said, “Can T' see her } re He answered, “No, she has gone, a great way off, but she told | me to say to you that she would be back as soon as the flowers had Baan once more * “and had faded, then she would come back with her father and 1 remain with this family as long as ° you walked the earth.” Mary bowed her head, and oe saw tears trickle down, ‘her. cheeks as she replied, cE knew she would come ack: and help me bear my burden, which surely avraits me.” eee After prayers were ended, a band of angels chanted a hyma. i ‘caught +, each | sound and it was like this : ah. pier i na 28 ) i “joat Hae bt Fit “Aged pallens ian has last: you, Ge Trey tier dey Eee paren, By bringing his children here to-night, vi =f oe VOD D4 » Love them ‘Holy 'God) forever: 110 G6 AURIG sf oe 1 Eyen, in their: heavenward fight on. 4 tes te See jae ae ‘Holy God how are thy children, me RIME ORNS ook ep ' Wandering forth in!hope:to find oh oil sooz med ow ,bow ot _A-home of plenty,,peace and Precer’s : ry Within the walls of Jerusalem } dgasol. ‘o. Crosses manyiare before them, 9. | at vars ybtediid gan ___.«s, May they, bear them, if it be thy will, ducer May they’ bow'in'meek submission. ’ | And eyer,answer,;‘‘peate be still.??0.: liso cou) anh The singing ‘ceased, and we all retired to rest. St early d lawn ‘the old “man arose, ‘kindled his fire and said, ey am aware you will fall into the hands ‘of heathen confessors ere you reach. your homes, bnt may “God” hold “you from those accursed fiends ; ; they robbed me of all I hold so dear. I 19... married an angel bright; by her 1 had one-daughter and no more, a gentle | and holy thing.) hes she had reached her ‘fourteenth year, a band, of. 3 eight confessors. came ; they, bespoiled my, home, drag ged away my. wife and, daughter, and, I never. saw | them more, but I found. their decaying bodies, left exposed din, the open ail, and I shuddered at the sight, Ls saw. i ‘When, I first. awoke this morning , Lsaw a ‘band of confessors, approach you in ;your, journey,, but ul, did not, see them, lay their hands upon you, yet. is have Such a fear of them 5 ; their. touch, i is pollution, their pollution i is death,’ er After » he. ceased, to speak,. we. all knelt i in prayer, ‘partook of. our barley, bread, and began our journey again. That day. we reached Canaan’ s bor-. ders; happy, was Mary to; find a friend where she asked a hight’s rest, and. whom. she, had not seen, for many, years, She had four "beautiful, daughters, ) while, ‘Mary’s were al boys. I heard my mother say, “how, uy wish I hada daughter to bless me.” eh said, “can’t God give you a, daugh- ter, Mary, just.as, wellas he can your. friend { ra She answered, “God gave me boys, I will praise: him. forever.” iy ae Sy , ? Our evening meak was prepared—oat meal gruel, dried. Beet anne 4 ‘cup, of cold water, The. time ,came for us to depart, and Mary bade her friend adieu, and; she never saw, her after. Ten days we were in making our way to Jerusalem, but, before we reached there, we were accosted by a band of , confessors ; i, they halted in the road before “US, and said, “heretics, where are. you going ¢ rf _ Joseph answered, «my. boy has a weak back, and we are go~ ing 1 to derusalem to see, what can be dong for him.” One said, “give him to me, I will cure him before your eyes.” ,, Mary. screamed ; ‘Joseph was elec: . trified, all over and shouted, “‘begone you. damned, or I will crush you before. your, comrades.” .He turned to the band and said, “shall we finish these heretics £” . “Leave the damned beggars, 3 we are, in a hurry, lets be gone,” Then they all turned their horses and rode off i in another direction, Mary sat down, covered her face with her hands,. and said, “may. I call God's child, to, comfort, | us,” _ Joseph answered, “she cannot, come until the flowers come once more and wither.” ‘They, hastened forward fearing they should be followed by... those. fiends. . The hour did come -when we entered Martha’ s j home, and.a more joyous, meeting could not be.. Jessie was delighted to see. us all, and his: little heart beat when Joseph sat me down close to him, and when I looked and found his leg was gone, I burst into tears. _ He was sit ting in Lazarus’ lap ; ; 1 reached out my hand and tg kissed it and said, “dear brother Jesus, how glad Tam you have come.’ Joseph said, “God has spared our dear Jessie, and we will praise him forever.” Mary said, “Amen, God have the glory.” Martha prepared the barley bread, and we all sat down in the home where Joseph and Mary had been made so happy, and that home which they were compelled to leave in order that I could be spared until God’s own time, that man might know there was but one God and one God only. That night Lazarus made the prayer, and the 20 house was filléd’ with angels pright. T saw ¢ them’ everywhere." ‘Mary’ a mother drew near me ; she ‘breathed upon me and said, “I have been in trouble: ever since you started, lest harm should befall you ; now, wélcome | home, dear children, rest all you can, for the time will come when you! ‘will be driven again into the mountains.” They all lay down to rest, but still” the home was filled with bright forms. I called’ ‘and called again for Gods’ child, but got no answer. I fell asleep, hoping she would be there'in Nhe" morning. ~ The next day many hearts were made glad by Mary’ 8 presence 5 5 all of the neighbors gathered in to see Mary once more in the home of ‘her’ childhood. Joseph began his labor as soon as he was rested, ‘and the family were blest together. Days passed away, and I was a poor helpless thing. © Flowers bloomed and faded. I crept ‘to the door and saw the leaves Wwith-’ ering with a glad heart. I called Mary and said, “see here, this flower is fading, don’t you think God’s child will come now! ? ‘T did know she’ would” come back, and each drooping leaf gave me joy.” Mary answered, “God grant her coming, I long to see her in my ysis again.” Then I said, ‘has’ Joseph asked God if he would let her come.” “In God’s Own due time all will be well,” said Mary. ‘Days passed away, and as I crept into the house’ as the sun was setting, I saw our guardian’ angel knééling’ beside Jessie and bathing his limb with her cool electric hand. She drew near me and I laid my hand in hers as she exclaimed, “darling boy, I will never again leave you while you walk the earth, if it be my Heavenly Father’s will. ‘I have come to care for you and ihe childrén, and comfort dear Mary, for the cup is bitter that As prepared | for you all, and you will have to drink it’to the dregs.” “Mary” came in and’ saw her, and said, “angel of light, welcome to our fee es and our hearts,” then she breathed a prayer ; it was like this’: “Holy God, leave thy child in my home as long as I live i in mortal form, and we shall all be blest by her holy presence, becanse she is one of God’s family.” “The angel answered, “amen, my mission is ‘with you to the end, and my father will be here after many days.” ‘The chills of winter ‘passed away, spring came, the family were all kneeling in prayer when Leiah en- tered our home and exclaimed, “God has again held you from death.” I saw a band of anointed priests, and I feared they would enter here. iq dashed an electric flash upon their leader ; as he felt the ‘shock he’ fell back’ and exclaimed, “the damned heretics are here, let us 80, I feel their chill, and if they are not cut off they wil aia us all. at matsih, sak gene 21 CHAPTER VI. ieee: "acaba ek Leiah Tpaiadinaay with us for a whole year without leaving uy at all. He controlled’ me daily, gave me much knowledge of the past ages—for two hundred and fifty-five thousand years. He had marked'the changes of all thé nations of the earth—not one kingdom but had felt his power, because he had controlled even among the heathen, and declared’one God Hes one God only. | “Now he knew there must be a human sacrifice in order to establish the truths hé had sought to establish among men. His holy boy, as he called him, was ‘a fit subject, because hé was all good. Humanity demanded and they must be appeased.’ He was a holy thing, and he must die in order to establish ‘truths “here on earth and prepare the way for light to reach the human mind, that had been held by the dark devices of heathen idolatrous worshippers, in the form of priests and confessors, that destroyed the fairest earth flowers, and damned the inhabitants of every clime. Day after day he’ would control, giving light to the heretics that asked for. knowledge. He declared to them that he was determined to bear me along until the fulfilling of the prophecy, breathed by Zadock, the seer. . Dhad grown in body, but I had not strength enough in'my limbs to support my weight. One-day Martha held me up by my arms. I’saw God’s child holding her hands on my back, and she said, “stand firm, my darling boy, Iwill help you.” I'' tried as hard as I could, but my limbs would bend be-' neath my weight. Leiah controlled me even then, and caused me to run across the floor and back again. Joseph came in at that time and exclaimed, “look, Mary, hé is like an angel, his feet hardly touch the floor, he has been better ever since he was controlled ; who knows but he may walk in God’s own time ?? ‘Mary caught the idea that I was electrified, and calmly an- swered, “Joseph, God is here, and our boy will surely walk.” Martha took me and lay me on my bed, being entirely exhausted.” I fell asleep; I dreamed I was walking all about the door, gathering flowers, and when I awoke I made ‘the attempt, but my limbs bent beneath me; the influence came over me agrin and I could walk as easy as if I had always been strong. In this manner I continued three months; my limbs grew strong enough to enable -me to walk a little all alone, but the hour did come when it was around the country that there was a child that healed the sick ; many came, and’ my controller breathed upon them, and they would be healed ; he “would prescribe herbs for them to drink;:in order that their blood should’ be’ cleansed, that’ they could live and be happy. The priests heard. that a heretic was healing the sick and they issued a decree that all that had 23 been healed should die, and the Hebrew boy should be beheaded the next day in the great square, that all could deride him that chose. Leiah con- trolled Martha, and said, “bear away that boy, even in this hour ; let noth- ing hinder you from making your:way againjinto they mountains ; his life is - of more value than all the rest of you together.” Joseph took me by the hand, as{I could walk, quite well... Twas then eight years,and eleyen months old.) -All_.that, night.I) kept.pace ) with shim, but as,morning dawned ;{,fell.,, back, losing. all of my, strength: .In an, instant, Joseph caught, me; in, his. arms; and, we reached the,berder country of, Cana_ere, the night closed in. ij As hé,bore me.inajhumble, tent there, he looked around. ,and_said,, ‘O death, what hast thou done ?? The inmates were all gone, but blood was every- where. '' Joseph: left ihat house, but,as,he turned bis gaze, once, more ‘toward that house of desolation, ‘he exclaimed, “‘priests,.and confessors, have been, there and, destroyed my, friends.” They were friends that, had. given him and , Mary) shelter’ when they, were (fleeing Herod’s; kingdom for the safety of, their unbora,child. «The, familyhad. consisted,.of, father, mother,. four. beau-., tifulbdaughters, and one son... \They had alk been cut, off.in-one night,; father , and son shad been. beheaded, and the females had, all been, crushed by, hell’s damned in priestly robes. , Joseph bowed, his head and. said, . “Holy, verb shield) my family >from those fiends of: darkness, and L,will praise, thee for- ever.?: »' The journey was long; 1 was feeble, but daily, I, was controlled and; borne! along on foot... Joseph could hardly. keep pace with me; .» He;would,, say, “boy, your feet y hardly. touch the, ground.” ?.. When we reached our, home, I) was,entirely exhausted. , J fell ina deep. sleep. which lasted four,, days'and four nights. By that time. the family had all. reached their home. ; Mary bent over me and exclaimed, “our, boy,is dead, our:boy is. dead.” Jo-} seph drew near and, said, “Mary he sleeps; he ill awake soon,. because, before he fell asleep, he| Bales “7 shall sleep four, day. s, and, then, God’ s child, will come andiawake me.”.,; He. did. awake | i, about,an. pouty Ang ARRY they were againin; their hamble heme ; Hallo sel Pepe ER The same night that Joseph,fled with me, the ‘ede all saga but ve pe journey was! slows) because Lazarus fwas feeble,and, Martha had.to jcarry, . Jessie i her arms..|); Mary would:take him now and,then. in order that, Mar-., ‘tha could rest, but Martha was strong and hardy, andishe bore her burden), with holy love, but not without.fear.. They, prepared,,their barley bread, again, and! as. they gathered aroutid the board I awoke and said, “let God. control vin’ ‘this: house heteafters:and forever.”, |Joese ph answeredy “ amen;» glory to(God, our! boy-lives)and;speaks again,injour maidst.”|( ‘Katy? said,a. gentle voice oclose! beside mej “bring.a cup iof .water and,a,piece of bread.” The! water rétreshedine,iand thedbread blest me.) After,a little, Larose tomy. feet, went tothe door looking outi upon theshigh crags arognd me. LE thought; it was themast beautifal place L had-evdr seen, | As,,k gazed jupon athigh cliff I saw a female: gathering flowers there.,/.1, thought how wonderful One » 23 ‘should ‘climb 'so’ highon that moutitain brow, as T had never seen any one there before. Her garments were ‘light’ and flowing, héer hair was loose, hanging over her shoulders.’ As I gazed, another form ‘approached her,’ he held out ‘his hand’; ‘she laid her palm in his and they began’ to descend the ‘mountain. vOe held my breath) fearing they would be dashed ‘to pieces, but on’ and: “on they. came, gliding down the rocky steep. T lost sight of them “but for’almoment, then they both stood before ine—Leiah and his daughter. ‘She held in’ her ‘hand’ fresh flowers gathered from the mountain peak’; as ‘she’ held’ them toward’ me, ‘she/baid, “dear’ brother, ‘J gathered them for you.” Holy’ they were'to me; as I held them in'my hand I felt God had’ breathed upon them full® of holy ‘aroma: They? filled!'me' full of God’s love. “I earried them in to Mary, saying, “see what God’s child gave me ; I saw her gather them with her own hand.” ‘These two angels lingered near un- til Joseph came home, and then my controller breathed upon Jessie ; he — fell asleep, and this was the communication through him :—“The lowlands are in great commotion ; hundreds have been slain by the priesthood in or- der to cut off all heresy. Lazarus’ house’has been burned down, and noth- ing but the ashes are left. Their rage knew no bounds when tney found ‘the boy Jesus had eseaped them, also’ the | Hebrew’ fainily. | They are now ‘scouring thé country in order’ to’ bring’ them back, that they: may:be put to death'on the great ‘square, ‘to ‘show that‘all heretics should be madeto ac- ‘knowledge! ‘the priesthood, ‘and’ all should“ bow°to ‘them before any other Jaw/and!their decree should be’ first in council ; their spies are every where, and‘in order that my boy shall’be safe’ he must 20! every day into the forest “at early dawn atid remain there until the night closes in, but let hin remain until’ bring you word ; have him isAripdnied with ‘a orig to mw him eomfortabler’: oo) © ‘) Thréeday¥“had_ ae away, and we had ‘heard: ee from the low- ‘Jands. ‘Mary began td’ feel that-I could remain “in ‘our home safely, when a lightning fash’ had ‘rent’ the cliff, and its fragments were dashing down’ on ‘all sides of our ‘home?’ ° Mary’ was fearfully ‘frightened ;!Lazarus and Mar- “tha held theniselves calm! “T gazed upon thie“ serie, and my soul iwas-filléd with holy’ ad6ration'to God for sparing ‘us all) ' “Holy eterfial God,” L said, Thou? hast: ‘been ' g60d to-'spare ‘us all while the ‘light#ing “flashed above! our héad.”’ As Joseph néated our’home he saw fragments of rocks ‘everywhere ; he feared we had been destroyed, but/as he entered vur home ‘he‘shouted, “Holy God; thou art here ; Iwill praise’ thee forever ; my fain- ily “are in’ thy * hands,’ and we will hold ourselyés in a condition that thou Gaiist' be ‘vlorified through thy children.” Then’ Leiah entered our‘home ; he bredthed wpon’ Martha °and said, “our (boy will go‘ into’ the forest’ to- morrow at early dawn, and not'return’ until night Closés in, because there is ‘a confessor lurking around the mountains, hoping to search out the Hebrew family ;' and Jésus has’a price set wpon’his headfifty pieces of silver. 24 This, guardian, angel | will. go with him, until, he is made to. feel there is no danger; then’ she must go, with me for,a time,’,, I said, “don’t take her away. I shall be so lonesome.” I called Mary.,and said,, “Mary, Leiah is going to take my angel away’; ask..him. to leave her, with me.” Mary said, “Iueiah, God’s child has been. with us for along time, and we should be very lonesome without her.” . Leiah. bowed his head and said,; “she, is all I have; she is the holiest thing God ever gaye me, but now.I give her to you in order that, God may be ia chia through you, my dear hove dude Mary in. giving her strength and encouragement, pve les her burden, will be heavy and the holy influence of my daughter’ will bless;her. CHAPTER. VII. Eight days passed. away ere Leiah returned. I was kneeling in prayer when he entered our house. He breathed; upon me and controlled me g. An an instant bore me away. down the mountain side ;,my feet did not touch the ground in many places, and I felt like a feather blown by the |wind... I could see all. I passed, but I had no power to stop. All. day we sped along, night came, and we halted not.. There was a. great. feast at. Amtioch, and we arrived there|the third day andthe third hour, even as they had begun to assemble. Leiah relinquished his grasp, and I sat down by the wayside, faint and exhausted. I fell back and a beggar come to me and said, “boy, are you, dying?” I answered, “give me bread, give :me water.’ He brought me water, but bread he had none. I drank .freely ; then I. lay there for hours, There came.a poor, despised female : man had cursed her, God never. I. breathed, deep, and my controller exclaimed, “give this boy bread, or ‘he dies.” . She took from her bundle a piece of bread; she hand- ed it toward me, but' I) had no, power to reach for it, and then'she knelt be- side, me and said, “poor! boy, he is dying.” Here I breathed deep again and said, “crumble it .into,,the,,water, he cannot eat, it dry.” , Then she started back and looked at meagain, and said, “Holy, God, this. is,the. holy child, Jesus, that healed me when I was'sick,. gave me light when Iwas in darkness ; let, me die for him even here.” I answered, “Your dying would do me no good, but live.to takecare of this poor body until I can begin. a. work for humanity, that God may be,glorifled through his own children.” ; The bread and water gave me strength, and I ate all I desired ; then I arose to my feet, it being. high noon, and I was controlied on that instant, Leiah bore me into the synagogue, beggarly clad, as I was, through the multitude, X a ; 25 | upon‘the very altar. He heldeme! there one drour/andsa litt Ul the Jews: ‘cried ont: against thd beggar, declaring the devi cause'‘he ‘was all: coverilight)) ‘Phen the: shout: didse,) “dra him! out?) One ‘of the: lay man approached ‘mé and lay) his’) then he fell: back entranced. | Aftery a) fewimomentsvhedspi 5 an TeeE shouting; “Holy Almighty God isshere,/bécausethe synagogueé:is filled with anedls.) | Light: iseveryiwhere’; |Gatcli. its ays, Ooxfe children ‘of darkness 5 shout! O ye!) childréno/of Antioch) Gdd isihere.? “Ther! the congregation shouted: louder ‘than obefore; the deviliis heredillingyus withblight.3.) The people ‘began! to °flee s the ‘stood there Still) like aady iof light while I) bad) fallen tothe floors, “He'shouted to.them)) to sstop, ‘saying, ‘if: you tbringl:im your battle ‘axe; God will curse you forever?» They heededithem not, hut brought‘in their magistrate and:his followers. They. sdughtiito:aimya:blow, .at him ‘that! was: declaring! Godjibut theyycould:not reach him, » They -bes camé so! eléctrified that they: droppddothés buttle: awe and fled} filled: with: fear? oAssoomas they had goneéill aroseito)my feetyandancanlinstant-I was) folded toothie! bosom of my ‘edardiancaugeland how. shétbonéymeé away front there DPneéver knew; but'lietiatewas-eontrolled fell down déad;-even there,: when my controller breatlred outvof: himyas Towas afterwirds itold.:/. I found; myself sitting beside! abrook, bathing «my head; face and hands.)// I-looked; around “and I) saw here 'thati chad: given mé. breadvand! watet kneeling in; prayer. I said'to her, “daughter of. ‘Autiochy! cam ‘yous give! meal piece of bread ?” Her answer was, ““yowfed-meswith God’s bready and I) will feed, you with! barley bréad.. Here; deat Jesusjitakevthis, litiis alld have, got; but, Ihave a-friend? that) willbogive melmore, and if! you willy wait here]; will, bring some for you to’bearialong. with youvon your journey.) She returned. ina shoft tithd | bearing back) with /ier!w full loafyiand said, take all you! wart) and! Towill bear theordst’ away to those beggars,:yonder.”?; ‘I said, “ean't I go with you. I have a message for them ? i She sdidyi“teome if, you, have’ strength to walk theres?! AT, adic ind ‘towise tomy féét, but; 1 fell, back lagain, my strengtlihaving léfeme: yi Then Tdaidy Goad is to, be gloriy; fied. ‘through his! ‘childreny iand:ifithey: wiikendnel his: bread, they shall \be-/ come children of: eternal lifes? oSheiihastened) away, sbut!beforesshe could, sive her mebsaze) ISwas' again electrified and borne alongiin the direction, of the highlands,” Albo that oday andonight: Jv was boraeronsuntilothe»sun; stood: high in ‘the’ether ; ‘then-L, Wwasiaccostediby a herdsman) He said,)“are you the’ boy Jesus that!is: taking: such argreat commotidn all.abott the lowlands,’ Tanswered, “God begets! commotioncin order that: hisiholy jelectric: air can} purify.” He said, “have you any. electricity! that: ¢aurfeel the) shock; “God! holds» his! own electricity,? cLansweredy;iand uses itiat his own will and pleasure.” | “Boy,” He said) “Liam freezing» now, are, you. bifiding me! with electricity?” )L sawrLeiah fold; hiny in! cmunenia Bp I knew he: would bine 13";boxW) yloH? bedaiah eew aiow ya sto} Hoentid of osm odai vy! £ / 3 26 Dp’ vontrol himoo: Hé breathed deep, shis face: tupatiledtiett, cand) his; eyesoglazed, 7 then’ die: spoke ‘toi mé and said,» ‘the: hour has comexmy boy|fonus-to begin’ our worlo tin! earnest... There is: tobe:a:Weddingiin-CanajJ must bear you there inorder: that'God can turn their water imto ywine; that they can: behold His’! works. Helpo:mey.my angel) boy;oand I twill; bear. you back to! your mother in! eight: days.”: oT said,:‘‘ét.mecgo howe to my: (mother, then: L will. diefor' you if itbe needed.” {Then itywill be: toolate for ‘God. ta be. glori« fied; he said: ofThere,” ‘he: said; “Lwill-béar fom tonfrietids that will :give. you! food:/and!!rest ere’ | you. go back towards thé mountain2? |, Leiah then breathed: ‘out :ofi that. body, and/left »bim in,a)natural sleep, inordér that. YF could:igét vaway, beeause .heiwas determinéd:tooget:the priceiforimy heady whicho «was /one®! hundred | piécesy of'silver ifid) was dead oralives: 1 was caught: up again and borne! Onwardynot’kniowing whithers», Four days: and four nights passed:awaypand :Lwasdn Cana... )1. stopped at.a humble: home: . andy said,'\‘‘can LT: have: a leup! of cold.water and\a place |toilie down; Iam exhaustediand: must).sleep:? y:Comeoin: little hoyy:1 have seem you /befores; have you’a brother ‘that: had his leg eut off?” T.answered,, 1 have,and, his) name is'Jessie”” |) 4s your name Jesus ?/’,,she|jsaid;,ecoyering her face with; her hands...) It is,’ isaid 3:my ».father’s name is Joseph, and my mother’s namecis’| Mary.” “My father. and. mother belong ‘tos the. Hebrews, ‘and I thought you looked! like them.” 1 The j«mother) came) forward!with.a cup.of water;(\Iideank it, and then:she' said, “‘Ticknow» your mother} we were, chil- dren together, and she! was my own-dear cousin. Iam, Hester)! The ways of ‘God: were’ wonderful. how» :your: family psoseee deaths! it, | lis. ‘the band ofi God that held them, else they would-have ‘been cutoff ere. this.’ ; ‘Then she'said, “come . inboy, ilie down. and rest, you:look:so:pale 5) but.tell ne how came! you -here alone!?”) \“Godubid «mie;come, and: he-will, ,bear,me back — again if it. bes His will”! decsaid.) ‘Then Efellasleep.’ (When Iawoke,,,L found ‘myself in the midst ofa large assembly, holding invmyjhand a glass: of pure; cold’ water, shouting, “Holy, Pe uh God, change,this water; into wine, that/they can:béhold thy glory,”| At, that)moment;I:saw,a hand, held ‘ovér that glass, and a crimson stream irun:thereib, { Here,’ re said, {ig your wine,’ drink » and, be merry ; bring!me more pure water; that’ ‘you, can, havea plenty :andito: spare.” :/They broaght, four gourds and.one, bucket fulbg: the-same! hand owas held: over them) and they: become wine. ; ‘*Eere’?; T said; “drink, but do not: become drunken, but-.let God be glorified through the! works! done there.”.. :Liwas:controlled; declaring that the same body! bes fore them!’ must vbe ‘nee nal the cross inorder that. God's children, might know ‘who! to worship in’ truthy) lo Ws,..00N ,oved™ ,bige SH ™, LU TSI There’ was'one among them sit declared ‘an’ angel: ‘had folded me’ to, her’ bosom’ all theitime I was speaking. :\He' declared’ also ‘that I. was nothing: but aray of light in the hands of ithe living God,!and that God: would-sure- ly take me to himself before my work was finished. “Holy God,-I sald, 4 4 ae oe | “let mevybreathe.out! where lanhweary.”» :God’s/¢hild answered, even, there; in her sweet,’ calm: voice, “thie tithe: will eorhe,;;dear brother, | when, you: will find|rest in the bosom of your!God.” vLhere again J beeame-eleetrified,;and I never‘knéw more}until Ichad:reached:the border;land of: Cana, where the mountains» rose high and thei waters/cameé dashing: down in torrents. Here Iisatibeneathoa’ lshelving)! rock, ;calm:and)réfreshéed 5: there, came ‘a voice to ine} saying,» “come; letiusigo:homeéy 1 chave beer telling, Mary, you would.be there im two days.”))o\Altrthe mention df) myomother) Loburst, into tears) and said, “Holy , God, Jetymeigo/home tomy, Mary:and.die in‘ her bosom.” id gobwanswer, nd, omy dear: brother, you cannotjdie’y et, for thére:is a work for you to do x molw let:usshasten forward in-ofder that»we may reach a hum: ble!icotd byrsthe wayside ; there, you will:find foodsand nest...'There isan agedclothds) ‘vender whoy lives. there, his family: hayeall been icut.off, con, sisting of: his: ¢ompaniony «four daughters! and itw6,sons, -he| was atay from homie when his house was! entered»by:ele ven: andintedhpriests. » | They, cut. off the headsof) the two! Doys and:-crushed: thé females te death.-iDhe-father camé home andefound his family destroyed;) his house. in ashes, his hopes blasted.) she called: for his:dngel companion; she|came to him, and then he fell back-intd a deeposleep };thereo hei saw. aed:conversed:| with, hisefamily. ; they: bade: him have: courage; aad:he would -surely,come:to them, by and by, but: |there;ché »dwells»alone,! waiting for-hishour,to,;¢omel This)the spirit told» méyias owe journeyed on|together ;\.and,as;we drew, near, the old; man came joutito meetime, andsdidyo“b have beenlooking for you, for,some,time, my daughter! said! she )saws, you, and that you, was faint and weary,sq, you see (I haveliprocarediformryourna cup ofymiulk,and a, piece,of bread, and\a eleany nice bed of dried grass for you to nest,upon.”| I answered, "God, is here, she sis:herey andall:yourfamily aré here!” . ‘How, many,| do you, see,.’ dhe said)?’ tio “EP wor boys:dn' tender !childhood, four beautiful, damsels,fresh,and dlooming,»and ‘their mother) folding her.atms around you.”),, He burst.into tearsiand said, Holy! Godyy leave | them with me,here; inthis house until I cam become!) one ‘of: them.\o dl ysaid ‘let us;kneel and, pray,/even here, that itheyicean | behold eGod’ssglory ih their,own home.” Amen,” he,said, ‘and we knelt'in the midst:of his\children, and they blended ).their lives, with the angel: badd that: filled the home/dfithe aged centurion, called, Cornelius. |... He ‘followedsme a longowayonmy journey, and, wheitmihe turned -back,he die covered his: face: with! his! jhands! and «.wept< i, Ii saids “fear, not, yout family.!are all with! you, and wilbigo-back with you, and you will,be ‘lonesome mov more?’ » Then he said,*God bléss yous, may, the angel that is ‘beside’ you ‘hold*you lin her: bosomsforever:”, (Io ¢dntinued;my journey eight days! after “Dohadoleft «Cornelius: ere I reached my mountain home.’),, As I edréw! near I ‘feared ‘sométhing: had bappened to,them; for, the door was ‘closed’seven’ whilethe dsunowas shining.» Eknocked at.the| door and none ogave mé answer. With ia:trembling hand] pushed.open the door, ; nothing 28 was! lefftherepvbuts Di felledown exhaustediand felliasleep. o1 Manlycdays!’* slept onuntil,ta: gentle>thand:owas vaidiin:mine, and aigentle woicewsdid; _ seombpdéar boyy Mary andsthefamily dreoallieoming ¢: they: will all :be: here inlacfew moments’) Come; g@etod pylbathe;sthabsyou may: feeb fresh; thenythey will acknowledgeuGod has: cared fori you; and: it will hold ithemofrom/slb fear. hereafter’ ® Mary ¢amé in as Powas!asking how long I had beer asleep,.and my digel friend answered; “eighpdays andeight nights youcbave,slepty and God'sisangel! childred. havécbreathet upon yow and/you live because your time -Gsnot yeti Mary eried utyo“Holyy Almighty! Gedymiy boy lis alive. and’isshere??'! Teaidy “mother; I want .some bread; Ikram duihgiSoretiecohy Sheila ve sme av pies) but) Tccould eat Only 'accrambs! vblay down iagain’s Lazarus ¢ame and sawdown byimes hey took my hands:in hisiand! breathed. upon. ne) / oI then [satowp and said “letous returmthanks/to: God for:bring: 4 ingius.alltogether again.” Tsaid;:*Mazarus, ptayythis body isinot strong | enoughy? He .prayedpoand such: al prayers ite filled cour home with God's gidtyiand'his ange) childtem i Martha answered; “Glory! to!i God,)he! was deadbut! he*liwes aging! let! us praise him forever.” :sdoséph; came! home fobridays afters I thenchad becomeistrong:) He broughtintelligence from tlid lowlands: that! there! owasva great:commotion both among) the Jews, and the © hebéhen (priests! andconféssors))land a:ldrger-price was’set wpdmmy head than: beforé.!’ Twochundred' pieces of. silver had been! offered forsmy thead, _ and fifty for each! of the family. oJoseph said:41cancgoto the border coun | ‘try Nand dabor!!0 antil the’ dawtowdlb -tréel ‘my family, from the pricecthatsds 6b, Wort beth) which Wwill'\bevayéar! anda balf, and-you) Lazarus and:Mans thaj‘must'remainohere becatiseyou are considered of! the:family,” Mary Baidss*we beard ‘by a boyifrom the lowlands thatia band Of corfessors were ‘cOnine Up 'thé mountains; and wel fled té the! cave;; | there: we remained, until (@édis° Ghild:eathe Vand told/ous! they {had ‘turned back, and when we came hére’ we found -ou¥ ‘dear boy, fresh and ‘beautifulias: ever.” ! She saidjoshe was Ugoné front us'two weeks! andveight days when) I-foand Kim: dniour re- ‘tukn, but howlone he had ‘been ‘here'T know lnot.o T answered, “eight days and -niehts! Lowds\ here, buat Inslept.”!! Josephoansweted, “God grantryon qday sleep vib tisaketyoluntil! Toreturn ; iti willbe tight weeks!? «Hedeftius tilled -with fear dnd! anxiety Jestharm: should befall as boMary:'watehed. him untibhe tarned ahigheére dand,then:fell back like onecdead.; oMartha gave. cher dvink, while I’bathedoher templesranid hands!) She-breathed and;asdeep wroan/eséapéed hero I) sawoa/'visidi was: upon hér, and: 1 said, /“tell oh: tell né whatyouséel? «i She said, #acconfessor is climbing the: mountains direct- ‘Lyin Joseph’spaths: God help miyhusbandyelse he! willperish by: the battle laxé of that fiend’? cdf hen bshesawékeand: saidy: “is Joseph gonef?): said, “Joseph is! on! hisoway tothe bordércountry” 1: “Hark, \1 said,, there jis an awful erash}\\God's angels’ are «saving: Joseph from death 5, there. is an wvadlafiche- and od¢ Kagcerushed(the confessor beneath its/ weight.” . “Glory to ' 99 God,”.said, Maity, | Josephis safée,and jhe will come back to us again.” ;Laz- _ arusiowas, feeble! and; the, ;mountain air ¢aused his cough to’be oppressive. Marth said, when Joseph comes, home’ again I jmust.seek:a home in the lowlandse" J Her:heart-ached \for vote bit she: felt ita: duty; to care; for her brother.. 949. fxid ese-anrasloh read tod Opa ey fat 5K ' j ’ polchad: been wandéring/ about :my, home all ee but ais niet: re in ¥ was controlled by? Leiah.:\, He, told ;Mary, that he must bear,;me away on a long - journiey,and dit would,be,months ‘before he,eould bring me back again, “She asked, /twhereare yourgoing ?” ,.He answered, . “I am going ‘toa king that is;pabout! to .be dethroned, by, tne Amlekites., If timely (warning seleuen he, willbe sayed,and his, people-;,trust him to.me, il! wilhbring him back, by the middle,of the, fourth month.”; ,/The. influence left. mel; J, went away by myself,and,asked,God|to assist me:,| »God’s child;eame and,sat down beside me; She,Jaid.-her,. hand; in .mine 3) she) said, “dear :boy, your journey, isia is, al fearful,,one, (God , willj.direct, you ; my father twill) care‘ for: you, while J;,must |remain, jwith Mary,,and the children, [but -L) will,come to youjand,, comfort,you,whenever L can.” )),Mary,prepared |my garments, and at! early, dawn ‘L-set out barefooted, ,and, alone, as for, human aid, not knowing whither jI,.was going, but trusting to, him that walked beside, me, an angel bright. J; iad learned toloye him-asmy father, and his daughter as my sis- ter.) Down,)'we went, from, crag to crag;ia way ‘that Jyneyer went before. .; deep.cuts in;the mountain made me stop.;,then [ would glide down’ as,easy as ifjit was,ay;smooth surface... Night -cameon,and,we wereistill upon the mountains..,/L, sat,,downjby a green, bush, and there I-fell asleep... I,arose at early dawn, still, sanaee the moantains,; noon,came jand, I began to find jthe. habitation of man,.L jentered; a; -herdsman’s home and asked for a piece of bread.., L, got, for, -an, answer, “bread, we jhave, nots but you, can have, aj piece, ai meat,,and a cup ,of milk.? J said, “give me /the milk, but meat,,l; cannot.,-eat.”. | ‘Duin, alt the milk you want, for.by and by I shall have more.’?,.|, She ,|was the.,,daughter ,of an aged herdsman, and they dweit there: alone. » As I handed the cup, back I said, “tyou have many,in family.” Her. answer was,,‘‘my. father and.myself,” I said; “I, see.a female here old enough for, your, matt hers four. beautiful damsels;.. and..a young man he says, you are. his sister.”,. Then the father came in ;, she,told himvall... He looked,; kindly, lat, me, noes said,,,. “angel, /boys,your, doom. is, sealed... Isaw. a band, of confessor, not more, than an,hour ago, and they were enquiring) after such, a boy.as you, and they, said, youjhad fledjthem.” The, damsel said “let Us, hide him, wntil they, have. left the,.country, lest they. cut, him. off.’, I, re- mained there, the rest of, that,day, and, that night,) but, started again;at.early dawn, | ; Night came again jand.J.was stillamong the herdsmen. |, I asked tor ‘a cup of milk,ja piece of bread,.and, a) place,,to lie down.to.sleep.;7I drank the,,milk,, but the, bread I layin, my, bosom, for my, breakfast, .I,arose be- foreany.of them,.were astir,.; Day,,aftex, day ; I, journeyed.,onward until, .I 30 “igh reached Armenia, there I enquiredfor the king; and¢was'téldhe! was notable to'be seem The''gatekeépér said, “boy comerin, it! thay bel business/ofime - portance; ‘at cany rate this little boy ean’t do any harm? "I was directed into’ the servants! apartmentil THey asked ID iwas*hungiy!) answered) “[ have come a long way to see the king; do let me see him ere.itis'too late? “One: Said, eis it business that concerhs'the kingdouy?” “Iodnewered, — “the ‘Amlekites’ dre preparing to" “out hita off! and! destroy the people and take the: ‘kingdom: “Do! lébome see hin! now, Jelsecit 1bevtoo later” - “Come little boy,’ esaid one éf the kind Hearted females; “sat now while ave send word ‘to the! King, that hé may prepare for your eéming té Lisébam- ber; for he ‘has bédh iL for days’ (Dansweredy “dridk Dicannot, edt! edaré, not, until Ihave delivéredmy message to the Kine.” The! King? called for an “audiénee,' ‘and Lohastened to meet him ‘Helodked at me nd Menteréd there, ‘and said; you are” a’ frail dittle thine, but! you! ate ‘covered’all over with light.” Then’ I saw'Leiahi : He. reached! out ‘his /handetol mero! Plaid my palm i his.’ He‘breatied® upon'me,and I'had a! fearfal ‘vision!; T'saw a mighty army all around with battle axes, javelins and Spears, OL sawethey. © had’ ‘chariots,’ the wheels wouldturm ‘in .atiy directisity burdishéd! stesl like bladés ‘cut! im pieces whatever they! canie'in contact witht Then'I shouted “O, King, thuy ave already érossihg your ‘bordereountry;and if! you démet prépare to defend yourself you will sttrely’ be: cut to! piedes.” 9 Then the Kiiig shouted, “bring ia my couneil, even now? He was obeyed and erst ber wag filled with brave lodking itén. Phere Tstood before thamadd was controlled: What-was said DP know! not, but this I doknew, when thd influe enée left me I'fell down'like oné déado°? TGould Hear and see all; bit imove 1 could not. In°théir excitement’ thephad forgot me, stéppine afoand and over me. At last T breathed deép ‘and asked*foiva cap of water Paratik — freely ‘and! ina short time arose! tomy! feét. DT turned to the King and ‘said, “good King ean! Ihave a’ piece ‘of bréid and a plaice’ where Hedwcke dow’ ‘atid sleep, “becuse LT ‘have not atevor slept for three days and three nights, but hastened ‘to’you’ lést it would’ bé' too late” | Be called hiswett vantland bade hini‘eare for’ med in all things! He Dore mest) Wheeitehea. T atéa piece of bread about as big ‘as ari ‘acoth, then day déwn and falbinto di deep Sleep. Two houts I'slépt, thén the ‘King sent for nie’ again. arose ‘and followéd the sérvant) but when: TI” entered! thar hathber aeain Twas filled’ with fear. “Te was filled with'imen.” 'P' stood ‘there'd poor'finiP thing, — ‘not daring to look up. “Phe King said} “come héve boy:2' stepped ap'to ‘him and laid my hand in“his.’ /L burst into tears and said; "“_64! Kine can ‘Tigo ‘home’ te ity” mother." Pldoked at ‘him and I Saw H'tearin his eye, ‘and he said, “how'did you come’ 2 OT atiswerdd, “on foot) andeGod helped me.” Then he’ 'said) “can 'you'tell’ mé “any more about thé Amlékites 2” “]) said the coantry was in great Commotion but Tkiow'ho tdre” UAirmed men were everywhere and I had to’evecp ‘Under thé hedge and through'the al 4 5 _forests in order that they should not destroy me before I could give you warning. The King said, “do lyou'want me to)send some one with you ?” I said, “no, God will go with me.” “Then,” he answered, “may God eare . fom you andscarty ‘you safe back, to. ydur mother is:my:|earnest prayer 3 now go and:rest, but when jyou,are ready to go let 'me bid yowfarewell!” T-went _ to»thekitehen; there I ;atée!breadiand drank water,them Iday down again and lyslept,/the: remainder yof ithe dayrand all mighti: The'sun: was/shining _ brightly:when Inawoke: \ Irarose,{bathéd, combed)! my? hair: and said) I must begif my journey,,even nowar/) Lhe) King wishes to speak to you’ said the servant, “come this!way.”) oI /followed) himodnto. the King’s bed! chamber 5 _ the ‘King wasidyingi;on) his. bed, hé-reachéd out his hand and said,)‘here boyutake; this, eat sand) drink: all yom want before: you "go, this will buy-you mores; what you,,dd),mot need bear it home to! your'father, say to himiit.is sent to; you fordetting your frail little boy come to:meiin my hour of; need.” “Grod, sentyme,” I said, “else. .P could not/have foundthe way.?0s\*Farewell, frail «little h boy, how I wish you! wasemine.® ji fGood) sl I said; then: left King duear, but not forevenas! s10% rpOtl Liat ‘tas brreveah seivojat veEwo ymonths «brought, me in! ‘sight: seat my. faked again! sa I drew near my heart beat, and as I started forward I beheld my mother, bathing anew born:babey one that)God-had given, her inmy absence! )-I folded»my mother to my ibosom,:and said, (God, has) brought me: home, else I could not have béen:/here.?; Mary; hurst, into :tears,and said, “Holy Creator, God, I will praise!" Thee, forever. and eyer.”, » Then Mary.said, “look Jesus, see how God - has. blestiour homé, here is. a littlé angel brother, and we call {hin Simeon,” -Lthen asked, for-Joseph..; Mary answered,| ‘hd will | be:at honie in two days,ii hevhas siotseen the baby yet as he has been gone most, four weeks,” Lhe boys caméin, and J said; “you/havergrown'since I went: away.’ James answered, but you, dear! brother, aré» pale and feeble; look Mary, see hoy pales his cheéks are; don’t. you want talid down,” said dames./ ‘Come, dean-brotlier, det..me help! you.” 1. thotight..it best, (L-said, to! bathe and eat: a * sty vey : ray @ a is " 1s * DR TANTUOL HO IO 4 isos | viiiny | bus That’ day’ ‘we habe ‘fi Joseph’ Said,’ “ewhio oe tia iipre, it seems so o lonely.” an ‘Suehiar eae ff CUE asic é,, lius’ lives here!” fe “How. do. you know | o said Joseph... ‘I said, “I stayed, with;. ) hiny® fale’ night: when T was carried, to Antiogh : and, Cana.” (Lhe aged, pina d came 16! the door, aid weleomed us in as he said, or knew you, were comingy | my “ddighter told me you would § be here at nightfall, andd have)prepared| 3; for * yal a ‘Boot wath ‘supper, meat and bread for the, elder ones, but Sea 7 and mhillk" for’ the‘ “children.” As we entered his home he, said, “come. here; ; angel ‘boy, you ave been a comfort ‘to me ever Since you: cya hera, A as have Wet all my family even as. af they had their earthly bodies.’ tq dt too me “Upon: his” Jap, laid. ‘his hand t upon, my head, and said, “God, bless, you,” . then “he! tamed - to 0 Joseph, and said, ‘do you know that this diy will be, ext, fh hint aa ssubbh the i is a ae thing to us all” ” ei to “ held nena od and I’ felt” asleep | on ‘his bosom. . ae was paki and Leiah, declared Hgse should” be! borne along | until my. thirty-fourth, year,,and, then, I should be, », ». nailed to ‘the! cross in order that humanity should, know, there. was one, God .1 devs and © one. ‘God only. : ‘Mary . burs st into tears, and, when. Lawoke, she. Was ov kneclifig. beside “me, and exclaimed, (Holy, Eternal God, hold him fromised death ‘until Thy | hour comes, hen me will try, and, say. Thy. will be done,” j,, Here the ‘family all called on God to aeiist them, for their, burden was, daeibets g er than they. ‘could bear. ap did ‘not. understand why they . were, injsuch ig j ny, < and L gaid how ‘Bood God i is ‘to give us such, a& nice, place.,to rest.) Theny< the family all gathered ; around the board, and ate their barley bread, wiehbed., children, had milk that Cornelius had brought a good, way because, he-knéwesm of iter. coming. be Afier prayers we ‘all lay ee and ach until the sun rose,. Mar yeatledye me and said, “come dear boy, we are nearly ready.) come. wakeup the day » Ww is fine and. we must try and make five leagues to-day? act That day; we )jour-) ned neyed along ‘yapidly, as. the roads were good, and, the warm, earth, leone al i comfortable. ” . * When night | came we had made five, Jeagues,and a, halt» Phive agl, children were SO tired that we sat down at every., turn,, hungry, and, sleepyis ioe I asked Josep h if he did not thin! iy God would rest,us by andiby,if wejwere™. « ‘good. | Ere answered, "God's resi is for the weary, and we will seek to shieiaos: his wa e ‘There was a Tittle habitation near by, and Joseph.said wemayy » 0: lie asivit ‘here and rest if we are ‘not disturbed by. the passers. ‘bysor Maryiogas said, = ‘dare’ not ‘enter there, there 1 may | be disease and death beneath thateni: 5 t ¥ omon ‘hree Oy" PL hy bs forse i roof.” — Paid there is. no. death ‘where God i is, andy I sayy, his angel child 91! dren hy ‘ ng] “in “Toseph ‘said, mn will enter there, you, await, my ¢oming;”y/) He sor nea me re £4) ing tl i¢ house was entirely. “empty, , and, , ib, was ee ow and cdintortiible. We all went in there ; we ate a piece of barley we a that Rad ‘had “brought ii in, a hag, 7 “There we init and Satie and t tae Bo BIN “ing. Boe aH x “That! day. was a and agate and. we ne fois deabluayter OTR TOD BO TON v Then we ‘came toa house where a a poor. female was sitting, by,the, door), rnd one bowed down w spt th grief. ‘Her, hair was grey, and she was clad in filthy rags. \-/ Joseplr Saic can we rest. eee to- night, we have come a long way and thet |). of children are p¥eLys tired.” “Come. in,’ she said, “you, are welcome to, my it ha 45 hamble fare, bat God has, cursed me, mY family, are alk ¢ dragg ged, away, and 1 by Tea I am, “fo despair. “Pour days | ago, a, band of, anointed priests entered, here, 6) ‘oceh Og and drageéd a away t ‘ifitee daughters, call I shad, and, my; boy, they compelled tos. go with ae declaring 4 hey woylds make him a, confessor;.and Lam, Jatt alone. © God hears net “wy prayer.” + kis pe Its tii Vi yh [3a omit ¢ . : ity Ie. ne evening the door ‘opened gently, and a, poory, artines blasted) thisnasin i VOU SHS stood there fo or & moment, and then fell to the, floor... The, mother, darted: toys: . anit Wot presen +b her and exclaimed, “my. daughter ! my danghter !, haye you: come home,to - iy Os tf: 40 2 die? fier. a short’ eagle spre her eyes pe said, “God. i is, here,| His 2)5¢ children are here, but fiends: and L devils | have destroyed my.» sisters, and it ami ; Yelk Ot S1o1sd yi dying,” sae Was. contr rolled | A 2 an, instant, and, Leiah. said. prepare, Rnatthevin ‘7 @ 4? ADK 1102'S yy water, ‘bathe her over: and ver, give. her hysop, to drink, they J haye diseased... os + Hoos VO Rew oS - her body, and unless : she be cleansed she will, die. 4 Her, mother said, ‘Holy i CI Saunt bea God forgive me, because I murmured against (Thy will? » Leiah, Ansparadhsiigas wots “it is Go ods ni that anointed "priests. should, be. ‘damned, forever.” The.) blasted | damsel, “answered, “let God blast, them, before, they, deatepy, thes, earth, “Here. they were, interrupted . ‘by the. entrance of the sony and,he , . Sel oxelita® ap ‘have seen ‘anointed. a. confessor, and unless, these, ‘Hebrews t+ depart i me cut them’ off i in ‘this hour.” __eiah, answered, “then thou. ant... anointed unto daumation.’ ‘He ‘said. ‘again, “begone, else by my oath I-must,., cut you all Saale Cast Gath you that oath which declares, you, must, shed i in- y ., i Jv “fF ie 6 3 nocent blood,” caf ‘Leiah, ‘delse. God will destroy. you among, the rest. of the fiends that are destroying the earth, Where are. thy. ‘sisters, fair and » comely, that filled this home Dut, four days ago, damned by. ‘that oath whieh, « rigs ‘Ft te) you now hold’ before y you.” i “Then, he gave. a deep groan and covered his ' ; owl 7 4 face with | his hands, and “said, : they gave 2 me : strong, drink, then administered, idea a tdezat i TOD 10 Visi the dath even while | wy sisters were dying’ ‘by 2 a part of the same. band ; at} 100% they led” me to where my sisters, lay blindfolded, two were, dead and the,, gy or other was dying as ‘they. thought. hey. remoyed the bandage. from Be SR sO iit" eyes and al | shouted, “this By our ‘reward, ‘strong’ drink, meat and females.” HOLO Hears’ es He ad Tie DIT I then ‘said, “let me Hop ome.” “They. said “no, ° you cannot go. home until , Herblida ot bite. oud Ly you have made rae oue of us.” Then, I could not follow t them because... I fell down t by” t é wayside. drunk and { slept: all nig ght. “Hob the morning and : said, we | ‘have | had a. fine. night’ 8 revel ; we Taye cons " quered 2 ban d of gypsies, “killed” ‘all of their men, and held their feinales, {ITT ore © 1 3 hog oil Ww Re Sle | anda Fofly fime we have tad of it.” I arose and Said I must zo home, my * They, came tome in, 7% Ot wanna a poor mother is all alone. I, with the rest of you, damned my sisters ;.do_ |. let tie go home to my mother.” They answered, “what i is your mother to. you ia you are one of us} hereafter you. shall have all you want, but fol- lowus.” I answered, “God has damned me and you can do no ‘more. ‘al a fled ‘to the mountains, “They called me, but I fled from. them ; hunger has driven me here, cig me’ something to eat and let me 89, lest I destroy TP, all’ 3s! fe, After Leiah’s last remark, he breathed ode ‘me, aan eihe I listened to a his sad'story my heart beat and I exclaimed, “Holy God, how long is earth to be accursed’ by ariointed priests and confessors.” I got answer, “ontil, } God’s human ‘sacrifices give light to the earth again.” I said, “Holy God, " will human sacrifices ‘evér appease the demand of Rega I got an- swer in due time, “light will be scattered all over the earth, then Ged’s children | will ‘be ‘freed from priests and confessors.” The boy fell into a ' deep sleep and did not awake until we had gone. I heard from him i inaf- ter time, he had been beheaded by the priesthood for exposing ‘the wicked om acts of the confessors. © i ag That day ‘we made-five leagues and a little more, but before night diss ie in we heard by a tr aveller that the Jéws were holding a ‘council j in the syn- agogue, ‘and ‘they were determined to make the Hebrews acknowledge ha, 4 Jewish’ ritual. Leiah ‘breathed upon me and said, “I must take this boy. ce there in their midst; to-night, but fe r not, I will bring him back. before you 4 go to sleep. We all encamped that night 1 in the open air, ‘with nothing but God’s ether blue ‘to cover us. JT had hardly sat down by the fire that had _ heen kindled when Leiah folded me to-his bosom, and I knew no more until — I found myself beside James, and he was fast asleep. _ I called to mY, moth- . ar and said I am hungry. Mary answered, “you are here. again.’ I an. swered, “Mary, I think you have been dreaming. I have not been away, but Lam hungry ; I fell aleep and forgot to eat my, bread and I can t find it.” She gave me a piece, I ate it, and fell asleep. (tiie The sun was shining brightly before they attempted to journey onward. , Their feet were sore and bleeding; my buckskin shoes were worn out and gone before. we had been on our journey two days ; 5 Mary’s 8 ‘were also gone ; 3 Martha’s were goat skin, and they still held on her feet ; Josephs sandals were entirely gone ; James was erying with bis feet, and I was cooling mine in a stream near by, when Mary cried out, “come let us begin our journey that we may reach Jerusalem by to-morrow night. ‘There. is to be a great festival the day after and the city will be i in a great commotion.” “How are we to reach there,” said Joseph, “it is now. twelve leagues and the children are getting so weary.” I answered, “there will be a cart that will take us a part ot the way.” As I looked around I saw a _gypsey woman close beside me. I said, “did you tell me that ?” She answered, “T have breathed out _of my body since dots saw y me, and I have come to comfort you ; nine days 37 alter you seb) by our camp fire we were. all crushed rad the battle axe and the confessors ; they left us all dead and carried away ail) we had.” |She then said, “good bye, boy, I shall come. to you.again in your hour of \need.” Gg: saw her no more until E was in the mountains dying for bread, The. fam- ily began their j journey, but before noon a cart came by. and their mules were fresh and strong, having been to Tyre with a load of. merchandise, and, were now returning to Jerusalem. ‘The driver was a kind, hearted man ; he ac- costed the family and said, “can-I assist, you by carrying your children and your burdens, and L think there is room for the females.” Mary, said, ‘*God _ bless you, brother, my feet are.so sore and my baby is,heavy.”.. Martha _ said, “take the. bag, and let Lazarus ride, he is.so feeble ; let him take Jes- sie, for Joseph i is “ceil broken down beneath his weight.” They all begun their journey filled with courage and hope... Joseph, and Martha on. foot forgot their own weariness, and they, kept pace with the cart all of that day. After they. had rode for a time, the driver accosted Lazarus thus : ~ “Antioch i is is in a great commotion. because a beggar entered their syna- gogue . in their. holiest hour of the ritual; they said when he. entered he was covered with rags, but when he went out he was) covered with, light, so much so that they could not discern his. features, but he stood there before them. all, and denounced their forms and ceremonies, and said, ‘you are bowing to heathen traditions that have no date or signature, and you are,too much bigoted in your ideas caught from. the gypsey. fortune tellers, but the day will come when you will be laid low by the battle axe and your.creeds will not be known among men.’” He continued, “it caused great excite- ment and ‘the Magistrate commanded, him to be seized and dragged out. The worthy Macistrate came forward, when a man dared lay hands upon him and ‘said, , ‘if you be] devil or angel, you cannot stand there denouncing the Jewish ritual? Ile attempted: to step upon the platform. in order to drag down the boy, but he fell back as if he had been stricken.with lightning, and before he could regain his feet the heggar.was gone, none knew whither ;, at the same time when the Magistrate fell, the boy disappeared ; they all said he was covered all over with lightning, and wuoke he went no one.could tell, and where this matter will end none can answer.” Then he whipped, up his mule, and.that day they made eight leagues. When they halted: for thenight Joseph and Martha, were far behind, but ere midnight they reached, the encampment, weary. and, exhausted. They ate some barley bread, as they had. had;none from early dawn,, .Then, they lay down and slept until the mule driver called to them, and said, ‘rest an hour longer, beeause we can make the four leagues by the mid-afternoon.” They bathed, ate, climbed; into the cart, and sat, down prepared for the journey. Martha asked if she, could. take hold of the. cart behind, for her limbs, were swollen and she: could hardly bear her weight upon her feet. The good na- tured driver said, “I will mount one of the mules, and you can have my 38 PhS seat, and the man can ride the other mule if he will.” This is recorded othem by: for difiner.” 9: ‘The sireet ‘fade Of the children, made. my I heart leap | with joy when’ they’ came ritining’ ‘ihto ‘the: Kitchen and “said, “boy, come sandiplay: cist us, the! éHaimberlain® says) you éan play with, us as, muchas we “want you to.’ Pi hasténed’ away “with’ the children, and, found all, sorts of pamusements ahaa cdtild be! interestins to children. | Then the chamberlain Sentered:there and said, “this mtist not be, he must have ‘the caretakers. g gar- oménts on ds long'as ‘He remilitis in’ this home.” ‘He conducted me into, a nice olittle chamber wheré'éverything was neat ¢ then he handed me a fing dinen undergarment, blue and orange damask, also a coat, the collar turned, hack itheisleevesifiowine) the! covers rotindéd, ‘and ‘it fell back to the bend of. the -knlea} then’ it |wad ‘trimmed’ all’ around, ‘collar; sleeves and coat, with gilt _Lbaiid halfoan*inch: wide.® ‘My ‘old clot! 1e8 were laid’ away. How . I wished. a ocould carry: thent home’ to Taithes, ‘put I said nothing. “Now £9 and diy ert sthosé children as best you eat until they’: are called to their evening dance,” ‘i Dhe «children | were’ delighted | with: me, and said “he looks like. our brother ‘now's wale us! \aohowse “with these blocks and we will kick them down eagain.”) 0 They kicked down" my house age in and again, and i? was odiligent iw buildine itil! the chamberlain called them to their dinner ; then lin:the afternoon they were to’ have a dance. "The ey asked me if I, wanted -to gdland lookeen?s 1 said if ‘you want me to. Then they. all flew away, to -change their: garments and bedeck themselv es in flowers. They entered. the srooméagain ;)T looked at “them! earhestly “Lo see if they, were children or angels. ‘One® of ‘the! oitls” eame to me’ and said, “come boy, let us dance -heéde.” > Tosaid I don’t‘know how’ to dance. -od Dayi after: day passed away similar to the one ‘described. After: a time a became cup bearer.°' Now' the heathen priests had a feast once a year, and they had been eating! and drinking ‘until the day wore away. Lt had been pouring: wine for ‘the!/comn partly until they” were all intoxicated, _Caiphas ealléd to meiand said)’ “boy, drink to’ my pretty “damsel, the King’s eldest daughter” DP aids! “please sir, Phever’ drank anything i in my | life.” “Drink boy) drink; or DPwill cause you’ to i ‘beliéaded.” “Then, i pha said, “may God take'care"of ite if T am drunk.” T raised the cup, to my lips, drank one half, and sat it’ down. He™ aimed a ‘blow’ at mé'; 5 it felled’ me to the floor. The King said, “Caiphas: Fou! “are drank ; “don’t kill my children’s care-taker.” “He ‘answered; “he is a damned heretic, and I fed him, now. he dtight ‘to be killed!?°Here! T'was controlled by my ‘guardian angel, and. she breathed'a' prayé# inthe tmidst.of Hell. As she bréathed out of me I looked around, and I saw they were all electrified! T crept to the ‘side of the King he layed his hand upon my head.and said, “fear not, angel boy, Guighias , 40 is asleep.” I asked him if I could go home to-morrow. “We will talk about it.” The doctors and lawyers. still, called. for strong drink, but I dropped down beside the King exhausted. I heard, him. call for anotheriof his servants to come and serve his guests». I, saw.,Leiah ; he folded me to ~ his bosom, and I knew no more until I found myself in my own bed, and — the sun was high. I arose and thought how Caiphas had.struck me. I said aloud, “I am going home.” It was. the first time I was ever, struck in ~tmylife. The King sent for me and said. “boy, you are not happy here.” IT answered, “the children are good and kind to me,,and you are a good King, but Caiphas ‘struck me, and I must. go home to my father and mother.” The King answered, “I will see your father and mother, and we will discuss the subject.” “All is ele I said, then I went back to the children. Days, weeks and months passed by, and A heard no more of the feast, but one day as I was cleaning the King’s mantle; I.heard Caiphas say, “af her- esy is not put ‘a stop to, we shall all be compelled.to flee the country.” I said, “flee hell, and you are safe’” . Leiah breathed upon me; I heard the words, but I could not suppress them. Caiphas. started as if he had been hit With lightning. He exclaimed, “this Hebrew boy. will damn us all if ‘he ‘is petted so much by you all here.” I answered again, “Holy, eternal distance is his home, and God will bear him away from you all before flow- ers bloom again.” “See,” said Caiphas, ‘the is filled with heresy, and he shall be burned alive if I hear any more of it,” I was filled with fear, and after Caiphas had gone I said “Good King, can I go home ?” . He an- ‘swered, “your father is a hard working man, and you will make one more, but if you will remain in my home with my children I will do all.1 can for you, and in due time you shall be educated according to the Jewish ritualan order to become a controller in the rites of. Judeaism.” . | answered, “Cai- phas will hold control until he destroys all of your beautiful daughters, be- cause he has already damned the oldest one, and she is.in her thirteenth year.” The King gave a deep groan as.he said, “the priesthood will destroy me and mine.” My. heart ached, for I knew he would drag out a misera- ble existence in constant fear of being destroyed. 10 He then said, ‘‘call the chamberlain, he will change your clothes for some that are befitting your condition in life, but they shall be new and clean. , Here, dear boy, is an hundred pieces of silver, carry it to your Maing that he can educate: you.” “Farewell, good King,” I said, “God bless you.” I then fled that home of infamy, drunkenness, priests and hell. When I said farewell to the children, they began to cry and said, veldud Jesus, we have. a cloak for you, and we have wrought your name with threads of gold.” (I took it, threw it over my shoulders, and hurried away. I, too, was filled with grief for the children. CHAPTER Ix. _ Mary met me and folded me to ber bosom as she said, “Holy God, I ‘praise thee that thou hast. brought back my boy, a holy thing, from that den of pollution.” I answered, “Mary, Lam what I was when I entered there, but I am older and have seen a great deal of iniquity.” The children all ; eathered around me and I said, “you are happy in your, humble life, may God keep you there.” Martha and Lazarus both exclaimed,, “God bless “you, my dear Jesus, how glad we are you haye come.” When Joseph “came home he blest me over and over again, and said, “Holy, Eternal God has held you, else you could never have come back: to me a holy thing from .that den of debauchery and drunkenness.” Ae alg hour came for prayer, and a holy calm fell over us ; ; that home was lighted up by angels, and I heard a hymn chanted by that holy band. After prayers were ended, Martha said, “I feel heaven,is here with her holy children.” I arose to my feet and was controlled, and said, “there is to be ‘a great excitement in court ; the boy will be borne there, but fear not, I will surely care for him and soe him back again ; his life is held by God ‘for his eternal glory.” Then I heard a voice which said, “Holy, Eternal God, hold him from being dashed to, pieces, even there.” Now two months passed away ina holy calm, and we began to feel that the destiny described for Mary might not prove true, when a great commo- tion commenced in court ; It was from the hellish conduct of Caipbas among the Kings concubines. He had diseased them all ;.the. King was also dis- eased, and the court decided that Caiphas should be made accountable for the misery he had caused. Our holy calm was broken by Leiah controlling me and bearing me in their midst. The council. were discussing the. affair, and in their earnestness they forgot the night was wearing away. Even while I was sleeping my controller bore me in their midst.at the eleventh hour. He held me there until the day dawned ia the east, and still they forgot the hour concerning the earthly and heaven! y conditions of God’s wondrous works, and the King asked how it would be if the anointed priests were left to control the court'altogether ? Leiah answered, “they would drag you and_ your family down to death and hell as they have al- ready begun to do, and your kingdom would become one vast field of drunk- enness, debauchery and crime, and hell would control forever ; but let God control and priests and confessors will flee the Jand.” After he had. ceased to speak he bore me back again, and when I awoke at early dawn I was lying beside my brother James. He slept on while I conversed with my controller. He told me he had a work to do among the doctors and lawyers, then he would bear us all back again to our mountain home. “It will cause a great excitement,” he said, “and a price will again be set upon your head.” 42 Fae Oe Mary was up, preparing her barley bread. I called her and told her all he had told me. Her face w ras flushed, and she burst into tears as she said, “Holy God, don’t destroy my Anita? Alay answered, “flee from here even as night closes i in eH you. will pe . Safe. 1 Four days from ‘og lay the ; OU O blot Ss, JOU, oe cotneil meet at the’S synagogue ‘at the cross roads. 1 will care ye ud i JELSOFT tend yous si for yo ye ihe od f ay ‘Britis ea! ‘safe to you: in four days a ler you reach your., home. fe] will boro w al. TOE ES, Q aly hind ‘Yo a Hebrew nt hard b: ‘the will care ay until ine take y bard bys her el oes Oa Reda rr ‘awd from here! ® Piers” entered cand, eia addressed her thus : cy ad ots ¢ af ei is orgs y's I BQ “Daughter of the living Gba help, Mary, to prepare the, bildren for ra jour- baud 27 he jn 5 even’ (fo ee Tele’ the: e ay as ih as the Tights, an are ‘extinguished. Ri Of 4 Pie He | peer sot fats (th WTO ST is Oth SMO SRS Day slow.” ee came “bane “and aa gaye I him his m 1esss sage. He E ag a MN Pibos AS vig re sf “Swered, eB Qag Swill, Rot mine” ’Leiah spoke to him ab ai at you, re Ai a and sa 30% oe | ¥) a main here you will surely be cut off; “hell ie i orth her faries, and TOV HT bi agies Ton Ss tod’s children must make conditions to flee them? The fips, uae panei a3°r is % y } COTTA DET ¢ out, the ‘Tights were’ extinguished, the “inhabitants sou ught rest, but : Joseph y Dig ‘and his persecuted family Were driven’ by humanity again to fe their r home . re) comforts, ahd again geet their 1 ha mble mountain Pa ids ot Lremained i in TOC 7 ie Tai . y be “that home, two, days before any one came in to en uire about the family, i HO Md bas Mil Tor 97 He She that’ came was a ‘Hebrew. Lejah accosted, beg | fot sister, take this f T15 ite 7 bepress oar tht ou. ‘aad God’ will bless j ou sit ‘two, day ‘T.will call for,hi y ys i we phy © I SC Tio) if blot te 3 on" and then we will trou ble you no tore,” o he d day. arr ain for the Hi9E of } ag 2 i Ae Of k kj ‘the council 3 the sun was set iting” and " was ‘kneeling. in ray er, asking G God yt 19299 38 toearé for my Gee when ‘Lejah folded: his arms around. me and filled, m » defiled oft mont ew it Ped m1 Te9nsmn0d 1615 “body with his’ own life. ar cl ee ahnpnir’s Berta Silt “The council was in high dispute, about their code of laws an, their creeds BH DLI9s O ytHo nd Ete en T was borne into their. midst, and ‘Leia shout ted, “Holy ly), Eternal Cre is O2AR DEI i Wise ‘ator, God, hold’ them from damning all earth. with their d discord ; * hold t them ; bin 15t Go QHTASG Die Oar ‘by. “thy” electric Jaw and 1. will draw light from. eternal distance fae BL bless them,” "Here the « pe held themselves calm, andihe begun, by ask- ¢ th ti dee and - rofound ; ‘th he would answer them ena ‘in them ques ions p (pr en he would answer ther ay nself. ef as ked thein how long their creeds would hold man chained and, Ql uo ° it i} QMTTIS9109 Lie i ce) One law giver, “arose ‘and. said, “have you, “come here to denounce our creeds.” “God answers, he said Leiah, “ight from. eternal distance y will ophAaE their chains, but 1 man creed never. What are they but cl chains to bind God's st WO She Ti? created souls. i in dar ness f forever punul light from “thee, my, God, 8 spall. Set them free throughout every nation and 1 in, every. lime 3. let thy, bright rays QT )» PINOY B VI forever -shing uni thine own eternal Tight shall sl shine en find da resting place in every human mind. 2 Then he shouted, “Holy G G od ig here now, ask your questions and have them, answered, . ‘They d id ask questio sun tt } aie, Ot IY the day.d dawned i in the east, and. they y were all confounded od. at the power, that Ba Si om had held them $0 ong. Then | they, began fo. _psk, questions among, them; “yea ecot 6 Ms pe | Tee homie se tks Sa how is at are we b being af es with this influence that, is setting f } ‘3 Da AOKI OS Rae 2 bs 43 _ are cra ay tt se a Us. hold th e oy until, we can find ¢ out what it is.” u a they were | ‘discuss ine .the eas: ect, Tr was taken ‘from. their, midst, sO} iva e oop pe bohelise Jom 1) DOR 21 knew, Ww rad Bone.» Day ‘alter day they discussed the. ‘sub- ie nite Ly 0 lve bas MfOOL aoa ££ byt SV Gil : A jec te a ast they coneluded t ‘to setap rice, upon. t my head, dike this “Who- eiep Ag te 911.91 WOO), O00 GIB , YOK tm 92183 gog Bil en ot ring back th he'boy esus tg” the synagogue, shall receive. four,} han- tare fS 1d. bras. a oieab ¥iotue’ |} Wo 240289 iota shiekels “an gold ad? Pie nen motion Beean e thore exciting » and they i issued Sasen.t 1S, 6 ¥ Lae 1G 7 at aib y On ae! go eB pee ; er deere’ ike this, “the boy, Jesus sha | be’ anointed a. t dispenser of the > (G8 SILO2-UG.. Wiss: 70 WoO 9d 2 if sh ritua al, arid hi his Bi shal bei) cree : auiMeteane doring their natural 9,1 Uf 0 9th iw P| of 7.2.31 HOD. VBL THO Jab. Of jf beef? an i ai proclamation was, sent all over the. land, but no tidings could “SEs 3 528 . 8 1 2liV: Gis sbe heard dm the Poy. Testis, the hamble ‘Nazarene... Tm Was borne directly it ¥/ shox TOR £ “not ite abi fie eouiiry bee came ‘bar Be) and desolate, ‘then. T bore a litte 10% 34. DIG 91," 90-D9S Wo tO THrTo of astWArd ih ae hes that’ ah beg bread enongh to keep me from starva- 4 GO oot ‘Seppo! he, viiongt) Yaq,.20 ion i 0} ‘ f - 1? 19°77, UAL 0 at.odt oict, oe tud .boyvor yi ape Ma The'p Ie smen were ‘all it in’ “i dnoraned of” the, ‘commotion, in the low- ase binoib f'teshie dleep'tn their see, aa free from : care. Int that. vay i thade ar es pli, Bf $OUD As is fOr OW oY OT {1 ada got mountains of Helem. “Tn . the evening of the fourth day ] “Tol i ya 5 gaps q agdised.io abs ipa ed my home ‘as they : were. e ating their. bread preparatory { for: rest. F & ee ‘ Lys si yall © my, dear mother dragged “saivay! BF ME ath oe Re od taread “dToly, ‘Abeidtey! God, let ‘the fiiture he hid: from thy view, ‘tHe present” is all ‘yet bear “Neain and: again ‘I ~piredeea hy darling’ foeher es | my bosom’ “unui i’ seemed my life would | 20 aronrmie) Dis. J1909 out even there. I faintéa and sie to the floor. nf Joseph exclaimed, Holy Heed take my bby: even? dow?’ erelhé difaky’ the bitter cup to ‘the: dregs.” OPDOLY, ‘Heerwal Gods pips éxdlidimed bring back tn my angel comforter, else I eannet endure 4 théend.?” nist had’ no more than asked God’ to comfort 1 me -thréash « Hs child ah ‘a ASH! of] ist she entered « our home and stie stood by ) ile areal iT Pexehea’ out thy" ihe 16 et and she! day her Hand ii in mine ; 3 “DOP forth Divas! 4] ncaidh, bidoqgagage! e GinOnds" s ‘as. aay exclaimed, “God is Mbps fy MIL. As here, Holae hig childten froth’ destiticrion’;' ; the'J Tews te sending aveby = wiiére! pasbtyee my ‘Brothas, nr their” messéhgers are in the border! country 3 : (it Ux + now! Rive edie cay ‘ney Wit nde cine the roth stee 38 because they will become lost HHO the Tcky' bd Wavilhes. | i heard one “say lg cannot be of pee bates ibid " | Sitéty, Hide at" Go sd exclaimed ay, coutraller ida teh Of 3: 2 ff 9) [g9t & & 44 “as he entered there, ie! have held the ene in rapport ‘with ( Gow’ eternal truths, eight hours, and they are not satisfied, and they : are asking tc tor higher and holier light beyond. AG have made a beginning, and who will, finish up what has been begun. If “4 take my boy among them, the. heathen priests e and confessors gall surely destroy him and the Jews altogether,” “we The time will come,” I said, “when I must die for humanity, and will it make any difference if it be now or hereafter ?” “Spare, oh. spare my boy,” said my father, “until the last hour may come, then ig will die for. him if, ig can.” Leiah answered, “he will hang upon the cross in order to appease t the hu- “man mind that the Creator, God, will be acknowledged, and. one God. only.” Bitter was the grief Of my mother as she bowed. her head and. said, God’ S. “will, not mine, be done.” Then Joseph asked, “is my family safe here! ‘i ‘They will not be destroyed, but my boy. must go into the mountain. every day at early dawn, and he can return as night, closes i in 5 oaE y u should all be cut off together, then my ‘work would be. at an end for the childr en of earth, and they would be left in the hands of heathen priests and hell for- ever ; the work will be begun that will be finished up when ages pass away, and God’s children will acknowledge him Father and Creator, of alts Months passed away and Leiah came. not back. to us, but at early dawn I “left my home and went forth inte the forest. As night closed in I would return and lie down and sleep beside my brothers. Joseph. ventured forth again among the herdsmen, but he dare not go,into.the low lands, We were comparatively happy when we heard that Martha was, accused of holding communion with familiar s spirits. Lazarus_ had got. better, and i in the nizht they fled to the highlands. They reached my. home as, I entered there for the night. “Heaven be praised,” said Martha, “our boy i is still alive and among us.” They all knelt and prayed as, mortals neyer prayed before. Heaven echved with the voices of .God’s children, in mortal. form, and the angels chanted a hymn to their Creator. Mar tha, exclaimed again and again, “how holy this. spot, 1S,_ high in the mountain, away from. hypoc- risy, deceit and commotion.” d That night they laid down and slept beset ot pees. hie at. pies faa I was aroused from my slumber by a gentle hand being laid in mine, and an angel voice said, Come, dear brother, it is time to go; our father awaits — our coming.” I hastened away, and in my hurny I forgot my piece of bread that Mary had always prepared : for me, but when I reached the shighest cliff, Leiah was there awaiting my, coming... I approached him; he laid his hand in mine and said, “ My boy, there has been a great feast among the Jews but the heathen priests and confessors caused the Jews to. flee their syna- gogues, and 1 am determined to make the heathens flee. Judea, and) leave that country in the hands of. her own sons; but unless something is. done iminediately the heathen idolitrous worshippers. will destroy the Hebrews and cut off the Jews.” I answered, “ What can a feeble thing like me 45. * accomplish among, such fuaries?” ‘Hold them, from, destroying the earth forever,’ he answered., “Jam in, God’s hands,” I said, “let Him do, with me what is to be,a good for humanity.” Here 1, was electrified, and I saw ~>a-great number of helpless females and children huddled together, filled with fear. I answered, “Come, it is time for,us to.go ere these helpless erea- tures are cut off; go to my mother, angel, sister, say to her ‘I)shall not be back until I haye done a, work for God’s children that are in despair.” I then made my way down the mountain as fast:as I could. Leiah was beside me, and I hardly knew how I sped along without) being exhausted. _ The remainder of that day,and night, and the day. following, we made our way toward the border country. As uight came on I felt.a desire to rest, and sleep. I entered:a hut that-was built on, the hill-side ; there I saw.an aged man anda little boy crouched down in the corner asleep. I awoke the man and he looked up and; exclaimed,“ I saw you, fair-haired angel, held from, being dashed to pieces by a spirit of light, . I dreamed I saw a great multitude,.and you was dropped down in their midst, and you, shouted; ‘Holy Creator, God, save;this people !’” and then a ray of light fill over, you and I saw you no. more; how is it you are here in this abode of death, when the Hebrews are being cut off by,the accursed heathen bigots? Here is in this room five, of my family, were Jaid low by, the heathen confessors, becaused they prayed to.Abraham’s God. I. had. been away to the high- lands among the herdsmen, and I learned that the heathen idclatrous wor- shippers were destroying the Hebrew. families everywhere. [, hastened down in time to find this, boy alive but nearly starved. to death, and my holy companion and my angel children all lying here in death ; but I believe you have been brought here in order that blood shall cease to flow, and the | remnant of the Hebrews should be saved.”;, My. controller, said, “feed this body, let him lay, down and rest, there is a-work., for, him to do... There is to bea great massacre among the Jews; 1 must hasten therein order, to give them warning of their danger. Antioch is asleep while the fiends are preparing to destroy her children... I must be there by the end of four days, else it will be too late... Then. they meet, in, council, and J) must, bear this . boy. in their midst, and advise them how to hold, themselves in defense.” 1 then drunk some barley ¢ oruel) and. eat apiece of dried, meat;, then] laid down and slept until, morning dawned.. Leiah awoke me, and said, come, boy, we have a long journey before us, and we must. be away, take.a piece of meat, with you, because you will get no more until night closes in on, the morrow. The day and night passed away, and) as the day; dawned again, I espied a mule driver with acart; the driver accosted me thus—* Come, boy, are you not tired ? I am going in the, same direction, and you are welcome to. sit beside me, and it will rest you, how. feeble, you) look.” I answered, “I am weary, but I am free from disease ;” then I climbed up and set beside him, and. rode all that day... “ How far.is. it to Antioch ?” I said; ‘ 46 Gt he answer ed, “THis one day and’ ‘One! hight 3 jouriey’ from ‘the old landmark” we havé’ ‘passed there,” *he said, pointilig to! a‘Hbep of élay {hat had been! theré'for agés, and he’beginy in al lazy manner 46 "dH! about the priests be oo" heading ‘four hundred ‘hebeties ‘inne Wark’ ite ehh ine said, Watiehifig?® * " . They had’quite a time aE tHE crosstronds }"dhe priest Got his? “head ‘éut off?! by his | own ‘partle- “axe, ‘atid ‘they’ alt” said at OBL Gvit! “spirit ia at'l Gone” believe spitits ean u8é‘h battleaxe sGeedhey cbtild; A the’ Sebatreaeial pavers’ beeh®Killed would “destroy | all the “priests And ¢ aieRbis indie Vana?’ tH! continted, te my. fatal y ‘ard! from? Judeae bat "1! tg for al heaithleny"and “they rd don’t’ ‘qiiestion’ ‘ime td Where TD ain lo iiee or for Swett? Tay down in'the earth?" thust “have ‘slept,’ ‘at Teast, pe day ; > Tt Wal AWwoke “by ¥ the riveree and ‘Ie €xelaimed, “ édme! boy, 'T can t ose any” fat Her) anid” sit abst: Bo ah Bits alone; bat Tope you owt meet evil’ spitits with battles! “To paiae Wines” farewell. I tow ‘had dict” ledéties to: make; : tid! Bait ‘eeven! Hours’ were" allotted imé ; but T was'#ested, ant! T'sped on and © ‘ranaehateodtteheaiabate in Togai'the highest building in’ “A HH6ch— “ip! Hy thé’ hall BF coultetit iit “ Have courage,” daid Leiah? « Fwill Bear: youl th “and Sut again Wwhén' théy® yy? are {if COimmotidn, ‘and they! datinot *diséern! You’ ‘Pecduse Pls RAGE. b hire I thén féll the electric chilly’ Bo over meé, and T' ‘was étitraneed, Hid’ Tkaew oo! no moré ‘until I awoke in the’ hori of’ Hebrew fay, Ve dove hoW Dhg Tr! 1 had béen there? ( T’got' ais we, “Tn the ’m id’ ‘Aight Av we heard dotd rap’ at???" the doot the’ doot opened! and you fet fiat bf we ‘thob ght! you were 00" dead, but your heart beat, and we Iid' you"on the beaad’ 5 you have tit fe theré aAlldity and hight again? US y! heli snes Saas there halt Been‘a toteat! excifeindiit dnibtig the’ Fows ‘eansed by 'a fait! lite dower ka Rar ehee Mele yt mid-t/-and’ gave notice: Concerning Anniveh’s bape Sy thd tei infed °° priests, and” they! are’ ‘preparing’ to deféid’ thet {neon ae avainst tose ‘pea heathens? 'Pheré has‘béen''a etdat” ‘iniquiry Concert b fine aha f ath‘made od to feel youaré the one! “TFT Beep you ‘hehe T’Shoull? 8 destPoyed, Bae HP? 07 turn vig “out you will sorely” Becht oH Here Peith breached” ‘ipod he orig and said, * kre: ig this! frail Body, andl AS night? ds és fy Wome eB AE aha ‘* bear ‘hith’ ‘aivay.”) Then" thd “door? openta and i mii entered Ke Bore" gels his hAnd a ut | he” ste piped chose (8 Me AAP Bait? nby eypeeh He rette fomi rod I answered)" Tam‘What Tam} @bi'lis® Father oF Uetan ind ogne dave Bad: “TE you're a ‘hevétio Twill 1a you Yow, and bear Yode head’ {o'the’ svi ‘arwob eogué2ttheré thé rewatd dwiits'ma” LT atbse" 16my 8B and said? aap Ry eyod Holy°Etdnal God controls | ‘even “herd.” ‘He’ FN BAR THR du ya! HS ty compatiioiis ‘pathed his'faée'and haiids Gn’ cold? Water nd aidse ltd i ne een and cowld rise wo farther. 'T passéd by’ Hii’ out ofthat Horie! Wen fH ee uvaleo J of dayj‘and Solisht the home Of % ‘ffithd’ ‘of Tazatig that iets tt ANHodh® 6°" Theré the-good ‘friends ¢omforted Me. “Mey warned why REAR” ub a aanrootew ing feavfaNly, from'so mitéh’ excitemlad Ae? Phebal? clin and’ slept Aen least, ‘dti'Hour, awoke.) As*nishi was clobtity! th! my nenaPomtts ap We oi sain eS AT {pre eyeQe y Goi! assist you, dea’ boys ti 46° reheh Qu home of safely, because it bas Peer. decreed: that’ “you shall be hang at the Cross “roads, it taken alive, and an... . hutdéd shekels f0r yout nead lat. the sates of Antioch. a ‘Here one came in: | exclaiming) Tee Hard 4 ‘to vo thr ough the: street 8 because of the crowd ; they + are all ’ looking or the Hebrew Tad, in ‘order to gain the Price, set Upon hiya ll heail’s if he id) Vide found: hae cd said, he swillbold éarth £ from pr iests und cons : : fessors, atid Will so thake coiiditions tor the’ Hebrews. to worship according to ailing Hight?" herd T sat’ in’ ‘the: corner, “crouched ‘down in order that | could $a. and slée pate the’ tine he’ Was ‘speaking, his hack towards. me, al an felt allt, and | ‘oF eh! fell’ asléep "before he ‘went. away. ‘The. night passed away, Telépt ‘on iintil the stn Was ans wher : a ‘loa ‘orash \ was head. at the doot,'4 battle ina & Had been hailed’: at the friend’ of ‘Lazarus ! as he was ‘about entéting” his own’ Home !° ‘it VaP past: his head, split the dodr and fel lon the. floor? 1'stil sat in the corner Covered over ot de casi- off garmenjs, , jn order ath that F might not” Ke ‘didcdvdr'ed | by: the “fiends that were ‘determined to destcag Millie Heitews” ‘That’ ‘day, two thousand or store, were destroy ed . in Autioch. sin shear. peolies! micge Yootyo;, YM snuged DAs JSot | , - (lortot 8 at dash odi wee | nods ;omit «tot Joinp ssw Hs -beot 96 ia snort sidmnn @ oro1t amon ,alaorig HALA a , : “9 a bnidead bid bane soi aiem ont ox rsp 1 299%) HOT grow yodt lie assed bluoo. | ty joi Baimmod o1ew Yo! wee Des pool bluow vip tod. ,fota CHARTER Keil’ ) bisa soo Jods ‘onmerevcos wheenos baptist o18 slaemeb woidell .icecsinoo 10 elasriq’ OTOkT On ee = D pedicmednt in CBiiagediad night” gait Sut th, i then: pare: ‘headed, { bare fe footed Di enteréd thé steers of ' “Antioch alone ; with hone “but God's angel. children spirit't6 comfort’ he?! ‘As strode alone, “T 'saw ‘by the dim lights no herelatd there;dead bodiés’ aig where 3) oe sdine still lay i in ihe strects bat ! mostly: thrown infé héaps, ° As T'eazed’ Upon ‘the: ‘destruction there, r for got my datiker, 1 steppelly ata’ re in ‘pray ér ‘by the sidé ii a dying, Hebrew. WhiledoKnelt there'hi suhes'c ¢] 108A ‘and he’ ‘preatied f in spirit. od. said, « come | brothiery God! bids! us flee the” ity. By ses 3 flew past! ‘Batlle axes ‘ever id? where, : that hadshéedn- -diepped by the ‘priests! and’ ebnfesorsy in order they roo ely , ie Or OD. blog a, ter thé lvoties' of - APES AHO: Hebrews ; to, damn’ their Wwiyes and dangh-"’ ters. © Oe Antioeh! ?'T exdlaiinedl,” as Tt eft her_ “gates, © when Will, God's: childreifihd rest Wi eu a dated’, 3 Yl ee will heathen idolatious worshipers,” frag eels be held fot danihing! earth? “when Witt earths s taindst f flowers b 00M. aS, a gift td man; as gifts fleet thon’ the'f. father, God ; a their ohildren bl less the father’ and tnhother with theit® Anvel presence ; ‘and Opiny God, wher ipa i they pe held fromthe diumning' ihinbehee of. prlesteratt ‘and peat? were 1 looked*aroatid; and Ts Sawa 1 BhesERey eothing toward ihe, as fast. ag he optd. and héealldd' for me 'to'stop//Ae {hat homent, T was electrited' Fisk was < mg ee TpiyX to feellike’eie moving rapidly Alone, hardly’ touching the ground, Dut as day i 56 IX 0} G fis 48. dawned, I found myself in a deep forest. Leiah said, “ come boy, Hig down > and rest; we must travel nights until we pass the border country,” _E had, a piece of barley bread in my bosom, I ate a part of it, then 1; ae down , ; and slept until the night closed in ; and then I was awoke by my angel sister, . as iy opened my eyes, I saw her kneeling beside me. Her face was covered. . ore with light; her hands were raised in humble adoration to God, while her... soul burst out in prayer. “ Holy, Infinite Creator, as thou art, we are but. of The2 a part; hold us in thine own em)race, my God, and if it be Thy will,. .., for us to bow and kiss the rod; we will obey,, for Thee and humanity. Hear ts. are beating every where, that, with Thy angel children they, may, share. ; Bless them my God that they may with Thee share, that holy life beyond..”..... After she had chanted her hymn, she arose to her feet, and said, “ ‘Mary sob is asking for you dear brother, now I can go and give her comfort; but-when, , you was surrounded by danger, I held myself away; in order s she could not ask me, and I be compelled to say you were in the hands. of hell... L will go now, Leiah 3 anes he will care for you until I can go, and.tell Marys eb you are coming.’ ) Then I arose to my feet, and begun my journey again fearless, I wiry my way to the road, all was quiet for a time; then I saw the flash of a torch- light, then I saw a band of annointed priests, come from a humble home, apparently in great glee; I darted from the main road, and hid behind a hedge, as I saw they were coming toward me. I could hear all they were conversing about, one said, “ the females were beautiful, but they would bless no more priests or confessors, Hebrew damsels are fair and comely, but herecy. holds them from us, but by force.” Another said, “they are led t» despise us, else they would fall into embrace without our destroying them.” Here then they had passed me, and as soon as I felt they were outof hearing; T entered the road, and soon found myself at the door of the home they had. left. My heart beat, as I saw.an aged man, and two young men weltering in blood stiffening in death. I entered that home, but O, what sights chilled me to my soul! the fire. was burning brightly,-and its light filled that home of death. There lay seven females, as those: fiends had. left them, the aged grandmother, the mother and five beautiful daughters. ; “ Holy, Almighty God,” I said, “ hold control, less. humanity be damned, forever. Hell's in- fluence still lingered there. ’ ne said, “hell cannot hold the accursed spirits |, of such fiends as thou art, but God will dash you to atoms, begone!” I said, “and leave these bruised spirits in the hands of God.” I then commanded | them, “in the name of the living God to depart ;” they fled me. .Then I gave courage to those poor frightened spirits, and said ;, “ God is here, then I knelt and prayed in. their midst, they seemed more calm; then God's child came in. I left her there until they could begin. to feel. God’s angels, that. come to comfort them, I made my way as fast as I could, bearing northward, as day begun to dawn, I, found myself in a thick hedge, :-that was not 49 i “passable by man; yet here I was calm and collected. I lay down and slept ‘until midd: AY, then T'was dwoke by the atigél Leiah, and he said!to me:— 4 ‘high i ia the ‘mortntaihs, is'a Hebtew family that’has fled from death by the damned priests ; and T have born them there but (liéy ‘arée'starvine for bread.” ea must go to ‘Mary and Meda her to them, with barley meal; that) they shall “not ‘die until we can ‘reach them. “It will be ‘five? days; ere we can reach there With’ this’ body, ‘but F will go ‘and care for them: My ‘heart: ached for “th em) but I knew ‘Leikh would not forsake them) if it were possible: to make Vonditions with ortals. TI Jay down’ again and fell asleep, andthe: stars Ww were “shining brightly, when I saw my corifrollér coming.) “Mary! is fresh | gins fair,” ‘said. “‘Leiah, “and? her heart hasbeen slad by the iveliefvshe has “given to the suffering, and that’ family be adit wh will be‘a great:comfort bps you. and Yours. Now my boy,” ‘he said; “let/u's’ be making our:way “from: this ihn, where priesteraft and hell contiols j they have vever walked “han din hand, i he said, “ and ever will, until \God' ‘cleanses “earth of: their “pollution.” ‘But thd’ ‘time will come, when God ‘willcontrole He will fill every huinan' thind ‘with light, then dirkheas must passawar; then God’s “chiildren wit knowwho to worship i in spirit, Without form or ceremony, fresh “on ushing | from the } pure fountain’ within.’ Then God! willobe acknowledged essa a of ¢ ‘all but human sacrifices’ rust be madé until humanity is ready to acknowledge one God, and one God! only:”)! The’ day wore away, and I espied | herds man’s huts, Leiah said, “don’t enter there, the heathen idola- “trous worshipers gather tozether there ; and révelin drunkeness, debauchery 3 nod helt, | There they carry: away the Hebréw females, and) you. sill find “their grin tes’ ‘there, fresh covered o’er’ by their“accomplices, that they reward with gold. Last night u saw them brine in a damseljand thére'she lids be- “ ‘that first dirt. e “When Leiah*madé that Teen I lookedand “saw the dike that had been heeped up in the niehé, ° “And I saw many more @ graves, that could not have been there * ‘many. days.’ I'sped past thatoplace ar nd sought: tHe forest.’ Then Pmiade my wiy ay best' I could; but as day "fl eee Li again ‘crouched bg | some 'thiek bushes, 0 Night did come at last. at tiiety’ Was that’ day to me. T'was lefealone nearly all day, with no aha ut ‘the bi irds chanting: their notes’to ‘their Creator, Godsiod said to “ea “how is it, if’ man ‘is neater kin’ to his? God :'theydonot praivehim, even ‘aS the birds do: : and not seek’to destroy éach PERE: Po -'Lhen DE heard.a voice, $0 sibel ‘and clea, ‘ brother,’ God is here.” ) Dhen I lay down and slept until Hight: closed in, when “T’ made my way tova brooks bathbd my , Hace t and waded ‘and said : : “God ‘direct sing * the Sante’ Voice answered, “ God is wed “hele. HOR Of a Ret Ot ; f : I Y ; The’ ‘country grew more and more iaesolate, and T'was /dompelled to gather sald and the tender Sptotts of ‘the blackbenty’ té'eat,’ in order’ Ticould : continue “my journey. |, Bearing a Tittle the eastward) to's country called ee biel oO Fyy 0} rh Wore). t - er Gas + pe Oa ‘ ( “ ‘ es if Of fi gD} v4 1 it : Od } : rf ~ : ws rm Ten § ; ‘ t 1 'f : : poe j i] 7G rif - ‘ a f ‘ TRE) re aeay +¥ i , ' ) ad 50 Nisibis, there I made my way, as the lights were being lighted. ‘Scarcely had I entered the towa, when a fearful conflagration took piace. . Flames burst from the. Jewish synagouge, and it spread its fires in every direction. I sought to, leave the,city, but in the crowd I seemed to lose my way, Fe males and children. were fleeing the city ; while the. men were trying to. ex- tinguish the flames. All that made an attempt to leave the city, were beheaded as fast as they passed without the gate. None saw the danger, it being dark, and none that passed the gate could warn their friends. I neared the gate; my controler breathed upon me and shouted, “hell is cutting off your inhabi- tants without! Fiends are at work, go back, or you will all be beheaded ! |” They begun to turn back, and the gates were closed, none ever knew i in mortal form how they were shut; but they dashed, shut, and remained closed until. the flames were extinguished. That being on the coming morn ; when the sun was shining brightly. The inhabitants attempted to open the gate, and it swung back on its hinges even as before; then when they saw the heaps of their dead, they counted two hundred and eighty-two. The travel- ler even to this day, look upon the ashes of the synagouge and the site of ‘the old gates are! still held from destruction. The Jews had decreed, that all heretics should be cut, off that enteredthat city. » But after this disaster, caused by idolatrous worshipers; they gave them bread and a place to rest, then bid them begone. This had been a Jewish town for ages. I past out unharmed, but, when I looked back on that scene of death and: ruin ; I ex- claimed, “Holy God, care for the poor families of Nisibis, and hold them from: priests and confessors forever.” That day I reached a place called Thillmo, its inhabitants were Judea’s children, and as I entered that town L-was accosted asa heretic. My heart beat, fearing they would lay hands upon me and drag me away. But I answered, “ Ged’s children are every where.” , ‘The man said, “you had better begone from here, else you will be taken before the magistrate.” I gave no answer, but turned back and walked out of the city... I learned after I had gone, that there was a great commotion, some suspected I must be the heretic that had caused so much excitment, throughout all the Jewish country. I entered a cluster of hedge, : there I remained, until night covered earth with her dark mantle. Then I made my way to the highroads, leading to the highlands. That. day’s journey must be held in rememberance after I have left earth forever. The road was hard and gravelly, my feet were sore and bleeding. As the sun ‘rose high, faint for the wantof bread; and being held from entering the homes of any, Leiah feared they would be tempted to carry me back to Antioch, for the price set upon my head; I had not. tasted bread for two days, berries, there were none forme, and, asthe hot rays of the sun fell upon me, I fainted and fell by the, road side. The cool earth refreshed me. I arose.to my knees, and could rise no farther; then I lowered my head, and said, “ light come to me, else [ go out in darkness.” I exclaimed, “ Holy, Eternal God, f w51 bréath me out of this body, and let me find rest in thy bosom. Ere I could rise to my feet, my angel sister came to me:and said, “come aa ti Twill bear your burdens until you reach your mountain home.” She lay her hand in mine, and { became strong. ‘There was a feast in the town called Amida. We climbed the high hill that overlooked the town ; there we saw a great many priests coming from all directions, and I knew they had come to destroy the people. I hastened away to a herdsmans’ hut, ere I asked for bread I shouted: “ Haste away to the town ere itis to late; and bjd _ the people to prepare to defend themselves; as the annointed priests and _ confessors are filling the land, preparatory for their destruction.” | “As soon . § . ° 2 as night closes in” the herdsman said, “how am I to know you are not one of them?” I answered, “let God decide between me and them.” He said, “can 1.expect.to, find, you. here at my return?” I answeredsagain, _tJet,God decide between me and thee.” He then said, “Twill go, but I _ fiends leave, this part .of the country. shall.be back.in.two hours; then I-want to, see.you again.” I said to his 4companion, “I have, need of bread and a cup, of. water.” » I ate and drank them., I said, “ God bless you: woman, forever, the confessors. will enter this home before the day, dawns upon. you again ; flee this home until these 3? I then wert. on my way, but as I was climbing jthe mountain, I looked back, and I.saw her and her husband fleeing together... That, day past away, and.as night closed in, I lay down beneath a hemlock, and a fearful vision came over me... I saw the last town I had, passed filled with priests and confessors; they were killing the men _.and damning the women. I saw the man and woman making their way up _.the mountain where,l was lying... I awoke and sure, enough, they. were , climbing as I had seen them in, my sleep... arose to my, feet, the. stars were shining brightly, and. 1 hastened, away, higher and)still higher up, the - mountains ; there J fell down. exhausted, and could not.rise om my feet,.they .. were,so swollen and bruised, there I covered them over with dirt, and held them there for hours. I knew my home. was not more. than half a league dis- tant, but how. to get there I did not know. .. [would creep on my hands and __knees until L could .get through; then rest. In; that way. made my way _,to the. highest crag.,. There. I lay down,, feeling I could.go no. farther. Mary had been to one of the neighbors. , I called to her,and said, “ Mother, come. and assist me, I can go no farther.” ., Mary breathed deep, and I saw God’s child fold her.to, her bosom, Then, she sprung. forward, even, to _where I was laying. , She raised me in hervarms, and bore mé to our home. _ But,as she lay me down she exclaimed, “ Did I not tell you I would bring you back again?; Go and get the bark.of the hemlock,” she said, * hasten back, that it can be, steeped,.and: cooled; to bathe: his feet and limbs.) I ’ Pp . then. fell, back in.2 swoon, and lay there for hours. But when I came’ to awake from that stupor my feet. felt, comfortable, and I said, “ God’s child- 52 ‘ven led me away and bore me onward. “Brought me bachbagaingrand Gwill ‘praise God forever. |\He is my strength, my 'bfe, my alk jo) » =: ol os) sacks f WintiiGola nor desk moms. Lads, apelin aa! Vinee lee erro tle ised. tT baw ovat ai bail { } it ; shines ao1ixe fs cnet arene, akeolee ne eebaoes ot rt : OF - fogotagal . | ' i OL te! Oi geh 1 myles Sikt Gi ee sf ote wok GARTER Ielad 3 giana naa , racer odd en .: Boulordiod? Bagi at sage: G -olqoogued | ‘SOSEPH’S CONTEST wit oN See eee ‘GOING TO Gucety LAAN S. <9 rol oath “seth. otof 4 ) ee Zit 2 ECS hig eitr mie i At the time whe I reached my hone, Joseph had ‘but'left homié'for ‘the “herdsman’s ‘country, two days he had’ been away when’ I dimbed thé nidtin- tains, and teachedmy ‘home. ‘Afier Joseph ‘started and ‘had ‘been’: gone ‘about an hour, James began’ to feel disturbed,’ and said, he ‘would gd/and see ft anything had happetied to Joseph: He ranuntil he’ reached the hemlock that hung thick and heavy on the brow 6f thé miduntain. “Phere he*@ould see a long Way dowii the winding path) that Joséph’ had té gel OH saw a confessor climbing ‘up, while his father was'¢oine down! But thev could fot ‘see each other; as thé path wis ’so windiig. James ‘watched them’ a8 "they “eame together. The confessor aimed a blow at Joseph with his battle Axe ;_ Joseph darted forward and closed in with him ; the ‘pattle “axe” fell to: ‘the ground ; Joseph caught’ it up and’ hurled “it? down’ the: ‘precip! Com ‘Then he caught the confessor’ and hurled him ‘also d6wn that fearftl He ihe James saw that body ‘dashed to’ pieces, and his father walk ‘on fearless.” Then James ‘shotited, “Holy eternal God, care'for' my father, bring hint safe back to's again.” ‘FHe'thén hastened homé, aud said to his mother} God ‘saved my father | from déath! and the confessor was dashed to’ ‘atoms. eis VOM ry answered, “ God ‘must have assisted him, else thé: ‘battle! axe! would have “destroyed him.” “Het uS’praise “that God forever” When’ 1 wor hiéme Mary asked if I had seen Joseph? “No,” T said, “not sinte’ DT left: here.” Mary answered, ° “one! ig! in’ the Gare ‘of Jesse, ‘his father, I saw ‘hith ‘co away with him.” OF our: days” passéd away, and as thé 8th Was setting take ‘‘ehildren came ranning to’ the door, shouting’ Joseph” is coming. baal He “en- ‘tered the home and said,’ “Tam blest above all men, ‘my boy is hére* alive, and my family are held from death, fearful i is the ¢omMotion’in the lowlands. The Hebrews are being cut! off all over the land, and the heathén! idolitrobs »sworshipers are’to hold a‘féast in honor’ ‘of the gréat ‘slaughter at! Nanti¢ch.” “T said, “ has God created these fiends inorder to curse huteanegland T° sot answer as if from eternal distance,’ “God’creatés’ through” cohaidbndlestha the condition through which these heatlien fiends were’ cheated wis natight but darkness.” /sE saidagain; “let God care for’ these’ fiends "before *they destroy the whole earth.” ThenI heard a voice full and clear, which as ania aes arene inng: a | ees d3- seémed to fill my: whole being,.! ‘.Godiwill cleanseearthjin -his own! due!) _ time, his changes: are even now brought; to bear upon humanity, mightier), ° changesiaré to be:wrought: through) God's. children; than earth ever knew. Inspiration from the:life| beyond will give: light; torevery:didmanomind,, and, theyicwill declarestheever-presénce -efothe ‘holy! ereator God.” | -4Amen,”, by, said: “But «what are the signs of the coming of thatlight-for;the human mind? o¢ Humanity: willdive in:accordance with the law of-dife, and,then,,’ they:will «di-cern the good:from the ‘evil, then they jwill flee! the, evil ) and); chosethesgood?’| “Holy: God shastem the day? o\J said...An answer came © _ bask; “God: changes not, but all chings:that. havesbeen ¢reatedimust, change.” : -~_ “Fasten then Thy changes, O»my; God?’ I shouted) even|if it be the) cross: let me’ hasten ‘there, human sacrifices: will be demanded: byjthe human mind, in orderito appease the bigoted ideasithat have been heaped upon them, iby the dark devisers that have sought to) dontrel human souls, but.the day will come when'their'chains' will. be brokén, and they shall: become free in ‘faith, in one: God,aud in! one! God only, then) the lamb.and..the lion. ishall Jay, down together, andithe little. child:shall feed them free from fear,or. harm,;, then hell shall no more destroy God’s-childven; and fiends shall .be chained. and bound by God's electric/ law, and. by: God’s almighty » power they, shall, be dashedsto pieces, and earth. shall know) them no. more.j< They wwill,be: given back to'God’s creative: powers,, and) a: new: -order, of, creations will, come forth.’ si Holy Creator, God!” Lexelaimed, “hasten: theo hour,» and, may humanity renderup her: human sacrifices) in order that lightamay ; fill every heart and‘every home with God's hi Idre nN, ae eee ye Re pnesiaaion with, | God's) angélsibright.”dor \ Mi asing oD had been at home one ean anda hal and ee Eneotiat ie than, | had levér been beforéin my life.>. I was;mow ini my. twenty-fourth year) and | my communion iwith the |Angeb World) was daily and -hourlye, E had. still. continued to go forth daily:from my» home, although the chilly winds pierced me,cyet (sod’s childreniwere! éver: |beside:me jandgaye me , comfort. Lhe time: did come:};when I was..borne again into. the midst.of confusion, and); “theredéclared: God wou!d cleanse earthoof annointed priests: and.) confessors, | here bimust breatha few words fresh,fcom. the light that is around me, even, whilecI! ami trating lines for coming-ages, . the inspiration that:was, breathed | upon me high¥anithe:mountains of!i elem, are. daily :beingamade) manifest through’ Ged’sschanges, during the pastieighteen hundred and» fifty, years): Tammade to feel when eightéen'hundred and fifty years haved! rolled away, ‘thitall of your creedsand ismsc wil npt)be knowncbutsbatyby) name,;,and' thatmame will be “chains: that’ boutid us.” 0 Holy, Eternal God |” .assist the Gu finishing up my earth mission, when earth’s childrenijare ready: to! say “Thou artmy father God, and theliumblé Nazaréneisomy jbrother, and God is fatherlofius alljone .as the other, and we \areall a-part,.of the mighty whole.e Then) Iam free from :earth’s chains,; light will’. dispel darkness, then humanity ‘will learn that I am butthe hmmble man, and. they are all. - “my brothers and sisters. Here I must exclaim, “who are my brothers and’ my sisters?” They that are willing to free me from my eartaly chains and» let: me go frees Here: lam, a poor crushed spirit, because man holds'me | as an idol, and God is robbed of his glory.: “Hasten the day, holy ‘ereator: | Sod, that I can lay down‘the cross: that humanity has nailed me upon, and « hold me as a hostage for their evil deeds, but 1 cannot forgive sins, no more: than God? could® be nailed. to'the cross ‘and: breathe out his life there.’’) “ Humanity, O, Humanity, God must hold you acconntable hereafter for all, the human sacrifices ‘that are°to be lain on the altar of wicked ambition, ant’ priestly devices of those that dare hold human’ souls chained:and bound” longer!” | I-will declare myself what Iam but.a man, and if you receive: my declaraiion as truth, you will be blest by it; but if you seek to hold me» longer chained to earth,.as'an idol, God will cut you off in the midst of your! hypocrisy and deceit, and you will be accountable for the misery you caused: “Oye men in priestly robes, the hand of God is upon you, ) live but to undo) what you have'done in damning God’s children; in teaching what. you! did not believe; and extracting from them. their last penny they needed: for | bread.” I have. come with a scourge in order to drive you from the / temple: of the living God’; which:is the hearts of his children! Free, O, free me from the chains that you are seeking to draw around me, tighter and tighterad You are seeking to bind me to the cross, and if you do ‘not free me ‘from | those chains,’ facts will be revealed that will curse yoa forever. Hypocrisy: und deceit has, possession of your'souls, and a hell of guilty conscience’ awaits you. Go back, go back among the priestly robed, damned. When. 1 walked'the earth, 1 was compelled to flee’ into the mountains like a felon that’ despoiled his-neighbor “of his inheritance. There: I was, compelled ‘to | endure the severest hardships among the clefts of the rocks ia order that I should not chill to death. It. was not weeks or months, but years that lL dragged out such a life; except when God’s children in‘spirit breathed upon me, and bore me down into the lowlands, and the border country, denoune-'! ing their idolatrous worship; and) the Jewish ritua!, declaring God ever) present among his children. “ Blessed are.they that hunger after righteous+. ness, for they shall be filled.” “Blessed are they that seek God daily, he will, surely be found of them.” “ Blessed are the pure in heart, they shall behold their Creator as he is.” ‘Blessed are they that love the light, their garments shall becovered all over with God’s dew drops of light.”! “ Blessed are they that remember the poor in’their needs, God «will surely | feed them with the bread of eternal iife.” “ All that seek God; will seek to bless humanity, and they will have their reward in‘this life, and a crown of, light in the bright home beyond.” “Happy are they that love God’s’ | wonders, and sean them o’er and o’er, filled with holy adoration for Him that created all things.” I must now go) back in my history, “an detail simple i ; - 35 facts of my earth life, in order my chains may be broken, and let all idols be baried ; they are earthly devices, and all that bow to idols: are damned already, and the light of the living God is not within them. CHAPTER XII. Here, afier the lapse ofa year and eight months, our home was again filled with fear, because of a beggar that had made his way into the moun- tains, being compelled to flee in order to save his life, he being a Hebrew by birth. As Ientered my home at night, I saw a poor feeble ‘thing sitting by the fire warming his chilled limbs, as I entered he bowed his head and said “ God bless you young man, am I made to feel I am welcome in in your home.” I answered, “ Holy Eternal God has a home for his. children, where they do not have to flee the battle ‘axe; where his angels breathe upon them, and give them comfort,” here he burst ‘into tears, and said, “is hea seer?” JI answered. “God sees all the acts of his own creation.” Then I said, “ Brother, I see a female beside you, seeking to comfort you, she is your companion, here are children, eight in: all; four boys and four girls; and you are the last of your race, and you will go down calm like the setting sun, and ‘forget the cruel oppression of priesteraft.” Holy God,” he said, “I am blest already, to know my angel companion is here beside me, and our holy children, he continued, “four days ago my home was despoiled of all I loved; a band of confessors entered there, they cut off the heads of my boys, and damned my wife and’ daughters, and left them as they died.” : 7 came home even while the blood was warm from the hearts of my family, then I exclaimed: “ Holy creator God, take’ me away that I may find my family, where there is no priests or confessors.” I said, “have comfort brother God is here, where God is, his children are.” He then asked if he could lie down and rest. Martha said, “you look feeble, come and lie down on Lazarus’ bed, he can have mine.” He said “EF feél I am held | from death by my angel children, in order I may avenge ‘their death.” “{ said,” your children are breathing upon you, not to fall with’ vengeance, but with the resignation of God, for the hour draws neat when ‘you will be with then all, H: thea said, “Iam filled with fever, and my head’ is beating.” Then TI was controlled, and breathed him o’er with God’s electric light. | He then fell asleep, after he had slept for hours, I’ was controled again 56 ay 3 H ‘ ‘ } vs ‘ ‘ 7 oh . BS , ) =r whe f Dis Yi i 3 A} s andawoke him. | He looks around and ith bs 7: isvagh, I was. among, the, angels and they were!singing :me tojsleep.” >I answered, i. “Avgels are even now singing you to sleep, and you will awake in Brighter! worlds beyond.” He then lay back upon the bed, and breathed out of that poor frailbody. James covered the body over with a blanket, and said. “Jesus we wil bury the dead at early dawn, e’re you depart for the forest.” I said, “let the dead bury the dead, but let God’s children seek to comfort the living.” There beside you are a. family that has had no bread fora day and a half. James, go even now, ‘carry them barley meal, that they can - fine comfort.” Even now he prepared the bag’ and hastened away. Lazarus said his limbs must be. straightened, anda napkin must be bound beneath his chin... James came back before’ the day dawned. “James | PP a il assisted: and, we, dug .a grave, ‘then we lay a board. at the bottom, ‘pore’ him out.and day him i in his last earthly bed; then 1 knelt and tinted that. God. would hold control by his own wisdom, then earth would be free from the wicked devices of man... As the day was dawning, the family. all went out and looked upon; him ere he was covered o’er. Lazarus said, “dast to. dust, ashes to, ashes, but we,will leave the soul in the hands of our Cre-' ator, God.” Amen,” they. all answered ; then I hastened away. “No soon er had L entered the forest than Leiah came to me and said, “hell” is Dbeleh- .ing forth again in the border country, and we, must be there i in their midst.” I ousieeend! “jet. God direet us, then all is well.” In the. evening when ia entered. my home, I said, “Mary, Jam going to make a’ journey’ to ‘the low- lands, and,.shall, be: back in three weeks if. it please God, ‘but if Tam. cut otf J. shall. be back sooner.” “Holy God, protect my boy,” said Mary, is humanity demands him I must let him go.” I said, “God's commands must be. obeyed,. but humanity has damned us and we are outcasts on the earth.”... The day, dawned upon us bright, and the sun’s glad rays fi] led all earth. Care and fear was only felt in the oppressed among the children of men, As I) prepared for my journey, I exclaimed, “Holy Cea; I am about to Jaunch among, the dashing waves of the turbid waters of! life, and who will) bring, me-back,if God calls his children away from earth.” pis got. an= swer; “God cares for his children in all conditions if they will have faith in him?’ Then L.,said, “here Tam, my God, . take me, do with me as thou wilt, Iam, thine, but a speck in immensity.” Here we knelt and prayed,” and, all. exelaimed, “God isy here. iy I bade them adieu, and then s sped off mong the,poor and destitute, healing the sick by laying on bands among the poor herdsmen, thence among. the. hands of beggars, declaring Go was. there, bowing, in humble adoration before the Creator, holding the poor deluded from;crime, denouncing debauchery , and drunkenness, Hotes ing to them vit was conditions that led the weak minded where nothing ‘but darkness would fall around them if they breathed out in that condition. Ni labored among the humble in spirit i they exclaimed God was in their 434 Wi 57 midst. I the went back once mbre to my Mountain honte for the last time on earth. As E entered there my mother folded ‘me to’ her bosom again and again, and T shi “God assixt me else, T cannot. answer, thy ‘will “be'done, oO | my God.” “EY en. while I was breathing upon my father’s'bosom ‘and was calling on went to assist them a ll; & voice called, “come brother, let us hasten - away, “the wicked Shumites are having a fearful’ ‘donflict withthe Toly® children ‘Of Calden’: and they are ‘calling on God ‘to® give them’ sone. ‘one to direct them ; bid farewell to your people and your mountain home } : ‘this 4s the last time you will ever seek ‘this home where you have been ‘field from’ death. But you will meet your friends j ih the land’ whére- Mary’ first drew her breat hi There your earth labor will end, until ages on” ages shall” pe ass away, anid then you will be brought back to earth to finish up Ww what’ has been begun. 4 told my family God would eare for nie. Laz- arus exclaimed, “God will lead and direct’ you my ‘dear boy.” Martha said, “any | God, ‘assist hiny f for the hour ‘will come for him’ to lay down all for truths’ sake.” Joseph wept until ‘his’ very heart seemed’ bursting, then he held his bréath ¢ and said, “Holy, Eternal God, my boy is thine, he is the! holiest thing YT have to lay upon. the altar of my God. He isthe lamb for the’ burht being? that must be sacrificed forthe human family im order that: they may hiold’ Goa Before tl them, and give him the glory. ‘This holy lamb I give to thee, 0” my “God and humanity.” Then Joseph fled into the deep forest. that ig could call on God to give him’strength § then I said, “Good bye, Jatnes, | may’ “the angels assist you in finishing up your earth mission 5 take’ good cure rot Mary and the children, and Goi. will reward you in his own due time.” “eH oly Creator God,” I shouted, “God is here, all i is well.” I then darted from my home, inating. to look back lest God’s children should lose the infldenée ‘they’ had upon me.’ I knew -in my ownstrenth I'must fall; on” and’ ‘on T sped my way until I reached the firse town ‘below the, foot of the mouttains. This was a town called Samosata. \ ‘Here ‘the hea- thehs ° were “Holding a festival, eating, drinking and dancing. I entered their great buildi: Ag 3 there their idols were carved in copper and wood and ¢ast in iron. Athong the’ rest I ‘Sawa oreat dragon ; his head’ was burnished over with brass, his horns were inlaid with gold, and his eyes were glass. This idol had been brought from Asia: itliad been’ taken” from the’ Amte~ wie th battle.” "Tt had been carried about the country on a drag, drawn by oxen; and alter a battle it had been brougl ht to Sathosata and put ‘into this building that. the | poor jgnorant heathen could fall down and wrs! np beford it, and wha lever they heard while Kneeling there they would carry out a less they were “cut, ofr” me) 26re. vas a box bebind thé idol where the” alii ointed Pricstshad ‘decks And nowe elie: ~ Whenever. there’ was anyihing they wanted to have carried’ ont they would give it through this-bra- gen itmage. > Dhere they heid their feast in honor! to their idol ; all .of; the inhabitants had been idolatrous worshippers for thousands and thousands of 58. years., There, I was in:their midst declaring God’s demand upon them to, burn their idols and bow to their Creator, God. “Holy God,” L exclaimed, | “if there is a worse hell than I find here, hold me from. it.” Then one ot their number came for ward and said, “here, ig.a heretic, let us burrf him.” Hell itself. burst ont among these heathens.) I was hurled into the midst. of the crowd by one that lay hands upon me and _ shouted, “1 will dash him | in. pieces.” I gathered myself up and made my way from their, midst; the confusion was so great I fled them; before the enquiry, was m nade for me, re was fleeing their city... I bore eastward until I came to a place called Edess sa. 1 entered the gates of that. city and »exclaimed, “God is, here.”, Then the chief magistrate said, ‘thou, art a Hebrew, and it bas been deer eed that, all Hebrews should be cast, out or be beheaded ;” then I shouted again, “Eoly, Eternal God is here, and he will hold control.” . Dhen_ the Magistrate com- manded Lshould be bound and dragged away, Here I raised my hands and said, ‘Holy, Almighty God, electrify them even here.” He that held the. cords to bind me let them fall and fell forward on his face, and the Magistrate fell to the earth and. breathed no more in thatbody. I then sliouted again, “Holy, ternal Godis here, who ,will come forward and hold this. body let them come,, and. God will. hold them in his own embrace.” Then I Was controlled» and held. forth one hour and a half. id then asked for a cup of water ; it was brought»me 1. raised it above my head and said, “Holy, Almighty God, baptize this people not only with water but with thy holy spirit.” Then I. drank the water and was controlled.in an instant ; and, when the influence left me the whole multitude.was chanting “light fills my whole being; God is -here in our midst, and has baptized us with the spirit: of treth.’* I gti4 ' I remained there four days; then I bid them farewell and said, “God is here, then give him the glory, for your sick being healed and your souls being ,held from darkness.” ‘That day I ¢cime,in contact with a band, of gypsies. I called on Cod to assist me ere. I approached, them, I then drew near and said, “have you any diseased bodies in your midst, if you have, bring them here,” “Holy, Eternal God,” I said, “fill me with thy own electric life, that Imay impart it to these diseased bodies that they may behold thy wonders.” They brought one to me that had.been stricken down by palsy ; they bore him ona bed; I lay my hands upon his head and brought them down to his feet eight times. Then. I lay his palm i in mine and, drew my hands from the head to the fingers four times each 3 then ey raised him up and said, “get from this bed and God will assist you to. walk. He.made.the attempt and fell.back. Then I shouted, “I command you in the name of the living God, to arise, and walk.” Then he sprang tovhis feet : *These facts are recorded in the history of. the Edisseans in the Jewish records of that date. Caldeans also give testimony cf these facts. og 4 and shouted, “Holy God,! I am healed.” Then I said, go ye into the bye” lanes and hedgés,)ayd> command them to réacly Caldea’s borders in eight days.’ God’s angel childven will be there and they shail be healed, and God must have the elory.”, I remained: with this people two days ; then I left them and sought the’ Shumites. Here I founda poor, brutish race of human beings.’ They were descendants fron’ Moses through the Egyptian woman, Moses being half Ethiopian, half Egyptian, and this concubine of Moses was purely Egyptian.) From that blood sprang the Amlekites, and the Amle- kites bore away from Caldea: their females, and the Shumites were a race of people that blended the two. The’ Amickites. were always m dispute with, the kingdoms’ around them, and theirdelight was in battle, but the blood of Caldéa’s children were in direct line from Abraham) and between these two races they begat a people that’ was fond of fighting, yet feared God lest he should ‘destroy them Toot and. branch, yet'in their natures they were very beastly)” Among this people: I was led to begia a work!for coming ages. As Tetitered their border country 9 I declared’ God had sent me in order they could’be warned of their danger in going against the Caldeans; and if they did, they would surély be cut off and their homes would be left deso- late. T'saidy “who ‘among you are ready to make earth glad by receiving the power to heal the’ sick‘and cast: ont. devils hy the ‘electric law held by Almighty God. oThere come) forward a frail boy, his name was Thomas, Caldea’s'son. IT said) “youcare mot a Shumite bat Caldéa’s blood fills your veins.” He answered) “Iam from! Caldea;! I was borne:away after a-bat- ie 'T said “come brother, God will electrify you and you will declare his ever presence / wherever you gor?’ Hé bowed his head and said, “lama bondsman.” Here I called) for his’ master and said, “it is God’s will he shoald go forth and*heal the sick.” Tie answered, “Iv have a ‘boy that is filled’ with fever) if he will heal him}. will let chim igo free.” [said, “(God will assist you brother, allis well.’ le-conducted us into his home ; there lay the boy all covered over with blankets, yet burning with a fever. As Thomas drew near the boy,.he was entranced.’ He uncovered the boy fold aftér fold until he reached’the bare body, then he called for cold water. He dipped his hands in‘it, then sprinkled: the boy all over; then he began to manipulate the boy from the head to the feet. The boy called for drink. He ‘said, “bring: fresh cold water fromthe spring); give him all he can drink ‘then’ he’ will fall asleep, ‘but/when he awakes he willbe well.” He then left the home still in‘thé trance.) After’ we hadureached:a by piace be said, “brother, I will “control this boy and Leiah will control you until: we reach Caldea.” Leiah'said, “boy are you ready to be dragged: through hell if ‘I bring you out all ‘safer?’ Ianswered, I fear not:hell-ify God is there?’ He answered, “God is here’; he is in hell at the same time’; wherever cre- ations are, God with them doth share.”’ “Iam ready,” I said, “begin your work.” He folded me to” his bosom and: breathed his life intormy body. . ee . is eae The He? tT knew: I was! in Caldea’s borders. | I was beside the door of{a,. humble female; hey Head was: bowed and criefiwas depicted on jherffage.s sda! accosted her and said, “éan you tell ame where I am ?”,.Her eyes fell upon}, my brother ‘that!stood \beside: me.) Her breath fled her and she felljbackiy in’ a'iswoon. ‘Thomas . was still: controlléd and,the> angel that,breathed | hin through him said,"this ris omy brother’s mother, and I thought, it would be. better to hold iim wntil the mother. became calm|s, ROW) L will bathe, her.face and bands and she will come back comeey inna short, time») She: looked , around and seidjo“have I been dreaming ?”.;>d) answ, ered, God, blesses Ais. children sometimesrwith realities as well as reaper! od $awyoLuonias. was) 1) breathing his own natural breaths. there his mother fs] died him,;,to, her, ‘hark som! and ‘said, “God has heard my-pray er iand let, me look ence: mare,upon my boy »now Tiam r eadyto'live on diecforshumahity. og ¢ ineodi vod eouls It was'a humble home, and. the» poor, mother-had,been left, alone, iby four. sons ‘being killed» by the Shumites, and. lier.feeble boy: carried faway) into, bondage. “I asked. her if she would! give us some!bread and cold water. ; her atiswer was, “bread I. haveonone, bat willigo, tothe herdsman, they, will give. me ‘some: meat iand imilk,’, ) J, said, let, me, $0, Ae! there, is, something fdr me to do there.” As lidrew near SAW, dy, feeble: man.on erntches. “I accosted hhimyand said, “would you be healed ?” sdloonsirape “YT would give the best bullock in my [fleck andotwo.calyes ito he bealed.” i said, “bring torward the ballock and é¢alves, you,shall be healed even. pe , IT hurled his: crutches: from him, then! lay) my hands mpon his,hips,aad m. the. nameof God I commanded his disease to depart. . de. gave, ene: groan and. dropped’ down. I said, “man,odrisé, and. declare,’ God has healed you.” He sprang to his feetiand said, “Holy God,.the boy Jqsug Re healed. aaa then he fell'back againi and said;:“givé me ‘back my erutches, \/, “Oly man, | said, “havetlyou forgot God electrified your Dine and; you,stood; firm. ??., He exclaimed, i Holly Creator, Gud, assist me.” . Ile had,no sooner asked . God to assist himuthan he arose: tol) his feet, and walked off fearlessly... Tis. said, “drive the) bullock ard the two, calves, God has, need, of ‘them, there for’ his children.” ‘hey: were, driven, to, the home, of my, brother.),. Be. shouted, “God assisto us, we:shall be cut off, for defrauding our neighbor of, his goods.” Even:then the poor\famished, creatures vegam toj gather, around, uso Dstid, “Kil andeat.”.Onejamoug -them killed a. calf, and they. ate. ity all but thefragmen’s, ! L saidy “oather,up the fragmeuts jthere,is,a, band.of beggars coming, lets prepare for them a breth, I know, they,haye had, nothing toeat in two flays;.golbring the higgest, kettle you eayofind among , the neighbors)”, They brought ones the bones: were all cracked and @ mea-, suvecofi barley was! polired in, and when, they saw the beggars, coming) one: said, “he mist -have arfamiliar spirit”; I answered, “they are my, father, my mother, my sisters and my brothers,”,, After’ they, had, all rested and. eaten! F sabl, “God. is, here),and.these poor,feeble bodies must, be cured,”, et , Piien. [ saw my angel sister breathe upon Thomas and heard her shout, “Holy God assist me in healing these (children of darkness that they may have faith in Thee and that light may fill their whole beings ; that.they may nomore be diagged along by the andinted priests down to death \and lel.” omelanel nieadabas “upd” meand I s shouted, ‘“clery to God! they are all being “eldetrified. ere Tlaid my hands on one that had‘an issue of bloody as vit “wag? end) but it was a Bleeding tumor! She immediately arose toche feet atid Said, ‘OHofy God, T ata healed, Y willpraise tliee forever:?l Hére WAtiotlier was" bros @lit that had bedi lame from his birtliy(,"L. bathed ‘his bip Cin cbla water dhnd® éonimatided ‘him to bathe also; avd he should be healed. He shonted, ‘GP a healed €veh tow.” They: 'wereval! healéd/in that day, i ind there was two hundred and forty: iPhey ‘all lay down: and slept; | they ° forgot théy were hungry because aay were filled ‘with ‘the power dp the se fs We: ‘Gea! Oot! 7h A ‘rey ti) if] j eocepye next! imoring’ Pteld'them to slay the Bullock that these poor eren- Wtares Could have’ food. “fort their’ bodies as well’as! for th teip:souls.:oLsaid Ye Ee Ree Fries Mivwlens wade ceo h es re? Aol é ¥ é \ ‘ a ‘now go your way others arecominy,) There we (kueltin prayer andoGod clothed them all in garmeiits from his own’ kingdom,! and ‘they ‘departed “siigiife whynin'to God and his eagels: HereL owas ‘ompelled to Ave the ‘¢ountry® becatise? thé “heathen ‘priests’ had ‘heard there were two’ Hebrews ‘that’ was heifling' the sick’ and lay ing devils. Phat niehwafter the pdor ber- ' dibs had lefy ws)! was'bathing ° “my headat'thebrook.1/ My angelsister “eamé te Helatid said, “brother, the priests até gathering iy as band and they Lowi destroy you Gf age find! ‘You here 3 3 2o now, take Thon.ds and Mis moth- Welt atid’ whatever they’ Will heed fur a love journey ; the fiends will.be here “Fn about” four hous, ° ‘and you ‘must begifi your journey soon! as possible. “Bear alot WW ithyou a piece ét'the calf 3 four? days must pass awayvere you Mill finda fiend that will’ give you bread ;' through the cdtintry we lave to hyags dre bundy! of gypsies, but’ they are” of! ihe heathen order, ntid they “swoutd oie! warning 8 | tlic priests if you falk in with them.” IT wenpand. ‘told’him all, and we hastened away even then.” Many? days'we journeyed, Sanda ALAC Owe Tay® down “inthe open air, Pagar Seeks covered is eter, AneRa mat. was ‘one's ‘famished and foot soré we 'madeéur wayoas pase We chtld ‘to: ‘Chalybon’ > There we found friends that Bade°us weleonte. oyeary! Wad! 8b doligta here fone that loved her; aiid: ists we. made our frome “a2lhg as ve remained % in that place. copsatoonula tinea 6.30 vue bh oveitts brewed °°. 18e ito’? Mages bans boold Hil 10 tetdevab” .biee t phisd home ier SySirode PF ieaT Oise aioit poy blod [iw bot). ind Mi era tron tiv cA lay hire ; 199 we | te d¥ c ifs l tud,:9n Lene £ ndianod fvod hed Mair es Hab Hr 10, Valine £3 fod dlivwe J ¢ + ty Bis. Pe er kee tia rr Tee : 5 a tw ¥ - Pi bier & { y on Wie ka ry oy Lif CHOTUGHAS Hea etsvGD WE VOR ; ghd y 8 t . culos th) air hs ah ely Bi Pee it Pe a etrteay eB hele ih Vor aroay eins pidime vos ci llod blod hex -s ¢ ° CHAPTER XIII cif a? ati vig Antioch was a country near by Chalybon. . Here I,began a work for God and humanity; here the sick were healed, devils, bamished, the lame walked and the humble became. mighty because of the power that fell upon them ; here the anointed priests and, confessors, made an attempt to. cut off the hereties.; heathen. bigots . were ‘determined. to cut off the influence wherever they were made manifest. .. God had begumva werk ; who could stay slight? Gou’s, electricity was filling the inhabitants, of Antioch, and they ws un.to exclaim, “God’s lights are everywhere,” |... The .half could not) be told-of the influence of that. people ; hourly ‘they were brought, from, all parts of the country.and lain. by. the, gates; of .the: city, .and in, the by lanes and in the road side in order that I could breathe upon them, .and in the name of the living God command their disease to, depart. ; ‘Thomas’ mother remained with Mary’s cousin, at Chalybon, and we went there every three. days in order that we could flee the multitude and get rest. There we could find that rest. we could not find. in Antioeh. 4) | There came to Mary’s cousin; a poor deluded female, one that had de cast out» because she; was diseased... I arose tomy feet and anapid her thus, “how i3,it you are bowed down and youth still) upon.you.” .. Her an- swer was, “iam doomed to.die by the hands of that)band ‘of confessors ; they have all been diseased by me.” I. said, “how is it that you were dis- eased 2” Her answer was, “an anointed priest came in to me in a den, of shame, and he diseased me. I sought to hold myself from all, -but,. that band of confessors dragged me away into a by place and there they became diseased. Now they are,coming to demand. of you my death at their hands.” The confessors drew near, and one.of them. said, “we have come to you to demand a right from you, she being a Hebrew, to, put her to death, because she has diseased us.’ “How many are diseased,’ J said. He an- swered, “there, are eighteen of us here, but. there are many more.” . I asked, ‘thave you. any other accusation to bring against her than diseasing contessors *” He said “she ought to die and you give your consent,” and we are freed by the law here; we are prepared with clubs and stones to do our work.” I then shouted aloud, ‘Holy, Almighty, God, decide between these brutes in mortal form and the poor fallen ereature in Jacob’s blood.” I said, “daughter of holy blood stand ye apart from all. Man has damned you but Grod will hold you from death.” Then I shouted, “let God decide between the two.” Ithen said, “come on and you that is without sin let him cast the first stone; but he that dare raise his arm that has damned any, God will hold him guilty of this murder.” He that had been speaking dropped his heal and said, “I am electrified all over.’ I then shouted> “Holy God, hold hell in thy embrace until light from Thee ean find a resting 63 place in the mind of humanity.” Here I looked around and they were de- parting, but he that was held in God’s embrace. I shouted, “God’s chil- dren are Fedak you in their bosom, damned as thou art.” He burst into “te ears and said, “here is my mother and my three sisters. ”~ He then shout- d, “God is ee in the midst of hell.) My mother came to me and I bade her aap He then fell back and lay there for hours, and when I looked for the scarlet woman she lay there'like one dead. I called Thomus and his mother, bade them cre for the poor despised thing who would’ breathe out of that poor frail body into the bosom of her God ere another year. I then hastened back to Antioch, knowing that many awaited my coming. Thomas arose and said, “come brother, God’s child is here, and she says the Jews are preparing to drive all of us out of the land or burn us alive. That heresy shall be held ‘in check before all of the inhabitants of Antioch are affected.” The confessor declared he was stricken down by a power that he could not'see, and he also declared that while that power was tpon | him, hé saw his mother and his sisters. Here Thomas was controlled and the angel continued, “hundreds are gathering in the great square, asking for you to come in their midst; now let us hasten away in order they may be blest before the confessors commence their work of destruction.” I'said, God assist, else I die beneath my burden.” She answered, “God’s ‘chil- dren will bear you along until the hour does come, dear brother ; then’ you will lay down your burdens and God will receive you into his own bosom ; there the lamb will rest despite of hell’s children in priestly robes and’ the “heathen bigots devices.” She still held control, even until we reached the creat § square, and there she shouted, “come on ye damned in priestly robes “and confessors in your own garb that ye have’ torn from the dead bodies of those ye have crushed beneath your brute bodies, and ye have damned the holy blood of Abraham, and God will demand justice of you in an hour when you least expect it.’ Then she-said, “begin your work, my brother, “my father is here.” © Then I was controlled, yet at that time I could hear all that was said. Iwas dashed into the midst of them, healing their’ sick in the name of Almighty God. I continued to denounce their hypocrisy and deceit, declaring the hand of God was upon them, and I shouted, “O ye inhabitants of Judea, God will surely hold you guilty ; if harm falls upon his children at your hand, you will be cut off by the heathen damned, and your homes will be filled with hell.” Thomas came near to where I was laying my hands upon a poor female that had been blasted by those fiends in priestly robes.. She wasthe daugh- ter of a Jew, and he was the Magistrate. of Antioch. He came forward and said, “how dare you lay hands on my daughter, she is a Jewess.” TI said, “who has diseased her? whether it be’ Jew or Gentile, or the heathen damned, she belongs to God, and he will call her away ere eight days pass away.” “Heal her body,” said the Magistrate, “and I will hold you from being v \ be in : cutoff by the Jews.” IT answered, “God cannot heal. her body, but he ay & cleause her soul from, the damned that are ¢ here in your, city.” fi ‘said, “fos ter fiends: af you will, they ¢ entered your home, destro ved your, five _ beauti- ful daughters, four they, left dead, while this poor child of, God but lived to dragout afew days of agony and to arouse you, oh xe men ‘of Judea, from | , the death stupor you have fallen, mto, . You. will | soon, be left, alone i in, the emidae of confusion 3 ; you will fall by. the battle | axe ‘of ‘them that destroyed | your, faili les.” Here he. burst into tears and said, “save, oh Save my. child, and. L will assist you all Dean? “Holy: God, cannot save (your, child from death, but he n may free you both in the same hoor ; ; for. aught ce kpow. the a _people of Antioch will be, cut to pieces, and. the heathen priests hold sour. sy nagog ue, but the blood of Judea. will ‘re gain ib for. A season, and then brute foree will hold it-from , your, blood. forever,” ‘Here, the Magisirate became. clectrified 5 he began _to-exelaim, “holy children. of Judea, you are about to be cut off bythe priests from the foreign count try, 3 eyen now, they | are gathering in our midst.” Isaid, “make, your. escape, . brother, else you, will fg cut, off.” He answered, “le t them dash upon, me with their batile axe, and Twill damna them even then.” I. called. for 2 cup, of cold water after the influence leftme. As I rais sed it to my lips I ‘exclaimed, “there i is death: i in that cup.” When I looked there was a lizard there); 1 ua then dashed it, from me and hastened away to the, spring. ; there, z cooled. my head and ¢ it fy bathed my, brow ; then Te called Thomas, it being, near ‘the elose of aypand said, * “let us now depart, we will, find shelier beside thy ‘imother.” There we, bathed, ate and drank,, then we were. both controlled until alate hour of the night. Many bad gathered there | -to a1 wait, our coming, ; and how could we bid them depart without a blessing: ; : among the rest was ‘Judas Ts ariot and Stephen, the son of the grape grower, and six more | from Caldea. | Xs was Stephen's mother that had. been healed, of an issue of blood. ele: "0 Peon FD: ADEE pAfer we had fled the country they gathered together and sought to ftlow us.., They were e driven, about by the bands of gypsies. . "oA last they. heard PF ates: bya band of beggars that we had held our way toward mtd : Row, here sit she £5 BEER they. all were calling for Night. | Pay i , : nee ’ n < a. i i - i r : tn es pak x a 2 OL Sia gai aloabn; it eoah TT fs : u Lot Sf, (G bf ya) obs PETES hy 1a, eotis fiji cedes r : fy ( £ f ' - Boor Ch FRO). aT FUG CURE AMO-7) de 9 fo Dl Bian ri ve : rf Die os a 1 hades WOME OG TID SOE Oise Hhoe nig xlw ot tse cane seamed v; | Te eb Ok sigtyet} (f és Pe 7 riot by ceed oe | ‘ CHAPTER XIV ” { is » ae ty:ile a h (Ot ¢ EAL FOR REL Sh3 ke Of. bt Wee ast : +t FO BTA ioe { of FOC) 275 Al} bite ) Now. among the band that adh followed, us iat Caldes., was | Tide. he had been born and reared in, Pontius Pilate’s court; his, father was Cai- phas, and\his mother, wag.one of the, King’s ‘eoneubines, and. aceording to : 4 Ce « 4 65 the Jaw*of the country °being born in’ the’Kine’s home; the priest ac- . knowledged *hiny “his! son, ds the priést had takei thé eoncubine! to himself and the “boy! must ‘be educated for an anointed ptiést, but'he was a holy thing begotten in hell, frail ‘in body, but his ideas were! clear.’ “Whén he was eighteen he! was browght before the King, and Caiphias, the high priest, com- -mandeéd Him’ to! prepare: ‘himself’ to'be' fiatitad “and he must’ hold: forty’ fe- iidiles ‘before he could be aceepted by the priesthood.“ ‘He begged the King to hold °him’ ‘from Caiphas, and exclaimed, “I'am a féeble thing, I canno; become’ a’ priest.” Caiphas came back again’in ithe Kine’s apartment, bear- ing “with him. a ‘damsel, and said ‘to J ude, “here is a’ tresh damsel, hold her évéh heres or T° will ‘have’ ‘you ‘éut off.” He breathed ‘deep and replied, ‘God forbid, I will dié first.” "Phen Caiphas’ struck hint down, and the darisel was ‘also felled to the floor by a blow. Here the ‘King exclaimed, “Caiphas you: ‘are’ ‘drunk 5 “0 away, lie down ‘and sleep, when you awake we Will’attend to this’ matter.” A'S séou as he was cone Judé knelt beside the | King and said) “Oh! ‘King, spare ‘me, spare me, Tam a poor frail thing, and if you ‘donot “hold me front ty father I shal! surely die ; let me flee the eourt and I ‘will go among the’ mountains, there T’shall ‘be free from him and there'l can get strength.” © “No,” said ian King,’“he will scour the coun-. try and bring you Back and behéad you.” "Then the ‘King cover ed his face with his hands aud said, “Caiphas’ will’ destroy “my whole family, he has dooried my four daughters and they all bear’ children ‘by “him.” "J. ne said, “Q King, lét me Bo but for two days, and then’ Iwill be acd again.” ‘Then the King Said, “ed boy,’ but'be sure you come back again.” He then left the! King’s apar tinent and dressed ‘himself’ ds a herdsthiau, and fted that home of ‘death and hell.” ‘Drunikenness and See held eat agle and the chief of devils presided. nik le . (Jude fled'td the forest) and | ‘made ’ his’ way nibtie and higher among. the herdsman; bes¢ing bread as he was fleeing his father, Caiphas. The thir- teénth day ‘he reached thé foot of a high tmountain ; "he knew not where he Was) but faint and’ exhausted’ He sat down and fell asleep. He saw a form approach him all covered with light, hér brow was light, her face was light, hér Binds’ were? ‘Vight, and! her | garments were light.’ She called him and said, “come brother, “I will’ leads you' ‘to a place BP auto He awoke and beheld an‘atigel ‘bright standing before ‘him. She ‘lay her hand in his and Said,:“eome ‘brother,’ itis’ time for us to leave’ this place,’ because Caiphas’ spies dre not moré'than a league anda’ half distant. * 'T ‘will carry you to a poor family, they" ‘will give you shelter until you can begin your work for humanity. # She | then ‘led’ him high ‘in the mountains, and he reached our home inthe evening’ ‘when the atte were lit. Twas kneeling in prayer bésidé’ Lazarus, his hand'‘was resting on my head, as'the door gently opened, and Jude breathed deep and said, “I have brought" him: and the country is ¢ borotles Sni0y9 i tA .syeb yornr sole eg HOR . ie 66 in, great, commotion. because! he’ has, fled, the »-wicked devices of his father, ‘Caiphas, but I bronght, him here: i in order. that: he can, assist, you, dear brother, i in, glorifying the, Hather,, God, and, jhe must,become; a, human sacrifice as well as you, dear; ‘brother, inorder that humanity. may. seek the,good, and flee, the evil.;. His destiny |i is linked. with thine; she ; must, flee, into Caldea’s countries, there, he, will remain, until ,he;is brought; forth to, begin jhis, work; then the ;influence; breathed out of him,. and. she fell down like ‘one déad. This was the. first time. he was fully, controlled, but; after, that he could dis; cern , spirits. whenever; they, approached. . He. remained:one ejday, and. one night, with. us, and,: then . he started for Caldea’s borders... Ehis. (was one month, before. I ;was sent, forth from my, mountain home} fon, the. last time, As he left me E said, “farewell, brother, God's; child is-beside you, and.she, sill - not leave you until you find safety, but;remember God. is ‘beside you aswell as his child. ¥ I must.now return,to Chaledoa. , »Mary’ Ss. ;cousin’s home) had been chosen for God's. faithful children, to,. ‘gather, until they; could, be, barne away to, the border, country, healing the ; sick, , declaring) God, denouncing priesteraft, hypoeri isy,and deceit, begging bread, for themselves, andthe, poor famishing beggars . that _Jlived,,in, the, open, airjuntil they. were relieved, by death, perhaps staryation, perhaps by disease that.had | been scattered, in their midst by, the confessors of; that, day: , And as we. gathered, together in prayer that, night, our number wag ten; they) had:come feeling God, had commanded them. All determined to follow,, to. the end, even if, it was, the cross. There we all;ate-and)then, Jay, down, and slept until. day. dawned ; then we arose, knelt.and prayed, and went forth; together. “All were sus- ceptible to spirit control, and all but. two could discern spirits,; the two. that could not discern spirits. were Judas and Seth ; they, wens fa ot; ieneainis life and could heal the sick by laying on of hands. Asbiteia slivdb ‘do That day we made our way, across the, country, toward, rane iy seeking to avoid the bands, of, priests ;and_,confessors that, were sent.out to bring us back. Stephen’ 3. mother remained. with, Mary’s cousin. until they, were driven. out beggars, and they fled back to, Chaldea,. We: continued : our journey along the by places; holding, forth:among the beggars, encoura- ging them to make their way, back to.their.own country, and begin. their fs mer life planting and sowing ;,many, begun; their journey..as soon.as they, were persuaded it was best. I declared to them, their springs .werg, boiling; their.streams were flowing, an there. were cattle without, a,.herdsman, jand sheep without a shepherd... ‘They, bowed., their. heads, and said, “let, us igo home, let_us go home.” Hundreds, left the border,country,, and evenreached their homes alive, and when, they reached Asia their hearts, beat with joy, to find the drouth passed away, and everything. seemed to] bid them welcome; yet thousands perished i in. the, border, PURH because. they; had, not courage to begin so long A JOUIMNCY. i oats I i: dodB BSdidead dba’. bas We reached Joppa after many aye: “Inher we had become refreshed we > 267. began.our work in.earnest. | Here I must insert aoline as it:belongs to this part of any history::..Mary,,had a cousin;in Joppa,.and:-he was Chief Mag- istrate. . I went to him,and said, “you are my mother’s kin); let us remain in.your home.-and,J, will bless you.”, ‘He, answered, I have.no room for beggars, and you had better be gone, else,the priests will cut you off.” ‘Then I turned away and, saidy, God forgive him, he knows not:-what'he is domg.” Herel, was.in a land, of. bigots,.and | my followers weresdisheartened. I said, “let, us,.go, into the.country , bearing northward, there. we:shall finda work, to do, but; Joppa has.ever, damned ,God’s, children ‘from the beginning of.time.”,, But ere, we departed the inhabitants began:to'gather in ithe cen- ter of the greatisquare..° 1 said. to, my. |brother, “Jet us!:do-our work and then we,will:fleethe city.” We did begin ;) there werelame, halt/and blind, some laying on|the, ground, some-on beds, some on; crutches, and children‘itt thei mother’s.arms:,, Hundreds. were -healed’. that day between the rising and the.setting sun. | Here,I heard:by,a beggar: that he:had seen Joseph and his family.on their. way.to Tyre. ; Lanswered, “my mother is going back todie in her own city,; my, father,and jbrothers- will perish there.” .» “Holy, Eter- nal God,” I.exclaimed, “let-me)go and,look on them) once more; then I will say;i“Thy will bejdone.”, ‘Lhe beggar continued, “Martha and: Lazarus’ is somewhere around Joppa, because LLazarus’s. health was so poor they thought it would.bestto remain ‘in, a milder, climate then; ‘as ouridays:work ‘was done and night was closing, in. 1. said to, my followers, “‘let)us go away by our selves, and (od’s, child, will tell us where to find, friends:.and they will make’ Us, comfortable this.night at least.” )We,withdrew fromthe multitude, some wentone.way and.some another, but we:met,at.a brook.)i: Here! we'satidown on the, bank of the. liptle stream;and asked | God to:directius) ovAs Jude sat beside. me, Ilaid my, hand jin. his,.then, his breath came deep and I saw' ‘God's. child. breathe. her. life ‘into his, body; then»he arose to his'feet and said, “come, dear brother, Martha is asking! for you now. . J tolds her you was. coming,,..[), will lead you) theres all will Rone, but on tscome all a, time lest your, mal be followed’ 4 lay oe A of milk ont our-coming. © She hi me at the door and. folded me. to,her{bosom ; she could, not speak-but wept! ds if her Heart would break. .1jwas too dull for utterance.) Lazarus held my hand and at- tempted.to speak, but his breath. left)himy; he fell back: and Seth eaucht ‘him: in, bis;arms. ,, Here,Jude; came forward and the angels ‘breathed a prayer® fresh from the, bosom, of Almighty» God,and we forgot: our:grief as God's: loye for his chilrden filled our souls.| We called .on! God:to assist-us in ovr! hourjof.need,) and .we, got’ answer from the: angel breath, “God'is here in | your: midst;;; let! us.praise him, forever and: forever.” “We then ate our bread’ and,» drank; our; milk, ,and, Jaid )down::and) ‘slept. in’ the bosom: ‘of angels, ae a | | _ 68 (Martha come to, me earl¥'in' the morning’and said; “dear boy; Maty has gone back) tow’Pyré, hoping to find friends thére in her father’s blood ; hop- ing. to get protection “from them:':'They must Have reached there by’ this time, as I have béén here two' weeks. | Lazarus has’ been ‘feeble ever sine awe left the mountain air.’ Leiah' came to us and ‘said, ‘you may go back to "Lyre; I will’bring! your boy to you there?” — ‘Mary bowed her: head” and baid;) “if it: be: God's will)I will begin my: journey’ early. *» Joseph came in and, Mary said,»“God’s'command is upon tis 3"'We' are to: go ‘back to Tyre to meet our'boy.”:'There Joseph breathed'a prayer'to Almighty’ God: for thé safety of his:family); they lay down and ‘slept; “but ‘they al! ‘arose atearly dawn and begun their long-and tedious journey: After two days! we reached the lowlands, ‘them: we crossed the’ country towards the hills of Judea, ‘and we reached Joppa» /atter three weeks of wandering about, having to leave the main road as much’as'possible lest we should’ fallin with Gonfessors: Here Lazarus's; strength gave out ‘and’ we.wére compelled to remain while the rest. went.on their way! “Ichave (not*heard from ther since! I Jeft. them ‘on the ‘main |road.” Mary’ -was| heavy, Jessie ‘was a heft; and. Joseph had to strapihim on his back, but he ‘would go on his crutches all hé ‘could. Lazas arus gave out.and here we.are; and if it please. God we shall start for Tyre as}.soon as'this: commotion passes ‘away; then she\said, dear’ Jesus, lie down until\I have prepared brerkfast,' then’ I will eall' you.” > She prepared her bread and while it was’ baking’ she eame back to'thevagain’; then shé breathed a prayer:for God's children, deep and'earnest ; ‘then ’sné arose “and spread the board; :we all) bathed’and filled’ thas ‘home with deep’ yearning — prayer for, hunidnity.»>: We)ate’ and ‘then prepared for the gréat squaré again; here’we founda great multitude gathering from all parts, hoping to’ be blest by being healed oftheir: diseases, and hebathed with God’s elec- tties power,! *yet..they: could not! explain, ‘still shy, bis pnluaeojaae 2 ay. feeling that they hadmever felt ‘before. © °! WY gi _« Lealled a band of beggars to me and ‘said,’ “Géd has held you ‘froin death until this hour, in order that he could feed you with the bread’ of life, ‘the’ bread that perisheth not” then I exclaimed, ‘the hour is at‘ Hand that'you will leave this land: of ‘death:and ell £0 ye to Caldea’s borders, there you. will find, bread. tocteed'the body, but do not forget’ God has a’ dematid ‘upon’ you+-that is labor; ‘the: faithful laborer’ is sure to get his reward ih'An abundant harvest, unless the ‘dews’ of heaven’ are’ withheld and ‘the vain’ ceases to fall”; here they gathered around and’ said, “we bad no bread yes: terday and we are fasting still” ;\then I shouted,’ “O ye'men of Joppa, that: haye your storehousés filled, 'gé'ye and bring your barley in'theé loaf,’in the’ meal.and in the kernel; let these ‘poor faeehine bodies be’ fed, then they’ can be filled:with God’s électric light”: Thete were brought! in that’ hour: many.baskets of bread, bags of meal, and hags of barley; then I’said, “dat and be filled, and take the rest, bear it on your journey, and if you find'aay® % ts i | ‘ 69> ’ \ poor beggars divide with them; begin, your,journey | even this hour; bear. back the mother of Thomas and the mother. of. Stephen, that, followed their: children here, but they, must follow them) no longer. as they belong te,God) and ‘humanity, and they,..must be resigned, to their, Father’s will.” Here) another band of beggars. came and, I bade them,follow; the others, to eat) and; drink with them. and depart. with them; .else.they. would be surely cut off, before five days. . They all went, upon. a; hillside, :a little: way from, the city,) there, they .sat. down, ate, and gave thanks. | There,was one among them, called Zachariah; he, was; filled with.. God); the. became., electrified and | shouted, “Holy, Creator God Jead.these, Thy. children, from, the, damning ing, fluence of priests and confessors ;),lead them into the, green pastures beside; the; still waters; and_;>may.they plant, human, souls; and;may, they flourish, like the green bay tree, until they fill,all the desolate. places,that have been left in, rains by, .the devices) of ; fiends, and, bigots. May, God, hold control until their hymns shall.go welling up; in one; mighty, ‘wave and.mingle with; the; angel, band. beyond... Bathe, O..bathe,ye in;the.pure waters, and be clean, that you, may became heirs of eternal. life” ;, then, he shouted, “go, go, | go, eyen nowy, lest,.the hand of death. will fall,upon you.” se, then said; “farewell, I Jeaye you'in God’s; hands.” |He.then fell, back and, ceased, to breathe forever ‘then, they..gather: ed. up, all, they,had andjfled to; Caldea, ; there they began .to. till, the earth, they dwelt there,a holy people; they filled the land, with their degcendants and their blood -fills the land,even, until this day, declaring one God and.one..God. only; Here, are, the Caldeans of — to-day. descended from a band of beggars. i a CHAPTER, XY,. IT saw the beggars departing :and I said, “God’s/glory:fills their souls) and he will lead|and' guide:them even to: their journey’s' end.”».’ Here was' one brought on a‘drag); his»-cords »were icontracted' and ‘his feet were drawn: éven, to: his;back, and his hands;were entirely useless ; here: I) called all’ of my disciples) around me and said, “letrus make conditions for. God to:.relieve this poor brother from,his malady.” Here we gathered: around him and joined hands, then we shouted in one:breath, ‘Holy,: Almighty) God, ‘assist Thy. children, that they, may bless:humanity.” «.Hé. arose ito’ his:kneesand shouted, “God is here,”»,{Then we all reached) our) hands toward him, and’ gave off all the,electricity, we could:command 3) then: he «sprang!:to his feet) and, walked), away: {among the//crowd saying, “Liwas bound, but»now Ivam' free 3 let God hayeithe glory.”:|; Themavevalbwentito the brook and bathed | * > : 70° ° * inorder that we could gather. again, and: no isOotier had we gone ‘bak 'than the ‘chief ruler of thé’ Jews came before me atid said, “O son’ of mat T’ ath in deep’ grief, I have a ‘daughter’ Tying’ de a in my ‘house: ‘beyond’ the brook ‘ Cedron, she'’died’ at’ “early dawn’ and | ‘my ‘household is in mourning.” a breathed deep and said, “Tbehold thy daughter, she is not dead but! sleep eth. "I ‘seé/arn ange? Holding her in‘ her bosom in an entraiided sleep. “Go home, filled with’ faith’ in God;'and the damsel ‘will meet you ere you réach your: home.” He° answered, “Ihave faith that God Will. save my ‘child: a Now he’ ly d down eight shekels'i in ‘gold. I said ‘tothe’ bystanders, * eather up the gold, go buy bréad, even in’ this hour, there is gréat need of: barley bread’ among this fhultitude} ; ‘bring’ ‘and’ ‘scatter.’ “He ‘that lay down the gold‘ has blessed humanity, andGod “will \ give’back his daughter to bless the father. “Jew: as ‘he® i8,° Go@has fo respéct between Jéw and Gentile” Heéré they broughti‘a man ‘filled’ ‘with® boils from his head ‘to his’ “feet 5 ‘fal back was'one mass’ of’ boilsand ‘he lid 'té rést off his elbows and Knées. *’T’ said to'those that ‘boré‘him along, “bear him’ away to ‘the ‘brook yonder, letithe cold water flow ‘over’ him at léast half af hour, théh bring him back to mé again’ Evén “then ‘a femalé knelt) besidé’ me and’said, “Mastety’ | Master, I an dying ofa fever. I said) “Creator, God). lend thy aid that ' she may be healed” » I reached my hand’to her she lay her hand in imine, then she ‘arose to her féet and exclaimed) “I am healed”: Here the’ ‘man’ was ‘brought back frém thé brook! | Tisaid; “Oman, God has’ cleansed’ your body, ‘now cleanse’ your soul (‘from drunkentiéss' and debauchery, and’ you may yet become a glory to the living’ God” He arose to‘his: feet and walked off, and in after time he became a dispenser of light among the poor inhabitants of Judea. ) I had now become nearly exhausted and said, “let us flee this people ere we fall and cannot rise.” “Where shall we go where there is rest and peace?” I answered, “even to Martha’s, it being now dark.” I said, “let God’s angel children direct us dud all'is well.” ‘Then I saw: my angel friend, she reached out her hand to me and said, “come brother, Martha asked me to comeécandseevfo harmchad befalléniyou ; her barley bread is baked and | waiting» || Lazarus is'‘feeling stronger,” she continued, mein he:has for a ae time, ind: he will begin:bis journeyofor Tyre atvearly dawn.) 90) 9000 9h aAis; we | entéred:there;-Martha’s savored mea-tsfilled us sea sheapiaci we allfelt God had prepared)arfeast fori us. Here we asked’ God ‘to bless’ his childrea ere'we supped:, Afterthe evening! prayers ‘the’ apostles laid down::their weary bodies, to ?ést..)\ Lo remained apart in’ order to ‘talk with. Lazarus ‘and: Martha... Affer Ir) had: conversed: for. a timeiwith Lazarus, he folded! me:to:his! bosom: and saidj: tay my Father, God; bear youalong until -homanity:. maybe» blest) and:awwork can ber begun for coming agesi” How’ feeble’ is! namin! the:-hands ofyan ‘All Wise God that holds ¢ontrol of immensity: ‘Faithful! letius be, myyboy,'to the light that*isowithin us, until’ . +. 71: God’ alls us’ hence ‘to ‘a happier condition: He'then préssed mé to bis bosom and imprinted kisses on my forehead and bosom. °“How hard,” he saidy “it is “for ie toisay God's will be dohe when’ His’ will is that ry boy must die upon'the cross.” Here’ he ‘fell back arid wa¥ entranced 5’ then he rosé to his feet’ and said, “my angel brother‘belongs to’ God, ‘and may he'be bortie> along until the hour draws ‘near, dnd then I will die for him if’ it be my fathel’s'will.”’ Hold him, O my God; front the band © of andinted priests that are’ now °gathering in Joppa, intendifias sdon'as he comes forth to begin his work ’ to! cut off him ‘and his followers with their battle axes; but they” will “not molest “him” to-night’ go ‘and’ Nie down, déaf brother, Iwill awake “you “when it is timéto fiée, and: have'this poor frail body Tam breathiie through; rest also.”'' He “continued, “Martha you may? bid ‘the holy child farewell ‘as'you will not see hint again until he has passed through many changes” Then ‘as my controller breathed out of Lazarus he left hint'in a deep sleep. “Martha knelt beside"me. ° I rested my head upon her bosom :’'there we both wept uritil our hearts were nearly broken. “Martha knéw I mist die. IT ‘knew I must’ be hung’ upon’ the cross like'a guilty thine. Here! we both asked God to’ breathe’ us ‘out of our bodies even there! My controller breathed upon me’ and said,’ “waste not your time in laifientations because “the ‘morrow ‘has its demands upon you; and you must all depart from ‘here in about four’ hours.” | As ‘he breathed out of me again, I foldéd' my arms‘about’ Martha's neck, and I Held her until I fainted, éven as-I'lay my) head upon her bosom. TI saw the'¢ross' before me and my- _ sélf/hanging upon itso’ Then my heart ceased’to beat and" I fainted; they all wete|-asleep, andin the mid’of the’ night'a’ crash'was heard they all’ sprang’ to'their feet’ Ihad-not been asleep; had ‘only been*held‘calm ina, half ‘controlled’ condition. I said Léiah'is here’in'order to hasten our de- partare?’ ‘Martha chad’ already gore “along with’ Lazarus before ‘there’ was any disturbance. I exclaimed, “they are.already coming ‘to. carry ‘us on the great square preparatory for a public:execution:: Hasten toward the city of Jerusalem there! we ‘have a work to ‘doin’ order we(shall be held in remem- brance until God‘ean bring’about’changés that we'can come back and finish up what has been done, that is; you will be nailed to the ‘cross and your fol- lowersall lain low ‘by the battle axe.”’ Here Iexclaimed intthe bitterness oft my soul}! “if God vhas &avéd me from’ death im order ‘that Iishould be nailed'to the cross, is itjastice for me tosuffer for ‘the ‘injustice of: priests, fiends: and ‘confessors ??° Here’ the: -horror of. bemg! ‘crucified came ‘before, me and! I “was ‘unablé ito ‘breathe:)Then my breath came deep and God’s child folded me tov’her bosom and said, “ihe battle axesare all ready ; come hasten away, even now.” oTearose’ to my feet ; Twas feverish and ex- hausted!; then my angel friend lay ‘her hand in’mine’and we hastened away. My ‘brothers had gone quitea distance, but I-soon came up to them: I said, “flee “tothe forest until that band of! priests have passed, and by the time * Dik a2) they reach the great, square — go! to:drag us forth for slaughter, wé,cam be) entirely,out of their reach; ;, Here, I made an expression like this,, “Holy; Creator, if, thom thast.created in thy » wisdom;s, fiends, priests aud confessor, eare for them. ere, they, destroy.the whole earth?” Then. I heard .a; voice, it: came so calm and) clear,; ‘brother, God. jis; here hold), yourself, in , a condi: tion, and, 1) wills explain to.you,how God's changes are preparing the way where the, wicked devices of/ man mast be held by theilights fromthe! living: — God ;,the- heathen » bigot, isto be laid, low, in|God’s. own{time,,and a: higher order of things will come forth.”\'Herg I. said; sagain,.§ “how ds it; necessary! for me, a,poor feeble thing..to suffer and, die, unless , God’s '$,ehanges are to be; wrourht'through those changes ??,..Them I got for answer, {by your death, upon the cross, God can begin a daub lc for humanity, that cannot,be. finished: until.ages on, ages shall pass, away, | then, God: will. demand, of. yousto finish up that. which will. be, begun by your death,” Then t answered). God's, will not mine ,be,done,?”,, Here..we reached: Huis brook,, Oedron,), Here. I) said. to/my followers,. “here. resides. the,,chief,,ruler of, the. country. round; about. Joppa. His daughter » even now is entranced, andjhas laid. there fourj hours. Twill hasten forward,and awake jher ere you reach,there,” Here; * Jude breathed deep,and’ said, .“fshe has alreadysawoke as/ I, haye, even now) left her... IL told. her father to. prepare meat for,you as you, were all hungry,! and then,” I said,, they will depart; in peace. |.Now go \there,) but.do not, linger’; Hasten, away,ere the. commotion (reaches, there.” FE; ohurried jas, fast, as/L,could,, and we; allate and,fledj lest jharm)should fall, apon them. «Theat day|;we) made two, leagues ,and,many had gathered together, because they: had heard {by a mule. driver; that the Hebrew fanatic had, fled Joppa and. was making his:;way toward Jernsalem.:» One ,of;the lawyers, of: (Jerusalem, had heard that the, Hebrew.was creating a great disturbance all through ‘the’ country;:jand jhe .was: determined to confront him andjdrive him from the | border -country, he :being, a Jew, and he had heard, that he-denounced the: Jewish ritual,,,and he; /thought it. was high time he was driven out of ;the, country, . ‘As the,country) was hilly,:and I saw,the main road was filled, witli, people, and. fearing they had comie-to bear: us away, I erossed the road andi made my way to the hillside;:then’ T was faint; and weary... Lsatidown, by: a spring ;\ after drinking freely and( bathing my head, Leiah! said,\“we-will feed this’ people with bread that perisheth not.” I saw) the multitude com- ing toward me. J ‘arose to my feet; I then breathed deep and exciaimed; “whoo among | you that'The followers knelt: im prayer while T lay harids upon’ the’sick boy.’ “Lhe father arose from “his bed where he had’ been’ laying for hours and éxelaiiied; “what are -you doing with this band of bégears.””'L said, “brother, God is hére’; your:son was sick and isfnow’ healed, and ‘God’s anvel” children! aré ‘here, and they’ will care you of your drunkernéss if you / will assist them.” As ‘he 'lookéid’arotnd he saw Bartholomew, and’ hé thought him a Magistrate, and he said, “leave ins with my family and T 73 will néver drink’ ‘any more.” ‘Then’ I said; “his promise is recorded ip book. of the’ living God; dare not touch any more leet God cuts you'd He bowed his ‘head and said, “I will drivk no’ moré.” We ate and apt until morning: dawned upon us, then we tageatats saying, “God will feed us, aes ‘have nothing to-spare.” — ea tibet, Boia ed | ~ That day we entered ‘J erusalem 3 many were gathered i in groups wherever we went. The’ preat square: “was one vast congrevation of human bodies. T made 1 my way into the center of the square ; there were timbers piled up for ¢ a gallows.” Ai knew why they were heaped there, but fearless I stepped on the platform and shouted, “hére’ God! has reared’ an altar for all cowing ages.” I was acecsted by ae servant of Caiphas, andhe: said, “begone, or I will bang you even now.” | “Lay hands on this body and I will show you that’ God’ 8 commands are td be! obeyed. Go back to Caiphas,” I! said to him, éhis boy is here ‘doing God's’ work it blessing humanity, while his) father is damning them, ‘and if ‘he will flee hell ¢ nd ‘assist his boy, there’ will be’ some! hopes of his being ‘held from ‘eternal darkness, but if ‘he waits until his boy comes to him, it will ‘be when time is no more.” , CHAPTER XVI. ot ae O8 Rew sd | T'was borne along through the crowd by the strong arm of ‘Bartholomew, even back to the fisherman’s hut on the’ bank of the stream. That day Peter had caught his ‘net’ full‘of fishes, and he had exchanged a part for barley meal, and that night we suppéd on bread and fish. Here the’ broth- ers came in even as’ we were breaking the bread, and John exclaimed, “God feeds us with barley bread ‘still, that we may 6 on with our work for coming ages, but none can never know how dearly the knowledge will be bought by those that ly down ‘all they-have, even their ‘lives, that the veil of mystification may be torn’ away and God’s wonders We laid bare by the light within the human soul.” I ‘said, “come: brothér, come and Fas then we will ask for light from eternal distance to guide us on our way.” . That night we slept, but ere morning dawned I heard decp groans come welling up from the heart of Stephen. “I spoke to him and said, “Stephen, are you dreaming ?”” He said, “I have “had ‘a fearful dream ; Usaw my four beautiful sisters ditage ved away by donféssors. YT calléd on ‘God to‘as- sist me, and no’ answer came until God’s child answered, “brother, you have had’ A ‘fearful dream, but you ‘must leave thet in their creator’s hands ; you must work’ for’ coming ages that the inhabitants of earth can discern 76. ~ good oe evil, then they will learn that. man has sought to. jbind,, but God SRLii wy would have them free. A Said, “sleep, brothery, sleeps God | has a work, for, > 99 us. to. do,on. the, morrow, e there willy, be many, gather , on, the bank, of | the. stream, and, sve) will, bless, them, there,” then, dh, fel) Lasleep. and didmot.. ” awake wail} the sun arose. That day was "fair until midday, 5. many, had ga th-, ered . together ;.I went out.and, greeted them j in early. morn, then J ate, nt gave, God the glory, ., I, then went, out jn their midst and, said, “friends, b Am loved. God _is in-our, ridst ; let us give. him, the glory, forex ¢ er, _ Now, d was, : entranced by:the holy, Jeptha,, wi Tsay him approach. me ; be folded. me 49 his; bosom and I, forgot,.all. earthly, t things, ;.,he, breathed deep FOR, God! /S, wondrous creation,.and I. floated away, into, .a, holy, hea venly. ¢ condition and, found,rest.' I breathed, from the; nger, life. of all. things, and that breath, filled. me with holy; resignation, to the. will,of of my Creator, God, ,. There, I, saw the aged patriarchs); there I.saw theyholyjangels,filled with holy. ado> ration to their Creator, God ; there..I ;saw,,the holy, angeli¢, band singing, praises to the, great first.cause,and.as,I approached them, they, , ;made, me; feel I was one of them,,,, Here J saw.the holy, Sabilla ;, he, Feached | out his, hand to me, bade me w elcome, then he said, ‘“Wrother, your earth work is nearly finished, and you will be ove of us.” I shouted, “holy Creator, God, leave me as I am among thy children, freed from earth.” Here I got an- swer from one still beyond us, “I will bring thee back when thy earth mission is finished in this holy condition, until humanity’s demand for another humah sacrifice cannot be appeased, then you must go back again to finish up by being nailed to the cross. ‘ T- will -bréathe’ upon you in your hour of agony, and I will fold you in my bosom, and you shall be blest.” Then I held my breath; I knew, I. must., go back to earth and suffer death in that earthly body. While I was, mee to feel the death PREM come over me,, I heard an angel voice, say,, “come brother, the. day Js on spent; and you must.come back to your earthly body, ; and, Sabilla. must leave it ev ren NOW, amen.” I answered, “God’s. will, not, mine, be done.” _ Then I, found, ON, self trying to breathe into that body, again. as, it day, there on: the ¢ cold g ground,, John, raised the, body up, and held, it close, in his warm bosom, warm. with, earth magnetism and , warm with holy. love tor, the pogr b bruised body. , He, called his brother; then Bartholomew. came, forward, and. held the, ae * his hands on the hollow of my feet,, God’ Ss ‘child Jay, hherjhands upon .m bro: w-and Gua God to assist ‘them, ni then L began to, breathe. SARE oat body again, qslaew thier age The day shad mito ben away 3 dark ‘loads, hee hea vy 0 0 er, US, and, the. multitude , had dispersed ;when, I heard a mighty crash among, the eles, ments, » I arose to, my feet ; then, 1 raised my, hands, over, my, head and ex claimed, “the birds of, the. air, have. their nests, the, beasts. have | their, dens,, but the Sonof, Man bas. nowhere,to lay, his, head.” Then. heard.a yoice, pahed say,,“save, oh. save me, lest, I perish.” Then I darted forward and say, } ? 7 q 77 Ee wlte ‘boat | being’ dashed: about upon the stveam. ~ I shouted; “Eoly} AL thighty God, assist! Petet, lest he perish.” 2”: JPhe boat was dashed ‘high: upon thé shores!’ 1 sprati¢ into iti * Peter cried, “sive, oh save me, lest I perish!” Tsaid, “your oath has béen broken ; you ‘have again beendrinking strong tink” 'T saw his bottle and it-was’nearly emptys ‘11 stooped and picked Up thé bottle. ‘At that moment’ Dsawa mighty’ wave” coming | directly 'to- ward where We stood) I ‘bécame ‘electrified! allover ;) I threw: mycarm atound Peter and'said; “hasten, O hasten; lest we be‘dashed to pieces?) I assistéd hiin’ from the Boat, he beite still drunk. ‘I shouted for Bartholo! iieW to Come and assist thé poor drunken'brother.’ We bore hiny high upon the bank; then I gaid, “look, Peter, look 3: the’boat was dashed hich upon a tock’ and dashed (64 pieces.” oThew Pharled the bottle‘into: the stream, ‘and said, ' “God has dashed' the! boat and D will dash the bottle now Peter save yourself frony drutkenness, death’ and°helli”?’ He’ fell down and we left him there. ‘Bartholomew then ‘leld the in “his arms) and said, “eome, letous dtiter my homes it'is dark and’none will’know of our‘coming but my own fimnily” “Heithen continued, “my father already knows of our coming; as he sent a servant to assist us to enter there unobserved,” » I then called to Hiseariot, and! John} and Thomasyfand said,’ “we'shall be blest to-night, but we must de epart from there ere the morning’ dawns,” but we did not find rest that night except ipo the cold arth. ‘Phe’ commotion about the city . catised Gs té'fear to enter’ there, but'in: the’ ‘still‘hours of nightia messenger came to Barthélomew from his: father asking him‘to hasten home. ) He an- swered, “if it”) please God Twill find r rest beside’my' father on the morrow ee. si Say to my’ father, “remain! within all day, as there willbe ereat éxcitément amon? the jnhabitants of: Jerusalens, ‘and I will ‘seek’ to ¢ome to hin?” “Here! the ‘messeieer bowed his ‘head ‘and “went ‘away.’ In the morning we arose and entered that city where I was to die when? P liad lived 64t that portion of life which was'allotted mé.°° P'was cofitrolled from iiorn until Hight, ékeepe twice throngh the day T had’a faint recollection of sééing? ® 4 vast multitude Around ‘me ’ Bartholomew" said, “brother Jésus, T would tie for you if T could?" He bore me away from the multitude’ in his ats! And ‘htered a mansion bedecked ° with ‘all of eastern splendor. I looked aroutid hardly kAoWing’ if’ I was in’ ‘my body or in spirit.” My fol- lowers all came it ’goon after, and thé house Was fh ereat commotion. The’ family° ‘all’ gathered afound’ to’ ‘see’ the! Hébrew that had caused so niveh excitement) “The father’ canié and’sat béside me; 'tobk my hand in his, and said, “How frail/he'is $ how can they’ hail ‘him tothe cross?” ! I answered; “Gods decree is that I should die that man may Know him through bis won- dros works,’ and’ that) hypoctisy, deteit and: ‘priesteraft shall be held from destroying His hishest, His | holiest’ creation,” ‘Hlis‘children.’ “He bowed his head’ anid’ said, “Hedthén iddlatrous worshippers will déstroy all the Jews but airemnant ; they’ will be held’ to declate God’s‘wonlers” I then lay my 8 head-on Bartholomew's bosom and fell asleep’ s he, Jay,me down on a silken couch, and there I slept.until,the morning dawned upon me... » John sat. he: | side me ; he ‘had: been, my faithful friend for a long) time, oe he held my hand in his; and.‘as’ he ,held ,my . hand, jin his, he’ burst into tears, T. ‘made mk, yoof what, had . happened.;' He anpvereds itophe (has Feicl they, ‘that , came +6; you, lat Caldea cap ce “edeante Al Caiphas is determined to) hang. us, all ;unless: we. flee. the «country. 1 breathed deepiand said, “make-conditions to bear this, body, from | here;.as goon as night Goyors earth with, her,mantle, ; bear, him’. to Fyre, and leave him in the, home - of: his, mother, but ,don’t ener there 5 flee the.country at least forty days, then come! pack, and! eare for him. that is, to lay, down his life. on the .alfar that |humanity of the present has: reared for him. They. areinot aceountable, for:him, but .coming ages will learn, that, his life.and death was for them when changes have been wrought and through the light of inspiration they are-willing to, say, “he-is,my friend and my brother, and, (sod is father of\us all’, Here, the influence left me and I lay, my head,on: John’s bosom, and ‘we, wept. together; : ot ines fp All that.day we were compelled: to remain sittitn fim ake as, rat card on we prepared for owr departure. I. called;the father andmother, of Bar-, tholomew to me .and;said, “keep your son here-within, doors lest he be cut, off; until, God calls him.forth again, in, order that he may assist; me and bear, me, along until, the hour comes for me to,die.”;, The father, answered, “my, son is a lawyer, and, he should.free himself from this disgrace of ;being. drawn into. this Hebrew. rabble, and he will.be beheaded.if he follows you, longer, and I-shall go down.to the grave sorrowing,” . I, answered, , “let him, work for coming ages, and, you -will; have: a..crown,of Baht in the ae f world beyond.” =: rere ba It. had now, begun to. guns ioe ry | kidd ne shall pms he sei at may you be held from, despair, for your son will: surely.lay down his life.on, the altar of humanity, and coming ages will give, him all that, is his. due, and, his noble acts, with his name, will beheld when-you will be dost tothe mem-, ory of God’s children.” Then; the father groaned, and said, give him back, to) me, it is all I will. ave ” | Lanswered, “God. holds. his own and. will hold; them forever.” I called ii. brothers and ‘said, “et us. now hasten away,,;,; John., will, bear me to my.mother; and you nyust all care, for yourselves,” Bartholomew said, ‘brother, let, me; assist, you, to, your mother, then, I, will, be gone.” . Hered was, controlled, and said,’ “let Bartholomew; flee..the. king-. dom, because they are asking, for him, even now,” Then. .there wasia, hae | commotion in the;court below, ‘and .L,was commanded, .to flee down. the dark. passage and continue in that same direction until J; reached; the) main, road, and my brothers, were to remain in that, mderground. passage until, the .com-| motion ceased. I was. borne: along. in the dark, until I reached the, main. ; en ‘Toad. _,As the cap stone was, firmly jsthe cap- -stone gave away and I found myself free again to breathe, God's electric alr, ) I saw Il was outside the city, walls, bat. I knew not where ito go. ms sat dri and covered my face with my | hands ; ; 3 felt Iwas forsaken of my, brothers, but 1 ktiow God was, there, and I knew God's ’ children were there, | “My God, ‘ iq said, “leave. Thy, children, with me, Or, I am utterly disheartened. 4 ‘Then the hand, of an angel was laid in amine and. her breath filled me with life. “Hasten brother,” she said, “it 18, cold and chilly,, and hasten, O hasten on your way, there are many dangers before you, butjere morning dawns, I will bear you. away. from, this masteion where you. can rest through the day, and when night. comes, again we will go on, our - journey.” My controller bid me forward. all that night, “and as day dawned upon me. I fonnd myself i in A thick brake, | Here IT sat down feeling I must, set there all day, ‘There I felt myself sorely troubled as to the welfare. of my brothers, and” all of my past. life was lived over in memory, ; ‘The present was full of changes, but the future was fullof sorrow, After;a time I fell asleep, and, slept on until night closed i in, then I awoke and the same kind hand was laid in mine, and we darted, for ait into, the main read, My heart ached as I drew near a but, sds Saw a poor, frail, man. kneeling beside hig daughter that, was lying on the ground, near, by, the, door. I drew near and accosted him thus :.¢ a8 God taken back that. which was his own ?” Lhe | old man, answered, my | daughter has been Jaying. here. ever. since the sun went down, ; ; her confessor held her and she ceased to. breathe 5 ; he dragg ed her out here i in-order to get the, air, and she, left, her, as, ypu; see,..her heart beating, but not, breathing’? I lay my hand, in, hers and said, * ‘arise daughter and declare God’s wonders,” She breathed, and. said, «God is;here ;.I, saw a band, of angels when you approached, . man,,and. they, said you .must. have;bread.and milk ; getvit father, you” will find, it there beside the chimney,”,..I said, “arise, bathe, God. has a work for you to do.” Her breath came deep and she answered, “the confessors are coming this road, and if we do, not make them, think she is dead, they, will destroy, her,” Then she exclaimed, “drink your milk, take your bread_and flee, because . they, are now) turning the corner yonder.” I fled there .and, left, the, main road, and, continued. on my way until day dawned on, me, again. ; I knew, this. was the last day. I must hi de until. I reached, my, mother’s home. ai lay, ‘down in a little hedge ; : there I held communion with my controller until he said, “now go to sleep, T will awake you.in time to reach Mary’ 8 about ten. , he day passed away and I awoke feeling. fresh and strong : I felt I could nearly fly, to reach my, mother. and the. family, and when ] I reached that little habitation my. heart beat lest harm had befallen them. The door, opened | from, within and James, looked out ; then I stepped forward and. laid my | hand in his ; ; he drew me in and closed the door ere he spoke, Here was Joseph ; ;_ he had fallen asleep as he had ‘i * 80 come’ from the’ country, that day, tired and’ extastild, he'had’ tbifouel his care in sleep. “Mary ‘sprang forward ‘and folded me to her ‘bosom. “She caused me to forget my ‘destiny i in her holy’ embrace.’ /T held her ‘there. ‘until my father came forward atid exclaimed, “Holy” God, I ‘will p sigs ‘Thee fer. ever 5 ; my son was ‘dead’ but now is ahtees Af Blesd thy hol name.” Jessie covered my foreliead with ‘|cigség) and. Simedn held me’ by: the hand. “Phere 4 I sat and conversed with them 5’ told all ‘that hi ad befallen ng? 5 there we “sat pit until rays of Vight “bespoke coming’ ‘day even théte, te was: ‘controlled and Leiah told me T must go away fro there as. soon as the night closed i an) abd ‘I must “g0 hight in ‘the mountains’ ‘and bear’ away bread that i may not die with Lunger. ° Simeon eaid)) “do Tet me ‘gd with him’ T’ can’ come ‘and get, bread. mi Mary: paid, “how can’ T let you g go my datling Boy’ 2? but if} you can comfort your dear brother you may go.” " Tien’ fe breathed free a again ; then Joseph declar ed? "all. “He begun like this’: “Ponting "Pilate has set his OFF Re seal to a proclamation like this, ‘Jésus of ‘Nazareth shall be ‘erucified a8 soon as he can be’ brought to justice, and whoever stall? “deliver him ° into the hands of the Chief Magistrate shall "be ‘awarded’ ‘one “huidred shekéls ‘i in gold, and whoev er “hides hit from the law" ‘shall’ ‘Ve ‘pehedaed | even where . they. are.’” | Here’ Joseph cover ed his faced with ‘his: hands! and’ breathed a prayer to his Father, God, to hold his family frdny death. °Ohén, “he donti- ued, “I know I must did’; I’ now my’ family? ust’ die in order that’ bd may be glorified through’ His children, ‘declaring ‘oné Goa and one God only.” Here ‘he ‘continued, “you ‘must ‘hide’ away from’ alli as spies are everywhere.” T'then crept in béhind the chimney,’ There Hp rémaitied all that ‘day: I dould cotiverse with | Bhity while Sessie sae watch’ ‘that none should ¢dme ia’and hear my voice. |! heard’ a loud rap dt! the’door ‘and it was a confessor come to see if Mary’ had ‘heard anything’ ftom ‘her boy yet. Mary answered, “How Ido wish’ he would’ come home” atid Stay with mel” He answered, “his *stay would be ‘short if ‘he did’ comé ‘homé.”/ Mary'ré- plied, “I think“ he “has journeyed around the: ‘country ‘long éndtigh to'settle down” Then he ‘said, “fhe comes I should like to ‘be apprised of! it, as'I have ‘a little business with him.” Night’ set in' dold and plustering! « “Towas thinly clad... “Mary “had: no clothing''to spare from herv din fimily as they. were compelled” to leave their idés in “that Tone mountain home,” E'asked Mary. where my cloak Was. ” She’ Said, «Martha took “it “to” wrap around php us when “they partéd on the roud, soap she > had not's seen a ater ‘inte, was quite feeble. 8 Wt opened the door 2 said, ait is cy but Dwill Walk fast.’ Jessie ‘took hold’ of my hand aiid’ said; ‘ubrothér) we part to-night’ for- ever, earthly, but God will give you ‘back to mb'Again thy own | dear proitier.” : ‘LT said, God’ will holt me from death titi’ humanity © can’ be 'plest'by chat death.” Joseph ‘and James had’ gone away that! day for feat Suspicions ‘ghduld fall upon them, but when TF sew Taifist 0,” ‘Lknelt beside iy mother, 81 ay! courage) gave away,) and)! Incotld not cbreathe.! iMaryi said, iHolysGod - Ietoushidie lere, together, itis all Inwouldoask,” {held lier toimybesom until -her heart) céased:to beat, thend Jay hér)back into: Jessie’s‘arms andifled away. asfasti asc] could lest Ishould:be:teimpteddo turn backis I took omy dear brother by the hand and we hurried along as fastias we could until we teached:the feotof the! mowntdimyw I -then felbna holy calm come: over; me, andoa sweet voice said,,“brother, God is:hére; and) Mariha is néat/by.andol wilblead*youlthere.2; |That hand that had lédeme fram'somany: dangers wag clasped. ‘inminey dnd t forgot;my danger and, the|cdld’ winds. ... Simeon: said, «brother, don’t go: so) fast; amp getting tired.” y «Iisaidsn ‘God's childris:help- ing me, bie Lowill notdéave yous: She/saysiwWe are close ito Martha’s/and we ean, goin: therearid rest and! get warm.) o{ilerer ity is” Tesaidy“slie has gone: in’ to 'tellithem! we areicoming.”?) We entered there dndioMartha was hotinebhnlogs bréad, and:she: ex¢laimedy ‘herey ey are, I knew. whe were coming.” “aisisaeso& of, 2 blo ob” bise f bite oeod eit of autésad oniblod eaw onl ] [ wisidgueb” .boiwees oll “.idgia eid To xo emiod ervbod anlilinw mid nsdo ; enisiavom od} ot deid ybod isi? 189d voy liidu ei od.es mi beseag teiit [ls 169d binoo’ T° “.ytalh Yo satod on nivdd Uerdte I ome « del} ‘tah OW? © .aningsn “CHAPTER” vit Ltud .oodion * * el : : ' O310! Iisw ow brie peas % it iD BOOIG B BOOP : joy ,guol enw ‘id eal iderl ii rsa%o betieves saw [3 \ easiradiab 02 Hoy : tered | thé home of ‘Martha ; ‘everything was. 1s “neat ‘and comfortable, 4g LOLS e ( , Shee} ha ? heen re, nearly 2 a, week 5 her beds. were dried grass cover ed over ‘3 HUBISXS, Qon! with a blanket. The hearth, was nicely swep iT saw my cloak folded and “e) TACIT al “8 “he i bed lor a pillow. J held ‘Martha i in my, arms ‘until her. feet ef dsed oo é SI wash ara her,.,and s she sank on the floor. _ Here, I knelt beside hex, L. 7ST st bor Kisii Dated ah Re ured out. our iter grief in groans. and ieere until, our hearts. were urs ting in agony. “As she still sat jupent the “floor . 1 laid, my hend i in her oat th re ‘sobbed. my life away, unt.) iy fainted and fell across her feet. art red Pee had « also. ceased to beat, ‘and. we, lay. there two bruised. things. Sin eon, f brought water and | bathed our faces and hands, | but it, only, brought us back to despair hs AS. ‘soon as, I could raise “my bedy. upon my , knees, I omy Of lio od to take me cf himself even. then. : As soon as, Martha could ie Kes J8ITQ 1l VAIQOOTD es breathe she answ ered, dAmen. “Holy. God, “breathe him out of. that poor 1st wa f 2 frail ‘bod even, now.” Here. Lazarus. arose from his hed. and came, and Wi Gk biel beside me and | folded t his arms about , ne, and J I rested ‘my, aching. head in n hi ECP He had. given his soul, to his ‘Father, God, jong before, and LW o. eifi OV i he trusted i in n.iks mercies, z and as he cmoothed back. my, bair and laid his thin, cold. papel on my. forehead, I i became calm, and felt, that, God was even there, DOeD 6) I gaid ‘come, O O come angel of light, Test T forget my duty, tor, God and hu- 8 bio mal PETiia Tsay: that holy. form approaching, aud. I reached out both. hands 82 to her to fold me inithat bosom; as there I could find. rest.) Her face: was like the’ reflection of ‘dianiond, and:care >was imprihted there, 'yet'she held ‘me ‘in — that holy embrace-uitil I forgot the cross ‘and its 4gonies that! were ever be- fore mé, | and? it filled me with:horror. |: Ishad tried from ‘boyhood: days ‘to hold myself firm, “knowing that: it must ‘be, but now each hour! seemed ‘to heap upow me ‘new féar, and’at times I would drop’ beneath the burden and lose myself for a time in. unconsciousness.’ Heére'l wasinfluenced*enough to give directions ‘concerning myself and others.«:' Isaid to Martha, “set your house im order, for:we will bring back our’ holy! brother when your houseis . in'mourning, buthe must:leave.here even now; that ‘he can reach,the crag yonder ere:the day dawns: “The «cloak must; be:borne along with them as thé nights are ‘chilly and their bed:will be:leaves and boughs, and the ‘cloak will cover both:”: Here Lazarus was controlled»by Leiah,:and said, ‘“daugh- ter, ‘he must: ‘haste away even nowy lest the herdsmen ‘will lay: hands ea him and drag him back to Jerusalem.” enieti I saw Leiah as he was holding Lazarus to his bosom, and I said, “do hold him until this body is borne out of his sight.” He answered, “daughter, I will hold him as he is until you bear that body high in the mountains ; then come to me, I shall be in the home of Mary.” I could hear all that passed between them, but I could hardly, comprehend, its meaning. We left that home ; I took a piece of bread, Simeon took the cloak, and we went forth into darkness, yet I was covered over with light. The way was rough, yet I glided along: I hardly know how. Simeon would oft say, “stop, you go so fast I can’t keep pace. with you I am so tired,” ‘but, on and on we went until I found myself standing on a high cliff, then the influence exclaimed, “here T have brought you both in safety, you are free from danger ; prepare ‘a place ‘where you can lie down and rest ere night comes, I will now go} back to Mary and see what I can do to opatirt her.” “Then she withdrew her electric life away. from my poor frail body, and T sat down like a blasted plant that could rise no more in its own ‘strength, and nothing but God's breath could raise that drooping head. Simeon came and sat beside me ; he held his hand ~ ‘in mine until strength could De imparted | tome, I then raised myself upon iny knees and there I poured out, my soul’s holiest ado- ration to my. Father, God. Even while I knelt in prayer my ‘holy protector returned and knelt beside me ; her head was dropping in grief, but still she said, “Father, God, I. adore” Thee.” pig’ then, asked, “what tidings of my darling mother ?” “Her answer was, “she is ill, and I fear she will yield up her spirit into ‘the ‘bosom of her God unless she gets relief from the grief that is breaking her heart. shes & answered, “Jet God have his own, ‘then I can die in peace.”’ Here T made fearful expression ; ; it was ‘this, ‘hell bas | estroyed my family earthly, but” God ‘will “hold them until hell is ‘cleansed ot its. fu- vies ahd God’s kingdom shall’ be ‘established on earth ; then hypocrisy ‘and deceit will smoulder in ashes, and priests and confessors will be chained ‘and ° 83; bound forever.”,,.How.I came to. make that expression I:did not know, but as_ 1. looked around I: saw Jeptha standing besidé/me. |: He accosted me’ thus: “Beloved brother, I haye come in order that you may feel you°are not forsaken by God’s children even.if; you are'compelled to flee the'havints of’ man,” . ‘Holy, »Worthy, Grand | Arch Bishop,” I exclaimed, “has ‘God re+' vealed to you aught)concerning ‘the fulfilling of the law ‘humanity'demands | in, order. they will..be, ready,; to forsake their ‘idols: and acknowledge ‘one ° God?” He answered, “humanity’s demands: ‘aré not éasily satisfied, and human sacrifices mnst be offered upon:the altar of priestcraft:-until ‘light can” be drawn from eternal light and finds a resting placé inthuman minds, that‘ can light the tapers of the benignted souls that have been chained and'held’’ by. the crafty priesthood that would bind:earth in! darkness forever,’ if God’s children ;did noty,live;,and die in hope-theéir life andodeath would'bless ages that, would come after them.” He; continued, '/“Iknow brother'you must ' die, but your death will not light the whole earth; but a‘ little'ray of light here and there. will,be left among thechuman:family, but in’ God's own time ' another human. body, ; ‘must be laid: upon the altar of human ambition.’ Ig- norance is the cause,of disbelief in the Infinite Creator, and. humanity is willing to ‘beled by. priesteraft, without investigating for themselvés; thus it” is-continued from,age. to .age, ‘and: priestcraft binds them ‘closer and closer, * through fear, until. they. settle down: in ignorance,‘and fear holds them chained and bound. until they dare not ask if-there is alight beyond ‘therefore hu- man sacrifices must be laid upon the altar of ambition until man will dare say, ‘God .is. my. .Father, and) in him: will put‘my'trust.?’ “When man is once freed. from fiends,in. human form,:.then light will enter every human soul, and, God , will |be, acknowledged through his wondrous works ; then there, will .be. no more; need of human sacrifices’: then'the: Worthy Grand Arch Bishop, : Almighty. God; will be acknowledged as director‘and control- ler of immensity,.and.,the children of earth shall! seek to bless each other’ with: their holy love, then there shall bea new heaven established on earth ; then, the heathen, bigots, will have no more’ human souls to gloat ‘upon, and the dragons..in priestly robes ‘shall. ‘lie down and be forgotten like a filthy fi that, had been, but .was' not, and never more could be while earth’ rolls” Here ;I said,,to, Jeptha, “is' my: death’ to: bring that light ‘into the vat ?” He answered, “your death will change their°idols ‘and nothing more, |and ,ages:on, ages must pass away ere the true light will find its ‘rest- ing placc/in,the human: mind, and you, dear brother, must go back and finish up: what will be begun-by your death.” » Herehe said, “I must go now, but I will, come to’ you, again ere you hang upon the°erdss.” | He then left’ me and. 5 laid down; upon the cold earth; and it cooled my aching’ head. -'Simeon ~ came; to me then and said, “it is chilly, | dear brother, had we’ better not find.a place to lie. dowmas itisnearly dark ?”’ I answered,“God’s child will direct, us, I see her‘coming,”» As) she drew near, she said, “comé my dear 8s Ms | bro:hery, Ll! have ifotind iarsplace where! youlcan Ne downland the’éatd witty Will non piereesfou2ouiWeiebochaiarove uihdfol owed heb ait Litt@%hollow® beneath ashelvisigracksLhere we ‘broke sor” branehes and! prea vem On! the earth,|thén we laidddmavand:spreat, tlieveliakovei lis’ ds Vestve ule Iny,the night! Simeonosaid, “hrothér dove burnihgwittedlfever ay yout! hand,ow my jheadibdethienLican goiils sleep? 21° wid !O% Gou's hand is pen” ugandifidbecbis.willforlyou tobreathwout hraLtThall'say! MGS well, But Lphall mestoyouicafien call ithabflestoban'sifhayithén We'sialinot He drivel’ about Jas. wildabeadtsy butiwe shall becrecomni Zod naoGud's reated anion Hig ; eid rons?sind claidiitay duarid pponchis: head, ind Vefellasteep Sven While T” wpa aphakibgeisdo need oved iadt aluox botnrg.aod oil? to eioqat edt tdgil g89 .Ehus we continvedsuntilithe fourth! day | theh!we Leyeteainthan gered, it’ being highinoons; Simeon said) *Edwillogo by anorkok dead a aowi the” maptiaterits and jL-eanyreach'Mary’wafter nightfall D will tieH hasten back!’ , to you pean reath youbyimorning?ty ‘Thénghe foldéavhiswrniv/atoutd wi6” and.sa'dyy if aught; befullsime:and dito ondte come iby fidon! Owed morrows" - then you,.must, go.dowrito,.Martha’sothereinyod will iid bredth@ ar Mary” should be,verypill Inmust'stayiaidicare for hét,cad God's éhilarén Will care” for; you, dear, brothdn.o) Lanswereds* God's wchitdren' are aliotodig but he” ! will, receive, thenyall.in| his)owniiabotle iof rest?” .oHe thenthdliiy hatid and” pressed, it,.,to;, big dips, anid said God's hand 49 wponugs! Wel HbsE al paul Then hesped away. and j was Jost to sight 3 then: Pkvlelt $n! prayer'und' God® ansyered.throughvhis children; tweiare béreito comfort yo” BsoRiiors ose That.day, passed awayy amorningve ime, but my‘ “brother ‘eamhé! ot, Bat ae? the sun sruse high), els towiiake anceffurttoprocutetood! Weg int des scend, the.;mountains chopirig{xtooneachotliererin the early part Retohi outs pie? the avay) was.rough.and } wasoftdelayed:by dedpeats inthe imédntain that’ T had not seen.asoL-ascendedsby the damecpath; Uutibre!dight/elowa ia 'T Sat’ down bya, brook, there 4 bathed my-shéad ‘andl then the beating’ Ceased OF?! then asked God, to direct med ybisooad found a gentlsthanPiniiine and yv made. this expression, )1 gotdostoand none edmiéto-bely' nie 8Phe!Mpitit!’ answered, did,you.ask 2) pI, answered, |ftary chéad was'lachine? Pharaly! knew, what J did, oD'henotheranswersenine; “En have eomenowtd lead! you’ down the mountain{for,hejlast time until Isbeard you: dd whit I pest our? work for coming) ages?’ {3 vpasdo iliw diach a0y” beweas oll _“S blrow Here againgl had lost| faith ini God through the: darkoeonditien in'which t™ wag held; leresIbeganto:feehthateD bad lforgévitoraskaid fointhoon ye source Icould draw strength, andJike a guilty'thing:T(éxelaimeay *halyGedl” forgiverme,”, 1\Dhen ‘a,-voiceisaidy: come, cbywith doads yous Marthwawaits + your,coming 5, let us:hasten then,io Theaway:sediredsclearand ol aarbed for waxd and in;a,shortitime I.reached Martha’s hoindieShesfoldéd mie 60 HUE bosom, again and again, and.said, “Gotksbey| praised’! that Tolean! benolddhim® once, more in, mortal form. .J9zaruswaisedup on‘his handand satd)*e¢dmé here} 85 my, dasling Jesus dat mefedlixoubticeniore imhy bosom 24 His poor. WwAst- ed body made;me almeshshrink:from his iémbrace;/cyet I day! my. hei! tipo : his Rpsom, ard beqathedoacprayerformy family; babno answer ame; Bula deep.groyn,from, Lazdrus-sank deep intoany theatiionstlly ICreaoi’ rowaet said; sib! ld; thera, from, doubt. si {kets CHeir. fait hy in’ Jee dvered beak Mheth ene, held. og thy,;embracess pleti thempobesforevers? |' Then! Marmhaoanawered, famen.t; Then,date,some bread awd) odrank some niills, some thht Munthia had procured,.knowing E,was comingwary ob then saidy “bymust gounow or you will cally be,,cut,,off by myspteséncecherel? [oAis Ui atase! to delat, fer fell orersme, andob shrunk, back:,fromitheidanknessthat! surrotinded me) and GAGE more.approached the;sick bed, Thereivh) ktitlt andeasked! Lazurhs to pray for. me...i He, daid:chis;:hand,upon ny head »aidopoured?out! his Joal! on the altar.of hamanity.s Even hép:hadyceeaseda Lu: felbascuobiland! dn mihewided calm.voice, sai § «draw istrengthyideatbrother; Godds:hert, and his! qhildfen Willilead; thea; tomeceven) now, lelseocday rwilkodawmlereryou ean reHen satety.!?),,Lhen jd) badectheni-adienandydashedsoutlin the darks feartesy; be GUEFadd Fi dknowsd wars letant maughtbut 'Groll’s angel ehildren wee” kag! companions. , re; the| day dawhedoIchadereached: thei firstceliff} there T’ wat down, to, est.) Even, from theresf, could see ‘theiedulitry was filled witli Hundt beipgs,in bands. oy DPhenj jagain) Doclimbeds ups cand oon, and on itil Il had reached. the, highest cliff; but ofersdhere dhilled with! theicoldowindWand sae urated,, with the heavy mustahat had)eathered onthemountains; 1 fele iI could buildjajfixg Lshould{beieomforted inawmeasurey having: ‘Prouvtit Froth Martha's yd &obAgyiappanatus| fan: coatchiny theritinyesbark22oPWeeuh SY searching.dbenenth the crags (forydryocbrish, ‘andoina short’ tide I hada sparklins. dfireds\E;had forgot that’ ‘smoke! couldbe seen at a oreat® distaned, and J piled.on the rush; until the flames rose yhighy'thendAdried:my Garments and lay down, and slept; when I awoke, my fire had nearly gone out, ‘but again|L.piled.onithe brush; th ni beghwdo fearitiwouldibéd seen trim below, and. I, threw.-oni dirtitodestroy,the flames thénokcieid downoon the! warn earth, whereithe fire had been jtherwT fell asldep« Myobody: wabsicotsfortal blejand o1y.dreams filled, with light from beyond and:loye fdr humanity.° ult was middaypwhen- deawokew E:htand)m ctacklingoot the! brushad) Lbardsey,t6 my feet and behold an anointed priest stood before me. He accosted me thus,) “how isitcharetic. youlare here aloud ?2edy shouldkyhavertiouyhd you would have taken-some jof,the damsels trom thie lowlahdswithy yous and:then Your» would have, been; quite I contfuntable: owatha firepand Isstelyoulhave barley. bread aplenty’? yPhnaihe: staoped) down andypicked apsthe: halfia loaf, that, wasloft from what dj had brought fromeMartli’soo Inthensprang 4d my, feesiand, saids tHoly . Almighty God, electrify y this:: ifiendosasy hesis 5 day down that, bread’; L shouted, tor God wilk chaimsyon!to this mountain for ever, | {Hei thea dropped) ithe, bread and stood {thene, likeonetparalyzed, KBegone;”, b said, fewer now...) Dhenheymade an attempt toigo, but ne a 86 - could not move his feet...’ “How is this ?” he said, “am DP affected ‘by. heresy. I will go,” he said, if you will'relieve me and come back fo more.” Then he. said,.,“you, are, condemned:to’ hang upon the'cross, but if you: will ‘go down with-me J will anoint you a priest, and you shall‘have everything you desire if you will, become one of us.:.»We all:know you have gifts ; we have not, and you shall hold all the eas you want: from the rising to’ the sét- ting of the sun, atid: from: the-isetting tothe rising thereof. Meat and i strong drink shall ever be at. your command if ‘you will’but’ make oath that you will work forthe holy idol that the Amlekites took’ from the ‘Moabites, even the one that/Moses had ‘cast: in order his fenidles should look ‘upot it ‘aaa desire, to beget children. ‘Hell’s devices,” I said,“whether it be of Moses or Elias, held to this day; in order 'to:delude the poor, ignorant souls that’ knew no God but debauchery:and darkness, and’ such’ fiends as yourself are’still binding, them, in the: damning devices'ofa heathen bigot,’ and Mosés was'a brute else he. would: never ‘have diseased forty females ‘and then’ had ‘them beheaded, and. then: call: for> forty! more fresh females that he could damn them also.” Then {he held: ‘his peace’ but ‘said,’ “the priests will bear ‘you down from this mountain and hang! you'on the crossy but if’ you will go with me I will:hold, you: from:all harm.” © I) stepped‘ toward him’ while’ he shook from ‘head, to foot, not from fear of:a poor frail thing'like me; but he’was chilled with electricity, but I raised) my hands’ above my head and shouted; “get ye behind me Satan, Almighty God is here.” ‘Then ‘he fled’ mé;’ but aftertime I -was.told,that:as he went down inthe lowlands, he déclared God} and the confessors bore him in to the council of the priesthood. ‘Even there, he shouted, “God. is here:;” and'they cut off his head’ ‘After he had gone Leiah said, “it sis best you should go higher in the mountains, bear south: ward, after :you:!pass the highest peak, and Wa wel find it tmiore ages able.” . Day after day I drbicated ere I reached the’ habe pie ‘as! r could! no} go but.a little:way before I had to sit down torest, but there found a com* fortable »place .bedeath a shelving rock, and’ there was a spring near by. Ere I reached the spring'I was filled with fever, butI drank freély, bathed my. -head, then Ac laid i and: ai but whea si ee my fever shy gone. S dvol Y Thirty-four dys thad: phat away, and ‘Iwas)still in ‘the rotated There I was without bread, dying with hanger, ‘and the spring I ‘could not reach. I> had ‘become ‘so! utteriy helpless’ I had attempted to get water by. crawling alongobut when ‘about! half way'from my bed ‘to the spring, I fell to the earth and could! not move.’ Here I lay in utter despair, when I heard @ human 'voice! calling my ‘name. > Itried/to answer but the ‘words died upon amy lips.) Iheard othe sound nearer, ‘and’ asked God to lead them to me: After: afew moments: I heard a voice say, “Holy God, here is his body} ; he is dead?) \ When she drew ‘near she: lay her hand upon my back, and a a 87 when she felt jthe heart was. beating, then she raised me up, laying her hands upon my chest. , Being warm gave me life, and I, breathed one word,; Mary. She answered, ‘ my, brother you are dying tor. bread ; here, I have. brought; some; eat if you. can, and Iwill bring some, waterin your cap.’ Her presence gave me courage and I sat up. . The water gave me strength; and in a short time I was able to be led back to the. bed. of dried leaves 1 had gathered, and, ere I was aware of feeling drowsy, I fell asleep. 1. slept, all of the remainder of that day, it being near the setting of the sun, and all of that night, and when) I. awoke the glad sun, shed its rays on the cold earth, and it brought comfort, and beside me sat the poor, frail body that man had cursed but. God had sayed from being, beaten to, death. with, stones and clubs by a band of confessors in Chaledon, and: it, was the poor diseased; scarlet. woman, Mary. Magdalen ;, her poor, frail body had.-but.a'little life to, impart, to}, mine, :and,we sat there two. blasted things,together.. As.the.sun rose high she said;)*‘she must be making. her way down the mountains lest she would be lost among the, crags. Heretofore I, had not had. strength: or courage to ask for my mother or my family, but I,knew I must ask, even then if. I.would hear from)them.,.I said, “has Mary got better ?”); Her an-, swer was, “Mary has been very ill ever since Simeon came, down from |the mountains.” © I said, “how is it with the rest.of them?” .. Her, answer was one. deep groan, and she -fainted. even there. . I dipped my hand in the, water, she had brought.in my cap.and bathed her‘head and face... Here I sawan angel bright coming toward me, and I knew it was my brother Sim- eon; and I said, “O my God, they have destroyed my darling brother Sim- eon,” and he came ‘and. knelt, beside .me. | Then, another, another, and another knelt in the presence of two broken, reeds and their. God. “Holy Creator, God,” I heard my father say, “give|me, oh give me my boy, even now.” I answered, “do bear'me away, with, you, Joseph, even. now,” He answered, “God. will lead you to’me ere long,.but poor’ Mary must lin; ger yet for a,time.” Here. Mary, Magdalen: ite to breathe, and as she, looked. around she saw. them. all'there, and, then'she .answered, “God has: brought you all to answer for yourselves.” ., Then;she continued, “as Joseph was coming. home: from work he was caught, by a band of confessors, and they asked'tor you.”. He. answered, “the. did “not “know: where you was,” then théy bruised, him’ fearfully, but he could not;tell;, then, they bound his feet and hands together by, one.cord, then pat a pole beneath the cord, then they bore him, away to:the hillside where.there was a cave ; they threw him in.and vovered up; the mouth of the cave with stones and dirt ; there they; left. him to starve to death and none knew he was there, until he was dragged forth by the Magistrate, dead,'and he was buried there, I dare, not ask for my brothers \as) my heatt,was so/full I could hardly breathe. I said, “you are too’ fecbie to begin’ your journey to-day ;, wait, until to-morrow and. I will \go\ a-part ‘of the way with) you.” While I was speaking I saw her 88 head diop, aid Taawehie was Chtvanked.oTeptlin brsuthéd ‘his life mto'that body” and’ Said? “have hér depart Vven How) bédabse theyaiten watching, it any One Cottes to'the mountay with ‘bread! Bat this frail Wolly’ will be brought patk” dude More, then you will go"down and héeity your work: riowMy wear beat’ hécaase T'did Know there would be héthing’ BuW death’ and sorrow! from the hour I went down from e*mountain’ wit de was bulge iipow the éross® Jéptha still breathed ih that body! dud slarted’dowi"'the mouitain yothen thé sun Wis abdat two hourohighsthén T was Tete dtone with my father and my mat nd maith rémiaivied beside’ me: Tepe botue!dawn for the List! iinel q odt tse sor Obiesd “bas 31 La709 ifanoid 1 bas diiae *°Foar die fina Pee eWay itd Twas kneeling jeDbagee askitig God "6 hasten’ théchdur for me! tobesta My work that'd coull fish apwhat'd had £0 do’ for thintingée’ Thad! hardly br -éathedtheke Words Wheit Tisaw! Mary Migdalene again towing toward mey ipwas iw the’ catty partofothé day" TE Usktd! Her iow “she? could ovedch there ‘so ‘early! “She re plied)21 was brought’a parvof the y way}? P don’t know how Ticame?® “How is'Maty ?2 Fasked;“2il the rést'are here witht nie” ““Ghel replied “Mary ws erazy,and ahié Says if joa! would come to-hérshe would wetWertert?d “Godralone ett heal @ brokén heatt?? ‘D said, “my tmother'sthéait hasbeen bruised, but it will be brokéw dre sheeal bréathe? ontof’ that poor'body | After'she "aa restdd Paskedhér bow my brothers were put'to dearhv's James,” ishe sai® chad been at'work for a herdsman, and hethad(started to eo hbiie, but edhe could reach’ Tyré a band Bf cebrfessors aceosted him and Maid; $4ell ws Where that crazy heretié is or we will! beat’ youlto deuth.2™ He answered) # Tas not kiow.”° Phen they fell upon himowith Clubs !and beat hit! untiP he felt tothe earth. Then" they stoned himeto déathi) oi? ai sloat sodioas bas (Mary dées*not kiiow that Joseph orJames is dead, but’ she'saw thelother two destroyed:!” ‘Ther she‘ doritinned, “when Simeon eané® down ‘front thé mountait a éohfessor saw hital ériter Mary’s home, UA fter atime four of the priests Cathe°in atid he had hid wway.ia/the’kéhnél' where theléonfessors had képt their dogs” There “head fallen dsleepio 'Theyceame intorthe ‘house and “‘askéd furry! Where the heretic wasthey saw ‘come in there) ( Herant awér was, “he is in (Gods daveland keeping? Then they: kaldy' “we will fake’cArelof hint Héreafiér’s” ‘then theybbeenn their Search “ndotheone that daw hit first'dxclafthed, “here isthe Gaited Heretic as! they drageed him ut.) The °priesé that oheld® him said, now if) you svill tell mei where that fool i¥ that hus! been distutbingthewhble coulitry with! lis heresies; we will let you'go'back ‘itd ‘the dogs house and‘have yournap' out, butoif Yyou! don't we-will ‘cut’off your herd i in this ‘hour?! He answered) “ry v holy brotheriis in thé’ bosotiy' oF angels, ‘und'God will hold -him until his:hburedmeés thet the ‘inkibitants of eatth will khow'né diéd for God's glory and shumanity’s freedom) atid ‘that heathen, idolatrous worshipishallcome to! nauight.”oo Here thé’ priest that Weld’ Him “deult himvca bldwrand it felledohimtothesfidbry cea 89 Then sliduted:all of the:priests;,sdeaih to, all,heretics., ;They) dragged him awWayoby! lis haineven;while Mary, lay, fainting, onthe floors) They dragged him a lifthe way! out-of} the, city and, cahoff, his head. o Mary, sbreathed,and looked ardundsandswhen;she:saw Simeon, was,gone; she arose, «to her feet, She followed them and was near enough to see clearly the, axe as,it fell upon Ais meék! j¢PhenoMary fell down, dike one dead. joAsq they Jeame back ond oof thems kicked, ber. and said, .“her sheresy.d ds, cooling.eff,, she) is; dead.” Themothey nshoutedoagain, “death tooall, he reti¢s,/ > bat Mary; was not dead, but ereomodrning dawned ‘she sought, her home; and.whene that home had stoodsit) Was, one ;heap) of.rubbish,, Her fgrief| brought, on) labor,;;ahd iher child was-bdna even.there, in, the kennel where the confessors had kept abeiz dogs, ithat being the! vnlyjsheltex she could reach,,but even then death jeould not) reach jcher,.,/bat sheymust.live,on-and-drink.deeperand still deeper the bitter ep ofjidespain.) Jessie | bad) .been away, to sajcousin.o4 {Mary's} anid When:vhé) tumultreached him he,started) onj hisyicratehes for-hisshome, but ere lie: couldiréach..there,he, was.accosted! byoapriestj,dnd -he asked) afohe wassthé berétie’s, brother: that had fled. tbe,law. | He said, “ifoyou mean my brother Jesus,.Lam?, Then; they ; caught him by the farm, and dashed himi te theleanth-and threw ;bis,cratches away) from ohim,, ands there he lay poor helplessrthing, but the priest:camb,back afier.a time and) said, ) Stell us where that) distarber df the! peace is,and wé:will Jet jou:go.” HMalanswveredio d havemot:seem lim, for, many, days,.and) [donot know,where; he i sv | Then they» saidy;twe] will throw) {ydujinto;the den.of wild Beanie under ‘, He then answered calmly, “if I die it will be for God’s glory, and that coming agés shalk be, fided from such, fiends, as you,that/are danyingjall earth) with your deeds.?'| Here they cauglit;him \by. the) hain,and, dragged; himsawaynin andarly hole:tbeneath the jshelying rock,where|they always kept their, bound ériminals jtheperhe could not astlaway ify he would. heen ihe him there: four days) withdut food,or-drink. oy )y4 yah r | - Nowe thisodbeing jthe fourth day, after Many’ 3 or a the 2 eins that had. beem; hen accuser, of being ai confirmed heretic, bid her|leave the city; orhe jwoulit behead hér.>;Then) she ,dragzed-liér poorfraili body-along !and sougbtsrto fice,) but; the:stneets! werenfoll of people, all scéming td go one way.) [Stic heand a heathen, say, Chewas stubborn land. would not:tellowhere that icrazy:oeneticowas, andy hey: are goingitofeed: him) toitheewild: beasts; abd I. guess theyowill berglad|asithey hawe:been Jet witbont:fdcd for two days!’ isAlary’s héart-beatiasishefeltiit was hercown boyy Jessie.c:As she had | notchears from him:dor days:sle hastehed [oncas fasta’ sheceould):and:as she drew near she sawyitiwas:Jhep darling Jessie hab they were draggiig along byvhisbait.i:-Hejsawe his.\mother and) exclaimeds (Mary, Mary, Mary:”? Then lsheoreached you; her! handsitowhrds \himijand:saidy: 4! HolyGods hevis Thine?) heywas: dashed: iiito; thatedén.even while; she wasigazing-dpon him}; and; his) last. words were, Jesus, wilb;be! hung iupon the cross, abd shamanity 90 will be blest” buat ere’ he ‘could’ speak another word they hurled him head foremost ‘inte the den of hutgry ‘beasts; and they tore the flesh from ‘his bones as soon’ ‘ashe touched the bottom.” ‘Here Mary fell back ‘like one dead to all arent and aly i hai went ‘abd and left nee ain nine bhe had falleny)) 509'0 995 « ‘After the dines of these Hens hace closed the door: tat led to the: vt hé went to where Mary was laying’; ‘he had compassion on ‘that humble but still beautiful female that lay atihis feet! | He ‘called: to -his‘eompanion' and they raised her ‘up and bathed! her temples, and breath came back to her again, but they dare not'take her'to their own shelter, but they said there is: a Hebrew lives ‘on the hillside, ‘he isa ‘hatcer, and his name is’ Levis they raised her up between them and bore her along as best'they could until they came near that‘ home, then they they sat‘her down and fled lest ‘some one should see them assisting @heretic. ‘Levi's wife saw them‘ fleeing, she went out and’ assisted ‘Mary’ into her tent; she soon found *hér mind was de- ranged, but she tried’ to comfort her as best she could, and Ithave'left her there in ‘order that I could come and bear a message to you from Israel's holiest son, Jeptha, and that is ‘you must begin your work even. now. | Mary Magdalen ‘had: related this to me while’T was resting ; then’ I attempted°to rise to my feét.and fell back, as'my life had seemed to go out concerning my brother’s death and my mother’s fearful situation.) There I} breathed deep’ and a holy calm came over me, ‘and I was Jost! in a’ forgetful entrancement, In this'condition I was _ borne’ along, and the: fetid ines Teknewil mans iW Peter’s hut. | | . bert | After his ‘boat! was’ dashed on'the rocks in the river Jdraad, he took*his: family’ and moved’ to’ the ‘suburbs of ‘Tyre.* Here I found him in‘a little, hut and his family were huddled together because they had no fire. I'saidy “have’ you) any: bread for “me? ”) Peter’s' wife? ‘answered,’ “ bread we have not tasted since day before. yesterday”! ‘I: said,“ how is it’ you are’ sitting here without’ making an/effort to! procure employ- ment, and let those children go out and ask for bread.'> None can refuse such frail things/as they are.” ‘Here I -was ‘interrupted'by one of the children saying they had seena poor frail man coming to’the city anda woman ‘was leading him.:: She ‘asked :me/if I knew one Hebrew family ‘that bad a son that had fled: to) the mountain and a price was set'upon his head. “I told her “I did not know such aifamily, but mother may know them.” I said, “come, here. is. my ho ue, come invand rest,” but when they had sat down the man ‘fellasleep.. He then said, “Mary »has ‘no ‘home, she ‘isan out+ cast and alone.” Then the woman said, “God's hand is upon us’ and] will prepare . alittle hut tor my brother and myself.”': She then said, “can my brother remain here the rest:of the:day and night, and by that time I. wiil have a shelter: for:us/ both, and now she lives out there,” vdinting to a little hat. [said “it: must be Martha, will you run: and see if? it is ‘Lazarus ) 91 Mittha?”” “He hastened away and came hurrying back, and said, “the man is dead, but I didn’ t stop to ask what his: name was.” Here I was controlled and ' said, “so to ‘that woman and say to her there i is one in your home starving’ for bread. *! ‘The boy soon returned with a piece of bread. Then I raised that bread high above my head and said, “Holy, Eternal God, feed this family with the’ bread of life, because earthy bread they will not want bat a little. longer.” As’ I had done speaking the! father came in, “When he saw me he fall upon ‘his face and said “holy brother, I have damned my family by drunken- ness, and here they are starving for Dread. ie! have been looking for labor for days, but can find nothing todo, and here Iam starving.” I said, “Pe- ter, God’s hand i is upon you ; you have laid down all you had ie drunken- ness, ‘and’ now ‘you will lay down your lifé’ for coming ages.” Here he sobbed ‘aloud and said, “here I'am, my uel all I have I give to Thee and humanity: ”’ Then T said, “come with ne.” Then he stepped forth and said, “God help you my family ; I belong to God and J will follow this man to the cross.” I bowed my head and éaid, “amen.” Here I said to Peter's wife, “care for this poor frail body, she is bat held by God’s breath, but she will soon be’ borie beyond the reach of man among God’s holy children that have been cleansed’ from the dark stain of heathen idolatrous priests and confessors.” Poor Mary Magdalene raised her hedd and said, “I shall be beheaded before two days, and you, dear brother, will’ be hung upon the cross fourteen days hence, but I’shall find’comfort in feeling Thave done all I could to rélieve the ‘suffering ‘of my brother.” I’ then said, “God assist her, she is dying even now for bread. *-T now went forth, it being dark, and made my Way to the little hut, but not’ knowing who was there I knocked gently and a voice from within answered, “come.” One taper was lit and set upon the board, and I saw by its‘ rays a female form kneeling in prayer. I heard her . breathe my name arid say, “hold him, O my’God, until thy kingdom may be " established here on earth, then fold’ him in Thy bosom forever.” Then she ‘arose to her feet “and stepped’ forward ‘toward thé body that had been “ straightened’ for’ burial. Her ‘heid' was ‘bowed, but as she caught a glimpse of me’'she’ caught ‘hold ‘of the body and ‘said, “Holy Father, God, he too’ has’ ceased tobe earthy.” TP '‘answered, “no, I am here, held by’ Almighty God, in order that this ‘holy man of God could awake and declaré Godiand here I am; all there is of me.” Then I said, “how long has Lazarus been in that'trance 2” Martha answered, “hé is dead.” I then’stepped to where he was laying.’ God breathed upon me “and I saw thée'room was'filled with angels. ‘Heré my own frail body was filled with life. I took ‘one hand of the sleeping man’ in mine, while I'lay the other hand ‘upon his brow, and ‘said, “arise Lazarus, God is here.” His brow contracted’ beneath my hand, and he made an effurt to breathe, 42 c Then, if feb 5 ise Hay feed see Sl) 8 De cals pace nlite thgp. the. glo lory “mayy be, sea Ps Meine hee slave," Tiss eyaros gave aglgen, Aree hi Aen BeAPaBeA OH arin looked sropnd, Tike. ong..in ass tonishmentsT8 *Syig PBB, Gaitaeyy 13m au? Rene te pear eet wana thy. agvagenin 2,fpomom Seath. trance. The room dvay being Sled by: the poor. that t had been apprised. of the death el hima, that wasyslgepigs brash LORS, Twas coutrglied and beld forth h a, an hour, Then when, Jed breathed into my body again, Tywent to Martha and Jmglt beside her andrsidy ‘{yybere is my mother is Adee MMSWEE, pras, dave. not found. ber... Uazaps has been | SO. sick di could gt avi Piya Here, m0, Stepped forward and said, ; who , is ure you. “ask, fi “hs a Mott ¢ Mar wh sosep bis; He? oL ansygredk “Mary. 28. my, Presuetad L,, Houle seeahery .¢ SAP BGR i babes, Petex came. forward and. saidy f ‘it. a be. the, ,one, that 9 was cartisd de “ ‘Holy, God,” Said Martha, | ‘ ds) that dey on CHHAy womans cheard about, my 8H: “dear aaa and, wos ip ober. boy; that, wes thrown, into the den, of wld, beasts.” iy Martha chia "een A die qiad ifate ofithe @,0f ithat “past, of thg : family, ase she, WAS) a stranger poy Benth, PEW city., Here. the, whole swath flashed epop her, and. she fell aforsxand upon the floor, «1, stopugh donna 9 dads oy Bandsa UPd eh ARE Abe breathed Againg. » Then, J said. tothe by, standers,,, Gans, fon, Martha, and Lagarns, I must hasten away to my mother.” “It being dark,. Peter Jay this hand i in ming and. we, sought therabode of dueyi, Ade; bor aA Mis onwarskyup the. steep, hillside, coobte, gyeareached, there, Peep Said (herp is,{he.caye where, the, confessors keep the amid; beasts) to destnoyiheratigs: o My heant beat, but, I sped. onvantil : we reached the tant, of, Lexi. » Phegoehyy as torn from j its fastening, that seryed as.adoor,, hai wes stambled ORer something, We knew, not, whats, naelires bad. lit a, ight fron the smouldering embers..: The first thing Tsay, was, the bodies, of) Lew.’ vs,dour children.coyers¢ awith, blood, but all wene de ad... ne Said) « Holy,.God, ris duy mother among, the fdeadyisod heard a, feeble moan; and Lsaw there was; life, stillin, one huipaty, body: that was ‘pavineds with dried; grass: J Knelty, beside,ythat, body, and] paw jitl was my; own dear mother, dying there, sqarcely breathing? LJaigy her. hand, im mine ; then, she. breathed, my. namaey and sud bao dying injthe, moun: tains for: -brendy awhg will ‘go andycarny, him,gome,? ol saidytmoiper,ideax mother, I, 4m, here beside, you, gand you, areal very al,” JAY! ghtrmas brought .and yL, say she, was, pale as dexth itself oh soothe a (her as best couldy Then, my controller breathed, upon, mend said, fhe will) die.as she is unless. she,can. hayes sombthing! mann to give hen,dife.”,.d arose tommy, feet and said, “Holy,(Gody direct, mes my, mother is dying and dyym filled, spith fever hi ”% When an, angel, breath filled, ama yi body. wathy, life from, hy Hows Fife, and said,, “this body, cannot, die, until the,hoe, comesthat alhicomingiages shall be| blest by, that. death.”.. Then she,addeds “Jesus must,bas'en, amyay to Martba’s,eveninows cada asbLagaaman? arm hyesop, tea./jool found myz Sy &% Y A KO 98 exoTiz0b bos yaws so whl AID AVE 4? L a] ae sod self! mov ing Away ieee ei ile the in | yo w/a bp oe i artha h ad re; ~ Ow esd ba bise: ocol, nod fe MS aa g. 1190) vd asd cubed? her’ Stren rength, nd was even a Meets paring ay ! ay or ana f W Hijau boas w ot Orin Fi eniui ie Jes of of fi< Isa id, koive me A cup Eset ALR even now, Tyry he reathes M: 14 amigttf sre ted} Paw) 8,2! 49 W109 neo “ao i it wore he bri gay ier. if Té Ci an ge back in time.” I ah baod ppt the cup that gph tine oulhig La 4 iol oa pil og aR \ acfd to fot 4 gjI1Sa 8 be it prepare thovgath and bol Bp but be fore reacbed the { i 9 2 pics UC bo | Oe Oe ea oti DPS snk reny ot be ais Bde) ye who it was ‘not now. Mary, raised : v aes 9 ot aaiditeoroa. tot slool.o} ayesd 19i9° 4 ace and ‘sa é a 81 eRe prea woul ee: and he Tas brought Joseph. and re guste, be ib Tosbed st gp 2d gupl anw.2 xs ye ne.basn ol ames, Jessie an os ‘a How. el lad ayy you h *f at come home again. : 93 2 4 C7 8 #0015 * qale no So fLiQin Hows’ # “yes bes | pli come, tH fur afraid he’ will ¢ die i in. the, mountains ; 3, 13 ipl pe ay 19 af non} ile mont OUO 14 clbhe sbinc “one Be ‘anc earey ‘him “brea” said, “dear ‘moth or Tam, here ays é IX9G 90} 190) YP lic ji yl, Bidey yy RASH this dvi tind! you ‘will feel better.” fa Ww MN drink: it Or lh die 2 at Ww ‘ho welll x0 Bina“ carry’ “bread to, any dear ‘Jesus, he: is dying oS Wl a aa Rite Ai wae PAY ie pach crazy, heeauce s she, Buy idle gilt “me Font the! spirits around her. “Yao. saw Joseph and r ral thes TiS Haid at wena ong in old water, ‘then T lay down > mie 8 He? alll foltea! feria iy aba! . jaa rans hdd soothed her. and she. fell qlee, and a asi sleep it was. I breathed a Pray er, to Almighty “God, i f. * Aor STOW OUTTIE VO oJ OHVs! thee 'T lope edt if Beside my an, zel mother, even in the midst Of death, Peter sd We sheet he Taide one ‘hand on 1) each, of our heads, and we : slept of nit ey bts ane Wien TP awoke’ Tsay « Baw Bees HOR “Kn ean beside s,. aud Th weard ee ‘dear, broct her Bar tholomew. r oogi 8 nase "a! say, ‘Os an near of FAS, ‘heath upon my dea rother that, he can finish 4 Up. wit ty 19, tuo ,badoss ai waiheky ba fer cr as bee her Seal by. “the death of our be th ers thi it bave fal en by 9G AOD BYE ila Vi >* ; {ty £ 3] ODT the Bo pee se BBA aft eb man tae live e holy ; that ‘i can be ‘gloritied ene HATO af 10 awout jog | dome. .at 98d OM b ch aaa v? dren in ly h A Re 'T arose 10, my vet and, ansyered , jamen. Ke my 3 h: if] i) i} bay 408 Then Te ARLE Brot i ‘el ¥ Sah ought Krier to help bury. the | oil Gls) fi S1qd £G bi ¥ dete, 910 Vieni LET j2ui & dead 3 am ly fae a teen cat off, but, Mary, was spared : as they, OO WY ATOW US 1 “OMlite 5 uy pip i Day aps 99d, DE 3 d 2 naa dE already dea ; ‘Pie right of seeing. them enter here eitused. cate ayes ole Raeees EyAR now OIE oO eingiidsor he! diy ‘she atid BY more until ie and I entered here, and she ry popimnge oemud tedi.od lliw od! rsa. 1800 is how entirely Beret Spr te ; now as the day. is’ day ing upon us let the, bdies be’ PE REX Beene and we will 1 se who ho hy aby and here isa body ait ' We y doi the" hut LF atte ‘also “be “brought. dD 3 t Jobn, ahd’ Barthok Liszol: we aK: db: “Wh “that ad seen, me, comipg, aol ra iid ROTA org nigh bags ad‘ lose fin, and dhe, was, the, aware werk ‘ah id Babthotointew" ate “di dot “an n di ane tales the fdr SP Mle “fouittatn, ORS they opigg aide " ‘het sand 1 | cariod “thei! Breads He’ he ada rae Fae ioe “p cen plot hastened “a “ave way te Gil iid wl ‘The x ywentt 0 FE boieel Thence ; to, Mar.” tha’s' ob ladies HeeaL ab b, pdtaoal fearing ot thant be cat, off, as a ‘band mya ty mwo 2k Don ard ry pa Od SHt0D. YUL Bos of confessors had been seen g oing that way int helt oy art 0 f the x night.” “Baby Jes sdliveledietney pee eae ere I [reached here, else, T 860 Showta WAY 5 yonder ia God 4a nt y sud id-apo1d tholomew et eGo wt Md , gi > 3 G an & ) if MU prone LaAy® sl the y Wrought qonime te tent ; there are his four qalidren; 94 bint where is his wife?’ I said, “they have dragged her away and destroyed her by | their animal desires.” Then John. said, “how long has God’s chil- cren ‘to be destroyed by’ brutes i in the form, of men,’ I answered, “antil man can comprehend there is.a God that creates all, things, and ‘know him-, self as a part; and portion of the Almighty whole. im Now as all of the children, had. been carried out and Jaid down , side by side, and. Levi was laid at, their. head, Peter begun to look for something to dig the grave ; ; he found, a ‘spade and an axe ; the axe was ‘found, beneath the bed. of dried grass on which the children had slept ; they took the spade and. axe, and. dug a grave big one, for cnere au then the dried grass was laid at the bottom, then. had given them to him, so they were Abe. “When rer were all prepared, in, that manner, I arose from. my knees where I had been bathing my mother’s. head and went out from the tent. When I looked upon. t those fair young. faces sleeping in death beside the father, I burst into tears and sobbed aloud ; then I knelt upon the fresh dirt and poured, out my_soul to the, liv. ing God. The agony TU suffered overpowered me ; I laid, down. “ob, the cool, tenn, dirt and pressed my temples upon it. As my. head. ceased, to beat a holy. calm came over me ; then I arose to my feet and exclaimed, “Holy Creator. God, hold control until earth will acknowledge Thee as Father and Creator, of all things.” Here I ceased to breathe and they bore me into the tent. and lay me down beside my Pars Here Mary reached , out” her. hand and laid it on my forehead. saw she was. controlled ; ‘that hand cooled my head and gave me reat life, such a life I had not, known for a long ) time. There the future passed before me and I saw ih then I saw that, ages and ages must pass. away before earth would be prepared for the fin-, ishing up of that work which had been begun, and I. did see even then the., inhabitants of earth would not receive humble truths as they were, but by. another human sacrifice. “Who. will be that human sacrifice oi I asked. ) The answer came, “God will prepare the. way, walk, yet therein.” eid lay there for hours hardly knowing if I was in, that poor body. or out.of it, At ; last I heard a great commotion as if many were gathering together, . I said to John, “what is this. confusion around us ?” He answered, the _Priest-, hood have decreed that all the Hebrews i in the land, that, will not deny oh esy shall be put to death by the battle axe, and all that ‘deny. heresy are to, be proupht before the idols and be taught the ‘initiations, of a, true worship- per, and then they are to take oath that: they will assist, in caring for all the priests and confessors i in the land... oly breathed deep and, said, “hell ‘3 devi-». ces may come to naught i in God’s own time.” It was now midday. “Martha entered there. I said, “Martha, I am ‘dy- . ing Yor food and drink.” “Here,” she said, “I have. brought you some bread | and a cup of milk. I brought the milk thinking, Mary could drink some. of 95 it and ,you the rest, and here is some/good fresh bread.” |. ; I took the cup of milk, and as I raised it to my lips my hand was stayed. I handed it back to Martha’; then I,took apiece of, bread but, could, not.eat but. a little; then [called (to) John, and, said, ‘:I,musc,be borne to the spring where. I, can . drink the water fresh from earth) ere.it loses its life”? .They raised me,to my feet and assisted me out,of the tent., I,.was filled with wonder, because the ‘inhabitants ‘of, Tyre. were, bringing , their, sick from every part of. the citys: Then: L knelt. beside the, spring, and, drank freely of. that cold electric water, and I became cooled of my fever ; then I arose to my feet and ex- claimed, “God is here, bring hither your sick that they may be healed.” The first that was brought was a man witha lame hip. Then I called Bartholomew and said, “bare that hip, lay your hand upon it, and command the disease to depart in the name of the living God.” He had no sooner laid his hands upon him than he lept with joy and said, “God has healed me and I will praise him forever.” _Then the multitude shouted, “the Holy God is here.” Peter, John and Bartholomew continued the work of heal- ing by laying on of hands and in the name of God. Bartholomew ex- claimed as oné lept'on his' feet that Had been’ strickén down by ‘palsy, “here God is the physician, come and be healed and give him the glory ; He is the light, He is the strength, He is, the life, come ye and bathe in his holy electric. breath, ” ot was controlled at least four hours, While my faithful followers were healing, the sick one poor man was healed th:t had been af- flicted for a; long time by the tightening of the cords. His knees were | twisted and his feet turned backward. After he_ was healed he came near to where I was standing and shouted, “tell, oh tell who is the father of such a holy | thing as I see before me.” I answered, “who is. my father, my mother, my, heather and my sister—they that seek to glorify God and bless humani- ty.” I then said, “God's children are a glory to their Father, God, in every clime and in every kingdom, because they. declare his ever presence, and seek to do his will, and they are all my fathers, my brothers, my mothers and my sisters,” Then he shouted, “Glory to God, I am thy brother and thou art my. beloved son.” “Amen” they. all shouted, “he is our brother and we will follow him, to the end.” Now. .as the day. was nearly a Leiah’ bore me into the tent, and as. tie knelt, there, beside my mother, and lay my hands upon Mary’ s head, she exclaimed, “father I knew ,-you ‘would come.” _ It, was Leiah’s daughter. She, had. controlled Mary all that day. Here de breathed out of me even, while I was kneeling there, and I fell down like a blasted thing be- side_my mother, , Leiah’s daughter reached out her hand and said, “come, brother, lay, down beside thy mother. and God will assist me in giving you strength; even a part of my own life I will give to thee and thine.” Then I breathed .a, fervent prayer. as J lay there stricken down, and the tent was i Ca | filled with angels bright/and there TPfall asleep Yin tleholped& ofahgel’s — peel it bebosd To .beyeta aew booed yn eqif Yor of df bozigs Tea Bas Alin coThatnight wealh ‘lay down and slept until the Hay dawhedsl! My folléw- . SwepsIdN Bia stel by their beatingvand chéechdnie which bad been so lately’ deetipicd’ By Lévi's family’ was! filled Wiel pode maa eibbsittiat were dodiled by the” priesttiood to die%by the battle GxeleedTers weiwill leave ‘the readé# and begiti“alchapter Mle with Wn oisl aid dexpairl IN one of the: ‘preset ge) gat? Na a whut ave’ ‘all ‘safferedidut inglthe next thirteen diya. of okots “1 nod}; 19vet yet To boloos sataosd I ‘Buia wolaw. *hbelsod’ od ‘ysan ¥ me isd? woie aoy tedtid enttd’ stoi et bow bominto balfeo L-nedT .aid Sasl 8 diiw earn Baw yey crew irdd jan ‘od’ T biecimos bas Ji soqu baad ao0y yal .qid Iadd sted bise Bae womolodhed sencoe on bad sll “bow enivil sad to oniea silk ai jrageb ot séernosih 6d} belssd end bow” (bise bas yor diiw tgol 6d asd he nogu ehaad eid bial i spev am obatils to dR na, wer seintq Ifliw T bas sta “ABS 10 WiOW Sha CAOTI TE os aol Ish “ered af box) f smolodissG mies, i SMR df i bors ebosd ‘ no aniyal yd gai | TAR) “SBCOND: DAY APTBR' PESUS| AM ‘DOWN, MROM) THE, MOUNTAINS, alt ai SEL; yrote odd off ovig bite bolesd od bie otitos isisieyidg ot ef boD * s “As thé: sy ‘aawned i Bea we ai aha ae then fhadd condi! tions ‘to procure bread." “As Feta’ and Baitholemew’ nat old” fhe “begets would go et A the city, “buy, ‘and ‘bring away si: Smnill "pa eels PW’ that Way we were ‘fed for two. days, and then the’ fleas ould, 24, ean t 8 Ad ‘but how Wwe: were existing yand ‘they stationed Menisetves wheble they ‘kd Beeb seat to 80, ‘and. as aah as the” poor fainishied Petes! Gai 180 bred they were sure “to, fall by the” ‘pattle” axe, ‘their Gola would'be hela | We téenaltied upon ‘the “thltside and Bandrads came ia bearing ‘fons! with Mein there sick and | mhainied, ‘ba iad a forgot ‘their barley npr Phe Beboms! stronger by. ‘breathing “Thagnetisin from the’ ot arose wife Until PFI Gots Garant fite could bel iumparted shreugh ant d thi prethreh that had been sealer’ ed | at ‘Jerusaler were g gathering ‘arotind Sp Shdas cathe tear” and knelé at n my 7 feat, 1° Gnd “burst into tears’ ie “Sholphdly "brother! lead and g guide me, | I am at thy, command. ” JI said, «Hae ‘to Hone but the living God. ‘He i is beside ‘tite Sask Him to Wifedt You PHS Heft arose'to ie feet bent T 1 gi aft from’ e érual distanc’d “Fail atl” avouiid itn as He! shouted. Day Father, Aha, do ‘wit me" a Teva Wilt, Pam Peewee wonld do Thy \ will “Tih he durted away AG te Pook feLvleereatares, dédiaring G3ds 3 ‘presence, 7 nd Ia la 1g hands ap nt hem; hd? éSminanding their diseases to depart, and th hroug rir at brdtiiérs ial day BAY: os wel heat led. * “Fide was Stephen oi st-bdrn, Leh Haide we was Sidtdwe? nee wes at and’ sautifi tn ‘but the: power that bl’ upon HARSH § mighty. . “Au the aay’ is face was se chiseled imarble,> ny hair Was’ 6 oht alld Wowie, this Bar ments nicely fitted his delicate form, and I could but exclaim, “an angel of 97 light;has come in.our-midst.”’., By; hisside was a) fair-haired. sister, frail as she, was (beautiful. Her, (face bespoke her., preparing for a, holier condition: She would draw, near him from time/to time,. and .say, “dear. brother, ,had weéinot better go home?” His answer was, ,“dear sister, thy; home is;not here, but inca liolier, happier sphere.”. ., Then she would. go, away. alone, and, dall oft-God,to keep, her dear. brother. and.. bear,.him, back. to, her,father, ‘to sooihé,that good father in his declining;days., .I ;drew) near her and saidj sepeneh would.you rob. God,,of his glory, in ,order,to comfort even thy, father?” Her answer, was, “Iam. feeble; aud I have.followed: this, brother, im order to, eomfort-him, all. I,can,|.and’ beary him, back, again,to.our home.” Here her eyes closed, and I saw big, tears roll, down. ber, cheeks. Then \she : apna ereds “he is all, the son, my. father. ha-,,and he looks upon Simon, as’, his, stiiy, in his-old age ; but if thet dear. brother. belongs: to,Gud,,, he, wi'l, surely, claim that which is his own.”,.;.Then,1said. “Amen, the hand, of God, ix held, over that family, and,.ere long he will surely. claim his, own.”... She. bowed her, head. and said, “I shall.stay, beside,my brother until God, divides,us.”’,, I, then hastened away to my, mother... She was still laying in,the tent. Here was Martha, bathing-her temples,.and Lazarus was laying beside her. , Here, Martha, had borne that poor, frail body,, »s she had) seen the. confessors gath- ering in-bands_all about the.city., As .I..entered that tent,.of..sorrow, my heart, declared, against so.much, suffering,,.and; as) I,.knelt beside..my, mother, and) Lazarus, a gentle band_.was lainsupon, my own, ,and an ;angel, bright breathed a prayer for her brosher.),, Her, holy. inspiration filled. us..all, with confidence in. God and love to.humanity.;, I then went out among.the, poor inhabiants of Tyre,,and shouted, ‘God’s holy angels.are,in our midst, letyus hold thm. by,.our, good works.” . Here Martha called, me and,,said,, , “I, fear, Mary. is dying, she hardiy breathes, and her flesh, is, so colil.”: I then.,called, Bartholomew, and said, “go, lay dvwn, by my, mother, fold, your arms, about herjto keep) her, from death.’ .. 1 :knew,:his, warm. life-strength,.would,hold that life that was going out, and my frail body had naught to give. _ Many, a time .I.would call.my; brothers around me and say, “form a circle anound.me, that I may. draw. life from you, in-order that I may, be.borne along until the. hour may.come for God,to. be glorified, and humanity. be, blest, by the death of - this, body ;..that, they may. behold our,father, God, as he,is, and be parr to give him all'the glory.”, diven, then, while my, dear, mother lay i in, Papell arms, 0B fell asleep; and drew warmth from.that bosom that, blest her. ;., When shejawoke she. looked; around and)said, “where is. Joseph and the ehildren ? ”....I an- swered, “they are all here, and I am still living in the body to bless YOu, _ dear mother.” ‘Then she said, “come here, dear Jesus, I have not seen you | for a long time, but Joseph told me you would come back and die upon the cross. I then went tosleep, but I have had a fearful dream. I dreamed 9% Joseph and’ James had both Beew killed, but what T dreamed about Simeon! Dean never forget, it'seemeéd Sol réal! “But*atout! Jessié, 1 can’ttell hhowoit is; but it Seems' to frighten me most to death, yer: knowit is bet ba! dream, as ‘they ‘aré"all herd)" Bat you, my dailitig bey, I did/see them! !drivesthe — adits dit! 'Yout Hah ds and feet?” “Ad my hatidwas' clasped in Hers; che raived! it befUre her; 'to'sée if the ‘marks! were still! upon'the hands Pl was so affected E could Hardly predthé!”'John care ili aiid Said,“dearBrotler,syou! will die here,’ Tet us: e0 Ott-amone’ the many, and you! will g/t'strerigthy atid ‘then you’ beawiful (si-tersio’ Hereo we oalboknelt in” prayer! God's” child breathed upon Stephen,and this was'the'prayer that went welling upj-and found an answer among*tlie angels that ‘had been’destroyed by these’ finds in human garb: | “Hell’s: devices’ are’ holditig ‘control, and: they‘are filling earth with mourning. Holy creator, wipe the mourners’ tears away, ‘by Kolding control through «Phy angelchildren | “Bind up their broken ‘hearts with Thy holy love, kindledin the bisom of Thine own, from Thy ‘own inner life, then they will learn that Thou hast’ seen fit: to lay down Thy holiest gifts on the a'tarvof ‘hnmanity, that ‘coming ages’ shall be held from’ the unholy influence ef*anointed pri-s’s,! and! their aecomplices, confessors.” Hire a poor'woman'came, bowed ‘with ‘grief, and’ said, “my! boy! went‘ for. bread, and they have destroy: d him.’ “I saw the axe, when it’ ‘fell upon him, and he is all Tchad) But Ged ‘will give ‘him ‘back to mé in His own time.” Ieanswered, “go and) lie’ down beside my: poor, dying mother. Her holy breath will fillgyou with: resignation; as her cup of sorrow ‘is’ flowing. over, dnd: you will see:that others’ sorrow is greater ‘than’ your’own.”’'The ‘people began to be uneasy,’ feeling something had ought to be done, as ihe: confes~ sors had already ‘begun to'throw mi-siles‘in'their midst, and one poor female: hadsbeen: hit witha stone, and fell: dead from the blow. ‘I ‘said; “we !will bear along the tent’ for to-night, but on. the morrow’ we’ will leave it: Bear itiddwn in the large pasture, then we can ‘see if any one is ‘approaching; that we may defend ourselves\as "much as possible.” Here’ Bartholomew ‘and! Judas began to prepare the tent:for moving.) Mary was Teft in the open air. T, took, my, cloakyand wrapped ‘it about ‘her;:and! said, #God’s ether will be ‘our covering every night, after this night;: until we reach Jerusalem, and: God: alone can: tell what will cover usithem” Here my mother was controlled, pec gilest f 4 9 Bi | 101 and.said, “God.alone ean, hold, his.,.children, from:death, until they, reach Jerusslem, and.there they will all find. rest in a, heme beyond. Hold, QO hold. Jesus, holy, child.of, holy affection, ard there, holy God, receive, him into Thy |oly bosom,” ,,I answered,, “Amen... If i: be God’s: will for me, to die, I, will yie'd up my spirit on, the altar, of humanity, that they may know He has created one that is, willing, to die. ifneed, be, that Hemay be glorified through his:own; created.” Then; the, spirit answered, I will control y:u on the cross, and die. for youyif,it be God’s will.” I arswered, “holy. angel. I must die. . Lift fear from:me,and then I.can bow; in humble submission. to my father’s will” Even then Ijsaw, another, argel drawing, near, and she was covered all over, with light. I called, her, and she‘answered, “I have come. to lay down, my. whole life for, you, dear brother, aud:for Mary. Her poor body is, feeble, but.she cannot die uutil you, dear) brother, have ceas.d to be earthy. I have brousht. with mea band of holy influevces, that will not. leave you until. you became one.of.us”’ I, bowed .my, head and said, “holy, child, of God, do, not,leave me sgain.”.. Her answer was, “God c: m+ mands, I must obey.” Thenpthe beautiful sister of Hiram bri athed out, of my poor mother’s, frail body, and; there she lay entirely.|elp'ess. I stcop:d down. I hld my face. beside her own, snd’s!e/laid her hand upon my forehead, and If,lt. she knew. me, for that moment. Here I called Bar; tholomew, and.said, “raise my mother.in,your arms, and bear her, down in’o the pasture, as the t nt, is s.early ready, and you, Judas, assist. me. 1 car not go alone.” He put, his arm,aiound.me, and bore, me along.) Bartholonew reached there, before me, as he, was stiong. and his burden was light... Here came.one that; had been healed, at Antioch, bearing along with hima camel’s hide, and said, “give this io that poor dying woman.”, There I said, Gud bless jou, dear brother, that,is my dear mother, and she is decanged.”,, ‘I len they laid, Mary, upon it, and covered her over. Poor Lazarus was al o cared for, as I could cover him over,with my clcak. Tidy § i , The multitude inereased hourly... The: first \dayafter I.came down from eel) there! were nearly two hundred, that;did not. leave. us, util we reached Jerusalem. The second,day | there were three, hundred, a: forty, and on the third, even betore we started..for, the pasture, there were . five hundred and eighteen. | Here we. were gathered: together, a, mass of }}uman beings, with nothing to d: fend themselves. I called Cornelius to me, and said, “if the confessors shou!d fall upon us, they could cut us off without our making an attempt even to hold them from destroying the women and chil- dren.” I said to Bartholomew and the rest of the brothers, “there i~ a p'ace on the north side of the city, directly again-t the wall, where the confessors keep their battle axes, and if you could get at them, when they were asle: p, you could arm yourselves for defence.” They all answered, “we will make the attempt.” Then they choose from among them forty of their strongest men, and the rest were left to guard the feeble things that had gathered 762 together?!) They krielt if prayer before’ they starved, °" Here’, be +Hiaae® an pxptisdion LRecttis : 9H ly! ‘God, assist! us ever in’ prepa ining thew ay! to destroy’ fieiids ir human stiapé, lead and hold ts*that we ‘may nor be cut off, Bui asset listhabwe tay Peturf ‘arid’ defend! the ‘poor humble och ren of Thine,/atid Leak them glon@-ubtiP their ddath? shall’ be! a! glor'y td Vhee;*in Bestar 8 he eohdiridhs ML whicl they dave héld, ‘chitined in 'dafhiiess, all Goverdd' ote with fear. Tudas largwercdy Amen!) God will esict sy T feel is"power upon! mit” | They’ started forth, andere they could ré4ch the dity, they werd deeusted! byod ‘heathen! He said} “you ‘cannot 96 in thé Site, as’ the priests ANd confessofsibire holding 4 cbuncil.? Barthélotiew ant sw ted, “chere is where Tam going es Then he ast ered} Ugo” They Were filéd with! fuar, as ‘they saw preparations’ were thaking | “every where for des fuctibn of thé defenceless? Hebrews) Yet? ney press dae fot wild, “and when’ ys reached the /hduse Whete thé battlelaxés’ Were ‘kept. the'dvor was open. Bai'thdlomew 'said;we have'come 'to'arhn Ourselves With Bate axes, “in ordet to’ held'tlie Country fiom orifusion. | Here: there are 2 pieilt ae nnd spare} aiid 'T kvep them bright*and shatip.” “They all tool two’ éach} and Hastitied away through a''sidel'gate,; that! had: béen’ left! open Wy accident. When they returned all’safe,"I ould “but ‘éxelaim,'" Holy God, ‘Thou’ art mighty ever in’batile.” | Tt being now latey they ‘all gathered arbtin wb thé fire that had been’ Kindldd beside a shelving rock; seeking'td mAkelthe Poorsiek Hid dying comfortables/asthey. eould:)» The! aged’and éhildreh siffered the most. 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Re r f fs e r Pa : 7 wah ‘if ELA rer) KY Re if D Bs fi ait. 3 wri wT) 78 pm. aft WPT lord} Reb rS11IOTR bo As,mo, one was,to, be seen astir, I, went ber Many and,.said, “dear, mother, Abe day, is clear, we, must; rbegin, an journey, earl; ie that We, may. reach, Gal- Jilee’s, benders ere night, closes in.”s,..., Her . eyes, .Were full, of tears .as she Feached, out her hand tome, and said, “come, kneel beside me, my. dear. bay, you areal, I haye: Left. on, eartl, of my; own) dear children: ; Jur t us call, »them all, Around (im, chene,j in, this, tent,.a$3 we ycannot, meet, t), em again alone on earth? £ said, ‘Josephy, bring the, children all:here,to my, dear,mother, that She | may, jook, Dppn, them, ag her reasons, clean.” dot ons ath eae, forward and Anelt,around , her,,even..as they;-did,;in oup mountain, heme. .; Then poured forth, my, whole soul | in prayer, ; uni il my, breath went; out, and, iL fell ack, entirely helpless...;.Then Martha came, forward, and knelt be, ide me, and; said,,..“¢ome, dear, ea you, have, ay duty,, to.pyrform for these poor creatures that are dyingy felled, with fever. ,;Four Area out, during the pight, and ;there are, many, falling sick from exposure.’ I then said, ‘‘may God assist me, that.] may. care for his;children,”. I then ‘Anelt, down and Amprinted, a kisscon, my, mother’s jcheyk... »She; Jal i her arm about, my neck, and drew meyclose to her,and said, have, courage, God’s child. is, beside you,and God i is, ayhere, his children, are-».odloldimy bey,s angel of light, until he can finish up, alli that ean, be done. in; hts age. then, we will leave. the re- gult in, God's, hands, Jet it, be what,it.may.”., , Then swe all began to, prepare dor; a journey, but) fiyst we, buried. the d ad, ed all that were ,S0. sick they could not, stand upon’ th vir fects they, ac Lorne. along , by the stronger, Wrapt in, hide3,,ayd the, feeble were lid: 4, Bartholomew, wrapt, my, cloak ssn Moly, nd touk ber in his arms, eh would an infant, John came be, Afjer they, had all started, we knelt on nde co hag pycsenee Midis tetiae There we. held each other in that holy embrace, and Joha exclaimed, “holy child of God, breathe. upon, my bpother, that. may; fold you,in;my,bosom with my brother,” 8) felt a holy eal come over; me; and Tt fell aslep, in the holy embr ace, of an angel, with my brother's anms, around. us, SOOT Sn oa sia Nar ie” te How, long L slept, I; know. not, but when, L brake the whole band had gone nearly out of sight. , stow, is, this,” I, sa d, “ove are e lelt, behind. 4 John answered, SL have, hild.Gyd’s child in my, bogom, and | the, sooier I can die, be, bet eres, ot long, to,,meet her in spirit, and 1 would glally cense to be hae now,, dear br, viber, but, the holy, ange | said, do gare, for my ‘br ther, and beur him along until his earth mission is étided for the p! esent ug we i Now JL said,‘let us, hasten after them, 4s,byst we may? |. put bis arm around my was’, while, iL layy my arm, over his shoulder, | and, le bore m Qiohy as bestrhe could; ., It, Wits). heatly, noon ere, we overtook them. ye Tene: af had “104 stopped by a brook, and were preparing to eat, when J reached them. Ex hausted, I sat down beside my mothery<; She looked better than I had seen her before, and she was calm. I knew she had drawn life from my dear brother, Bartholomew. He sat beside the brook, bathing his face and hards, but ‘fv arfiilly exhausted: ‘Mary said, “my dear boy. ron were 80 far behind, T feared somethitig had nabipened) ‘but, bless: God: ‘you’ ‘are safe, ‘and 1° Path fee'i ing much better,” ’ Here they divided off in’ families, "dnd" were eating. . Then 1 espied a’ ‘band of ‘be ‘egars: way by” theitisel ves, Knevling in prayet, bit they hid nothing 6 fat. After they hid purtaken’ of ‘tlie’ bread’ of ‘life, Tcalled them to me, arid said, “God has«fed you’ with’ bread’ that’ pi ‘pisheth ‘not, but these people must give you of the fragments ¢hat are left.” Martha ‘had! apiece of bread she had brousht with her for Lazarus; ‘bat ‘his apps tite had entir ly failéd him” Slié said “here, dear’ Mary, and ‘ihe’ res! of you that have nothing to bit, take what 1 ‘have, atid if we ‘aré to starve, we will die together” Simoi’s sister drew near'tis. I'lnoked: ‘pon her,” 80° ‘frail, ‘go exhausted, aud I'did ktiow the hand of death was ‘upon her. I said, ay ter, God’s angel children are hovering around you.” Her ‘answer’ was, “YT Jong to be with! them.” — After th: Py had rested, again (gathered up alt’ they hed, and hegan their journey again. “Judas came and assisted me, while yehhs bore along the camel's b dé for Mary’: anid’ ‘Laza\us’ to ‘lie’ déwWh “upon, Wheh they stopped to rest. Peter took Mary i in his arms, and Stephen and Seth took Lazarus on a hidé, dild the rest of thie sick peophy were borne along ‘by their friends, as best they could.” The? Cou: ‘try’ ‘thrdiigh which’ we passed along, Was batren and decola: e; Vere ‘arid’ ‘there’ a’ hérdstnat’s’ hut, ‘aiid neth 1 ng more. “Holy creator, Goil, the wa te’ places ‘shall’ yet blossom’ Ii ‘Ke the rose, and all earth shall acknoWledse Thee as Thy be getter in Thine own elemen s, and the ae of Thy glory sha I be’acknowl aged throvgh Thy wondrous formatio:s.’ “Amen,” niiswered Judas, ‘let ‘Gud control, then th-re will be no more a demand for hiiman sacrifires' to djipedse Human- ity’s demand, be cause then’ the y wil) all be ghia to have Goi pints all in all.” Ose Cet Ere the sun went down, we all becatne exhausted, aga we were ompelted to stop for the night “Hire:the childrén’ were crying with’ hu: ‘ger-and’e old, and among the rest of our sufferi:gs, j.oor Lazattis ould hardly breathe. \AB the weather was cold’and d-mp, they all ‘piipared’ th: mselves as best they could, with nothing but thee irthi fora Led, except here and’ there’ ‘a hide’ to spread beneath them, and ‘God's cterual distitic 8 to cover them | “Over twerity died that night fiom expo ure. ‘The nivht passed’ away: gad and: étvomy’ ‘to us all, and: morning did pat! but tu Msarit: us new fringe and new despair. * | | ol tail tisd Here we will Teave the fourth day, but I will add, it is bit! hit A sihinbatarb surroundings that I have ‘attem)ed to &k/ tech. * ¥lt I would’ ete: them Gl credit for theif faithfulness’ to Gud’ ih “idt dénouticing’ their faithan’ Him 6105 Tére L'will make one statement.) Judas Iscariot was a: faithful friend to me, from the time he;came:to me; until) I: was: nailed to the cross. Even ithen he was faithful to me. because he -was_atten pting to reach me with: a. eup of water. Thad. called: for, ad. as) he ‘reached: it: toward ‘me, I siw an anointed priest’ strike offi) is head. © And.O,.humanity, your: 1ecords are filled with deceit, and God will surely::-bring’ them:to nanght: | Priesteraft and deception:have brought:the back:to earch, inorder that ju-tice shvuld be done:my fullowers; also to establish facts ‘even as they were. i Perit ausvece, CHARTER XXf. », I will now detail concerning the. fifth day... Mary,,awoke ‘as day. was dawning upon us.../ Tl heard her chanting a little hymo, like tiis,one she used to sing in our mountain home : | ya Holy God) Hou hast'léd' me hereunto this mountain, L would ever feel (hat Th: u art near m:/in my humb'e home. i) Hely, Gol, but-cleanse my dear children,in Thy fot. ntan, fe And may my futher ever lead and guide them on... . Here her voive ceased, but in a soft whisper, arid there she conversed with her fumily at léast:halfan hour. Then her’ breath came deep, and I. saw Juines was controlling her.' Then he calli dome to him and said, “Jesus, my mother may livé until we/a'l gather around her ‘in’ spirit, and then we will ask’ God to brea’ he herout of that. poor body into our bosoms. © And you, dear brotlier, will close the eyes of poor Lazarus, ere the eleventh day atter your coming down fromthe miuntain, © But donot tear to meet us; it Will be'a’holy hour’to us/all.”) Here’ he withdrew his influence, and my mother awoke. Shesaid, “they are ‘all here, dear Jesus!‘ how! g!ad I am we are not to’ be divided in?the brighter world»beyond” Then‘we all arose. »oAfter they had partaken of ‘their scanty fare, we began to look around and we found eight had ceased to be eaithy. They were all brought to- gether and lain in/a‘row, and. all the friends uf’ the deceased knelt ‘arund, while I breathed ai prayer to’ Almighty God ‘or the friends still living’ in their bodies. | ‘Thenthey werevall lainin‘one broad graves Then they were cover: d o'er with dried grass and leaves, and ‘then the dirt was heaped upon them. Then we began our jourtiey, andthe sun was shining on the car.h, and we made at least’three!leagues'that day.” We reached’ Cana’ ere the sun went cown, but’ did? not ddre®? enter the® city. Seth’s father’ lived there. After nizht closed in, Peter'and Seth went to the good Hebrew, and 6106 ere! morning dawned; they returhedsiwith twovbatketsfulbofebtéad! oiBut duritg theday following thisemight, there werecmany: tha towered toowiek»to be carried. They were left)in: herdsméns* huts, asowe! Came Along, sbutvall | thateived until theverucifixion; werebebeaded soonaftar.): (Martha! had be- come/exiiausted by, leading Lazarus; /as he«was) compelled: tolean'so anuch of-his weikht upom her,iascher feet’ becuinzisore by the cold, rough éarth)-she wasiconipeHeéd:toiwalk apon! {She Hal mbtrbeetyrable oto /naake;sher amy shoes, moving about; andiher brothendiadchéemso feotlle; hte csi ances: tpcadan necessities in caring for others. During that night, many were chilled by the cold winds, and, as the chills wore away, fever set in; aud as the sun arose, we found many entirely un- able to continue their journey. Here again we were compelled to leave seven that were stricken down, and still breathed. Four had ceased to breathe during the night. We taid them 1 Lin, mother earth’s bosom, all that belonged to earth, while the weary éoule found rest in the bosom of their God. I breathed a prayer over those sleepers, and left them, carefully covered over, and’a'mark' Set at thé head lof eat wo? iheit}ateatiy of ‘the friends\-should seek the! earthy! bed of endsé theyhdd loved, they edu!d be gratified. But I do know, none of that multitud@éver ‘Hetmieed thee steps through that desolate,;countnyy but,they were, all, Avatmoyed bythe order of the priesthoeds »'Hred Ivhad. come duwn!'ifrom 'thesmountaiiis, the Hebrew familivs had been: trivendbout-from pecan iplacéyaitiP they had become entirely disheartened!® "Pher firey When they heard T hid ‘dime down from the, mountai)s, they gathered, arowid,me,.!opiny I feould dikeetithiem. As many| a family, had been entirely,(des,rdy ed, they »wete,|so,filled with’ fean they. caught jat.a fyeble hope, feeling that «through. sme, they: could, gnt direc tions.as jor, their. futos ¢, and be Hed to yafland avheré they; iwere not con- stantly file! with the:fran,of the battleaxed; (Butonow they-;had followed me; tothe seventh day,.and.they bégan.toifeel 1, was nots strong, .éaoughsto hold myself,.as,J. was, compelled to be held, wheneverdl.arase to myofvetsand ere we started, cight , ebrews);.came y forward land” taid,; Soun damilliys pare perishing with. cold, and hunger, and, we sh jlliall speri-hy af we-conliiue as we are. If we.go.b: wk, we shall surely, beicth, iy: atid }wwhat)can {beidiine, ne know, not,,,.; Let us.call the holy rewelatony oi a tipierstin directed; hy God through, himils siga-vedT | syliies ad of bodaus hall tiviy bavolew bas , Dhea Cornelins.was piautght inthein, sider ed there ho iknelt in-husable prayer, cand; .asked,;-God{+tenidirect his! childrenjevien to; the end, Dhow de bowed, bis head to. catea ananswer fro! dternal distance: for the: poor! heart broken. Hebrew. fle knew, dyniust die,.else the heathen idoldtors wuld de> Btroy, ewery, Jew aso well, aso the, dlebrews./He did knowahatdf I evald breathe, until weicoul | reachy Jerusalwi! :thatthereswould: besa gteat slaughs ter, but,them there would-be ashandtul , of, Goil’s «Children felt, both, ameng the Jews,and the. teitiles that wyould seatier! lightincthcit-dw ay blood until a salem = r 07 earth could change ;, until God could, breathe upon, his children. holy, inspira- tion. fresh, from; bis.own, inner life, then he would be acknowledged, Father and Creator of.all.;,,Here; sat the aged man, for.a. time, breathless ;,we. all waited liis,answer.;, at Jast.,.he. raised, ,his head and a holy, calin rested upon every feature,’} He jbreathed one, word—+that was, go. 1 then, sought: to get an answer.'!, L/earnestly asked. God 'to,reveal towejwhat wis, best todo. Here I, felt;myself folded in, the bosom, of, my ;controller, | and.;an answer came, hasten onward toward, Jerusalem, 5, you, must lireach there the four- teenth day, else/ it (will) be too late and; your. worksi-will not be held for com- ing | ages,else| the spirit,will free itself from; thispfrail, body, and God. will be robbed, of; His! Glory, arid:the-earth{will roll on! indarkness and heathen bigots ; will, damn, humamity,until-anothen human, sacrifice ‘is, broug!t. for- ward and Jaid:upon, the altar;/declaring one God.anddneé God. only.” Here Cornelius answered, “let as got”), ‘Then, myiéontroller/ answered, ‘hasten O-haste -erevit sis too late; ‘many willdie-erelyou- reach there, bat let:the dead .bury, the “dead ;:let) us. work for the living: that all coming ages may know whollwds theiri Creator andstheir,God.”), “Ameny: amen,” they allian- swered,:‘‘let as hasten forward.” Now: thé) sun’ rose) filling us with warmth ; weallsat dawn and até aipiece of bread, and it, was’all we had, butiere we started; band ; after iband -.came: to. us| from! Canasand, the eountr kb round, abouliliow asiherid ni Wawb o: TP svi?’ hedte T sist OO mesh a4? Bay noThat:day Mary-wasstrong, ee to.walk:somerwith the help of ‘Thomas aid Peters:;Seth' vand. Mark! assisted Tazarusy! while Bartholomew {folded me’ to lis) boson andl boreime; along/until he would g tiweary, then be would set me: down ‘abd! Liwould, walk between: hiny and John keaning, upeni both. Inithat way we:reached.. Nazareth ere! the» sun went:down, but we did-not enter the’ villagelest harm should, befall ithe: people, but Jrsenttothem for barley, for meal, and: fir bread. | e¢re:the inhabitants of Nazareth came out -to:meet us, and:many-followed us even toi Jerusalem, I began: to. feel Je- rusalém! would .elose liergaes: upon me, but-biheard a’ gentle voice say, “no brother, no, but: you will éentenithere, but Jerusalem; oh J -rusa'em, thou wilt fall to rise no mote:?i« Ilere wé were all'wedaryund the chills of night swept oerius i“hibly“ clad ds: Lowas, I felt: Lazardss necessity: was greater than my own, and my cloak: I) bude: them to»wrap aliout the frail! but humble ser- vant of God. troled,by?iLeiah, and: John was) eon troledyby: his, daughter, »Losaw them». al+ thongls I) had, crouched down byi(Mary?’))| Stephen continued, Sethvis:one of the ‘fallen; andj Silas} the:brdther, of, Barnabas, two’ from thesborder count try,)and:two from Herod's Court: ): The’ two thatcare;\breathing, they must die before night \closesiny One has his’ skull cleft and theother hasiathriist of vtvijay elin, through; his:-badk.’, Will youbear! me to them, that)I!imay ask God .to-sootheihem as:they are taking theirmhomeward flight?” As they/had beén flain gupon jthe green |sod )Imapproached them,) There 1 saw: Silas’s mother-and Seth’s brother Simon, andPeter’s brother kneeling beside themiok said tothe spirits, hold: them gently; |theycane mavtyr’s:to.sthesliving God? Then L,prayed that :God.soften their pangs by: his, holy.,electric life: , Hint that Vhadi{;been,' cleft «breathed:;eut dven: while» I :was! (prayitigy! the other breathed; until theisih wagdsdtuing! «(Lie Hebrews:were) Jain! im) one «grave side by, side; then they were coveredio’erowithidry: grass }ere the dirt) wag filled im upon them.! ‘Then-L!was controlediat least :halfi ani hour,iand: when the influence left med; wasistronger thamok had: been/for: a long tine. :\'Then I said, 'dig ia ditch; heap: imi those: filthy bodies, give them) back! to: God in their,earthy, element.) |i,The ;bodivs werevall buried, then:we moved: ay little way.off where|we,built'a fire.) There! we .gathered: around) tos catchisité — warmth.» With thankful hearts we knelt! im prayer forthe comfort ofa fire. Hunger, was fearful upon| us; yet 1 we found, some relief in osleep » Thus ended the ninth, ih ‘of our ane togethérycnie |) tonune + badly BIC. 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Paid to- Coriiéliug, éhow would it’be for ug té "bear a little ‘vouth’ in! ‘ordér than ‘we? ¢ah ‘réach Jauriz; it being a small’ town and its iniabitants ‘are Hebrews?” ‘Cornelius bowed Shis*headand! ‘said; ¢Dwilloask God's ehila” | Then he ‘answerda: éJauriz is lain'in ashes and her cbildren have’ been damned by °the’‘confes: sors.” Here John brought an infant, and: said, “Itook it from’ the breast’ of's ‘112 dead mother.” “Give it me,” sail’Mary; “I will warm itin'my bosom; but wlio takes care of my dear balie:that was born ‘in Tyre?” “God ‘cares for that child,” I said, “but this is'in the hands! of humanity.’ I said, “hold it, dear mother, its breath will bliss you, but it’will soon’ die.”” 1 saw Mary’s | eyes till with tears as she’siid, “may God give you to yourmother, litile bud; thou wilt bloom in a brighter world than this.” “As I looked‘upon! the :olild I-saw it was dying. Mary. held it. until it breathed out its ‘little life; then she: handed it'to Stephen and pirical it away be-ide’the mother and: God will care for them) both ‘together. « The: day was cloudy and the chiily winds*tilled us’ with ‘horror, knowing we had no home awaiting ‘our coming; no warm fire to ble-s us; no barley bread to comfort usc “Our garmerit~ illy fitied our condition, but if I shouldattempt to discribe that (day’s suffering none could give me credit, inthis age. for inseribing’ tru'h as) it was! bere: Lazarus” breath came thick and‘a‘cold «moisture sett d upon ‘his “brow, but he comp!ained' not, as'they bore him along on‘a hide. but as’ the: ‘cold, damp | night setiled:aroun! him heexclaimed, “I'am a burden to ‘them alle: ‘Take; ‘) take me to thyself, O my»God.” Then he asked: for Martha and ‘said, “stay beside me, I cannot breathe much longer. ‘Stay beside: me, because'y ou give me comfort.”) Mariha saw he was finishing up‘his:earth labor; even th: nohe said, “hold: God ‘before you in! all youdo 5. deny not’ your’ Creator ;' ‘honor ~ Him that’ has held you from death, that humanity may beliold Hin) through His wondrous formation” Then: ‘he lay back’ with) one hand clasped in Mariha’s and the other in mine. — He said, “farewellj ‘dear’ friends, I>shall love you in a brighter world beyond. © [shail surely méet'you there ere many days sba l have passed away. Say:to dear Mary, her friends awaither: com- ing where fiends cannot d: stroy ‘her family by their wicked! devices; | where holy light will fill each heart.” He then closed his own eyes and breathed out his spirit into the broad expanse of ideality. Martha held him in her embrace until I lay my hand in hers and said, “come, dear Martha, go to ' Mary, she is filled with fever.” Her answer was, “holy God hold us yet a lite longer, until the knowledge of Thee can be established among thy children.” I then lay him on the green'sward where he had been dying for two hours; during all that time he could look upon us and ask God to bless us over and over again. When I had;straightened his limbs then I covered him over with my cloak and left him until day dawned. As I reached Mary I saw she must be made comfortable, else'they..would leave her,behind.,y I said to Martha, “let. us bathe her.all.over with, cold water, then, we will cover her over, and if she falls asleep then’ her fever will, leave her.”, . Martha said, “I will care for her; and, you:come and, lie;down where, the fire, has. gone, out and you will get warmth and strength,” . Juhn folded) me in his: arms, I. fell asleep, and slept.until day dawned. Mary, ealled, for me.and.: Ii made an,at- tempt.to.rise to my.feet. but I:could not stand, then. .L. a. tai her...;.,The fever was gone, but she was feeble... 6.0 6 op bh nord woh ah eae CHAPTER XXIV. THE ELEVENTH DAY. As the day dawned upon us, we prepared to bury Lazarus and eight more that had died that night. They were all brought and lain ina row, then Cornelius breathed a funeral anthem, and I knelt in holy prayer, and I poured out my soul’s electric life on the altar of the living, not the dead. Here I cea-ed to brea:he, I fell forward and my head rested upon Lazarus’ coli! bosom’; the cold’ breast gave me a shock and I caught my breath, then Bartholomew took me in his arms, bore me away and lay me down beside Mary. Here Mary’s breath came deep, and I saw ‘Gou’s child breathing into her body. She Jay her hand on my back and said, “dear. brother you are chilled through and through, and if you are not cared for you will die before you reach Jerusalem” I answered, “four days are a'otted us and if we make two leagues each day we shall reach there in time to find rest ere the morning dawns on the day followiug. Here I must insert a line. The poor dying children were brought to me,’day by day, in order that I should lay my hand upon thrm and bless them even while they breathed. There were hundreds of poor beggars, that had been gathered in; they were starv- ing to death and they crept along like poor bruised things that hardly knew or cared whither they were going. Among ‘the rest there was a family of Hindoos; ‘they had fared with the rest of the beggars. He came to me even a3 I was laying there and said, “bless this child; we are all dying and we must feast upon tlie child in order to live.” 1 said, “I will bless your child in the name of its Creator, God, but you shall not destroy the child ; if you do, God will destroy you ere you reach Jerusalem.” He turned away and said, “God feeds His children that He loves, but He has cast off the beg- gars and He feeds them not.” He had hardly said that, when I heard a shout go up from the multitude, and they said, “a bullock has been brought us by a herdsman and we shall have something to eat.” Then I called the Hindoo back and said, “behold God has not forgotten His children even in their hour or need. He has given them meat without destroying the child to satisfy the hungry.” TI still lay there until the bullock was dressed then they handed it around, cut in small pieces. The fire was kindled and my piece broiled, while Mary iaid hers away beneath a stone. I tasted mine as it was handed to me, then my hand droped to my side and a gentle voice said, “drink, brother, drink else the meat willfdistress you.” S:ephen handed me a cup of water and I drank it all, and again she said, “now eat, dear brother, it will do you good.” ‘Then I gave Mary one-half of it, and ate the rest. After Thad ite the meat, it filled me with agony, [called for water. I held is 9 114 above my head, cu asked God’s angel children to electrify the water, that I could find relief. As I tasted it, the heat left my head, but it was bitter as wormwood. I drank it all, and became much stronger. I said, “make haste, the day is wearing away, and we must reach the encampment of a land of beggars in the country, near Sebatse, bearing a little southward; there we can warm our chilled limbs and rest, but. nothing to eat.” Martha said, “where is the cloak that was lain over Lazarus?, Mary ought to have it,.as her shoulders are entirely bare.” Mary answered, “some, poor, beggar has got it, and may it do him, good,” In our hurry, to start, the camel’s hide was left behind, and we did not miss it until we -had gone half.a, league: When we stopped, my feet were bruised and bleeding,:my, head was, aching. Bartholomew come and said, “the camel’s hide has been borne along. by, a family that has a sick father, and they are expecting hourly. that he will die.” “Let him die in peace,” I said, “if it be God’s will., I can no. more than aie for humanity; he can no more than die for humanity.” ‘Martha said, “how I wish I had the cloak for Mary.” ‘John said, “I. saw,,a,beggar have it on, and he did not look as: if he could carry it much fariher.” “Leave it as it is,” I said; “God's child will not let Mary die until I breathe out my life, which will be the third day after, to-day.”.. ... Mary, arose, to-her feet, and she could walk, without being led. I also, arose to my feet, and walked along beside Mary, and we conversed about, the, change | that had come o’er us, and particularly about, our family being destroyed. | This, .was the first time I had conversed on that subject... The, day wore away, with but a little change, except here and there a death. -All-seemed to gain new courage as they were drawing near their journey’s end, they hoped. We grasp at a feeble ray of light when we are in darkness. We, reached ; the encampment ; they bade us welcome, it was all they could do. .After;.we had sat down, Bartholomew came to me and said, “I am distressed ;, the people are dying with. hunger, and they that live to reach Jerusalem. will reach there to die.” Here I lay my head down upon my mother’s; bosom, and. breathed a prayer to Almighty God, for his poor, perishing children, There I sat all that night, with my arms around my mother,,and. she folded me to her bosom. ‘There her head droped upon mine, and we slept together. Martha came to us, ere morning dawned. , She knelt behind us and folded her arms around us, _ I heard her say, “here is all I have on earth to, care for, and may God hold them, that coming ages may learn that, the, humble in spirit alone can glorify the Father.” Then she sat. down: beside us, and her warm bosom blessed us. We sat there until the multitude began to stir, then Mary awoke and said, “the day is fine ; we can make our, journey easier than heretofore.” I, with the rest, suffered fearfully with;hunger.... I said to. Martha, “if I had a little bread, or a bit of meat, it would, make , me | more comfortable.” She said, “I have Mary’ s piece of meat, that she forgot... un der the stone, and have kept it until now, hoping she would ask for it.” “I oe cast 22 —— SS SS ee SslsssSsinnscccsiooeccatmusivisnisieoe 115 knew you had it,” said Mary. “God’s child told me she had kept it, as it was the last morsel of food we should eat on earth together. I will taste of it; and so will you, Martha, but Jesus must eat the rest, as he will never eat again in'mortal form; but you and’ I shall eat again, dear sister.” “Buta little while,” I said, “you will'need barley bread, but may God’s bread ever be your stay, here and hereafter.” I took the meat and held it before me, and said, “whoever eateth meat for God’s glory, eateth eternal life; but he that eateth meat, in order to crush his children, eateth damnation to his own soul.” I ate the meat, and it gave strength to my whole body. I then made my way to the poor, dying children. I lay my hands upon them, and their fever would depart.’ They all come toward me, with their children, and there was one hundred and twenty. I stepped upon a bank and J said, “bring all of your children; God will baptise them with his holy spirit, for His own.” Then I said, “suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them: not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Hold, O hold, these little buds, that they may bloom in the bosom of their father, God.” Then I added, “may they be filled with Thy life, from eternal distance, that they may forget their hunger for barley bread.” Many folded their babes to their bosom, and said, “they are ‘thine, my God; take, O take, them as they’ are, all covered o’er with light; and live, O live, child of’ Joseph and Mary, untilithy death shall break the chains that bind earth in darkness.” THE FINISHING OF THE THIRTEENTH DAY. As the sun rose, bright and clear, we began our journey. Hunger still held control, and many were sitting down by the way, that could not go any farther, as their strength gave out, their courage could hold them no longer. In the middle of the forenoon a band of beggars came around me, and said, “feed, O teed us, else we starve.” I shouted, “if. you have no barley bread, God will feed you with bread that perishes‘not.» Kneel, O ye children of darkness, and let God give you a slice from his own loaf, then ye can cut and be filled.” They knelt down, then Iwas controled one hour, then they rose to their feet, and said, “God ‘has breathed upon us; we are refreshed.” Then we hastened forward again all that day. Hope seemed to brighten upon us as we drew near the city, feeling they would feed us, if nothing more. “Holy God,” shouted Leiah; “don’t deceive yourselves ; hell is there holding control. You will all enter there, but ere the day closes you will not ask for bread.” Here’ I:made reply, “the King'was once my friend, he cannot see me starving for bread. without tendering his ‘aid.” Leiah an- swered again, “ifthe King controled there would ‘be hope for you, but Caiphas controls the court and the Kingdom, andthe city is full of ‘priests from! all of Asia, and all countries where heathen idolatrous worship holds control. Hell’s darkest fiends are there, and you will all be stricken 116 down.” Then my hope,died within me. | Matthew stood » beside. me; he said, “brother, have courage still.’ I suid, “the day is wearing away, ‘but we will try and reach the valley; it is cal'ed the valley of fountains.» ‘There we shall have a plenty of fresh water, it will give us strength to enter the city on the following morning.” Here ‘my strength Jett me again‘and Isat down, faint and exhausted... My, followers gathered’ around me and said, “dear brother, you cannot die, because your destiny does not read that you will die hyre, but you will enter that city ative,and declare God’s. presence in the midst of hell.. Here we are all willing! to bear you along in our arms.” Here John said, “I would die for you, dear. brother, if I ‘could, but I will fold youin my bosom as long as I can breathe.” “Faithful child: of God,” I said, “you are my friend, and.my brother; now make your;way to Mary, she needs a kind friend to lead her. ‘I will have Judas and Peter assist me.” Here I aitempted to rise to my, feet, but Isat down ‘again, as I could) not stand up. I saw a bright form approaching; I reached out my hand to:her, and said, “come; sister, my burden is greater than I can | bear.” She» knelt beside me, then raised her hands in prayer, and it was like this: “Holy Creator, God, hold at 121 and harlots. He also denounced the Jewish creed, and declared heathen idolatrous worshippers were damned by the’ priests and conf-s-ors, and that he bowed not to the idols, nor acknowl+dged the traditions of the Jews ; and afier all of his unholy acts, he has declared himself the king of the Jews, and the council have decided that he deserves death, and he is to be hung upon the cross, and there hang until he is dead.” He then sat down, and Ca'phas arose, and said, “heresy is destroying the coritrol of the priesthood, and the -confessors, in many instances, are compe!led to labor for’ bread.” He also brought accusation against me, for telling him to his face, he was a brute and « debauchee; also for casting in-inuations against him among the king’s children. ‘He then sat down, and’ Pontius Pilate said, “ among all of your accusations, I find nothing worthy of putting him to death. Leave him with me for a time; let me'ques'ion him alone. Then they all went out. Then the kiug commenced like this: “Have you been causing a disturbance in the Jewish synagogue?” TI answered, “not of my will have I caused dis- turbance, but I was borne in their midst in a deep sleep. What was suid, I know not; but when I awoke, I was lying in a’ humble hut of a faithful Hebrew fam ly.- But I must acknowledge, I was folded in the bosom of an angel, even as I was in your presence, at the feast.” Then he an-wered, “the accusations brought agsinst you arise from'the heathen confessors’ hate and jealousy against you, but, my friend, I fear you must die. If I attempt to huld you, I know full well I shall be beheaded, and my family will be destroyed, and my people will be held by Caiphas, and he will control but to de-troy.” I’answered, “I would die, \() king, for you and your children, but Caiphas is damning your daughter-, and they are poor, crushed flowers, that cannot bloom earthy, but they will bloom beyond God’s e:her blue— there they will bless you, my dear friend, as they cannot bless you earthy.” When I’ ceased to speak, looked at him, and big tears ‘rolled down his cheeks. I said, “I am dyivg, King, even now; I am starving tor bread and the poor Hebrews are dying with utter starvation. Feed, O feed them, even while I am hanging on the cross. Let me fee] they are not suffering the pangs of starvation.” . Here he gave a deep groan from his inmost life and said, “Iam helpless. I am a slave to Caipbas, and his accomplices.’ “Let them come in,” I said, “else I cannot live until they ‘nail me to the eross.. If I do not, God will be robbed of his glory, and humanity of her sacrifice.” Here the king gave the signal. They. all came in. As the court had ever allowed the felon to speak in his own defence, aud’as I looked around and saw they were all seated, I attempted to rise: to my feet, but I fell back. Then I said to the magis‘rate, “if you will assist me to my feet, and hold me there, Iwill have this matter brought to a close.” He as- sented, and raised me up. ‘Then Josephus said, ‘‘what have you to say in your defence?” I answered, “humanity is my judge, and I bow to her (122 decree.” J then breathed.deep, and)I knew a power was, resting upon ‘me, yet I cculd hear all that. was said, and; could comprehend ; its, meaning.,,; 1 saw a band of bright angels gathering. around me and the: magistrate, as we stood away by ourselves. ‘Then I began like this: ‘‘Who,among you haye aught. to say against, the law; being held unbroken, as thereris nothing brought : against this man, worthy of death....Who, among. you cam, say, im, every” crime you have sought to bring against, him, that ye are not thrice guilty, nay, a hundred times;more guilty.’ But, him you, would slay.” , Here I breathed deep again, and I saw Jeptha. beside, me.,,,. He,,.then, brought, his ideas before me, and: I,gave them utterance, loud and. clear.., The first ex- pression was. like this :,, “Whoamong you) liye. in, the holy ordinance of the law. of the living God, and hold yourselves.in,a condiiion,to, make humanity bet er by your lives, and, cause the.boly.influence, {rom God’s angel chil- dren, to find a resting, place.in the human mind; that they may learn they belong to God, and seek,to do His will... Held by -the. will of Almighty God this body. is, in order that, humanity, may know, that God has held him from death until he can ‘be. lain on the.,altar, of the, heathen bigots, and prepare the way for coming ages to ask for, light.,from; beyond,, that. they may be lighted through the dark passage, that ti.ey, may not fall in darkness, and remain in darkness, until, they,,can draw. light from eternal disiance, which .is ‘eternal, and. forever unchangeable, because: it) is the first great cause.” Then Leiah drew. near. I felt his influence tolding me in his em- brace, and then he shouted, ‘Who. among) you are ready,to acknowledge you are damned. already, by your own hellish desires, but. you are not content. to damn yourselves, but. you would damn. all of, the.,human family, and drag them down to hell with you... And you, Caiphas, are a.brute and a drunken debauchee, and the fiends of darkness, await your coming. . Lay down your hate and your damning ambition, ere itis ‘too late. Let the good king feel you are ready, to make amends, as far as you can, for damning his daughters, and diseasing his concubines, which are, dying by your, brutish, fillhy body, and you are diseased even now, and by it.you will. die,,and all you have dest oyrd will rise up in judgment against| you.) And you, Josephus, would de-troy this poor, frail budy, for giving warning to your people, to prepare to defend themselves against this brute by your side,! which, instigated) the plot of destroying all the Hebrews in the land; that, they, could controlin, Antioch as well as in Jerusalem. _ Answer me, Josephu-,” Leiah shouted, “how many Jews did they, behead, and how many femalys did they damn in one night? And here you are, in league one with the’ other, against the humble child of Joseph and Mary, and))ou would crucify, him, tecause’ he souxht.to save the Jews from utter destruciion.”, Then the king arore to his fret, and said, ¢do with him as you will, but I flaud..no fault in him. Bat, lead me to wy chamber, I am filled, with'sorrow.” . Here Lanswered, the king was my friend; he is, my friend, and God wilk bless him, whem he 123 reaches a condition where disease cannot fall upon him from that brute, Caiphas.” Here Caiphas’ hate knew no bounds, but he was compelled to hold his peace, until I was done! Then. I ‘addressed Josephus, and. said, ‘your synagogue will be taken from you before two years, and your men will, be slaughtered, and your females will be dragged about, by these heathen priests and confessors, until they are’ all blasted by their filthy, dis- eased bodies. They will fall to rise no more on earth, but God will surely take his own. But if you are a man, defend the weak from these fiends of darkness, which are even now planning your utter destruction. Hell cannot hold them, but in God’s own time, He. will hold:control, and these miserable wretches will be lost in oblivion, and neither root or branch will remain to declare they ever had been.” : Here the influence left me, and I dropped down beside the magistrates Then again I said, “raise me to my feet.” There I stood, trembling all over, from my head to my feet, not with fear, but with utter exhaustion. I then bowed my head, and said, “‘now I am ready to die for God and human- ity.’ Then they cried out from all) parts of the ball, ‘crucify, crucify him, that the heretics can see their God cannot save him.” Here the magistrate held me up, and made our way toward the stairway. Here I became filled with electricity, and I walked down those stairs, as if I had been a strong man. ‘The confessors had stationed themseives on each side of the entrance, and one raised his hand to strike me, but ére I reached him, his hand fell by - his side, powerless. .; I:saw him in the after part’ of the day, and his arm hung by his side, a blasted thing. | But as I stepped upon the floor of the entrance, my angel friend laid her hand in mine, and, as we walked out of the hall together, she said, “God is with us, and hell cannot destroy my brother, His body will writhe in agony upon the cross, but his spirit will gain its freedom during that agony.” Isaid, “my dear friend, do not leave me again, until I breathe out of my body.” But I got no answer, but she bowed her head, and a bitter sigh escaped her... That was the first time I had ever heard:a sigh from spirit, and I hoped it would be the last. I then asked a bystander, where my mother was. He answered, “her cries rent our hearts, and the priest commanded her to be borne away, among’ the heretics” “My God,” I said, “can I never behold her again?” At that moment, I heard a scream. I burst from the magistrate. Darting forward feeble as I was, I gained the spot, and knelt: beside my poor, dear mother I said, “but look’ upon me once more, and then I am ready to die.” Her head was resting in Martha’s lap. I bent down, and imprinted a kiss uyon her forehead. She raised one hand; I held it agaiust my beating heart. At that moment, a confessor caught me by my ‘hair, and drew me back upon the ground as he said, “fool of a heretic thou art, to think you are going 1o evade the law.” © Then he dragged'me into the main street, and bound me, hands and feet. Here Isaw four confessors, bearing along a * 124 cross, and they lay it‘down near by me. Then they unbound wy feet, in order to nail me upon that cross, in the midst of the inhabitants of Jeru- salem. They cried out against it, and I heard one Hebrew say, “he can- not be nailed to the cross. here, he has not taken life, and it you will destroy him, carry him out of the city.” "The inhabitants saw they were determined to destroy me, and they advised them to beat me out of the city, to the Mount: of Olives, where they had) hanged, and burned, and stoned to death their felons, for a long time. | Then they said, “get up, your feet sre not tied, and you must walk cut of the city.” In an instant, an electric flash went over me,and I sprang to my feet, and shouted, ‘Holy creator God, fill all earth with Thy light. until all. of Thy creations shall exclaim, ‘Thou art my light, Thou art my life, Thou art my father, God, and these fiends in priestly garb cannot damn ‘Thy children, because of the light around them will cause darkness to flee, and the sweet breath of the angels will bless the earth flowers.” . | Here the confessor, tha: held the cord that bound me, shouted, “he ought to be nailed to the cross here, that the heretics may look upon their deceiver, and then swear a'legiai ce to the priesthood.” As iJ stood there I was felled to the ground by the handle of a battle axe in the hands of a priest. Then a confessor kicked me, as I lay there, and said, “damned. heretic, you will soon find out the priesthood are not to be insulted by a felon like you.” Jobn drew near und a confessor struck at him, then’ John felled him to ‘the ground, jump:d upon him with both feet, and exclaimed, “i 1l’s damned - thou art chained and bound forever.” Here the authorities stepped forward and demanded peace. John stepped back ito the crowd and they lo-t sight of him... Then the magistrate commanded them “to bear-away the cro«s to where it was to he set, and he would see the heretic was brought in due time. Four confessors came forward, raised the cross, and b re it away. »1 was writhing in agony, as my back had been hurt when I was jeiked back by the hair. Tiere I was, kneeling in the street, among tlie fiends of dark- ness. ‘Two priests came forward, ho'ding by my hair on each side they dragged me through the street in that manner, and the hard earth bruised my back at every step. I begged them to let me rise to my feet, but they heeded not my feelings, nor stopped at my half smothered groans. In that manner they dragged me even to the outer gates of the city; those that had been bearing the cross sat down to rest... The priest said, “I will unbind him and he shall bear his own cross up the bill.” Here I:was unbound and commanded to get up. I made the attempt but fell back. Then again I was bidden to rise.. In an instant I sprung to my feet anda mighty »power fell upon me... Here Leiah breathed his life:into my body. He cursed them and made all manner of expressions to them, that they fell back. The cross was still laying on the ground where they hal Jeft it.» Caiphas came for- ward and said, “ake up that cross, heretic, and bear it to where you are to ¥ 125 die.” I did take up that cross, and it rested upon my left shoulder, and I bore it along halfway to where it was to be set, then I drep; ed beneath my burden; then I asked for water. A confessor came forward with a cup, and said, “here, heretic, drink. I took the cup, raised it to my lips. I saw it was gall and vinegar. The confessor again commanded me to drinkit. I dashed it intovhis face, and said, “he that drinks from thy hand’ drinks dam- nation to his own soul.” Here Bartlolomew pressed through the croud, and said, “God’s children eall for clear, cold water, fresh from the fountain of life? ‘Then he drew from benea‘h his coat a gourd of water. He held'a cup in his hand; he poured ii full, and I drank it. He then poured another; I drank it to the bottom. He poured another, when one of the magistrates darhed it from my hand. Isaid, “God will dash you, even as you dash that cup from me.” The magistrate said, “get up, it is half-past ten, and the hour for crucifixion was to: beat ten.” Then Iarose to my feet and my holy controller breathed upon me, Again I caught up the cross, sped up the hill, and held it until Caipbas commanded me to lay it down. Then Leiah. exclaimed, “he that assisis in crucifying this child ot Joseph and Mary will surely be crucified in spilt forever.” ‘I'then sat down; while the sweat was powiing ‘from my forehead; and ere I could get a deep breath Caiphas came firward and put a spade in my hand, and said, dig the hole’ where tle cross is to be set.” I answer d, “I am too weak to dig that hard earth.” My head was aching fearfully, and my back was in agony. Then I made an attempt to’ get up and my strength was:mighty again. ‘Then I said, “give me the spade and I wil dig as long as need be.” ‘The earth was hard alluvial soil and I could hardly make an impression upon it until the incrustaiion gave away, then J could raise my spade full of dirt, and I'soon was bade “get out of there; that will do.” That harsh expression caused me to feel bitterness in’ my heart, and how Iwas held from dashing upon Caiphas with that spade and striking him down, I know not, but my hand was staid and I dropped to the earth unable to-rise again until I asked God to assist''me to my knees. There I raised my hands in prayer for the last time in my earthy body. “Father, God, forgive, O forgive them, they know not wha' they do. Light, my God, to guide me through the dark valley of death. ' Hold and lead me until I can reach that home Thou, hast prepared for thy children, and holy God, care for my mother and bring her to the bosom of her family ere an- other year shall pass away.” I had but spoken the last word when I- was thrown back and four confessors caught me and laid me on the cross. Then an high priest stepped forward with nails in one hand and a hammer in the other. Five nails he drove in each hand and four in each foot. Then my groans could not be suppressed. I heard a bitter shriek, then I opened my eyes. ‘There was my mother, fallen upon that body as it lay upon the eross. Her shrieks rent the air, her breath left her, and she fell like one 126 dead. Then I said, “holy God, hold her in'Thy bosom until I am_ borne’ away.” But her breath came again and she knelt beside me. I was caused to feel her cup was ful] and would soon run over. Then she smoothed back my hair and laid one arm beneath my head for the last fime on earth: There she covered my forehead with kisses, and bathed my bosom with tears. When nearly a half hour had ‘passed away then they came forward, and said, “let us raise him up.” Now they did raise me up. There I hung and writhed in agony until my mother fell at the foot of the cross, and I knew by the one deep, bitter groan of despair that forced itself up from her jin- most life, that her heart was broken, and I did ‘know that-she had drank:the bitter cup to the dregs. Then for a moment I lost myself, but soon again: came back to consciousness; then the furies were. at: work. My followers were being cut to pieces with battle ,axes; | heads were strewn upon’ the ground. As Mary fell to the foot:of the cross, her head rested against ‘my feet, and I saw a priest drag her away by the hair and give her into the hands of two confessors, and they dragged her out of sight toward the dark side of the hilJ.. Three hours had passed away and I begun to feel the pain less and less in my hands and: feet.. My head was nearly bursting and my; heart! was beating fearfully, when I caught a»glimpse of Bartholomew. T said, ‘can you get me some water?” He answered, “Iwill -get some for you or die in the attempt.” . In a short time I saw himapproaching; he had a gourd in one hand and a cup-in the other... Then I saw the glimmer of a: battle axe and I saw his head roll on’ the ground... Judas caught. up the’ goard and cup and hastened toward me. ..As he was,about raising the cup to my lips, Isaw a heathen priest strike down his arm with a battle axe, and he then struck off, his head. Issaid to the brute, “God will dash you to atoms, even as you dashed that cup from me.” I was now folded in the em- brace of my controller at least two: hours... What he said, I know not, but - L have been told since that he denounced them fearfully, and the first thing I did know some one had dealt a fearful blow across:the chest, a little above the heart. . Then my agony was inexpressible: All, the blood in my body seemed to rush to my head and then to my, feet. I must have contin-' ued in that'state for at least two hours. Iheard a voice, I knew it was John, say, “his death is a fearful one, and God will curseall that have) as- sisted in this dreadful deed.” |, I.called:and, said, “John, John, come here. Dear brother John, do care for my mother.” He answered, “I will care for Mary.” Ilooked around and I saw my followers’ all laying dead around me. I learned afterwards that four hundred and eighteen ‘were beheaded that day. As my agony begun to subside, that night was closing in, Caiphas commanded them all to begone, even then, or the city ates should be closed on them, and they should not go in'unless they would )go then. |My head had dropped upon my bosom.,, Altho’ I could breathe no longer, yet I could hear, and I ‘did hear, Caiphas’ say, “we ‘will drive the inhabitants: » cei essed Lad P27 within the gates, then we will return and cave for the body.” They did re- turn and I heard them’ digging, and then one said, “we will splinter up the cross and that will be sufficient with this brush.” I knew when they come to take me down, but breathe 'T could not, but I did know my heart beat. They took the ‘spade an@ ‘chopped my’ hands from the cross, then, as I pitched forward, they struck off my feet also. Then they left me ‘on the ground until they had dug up the cross and split it in many pieces. I heard the faggots crackling and I knew a funeral pile'was prepared for me. They then came and took me by my ‘head and feet and bore me a few paces, then they laid me upon the blazing heap. As the flames curled up around my head and facé’it’ caused the blood to circulate again, and in the midst of ‘the flames my breath come back, and I exclaimed, “my God, my God, how much longer must I suffer in this body?” There my agony was fearful. It did seem that the heat would never penetrate the vitals and free my spirit from its mortal agony. But it did free itself, then I’ could understand why they were burning that body. They were aware that the acts that had been performed by an unseen power could not be crushed out of the minds of the inhabitants, even of that day, and they conceived of the idea of hold- ing the body from the knowledge of ‘all. They ‘the priesthood could easily make the idolatrous worshipers betieve the idols‘had come and taken me to themselves, and that they could still hold them in darkness subservient to their will. Here I also observed that after the body was nearly con- sumed they were very careful to heap on the dirt and tread it down to make it apppear like the rest of the earth) that had been worn by the many feet that were constantly walking about while I hung upon'the cross; and they knew if the cross was left it would be carried away in pieces by the He- brews, if none else. Here I am’ held by the Almighty: power of the Creator, God. I have come back in order to finish up that which was begun ages on ages ago, and-they that’ are willing to behold me as I am nothing but a man, will surely be blessed by these historical facts, bereft of fic- tion. I have drawn these facts from their true source. Humble life of a humble family’ that were driven: about the country because a price was 80 often set upon my head. ‘And in order to shield'me from the battle axe, they would flee to the mountain.’ Here I will now leave my history in the hands of God’s children that ask for light, and may the light of inspiration give them the true.design of this work, Even while I hung upon the cross, a mighty rumbling was heard in the bowels of the earth, and about four in the after part of day, Mount Sinai did belch forth her' thunders, and’ the ‘smoke ‘was so’ dense’ that the top of the mountain’ could not’be discernéd.' Even if fire‘and smoke was thrown from the bosom of earth, it was not'because I’ was hanging upon the cross. ' It would have belclied forth even the same, if'I had not been crucified at all. te 128 ; } The natural causes were there controlled by a mightier power than could have bern brought about by the death of one, man: or a thousand... But through the designing priesthood, it has been held before the poor, deluded, benighted, deceived, confiding, that dare not ask light for themselves, lest — they +hould be called to an account by their deceivers, that do teach what | they do not believe ; but they withliold their, knowledge, because, they, dare not infringe on their isms and creeds, lest they would be set. a-ide, and then, from his necessities, eat the bread earned by the sw:at of his brow, and be- come an honest man. . Who among them all is ready to go to his toil worn brother, that has bent beneath his burden, and say, “brother, 1 will, use the spade for you to-day, go ye and rest,”. When I find a priest or a dispenser of creeds, no matter what the name may be, that is ‘willing, to.go to his brother’s destitute family, that, once fed and clothed him, and pay, “I have bread, come, eat with me; I haye a home, come and I will comfort you,” And above all, are you, any of you, ready to say, ‘I have the light, and in- fallible knowledge, that God’s angel children come to me, and would. bless me, so far as I blend my ideas wiih theirs. And they bring me.tidings of a brighter home beyond.” Dare any of you say, “my ro eths ones are there, awaiting my coming, and I long to breathe in their presence.” , Liye, O,live for the good of humanity, that when thou hast, ceased to be earthy, that your last breath may say, angels beloved, I am coming to thee, my labor is done tor humanity. I am going home, » And to you, O mothers, that God. has en, trusied with gifts divine, live in a way that you can feed those tender minds with the bread of life, which is life eternal. Do. not crush. the tender bud that your. father, God, has lain in your bosom, the ‘bosom of. its love. Let God unfvld its tender leaves, then the child will .be prepared to say, “Thy will be done,” and behold, through wondrous formations, their God is there. Then the soul of souls will answer, “I am here, I am_ there, I am every- where, tbronehaa all time, throughout all space, I am_the father of the human race.” Then come, my own beloved children, and gaze upon me,.as I am in all things [have created. Heaven diyides not its own. Then let heaven begin within each human breast... Then if you seek, you » will be sure to find, for every bruise, a healing balm that will not leave you, as, Jong as time rolls on, _And_ now Iwill. bow to Thee, my father and my God, although I bow to kiss the rod, if it be, for ai glory, and the good. of humanity. MY HUMBLE PRAYER TO MY CREATOR, GOD, FOR ASSISTING ME IN FINISHING ae MY EARTH ‘HISTORY. Holy, almighty, infinite as Thou art; es et I am, Lam, but, of Thee a part... Held by Thy almighty hand, humbly I bow at Thy command. Here I am but a speck in Thine immensity, made to feel. that I can bless Thy children by giving them truth, bereft of. fiction; that have been held a © 129 among the holy records of the ite free from spot or blemish. Althougn Hea, dark, benizhted children have sought to destroy all trates of the _ Hebrew family, yet" Thou hast held them in Thy own bosom, until changes. could be mi: ide for them to come back to earth, and declare God’s mercies: “still, and I could not rob humanity of her inheritance, that i is, God’s wonders. wrought through His children. Ages ago, Mount Sinai did belche forth her thunder, not because of Thy anger, but through the wondrous working of Thy elements, held by Thy almighty hand, the law that changes not, even from the beginning and endureth forever. O, give me light: from Thy in- ner light, that I may understand how be-t to live out the mea-ure of time, in order that Thy. glory may fill all minds, that thy children may exclaim _ the glory. of our father God fills us full to overflowing, and we can/ say, Tiiou, art ever present, and we behold Thy wonders through Thy mighty works. Assist thy angel children to lead and euide all ‘of Thy children “still in ee earthy forms to flee the cruel devices of man that has sought to’ chain. and ~ bind them to cree fs and dogmas that fill the land, which are but. devices of “heathen bigois and none other. And may they all understand that it is be- cause I am in their churches, as an idol, Thy command has been put upon me to go back to the poor, benighted souls that are in darkness, and give ‘them freedom by de:laring myself, as I am, a friend and a brother. Assist, O assist, then, thou source of life divine, to read and ‘be blessed.” If they could but know what I have suffered in order to give them facts’ in relation to Thee, my God, that has been begotten by Thee, the first great cause, eternal ‘a . light. ih Creator, God, bless her that has. laid down all she has earthy, © a that I _ humanit: to make condition to receive the bread of life which | is. ‘Thy ; y declare myself as I am, but a humble beggar, still begging of thee a _ knowlede. Then they will be robed in their wedding garments, crowned a 4 all o’er vith the dew drops bright, fresh from Thy fountain of love which , has everflowed since creations were.. Plant. flowers earthy, my God, that they majbloom ina holier condition than earth ever knew. May IT bow low. befon Thee, my Creator, and ask humanity if they. are willing to re- ceive my rlessing and relieve me from earth, that I may. go back to. that bright lanl of light, and say to my angel loved ones there, that “my earth | labor is firshed, and I have come back home, and we will give God the — glory for al His mercies, forever and forever.” | Here, rader, I must bid you : farewell, hoping to meet you beyond God's ether blue, There, dear brother and dear sister, I will await your coming. There my ome has been for ages on ages, and I long to go back again. 0, @ humanity, ty demands must b¢ appeased, O, do not call me; I cannot come againbut to die; but if humanity demands another human sacrifice I will die for hem, if it be God’s will. _ And now, reader, I must bidyou along farewell ! lam your friend and brother, Jesus of N azarus, and none other 5 ; 2 the first bort of Jaeeph and Mary. Farewell! | | LINES _ DEDICATED TO AGES YET UNBORN. bb DECLARATION OF THE HEBREW FAMILY CONCERNING JESUS, THE FIRST BORN OF JOSEPH AND MARY, AND MAY HUMANITY BELIEVE DIVINE REVELATIONS ARE DAILY BLESSING EARTH WITH TRUTH - BEREFT OF FICTION. I hold myself before God and dictate for inscription that the mystification concerning my first-born may be swept away from the enlightened mind, and heathen idolatrous worshippers shall acknowledge they have been de- ceived by the designing priesthood, and humanity shall know my boy was a natural begotten child, even as my other. four boys were, and know he was begotten by the same father and the same mother. Friends that hold this record before you, listen to me while I record my own earth history relative to my family, then ask God if he ever turned away from his creations when conditions of creations were in harmony with the law ; ask him if he was the first to break the chain of his Almighty control in his eternal creation. Look, O ye inhabitants’ of earth, and. learn how God creates worlds by blending of elements and in no other way; and how is it that plants grow but from seed of its own kind; and how is it that man is spoken into ex- istence but by male and female life blending together that begets: another life in the law of Almighty God. Could man control Almighty God, he would be torn from the bosom of immensity and be hurled into chaos, and man in his attempt, to hold control would seek to find conditions whereby he could gratify his unsated ambition, and would attempt to destroy the won- drous formations. torn from the law of Almighty God ; but here, hereafter, forever, eternal and forever, let God control is the humble prayer. of Jo- seph, the son of Jessie, the father of Jesus, and God the father of us all. And now I am ‘to make my declaration, let humanity believe me or no. 152 My blood was David’s blood, undiluted by heathen blood, coming down through Holland in the full Hebrew blood. It has been said I was in part Judea’s blood, but that must be denied. I was called upon to lay away my honorable father when I was two years and four months old; my mother held the family together. until I was large enough to go to my trade, then my second brother cared for the flocks and hess and cared for my mother in her own home. When I was twenty-one I held myself before the faith- ful band of Free Masons, that they should Weide whether or no I was wor- thy to become one of them. I was received by them, passed my initiation, and sought toobéy the commands taught me by the faithful Grand Chapter. Holy was that order, and I loved my brethren as I had never loved any- thing before. My poor mother was a frail woman, and she knew she. must soon go from us. At this time I had been away at work asa carpenter, and I felt to hasten home to see if I could do anything | for her, but before I reached home I espied a poor dying beggar sitting by. the roadside ; he held in his arms a little lamb. i saw he was in great distress. I laid my hand in his and said, “God bless you brother, can I do anything to relieve you ?” His answer was, “God is here.” Then his hand relaxed and he fell back and gasped for breath. He then said, “take this lamb, hold it for a dying brother.” J..answered, “I. will hold) that holy emblem in my bosom for- ever. He answered, “God's mercies endure forever.” He then folded the lamb to, his:bosom and fell:-back dead. I -took» the lamb in’ my ‘bosom and hastened home, and as I entered there I saw my mother’s breath come -heavy, and I knew she was/dying.. She said; “Joseph; I am going to your father, have ‘you. any message for him??,» I lay my hand upon the lamb’s head and said, ‘‘say to my father, God’s mercies endure forever, eternal and forever, without changeor a shadow of turning.” My.mother breathed deep, and said, ‘Joseph, forget not your oath, God is here.” I then knelt beside my mother and asked God to forgive me ‘if I had done aught that was wrong. My mother answered again, “God is here,” and spoke no more on earth. It was a ‘dreadful calamity. to me, and as soon as she was buried I left my home and left it forever. . I went.to Tyre and labored one year and a half; then I went with a caravan to Jerusalem, there I labored four years in and around Jerusalem. J had finished my day’s labor and was returning to my lodgings when I gaiw.a beautiful damsel bearing a gourd of milk into a humble but respectable home, : Her beautiful face held me gazing after her. I stepped:to the door and asked for a drink of water. | She hastened away and brought a. bucket of) cool. water from thespring. » She handed me a cup, and. drank and bowed: to her-and: went away. | I called for.a drink, day oy day,, until the mother: brought, the water; and.then I asked for the damsel. Ihe mother answered, “she 18 at; work.”:0CanEssee her,’ I said. “If you will step in,” shereplied. J took aseat and Mary came in. said, 133 “damsel, I have come to ask for you in marriage.” She bowed her head. but made no reply.. The mother said, “you area Hobtan’: my daughter’s blood. is Judea’s blood through Sodom’s borders.” I answered; “the blood of hese aad Jacob. have ever blended together in holy love and adora- tion to God freed from heathen devices; they declare. God’s ever presence. If it please the2, damsel, and. the mother, I would take har all my own.” The mother answered, ‘she; is free to do as she pleases.” Then I said, “ean I find favor with the damsel enough to be accepted by heras her hus- band?” \ Her answer was,,“‘I loved you when I first saw you.” I answered, “then you are mine and mine forever.’ Then the mother stood before me and said, “you can marry my ‘daughter, but a fearful destiny awaits you, but live faithful to your marriage covenant, and true tothe law.of your own lives, and leave the fearful destiny, in the hands of Almighty God.” Then she related to me Mary’s destiny, as it had been inscribed by my first begot- ten, Jesus, in his own history. Then I. said, “I will fold herin my bosom and shield her from despair.” Mary sat beside me while her mother related her destiny as described by, Zadock the seer., I saw big tears roll down Mary’s cheeks, and I felt it had been stamped upon her mind ‘as truth, and must be fulfilled. I folded her to my bosom and felt that God had placed her there to bless me a poor lone man. I-asked. the mother when I could take her all my own. She said, “she is thine, and you shall be joined in marriage at your will and pleasure.” “Then we. will, join in marriage this day.” “Amen,” answered the mother... “Amen,” answered. another voice’ within. There came. before’ me a’ slender form; it was Mary’s brother. Lazarus... He. knelt’ before me and joined my hand in that of Mary’s, and asked God to bless us, both together. Then we repaired to the home of an annointed ‘priest, as they were the only ones that could join any in marriage by the law of that land. Mary’s mother and her brother and sister Martha accompanied us, whose souls were already united. As we stood before the priest he said, “are you a Hebrew ?”? I answered, “I am from the house of David ;” “and you damsel?” She answered, “I am of Judea’s blood.” Then you will be called upon to swear you will not declare for heresy., I answered, “I acknowledge’ no God but the God of all immensity.’ He stopped short and said, “have a care, if you declare ‘heresy, I will. cut you off and I will’ keep a watch over you.” I answered, “God watches over his own created.” He said no more, but went on with his ceremony until he pronounced:us as one. Then he turned to Lazarus and said, “the bleod of Judea aud Holland has ever damned earth with its heresies ; instruct them in the law of Moses and they may live in harmony, but if they beget heretics I will cut them off.” Then I paid him eight scruples/in’ silver, ant then repaired to that holy home again, the home of my Mary. 134 That day I began to repair that home. It contained two rooms; and I added one more, then there was room for us all. I remained in that home eleven months and nineteen days. Mary became pregnant and I knew it was the offspring of holy affection. There had been a great commotion in the land as Herod had issued a command that all male children under two years is old should be put to death, as a prophecy had declared that one should be born that should rule in that kingdom, and his jealousy knew no bounds. 1* had reiired to rest, fearfully distarbed, but I had no sooner laid down than I.saw a form before me, and as I gazed upon him I felt a hand in mine. Then he breathed a holy prayer for me and mine. He ther said, “arise Jo- seph, flee from this land, else your first-born, being a boy, will be cut off ; begin your journey before the day dawns, and journey towards Egypt. I will direct you, but your boy must not be laid on the altar of a heathen brute.” He then left me. I arose and prepared a bundle. I knew it was prepared for my unborn child.. Then I called Mary’s mother and Martha and told them all. Martha answered, “obey the voice of God’s angel children, they will guide you aright. Do not awake Mary until I have baked the barley loaf that you may bear it-along with you.” When all was” ready I went to the bed and knelt down’ and poured. out my soul in prayer to my God, asking’ protection for my angel Mary and her unborn babe. The mother and Martha wept bitterly, but Lazarus answered, “Amen. Glo- ry to God, my Mary will be saved and her child. God’s angels are here waiting your departure.” Mary awoke ; a sweet smile stole over her face as she said, “I heard the angels shouting a hymn and it awoke me” I said, “Mary, God’s' command is upon ‘us, we must leave here this hour.” “Whither shall we go” said Mary, “where Herod’s spies are not?” “We are to flee his kingdom,” I said, “and we are bid to go even now.” Mary went to the door, and she saw it was dark and cloudy, and fear fell upon her. I felt I must give her courage, and'I said, “God will direct us and we shall yet be blest.” Then Martha threw the mantle over Mary.. Then she said, “eome Joseph, God will direct us all; fear has fled me.” Thus we stepped forth in the dreary month of December ; many a weary day we journeyed on together, and at night we would hire our lodging with some of the poor but honest Hebréws. Mary could ‘not go but a short way before she would sit down and rest.’ How my heart ached for her when a dark, stormy day set inand Mary begun to falter. _ All of that day we made but one league and a half; and night was setting in, no signs of a habitation was in sight. I led her as best I could, and as we turned a corner in the highway, Mary exclaimed, ‘QO God be praised, there is a light. Joseph, look, I hope to reach there ere I may give birth to my child.” We reached the place from which the light came, and I called for admittance, but the inn- keeper gave answer, “my house is full, as there is to be a gathering’ of Ju- 135 dea’s children on the morrow, in honor of the bonds-people leaving Egypt.” I answered, “my wife is in the pangs of giving birth to her child, do give usaroom.” He answered, “my oxen are away, and you can go into the barn, there you can be as quiet as you please.” He brought a light and we entered there. I prepared a bed of hay in the manger, and there my boy was born. ‘The rest of that history is before you, and I need not give any more, as it would be but repetition. And now if the inhabitants of earth will receive my testimony concerning the begetting of my first-born, Jesus, then they can say, “I am weary of fiction and ready to receive the truth as it is according to the law ; then they will be blest by my coming back to earth, declaring truth as it is, and must forever remain, that Jesus is a son of man. | idle Holy, Eternal Creator, God, assist thy children in coming ages to ask for light from Thee, and Thee alone, then they will enquire ot the law and the law will answer, “God changes not in his creations and his law cannot be broken.” Freed I am now from earth, God be praised ; bless you, my daughter, for lending your aid for me to be freed ; without you I must have been held for ages still, and been left to bear my burden as best I could. I long to meet you in a home that is prepared for thee, by God’s own created, through the natural law, and none other. Freed, Holy God, freed from my burden, I will praise Thee forever and ever. I am Joseph, the father of Jesns, the humble Nazarene. MARY'S HISTORICAL RECORD, HELD IN ORDER TO BLESS COMING AGES. Here her spirit blends with these facts, that she has borne along with her for eighteen hundred and thirty-five years, two mouths, and thirteen days, ever since she breathed out of her mortal form, being beheaded by four confessors, afier they had damned her, and her body was left unburied until decomposition took place, being dragged into a cave. © This she could not give herself, and we have inscribed for her.— Historian. | Heavy tho’ my burden be, yet I will relate facts as they are. But who can ever know what I suffered, in relation to my innocent family.: Friends of humanity, bear with me, I am all uneducated, except in the life I lived, until I was fifty-two and a little over. My early convictions were, that I should bear children, and that they would all be cut off by the order of the prie-thood, and when Joseph asked for me in marriage, I felt, in my heart that he, too, was doomed. And here another fearful sorrow: came be- fore me, that I should be the cause of such a holy man being destroyed, by linking his destiny with mine. But I felt. the hand of God was upon us, and I must obey. My tears did flow, ndét bécause I did not love him, but 136 because I knew he must suffer with me. There had Beh a ‘great commo- — tion in all of the Jand, concerning heresy, before I was wedded to Joseph, and when he answered the priest, as he did, my heart beat, lest we should be — divided even there. , Bat, in that. answer, - Joseph appeared to me as an angel of light... . “God be praised, s said Joseph, as we entered our home, (aa am freed from. that brute, and may I never be. brought | again in contact with | the heathen fiend’ » Happy we were in that home, until we were compelled % to leave it, that our first-born should not be destroyed. ‘Many a weary league we journeyed on, until I could go no farther. ‘Then I was compelled y to yield to my. condition, and my boy Jesus was born. Yes, born i in a manger, and I thanked my father, God, that I could lie down, and wait my delivery here. . An holy influence came to me, and folded her arms around — me, and held me to. her bosom, until my child was born. ie remained there two days, thea I was borne into the inn, and remained there until J esus, was ten days old. I feel to say, humanity has been deceived relative to the con- ception and time of birth, after my marriage with Joseph. Here a declare, before Almighty God, that his conception was a natural one, even as that of my other children, and he was born one year and eight days after I was | wedded to Joseph. . And I do declare before God’s angels, that are around — me ; that are here to give facts bereft of fiction, that I-never. knew any other man but Joseph, until Joseph was dead, and I was damned by confessors, and that against my wlll. But, holy God, how can I fulfill my earth 3 mis- — sion, and find rest here? I have been back to earth two years, four months, twenty-six days, hoping to leave my testimony and go home, where I had dwelled for ages, where in part I had forgot my earth sorrows and fears. But as I blend my life again with humanity, I am constantly filled with fear, lest harm should. befall those that seek to bless. and comfort me. . Holy Creator, God, hold control, until. all the nations. of the earth shall. acknowledge Thee, as Thou art ever present, and they, of Thee, apart. Then my sorrows will be appeased, and then I shall again find rest. I ever felt ai. should be compelled to return to earth, and the hour did come; and now, as this is my last testimony for humauity, and as God has prepared the way, my burden is lain down forever earthy. | Now I know the hour draws near for me to say, “farewell, all earthy things, I long to go.” Here I would | kneel in humble prayer before Thee, my father, God, and ask Thy blessings to rest upon her that has blessed me.and mine, and may she live to bless her. family, and when she has finished her earth labor, may she find rest in Thy | bosom, the bosom of her God, is'the humble prayer of Mary, the wife of Joseph, and the mother of Je:us, that has been called the Nazarene. Fare-. well, humanity, now may the day dawn upon you, that will bear away all fiction, and truth alone shall fill the. human soul. I am Mary, Joseph’s wife. Farewell. | , 137 TESTIMONY OF JAMES. I am called upon to bear testimony relative to my eldest brother, Jesus. _ I lived beside him, when he was a frail, little thing, and led him, that he could go out and sit on the ground with me and Jessie. Well do I remem- ber his falling, if I let go of him, but he never seemed to get hurt. Mary was ever kind and affectionate to her children. My father was away most of the time, as he was compelled to go wherever he could find labor, that his family could have bread. I also remember looking for him to come home with his barley meal, when we were all anhungered, as we had not tasted food for a day and a half; and Jesus was sitting by the door, and fell asleep, — As his head dropped, I saw big tears roll down his cheeks. Then he raised his head, and called Mary. She came to him, and Jesus said, “Joseph is coming up the mountain with barley meal. Prepare your fire, he will be here in an hour.” Mary obeyed, and when the time had expired, he came; the bread was soon baked, and we all ate. After we had finished our meal, Mary said to Joseph, “I knew you were coming, as Jesus’ angel friend told me so.” Joseph answered, “God’s child is always ready to bless us all she can, but how good God is to send His child to us in our time of need.” “She is here now,” said Jesus. “Can I converse with her?” said Joseph. “If she can, she will,” Jesus answered. “Sit quiet, dear boy,” said Joseph. Then Jesus folded his little hands together. Then he breathed deep, and said, “how do you do, Joseph? JI assisted you in bringing your burden up the mountain, as I knew the children were so hungry,” “God bless you,” said Joseph, “if you had not have helped me, I shonld not reached home until night had closed in. Have you seen the angel here, that came to me in the lowlands?” Through Martha, her answer was, “he is beside you, Joseph. Have you a desire to converse with him?” He an- swered, “he is my brother. He can lead me, where you cannot.” Then the spirit said, “come, father, Joseph thinks you have knowledge I have not. Ask him, Joseph, who led him through the dark passage. Then he will give you light from the deep past. Then you will say, ‘Leiah’s daugh- ter held her father from falling in the dark.” Istood beside Joseph, and I saw his eyes glistened; when that expression was used. ‘Then he gave an- swer, “forgive me, O daughter of Leiah, if I have said aught to disturb you.” Jesus said, “Jepthah is here, and he claims an audience with his brother.” Then my brother breathed deep again, and another voice spoke’ through him, and said, “what can I do for my brother? Are thy necessities within my reach, or are they in the hands of the first great cause, eternal light?” Joseph’s heart beat quick, as he answered, “brother, I am in darkness. Who will give me light?” “The hand that lit the taper for 138 Leiah, ages gone by, will light thy taper, and lead thee on until you will be willing to say, ‘God's child has led us all by her light, drawn from eternal light”” Joseph arose to his feet, and paced the floor, while big drops of perspiration stood upon his brow. Then he turned to Mary, and said, “leave me with my brother, and my God, but one moment,” : Mary tock Jessie in her arms, and led me a little way from ‘the house. But in a few moments Joseph called her and said, “God. is here, and his children are . here. Let us kneel in prayer.’! “While Joseph. was kneeling, he raised his . hands above his head, and in a moment he was. covered all ov er with light. Jesus answered, “God has lit your taper. ‘ Journey eastward. ” Then he, | awoke, and Joseph exclaimed, “holy angels, direct.me, lest si fall again i in, darkness.” We then went to bed, but early in the morning Joseph awoke , me, and said. “come, James, we are going to Judea’s borders,” When we went there, every thing was new to me, as I had no previous ideas of any | place but my mountain home. But I do know J esus was controlled, day by day, and gave directions concerning the journey, and where they should re- main at night. Held as we were from the bands of anointed priests. and confessors, I have always felt that Joseph had a light, that none of the rest ofus had. ‘There had been a great.commotion in Antioch, concerning the heathen idolatrous worshippers cutting down the Jews, even in their own homes, by the order of the priesthood. I was borne along, until I ‘was thirty-two years. and two months old, and when I was returning home from my labor, I was accosted by eight confessors, and they said, “where is that damued heretic, your brother, that is filling all earth with heresy?” I an-. swered, “I know not where he is.” Then one of them dealt me a blow, and my arm dropped to my side, broken. Then one said, “where is he that has cursed us all?” I answered, “I know not.” Then iLey fell upon me with clubs and stones, and beat me to death. ! Now here I am again among the inhabitants of etl foci to bless all that are willing to be blessed, by my ideas that have been held for ages; and now, Lumanity, I would ask you a few questions. Let them be answered by your own inner life. Let nothing come between you and ‘Almighty God. Have you a desire to feast you souls on the bread of life, which is knowl- edge? Have you.made up your mind what kind of knowledge is best befit- ting eternal life? Have you a desire to be fed on fiction because of its antiquity? Are you where you can drink from the fountain of holy inspi- ration? Have you prepared yourselves for fulfilling thy earth labor, while _ you are a.material body? Now, if you can answer those questions to your own satisfaction, then my advice cannot.do any good. There is a great commotion in the opinion of man, because there are no two that think alike, and none are satisfied with the belief that they have sought to comprehend. Why? Because they have no foundation for their theories but heathen tra- 139 dition and priestly mystification. All claim historical accounts, but they are without authority, date, or signature. Fiction comes in to finish up the priestly devices. But they who seek God through mystification will be led by mystification forever. Humanity, learn what God is, then you will have a foundation on which you can cast your anchor when the tempest rises high, and your frail bark is driven about by the opinions of men that are ready to advise without knowledge. Who can learn from the past and not feel that humanity is not higher in the scale of knowledge? And their souls are asking for focd better befitting their condition than the heathen forms and ceremonies of the past. Light from that inner life of all things, speaks to every human soul that has cauglit the light beyond. Come, ye, to the feast of the angels and await the coming of God’s breath upon his own chosen ones, that are naught but the children of light. And their life bespeaks their holy blocd, and they are ever ready to give light concerning God’s wondrous rormation and his holy revelation. -Then all will be willing to say: “He that created all things, and held them from destruction, is capable of holding control. That God is my God, and I will bow to Him and Him alone.” Children yet unborn may say, “the nineteenth century caught the light from eternal distance, and we will ask for a still brighter light that is better befitting our condition that that which was revealed to our ancestry.” Heaven bless you my own dear friend and sister. Iam free; freed by you, for all coming time earthy. I am James, the second son of Joseph and Mary. God bless you, is my prayer here and hereafter. Now farewell! TESTIMONY OF JESSIE. I am Jessie, the third begotten of Joseph and Mary. I am here beside you, and am called upon to give my testimony concerning my family, but I hardly know what to say. But my family are here, and God’s children are here, and I am dwelling here in this abode of rest and peace. God is here beside her that God gave us as acomforter. This home is dedicated to holy revelations, and we are blessed, being permitted to dwell here with them. Frail tho’ I am in ideality, yet I would seek to bless all.- Here the band of ancient revelators are around me and I will do the best I can. Mary assist me, I am weary, that I can finish what I have to do, then let me go back to my home, a home of rest. My heart beats when I draw from that fearful hour when I was dragged away toward a den of hungry ‘beasts. Ere they threw me in I did hear Mary’s voice, and I answered, “God doeth all things well.” But ere I could speak again I was hurled down into the den. All four of the beasts flew at me and tore the flesh from my bones ere my heart ceased to beat. Why was it? Because I 142 if they do not heed the demand I have upon them. Here, before me, is a human sacrifice. Hold her from being crushed by heathen idolatrous wor- shipers, that she can finish up her earth mis-ion, and go home, heed broth- ers. Heed, lest beware! Beware! Beware! Who will give answer that — the humble revelator shall be protected against the dark, benighted souls, that fill all earth. » Hold, O hold the light, that she may breathe from: eter- nal creations, and give humanity knowledge that will raise them higher in the scale of ideality, that they ey elena the sain: Hist St eternal light. Holy, almighty Creator, ho'd my: daughter fiivin hantiaio) damned; until holy revelations can be given through her, that will fill all earth with light. Then Thy lillies can bud and bloom everywhere, until their holy aroma — shall fill ‘all time, and all space; until every one can be blessed, that belongs to the human race, in every nation and in every clime. | They may all an- swer, “I am Thine, my God, and Thou art mine.” .. Daughter, may I lay this record before my brothers, and be blessed by the same? If so, may God bless you for blessing me and mine. Farewell, faithful revelator, until { can meet you in a happier clime. I am now made so feel, earth has no more claims upon me, and now I shall go beyond earth’s electric chains, and dwell with my beloved family forever. This is my last legacy for you, my brothers, and may you hold it sacred in the inner chamber of your inmost souls, until you come to me in a holier condition than earth can give you. Now farewell forever earthy, Iam he whose beard was dabbled in blood, and who was borne away by the holy hands of affection, and lain in my last resting place, and govered o’er with evergreen; and five holy flowers were plucked and twined together by my beautiful daughters, and lain upon my brow. There I was left by them, and they were crushed to death by heathen anointed priests, and now, brothers, beware. I will now subscribe my earth name, Jepthah. Scripe.—As I am held by. a power I cannot, fully comprehend, I would , Say, every expression is as new to me as it is to the reader, until it is print- ed before me, in electric words, which seem to drop before me. But as fast as I catch the expression of them, they fade away, and other words take their place. And now, humanity, I have dared to lay these pages. before 4 you, all uneducated as I am in the knowledge of those histories, previous to my inscribing this work, for all that. are ready to receive humble truths, from humble people, through |the humble servant. of you all, 4 A OLIVE G. PETTIS. ello Ue TGS iene A RRS. ERRATU M. 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From angel breath these lines I’ve traced, And may they never be erased, But may they ever find A resting place in every human mind.—Scor1zzg, Behold God’s glory through his own creations, And learn to worship the infinite, instead of man, That God can be acknowledged by his own, And be worshipped in spirit and in truth.—Grorag LipPARD, VOLUME II. PROVIDENCE: A, CRAWFORD GREENE, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, RAILROAD HALLS, 1871. ATED CREME | be erty G Jae Ee ean a ? ah i 4 ( 2 rahe ~ i ” ® PREFACE. owe DRAWN FROM THE INNER LIFE OF THOSE THAT LABORED FOR HUMAN- ITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. I must come before the American people in order that they may know I am laboring for their freedom still. Eighteen hundred and seventy fills up the full measure of freedom, if humanity will receive it from the hand of Jehovah God, through his own chosen, here on earth, in spirit. I have seen, I have heard, and I have blended my life with the Brothers that lay the corner stone for Life Eternal. Brothers, God is here. I am here. God’s faithful children are here, that you may learn that God con- trols through his own law. Let us draw a line between heathen mystifica- tion and eternal light. Holy hearts are beating, and light fills my soul with a desire to bless the inhabitants of earth, in all ages yet to come. The peo- ple of the free United States have knowledge that cannot be bought with gold: Through the chains of the oppressor being broken, light has fallen upon them, that could never have reached them in bondage, because freedom of speech gives every one a chance to give to those around tliem what they have knowledge of, without fear of the stake battle-axe, or the cross. Who would not lend their aid in freeing human souls, that God may be acknowl- edged, without a shadow of turning. Freedom’s holy land will be filled with light, where I was held from death by my faithful brother, that was led to believe I was an enemy to a part of the human family, the red men. I lay my hand in his and called him brother. He forgot all hate, all revenge, and became a friend in my hour of need, and you, my brothers, will meet me upon the square and forget I am a spirit. Light must be drawn from eter- nal light, to lead and guide us on. We must be free. I am your friend and brother, GEORGE WASHINGTON. Stern justice has a demand upon me. I amcommanded to make a state- ment of what I do know concerning the revelations drawn from ages gone by. My knowledge has been limited relative to the lives of those that lay the chief corner stone for light to find a resting place in the hearts of an en- slaved people, that they may be freed in spirit, as well as in body. ‘There 4 has been a great commotion on earth relative to a new dispensation, but as I trace back through past time, I learn it is not a new law that belongs to the present age. Itis only because conditiops have been made through freeing man from the oppression of his brother man, that the cruel and designing cannot compel his brother to hold his peace, but by his own will. Light will surely dispel darkness, and God will be acknowledged here on earth as Je- hovah God. I am a friend to all good. Yours respectfully, THOMAS JEFFERSON. When the thunders rolled over the land of America I was a youth. But the fires of independence flashed over me, and I was filled with love of hu- manity. When the bells in the churches struck in answer to the old bell in the Statehouse in Philadelphia, I shouted, keeping time with the bell, “Free- dom! Freedom!” My good father said, “John, you are making a great noise.” I answered, “cannot you ‘shout for freedom ?” He said, “if it does not cost too dear to establish it.” That speech made me a man, and I struggled with the American people as long as I'lived. ' Now’ I see the re- sult of that labor. All men are free within the bounds of America. NowI would add, men of America, free yourselves from heathen mystifieation and you will surely be free, soul and body. ‘That is my earnest desire that you may be blest in ‘searching for light. Here I will inscribe my own name. | ay JOHN ADAMS.” Iam an old man, yet I would say a word to the reader. Live according to your highest light, and you will surely be led aright. The blessing of an old man rests upon the Ameri¢an people. tal yy Your obedient servant, ipeoaleriiit JAOKSON. Industry brings. a sihaosaiaies in early: life, , hee In, your, aaa you wil lay by ‘enough, to bless. yourself, and when yuu lay dowa,to rest you will have enough to bless others. | | STEPHEN GIRARD... Relative to these histories we would say a word. noun they are, but full of interest, and we all bear testimony of their being given by the, individu- als themselves, that have sought to bless humanity by leaving facts relative to themselves, as they were, and that those that come after may know they have been misled by the devices of heathen priesthood, handed down through all church creeds, even to this day, and may they arouse from ‘their slumber and make an effort to gather knowledge’ for, themselves, and. not .ask | Pope, Priest, Clergy, or Layman, where God is, but may they learn to feel. his ever presence, is my humble desire. THOMAS W. DORR. “CLE ooh GE CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF JOHN, THE APOSTLE OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. I hold myseif before the brain that catches my ideas, and the heart that beats in sympathy with my own, that I may reveal facts, as they were when I walked the earth. Here, before my Creator God,.I declare myself John, the Jewish dispenser, 1s well as the apostle of Jesus of Nazareth, the first- born of Joseph and Mary. Early in life I was taught a Messiah would come, and his glory would fill all the earth. As I was taught, so I believed. Having no other doctrine taught me from my childhood days, I was a firm believer in Judaism. There had been arumor around the country that a Hebrew heretic was denouncing Judaism, as well as heathen idolatrous worship, and the people were following him in great numbers, and the heathen priesthood had sought lo destroy him; but he would make his escape, none knew how. But the Jews, being more enlightened, had brought an accusation against him, thus: “The heretic is causing the people to be- lieve that Judaism is tradition, and nothing more, and he declares Moses a brute, filled with the fires of hell. He also declared Moses deceived the descendants of Jacob, and chose from among them such as he knew would administer to his desires, and, above all, he had taken females from their family, declaring to them, God had chosen them as his comforters, and he was to lead them from bondage to a land where all was bright and fair, and there they should find rest. They believed him, and followed him; but when he had led them out of Egypt, he compelled them to become his slaves, and he held them as his concubines. And for this declaration the priesthood have set a price upon his head, of fifty pieces of silver.” I saw my father look intently upon Josephus, as he was conversing on the subject. Then Josephus unrolled a piece of parchmert, and read as follows: “ He- brew heretics will destroy Judea’s hcly faith, unless they are destroyed at once. ‘The first-born of Joseph and Mary is filled with knowledge that astonishes the doctors and lawyers of the high court, and they declare it is dangerous for such a one to be going around the country, declaring he has been held from death by an unseen power, in order light can find a resting place in every human mind. He has lain hands upon the sick, and they have recovered ; he has wrought miracles among the people of Judea; he has called on an unseen God to assist him, when he was in danger; he was 6 | conveyed away from Antioch, none knew how. He must have been made invisible, as he left in the presence of them all, and none saw him depart from the synagogue, and as Judaism is in danger, he must be held before the people as a deceiver. And now let us have this document lain before the council, and let them decide for or against the heretic, hoping they will look well to the people’s safety, before they decide.” Josephus sat down, and the first in council arose, and declared against the heretic. Then I saw my father arise to his feet, and he trembled from his head to his feet; but when he had breathed deep, he spoke firm and decided, and these are the words that fell from his lips: “Justice has a demand upon me, and I declare ~ ' for the Hebrews being freed from the heathens, and being borne away among his own people. I have listened to the words that fell from his lips, so full of wisdom, I forgot all but his holy teachings; and they filled me with adoration to God, and love for humanity. And his holy face bespeaks him a holy man, and if you do lay hands upon him, I must declare against the act. And now leave him as he is, unless you can assist him, and hold him from. danger.” Then, as my father sat down beside me, he lay his hand in mine and said, “John, shield that man from danger, so far as lies in your power, for he is a holy being.” The council continued their discussion, and they decided he should be brought before them, and they would ask him questions. But whan they sought him, he was nowhere to be found. ‘Then they held their peace until he was again heard to declare for an unknown God, and his angel children being in their midst, as he was kneeling in prayer among the beggars. I said to myself, as I left the council chamber, “I will seek for that man, and ‘learn for myself, whether he is an angel or a devil.” And when I reached my home, I called for an ass, and I mounted upon his back, and rode off toward Joppa. As I rode along, I found the country filled with bands of heathens, determined to get the fifty pieces of silver for the head of the humble Nazarene. The day was nearly spent ere I began my journey, and I continued on and on, until I reached a place called Arimethea. There I rested until day should dawn upon me. I arose while the stars were yet shining, and hastened onward, and ere the sun went down on that day, I saw many gathered together on the hillside near Joppa, and as I drew near, I saw in their midst a humble man kneeling, asking God to feed his chil- dren with the bread of life. When he had asked God to bless them, he arose to his feet, and I said, “ Brother, come hither, I have a message for you.” As he drew near, he said, “God has brought you here, that you may buy bread for his children, that have had nothing to eat for two days.” Then he said, “John, John, John, God’s hand is upon you. Go, bring bread, that God may be glorified through thee.” I said, “Here is gold, hasten back, as the holy revelator is perishing for food.” 7 Here he lay his hand in mine, and led me away from the many. We ‘conversed about the heathens having a price set upon his head. He gave answer, “ Heathen idolatrous worshippers cannot bave this body, until light is scattered among the children of men, and God be glorified by truths re- vealed concerning the mighty changes he has wrought among his own created children, and he be acknowledgod Father, Creator, Jehovah, God, and the holy breaths that are around me are acknowledged holy angels bright, that linger near ‘earth’s benighted, that will lead them into light.” Here he raised his hand, and rested it upon my forehead, and I saw a holy angel bright. She drew near me, and lay her hand in mine, and said, “John, God is being made manifest among the children of earth. Let us lend our aid in this great work for all coming time.” She was covered all over with light ; in her hand she held a garment, sprinkled all over with dew drops bright, and, as she held it before me, she breathed a prayer, like this: “Holy God, bedeck my brother in this garment of love for his brother, that he may lay down all things earthy for Thy glory, Father God, and may he become an. angel of light, even while he walks the earth.’ “Amen,” I answered, “let me be robed in that angel garment, that I may become a friend and brother to the Hebrew boy, and may I follow him as long as he walks the earth.” Then she folded me to her bosom. Then she said, “Thy prayer is answered. Thou art to be a follower of him, until he is hung upon the cross, but God must be made manifest through you both, ere that can be.” Then I ex- claimed, “Am J worthy to become his brother? Reveal to me, O ye holy oracles of Judea, can I become good enough to labor beside him that has left father and mother to labor for humanity, and become a beggar among men, that an unseen God may be glorified.” Again the same sweet voice answered, and as I listened, I was thrilled through and through as she said, “John, John, John, prepare thyself, the kingdom of the living God is to be estab- dished on earth.” Then I said, “Lead, O lead me, thou angel of light, and I will declare that God, as long as I live.” Then she said, “You will love his children. They are God’s, and you, in this hour, have been made one of them.” Then I shouted, “Glory to God.” Then Jesus answered, “All is well.”. Then the influence left me, and I looked around, to see where I was. There I saw my angel brother, sittiug beside me on the ground. He looked up to me, and said, “Brother, God is here, and his children are here in spirit.. Let us kneel in prayer, ere night closes in upon us.” There we knelt upon the greensward, and such a host of spirits bright I never saw on earth, before or since. His soul went out in the holiest, highest and most sublime ideas I had ever listened to. As he ceased his prayer, I saw that some bright form was beside him. | I saw her lay her hand in his, and say, “Come, brother, there is a great commotion among the beggars, as they have heard a price has been set upon your head.” She continued, “We must flee to the home of God’s children, else you will be cut off.” Jesus said, “John, 8 wo back to Jerusalem. Let no one know you have seen me, because, if you do, your life will be in danger ; ‘but the time will come when you must begin vour work. Then I shall labor beside you, but» sib pam ‘in. spirit; will bless you daily by their presence and their care.’ GIES Then TI felt all of my holiest love go out for that Holy brother ike the angel bright that stood by his side, and they have borne it along with them, even to this day. And may it ever find answer, “John, thou art my brothers and I am thine, here, hereafter, forever and ever.”* Here he fled where none knéw. “And I never heard from him but once for'one year and’a half; then he was in Judea’s borders, declaring God and healing the sick by er on of hands. 0 The Jews were holding Passover. I was in the-synagogue, decliakinss the Jewish doctrine to be inspiration, when I'saw a beggar enter. | He turned not to the right or to the left, but’ walked directly upon the highest ‘altar. Then he raised his hands and said, “Holy, Almighty God, baptize this people with thy holy spirit, that they. ‘may bow to’ thee, and thee alone. Blessed are they that seek thee as thou art.’ © They will be filled with light from eternal light. ‘Then they will flee hypocrisy and deceit ; then they will discern good from evil, and give thee the glory for thy wondrous creations, filled with life, filled with thee, thou: God of immensity.” There he ‘stood, like a holy thing, in the midst of confusion. I commanded them ‘tojremain silent, and he would leave them as. he found them, without confusion. They’ . then became quiet. Then he breathed forth ‘holy love from God to his children, if they would but receive that love, free from the devices of priest-’ craft, and free from the galling chains of the heathen bigots, and idolatrous deception. He was covered all over with light, and they were all so filled with electricity, they forgot he was a beggar, but looked upon him as an’ angel of light. He held'them by that power from eternal distance, far past the hours of the Passover, and the people began to be anhungered, but still he filled the synagogue with his voice, and their hearts with light. All at once he shouted, as if a new power had fallen upon him. ‘ “O, ye inhabitants of Judea, prepare to defend yourselves. The heathen damned are preparing to cut off all the Jews and Hebrews, in all of the border land. © Four days from this, as the sun goes down, blood will flow all overthe land. But save, Q save your females from the beastly anointed | priests and confessors, ere they are damned by a disease that will destroy you all.” Then his eyes were’ opened, and he fell down like a poor blasted thing. I said to the layman, “Bring cold water, bathe his hands and his temples, care for ri O eare for him.” I dared not approach him, lest they would accuse me of bringing him there. They were all hastening away, as the night was settling around them. They were all asking one to the other, who could he be that dared enter that synagogue, and stand upon the holiest altar, dressed in rags. Hre 9 the layman could retutny he sprang to his feet, and ede out in the con= | fusion, and none knew how he came or whither he went. ’ How my heart ached to fold my brother to my bosom, but fear of the people’ fell over me. Then I bowed my head and said, “ Holy God, assist me in this hour, and prepare the way for me to begin my work by his side.” Then I did begin my work, by persuading the Jews to hold him from death, as he was of their blood, and was controlled by an angel of light, and I saw her lay her hand in his when he arose to his feet:and fled them. TI continued, “Her face was like the reflection of a diamond, and she’ mest be alte holiest thing God had ever created.” 4 My declaration in his favor caused theta to suspect I had’ become con- taminated with heresy. ~The’ council was called ‘together tor the’ especial purpose of examining the matter. | My father bowed his head, and invoked the influence of Abraham’s God to hold his only son from being ‘destroyed by the enraged Jews. The hour came, and I walked’ into the council chamber, feeling I would die in'order to shield my brother Jésus. An ac- cusation was brought against me tor leaguing with’ a. heretic, that’ he could enter the synagoeue, when the Jews were holding their ‘holy ritual, in re- membrance of Jacob’s sons, Joseph and Benjamin, being their holiest gather- ing in the year. And furthermore J had sought to hold him from being. be-. headed, when he so justly deserved it, for denouncing ‘their holy docrine as: the devices of heathen bigots, and sought at the same time, to convince the people of an unseen God being in their midst, one that none eould see, or hear, or understand, but himself. \ Also, “If our hGty doctrinesw are to be destroyed by heresy, let us defend them to the las ‘There: the accusation ended. Then I arose'to my feet; and shouted; “Holy Creator God is here, and his angel children are here in our mids%, and'she that: breathed through my brother Jesus in the synagogue, is here, beside me. Destroy this body, if you will, but spare, O spare him th-at'is designed by Almighty God to fill all earth with light.” I was comruanded to hold my peace, but I did know I had a right to defend myself 4s jong as I chose to continue my own de- fence, and nore had a right to forbid my expressions, let them’ be what they may. “+h When I ceased to speak, Josephus arose to his feet, he being Chief Jus- tice, and began: “Heathen, idolatrous worshipers dare destroy the Hebrews, and the heretics dare denounee our doctrine, and between the two what will become of the Jews?” Then he added, “dash the Hebrew to atoms, and de- fend yourselves against the priesthood, else you will all be held as bonds people, even as the blood of Joseph and Benjam'n had been by the Esyp- tians, and now hold the deluded John from the heretic, and we will hunt him out and behead him. That will put an end to this trouble. And you, John, eool your excited ideas relative to an unknown God, and his children, that none can see ar hear, but a crazy brain. Flee all such ideas and return to 10 f us what you have been, a faithful dispenser of the Jewish doctrines. Then ' you will forget this frenzy, dear brother Jobn, and you will bless the land with your earnest desire to do good.” He then turned to my, father, and said, ‘guard well your son; he is good, all good, and may he bless his family as he has done before.” Then another of the council arose and said, “I find no. fault with him. — Because if a begger filled him with his heresy, is he to blame, and if the beg- ger entered the synagogue, unbidden by any, is John to blame? Release him at once, and let him go free. . Bind him not by any oath, but leave him as he is, a holy thing.” Then my father arose, being compelled to speak, he began like this: “The boy is a holy thing; he blesses! us all with his affec- tion. Leave,.O leave him to me. I will guard him well. I cannot live without him, and his mother’s heart would break, and his sisters would droop and.perish if aught should happen to an affectionate son like my John, and a loving brother, as he is, to his beautiful sisters, and I should go down to my grave sorrowing,'as nothing ean fill his place in my heart. Give him to me, it is all Task, all my own, as before.” } i: Then Josephus arose again and said, “Thou art free, but beware of the secon d offence, as you. will not so easily be acquitted as you have been this “dime.” “Come,” said my father, “let us hasten away. Your mother and “sisters a. "will bediappy in the bosom of your family.” j ee Left that coun il ball feeling disgraced, but when I entered my home I coll npg with gay fathe’ my mother and my five sisters, and told them all I had eS Tesus.and his angel controllers. I declared I had seen Leiah and “his angel daughter controlling Jesus in the synagogue, and I also declared Leiah’s daughter breathed upon .0e, when I shouted glory to God in the council. chamber, and, I continued, Lat man was once care-taker of Pontias Pilate’s children, and he, blessed them with his knowledge, but the wicked priest, Caiphas, had a hatred against him hecause he had told the King that he, Caiphas, was destroying his dau ghters.”” Two'days more had passed away, and as night closed in, a fearful ery was heard. Everywhere groans and shrieks filled the air. In all of the humble homes of the Hebrews the battle axe was laying low all of the men, . and the priests and confessors were to be seen by the torch lights dragging away the females to,their abodes, in the suburbs of the city. Hell itself ‘geemed,to have burst.forth. The city gates were closed against them but, ‘not until fifty or more had entered the city, all armed with battle axes, but ‘as. soon ag they saw.the gates. were closed, the people began their work, slaying every one, they met until all of the heathens were laid low, Then they ‘were heaped within the gates, while the Hebrews, on the outside of the wall, were utterly destroyed by the battle axe and their brute natures. But when morning dawned. upon the city, the inhabitants were thrown into a fearful vein the greatest anxiety to look upon you, and. there, again, you ~ aa 11 4 commotion. The priests and confessors had arranged themselves in front of the great gate, armed with battle axes, javalins and spears, threatening the inhabitants of Jerusalem with destruction if they did not come out and give them the control of the city. A great battle ensued, but Jerusalem de- fended herself, with the loss of five hundred and eight, while the dead of the heathens numbered eight hundred and more. How could I but exclaim» _ “Has the Hebrew boy spoke false or true?” Had the Jews heard the warn- ing they could have saved the poor, helpless creatures that could not help themselves. I remained with my family for one year and four months, when I heard the Hebrew boy was making a great disturbance in Antioch. I was deter- mined to find him and lay down my life for himif need be. I began my journey ere day dawned, and ere the inhabitants were astir I was far away out of the city gates, making my way towards Antioch. I reached the town called Bostra, at noon, and Damascus as the snn was going down. There I rested for the night, determined to reach Antioch the second day from there. But ere [ sought rest, a traveler came in and saidthe Hebrew boy was in Joppa. My heart beat, but I dare not breathe his name unless I should be accused of being a heretic, and be sent back to the court. I could hardly wait for the ass to get rest, and sleep I could not. I knew I could reach there ere the day closed. Karly I begun my journey, and ere the mid after- noon I reached Joppa. Isawa great multitude and hastened forward. There I saw that holy brother under the control of Jeptha. He had been controlled four hours. Leiah had controlled him an hour and a half, then his daughter controlled him one hour, and then Jeptha controlled him an hour anda half. As I drew near I heard Jeptha exclaim, “Brother John come hither and save this body from death, as I must breathe out of him as he is uiterly exhausted.” I dismounted and gave the bridle to a beggar and reached him as the spirit was freeing himself from the body. I folded him to my bosem, and as his face rested against my own, it was. cold as death. I then took off my coat and wrapped it about him and breathed upon him. After a time his eyes opened, and he said, “God has blessed me in bringing me aid in my time of need. And,” he continued, “John, dear brother John, do not leave me to-night, because I am fearfully afflicted with my back and head, and I am starving for bread.’ I then handed a piece of gold toa beg- gar and said, “hasten away, bring a full loaf of bread, fresh and good. Bring a gourd of milk,” I said, “that I can sup with my brother.” He has- tened away, but ere he returned Jesus fainted, and I thought he was dead. I called on the spirits bright, that were around him, to electrify me that I could give him life from my life,and in an instant his guardian angel breathed upon me, and I became filled with light, I saw he was dying from exhaustion and starvation. I called for water, fresh cold water, from God’s own bosom, I shouted, that he may drink and live. Iheld the cup to his 12 lips ; he gave one deep groan, then he held the cup himself to his lips, and drank it all. He raised his head and looked around him, and saw the mul- titude were all gone but a few that had no where to go. He breathed a prayer for them and said, “God will feed you with bread for to-night, but who will feed you to-morrow ?” Then he said, “God holds his own created worlds, and can he not hold his ckildren even as well.” Then the bread was brought; then I broke hima piece and he ate it all. Then he said, “Kat, brothers, eat; there is a plenty and to spare.” The beggars ate, then they knelt and blessed God for his bread, and above all, for the bread of life that they had been blessed with that day. The night closed-in upon us and we were still in the open air. I said to Jesus, “Where are we to stay. to-night ?” He answered, “God’s ether blue will be our covering, and his earth our bed. His angels will be our companions, and we shall be. blest. I prepared a place as best I could and covered him over with a blanket that Ihad rode upon, and lay down beside him. He fell asleep. While I lay there awake, I saw a form of light come and kneel beside us. There she knelt in prayer to her God, asking that her brothers may be bcrne along until humanity could be blest by their death, and that her Father would give her strength to assist them in declaring His ever presence, and that all the children of earth may declare one God, and one God only, and when their work was ended, that he would receive them in his own bosom, the bosom of love. Baptize, O baptize them, thy own faithful, with eternal light, that they can behold thy wondrous formations, fresh from thy hands. Holy, infinite creater, hold them from darkness and priesteraft, that they may ever acknowledge the supreme in all things.” When she ceased to pray, my brother awoke. He folded his arms and said, “Angel sister, do not leave us. ‘The bitter winds have chilled me through and through.” Then he attempted to rise, but befell back and burst into tears, and said “Could I go to my mother and die in her arms it would be all I would ask.” He then bowed his head and said, “If God’s children will assist me I will arise.” I said, “Dear brother, I am strong and if you will lean on me I will assist you to the herdsman’s hut yonder. ‘There you can be warmed and fed.” At that moment I saw a lad. I called him and said, “Here is gold, go buy bread and milk, and bear it to the herdsman’s. J will be there to await your coming.” I raised him, and he rested his head upon my shoulder, and IT bore him along. As we drew near a female came to the door. I said, “Can I bring in my brother, he is nearly chilled to death.” She answered, “J fear he will die in my home, and then I shall be accused of heresy.” “Fear not,” Isaid; “I will care for that.” I led him forward and set him down beside the fire. The warmth gave him strength, but it caused a fear- ful pain in his head and back. The herdsman’s wife had poured out a cup of warm gruel, and he drank it. That caused him to breath better. I took some cold water and bathed his head. He becamecalm. The boy returned “Sennett ate Scie aa — tg —Faite 13 with the bread; we ate, and then I said, “Boy, go and feed the beggers, yon- ae They have had nothing to eat since yesterday.” Jesus answered: ced, O feed them, that they may give God,the glory ere they breathe out their mortal bodies. Tarry-but a little longer, boy; I havea message | for them.” ‘Then he said, “John, give me a piece of gold.”, Then he handed it to the boy and said, “Give this to them, and say that they must buy. bread and depart from here this hour, and go into Mesapotamia, and I. will come to them there, if it please God, and my love go with them.” _ There he sat, with his head resting on my bosom, until the cry was heard from without, demanding his presence. Then he arose to his feet, and said, “Holy God, I bless,thee for this rest. And you, dear brother, for bringing me where the warmth has brought, back life to this body, that was. dying. Go with me John; diseased bodies are there, and Stephen is waiting. , God’s children are prepared to electrify those that are willing to become. workers for God; to be glorified through his own Jaw. , A great commotion will be in our midst ere night closes in, and many will be. cut-down. And you, John,, will flee into, Caldea, and there you will remain until I come to you, which will be after many. days. Fear not; Ishall be cared for. God’s child will take care of me, and she will remain beside me all day. . Let us hasten away,” he said, ‘‘and begin our work.” I arose to my feet, then Jay my hand in that of my brother’s and assisted him to, arise. . Then he be- came electrified and stepped forth like one filled with life. A great cry was heard when the multitude saw him coming forth... Then, they. shout- ed, “Hozanna!. Hozanna!, He has come to bless us.” . Stephen, shouted, “Hail Jesus of Nazareth; God’s breath is uponus. Let.us lay the, founda- tion for God’s glory to be established on earth, thou. God ,of;,eternal life.” “Amen,” shouted Simon. . “Hell will belch forth her furies to-day, but let God control, then all will be well.” Then Jesus. commanded, them. all to keep quiet. He knelt on the green sward and poured out his soul in prayer, . and a holy ealm came.o’er them all. _ As he arose to his feet a bright ray of light fell all over him. Then he raised his left hand and_ said, “Bring your sick and maimed and they will be healed by God’s angels, bright that are - in our midst.” Tere came.a poor diseased body that was covered with Jep- rosy. He said to,him, “Stand: ye there and let the angels of light, bathe you all o’er with electric life, that you may, be healed.” He, did as he was bid to do, then the apostles gathered around him, and they all became controlled, some in one way and some in another, but, the power that fell upon the sick man caused him to fall to the ground, . There jhe Jay, shivering. from his head to his feet, but when he arose to his feet he was healed. ‘Then, they left him as was, and stepped back and called for another. .Then a child was brought that had been diseased ali its life. Simoa took the child in his arms and it became livid as death, but soon it gasped for breath, and fell asleep in ‘his bosom. Then another was brought that had convulsions, and the father 14 said, “This child I give to thee, thou God of immensity. Then let him have his own rather than to live and suffer. My boy suffers and how can I ask God to hold him here.” Then the father lay his child in the lap of Jesus. He lay one hand on his head and the other on his breast. He then fell asleep and slept on all that day and night following, and was healed. One came that had been Jaid low with palsey. Jesus said,“Brothers, come here.” Simon and Andrew, the brothers of Peter; and Stepben and Jude, Thomas and Zachariah, all drew near. Seth, also, came beside us and said, “God’s hand is upon me; Iam filled with Lis life. Gather around the poor brother ; God’s electricity will heal him.” Then we all stood upon our feet, and he lay in the midst. Jesus folded his arms and said, “Holy Creator, here is one of thy created. Lend thy aid that he may be healed.” Then a crash was heard, but where it came from we never knew as long as we dwelt in earthy forms ; but the shock caused him to spring to his feet and exclaim, “I am healed.” Many were healed that day by the same law, and the law was electric life, being diffused into the bodies of the afflicted. As the sun’s bright rays were shining o’er the earth, my angel brother was controlled and declared God’s presence, and the presence of his angel children. He had not ceased to speak when a great commotion commenced. Many were beaten down by clubs. Some fed one way and some another. I sought the herdsman’s home. The ass was already bridled and I rode away to- wards Caldea’s borders, but ere I departed, I saw Jesus borne along like one , borne on the breeze, and he disappeared beyond the hill. I heard after that he was borne beyond the reach of them all, then he fell to the earth ex- hausted, and lay there all night, but as morning dawned upon him he arose to his feet and journeyed onward. I continued my journey and in eight days I reached Canaxa, in Caldea’s borders. There I remained one year, healing and declaring God. I then went to Selucia. There I continued my work until I heard Jesus had been in Babylonia, and in the country border- ing on the river Euphrates. Here I made inquiry concerning him. ‘The _ answer was, “He is among the Babelonians and they will surely put him to death, as they are heathens and he is a Hebrew.” I answered, “I will go to him there and bear him away into a land of safety. He cannot die until by his death God will be glorified, and humanity may be blest.” I begun my journey towards the city of hell, and reached there as the night was sit- ting in, and I heard by a heathen that he had gone to Mesopotamia, then I said, “Let God direct me, and if it be God’s will, I shall meet my brother there.” I then bound my girdle tight around my body and took a staff, and said, “J will neither sleep or rest until I can once more look upon my holy brother Jesus.” That night I stopped not, but ere the sun had set upon the day fol- lowing, I saw a great multitude in sight of Mesopotamia, and as I drew near I heard my name called. As I hastened forward, I saw Jesus holding out both hands to me, as he said, “God’s children are starving for bread. Bar- / 1 3 15 4 ’ ‘ ley bread they have, but the bread of life they have not. Feed, O:- feed them, lest they go out in darkness and awake in confusion.” ‘Here light filled my soul, and I exclaimed, “Come, ye, to the great ‘store-house of the living God, and feast your hungry souls. Hold yourselves in’ a condition that the dew drops of God’s love may refresh you ere you wither.” Then I forgot all, but when the holy ray of light left me it was dark, and I was fold- ing my dear brother Jesus to my bosom. His head was resting upon my neck, his arms were folded around. me, even as mine were about him. There we held a holy communion which filled me with love for humanity, and I said, “If my life is demanded I give it freely. But you, my dear brother, are chilled through. Where are your garments?” “Garments; I have only enough to cover me from shame,’ he answered. “But God’s — child will lead us to a place where we can rest and be made comfortable.” Then he lay his hand in mine and said, “Come, brother, I will lead you where you will find rest for to-night, but where will you rest on the morrow night? God holds his own secrets; I cannot draw it from him.” The spirit led us into a bye place where the beggars had .rested the night before. There was dried grass and we lay down and slept. Early in the morning we arose and begun our journey toward Circesstium. There we declared God and healed the sick two months and a little more, and then we departed from there and went to Edissa. There we were made to feel God had for- saken us, as the heathens beset us wherever we went. Day after day we wandered about among the hills and ferns until a decree was issued against us, denouncing us as heretics. Then we were compelled to flee to Nisbis. There we lay the foundation for herecy to be established; holding the peo- ple by declaring God’s mercies, and calling on them to flee their idols ere it was too late. Here dwelt a great many Shumites. They were kind, but feared to offend the priesthood. Many fled their idoletrous worship and de- clared the children of light had come to them, as they had seen the forms of men all covered o’er with light, around the Hebrew when he healed their sick and declared Abraham’s God. There the aged Timothy came to us and said, “Heaven alone can control among the poor, benighted’ children of the Amlekites,” as there were many there. Herel was divided from my brother by a price being set upon his head. He was compelled to flee, and I went to Singania. Here I healed the sick and sought to free souls that were chained and bound by heathen bigots. Here I labored until I was entirely exhausted, and I fell beneath the burden, expecting to rise no more in my earthy body. But God held control and I was raised up to contiue my labor. My garments were worn out and I was nearly naked, and I had a great desire to go back to Jerusalem, and look once more upon my father; my mother and my sisters. Here I continued to make inquiry of every wayfarer if they had seen a Hebrew, bareheaded and _ barefooted, healing the sick and declaring God. At last I saw one of Judea’s sons and he told me 16 he had segn one crossing the country toward Antioch, and when he saw him he was not/more,than'two day’s journey from there., I. called my followers together, and we started in that same hour.) “There were eight:in all. Among them) was Andtew.and Simon, brothers of the; fisherman, ¢alled Peer, the aged: Shumite, ‘Timothy, and his two sons,’ also. two, from. from Caldea that had‘ followed. meone year anda half, Their names were:Silas and. ‘Thomas; brothers, andione boy fhat had ‘followed: me:four: years, by .the name »of Naum: «We journeyed: toward) Antioch. but before we reached there we stopped at a hut.and there we found Jesus and his; followers, where they had sought; rest:for the‘night. » Butras he entered, it-being dark,he did not know who hadcome; but when I. breathed his name he sprang, forward and fold- ed lis arriis around merand bur'st:into: tears, as:he» said, .¢God.bas, brought you here that you may: assist inlaying the foundation, for his, childs en. for all coming time.”, “Amen,” I answered ;, “God is here.” |,,Phen Jesus knelt in prayer. » We all ate and then lie down) and slept ; but Jesus awoke in othe night filled with fever. » He ‘said,.“Jobn, lay your hand! upon my head. God’s' child: will. help. you, and I shall be made,.better.” |The holy breath filled me with Jife,'and Jesus exclaimed, “Tam better.” Then:-we both slept until morning dawned upon us...’ Then we went forth again from that, home for the last)time. | We-were met by the way, by heathen;,and Hebrew that were diseased). We Jay hands uponsthem and.they! were, healed; but.ere we could reach the|city the crowd was so dense we were compelled to leave the main-road and enter the city through the by-lanes... But when ween- tered the, great squaré we were met by the multitude. that had gathered froma all.parts of the|country:! Here a mighty work was done. . AH. of. the fok lowers weve-filled withlife,.and they declared: God's. presence, and the pres- ence of his,angel.children..,;As,the day, wore,away we werelall «nearly ex- haus'ed,. when one, of the! followers, exclaimed, | “Hell's, furies);are. upon us; let us flee the, city.” Lhe country! was ina commotion, and, we!sped) dn-un- til. we reacheda idole) There. we bathed our heads,-faces and hands, Je- sus breathed deep, and aad “Go into'that home, yonder; ‘foad. awaits you theres, bat do not tarry, lest harm falls, upon the inmates.’?;. ,1t\ being now davkywe made our, way! as; best we could, but. when, wou ine etl there, a fé- Male aceostéed us and said, “I have been waiting for you.) My daughter|said you; were, coming... Now eat, then) lie, down, and rest”, “No,’. said: Jesus § “we must flee) lest harm befalls you.” | /L sat beside my. brother at meat, and he took.a-cup of water.and raised it-above his. head tand, said, “Holy eternal distance is; myshome,,. L.Jong to,go there/and find rest. There I shall be free trom, heathen devices. ,.,There, I shall awaitthe hour, when’ I shall .be calle) back to finish up.that which, has,been,-begun by) my. death: > ‘Then light will dispel, darkne-s., There. we shall dwell together without. the fear of the jerogs.! There. we shall, bless each.otheri | .. There, God’s holy children will anite in praises to the first great.cause. There God will be made man- : ¥ 1 , 17 ifest through his children’s leve, one for the other, and then God will be glorified through his own creations. Then, and not until then, will the an- gel hosts unite in holy praises forever.” When he had ceased to speak, his face changed to a livid hue, and he burst fourth in ecstacy, and shouted, - “God is here, and his children are here; let us shout glory even now.” Here his breath went out of him and he fell back, and I caught him ere he fell to the floor. I held him in my arms until his breath came back again, and he said, “God’s child held me from death, else I should not have been here.” Then he sat at the board again, he ate but a little, but he drank cup after cup of cold water. We then left that home and went forth into dark night. The country was in great commotion and we feared at every step lest we should be cut down. . I said to the brethren, “Let us ask God to direct us, as we cannot discern the way.” We knelt down, and in earnest- ness we invoked God’s angel children to direct us on our way. Jesus sprang to his feet and shouted, “Here is Martha’s; let us hasten there, even now.” I led Jesus the rest of the way, as his feet could not bear his weight. But we soon reached a little hut built in the hillside. Jesus knocked at the door and a gentle voice answered from within, “J am here, come in dear broth- ers. Martha has prepared a bed for you to rest.” We entered the holy, but humble home. Light was there; God was there breathing through his children. “Holy! holy! holy!” exclaimed Jesus; “I will declare thee for- ever, and thy children shall behold thee as thou art, eternal and forever.” I looked around and there I saw Lazerus laying on his bed of dried grass. Martha was still entranced, and Jesus folded her to his bosom. ‘Here are God’s holy children blending their lives together, and I love them both.” I answered, “God’s children inay be divided on earth, but surely meet be- yond.” Then we all knelt in prayer, even before Martha’s breath came back to her, and the angel spirit breathed out her soul in prayer, asking her father, Cod, to bless his children, here and herafter. Seth answered, “Lead, O lead, us through the darkness that is upon us, that we can find a home of rest. God’s children cannot find their rest here, but ina brighter sphere.” Seth answered, “I would go to my family, but how can I reach them when they are more than an hundred leagues away?” Jesus answered, “God _ will bear you there ere the flowers bloom again.” Here Martha awoke as from a dream and looked around her and said, “How long have you been here? I knew you would come as that spirit that stands beside Jude told me so.” Then she said, “She is showing him something, but darkness falls upon him, and he cannot discern.” Then we all lay down and rested until the first dawn of day, then we arose, atea piece of barley bread. Then Lazarus gave forth a holy prayer from an aching heart, knowing full well that we must die by the priesthood. Then we bade them adieu and journeyed onward toward Jerusalem. That day we made seven leagues, and as night drew near we sought for 2 18 a:place of rest. We drew near to where a band of beggers had been en- camped for a time, but they had all gone and their fire had hardly ceased to burn. We scraped away the ashes from the warm earth, then spread down the dried grass they had used for their beds, then we lay down and slept — comfortable all night. ‘The day dawned upon us cold and cheerless, yet we made the best of our way to Nazareth. There we found friends among the Hebrews. We reached there about mid-afternoon. There we were made_ welcome ; they gave us food and we rested. But who could look upon such a ragged set of human beings and not scorn them. Jesus was entirely bereft of clothes, except a buckskin shirt and a camels hair breechcloth ; nothing to cover his head, arms, legs or feet, and my garments were even less than his own. My garments had been entirely worn out, and I had procured of a herdsman buck-skin enough to make me a pair of short breeches and a leathern girdle. This I procured in Caldea, but I had hoped to meet with friends in Judea that would feed and clothe me. None of my former friends came to me, but they shunned me even as if I had been their enemy. But Jesus had no hope; his parents were poor, crushed people» fleeing from place to place, and hiding inthe mountains in order to hold them- selves from death. He saw the future, but I was withheld from the the fear- ful vision. Hope he had none. I hoped protection in my father’s house. The hebrew family where we rested was astir early and we also arose and prepared for our journey. Little did we know how that family must suffer because of our stay in their home. Little did they know were were the last that they would welcome to their home. Ere we had passed out of sight of that holy spot we saw seven annointed priests enter there, and tha whole family was destroyed; some in one way and some in another. When they had gone, we turned back, but what a fearful sight met our gaze. Eley- en dead bodies Jay in that home entirely naked. Two females were crushed to death by those brutes, and the rest were beheaded. ~ I fainted and Is- cariot bore me to the open door, but when I opened my eyes I saw a little child with its brains dashed out. “Holy God,” I’ exclaimed; “hold these spirits from the heathen damned until they can be borne away.” Jesus an- swered, “God forsakes not his own, but he will surely prepare the way for them to be borne hence.” Then we straightened the dead bodies and coy- ered them o’er with dried grass. ‘Then we knelt and prayed that they might find rest. | ad ee 19 CHAPTER IL” e Again we started, and that day we reached Joppa. Here we ate, and healed many that were brought us from the country. That night we found rest with a Judean family, that had a daughter healed of a fever. But in the morning, ere day dawned, they began to bring their sick, There we were compelled to remain two days, healing the sick and deelaring the presence of God’s angel children... But when we found our strength giving away, they were all called together. Then. Jesus was controlled, held forth one hour, and his controller bade them all depart, that. the weary could rest, ere they began their journey on the morrow. Then we lay down upon the floor, and slept until the sun was rising... That day we made our way to a hill that “overlooked Jerusalem. It wag called Mount Hoab. There we sat. down to rest. Jesus sat upon a little mound, and we all sat around him upon the ‘ground. As he sat there, he gazed upon the old, grey wall of Jerusalem ; then he folded his arms, and his head rested upon his bosom, I saw his soul Was in agony. He breathed a prayer for the inhabitants there; then he burst into tears. He wept until his breath came deep, then he exclaimed, BO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, oft would I have gathered. you together, as a hen - gathereth her chickens, but ye would not listen to the voice of God’s chil- dren, that come to save you from darkness, and now you must be left in the hands of heathen priesteraft, until God's changes lead you. into light... Hold them, Father God, until the veil can be rent between the two spheres, then they can discern more clear light from darkness, g00d from evil, wisdom from folly, and heathen idolatrous worship from light eternal.” . As he uttered the last word, he fel] back, and we all thought for a time he was dead. After a time, he opened his eyes and said, “Am I living, or am I among the dead ?” Then, as he gazed upward, and saw the stars brightly shining, he said, ) “QO, tow holy thy rays.are tome. J long to find, rest beyond. God's mercies ndure forever, from, the beginning of time, without.a shadow. of turning, vrever, eternal and forever.” After Jesus had.ceased to speak, we lay. down +) rest, and we huddled together; in order to draw ‘warmth one. from. the ‘her. The winds were cold and piercing, and. we were all. chilled through ad through. After a time we fell asleep, but rest. we could. not, as fearful sions came before us... But. when morning dawned upon us, We prepared (enter Jerusalem... When we entered the valley and approached the city, ly were accosted by, J udea’s son. It was like this: “THasten into the city. hey are preparing a gallows. for you, and. the Sooner you; get there, the tter.” ¥ ; | Here the people began to, gather around US; 80 much. so, that, we left the in road and went upon a hillside, bearing southward. There were a vat many from all of the country of Judea... When. Jesus had. been con- ql —— Oe 20 trolled, and was kneeling in prayer, he was accosted by one of high blood. It was Bartholomew, and his meeting with Jesus has been related in his own history. All of that day the holy influences held control, but when night came on, we were left in the open air, and no one to say, “Come.” That night we found rest egain upon the cold. ground, but early in the morning the people were again gathering around us. That day we entered Jerusa- lem, and sought the great square. There we found a multitude gathered together for the purpose of witnessing the execution of the humble Nazarene. Jesus stepped upon the platform that had been erected for his execution. There he was controlled by Stephen, the ancient seer. Hede- ~ nounced the Hebrews for their lack of faith in God, and the Jews for their unholy design against the frail man he then breathed upon, and he told them — their city would be lain waste, and their synagogue would crumble away, and there would be none to close the doors against the beasts of the field, or their windows against the birds of the air, and the remnant of them that would be left, would be scattered, and would be wanderers on the face of the earth forever.* Then he made an expression like this + “Let any one lay — hands upon this body, and God will dash him to the earth, and he will rise no more.” Then one of Judea’s magistrates sought to lay hands upon ‘him; and as he raised his hand to clutch him by the hair, he fell back, breathed four times, and breathed no more. Then Stephen declared the presence of the living God and his angel children, he accused the priests of defrauding humanity of her inheritance, by holding from them knowledge which they themselves did know did belong to them. All of that day we toiled on, some in healing, others holding forth and declaring God’s angels’ presence in their midst. In the after part of the day there was a great commotion, and we became divided. We had sought to hold ourselves together, fearing the heathen priests. _ The commotion was great, and Jesus lay breathless upon the ground, when Bartholomew exclaimed, “Let us flee these damned heathens, that | would destroy the living God, if they could.” He then folded Jesus to his bosom, and said, “Call them together, that they may find safety within the : gates of my father’s mansion.” I shouted, “Come.” At that moment, 2 — fearful cry went up from the midst of the multitude, and I felt that some ono | of our band was being crushed to death. But all of us that had met, followed Bartholomew into his father’s house. As he was passing through the greatf hall, one of the servants accosted him and said, “The man is dead; lay him down here.” But Bartholomew heeded not, but pressed forward, and lay the poor, frail body upon his own couch, where there was displayed all of the eastern grandeur. The damask covering was embossed with threads o! gold, and the curtains that were festooned around that couch were entirely nll * that prophecy did come true, and the Jews are drifting about, and none says, *“Come.’ 21 covered with embroidery, that had been wrought by the damsels of the court, and each had bestowed their finest piece of work. In the art of embellishing fruit and flowers bespoke their fine taste, and the perfect harmony of their colors I could not but admire, although my heart was filled with fear. -As I Was gazing upon the beautiful workmanship, Barthoiomew drew forward the curtain, in order to shield the face of Jesus from the light, and there, within that fold, was a beautiful lamb, resting on a beautiful green turf, that had been a gift from the queen’s hand, as Bartholomew had been a great favorite among them all. Ever kind and affectionate, he drew around. him the flower of the court; his father one of the first council, and he an only son. Even while I was gazing upon that holy emblem, the lamb, Jesus opened his eyes, and gazed with adoration upon the same, then a sigh escaped him as he said, “The lambs of God will be slain, and the heathen priesthood will trample them beneath their feet, but God will surely control and save them from annihilation, and bear them beyond, where they will dwell together in harmony. There their holy lives will blend together, and declare the mercies of a living God, in that bright world free from care, free from fear, and free from heathen oppression. ‘There they that Jay down their life for humanity will surely find rest, and you, Bartholomew, will die, and you, dear John, will die, and you, Iscariot, come near, you too are among the martyrs that will lay down your life for freedom’s cause, that must be established in coming time. Jude is already freed from his earthy body; even here, in spirit beside me, they have killed him.” Even then a mes- senger entered and said, “Four of the followers are dead. Jude, Andrew, Simon and Silas, the herdsman’s son.” Here I must remark, Caiphas had been made acquainted with the fact of his son Jude being one of the followers of the poor, despised Hebrew, first- born of Joseph, and his rage knew no bounds. He commanded them all to be caught and bound, and dragged to the gallows. The four had been caught by the heathens and dragged to the foot of the gallows. Caiphas came out and caught Jude by the throat, and pressed his knees upon the chest of the frail boy, until the blood gushed from the eyes, nose and mouth, and then, with his own,hand, he drew a cord around the neck of his boy, and strangled him to death, before he was drawn up upon the gallows. The rest were drawn up, and remained until the next day. And even here, in this day, I feel to exclaim, “O thou fiend in human form, how could you crush to death thy own begotten angel boy.” It is beyond my comprehen- sion, how he could crush that beautiful flower, and trample him beneath his feet. Here I will leave the brute in God’s hands. ee TI. I will now continue my own historical facts Helinttire to myself and those that were left in that hour when we were left still breathing, as the hour had not come. When Bartholomew’s father entered the room and gazed up- on that pale face of Jesus he exclaimed, “How can they crucify so beautiful aman?” Here Jesus was controlled and he conversed with the father and. ‘Bartholomew for a time, then he said, “John, come near and lie down beside me. My breath is short and my head is aching.” Here TI knelt beside the couch and Jay my face resting against that of Jesus, and we wept together until our breath stopped, and we forgot all for a time. Whetherit was from exaustion, or an influence, that caused our breath to be stayed, I never knew, but we were aroused by Bartholomew laying his hand in mine and saying, “Let us hasten away, even now, else the day will dawn upon us and we shall be cut off.” I arose tomy knees and asked God to assist us, and Jesus raised himself up and said, “My body is exhausted. I am unable to stand upon my feet.” Bartholomew raised him up in his arms and said, “We will leave the city through the underground passage that leads directly from here be- yond the city walls.” Then he shouted, “Hell’s damned will be here, but they will find God controls his own children,” ‘Then he darted down a long flight of steps and we followed him. When we had gone about half way he said, “I am stronger now; I can walk.” He sprung to his feet and darted forward and we lost sight of him, but when we come to the opening we saw he had rolled back a stone as large as four men could have raised. I saw him no more, but according to the command that was given Bartholomew and myself, we lingered about the foot of the: mountain bearing toward Tyre. Even now when I look back to the last night we were in Jerusalem my . heart aches for the people there. ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem were filled with fear that night, as many homes were entered by the heathen brutes that were armed with battle axes. They destroyed the men and cursed the women, and the half could not be told of that fearful night among Judea’s — children. But I could not break the holy command that was given through] Jesus when he was controlled by his angel sister, as he called her, when she said, “John and Bartholomew will linger about the foot of the mountain, and you will remain there until I bring this body down again, in order to estab- lish a belief on earth that will endure for all time. But he can now but be- gin a work that will be finished when ages have passed away. And you John, will assist him even then.” “God grant it,” I said; “may it be so.” Then the answer was, “Changes must be wrought among men ere God can declare himself, as he is; ever present, filling all space, and the soul of things 23 combine, constituting the Almighty whole, and his children a part of him- self.” | | But when he left me in the underground passage I felt I would gladly have died for him if I could hold him from death, and I did not see him again until forty dreary days had passed away. We fled toward Tyre, and as the time had expired, I accosted a lad, the boy of one of the heathen herdsmen, and asked him if he knew anything of a Hebrew family that had a son that had been causing a great commotion in the country, and he has a price set upon his head. ‘The boy started and said, “If that is the one you mean, he is in the city or somewhere about. I saw him myself not more than an hour and a half ago. He went into one Martha’s, and there was a dead man ly- ing there and he told him to get up, and he opened his eyes and_ looked around, and it frightened me half to death. I thought if he could make the dead live he could kill every one he chose, and I thought I would be off? Bartholomew held a piece of gold in his hand and said, “Lead us to him at once and you shall have this gold all your own.” He shrank back and said, “T am afraid you are a heretic.” I answered, “Heresy. cannot be bought with gold; it is a gift from God.” When I said that, he fled from us as if we had been covered with leprosy. We hastened forward, determined to find him ere we slept. But ere morning, we reached Levi’s. But who can describe it? The dead bodies of the children lay there with their brains dashed out. But when we followed the low sad moans, there sat Peter with two blasted holy beings. My own dear brother lay beside his mother on some dried grass. Her face was like marble, and Jesus was filled with fever. Bartholomew bowed his head and wept like a child. The faithful Peter sat there, his head bowed in grief, not knowing what todo. The fire had gone out and we rekindled it, and by its bright rays we couldsee what was there. We moved the bodies of the children into one corner, and then Jesus rose up and said, “God has brought you here. My mother will die, I fear, and I am starving for bread.” I answered, “dear brother I have brought some bread with me.” I gave him a little piece and he ate it. “We found a gourd filled with water and he drank it nearly all. I saw Mary was breath- ing deep, and she was controlled by Leiah’s danghter, and she said, “God holds Jesus still fram death until he can be glorified through that death.” I said, “Child of God do not forsake us, but remain beside us to guide and direct us.” Jesus said, “Sister, come hither when you breathe out of wy mother.” In an instant she stood before us like a ray of light, and we ail exclaimed, “Holy God be praised; his angel child is again in our midst.” Her head was bowed and deep grief was settled upon her, but in a deep, calm voice she answered, “God is here.” Then Jesus burst into tears and said, “Here we are in the midst of death, and you, holy child of God, are here. Do not leave us again until we can breathe with you in spirit.” Her answer 24 was, “I have come for the last time, dear brother, and I shall not leave you again as long as you breathe in mortal form. I have been beside Mary ever since her reason left her, and when the confessors entered here I controlled her and caused them to feel she was dead. A confessor came up to her and attempted to raise her up and he saw she was cold and rigid, and he dropped her down again and said ‘the damned heretic is dead this time’ Then they left, and bore away Levi’s companion, and she lies dead in the hollow yon- der.” Mary called for drink and we gave her all she wished, and she seem- ed calm. After atime she asked for bread. I gave her some; she ate it and said, “How good God is to give us bread when we are an hungered, and Joseph always brought me all the barley meal we wanted, and to spare. How I do wish he would come. Ihave been looking for him many days. I am afraid something has happened to him.” Then she ‘gave a deep groan and fell back like one dead. Then Bartholomew laid his hand upon her fore- head and said, “She is chilled all through. Let us bring her near the fire that she can be warmed.” Ere they could raise her up her breath came deep aud she said, “Let some water be heated in a bakepan; bathe her feet and hands but cool her head.” It was done, and then she fell asleep and _ slept on until she was taken up for their flight. Day dawned and Martha was there, as she had left Lazarus in the care of Peter’s daughter. Now the deal must be buried. Bartholomew found a spade, and beside the home he dug a grave big enough for them all. When they were all laid in the grave Jesus said, “Let me behold the burial of God’s children.” I raised him up, as I would a helpless child. He knelt in prayer at the héad of that grave that held a faithful brother and four beautiful children. He asked his fath- er God to bear them all away from earth and give them a home where priests and confessors could not crush them more; where the angels bright could in- struct them in the holy law of creation. When he ceased to pray, he fell. back, and Peter caught him up in his arms and bore him back into the tent. Again the fever came back upon him and he called for water. Martha gave him water and bathed his head, and we lay him down. beside his mother, Again the sun rose bright and clear and had hardly blessed earth with its rays, when the Hebrews began to gather from all the country around. They brought with them what could be gathered up in a hurry, consisting mostly of barley meal and barley bread. They brought along with them their aged their sick, and their children. | Because the confessors had declared that all of the Hebrews and heretics in the land should be laid low in the hour when it should be declared by the high priest, Caiphas, and they knew not where to go but to him that had caused the excitement, and as soonas they heard Jesus had come down from the mountains they fled to him, hoping the same power that had held him from death, would shield them also. Jesus lay crouched down beside his mother until the sun rose high, then he arose and 25 sought to bless them, but he fell back again. Then he called for cold water and drank freely. Then I saw an angel bright approach him and she laid her hand upon his head and breathed into his body. Then he stepped forth, fearless and strong, and he held forth an hour. Here we were all electrified, and light fell all over us. One came in our midst; he was bowed with grief, as he had been left alone for many years. This companion and his beautiful daughters were all destroyed in one night by a band of heathen con- fessors. He being from home, his life was spared. Alone he had walked the earth with his angel family. They were ever with him and he convers- ed withthem hourly. He had lived in that condition more than half a cen- tury, and when he heard Jesus had come down from the mountains he sought him that he could die by his side. His name was Cornelius, and he was ~ one hundred and four years old, therefore he was called the centurian. It had been revealed to him that Jesus must die, and all that followed him must die. And when he saw such a multitude gathering together, his heart was wrung in agony, and he exclaimed, “Holy God, these are thy children, and they will find rest with thee, thou God of immensity.” Jesus called to him and said, “Brother, God will reveal to you what is best ‘o be done, because if we remain here we shall be cut off by the heathens of Tyre; they are filled with hate against me, and they have destroyed my father and my brothers, and they will surely destroy us all together it we remain here.” Cornelius then knelt in prayer and asked God to reveal to him what was best to do. He listened, and then gave answer. It is the destiny of this people to die, but they must not die here, because if they do, God will be robbed of his glory, and coming ages will not be blest by the sacrifice offered upon the altar of humanity. Make haste and begin your journey toward Jerusalem even now. JI said, “Here are the feeble; what shall we do with them?” “Bear them along; let the strong assist the weak, even to the last.” Then he bowed his head and said, “I give myself to thee, thou God of life eternal.” Then Jesus called Bartholomew and said, “Wrap my cloak around Mary; bear her along in your arms. Judas will assist me, and Peter will lead Lazarus, and you, John, assist the children.” My heart ached for my brother, as he leaned upon Judas, and I said, “Do let me assist you by tak- ing hold of the other arm.” Feeble as he was, as we bore him along, ere he reached the green slope, he became electrified, and as he sprang from us he exclaimed, “I will take care of him until night closes in, and then he will be entirely exhausted, then you must care for him, as a mighty work will be done ere the sun goes down on the morrow.” As we came where the rest | were sitting he shouted, “Hell’s fiends are preparing to cut us off on the morrow, and unless you can be armed they will lay you alllow. As night closes in, forty of you must enter the city and bring away at least two battle axes apiece. At the hour of eight, the Priests and Confessors are holding 26 their council, and ere they come from their council chamber, you will go to the building where they keep their battle axes and the keeper will think you are heathen. Secure the axes, then hasten without the gates, lest you should be suspected and the gates locked, then none could save you. But if you linger not you will be borne back in safety.” Here a begger came and said the priests are preparing to work harm against you, and they are gathering - from all the country around. Cornelius said, “Let the females and the child- ren be kept in the centre of the multitude, and let them build a fire and get warm, but it must be extinguished ere night closes in.” . Then Jesus said, “Who among you that are diseased, let them come and be healed.” As the sick were brought forward, then the controller said, “Gather together, ye faithful sons of God that have laid down all ye had for humanity, now make conditions to heal the sick, that you are to bear along with you, even to the — end.” We all formed ina circle around him, and as the sick were held bet fore him, thus he exclaimed, “Angels of light, give us light trom. thy own inner light, that these poor, frail beings can be filled with life drawn from thee, thou God of light and love.” They all breathed deep, and were filled with strength, and were healed from that hour. The day. had changed to night, and the spirit breathed out of that body, and Jesus fell like a dead thing to the ground. I knelt beside him and raised him in my arms, and rested his head on my bosom. There I breathed upon him and sought to warm his chilled body by my own warmth. There he lay at least an hour ere he seemed to breathe at all. Then he gave a deep groan and asked for water. He drank four cups full and then sat up. He called for his mother, and Bartholomew brought her to him. Her face was crimson and her breath came thick and fast. He said, “Bring water; let me bathe her head and her reason will come back to her again.” He lay his hand upon his moth- er’s head and a power fell upon him that caused him to shudder. Then he _ said, “Holy father, God, assist me.that my mother may look upon me and recognize her own.” Mary fell back and ceased to breathe for a few mo- ments, then she opened her eyes and said, “I have had.a fearful dream, but it is all over now. But my boy is here beside me.” Her voice trembled as she said, “I saw Jesus hanging on the cross, and I was kneeling at his feet.” Big tears rolled down her cheeks as she said, “Yet it is not all a dream, be- cause I did see the battle axe when it fell upon Simeon’s neck. Darling boy, he cannot come to me now, earthy, again. And I did see my darling Jessie thrown into the den of wild beasts. And here is Joseph and James ; they must have destroyed them, else they would not be here in spirit. And you, dear Jesus, are you still breathing in a mortal form, or are you a_ spir- it?” She reached out her hand and lay it in that of her son’s and_ said, “Jesus I do know you must hang on tbe cross, but I shall surely come to you soon. But, O, how desolate will be those hours until I can come to you.” 27 Then she said, “Have you heard from Martha and Lazarus?” I answered, “They are here, dear Mary, and I will bring them to you, even now.” “Flow is it,” she said, “that we are here in such a crowd?” I answered, “The. heathen are seeking to cut off all of God’s children, every where.’ Then she breathed deep and said, “God’s children will yet fill all earth when ages have passed away. And human sacrifices will lay the foundation for God’s kingdom to be established on earth. Although it be laid in the heart’s blood of the innocent, it will not crumble and pass away, but forever it must re- main through all coming time.” Then the holy child of God, that was con- trolling her, said, “My dear brother, Jesus, will come back with my father, Leiah, after many ages have passed away, and finish up what will be begun by the death of this family. And you, dear brothers, will all come back to assist us in blessing humanity; in declaring one God, and one God only. You will declare against heathen idolatrous worship among all the naticns of the earth. ‘Then, indeed, shall our father, God, be acknowledged, all in all, and we a part and portion of the Almighty whole, and after earth has been cleansed from priestcraft, and man will dare look at God’s woundrous forma- tions, and ask how is it we are bound and all else is free. Freedom will spring up with a mighty growth, made rich with warm blood, fresh from hu- man hearts, even when humanity is offering up her sons on the altar of free- dom. Even then a child shall be begotten that shall declare for you all what your mission is amongst the inhabitants of earth; what your mission is in returning back to earth again. Then humanity will receive their inheri- tance, and they will hold it forever and ever, as long as time rolls on.” Then the holy child of God breathed out of Mary’s body and left her calm. Hight o’clock was approaching, and the band that was to enter the city begun to gather. Forty-four came forward, and Cornelins said, “May God and his angels assit you, but linger not within the gates lest you return not again.” Martha and Lazarus had come, and knelt beside Mary and Jesus all the time Mary was controlled, and when she awoke from her trance she saw them there. And then she burst into tears again and said, “Holy God, I bless thee that I have looked once more upon my dear brotker and sister.” There they sat and conversed upon the fearful changes in that once happy family. Jesus answered, “Dear Martha, we shall all meet where those dreadful changes cannot come. No heathen bigots can come between us and our God.” Even then they heard a shout go up, and Bartholomew lay at the feet of Mary four battle axes, and shouted, “Hell’s damned will soon be upon us, but we will defend ourselves.” Then they counted all that was able to defend the people, and they numbered four hundred and eight, all armed with battle axes. Then they held a council, and Cornelius said, “The females and children must be cared for, else they will be damned ere they die.” He said, “Let them be removed into the forest, and have them 28 lie down and keep as quiet as possible.” Jesus, and Mary, and Lazarus, were borne away with them, and our brother was borne along in our arms. - Bartholomew raised Mary once more, even as a mother would raise her babe, and the friends assisted Lazarus. We lay Jesus and Mary down to- gether, covered them over, and they both fell asleep and slept on, although there was a fearful conflict going on at the same time. As I gazed upon them I exclaimed, “Sleep on, angels will guard you until morning dawns.” When the heathens found we had entered their city, they called together all of the confessors and idolatrous worshippers. They armed themselves with what battle axes there was left, and the rest armed themselves. with javalins and spears. They numbered eleven hundred. They sought to surprise us, but we were ready and waiting. Then we begun our work in earnest. I saw bright forms everywhere among the Hebrews, and I saw Leiah breathe into Bartholomew’s body, and his daughter controlled Judas. When they drew near I saw Bartholomew in the midst of the confessors, and heads fell at every blow. The battle was short but fearful. Eight priests stood together and I saw Judas dart forward toward them, and ere any one could come to their rescue, he laid them alllow. Then they fled us in great confusion, but Bartholomew followed them for a time, and every one that came within his reach he laid low. But when he came back, and the influ- ence left him, he became like a child. He asked me “How many of our peo- ple were slain.” I answered, “Five have been laid low and one maimed. Let us bury our dead,” I said, “ere morning dawns, and not disturb the poor sufferers with this night’s events, and we will gather the heathen together and count their slain.” Bartholomew answered, “I believe God helped me. I was as light as a feather, and it seemed to me as if heads were flying every where.” I said, “Leiah controlled you, else you could never accomplished such a mighty work.” “Glory to God,” he shouted; “Leiah is a holy thing, and his daughter is an angel of light.” We then prepared to bury our dead. We dug a grave big enough for them all, when they were laid in their bed of rest, Cornelius knelt in prayer and asked God to bear away their spirits from confusion; then we covered them over. ‘Then we begun to gather up the heathen, and their number was two hundred and five. ‘Them we heaped up in a pile and covered them o’er with brush. Then Cornelius said, “Let us go to the holy children of Abraham, and if they are resting let them rest, as the children are being filled with fever, because of their sleeping on the damp ground.” Then we all bathed in the brook, and then went to the poor, distressed people. Many had been reared in luxury, and such exposure was more than they could bear. Morning dawned upon them, and chilly winds blew across the country, and we knew we must begin our journey. I called to the people to arise and begin our long and tedious journey towards Jeru- salem. The children were crying, and the people were chilled through and through. Mary awoke and found herself beside her boy, and she was calm 29 and collected. She remembered everything from the time that Je:us fled to the mountains, even to the present hour. Her children came before her, even in that desolate cdndition, and she looked upon them with that calm resignation that ever bespeaks a holy submission to the will of God. Jesus awoke and reached out his hand and laid it on Mary’s head, and breathed a prayer for her and her family that were around them. This was his prayer: “Holy Creator, God, bear along my mother until her death shall bless hu- manity, and then let her breathe in spirit with her own beloved family for- ever in a brighter world beyond, where sorrow cannot come. oly God, let thy children assist us and bear us along until we can bless thy children in all the earth, and faithful let us be unto thee, thou God of humanity.” He then arose and said, “Assist my mother, she cannot arise; her strength has left her, and she must be borne along by the strong arms of Bartholo- mew and Mark, and let Peter lead Lazarus, and let Simon and Judas assist with the children. Simon, the son of Stephen, had come to us, and his beau- tiful sister had followed him, fearing harm would befall him. She was frail as a lily, and was an angel bright. Her love for her brother caused her to forget toil and danger as long as she could stand upon her feet. Yet as she journeyed along with us, day by day she faltered, until she could not stand upon her feet, then the brother folded her to her bosom and bore her along with holy resignation. Ere we could start we were commanded to bring in the children that were sick, that they could be cooled of their fever by the same law that we cleansed the leper and caused the palsied man to say, “T am healed.” Then we moved forward, and that day we made two leagues. As night closed in we halted on a hillside, near a brook. Here we built a fire and they baked their bread. Ere they ate, they all knelt in prayer, and then they ate and lay down to sleep. Day by day we continued in this manner, until the eleventh day, then Lazarus died in the night and we buried him in the morning. But ere that, Simon’s sister had ceased to breathe, and we lay her down to rest, a8 a holy thing, in her earthy bed. Not one thousandth part of the suffering could be told by any recorder on earth. Among the multi- tude they were dying hourly, and our number was increasing hourly, and as I gazed upon them in their despair I could but exclaim, “O, thou children of holy blood, thy hopes are blasted earthy. ‘Thou wilt all perish and be forgotton by man, but God will fold you in his bosom as holy things befitting his own kingdom of light. There you will be rewarded for all this suffering heaped upon you by heathen brutes in human form. O, ye beastly damned, God will dash you to pieces in his own due time for blasting his own cre- ated, his children. Live, O live, all ye holy things that have been created in Holland’s blood. God has cleansed it for his own. That holy blood has flown in crimson streams ere this, in order to establish a belief in a living | | 30 God, and it will flow again and again until all earth is cleansed of its heathen bigots, priests and confessors, and its hypocricy and deceit. . O, Holland, thou art the holy attraction for argels bright, and thy children will be scat- — all o’er earth, and the power of good from thee,, my God, will fill their hearts and their homes until thy holy begotten will fill all earth with thy glory.” Then I saw the child of God approach me, and she folded her arms about me. And then I saw deep into the future. There I saw a form, and and as I stood beside her, I said, “Are you the holy spirit that come to me when I was journeying along with my brother, Jesus, in his’ hour of need?” Her answer was, “John, thou wert my brother then, thou art my brother now, and we will labor together here where freedom has been established and Holland set her'seal through the holy blood of Poland’s sons. They fought for an enslaved people, they died for that people, and their holy blood set the seal of freedom where we will declare the presence of the hebrew family and their coming back to earth to finish up what could not be accomplished by their lives. And their death could not set the seal for the freedom of human souls. And then, dear brother John, let us lay the foundation that cannot be shaken by time; where every knee'can bow, and every heart re- joice, in the fullness of God’s treedom, for ali of his children in every clime.” My heart was beating for that holy child of God, and I exclaimed, “Let me live on earth until I have seen my earth labor rewarded, and I can bear back my angel sister to that home of light.” ‘Then I heard my brother, Je- sus, call me, and I seemed to awake as from a dream. . When I reached him I said, ‘Brother, God has unveiled the future, and I have seen earth chang- ed, and heathen priests and confessors were chained and. bound forever.” “Amen,” he said; “then let. God direct us, if it be to the cross, and let. us bow to the necessity of God’s children until they can discern clearly that God has designed them for a higher and holier life beyond.” | Then Mary breathed deep and said, “Heaven will blend her light with earth until all becomes light, and it must be accomplished through the humble children of his own created. In the bosom of affection then they will breathe harmony instead of discord, and then, indeed, God will be made manifest through his children, and they will live to glorify the infinite, that will find a resting place in their own beings, and divine inspiration will be the handmaiden that will bedeck their inner lives, and the holy angels bright will be their com- panions. Then death will lose its sting, and the grave its victory, and as they gaze beyond, they will robe themselves in light, and love will attract — them to their own condition, and then they will all exclaim God doeth all things well for them that put their trust in him.” It being now high noon, and the.poor famished children of J udea were _ sitting on the ground to rest. And I said to Mary, “Have you had anything _ to eat?” Her answer was, “I have had nothing since yesterday noon.” I i then said to Jesus, “Among all of this multitude there is not a piece of 31 bread or a spoonful of meal, and they are suffering: everywhere with hun- ger.” He bowed his head and a deep groan came welling up from his very soul, as he answered, “John, the holiest gift God gave to me I give to thee, my mother. Care for her, John, when I am gone, it is all I ask; and now, if it is possible for you to send to Joppa, bring bread for my mother. I can- | not but die, but Mary must linger—it isher destiny.” Bread I could not buy, but I saw a herdsman and I said to him, “Drive a bullock into the “midst of the people, and let him be slain there that they may save the blood, and I will give you ten scruples in gold.” He took the gold and drove the bullock into the midst of the people. They killed him there and saved the blood for the poor starving children, and then cut it up into small pieces and gave it to them all. Jesus took his piece and held it away from him and said, “This is the last morsel of food that will ever pass my lips earthy.” Then he said, “Come hither my faithful followers; come let us once more sit together in the presence of Almighty God, and eat to his glory for the last time on earth.” Twelve of us sat around him, and ere we tasted we all knelt in prayer. My brother’s voice came deep and clear, and then he prayed, “Blend, O blend, thy bread of life with this our earthy food, and may our souls be filled with light from thee. Bless thy children, O Creator God, and in our anguish let us bow and kiss the rod, if it be for the highest good, for thee,and humanity. let the angels bear witness this was the last: mor- sel of food that passed the lips of any that died on the day of the crucifixion.” When we reached the valley north of Joppa, and encamped, we were entirely at a loss to know what to do. ‘The faithful followers gathered together and held a council. It was decided that we should make our way into Jerusa- lem, hoping the hungry Hebrews would be fed, if nothing more, and my brother said the king was once his friend, and he hoped he would save him from the cross, and the Hebrew'children from starvation. That was our last hope. Frail as it was, we had none other. We knew if we remained there it was but to starve. Turn back we could not. Jerusalem was the only place for us, and there we fled. How can I goon? My heart beats when I look upon those painful hours of suffering and despair. Their hun- ger was cramping, and death was relieving the poor emaciated bodies. that had dragged themselves along to this holy valley, where the holy Caldean children had encamped four thousands of years before, because the heathen priests had sought to cut off all of the sons of Caldea, because they did believe in a living God. Here the same springs were still gushing up fresh from the bosom of earth, for a people that were compelled to become outcasts in the land of strangers. - Here the holy blood of Caldea and Judea, blended to- gether, by the Caldeans being driven from their own kingdom, and seeking rest in this holy valley, their descendants were held for a time unmixed, but in the course of time they mixed with Judea’s children, and their de- scendants were called Hebrews. Judea’s children descended from Benja- 52 min, and Caldea children from Joseph. And now this holy blood that had been persecuted from time to time, as they had ever held the God of Abra- ham before them. And the heathen bigots had ever sought to cut off all that declared Abraham’s God, and now as the anointed priests had become mighty in the land, they were determined to cut off every Hebrew, and de- stroy them root and branch. Highteen hundred years ago, that was the con- dition of the eastern country, and what is it to-day? Answer, O ye blood — of Abraham. In all the nations of the earth I find you still, and ye know not that the same influences are at work in ancient Rome. Beware! Be- ware! Lest the blood of Joseph and Benjamin are again compelled to flee their homes and seek rest in some distant valley or be trampled beneath the feet of heathen, idolatrous worshippers. They are already prepared to de- stroy all that will not bow to the idols that they hold before the poor, deluded _creatures, that have been reared in the bosom of delusion, and drag out a life in fear of the Pope and Priest, and not say our Father and our God is here in our midst. And J, John, have watched those changes and know its meaning. | After we had decided what to do, we knelt in prayer, and then a holy calm came over.us, and we said, one to the other, we will enter Jerusalem, and there we shall find rest, even if it be death. I shouted, “Holy children of Abraham, we are going home.” I did know my brother would be hung on the cross. I did know I must die, and I did know we should find rest beyond God’s ether blue, and my soul was filled with that light drawn from eternal distance. And I declared God’s presence, and the presence of his angel children, even as I declare now the presence of God’s angel children, here on earth. They are the Hebrew family, Joseph and his family, and the faithful followers of their first born, Jesus. Who dares point the finger of scorn at that holy angel brother, and declare he is an illegitimate begotten ; he has not eternal life within him, and God will not hold him guiltless that dares to seek to cast a stain on the holiest thing he ever created, through the holy blending of two hearts that beat in holy adoration to their God, and holy love one for the other. Live, O live, ye children of the living God, and declare his ever presence, and the presence of his angel children in spirit, and you, child of God, in Abraham’s_ blood, are my sister, and I am thy brother, because you have been faithful to us, in laying down our histories, and may Almighty God baptize you with his holy spirit, and may you find rest in the bosom of the angel band that you have blessed by inscribing for them, truths they have borne along for more than eighteen hundred years. They belonged to humanity, and they could not lay them down until they could find some one through which they could breathe their whole life, as it was, that they could be known as they were, as they are, men and women in the past, in the present, and in the future, God’s own and not heathen bigots. It has been declared by my brother, Jesus, why he returned to O° enetn afier his absence from here of seventeen hundred and twenty-four years and eleyen months, that he could finish up what had been begun by his death, that was, to destroy idolatrous w orship, and that God could be glo- rified through his own created children. | Holy Creator, God, blend thy life with those that hold these pages before them, that they may fully under- stand my declaration of what I saw, and heard, and know, relative to Joseph - and Mary, and their first born, Jesus. His life and his death was deman led by humanity, and they still demand another human sacrifice in order they may believe, God must be glorified through his children. When we were preparing to begin our last day’s journey, and I had _as- sisted my brother to his feet, Seth came to me and said, “There isa Jewish chariot come, and the man made inquiry fer you.” I said, “Jt is my father and my sis'er.” At that moment my sister alighted and came near. I saw sne was bowed with grief, and her heart was breaking. “Holy God,” I ex- claimed, “how came you here in the midst of death and despair?” Her an- swer was, “Dear brother, John, do go home with us; father is waiting for you.” I folded her to my bo-om, and I longed to die there in her holy «m- brace. Ali she could say was, “John, dear John, do go home with us.” Her heart was beating fearfully as I gave her answer, “Sister, God's demand _ is upon me. I must die for declaring God's presence and the presence of his: children in spirit.” Then/she said, “If you do not go, dear John, my fath-. ers heart will break, and my mother will mourn away her life for her son, and how can we, your sisters, live without you?” I said to. her, “Look. dear sister, look! Where canI go? If I go home you will all be cut off, and if. I See, where can I tlee? Every country is filled with priests and confessors, and they would not rest until I was laid low. Go back to my father and say to him that ere eight days he will be cut off by these fiends of darkness, that I am about to lay down my life to destroy. But ere it can be accomplished humanity must suffer by these brutes in human form, and you, my dear sister, and the four that are at home, as well as my dear moth- er, will be crushed to death by the heathen brutes that are even now filling Jerusalem. My father will be called into council, and ere he returns you will all be damned by the brutes that will enter your home, and. when he returns you will all be dead.” JT said, “My father foresaw it, and h’s heart is filled with despair. He does know the Jews wil! be cut off, but God will hold enough of his true and faithful to savour all earth, and a mighty power will make conditions for us to return to earth and leave light enongh to bless all people, in all climes, if they will be blessed by truth bereft of fiction. Now go, dear sister, and say to my father I cannot come to him now, but TI: will be beside him when the battle axe falls upon him, and then I will béar- him away, with his family, into a holier condition than earth can ever o1Vve e him more.” My sister wept as if her heart would break, and said, “My: farher will die, ay mother will die, and ve must all die, for you, Cear broth 34 er, being a heretic. | Leave this rabble, John, and if we must die, let us die together.” “No, dear sister,” I said, “that cannot be. I must lay down all I have for my brother and the holy cause of freeing humanity from the dark stain of heathen idolatrous worship.” Here my sister bowed her head and said, “John, God will hold you in his bosom forever, while many will be cast out into darkness. I will go back to my father and tell him all.” As she was entering the chariot my father saw a band of confessors drawing nigh, and he was compelled to haste back to the city. I did follow my brother until he hung upon the cross. There he called me and said, “John, come hither.” I drew as near as I could, on the account of the guard that was about him, and then he said, “Do care for my mother, and Gud will bless you forever.” That was after Mary was dragged away, but I answered, “I will care for Mary.” I sought her among the Hebrews, but she was no where to be found. I made inquiry, and was tuld she was- dragged away by four confessors, beyond the hill, Then I knew she was beyond my reach, as in that direction they were cutting off all that attempt- ed to escape. This was about four o’clock in the afternoon. The heathen brutes had begun their work of death. Heads were being cut off every- where. “After I had looked for Mary, and could not find her, I made my way again toward the cross, that I could look once more on that holy broth- ~ er. He had called for water, and as Judas was about to hold’ it to his lips, _I saw the cup dashed from his hand by an anointed priest. Then my brother said, “As you dash that cup from me, Almighty God will dash you to pieces, in his own due time.” And as I found I could do nothing more, I fled in the confusion, and sought the forest, and I attempted to cross the border country, bearing toward the Caspian sea, but on the fourth day I was beheaded by a confessor that had followed me from Je:usalem. Here, I may add, my father was beheaded, and my mother and five sisters were damned, and died at the hand of the confessors. Here I will close my earth history, in a part, but had I given all that could have been given, relative to this matter, I should have inscribed many a chapter where I have left it a blank. Here I would say, farewell friends of humanity. If I were not commanded tu make crooked ways straight, then I should not return to you. Ihave been called John the Evangelist, but so far as any evangelical doctrines, I never knew ought of them. Then how can you call me what I never knew aught of, as there was nothing of that sort when I walked the earth, unless you make the application because I was a dispenser of the Jewish doctrines. I acknowledge I was educated to that belief, and so far as my being a baptist, I never knew ought. of such an ism until I returned to earth in eighteen hupdred and. twelve, and I do deny baptizing any. But I do know I was baptized by the spirit of the liv- ing God, and it fills my whole being. And my life has been dedicated to the glory of God, in seeking to bless his children, and I would have my cneniaeeenes na 30 works de lave me as bam, a min listory deviaces that L am blood) kin to tiie ioly man, Jesus. i ack owled oo hist my srocher, ie spicit, bus uot by blood. Lis father’s b)cod was tali iiebren 5 vis mother’s bl od wi. ile- brew, throush Sodom’s bor ders Mi fatoen and mether’s blo dowas. fall Jude's tl» Hf, even direct trou Deu) atin Gilldin a W «oT was behe det & was tairiy-s ven years and two months «iad twenty-eight days. Llere binave b eo oo war infity-six yea s acd three vs, hop ng ty finish up for hacauity that woich was sy om by ony liteand diy and bear testimony of him who died for rath’s sake. A dif hums. is to by blessed by my comius, then I will sa., eve God tre glory forthe 2. od tha: ha-b en done through his humble er ated-chilt, Jolin 3ut now, aa J am abou: to say farewell, I would bring ‘etore you God’s humble sere, that has I ght you know not of, and yo: cauuo comprehend the glory of God that is about her, as her days are devoted to holy rev: la ions, and the holy augels are her companions. How is man to compr head her but by the light that is breathed upon her, and she gives it light by iuscribing it iu life lines that can never die. My father, my mother, and my a gel sisters call me, and I must goto them. And you, dear sister, may you be held from the blasting hate and jealousy of those that would gladly destroy the body, and trample you beneath their feet, if they could obtain the diamonds within, because they do all know you have gifts they have not, neither can they have in this life, or the life beyond. | Live, O live, until humanity may be blessed by your holy inscriptions, that shall live when you cease to be in mortil form. When your journey is ended, I will come and bear you be- yond the reach of humanity. There will be a home prepared for thee, where you will draw light from eternal light, forever, eternal and forever. Your days have been days of toil, and humanity has been blessed by thee, by being healed of disease, hearts freed from care, and light has dawned up- on them, that they could discern their way more clear. Behold the glory of God through his works. His flocks and herds cover Mount Hoab. The stars give light by night, and the sun bespeaks his glory by day. And here, in the presence of God’s children, I must bid you farewell, here, hereafter, forever, eternal and forever. I am your brother, you are my sister. I am your friend and brother, John, the humble man that fled his home and _ be- come a beggar among men, that God could be acknowledged by his own created children, in every country and in every clime, and that God’s angel children may breathe comfort to their friends still in earth forms. But how can I address thee, O men in priestly robes, that are teaching that which they do not believe, in order to chain human souls to heathen devices, that have been held by the crafty priesthood, that they may live in ease and have all of their desires gratified, and that they can hold humanity in dark- ness, because they know full well if they teach them the true knowledge, they will rise and say, earn your bread or starve; your are our brother man 36 and nothing more. Now live as a brother and we will treat you as a broth- er, else we will hurl you from us as a filthy thing, then you will know how you have dealt with us. Become honest citizens, and live according to the law of the living God, and not command tie child to bring their la:t penny to fill your coffers, when. they need it for bread. ‘ Light alone will free the people, and for that purpose I am here, dwelling among men, and it is for that purpose I have a demand upon children of light in every country of the inhabitable globe. Light, holy has been thy rays from creation’s dawn, and when it finds a resting place in the human mind, God is glorified through his own creations, and the inner life blends with the Almighty whole. An- gel brothers, God is here. Let us swear to defend the helpless, care for the needy, and light the dark passage of humanity to a brighter world beyond. In the holy of holies I will meet them. There we will kneel upon the square, and draw each line by the compass, forever, eternal aud forever. Holy light, I bow before thee and ask for thy rays divine to find a resting place in every human mind, here, hereafter, eternal and forever, is the hum- ble prayer of John, the friend and brother of the humble man called Jesus of Nazareth. Friends and brothers, farewell forever earthy. | OcroseR 26, 1870. I, John, feela duty due humanity, which if I leave without laying down my whole burden, earth may demand my presence again, but when I> am freed I would be free forever. NOTES ON! HISTORY AS IT HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN THROUGH JUDEA’s BLOOD. | Josephus was a partial historian. In the first place he gave but the fair side of Judea’s doings and sayings, and his hate against the Hebrews knew no bounds, and as for the heretics, he would have destroyed them all if he could, and among the rest he had a fearful hate against Jesus, as he felt he had deluded me with heresy, and for that he persecuted the Hebrews with more deadly hatred than before. In his history of Judea’s children did he give any account of the heathen priests destroying Judea’s fairest | flowers, that bloomed upon her borders? No! He withheld that from his works, yet he was cognizent of it all. His knowledge was clear relative to the laws of the land, yet he gave it but in part. And now’a partial historian ‘is to be criticised by facts that did exist, and must now be made plain. Jose phus declares that Judea’s kings were holy people. If holiness consists in drunkenness and debauchery, then they were holy. He declares the coun- try was filled with light. If heathen idolatrous worship was light, then we have nothing to say; and when the anointed priests had a right to enter the homes of the Hebrews, and slay the men for naught but being Hebrews, and crushing their females with their brute desires, then bid defiance to Judea’s ey 37 king and council, holding themselves in condition to do battle if they were in the least disturbed. Did the council ever dare condemn a heathen unless he was first handed over to the priesthood, and they give him over to have the Jaws enforced? How was it with Caiphas and the king’s home ? Does Josephus declare that he, Caiphas, diseased the king’s concubines and damn- ed his dauzbters, and even diseased the queen, and she died with that dis- ease? Does he declare that the heathen priests alone, gave in marriage, even Judea’s children, and if he chose to hold the damsel that had been united to the one of her choice, for days in his chamber, before he gave her _up to her husband, that crushed husband dared not ask a question why it was so, arid if he could receive her to his bosom alive, he would receive her and hold his peace; and if a priest or confessor demanded his wife in after time, he dare not cross the threshold of his own home until they had de- parted, and if his companion bore children, and among them were holy daughters, dare he say aught against the heathen confessors holding them at their will and pleasure? No, he dare not, knowing full well it would be his doom to die, even if he were Judean, Hebrew or heretic. ‘These things did » exist in all of the land, but does Josephus declare aught of it? No! No! No! But he writes all that could reflect credit for Judea’s inhabitance, therefore I must say he is a partial historian, for history imbodies the whole, whether good or evil, and here I am declaring what I know to be facts; and nothing more. I have held these facts for ages; they belong to humanity, and I shall leave them in their hands, and they can do with them what they choose. Freed, O freed, holy God, I am for ever, and could I but unchain human souls, that are bound to heathen devices that are cursing God’s created, even in this age, and in this holy land of freedom. Arise, O ye holy sons and daughters. Children of light dare ask Almighty God if he has forged chains for the spirit when the body is free. Look, O Look ye, to the life beyond, and if you discern clearly, you will see that all bespeaks freedom, unless you bind yourselves. Even if you are bound here, who is to unbind you here- after? None! None! They that have enslaved you are enslaved them- selves, and ages on ages may pass away, and none will say to you, arise, there is light keyond ; a home for thee and all humanity that ask, and ask aright. Breathless, I gaze into the future, and see what I never saw be- fore. Mighty changes among earth’s inhabitants. Holy children will be born that will attract holy lights around them, and that light will surely reach every heart and every home in all the earth. Then priestcraft, no matter under what name it may come, will smolder in ashes because the holy blending with the angel world will surely lead them, and lead them aright, and teach the childen of men to ask for knowledge. And who will teach them but the sou's that are freed from earth. Then there will surely ca 38 be one glad song go welling up fo the first great cause. Hozanna! Ho- zanna! Glory to God and good will to man, forever and eternally. Holy God, I will praise thee for letting me behold the future ere I pass beyond to my home of rest. This hour will be held before me as a comforter, when I cannot watch earth and its changes. But I know it will be fufilled, and God’s glory will fill all time, all space, and he will be glorified through bis children, even here.on earth. John, once the Jewish dispenser, and now a servant of Almighty God. » CHAPTER IV. TESTIMONY OF BARTHOLOMEW. EXTRACTS OF BARTHOLOMEW, THE APOSTLE OF THE HUMBLE NAZARENE. I have come back to earth determined to give facts concerning my jour- neying around the country with the first born of Joseph ard Mary, Jesus of Nazareth, as he was called then, and the same application is given him now. But another name was hurled at him, in derision, by a priest in a catholic council, when they were discussing the subject whether to hold him before the people as an idol, or whether they should hurl him from them as a Ge- spised thing. One priest arose and said, “He is a Christ and he ought to be cut off from all church creeds, and his records ought to be brought to- gether and burned, as he is a controller in hell, else he would not have done what he did when a priest aimed a blow at his head, and ere he could di- rect the blow his armed dropped down by his side, and he could not raise it. Then the crazy fool shouted, ‘Holy Creator, God, thy electric law has saved me from death, and now do you think that such an unworthy man ouglit to be held as an idol, when he cursed all idols, priests and confessors? And now, if you hold him as an idol, under the name of Jesus of Nazareth, I will flee you forever.” Then another priest arose to his feet and said, “As the priest hates the name of Jesus of Nazareth we will call him the Christ, and if he is the controller in hell, he will have enough to do in order to hold the affected heathens that are becoming so numerous that th: y must be held by fear.” Then the one that had addressed them before, sprang to his feet and said, “Excellent. Then we will have a Christ, and make the affected fools afraid to hold themselves away from confession. Even the true worshippers at the Holy Catholic Church have dared to deny their daughters being held atter confession, and if we are denied that comfort what are we to do? Then we are not allowed to marry, what shall be done ? Heretofore the 39 priest had a right to hold all the females he had a desire for, and the faith. ful followers were ever ready to bring their daughters, as well as their wives, whenever we wanted them, and there were no questions asked if we saw fit to detain them for days. And children were ever being begotten by us, and none asked why they had them to support, and whenever we could find one that was intelliyent, we could take them at our will and pleasure, and educate him for a priest. But in despite of our efforts, we are loosing ground daily, and if something is not done to hold them in fear, we shall be compelled to live as other men live, with one female, and that we could never endure. But they shall bow to the law of Moses, and come to us when we desire them.” Then an aged priest arose and said, “We were compelled to do what we did do, form ourselves into a body, as the crazy heretics had scattered their ideas among the heathens relative to females being held by anointed priests and confessors, and they were fools enough to hold them- selves from confession until the priests were compelled to force them, by a decree, to come to their relief. And now we must have an idol they all do know did live, and if you want Jesus we will have him, but if you want John then we will have him. It matters not which, as John scattered her- esy, even as much as the crazy fool of a Hebrew, the first born of Joseph and Mary. Now choose which shall be held before the faithful followers of Moses. He was a priest and he begat an hundred and forty-four children, and he was never bound to any. His concubines were ever ready at his will and pleasure. and as we bow to him as a director, let us share the pleas- ure of his life, even as he did, and if we can hold control over the heathen people let us give them an idol, one they all know did live, that we can be comforted, even as Moses was comforted. Then the council remained in session four days, ere they could decide what was best to do for an idol. As they knew Jesus had become more notorious than John, among the heathen, by his many acts, which could not be denied, they came to the . conclusion it was better to take the humble child of Joseph aud Mary as thei: ido], under the name of christ, which is, when truly translated from the heathen dialect, a controller in hell. Now, here I am to defend my brother, lest he should be accused of being the instigator of such a heathen plot as being held be- tween Almighty God and his children, as mediator. _ Does God ask man to assist him in hi3 wondrous formations, and in holding his myriads of worlds in harmony, one with the other? Then how is it that the heathen bigots still chain and hold control of the human mind, and cause ideality to bow to priestcraft, hypocrisy, deceit and hell? Hell is ignorance, and ignorance lays the foundation for the ambitious to chain and bind the lesser mind, and these are the souls that ‘are chained and bound by the crafty priesthood. And what are your isms to-day, but the devices of crafty man, in order he may live in.ease and splendor, while the humble laborer can toil on from 40 is asleep.” I asked him if I could go home to-morrow. | “We will talk “about it.” The doctors and lawyers. still, called for strong drink, but 1 dropped down beside the King exhausted. I heard-him call for another of his servants to come and serve his guests,. I saw,, Leiah ; he folded me to his bosom, and I knew. no more until I found myself in my own bed, and the stn was high. I arose and thought how Caiphas had:-struck me. I said aloud, “I am going home.” It was the first time I was’ éver, struck ‘in -tmy life. The King sent for me and said. “boy, you are not happy here.” I answered, “the children are good and kind to me, and you are a good King, but Caiphas struck me, and I Must. go home to my father and mother.” The King answered, “I will see your father and mother, and we will discuss the subject.” “All is well,” I said, then I went back to the ‘children. hy Titi seoions Days, weeks and months passed by, and I heard no more of the feast, but one day as I was cleaning the King’s mantle; I heard Caiphas say, “if her- esy is not put a stop to, we shall all be compelled to flee the country.” I said, “flee hell, and you are safe:” . Leiah breathed upon me; I heard the words, but I could not suppress them. Caiphas | started as if he had been _ hit with lightning. He exclaimed, “this Hebrew boy. will damn us all if ‘he ‘is petted so much by you all here.” J answered again, “Holy, eternal distance is his home, and God will bear him away from you all before flow- ers bloom again.” “See,” said Caiphas, ‘he is filled with heresy, and he shall be burned alive if I hear any more of it.” I was filled with fear, and after Caiphas had gone I said “Good King, can I go home ?” . He an- swered, “your father is a hard working man, and you will make one more, but if you will remain in my home with my children I will do all. I can for you, and in due time you shall be educated according to the Jewish ritualsin order to become a controller in the rites of Judeaism.” I answered, “Cai- phas will hold contro! until he destroys all of your beautiful daughters, be- cause he has already damned the oldest one, and she is in her thirteenth year.” The King gave a deep groan as he said, “the priesthood will destroy me and mine.” My heart ached, for I knew he would drag out a misera- ble existence in constant fear of being destroyed.” He then said, ‘call’ the chamberlain, he will change your clothes for some that: are befitting your condition in life, but they shall be new and clean. , Here, dear boy, is an hundred pieces of silver, carry it to your father that he can educate: you.” “Farewell, good King,” I said, “God bless you.” I then fled that home of infamy, drunkenness, priests and hell. oA L. cool When I said farewell to the children, they .began to ery and said, “stop, Jesus, we have a cloak for you, and we have wrought your name with threads of gold.” I took it, threw it over my shoulders, and hurried away. I, too, was filled with grief for the children., CHAPTER IX, Mary oth me ‘and folded me to her bosom as she At “Holy God, I praise thee that thou hast brought back my boy, a holy thing, from that den of pollution.” I answered, “Mary, lam what I was when I entered there, | but I am older and have seen a great deal of iniquity.” The children all ; gathered around me and I said, “you. are happy in your, humble life, may God keep you there.” Martha and Lazarus both exclaimed,. “God bless “you, my dear Jesus, how glad we are you have come.” When Joseph “came home he blest me over and over again, and said, “Holy, Eternal God has held you, else you could never have come back: to me a holy thing from that den of debauchery and drunkenness.” ___The hour came for prayer, and a holy calm fell over us ; ; that home was lighted up by angels, and I heard a hymn chanted by that holy band. After prayers were ue Martha said, “I feel heaven, is here with her holy children.” I arose to my feet and was controlled, and said, “there is to be a great excitement in court ; the boy will be borne there, but fear not, I will surely care for him and tte him back again ; his life is held by God for his eternal glory.” Then I heard a voice which said, “Holy, Eternal God, hold him from being dashed to, pieces, even therex: Now two months passed away in a holy calm, and we began to feel that the destiny described for Mary might not prove true, when a great commo- tion commenced in court ; It was from the hellish conduct of Caiphas among the Kings concubines. He had diseased them all ;_ the King. was also dis- eased, and the court decided that Caiphas should be made accountable for the misery he had caused. Our holy calm was broken by Leiah controlling me and bearing me in their midst. The council were discussing the. affair, and in their earnestness they forgot the night was wearing aw ay. Even while I was sleeping my controller bore me in their midst.at the eleventh hour. He held me there until the day dawned iu the east, and still they forgot the hour concerning the earthly and heaven! ly conditions of God’s wondrous works, and the King asked how it would be if the anointed priests were left to control the court altogether ? Leiah answered, “they would drag you and_ your family down to death and hell as they have al- ready begun to do, and your kingdom would become one vast field of drunk- enness, debauchery and crime, and hell would control forever ; but let God control and priests and confessors will flee the land.” After he had ceased to speak he bore me back again, and when I awoke at early dawn I was lying beside my brother James. He slept on while I conversed with my controller. He told me he had a work to do among the doctors and lawyers, then he would bear us all back again to our mountain home. “It will cause a great excitement,” he said, “and a price will again be set upon your head.” 42 she still lingered near to comfort him by her holy influence. As the sun had ceased to shine, and darkness was covering the earth, a messenger arrived from my father. He declared my father was waiting at the gates, and would not be comforted until I should come to him. I said to him, “God’s com- mand is upon me, and I must obey. Also say to him I will be at home on the morrow, ere the dark mantle covers the earth, and I will bring with me an ange] band that will bless him. Go now, and hasten back with bread, I hunger.” He hastened away and soon returned with bread. I went to Jesus and said, “You fed us with the bread of life, and I will feed you with barley bread.” He answered, “God bless you, dear brother, I am starving for bread, even now, but I forgot my hunger when God’s child folded me to her bosom, but in the bosom of John I am blessed.” I saw when the influ- ence left him, he fell-to the earth, and John knelt beside him, raised him up, and held him in his arms, and when I came to him with bread, his head rested upon John’s bosom. I said, “Who is this angel beside you?” He answered, “It is Leiah’s daughter.” Then I left him and hastened away and found rest with a Hebrew family beyond the hill. At early dawn I hastened back to the poor humble children of God, and we entered the city, fasting all that day. The humble Nazarene was controlled, healing the sick and declaring God. The day wore away and there was a great commotion among the people, and four of the faithful followers had been borne away by the order of Caiphas, and hung upon a gallows that had been prepared to hang Jesus upon, and as I saw the heathens approaching I caught Jesus up in my arms and fled into my father’s house, it being near by. As I en- tered there, the servant accosted me, and said, “The man you have in your arms is dead,” but I hastened along and lay him upon my own couch, a poor, blasted thing. Eight of the desciples followed me into the house and closed the gates after them. After Jesus had lain there for a time I accosted him thus, “How is it Leiah’s daughter shares your destiny ?” He answered, “Her father was once king of ancient Arabia, and he took an oath that he would free earth of heathen idolatrous worship, and his daughter is seeking to re- deem him from that oath, and they have controlled in all of the nations of the earth, declaring one God, and one God only, that is why they have held me from my childhood hours, even to the present, she has been beside me leading and guiding me through the many changes I been borne, else I could not Lave borne my burden until the hour comes for. my death, to establish tru'hs for all coming time.” I then asked him who would finish up what would be begun by his life and death. He reptied, “God’s angel child- ren, that are léading and guiding me to-day, will return back to earih after a time, and prepare the way for me to breathe truths for humanity that can never die. Then all coming ag:s will receive the lizht and wa'k therein.” I had this conversation with my holy brother in my father’s home, in the presence of John and Judas, also my father and mother. My mother wept 43 all the time he was speaking. Then he turned to her and said, “O, woman, thou art blessed with a home and friends, while my mother is an outcast and a beggar, with hardly garments enough to shield her from shame, while her feet are ofitimes sore and bleeding, while she has been driven about the country with a price set upon the heads of her family, and always upon the head of her first born. Why? Because they declared the God of Abraham and sought to worship in spirit and in truth.” Then my father bowed his head a:.d said, “I have but one son. H¢ is to lay down his life for life eter- nal in a brighter world beyond.” I answered, “Amen! Glory to God! I have been blessed by my fathers’s answer to the earnest desire of my heart.” Then Jesus bowed his head, and I saw a holy influence breathing her life ‘into that frail body, even while he lay upon my couch. She breathed a prayer for my father and mother, and said, “Your boy will come to you af- ter he has finished his earth labor, and will remain beside you until he can bear you beyond, and there you will remain together, but he will return to the earth, when ages have passed away, and finish up what will be begun. His death is but one of the many that are demanded by humanity to ap- pease their unholy demand of an individual God. But when he breathes out of that earthy body he will bless you both by preparing a place for you, and it cannot be long, as you both are like the declining sun, that must set ere it can rise in a brighter and a holier condition. And you, my dear brother Bartholomew, will dwell in the holy of holies, beside my father, as he lay the foundation of God’s brotherhood ages ago.” I robed him for his labor, and his garments were prepared by a holier hand than mine. As I knelt with the holy breath of him that lay at my feet, his head was there that had contained the inner man. The arms were there that obeyed the inner life, but the rest of the bones we bore away in our own light, and lay them ee oT rs. Fon the ee Oe ee where none but Almighty God, my brother and myself ever knew. My father saw us kneeling there, but where he never knew. Iled him through the dark passage, he asked me not whither. I traced a holy word in the air and he breathed it, and nothing more, and the holy word he breathed was * * x * * * * Then my father breathed aloud and said, “The holy light from beyond eternal light fills my soul with love for my brother, and I could die for my brother, if need be.” Then I said, “Behold, dear father, the hand that traced those lines is at rest. Father, God draws his own lines, and none can pass it, but light from thine own inner light. Dear father,” Isaid, “will fillthis * * * * with light, and then you will discern more clear the lines that one traced in empty air. Now breathe a prayer, dear brother Bartholomew, breathe a prayer that I, with you, may share the holy life beyond God’s ether blue, there in the holy of holies you will find that holy breath that come to me when I was breathing a prayer 44 that my father would be blessed, here, hereafter, forever, eternal and forever; in that holy retreat.” We brought our emblems. denoting our readiness to begin our labor, for humanity.) "The Jabor did begin among my.own people— Arabia’s children—when my father was crowned king. over a holy people. God’s children were, there... He with them did share God’s holy love from eternal distance brought... That his own created could attract light from eternal light, and be blessed eternal and forever, I then arose to my feet | filled with astonishment that such intelligence should come from that poors humble man—one I was aware had never been initiated into the ordet® of freemasonry, and I. knelt beside him and said, “Brother, lay your palm in mine.” A gentle pressure bespoke the holy breath within, of the holy daugt ter of Leiah breathing through that angel form. I then said, “How is it your father was held from falling?’ Her answer was, “Light come to him and led him forward.” ‘Where did light lead him?” I asked. “Tnto the inner chamber, where his brother bade him enter,” she answered. “What did he do there?” I asked. “I robed him in garments beftting his condi- tion as a faithful worker and a true brother, and the holy breath was there and led him into the holy of holies. There we knelt in prayer for God’s faithful children everywkere. ‘There we begun a work for coming ages, ere earth changes could prepare the way; ere earth’s children could breathe that hcly name in empty air.” Here J knelt beside my brother and folded him to my bosom, as the holiest thing I had ever known. Even while the angel daughter of Leiah held control the influence breathed out of him, Even while I held that frail body in my arms, he dropped like one dead, and I lay him back on my pillow. Here John came forward and lay down beside him, and rested his cheek upon that of Jesus, and they both fell asleep. The spirit that had controlled Jesus breathed upon Judas and I ask- ed how it was, “that inspiration could hold earth from heathen idolatrous worship ?” He answered, “Knowledge from the living God alone can give light to the inhabitants of earth, and that alone will free them from darkness and fear. Fear of beholding God's glory as it is made manifest through his works, then we, with holy, eternal distance, may share holy revelations from his angel children that are preparing the way that we may share the light from eternal light, that is shinine everywhere, filling all time, all space. God is there. Holy, Almighty, as thou art, we are but of thee a part, and thou doth live in every human heart, and let us find a place in every angel breath, then earth will blossom like a rose, and Jehovah God will be eloii- fied through his own, his own beloved children” Then she added, “The hour is nigh for you to depart from here, but God will lead you Ligeti darkness into light beyond” Then she breathed out of that body, and Judas sat down beside me and said, “My heart is beating with love tor God and the human family,” and then I replied, “Here on earth my labor, but the fu'ure I cannot discern. Se a 45 God holds his own secrets, but Ido know I shall soon leave earth and go home. There is my father and my mother, and I'their only son. No sister God ever gave to me in my earth home, but Leiah’s daughter is my sister and my friend. _ For her I would give God the glory for ever and ever. Amen.” ‘ Since’ then, time has rolled away into the ocean of eternal past, and _upon its mighty surging waves I have been brought back to earth to work for humanity still. Where could Ihave lain down my burden if freedom had not set her seal and prepared the way forme? The inner chamber called her sons. They knelt in prayer; the holy breath gave answer, “God is here; you must be free.” Then the holy champion of liberiy rose to his feet and exclaimed, ““We must be free.” Here the line was drawn and the holy of holies set her seal. CHAPTER V., Friends of earth lam a spirit, even as Iam a friend and brother to you all. Iam Bartholomew, once Grand Chapter Master Worker in, the order of holy brother, Hiram, in the temple that, held his emblem, and it was kept bright and shining while I breathed)in mortal form, but when I had. ceased to be earthy, that holy chapter was blotted, and, that, holy,emblem was tram- pled beneath the feet.of darkness and heathen anointed priests, and we were compelled to leave that sacred spot, although in spirit, because their influence guarded every entrance, and forbade our presence. , But the grand Arch- bishop of us all snatched my brother’s emblem away from hell’s devices, and I find it resting in every faithful brother’s, heart that has been led by eternal light. Farewell to you, my faithful brothers, I would die for you, if need be. Farewell. Ihave my duty now to fulfil for all coming time, and I must go on. Light from thee, my God, from thee that I may bless humanity. I must begin where I left my home and fled to the foot of the mountain, where I remained among the rocks and crags, awaiting the hour that my prother should come down and be hung upon the cross. Forty days I lin- gered there in that desolate country, where naught but here and there a herdsman’s hut, and they the most ignorantof God’s human beings. John fied with mo and remained beside me as long as I breathed in my earthy body. I bore away with me gold, and I would go by night and buy barley bread enough to last us three and four days. Jobn fell sick, and I bathed him o’er and o’er with cold water, until his fever had subsided, and then I took my coat and wrapped around him and he fell asleep, and when he awoke he breathed deep, arid Leiah’s daughter controlled him, and her first 46 expression was, “Holy God, assist these, thy children, ere it is too late, Hold them from death that they may assist my brother on his joarney to Jerusalem, where it is decreed that he must be borne—where he must be of- fered up a human sacrifice for the dark, benighted children of earth, that are falling in darkness, because there are none to hold the light His light must be extinguished earthy, in o:1d+r that humanity may seek to light their tapers from eternal light. Holy, eternal God, assist them that they may not fall in darkness until they scatter light all over earth.” I then said, “Cannot his death upon the cross be avoided, and cannot we take him and flee in'o Cal- dea?” Her answer was, “If you would rob God of his glory, flee with my -anzel brother. But if you do, an hundred ages may pass. away ere another can be found that will accomplish the good for humanity, as the crucifixion of my brother, Jesus. His life has been holy; his death will be holy, and his influence will be holy. That will be left behind; but his death wiil not be held in the memory of any if you drag him away. He is a poor, bruised lamb, and must soon lay down his earthy body. | Let God be glorified thro’ his death, although it be adeath of agony.” Then the spirit breathed out into its own electric condition, and John slept on for hours. There I recorded what had been given through my brother, John, as I had done from the first hour I met my brother on the hillside. Leiah’s daughter came an sat down beside me and said, “Brother it is decreed you © must die, and you will find a home beyond, and in my father’s house there are many mansions, where they can dwell alone or with those they love. I am to dwell in my father’s home, where God’s children will all find rest, and you, dear brother, will be among the blessed.” Then she said, “My dear Jesus calls me, I must hasten to him, as he is suffering fearfully with his head. I will hush him to sleep, then I can cool his head, and he will find rest for a time, but his rest is not here, but in a brighter, holier sphere.” Then she arose and bowed her head and said, “Farewell, dear brother, 1 will come again at early dawn.” John awoke in the night and said, “Where is she that breathed upon me? Her breath filled me with light, and I for! got my fear, and now I am well.” We both arose at early dawn and watch- ed for that ray of light. She came, but sorrow held control. As she drew near I said, “How is it concerning my brother ?” Her answer was, “He is now making his way down the mountains, and I would have you reach there ere the day dawns upon the poor sufferers that are gathering from all parts of the country. There the fiends have done their work, and death is there, Mary is there, but unable to raise from the ground, and her boy, Jesus, lays beside her, two bruised angels that God will soon take to himself, and I would that they should live until humanity could be blessed by their deaths, and God be glorified.” His death will set the seal that cannot be broken, until many ages shall pass away. Then he himeelf witl break the seal, that all humanity can be- TS 47 hold him as he is, a holy man, a friend and brother to all that will receive him as he is. Here another ray of light came before us; it caused us to feel that God’s holiest angels bright were permitted to bless the cause we had espoused, the freedom of human souls. | His eyes were dark and pierc- ing, his beard was light and flowing, but a deep and holy accent, as from the air, and it was thus: “Prepare ye the way, make your paths straight. God’s kingdom must be established on earth, among his children, but where are we to begin our work, but among the true and faithful. And you, Bartholo- mew, are my brother, and I have a demand upon you.” Here he held be- fore me an emblem, and I knew its meaning. I answered, “I am already bedecked with garments befitting my labor.” Here another came. I knew by his appearance, he was of ancient date; his hair was silvered with age, and his beard was white as snow, and flowed o’er his bosom. He addressed me thus: “Brother, God’s hand is upon you all. Let us finish the work that is before us, that is to lay the corner stone of a temple dedicated to Freedom. The lamb will be slain, and his blood will cement every crevice, and every age will add to the structure, until it is finished ; but every block will be cemented with blood, until it is finished, and the key-stone finds its resting place, and God’s sons can enter through the great archway, that leads to the holy of holies. | Then all nations will be blessed, and freedom will be established in every land, and among all nations of the earth. Then God will be glorified here, among his own created, his own begotten children.” Then I answered, “So mote it be.” Then they left me, and I never saw them again, until my brother fell like one dead, after being controlled, the second day after he came down from the mountain. I then sat down beside John, and he said, “How holy this place is to me. Am I still on earth, or in a holier condition ?” I answered, “You are here beside me, and your earth labor is not yet ended.” This was as the sun was setting. His coming to Tyre begot a great com motion among the heathen priests and confessors, as he had last been seen in Jerusalem. The priests and confessors had declared throughout the country that he must have been fed by the devil, else he would have starved to death in the mountains, and the pvor deluded creatures believed them, — and when the heathens heard he was near them, they all sought to destroy him, and all of the Hebrews in that country fell by the battle ax, that did not flee their homes. And where should they flee, but to the hillside, where the poor persecuted children of God were gathering together. As we drew near the city, we heard groans and shrieks everywhere, and John breathed a prayer to Almighty God for the poor crushed Hebrews, that were dying by the brute acts that were heaped upon them by the priests and confessors, even in their own homes. “Holy Creator God,” I shouted, “when will thy changes stay the tide of death, that is heaped upon thy holiest created chil- 48 dren, the poor despised Hebrews, and the heathen damned be held from _ cursing all earth.” The holy child of Lciah answered, “Light alone can chain and bind the fiends of hell. Light alone can dispel darkness. and light will yet hold control of earth, wher ages shall have passed away, when priests and confessors are chained in darkness, and hone to give answer. Thou can not control. Why? Because eternal distance will shed its rays of light into every human mind. Then the human sacrificed in all thé ages” of the past will shout, Hosanna, Hosanna, -Holy Creator ‘God, thine own created will give thee the glory, forever and’ forever. Freedom, my God, forever for thine own will go welling up from every fireside, and ev oes heart will acknowledge their Father and their God.” John awoke and said, “Let us hasten away’ as fast as we can, for death is everywhere.” At that moment a door was burst “open, and eight priests came out of a Hebrew hut. We stepped ‘behind the home, and they went away in great glee. John said, “Let us behold the works of the damned, ere we hasten on.” We entered that ‘home. » Three’ females lay there, entirely dead, and one in the agonies of death, and two boys and an aged man with his head cleft. Then God’s child breathed upon John again, and said, “Hasten away, brothers, high on the hillside; Jesus is there, entirely exhausted, and I fear he will die, unless you impart to him your own life strength.” I answered, “All I have I give to en my God, and anf Kgs . and who could gaingay it -e . My heart bled when I entered the tent, ast say Yohith| LA shiba When I raised him in. my arms, and folded him to my .bosom, L saw he was burn- ing with fever, and Icalled on Ged’s ,children to. assist. me, lest he should die. ‘Here the same holy spirit came, beside me, and I accosted her thus ;. “Holy angel of light, daughter of my brother Leiah, here I am, in darkness... Who will light my way?” “Almighty God alone can hold you from dark- ness,” she answered, “until he can bear you away from the fearful commotion around you, and the holy thing you hold in your bosom breathes out.of that earthy body. Then you will draw light from eternal light, that will never ‘lead you astray.. .There you will dwell beside him, where discord cannot enter, and death can never come. There the. angels will chant a hymn, that All cause you to forget all care, and there your soul will find rest, My. father will be there, and I shall be there. With the true and faithful We | will share, when this labor will be ended, rest. Dear brother, rest is a boon 4 we all long to find. There we shall rest until God ealls us back, in’ order to finish up what has been begun, | But, O,, my, brother, look humanity, . humanity. Bitter must be your anguish, and fearfui must, be your travail, | ere the mighty changes can be brought forth, ere the angel world can blend with earth’s children, and bless them with, the, knowledge of immortality. ‘Angel brother,” she said, addressing Jesus, “T am beside you, and I will ‘stay beside you as long as you ask my presence.” “Amen,” he said, “then 4) | you will never leave me again, until I can breathe out of my mortal body, _ and in the bosom of my God, we will find rest together. There we shall not hunger for barley bread, but the bread of life will be freely distributed among God’s children, that have suffered for truth’s sake. There I shall find rest; there I shall be blessed.” Here I lay him down beside his mother, aud the same spirit knelt beside him, soothing him with her holy _ influence, and he fell asleep. I went out among the poor suffering Hebrews, and my heart ached when I saw so many gathering together, not knowing what todo. They all huddled together, expec ing hourly that the priest, and confessors would fa'!l upon them, and cut them to pieces. The aged, the - sick, and the children suffered the most, and their suffering could not be re- lieved, as there was nothing to shield them from the bleak winds. But the sun arose bright and clear; that gave them hope. ~The family of Levi was brought out for burial. They had all been destroyed by the priests in the early part of the uight. When they were all lain in their earthy bed, then Cornelius: said, “Let God’s children baptize this family for eternal life”” I went to the bed where Mary and Jesus lay, on the bed of dried grass. I said, “God’s children are lain in their narrow house.” ‘Then he said, “Raise me up, that I may look upon them.’ I bore him out in my arms, and after he had offered up a prayer to almighty God for the living, not the dead, he fe!l down like one dead. I raised him up, bore him back, and lay him down beside his mother. Then I covered over that Hebrew family, and began my work for the sick and suffering. But I dare not attempt to describe the suffering of that people, from that time until we. reached Jerusalem. Humanity, could you comprehend what toil,. what suffering, what agony and sacrifices have been made, that you may live holy, and die filled with faith-in Jehovah God, you would surely flee hypo- erisy, deceit and hell, and chose the better part, and give answer, “God doeth all things well.” And you, that has dared to trace these lines for me, may you live until earth acknowledges you as the holy revelator of the Hebrew family, and the only one that dared breathe their angel presence, fearless of derision, fearless of the hand of man being raised against you. As long as the holy band of Hebrews lead, guide and direct you, you are free from earth’s contaminating influences. . When earth’s demands are satisfied, I shall be beside you, in order you may be freed from earth, and freed forever, Changeless and eternal will be my friendship for thee, through all eternity. I am your friend and your brother, here, hereafier, forever, eternal and for- ever, Bartholomew, once Grand Chapter in the Holy of Holies, where I was robed for my labor by my brother Hiram’s influences. _Now here I am made to feel that there was wisdom in itall. Tam aware “humanity will look upon these lines and doubt my dictating. for a. humble female to trace in life-lines that cannot die. If these aré not my ideas, an- e 4 50 swer and itll me whose they are. I have held them for ages, and now I Jay them b fore you without money and without price. Here I am what J aw, nothing but a spirit, and you will soon be as I am, bereft of an earihy form. Then you will see me as I am, if you come where I am, aud know me as I am, nothing but a man. ‘The Catnolics have gives me a name. That name I deny. I am not a saint, I am a manu. And now may God cleanse you from all evil, and fill you with goud, is the prayer of a friend of humanity. I am Bartholomew. once law- giver in Jerusslem, Farewell, and farewell forever earihy. But s:ili I must add. ho'd, hold these records sacred. They are a gift fiom Almighty God to his chi'dren, and if they read, and understand, they will be made hap- py by knowing the angels are around them, breathing from th: ir inmost life, comfort they cannot draw from earth conditions. Draw a line between yourselves and those who have laid down all they have earthy, that you may be inide happy by receiving truth bereft of fiction, and that jou may know who 'o worship in spirit and in truth, that is your Father and jour God. Let none come between you and eternal light, then you will discern clearly your way, and God will be g'orified through his own works, his chi'dren. Flee, O flee, the heathen priests. No matter how they may be clothed, they are covered o’er with hypocrisy and*deceit. They all know I am declaring the truth, and they will seek to de-troy my records, but that cannot be, as my faithful bro:hers dare not deny me. If they do, I will hold them account- abie for defrauding humanity, and they shall be made accountable for the utt-r destruction of God’s faithful children that have dared to acknowledve God’s angel children’s presence that come in your presence in time to give you warning ere it is too late. But, Beware! Beware! Beware! Now I can say I will fold them to my bosom in the holy of holies beyond the ether blue, for God is there, and his faithful childreu will be there. Yours in the bonds of brotherly love. BARTHOLOMEW. CHAPTER VI. LIGHT FROM THE PAST, BY THE AGED CENTURIAN, CORNELIUS. DRAWN. BY THE REVELATOR, NOV. 4TH, 1870. My history is before me, and I will ask God to direct me in drawing facts from the past, even as they were when I walked the earth. My name BL is Cornelius. Iwas born in the hely blood of Caldea. My mother died when she give me birih.) My father knelt beside the dead body and said, “Holy Go|, she. is thine;» my boy is thine, and I am thine, forever.” He held me in’ his bosom, and bathed me with tears, as he exclaimed, “Holy Father, God, T will lay my boy upon the altar of humanity, that he may live for thy glory in this life, and then he will find rest ‘in his ‘mother’s bo- soin, atmong the angel band that bore her away.” "This was related to me by an aged herdsman, when I bad grown to manhood. After my mother was buried, my father took me in his arms and bore me away among the herdsmen, at the foot of the mountain called Helem. There ‘I was reared by my father, and there he taught me God’s mercies to his children. There I was reared ina humble home, and the glory of God filled our heart, and _we were ble-sed. When I reached my eighteenth year I married a herds- man’s daughter by the name of Seiloa. She blessed our home, and my tather called ber the comforier. She bore me ten children—five ‘boys and five girls, and as they grew up around me, I felt God had blessed me above all men. I was oftimes called to go to the lowlands with cattle, that they could be exchang:d for garments and for bread. But in these journeys I was compelled to see and learn many a bitter le-son, that filled my heart with anguish, to know how the heathen priests and confessors were crushing to death the fairest flowers of Judea, by their brute natures, and, and in many cases there w.re whole families diseased by these fiends, from the grand- mothers down to the children, and they must all die, as there was: none to bring them relicf. Then as. 1 would draw near my home, my heart would beat w th joy, hoping they, my loved:ones, were so far away from. these damuing infl seuces, they would grow to.men and women, to bless. father and mother. But destiny had ordered otherwise. My daughters. were fair and comely; my sons were brave, but brute force lay them all low. It being in chill astaumn, and [ started for the lowlands with my fatted cattle, one) boy accompanied me, while the rest were left to tend the herds at home. As I bade taem farewell, my heart nearly burst with anguish, and dai kness seem- ed to fall around me, and. asked God to give me light to guide me on my my way, but with sorrow I turned from that humble home, not: knowing what a fearful change would be wrought ere my return,and I knew twenty days must pass away ere I could come back again. As I had disposed of my cattle, all but the oxen that bore the burden, and) was returning home, and as night came on and my oxen were grazing, | laid down, and my ‘boy sail, “Father, sleep, and I will care for the oxen.” . As he went a little way from me, I heaid him at prayer, and in the fulness of his soul he forgot he was iv a heathen country, where none dare breathe the holy name of their father, God. . He prayed. long and. loud for those he had left behind, and evea while his voice went furth in adoration, | heard a crash. . I called and: o2 got no answer. (I hastened toward: him, and as:I groped my way, with ne voice to direct me, I fellover the dead body of that. holy ehild, and as I lay my hand, upon the body I saw. the head was entirely gone.) -L knew the devils were at work, and J fled, leaving the dead\body of my boy and omy catile.injthe hands of heathen confessors. » Then I made my way toward my home, and.in eight days I reached there. But, O, how can I go on? ' God help me, else I cannot go on, and live over again: that fearful scene: that — comes, before me.’ Danghter, may the angels assist you in-catehing my ideas, — and giving them life again, by inscribing them for an.eld»man‘that' bore his - burden as best he could, for God and humanity.; » Ove: that is willing: still to pass through the heart-rending sceues inorder: that God's’ children, in the ~ present andthe future, can know how they are blessed, being born: in »free- dom’s holy, bosom, where’ they can shout glory ito God, and not fear the eruel oppression, of priestcraft, and where their sons.and daughters can: ok up around.them, to bless them. in their declining years. ie % ty eioasinod bus GES TH Vit sds, bok a a Here I must-exclaim, “O death, where is thy sting?’ O'grave, where is’ thy victory?” As I drew near my home, all’ seemed still and deathlike—all but the lowing of the cattle that had been pent up for days. How long ¥ knew not, but‘a dreadful effuvia swept ‘over’ me, and ‘I knew death was there. I darted forward and, O, what a fearful scene met my sight. \ There I stood alone with my God and my dead.’ There’ were my four boys bes headed; ‘and. there lay my angel wife'and my beautiful daughters, all dead; as they had been left by the damned in ‘priestly robes!” Who" ean’ feel | for’ meas I stood' there, a blasted man, doomed ‘to drag’ out ‘a’ life ia lonlinéss: and despair? There I-knelt down by my companion, and prayed that’ God would give’me that angel spirit'to lead me on’my way, and my holy family to bless me, and ‘to assist'me in blessing others. _Whén I had asked Cod to assist’mey then .a holy. calm filled‘my soul: I then’ wranped those bodies’ that were so dear to me in. blankets and ‘bore them away, one by one, until they were all lain side by side in'their earthy bed. But ‘ere I could cover them over, I fell to the eurth' and forgot, for a’ scason,'a@ll that had befallen me.’ I must have Jain there for hours; for’as’ I breathed into conseéiousness, the day had passed away, and the bright stars were shining aronnd me: © At first, I could not comprehend why I was there, but all came back before me, and again T lost my breath, and I did not awake again until the day dawned and the bright sun shed its rays upon earth, then I arose to my feet and x PSPS So aioe 7 CF a. rluee in at Rt 538 exclaimed, “Father;\God, thy hand is upon me, yet I would give thee all glory, as it belongs’to thee, and tliee alone.” °I then gathered green’ bows and spread'them over'the dead bodies of my family.’ I then’ turned away and left’ them: there’ all’ that day, but thé day following I went back and covered them over, kiiowine itwas’'the Tast I could do for them’ earthy. I then cared for my flocks and herds, and there I dwelt alone thirty-two years. Then [was blessed by a'band’of Hebrews. They were thé first that had visited my tumblée‘home. “They were the persecuted family of Joseph and Mary: ‘Phey bore alone with them four children. Their first born’ was’ a poor, ‘frail boy.) Joseph asked if they could lay him’ down to‘rest,as’ they had come a lone way,’and his’strength gave out: | T raised him up in my arm:;,to Jay him-on'my bed; ‘and he zave'a deép groan.’ Joseph gave answer, “My dear Jesus'has'a! curve’on the spine, and when’ he gets so weary he suffers much.” But he Tidno sooner lain down than he fell asleep and did not awakevagain ‘until we were kneeling in prayer, ere ‘we retired ‘to’ rest. liven while Joseph was breathing forth praises to” God, ‘he erept noiseless from his bd and knelt beside his father, and as Joseph had ceased in'prayer, Jesus shouted, “Holy Creator’ God, the children of Cornelius are here in the home oftheir father) and°his companion is even now folding her arms around her husbanid’s neck.’ Look, brother, look. Five boys and five girls God gave to theejand: they aré thine still’ I did look, and indeed there were all of my children, just as I had Jeft them when I went to the lowlands’ with my catile, and my wife lay! Her hand’ in’ mine’ and said, “Cornelius, God’s mer- cies endure foréver,”’’ Bat from that hour I could seé and converse with tliem, “ven as if they had been besidé'me with their earth bodies!” All of Joseph's! family remained’ with” me'two days, being they were weary and -foot'sore, and th-ir) birdens ‘were heavy, as their first’born had a price” set upon hishead; and’ then’ they were’ fleeing into’ the ‘motntains, ‘fedring he’ wou'd be'cut off They bade me adieus’and went high into the mountains, among the highest cliffs, and’ there they dwelt ‘for four years ere I'saw them again, except Joseph. « “He would come, sometimes, and rest with’ me’ when hewas' Goins up the mountains with his barley meal, that he would ‘earn in the lowlands; as he was'a carpenter, and his family had nothing to eat but what'he’bore up the mountains’ steep on his back. They were a holy family from’ the léast tothe gréatesr:’ But when'they camé to me again their first born was not’ with them, as he had béen borne away by an‘angél, and they wére ebing to méet him; theré in Judea’s borders. ‘As’ we were sitting around'theifire, a ray of light came’ before us,'and breathed ‘into the lifé of Jetsie, a fraillittle boy. 9 UAS’shé ‘offered up a'praver to Almighty’ God tor that fa nily, my hone was fil'ed with lists, and’ for a time we’ forgot earth’ held us. But ere she'Géased she exclaimed, «Prends, beloved, God is*here. His childéen! are hére)'add may’ Go l’s anzel children bless their father’ for+ ‘B4 ever, and may light. from eternal light fill each beating heart, until each one can. answer. God’s will be done.” © Then he breathed deeper than before, and — another influence called on eternal light to lead us, albaright, that humanity should be blessed by the humble. family that. was before him, and that truths. should be held for coming ages, as the time would.come when these. facts must be brought forward, and be declared before the children of men. When ages should pass away, there would be a great. diversity of opinions among men, and there would be a demand upon all that had know!edge con- cerning. the boy, Jesus, would be called upon to bear testimony. concerning the same, as heathen idolatrous worshippers would hold. control in various: forms. until light from the past will. be called, for, in order that God can be! acknowledged, rot by delegation, but. by his: immediate presence among. his: own created children, and that one would be born in the order of - creation’ that could decipher all languages, and breathe from:every beating heart around: her, and.Jeave on record facts relative to the changes that has raised man: in the scale of progression, where he will ask God’s holy: influence divine to feed the human mind, fresh from the great storehouse of knowledge divine, then naught can come between the Creator and his created, and the children of. men will break the chains of heathen priestcraft, and. will become free, as God’s angels. are free, to drink from the holy fountain of life divine, and be blessed. Then, and not until then, will humanity feast upon the wondrous. works of. God, and feast their souls. upon the bread of life, and give answer: God is here... And. then you, Cornelius, will. be called upon to bear testi-. mony concerning that which you have. seen and known in your earth life, re-. lative to Joseph and his first. born, Jesus.” Then, he said, “Come, daughter, let. us.hasten away, as. the faithful, Jesus. awaits.our coming. There is a work to do.”. After, the influences had gone 1 asked Joseph how long those. spirits had been with his family. He answered, “I have not. been. cognizant. of their presence only since Jesus was born, but they may have been with me all of my life, aught. 1 know, as sometimes, they allude to things that hap- pened in my boyhood days.” While we were conversing, I heard a sweet voice chanting a hymn. | I knew it was my wife’s voice. Jessie had sit down be- side Mary, and resting his head in her lap, he. was fast asleep, and 1 saw my wife folding that. darling boy to her bosom, and. breathing her own life through the boy.. ‘“Seiloa, dear Seiloa,” I said, “cannot you breathe that, hymn to me when I am alone?” She answered, “God's laws cannot be broken, but if I had this little body I could sing you and him both asleep at. atime.” She answered, “Darling Jessie, frail thou art, yet so bright within,. yet thou art a holy treasure, all so free from care and sin. Darling Mary, God has blessed you with these children, four, yet thy number is not com- pleted. Thcu wilt surely bear one more. Five diamonds bright are around thee shining.. They will comfort thee, dear sister, when earthy cares are ftee = ae 090 oer.” The sun was rising high, and Joseph was asking Mary if they should not begin their journey. Mary answered, “If it be God’s will, I will go m Then they bade me farewell and hastened down the hillside. That family did not come to me again before they sought their mountain home. Again I had removed to another country, bearing eastward, but their first born came to me there, a poor, crushed angel boy, and I cared for him until his feet were healed and his burnt back was cooled. He awoke one morning, at the dawn of day, and shouted, “Cornelius, a holy breath is here and bids me arise and haste away, declaring there is a work to do ere the closing of an- other day. No form I see. I read it there—a holy name written in empty ” He then breathed deep, and his breath was light, and it filled my soul with light that has never gone out until this day. Me thinks I see him now standing there, all covered o’re with a hallow of brightness that cannot find comparison. ‘There in the home of an o!d man, with no companions but his God and his angel -children. “Farewell,” he said, “I bear this child 3 away, but he will come to you four times more before he is hung upon the eross. There you will breathe out of your mortal form, bowed down with years and care. There you will join the angel band and ever with them share, until you will be commanded to come back to earth and bear testimony for ages, even then unborn. Amen.” I answered, “My feet begin to totter, and gladly will I hasten on to meet my loved ones that await my coming. Joyous will be our meeting. Friends, loved friends, are there.” The an- swer was, “Brother, do not forget your duty in your joy to go home. Hu- manity has a demand upon you, and she must be appeased. You must be laid ‘upon the altar of human sacrifices, but you will be but one of the many.” Then the spirit said, “Give the boy a piece of barley bread. He will have no more, at least for four days.” I then prepared the bread and he went away. I did not hear from him again until a beggar came to my home and said that Antioch had been thrown into great commotion by a Hebrew boy declaring the Jews were to be cut off by the heathen priests, but they did not heed him, but when the hour did come, sure enough, more than two thousand were destroyed in one night, and they had been looking every- where for the Hebrew boy, and he was no where to be found. I then an- swered, “He is in the hands of Almighty God, and: they cannot destroy him until his death will bring light to the human mind. Then he will be hung upon the cross, by the order of the priesthood.” The poor beggar bowed his head and said, “He healed me when I was sick, and he filled my soul with love to God aud his holy children, and I would die for him if I could.” That poor, humbled soul remained with me for a season, and then went away and died in his own kingdom. Years passed away, and I heard no more of the boy, Jesus. He had changed from a boy toa man. I had herded my cattle and entered my 06 \ home, and knelt in prayer, and as I prayed my soul was so filled with inspi- ration that I lost my breath, and when I awoke a holy form was kneeling ‘beside me, bathing my. face with his cool, electric hand, then I said, “God be praised, I am looking upon that holy face—the face of a holy angel, bright, | although a man.” He then raised his hands and said, “God commands you to arise and prepare food for the poor. famished body.” I then brought bread and milk, but he ate but a little Then he gave thanks to \God. for holding him from death, and giving him a place to lie down and rest. Early the next, morning he awoke, and I heard him conyersing earnestly with some -one beside him. , He gave answer like this, “Lead me home to. my mother, Let me find rest beside her, and in the bosom of my family.» God will give me strength and courage to go forth again and declare his ever presence.” Then he listened and gave answer, “Holy Ged direct me in all things . while I dwell in. this frail body, even if I am led to the cross. Assist me, O angel sister, to say all is well.” Then he arose and bathed, and went out upon the hillside. There he communed with his father, and his God, at least an hour, then he came in and said, ‘Cornelius, your family are filled with holy adora- tion to God for being freed from heathen priests and confessors, as they have just returned from the fearful destruction of a Hebrew family.” .1saw them coming and waited to hear what they had to say. .“The herdsman beyond the brook has been beheaded; lis wife and four daughters have been damn- ed, but a. little daughter, about eight years, is still breathing, and a little boy one year and a half old, lies there nearly frightened to death. But.the fiends are plundering the home, but.as soon as they are gone you may go and bring the children away, if their brains are not, dashed out ere they go away.” When we had ate our bread and drank)our milk: Jesus’ head. drop- ed and he fell forward. I raised him in my arms, but he was.as rigid asa stiffened corpse. After,a,time he gave a deep groan and burst into tears. Then his body relaxed and he sat up. ‘Then he said, “I saw’them dash out the brains of the boy,,and they, saught to damn the daughter and she. died in their hands. But the manner of her death,” be said, “is too damning to relate, and it was that that caused me to. becone rigid as death. When they are gone,” he said, “we wi:l go and bury the dead and comfort; the frightened spiris.”. He remained'with me all of that day, but.as the sun was. going ‘down he said, “They have all gone and we will go and bury. the dead, aud my angel sister will remain with them for a time until they can becomé:. re- conciled to the de-tiny that has fallen upon them.” He ate a little piece of bread, and thea:stepped forth strong for his libor.,. He took the spade and I followed him,.as best I could, but ere I reached there, he had a grave dug nearly large enough for them all. When he had finished he lay down, upon cool ground, and big drops of prespiration coursed down his face... After a little time, he arose and said, “We will now bury God’s children, that the EP RITES. —S ? oT spirits may not be distressed by seeing them decay above ground.” . We brought the father first, then the mother and the children, as they were born. When it was done, Jesus said, “Side by side they sleep in death, and in spirit may they not be divided.” When the grave was filled with dirt, and carefully rounded up by his own hand, then he knelt and prayed that God would bear away his children to a brighter world beyond, as they were united in one band, and none left in morial form that need their care. ‘Then he said, “Friends, beloved, call on God’s angel children to direct you. They will come to your aid and guide you onward toa haven of rest.” After he had ceased to speak I saw an angel of light fold her arms around him and breathe her life into his life, then he arose to his feet and poured forih words of consolation to them all, then said, “My father is coming with a band of angels. 'Tiiey will care for those freed spirits. Now come, Cornelius, I will bear my ‘brother to your home. There you will hasten, as he must be cared for.” ‘Then he darted away fiom me, and when I reached my home he was laying across my bed, and there were no signs of life about him but the warmth of the flesh. But breathe he dd not JI prepared some warm hy- Sup and held it to his lips. He then ga-ped for breath. Soon he drank a little, and then his breath came back, and he fell asleep.. I sat beside him all of tha: night, and now and then a deep sigh escaped him. His back was’ feaifilly inflamed by the,exertions of digging the grave and)jlilting the dead.bodies.. In .the, night he asked meif I would bathe his back in cold water. After L had bathed it with my hand, I wet a:doe:skin and lay it on, then he: tell into a, sweet rest sian and he slept dn until the sun was an hour high. feoxtiiv . . «Lhad prepared:somefood; it was.a piece of beefand. corn bréad. As he raived up, he said, “God bless you, Cornelius, I have been dreaming’ ‘of broiled beef”. He then’ arose and bathed, but the back was sore, and hurts him to move ; but ere'he tas'ed food, he knelt and thanked his father God for his care and protection in the hour of his greatest need. But as we’ sat down to eat, I saw he’could haidly raise his cup to his lips. After a few moments,’ he raised his hand and said, “Holy Creator God, assist me, else I perish, even now.” | Scon a flush camé to his cheek, and he said, “Heaven bless you, how glad I am you have come. ‘How is my father and my mother, and hew are my brothers?” Then he waited a reply. Then he turned to nie, and said, “My father is at home, awaiting my coming; my mother will be anxiously looking for me after two days, but I fear I cannot reach there so soon; but God is mighty. and if it be his will, T shall reach there at the end of three days.” All of that day he lay on my bed, and from time to time, I would bathe his back, and early the next morning he arose, and said, “I must begin my journey, as it is a long way, and I fear I shall not reach there in time to see my father.” He bade me adieu, and 53 said, “If it please God, I shall come back to you again, but as I am directed, so I must go.” © PROVIDENCE, June 25, 1870. CHAPTER VIII. ANOTHER CHAPTER FOR ALL COMING TIME. The sweet breath of angels filled the home of the old man, and as he be- held his loved ones around him in his earthy dwelling, his soul looked for- ward to that abode of rest and peace, where sorrow could not come. His form was bowed, his hair was white as the snow-capped mountains, yet his faith in a living God changed not, and when the holy man of Nazareth en- tered his home, he felt that God’s holiest children bore him onward, and his soul was filled with joy.— Remarks by Stephen. Here I am again, before the living, and not the dead. Daughter, the command of God is still upon you, to assist the aged Centurian, and bear him along in his statement concerning the holiest thing he ever knew in mortal form. From the time the son of Joseph left me, my health gradually gave away, and I felt I must go home. But as the warm breezes again swept over the land, my home was again blessed with the humble man in beggar's rags. He had been from home nearly a year, and his garments hung about him in tattered rags. His limbs were bare, but about the chest was still hanging a worn-out coat of camel’s hair, and: about his loins a doe- skin, which served as a breech cloth. As he entered my home, I could but exclaim, “Has God forgotten his own?” As I made that expression, a deep groan. came welling up from the inmost depth of his. soul, and tears rolled down his cheeks, as he exclaimed, “Holy Creator God, forgive thy children if they murmur against thy will, as heavy crosses are upon us, and crosses are before us, and thou, O God, alone can assist us.” His breath came deep, and the same form of light that had ever followed him, folded her arms around him, and breathed her life into his own. Then she said, “Brother Cornelius, we have brought him here from the jaws of death. The Amlekite Priests are secking for him in all parts of Armenia. We have brought him here before you, bruised and bleeding, torn and tat- tered, and you must feed him, else he will die ere we can reach a place of safety. The spies are on every hill, and in every valley. | A heavier price is set upon his head, than has ever been offered before. Two hundred shekels in gold has been offered by the High Priest for him, alive, and one a ea Po ee ieee Se OE i ti a Pils, “e+ oe Pe ee 59: hundred for his head. But God will hold him from them, until his death shall bring light to the human mind. | But that holy light will be covered o’er, until many ages shall pass away, then it will burst torth in all of its splendor, and fill all earth with the glory of Almighty God.. Then the in- finite creator will be acknowledged, and all of earth’s idols will crumble away, and find rest among things that were. And you, Cornelius, will be called upon to declare Jesus, as he is, a man, frail, but mighty in the hands of God’s children; humble in his own opinion, but exalted in the opinion of the angel band that will bless him forever.” She continued, “Friend, be- loved, bathe him o'er with cool water; he is filled with fever. Cool his head and: back. Prepare for him a little barley gruel, that he may drink, and live. Five days and five nights have passed away, and not a morsel of food has passed his lips. Farewell, brother,” she said, “I must go away now, and leave him in your hands, and in the hands of bis God. His father is in dan- ger, as a confessor is climbing the mountain, hoping to destroy the family, but I will return to you, as soon as the family is safe. My father will assist me, and we will crush him to death, that would destroy the faithful.” Then she lay him upon the bed, and breathed out of him, with scarcely % breath of life remaining within him. I prepared the gruel; he drank a little. Then I bathed him over and over. At length he began to breathe deep, and in a hushed voice he exclaimed, “Glory to God, the family is safe, and the wicked fiend is where he cannot’ disturb them any more.” He breathed out of his body, and did not return for at least half an hour. But he returned, and said, “Give God the glory, my father is saved, my mother is blessed; and my brother beheld God’s glory, and I am made to feel God’s land is in my being here. Life,” he said, “what is it to me now? I long to go away with my angel sister, and her father, and be at rest; but I will not murmur as long as they are beside me, but will answer, ‘God’s will, not mine, be done.’ ” At that time he remained with me two days, but on the third day, as the sun began to soften earth with its mellow rays, he arose from his bed, and as he knelt in prayer, he called on God to direct him. His head was bowed, and bitter anguish filled his soul. The future’ had been held before him. The death of his family, and his mother’s grief, and his own helpless body hanging upon the cross, was more than he could bear. His beart beat fear- fully, and I saw he would fall. I knelt beside him, and folded him to my bosom, and there we wept together. until tears could come no longer to our relief. His head dropped upon my bosom, and we both fell to the floor to- gether, two lifeless bodies, but not dead. Again our home was filled with light, and many an angel heart was beat- ing there for the old man, that had lived out all earthy ties, and for him in the morning of life, that was to be called away. Why? Because his soul was filled with love for God’s created, and he knew his life and his death 60 would but lay the foundation for God to be acknowledged on earth. . How! can i goou? . From this, every hour was marked | with anguishy until he: breathed out of his earthy body. The hour drew near; when the fr ail bark) was to launch forth ¢ again upon the human:tide of,confusion ; but O, how my heart ached when he Jay bis hand in mine, and) ‘said, “Cornelius, I cannot! come to you again, but you will come to me when my cup is full and .run- ning over, and there we will die together, if it be God’s will”: “Leave; O ‘leave me,” I said, \“ihe future is before:me. - I canhot: breathe with you’ be+ side me, as our destinies are Jiuked together.” ‘Farewell, he said, “I go.” _ After he had gone, I lay down .upon my: bed, and fell.into.ja deep sleep) and aid not awake for a day and a half... When I, awoke, my: cattle: were: lowing, aid hunger was upon me.,. I arose, and turned my, cattle, loose, cand said, ‘I, leave you in the hands of your creator, you are nothing more to; — ” me.” Then I ate some:bread and meat, prepared.a little bundle; took. my! staff, and w ent forth into the midst of heathen brutes:. But, my, heart, beat, for that liome, where I had dwelled.so long, where, God had blessed)me with; my loved family, and where the hand of destiny had been Jain..heavy -upon, my. head, and it was still leading me back again, to look, once more,upon' the green earthy mound, where.all of iny earthy,treasures, but, one, lie buried. — “Sweet ‘oreptfalpens: I exclaimed, “thas my dear family forgot their fearful ‘doom ?” Fy id. guiby ‘bedesdua oh bamvegeh At that pattaanty my paasitalah et hi basins in asi iia ch said, “Let sua, forget all but God’s mercies, in helding us from, darkness,jand hearing. US OD! ward until you, dear Cornelius, haye finished your;work,; and, are..ready, toy go home, with us, and, be;at,rest.” .. Then she added, “It will not, be, Jong, it; will not be long..,. Have courage, we shall not leave your again.” «But. iberes knelt, upon the greensward,,and pray ed for.all,of. the human: family. My; companion said, “You must; go,toward Tyre... Lhe journeyyis long, and, your, steps are slow. You will be needed to guide the multitude. of'ihe oppressed children in, the blood of Abraham and Jacob.” I ausweredj “Alb I:can do, I will do.. Let God direct.” ),, Then agains L went; onsmy, journey, iknowings God was there, Many a:weary month [journeyed onwards Thisewas sone - year and two months before the:crucifixion During) this: timeddived bys begging ; sometimes Tchad food,sometimes I had none fora whole pare and” sometimes longer. ‘But life yipcubephi ont, and’ Plngered stilldiogs yo ooed A a cl i el a Pr aes at fy ay eh WEG t i a atie i uk Te ' nde higes avdéot Liaw osdiepehiqow ew eretiibun wncud dew DAO Lovet Redo bo@gow baod ethh Goiles ‘dom tud ,evihod agslotib own tdiiog ’ ‘ . its “es a net cee | hott ditve boll enw enon too mie , $f. ae , RPO So end eh) ; j AT bay ey 2 OG) At DIO SHS TR OTS Sts oil Vorgnimad: odd of , ‘ ' * r’s 4 vce? oA te , apy lapel Dope “how vob sel debe betiit mw 61 COAPTER IX. "HE CONCLUSION Of TUE HISTORY OF MY EARTH LIFE. Here again I am overwhelmed with the realities of that’ age, where heathen anointed priests held control, and they were filling earth with dis- ease, and damning all of God’s children with their brute desires: Tere I feel to relate a scene that came before me, ere I reached Tyre. All of that day I had been oppressed, but as:night came on, I was accosted by a band of confessors.. They had with them two females. One faltered, and she could hardly stand upon her feet, and she shouted to'them, “Lightning flashes are around you, and if you do not let us go,as we are, Almighty God will dash you to pieces.” | ... Her face was like a diamond bright, and I saw a form beside her, and I knew its power. Her eyes closed; then a crash was heard in the elements, and the confessors were all lain low. Then she approached me, and said, “Brother, lay your hand in mine. If you are left here, they wi!l destroy you; as you are an old man, they will think, you have attracied this power to you, that they may be held from carrying out their brute desires.” | Then she called to the other damsel, and said, “Hasten, O hasten, as the electric power will pass away, and they will search us out.” Her voice was like that of Leiah’s daughter, and I said, “Can you tell me aught of Jesus?” She said, “He is coming down from the mountains, even now, and, he will need your aid, and I would assist you onward... I sought you, that you could make the best of your way, bearing northward. But do not enter the city, lest you may be beaten down by.the heathen, that are determined to destroy every Hebrew in the land. Lead these poor daughters of Judea, until they can find friends that will protect them.” ‘Then she said, “Farewell, brother, | must hasten back to my brother. He is feeble, and he falters by the way. He will reach the lowlands at nightfall, but a fearful destiny is before him.” “Holy daughter of Leiah,” I said, “can he live until he is hung upon the cross?” Her answer was, “God alone can answer.” Then the damsel awoke and looked around her, with fear, and said, “I have had a fearful dream, and I am so glad I have awoke.” J said, «Seek your friends, lest you should again be dragged away.” As I sat down to rest, I saw, far beyond me, the dark domes of Tyre, that den of fiends, and I saw I could not reach there until the day following. But I journeyed on, until I met a herdsman. Je said, “Don't enter the _ city; if you do, you will be beheaded. That crazy heretic is there, and they are determined to cut him off.” I said, “God will care for him.” He an- swered, “I am thinking you are a heretic, and they will surely destroy you.” I was compelled to lie down to rest, and I slept on until morning. Then 62° IT went down the hillside, and came to Levi's tent, where Jesus and his mother both lay sick. I sat down beside the door, and my heart bled 10 see so many gathering together like lambs for the slaugnter, and no one to save them. I could not gain courage to enter the tent, and look upon the poor, blasted angels'there. I knelt in prayer, and even while I prayed, the holy Jesus tottered forward, and knelt beside me. As I ceased in prayer, he ex-. claimed, “Holy brother, God has ld you here, that you. may direct us in this, our hour of need.” Fearle:s, I calle on God to direct us, and got an- swer, “Gather together all of the sick and maimed, that they can bear their burdens. Then leave this hillside, and goto the valley beyond There you will get directions what next to do.” John breathed a prayer, and then Je-us said, “Bring all our sick, that they may be healed.” Jesus became electri- fied, and stepped forth like one that knew no fear. His face was like chis- elvd marble, and he commanded their diseases to depart in'the name of Al- mighty God, and all were healed in that hour. But when the power left him, he fell like one dead. I shouted, “Glory to God, thou art in our midst. Direct, and we wi'l follow.” I heard a voice say, “Hasten away, even now.” Jesus said, “Bear away the aged and the children, and I will fol- low.” ‘Then, as_ I looked, I saw him breathing in the bosom ofan angel, and John folded his arms around him and said, “Two holy things’ toge:her, O, that I could breathe out of my body, even here.” JT heard no more, but tottered alone as best I could. That -nizht we held a council, and I saw there watts bea m‘glity con- flict I direct:d them how to arm themselves with the battle axes, In order they could deferid the females and children, and that Jesus could’ be torne along, that God could be glorified through his death. That mght there was a fesr'ul battle, but the days folowing were damp and chilly. ~ Death’ was among them every hour. Hardship and exposure filled them with fever. Jesus was borne along in the bosom of his brother. Life had become a bur- den to him, and he drooped and fell. Bit as: the eighth day dawned upon us he was controlled, and declared we should all be cut off unless we pre- pared for ba tie. Ile then called his foilowers around him, and said, “Bear this body along with you, thar he my live to fulfil the design of Almighty Goi, ia his creation.” He woultdie in a few days as he is, but would God be glorified by that dea h, or would humanity be blessed? He then shouted, “Prepare ye the way. The heathen damaed are preparing to cut you off. = Bring all of the females in the eentre, and let the children be eared for, and you will cut them down ere they can destroy the innocent — babes or dann the mothers.” — He suid, Bare them into the valley, that you — se the enemy ere they {all upon you.” Thu the influence lefi him and tell down like a crushed flower. I saw John fold him to his bosom and— veep over him, as a mother wou'd weep over a dying babe. They were all Ca er 63 borne into the valley and sat down. Filled with fear, sick and dying were these mothers, kneeling around their dying children. Cuildren clinging to their dying mothers, and hunger fell heavy upon them, and night closed in wih fearful darkness. [Elu-hed, they all awaited the hour, knowing the hour would come, as it had been prophesied. As the day had begun to dawn there was heard a fearful cry, aud one of the men f-ll dead by a blow from a battle axe, se vering his head from his body. Then they all rus:ed forward. and dead bodirs were falling everywhere. They fought an hour anda half The ground was strewn with the dead, and blood run duwn the hillside in streams. As the sun rose higher, and still higher, more awful became the scene. I sat down beside Jesus, and jhis head rested upon my boom. There he breathed a prayer to his father, God, for the poor He- brews. Then his head dropped, and he fell asleep, even while the battle was raging. “Tloly brother,” I said, “thy angel friends are hold'‘ng you fiom the bitier anguish of the present, but thy heart will learn its own anguish soon enough.” My heart beat when I heard the cry go up from the mul i- titude, “Death tothe heathens. Glory to God, they are fleeing from us.” Jolin came and knelt down beside Jesus, and rested his cheek upon the fore- head of his brother, and said, “Darling brother, Iam be-ide thee.” Joha has lefi the scene of contusion, and I have brought him here to tel you all. I controlled John befure the battle commenced, and I lay low twenty-one withthese hands. My father controlled Bartholomew, and be mu-t have slain more than me, as he controlled one that had more vital -treng:h than my brother John ‘Then Leialr’s daughter left John and he fell down bi side me. Jesus lay his hand upon his head and smoothed back his hair, and said, “Holy brother, God’s angel children love thee, even as I love thee.” ‘They gathered up their dead, and counted the heathen slain. ‘Their own was four killed and one maimed, and the hrathen numbered two hundred and more. A part of that day was passed in burying their dead, but the hea hens were heaped in a pile and brush was thrown upon them and set on fire. Then we moved to another valley. I felt weall mus: die, and I encouraged them to hasten on toward Jerusalem. that we could find rest. J will pass over the remaining part of that journey, and come to the last scene, as my heart is aching and I cannot go on, and J know another heart doth ache, even as my own. But I will spare her that anguish, as she has livid it over and over again, in entering into the soul sympathies of those that bring their records before her. But among the many that read these pages o’re cin never know the aching heart that traced these lines for me, and my brother’s ; God alone can reward you for the bitter tears you have shid fur the suffering of others. And who can ever know the weary hours you have pa-sed, with a beating heart for coming ages, thit they may be free from priesicraft and deception. Live, daughter, as thou art. living, for God’s glory and the {rce- 64 dom of the human fam‘ly. My hour has come for me to say farewell, earthy, yet I linger still beside her that has freed me from my earth burden, that has brought me back to finish up that which belongs to me to do. , Hu- manities demand was upon me, but who but her that was born to .redd the holy breath in empty air, could, with God’s angel children, share their bur- dens, and tr ace the lines recorded there, and may. I eyer with her humble spirit share, in that bright world where myn beloved family. are awalting my coming. | But now I mast go back, once, more, to those scenes that rent my heart, leaving many things untold. Out of pity to her that is scribing for me, I will now hasten to the hour of my dissolution. I entered Jerusa'em. with the many. I tottered along, and. sat down_ beside others, on the Square. There I sat, hardly knowing where I was, until I heard them say, “They have nailed Jesus to the cross, and are raising him up.” That gave me a shock, and I arose to my feet, and passed out of the gates. I followed. the many, and when I came in sight of him, my limbs refused to bear me longer. I fell to the earth, but after a time I arose, and drew near him. I heard his bitter groans, and bitter grief broke my heart, and I exclaimed, “Holy Cre- ator, God, the lambis slain. _ Receive him in thy bosom, the bosom of thy love.” At that moment an anointed-priest raised his battle axe, and as it fell upon my neck a mist came over me, and I knew no more until I was freed from mortal clay. Here I am beside the blood of Abraham, and I would ask God to bless her, here and hereafter. Daughter, now J can say I am going home. May I ask God to hasten the hour for you to come, me? I will prepare for thee a home—a home of rest. . I will be thy father still, as God is father of us all. Hope is bright before thee, still, but it will fade away, earthy, but it will grow brighter, as the shores of a brighter world come before thee, and I will meet thee there. Now, daughter, receive the blessing of an old man, one hundred and four years old, in) his earthy body. Humanity must know angels are thy companions, and they must acknowl- -edge that Jesus has again walked the earth. T’arewell, friend of us,all.. I am Cornelius, and none other. Farewell. CHAPTER X. TESTIMONY OF STEPHEN. Lines bearing date Nov. 5, 1870... Stephen’s holy spirit comes before ine, in the presence of God’s children, that suffered martyrdom for the cause of truth, that ages yet to come may ) 65 know that angels did walk the earth, ages on ages ago, and that his own life ‘history may substantiate the attempt that was made by the holy breaths, “that had once existed in earthy forms, to give light to those in mortal form. +» Also to teach man that God’ has’ not forgotten his own, through’ the changes that have been wrought, in order that his own created could draw ~ light from beyond, causing man to be Pree. in the presence of him that begot- thosé mighty creations. | ‘Now here I am, in the presence of the angel band that sought earth, ‘that humanity may know that there is a hereafter and that the bread of life eternal is knowledge. This I have given, in order the reader may know I * do believe in one God, whose mercies endure forever.” Stephen, thy holy breath is upon me, and I submit myself to thee, and I will write thy own history, fresh from thy own/inner liie. Boa ao OLIVE G. PETTIS. Then pray for me, O friend of humanity, that I may draw strength from thee. Pray for me, O ye angels of light, that I may write my own earth . destiny, filled with sorrow and holy affection of my family. Bright and joy- ous were my early days, until I reached two years and a half. At that time my father was called to Jerusalem, on the account of a disturbance between ' the priesthood and Judea’s children, that were dwelling in Messopotamia- He being chief ruler of that country, was called upon to redress their wrongs. They had been sorely oppressed by the priesthood, as they had entered their country, and borne away their females, and held them until they were released by death. My mother had slept her last sleep, and left behind five beautiful daugh- ters. Her last request of my father was to guard her beloved children against the wicked devices of heathen priests and confessors, and her wish was that I should be educated according to the Jewish doctrines. Then she folded her arms about me, and as she folded me to her bosom, I felt her re- lax her hold, and she was dead. Great grief filled our home, and small as I was, I felt I had lost what could never be given back to me again. But ere one month had passed away my father was compelled to go to Jerusalem, and ere he started his family gathered around him in despair, fearing harm would befal him, as there was a great commotion among the heathens. When he bade them farewell they all wept bitterly. They all knew his journey lay through a country where none but heathens dwelt, and their fear for him caused them to forget their own danger. Four days passed away in a holy calm, but the fifth day brought us news that my father had been beset, and beaten to death, 5 * cd 466 » by the , beathen confessors,, and , that same apes of confessors .were wails * ¢e easn way, toward. Mesopotamia, sand they. would reach there,.erethe, snight closed jin. ,;;;Fear fell upon.as. all, Q +My, Sisters » could, not. flee,, for; where » should they, go, but to the, hamble, in, aifeg.: vk -) My, eldest sister said, (Let us okweel! in, prayer, and a-k ;God.,to, assist ‘us, in, this, our, hour/of, Sorrow. % There (we. all.knelt in. prayer, for , the last time,on earth, | , They then prepa- red bread, and said, “Let us go the herdsman, they. may, defend, Us oyallly _lyoungest sister. took me by. the hand,,and, we, started, towards the; herdsman’s home ‘that; belonged ,to ,my.. father, it, being about one Jeague, distant,.but | ere,we reached. there, we were called upon to stop, but, we, fled..as fast.as,;we | vicould., L,fell inthe ferns, and.crept away, from. the pathy and lay. down; by, a eyeluster of, bushes. ; There I, lay, ;with. my little heart,.a, beating,,, until ,, night shielded me from observation, then. I. ‘crept out and) ‘followed. ‘Op Jiitle foot path’ that led tothe: therdsman’s home. I asked for my sisters, but they had not seen or heard from them. There I remained until I became a man. But when I was about fourteen,-a-waytfarer called upon the herdsman for rest, and he remained with us all night, and in the evening their conversa- ..tion turned upon the oppression of the heathen priests , and. confessorse, “Af. tera time,” he added, “T left, the court of Jerusalem , because. there was , SO oa S much drunkenness and devenchar: “4 could not, remain, Bat, the immediate cause of my fleeing them, was this: The, High Priest, ‘Caiphas, set forth the confessors, with the command that they, should bring i in. tw enty d lamsels, ve and, they. must all be Hebrew and Caldea’s children, aS | ‘there. _Was ©, be, a s£jCO! great feast, and the priests would be, there from, all parts of the country, and _ they would call for females to finish up. their entertainment. , But,” he con- tinued, “they br ought i in five damsels, all of one family... They. were...Cal- dea’s daughters, so frail, but, O, how beautiful... They. were fearfully fright- ened, and wept continually.”, - When he had. ‘related, thus, far, A crept, close to his side, and it did seem. as if my heart would burst with, on and fear. He did: not observe me, and he continued, «When they, were, brought. before . the, King, he said, ‘Give them all to me... I love the fair haired, damsels. of Caldea: Give them. to me; I will keep cee et all my. own. oop hen, Caiphas answered, ‘They have been brought here for the priesthood, and, none may _ demand them until after the feast.’ Josephus being present, ‘said, agi . daughters are, beautiful, but they are too frail to be. ‘held by | the priests, they are, they will surely die” _ Then Caiphas, arose to his feet. and waar you dare hold those damsels from the anointed priests, Pontias Pilate, I will : bring. forward your favorite concubines, and your, two eldest daughters, to supply their place. And you, Josephus, if you dare hold tho: ‘e dam-els from us,. 1 will command you to be beheaded before the morrow noon.’ But Jo- sephus made one more attempt like this. “These damsels will be. crush ed to - death, ere the day dawns upon you, and you, Caiphas, will be. _Recountable (67 _ for their,death.” ;, Then, Gaiphas answered, ‘Iwill take » the, fairest of them po all, Fade hold her: fein, all others.’ Then, he turned, to’ me, and said;'“H-re, 4. chamberlain, take these damsels to, their, chambers,’ where the concubines »ohave. been carried out... As I.conducted them along, and was») ‘compelled; to »:(¢lose,the door upon, them, one after another, I felt L.was assisting in the: de- | stroying of} the holiest; things that God had ever created, but; when, I, come 6" to.the youngest of them, all, 1 held her little hand inj mine, while! her. bitter a ignefrentmy heart, as’ she said, “Lead me to my sisters, and: Lwill die there , { if.you, wish me to’) I turned away, knowing full,-well. ber’, deom.; Tears be would flow, and I am not ashamed to acknowledge. the same... But}when I . looked upon her again, her head was bowed, and she ‘said, ‘My mother. is there, how,glad L.am you have.come.’ | Then I led her into the room and. J closed, the door, but, I have never forgot that holy;face, and) when,I looked yu pen, that boy, I thought he looked. like her.” Here he gave a deep sigh, and ) 1 dared,not, breathe... »He began again, ‘That night»the priests had a drunken e _ feast, and ere morning dawned, the'two youngest, were deaa.”.. | I heard, no _.more—-L saw no.more, but. I fell, fainting, at his feet. . He raised me .up », and bathed. my head, and ere) I could open my eyés, I-heard him say, “How 4 much he looks now. as that sweet flower of Caldea looked when I was com- _fpelled to close the door upon her, that was not opened again, but to. admit _.the-anointed priests, that crushed hvr to death, and Ido not’ think she could » [be more ‘than eleven years old.” Here I gave a shriek, and he said, “What can thisimean?”, The herdsman answered, ‘You are relating the destruc- ition of his. own.dear sisters, and it is more than he can endure, as he has_al- - ways. hoped. they ,would, come: back again.” Then I said, “Tell all. I eo) Can}! no’.more ‘than. die... [cannot breathe... Do tell me, is there not .jone living?” “There. is,” he, said; . ‘have courage, the one. that: Cai- _ phas held as his.own,,lived. and bore a beautiful boy, so, like his mother, «and they call him Jude, but I. have not seen them for a long time, as oot fled. the, court about the time the beautiful’ damsels of» Caldea)were ; brought there, but L.inquire whenever.I can.” “No tidings,” I said, “of the others”, J said, “Are. they, living, or are they dead? : Tell me, O, tell me, _ else I cannotilive.’ |. Then he answered, “Ere the sun sat. on the following , day, the priests entered their rooms, and they both found) relief in death.” _Lben I heard.no more, but Jay like one dead all of that) night, and a part of the next day. . Then the herdsman’s children came to me and said; ‘We will . be your sisters,.and, love you;even,as your own.” Filled with grief,as I was, 1 turned to. that family and found relief. .» -Dcontinued with the)good herdsman until Iwas twenty-one, then. I was - betrothed and wedded tothe fairest of them; all, my beautiful Hagar... Here ‘ _ may heart ceases its beating: . How can/L go on, yet for the sake of my angel _Joved ones, I will suffer again the agony and despair I suffered in my earth 68 / -eareer. According to the laws of that country,'none could: be’ ‘lawfully’ ‘mar- ried but by an anointed priest, and he had’a right to ‘hold the. ‘bride | “as long as he chose, after he had pronounced her the wife of another.: “And as'T led my beautiful Hagar before the priest; my heart beat as I saw he looked’ upon her, with hell: burning in. every expression. | ° Fetohe performed” the ceremony, and pronounced her mine. ‘He reached out ‘his hand and said, “Come, damsel, I desire you, and your husband can go away, and ‘prepare for your coming.” . At that moment my beautiful bride fell, fainting, to the floor, fur she did know her doom was sealed. I said, “0; BAe her tome; I will feed and clothe the heathens, and I will toil for you.” ‘I had “stooped down to raise her up, and he bade me be gone, as he called to a confessor and said, “Care for this Hebrew; I will care for the damsel. Go, now,” he said, “or I will have you beheaded in this hour.” And as I stepped back the priest threw his arm about my angel loved one, and bore. her from’ my sight. Holy God, I cannot tell any one what I suffered when I went back, alone, to the home of my father; that I had prepared for my loved one. Day after day passed away, and I saw none that could give me tidings of my Ha- gar, and I was in despair. Five:days passed away, and as the sun was: ‘going down, I saw a drooping form nearing my home. At first I thought it was a begger, but as I caught a glimpse of her face I'saw it was indeed my bride, but O, how changed. She could hardly support her weight upon ‘her’ feet. Her garments were torn, and her beautiful hair was hanging in disorder about her face and shoulders. TI flew to her, folded her to my bosom, and we wept together. I bore her into our home, prepared food for her, as she was nearly famished, and as we were sitting together, and the twilight ‘was setting around us, a confessor came to the door, and said, “I should ‘like’ to have a night’s lodging here.” I answered, “I am not prepared to entertain you.” As he saw my wife he said, “I must have the bride tonight.” I 3 swered, “She has been held by the priest, and she is nearly dead even now.” Then 795 said, “Give her me eight days, and Iwill’ never trouble you again.” He stepped forward, and was about to lay hands upon my wife. I ‘eaught up ‘a billet .of wood and felled*him to the floor, then I beat him’ to death. I dragged him from my house, dug a-hole and tumbled him i in; then covered him over, stamped down the earth, that none could see where’ he lay. There in that home I dwelt until God had blessed me with nine children—three boys and six girls. | But when my youngest boy was five, and my youngest daughter eight, God called my Hagar, and I lay her inher earthy bed to rest. ‘This being in the autumn, when the next sammer came I was compelled to go to Antioch, with a load of hides, to exchange’ for gar- ments for my family. When my oxen were ready, and awaited my coming, I entered my home, and said, “God must care for you while IT am’ away, as a strange fear falls upon me, as the heathens are in'a great commotion con- 69 © cerning a Hebrew that has a pricé set upon his head, and they are deter-. ~ mined to crucify him, as they do their worst felons.” My eldest daughter asked, “What has he done?” » I answered, “He has declared the ever pres- ence of God and his angel children ” She answered, “What a'pity he should die for that. I see my mother daily.” I answered, “Breathe it not, daugh- ter, outside of your home, lest you should be accused of heresy.” Then I knelt in their midst, and prayed that my beloved family-should be kept from harm, and that the angels would direct them. But, as I bowed my head, no answer came to me. I-then bade them farewell, and hastened away. Some- thing ge to say, “Fearful is the destiny of your family, ere you come back: again.” LT reached Antioch, after eight days, edaticdiveh my hides and started back, hoping to find my family even as I had left them. Day after day wore away, and at last I came in sight of my home. | I heard the cattle lowing, and a strange feeling came over me, and my home seemed so silent. I flew to the door, and’as I pushed it open, I'staggered. back, being nearly suffoca- ted with the effluvia'of the dead. But I gained courage, and looked in. There lay my first born, across the doorway, beheaded. Near him lay my ‘fourth born, with his feet toward the brother, also beheaded, and there in the corner of that room, where I had bid farewell to my children, lay my darling boy—my last gitt from God—with his brains drashed out. “Holy God,” I said, “you gave me those holy children to biess me, and you have taken them back in thy mercy, but.where, O, where are my daughters? Who can tell me?” Then I went to the shed, where the cattle had appa- rently been fastened for days. I let them loose, but nothing more could I learn from my absent daughters. ‘There I rested my head upon the fence, and asked God to direct me. But no kind voice greeted me with, “Dear _ father has come home.” There I lingered untilI saw a Hebrew boy ap- proaching me. I said to him, “My boys are dead, but who can tell me of my daughters?” He replied like this: “Kight days ago a band of Hindoo priests and confessors passed through this country, that was going to Judea, that they could be at the crucifiction of a heretic, which would be as soon as they could oa him.” TI said, “O tell me of my daughters. God will care for his own.” He answered, carelessly, “They went all through this coun- try, and there i is not a female left alive for leagues around, that is over five years ‘old, and when I saw them coming with their battle axes I run away, as fast as I could, and hid in the ferns yonder, and asI lay there, I heard females screaming, but I did not,dare, look to see who they were. But I heard one say, ‘Those Hebrew damsels are beautiful to look upon.” “An- other answered, ‘You may look upon their beauty to-day, but 1o-morrow you would turn from them.’ . As I lay still, I beard their groans and shricks, all night, and [)think you will find them in the. forest, beyond the ferns.” 70 “Phe boy said, “Let us go and)see.. I guess the heathen ‘priests are dlligone ‘9° before now?” “No,” I said, “God help me, I. will first bury my dead, that lies in a state of decay, then if any are alive I can bring them here:? © Then'd. «s opened the door, that the air could circulate, ere’ dare enter’ my«once! hap-> 1% py home. .Phere:I dug‘a ‘grave, large ‘enough for them: all, then I took my o'> first born, and wrapped him ina blanket,:and lay him imhis' coldy damp'*bed..19 Then the next, a: sweet -youth of:nineteen; I Jay:him beside his brothera% But) when I: entered my home for:my darling boy, and:looked uponuthat 4 once sweet, sunny face, bruised and blackened, my :courdge gave way,and Ten fell to the floor... And as I lay there, gasping for breath,/a handowas lain mi«) mine, and I heard a sweet voice say, “Brother, God is here. Arise, and bury nd your dead.” I arose tomy feet; and approached my*boy, rai-ed’ himain my — arms, and bore him away, and: Jay him» beside his brothers!) (Then Iday od dried grass upon them, and filled the grave with dirt.;' Then I fell upon that» grave and said; “Come back to me, O, yé angels bright, then, I will giveyour»» spirits:into the hands of your father, God, but the ‘bodies ‘I-vclaim..as! i dt oF own.” Then I sought the forest, alone, a8 the boy ‘had fled:me.!) I fdllowed » the path until I entéred alrdving.\\ yo i@ia.git e-orton Whod ttl Coe ql ote i t ores HARD ry fi, agdon edt brawod idet “aid Re ated” direot va yal wenaitide ger ot Howard bid hail Tord (aloo TP te tenes ae J rhevit dig leat yor vod yoitiab . fod cooly ont 6vew Hoy” bie 1 bow ae See Bp les qo yay af Wad Tt ft aan CHAPTER XT 1 a a eR ni Chita ait e on t wads t > OT? wt iiway Holy child of God assist me, I cannot br eathe. , Pray, for me, vent of a “humanity— holy. revelator of facts for us all, FF riend, ask your: own. inner lifes, id if you could look, upon your own five daughters, stripped of their _ garments, i knowing they had been crushed to death, and live? . _ Answer me, and let all coming ages know if you could look upon that, sight and liver. (Ans wer. No! No! I could not live in my mental body, but. I should. be, compelled... to exist in spirit, if I would.or no. As I have been commanded 1 to answer, |, i so I have answered. From my own inner life, I breathe it, and, iG AM, sure». there are not. but a few mothers but would answer the same. Serabe, Ay aah There, as I gazed upon the five, my ‘heart answered, “There is one “more 34 As I looked around, I saw another ‘naked body laying upon, the ground.» Vaan 3 near a brook. As [ turved toward her, I heard a deep groan, and _ ‘knew a ss. ie) that life was there. I knelt beside her, as I heard her say, “God has heard” my prayer., Father has come ere I died.” There she lay with’ one hi and upon her heart, the other reaching toward the running water. “Her pale check rested upon the damp earth, her eyes were closed, but the’ “heart "ein" r heat. Icalled her by name, and her eyelids” ‘unclosed, and she said, Path: hy er, an angel held me from death, and here she is beside me. Her fade sis i}? 3 sii yet 2. like'diamond brightness) but her eyes! and hair are dark and beautiful. She’ sat beside me’all night, and she’said’ spout were domain gut “Darling | Ketu-/'% baby? D'shouted)do not die—I am all alone. Breathe. for! me, my daveh- ter, and I will bless God forever. I -willraise -you in'my arms, and bear” you to your home, and if it please Godjtyou will live'for me and humanity.” I raised her'im:myarms;‘and:as I was bearing her along, her breath came \ deep; and she begun like this: “FatheryI must have slept a long time, but’ ° when:Lawoke I found myself beside:the’ brook, and! when: I looked, I) saw) that*Holy: angel beside me.” And she lay: her “hard on my heady and I could breathe) free,’as her arms had been folded around ‘my ‘neck ;' but ‘now © shé released her*hold;and Ithouglit she’ was’ dying): “I ‘sat down by’ the’ way,’andstill held her im my’ bosome” She gave a deep groan, and then be-" gan by saying, “The cruel:priests have destroyed all of your family,’ brother.» The boys attempted to hold the doorvagainst themy but they foreed an. en" tranee, and’ dashed them tothe floor. Then they hurled:the little boy against: » the hotise and he tell dead. Then they cauglit up:thy daughtérs, ana fled» into: the forest:: 'There you found them, as the ‘fiends left them—dead. When) they «were «all gone, I drew near, andsaw that life was left in this bodys: She had fainted, and I eontrolled her, and: bore. her: to the ’brook, where I bathed her face and head-with her own hands... When I: found I could held the body no Jongery I lay it down where: you found it. (I still», cared for her,as I did).know; you. would’ be: alone. (But .God’s children have nzed of, your care and protection, and; when. you have done all thvre is to be done. for your, loved ones, I will bear you to! them. that .are, in trouble. ‘Beset as. they, are, aid they must have. ,. You ‘will go toward Antioch, there . you,_will find, the, true and faithful, that are laboring to, lay, the. foundation for anointedpriests and;confessors. to be chained,and; bound forever... Yet. , ages on ages must roll away, ere they can lay the chief corner stone for the ,, great temple of treth to be reared that will endure forever. . Then, and not until then, will that faithful band of God’s children behold. the reward. of ‘their labors. _ But.now they are toiling, and, sweating drops of, blood, be- cause the. hand of the taskmasters are upon them, that is heathen damned in priestly robes, but when a holy band can be. freed from the oppressiv ey ignorant, benighted souls, that would chain the infinite if he was in their power. When light can be diffused throughout the earth, then, and not un= til then, can the Infinite Father be recognized by his own children. When the child-can say I am thine, my father, then earth will release all of her faithful martyrs, and they will find rest in the bosom of his love, and the fountain of God's love will flow into every angel breast, that will flow o’er all of théir conscious life, and’ they will be blessed. Yet agés on ages must pass away eré you, Stephen, will be called’back to finish up your labor, and the’ keystone: finds its resting place through freedom’s ‘seal, which dain never be bruken.’ “But you, my biTrHRE, will hasten away to the humble Nazarene, © and assist in bearing him along, until he is hung upon the éross.. ‘There’ you 725 * will breathe out your life at the foot of the cross. Then you will be borne, away to your family, but the hour will surely come, when earth: will demand you again. And now, brother, go.and bury your dead... I must. ‘0 to the © holy lamb that is to be slain. » Farewell.” «5. Te a As I bent down I saw: the face of my daughter;was linia in. doathils “Ho. | ly God,” I said, “she has left me forever.” No answer came back, but. that. sweet voice was hushed forever. I then bore: her into my home; and lay her: upon her own couch... There I knelt beside her, and: asked God to direct), me. Then I left her, and went back into the forest... There\I dug: a grave; |: large enough for my five holy. bodies, ,. Them I claimed as,my own, know-.. ing full well,God had extracted the life he gave, but to:bless me. When I. had prepared the bed, I knelt besidesmy Saloam, and said,“Thy father» will, raise thee up, and lay. you where you ¢annot again bé :crushed: by ’ heathen, brutes... Flowers -will bloom, upon thy: grave, daughter, and: angels will | gnaid each unfulding bud! ,. Thou wert. all. good;:and God. will care. for you.” » Then I raised the decaying body in my arms, and lay it) in’ the bed prepared for them all. Again I seek my dead, and stoop o'er the. body of my [Hildah... “Love; beamediin thy eye, daughter, and-aysmile:upon thy lip ever blessed) thy father... When he» was weary,’ it: gave him rest, and now, daughter, I will rest thee from fear, and God will rest thee from care”. I raised: her up, and lay: her down by: her sister, as they used to» lie, in their own bed. Another I will raise up fromthe “damp ‘earth,’ straighten her limbs in the last resting place of five ang-ls.. “Sweet shall be” _ thy repose, daughter, my fair haired Leona. ’ Sweet flower of spring, your fatier’s heart was ‘filled ‘with love’ for thee, the hour you breathed earth’s air. Thirteen summers gladdened this heart, that is now broken. © Thou © did’st plant flowers, they bloomed, but thou wert the fairest ‘of them all, and - thy sweet voice was sweeter to me than the aroma of the’ lilly, but thou hast been crushed beneath fiends in human form. | I will lay yas beside pei sis- ters, and you will forget all.” Now friend, pray for me, in'the holy name of Jehovah God, ere I can | pa gain courage and strength enough to live over again, the agony I suffered i in laying away my beloved Serah. Holy God, assist me. My heart bleeds: anew, ' as [ kneel be-ide the mother’s darling angel. “Loyed one, thou did’st. find rest A in thy mother’s holy bosom, and I will lay thee down beside thy sisters, and . thou hast fallen asleep—a sleep that knows no wakening. Thy. mother’s _ bosom will rest the spirit. even while I kneel beside the mortal form. Dar-. ) ling Serah, I will cover you over for the last time, then I will seek. him that is to lay down all he has for coming ages, through his being hung upon the ,, * cross. I shall come to you,in a home where anointed priests cannot come. and crush my, little lamb again. Farewell, my sweet earth flower, I must. launch upon the turbid waters, that will bear me to you. _ But you cannot .. bless me again in earthy form—-in spirit, you will be mine,” ‘ 73)» _ Then I covered them over with dried leaves, that the damp: earth should _not fall upon their sweet faces, and God gave me strengih to fill that grave. Then [I fell upon it, and wept, until my breath went out. How Jong I lay there, I know not, but when my breath came back, and I arose to my feet, the stars were shining. 1 could but exclaim, “Darling loved ones, I leave you in the hands of my father God, while I will seek to bless his children.” I went: back to my desolate home.:: There lay my idaughrer, cold: in death. I knelt: beside her, and) rested my face upon her cold forehead. There I dedicated myself to humanity, and made oath that I would a-sist in slaying the dragon, that had robbed 'me of my holy gifts, that God had given me, to bless me. ‘There I knelt, asking aid of God to assist me, and his angel children, to lead’me home. © Day «did ‘dawn, and a ‘holy leht was around me, and an angel hand was lain in mine, as ‘she said, “Come, brother, I will assist you in your last labor for your family, that you may hasten away to those that still linger in earth forms.” She led me to where my boys were sleeping, as she said, “Beside her brothers she will sleep, in their earthy condition, while they will all find rest in’ a higher condition than earth can give them—a house not made’ with hands, eternal, he'd in God’s own law, free from the wicked devices of children of darkness.” There I dug.a grave, and bore out my child, aud covered her over, Again I fell to the earth, and could not rise in my own strength. “But when I awoke, day and night had passed away, and the morning star shed its rays upon my bed, and I was laying there as in days’ gone by. How I came there, I know not. I said, “O, what’ a fearful dream canie over me.” But I soon saw I was alone with the living, and not the dead, as my fainily were all aroued me in spirit, and my. companion asked me what they should do I said, “God’s angel children will come and bear you away to a home bereft of fear, and I will meet you there.” I then arose from my bed, prepared barley bread, and at high noon I began my journey toward Judea’s borders. : CHAPTER XII. Who among you have courage to follow a heart-broken traveller on his way? Let him come with me, as 1 am journeying along desolate and alone. : The first night threw her dark mantle around me ere I was aware of it, as I had been lost in thought... When I could not discern the way, I crept beneath a hedge of ferns. There I lay, and communed with my God and his angel children. There I beheld the future, and I did know I must die. 6 7485 awl Led earth, 'to a oni tend There we: shall dwell raed poli ; ages, praising God and blessing each other.” But! a’ change will comé/and Pr" : shall ‘be brotght back tovearth again.” Bat T'could not’ see’ beyord' ‘the! brighé light; that was filling-all earth..|' ‘Phen’ I *fellasleepy: and*furgot myo’ vision, and my ‘broken ‘heart forgot its anguish for atime. “As the!sum awas rising, I awoke; and hastened: on vey | way, led by the angel that came! to me when jliwas imdespainy disco slim bus itiasidd oF eevet bodman DP eiaE Seven days) I journeyed on, until’ J ose Chaledon. th ‘There I found, |» him'I sought, in the home of'a Hebrew. | As Isdrew near, ’that. holy light, ;.. led. me until we reached the threshold. . “Phen she. left..me, ‘and folded the , holy Jesus in her own light, as she, said, ‘Come; in, *Stephen, you are wel-,.., come hefe.”, Nae ) + de sdb dodil teef Ghee al soy juierw Ifiw But, as I entered, Lj saw) dinany lean ee ee the float, some, jn.rags, some, ,, in decent,garments.. There I saw God made manifest through. his. children, ‘od —a power I could not: comprehend at, thatjtime... But I.did.see bright forms... 4 everywhere around us. , Jesus/knelt,down, still in the embrace of; that, holy. RS ray of light. A‘form. was: there; I, knew. it was, God's. child, that, was bear- » ing the, burden, for.us ;all, as best, she could, and. her, prayer, was, this: “Father of immensiy, hold thy. children , from, doubting. thy..ever presence A and thy. many mercies. Weary, though they..may) be, ,yet, thou will surely, 1 give them rest; In thy own wisdom they. are held, from death, that; COMING » ages may ‘be, held from darkness, death and, despair. ; And ai yseunston of light bear them along, that through their lives and their deaths they may. bless, human: yy, and, give thee the, glory, holy, eternal light, from, which, api, le draw our Jife,our all.”,, Then, she; breathed away, from:bim, and‘he:leoked. » around, and said, ieee has come, to ‘be. Jain. upon. the | altar of human »,, sacrifice,, QO, my,,God,,bind.up his; broken, heart, that he, may) breathe, out of his earth condition, filled with hope, filled. with love for thee and, humanity.” Sid “Am n,” I answered, “I am ready now to do my work for the ROOF, be- nighted children of humanity.” Then we ate, and lay down to.rest, but early in the morning we started for Antioch. But ere we reached there, we were met by a confessor, and he said, “You are going to be hung, and | shall be back in time to assist in the work.” He flew past us; armed as he was, he séemed to fear us. We en tered Antioch, and there were many gathered from all parts of the countr 2 Sick’ and suffering as they were, they shouted, “He i is coming, ie ‘will heal us” There we formed ourselves in’ a circle, in the centre” ofl the ghuare.”” Jesus said, “Bring forth your sick, one at a time, and God will heal all that?”® can be healed through the natural law, and none other.” ee became filled. with life. As I breaded deep, ise Was filled with électrieity. “aay werd a - D A O48 2B fdacied 1 2 set F i are gyes ives f ‘ re ; ligle Eww re cs i * Stephen, the Galdban, not the father of Simon, “He was 1s Judea's blood.) 18/19 Jenue we j a + %; > 7d neal But others we nt‘dway, filled with!’ disease ‘that Goa eotild not reach bi throiee his wn breath, electrié life. ° But ‘ere night'clo-ed ‘in upon us, we oe sought! for a plage of rest. T left’ thein, and went” ‘beyond the’ Hill, ‘and the” conféssors Saw me, and’ ‘they sought to lay hands upon me. “I was’ aidyunicipt to five into’ the forest, bearing toward ‘Tyre, as the holy” controller “ot Jesus, Leiah; hadddelared that! we should be scattered,'but we must’ méet™ eat! of! Tyré; as after cor ae he world vob us: ehaniet to'fini-h up our Y labor: da and‘ go home.” ei al a bitd a V4 ; bi bah AJ} és ) )§} Dee For’ days T rdvsaepseh abies in the fret until hunger: volt tein ‘me to seek’a herdsman’s hut, and ‘asi for bread. “But the’ time did ‘come wlien we° | were brouzht together; by the same hand that had held us from death. There’ was'a great commotion among the heathens...’ I accosted’ a’ lads and‘asked him the cause of it... He, answered, «“The crazy man has come” down fromthe’ mountains, and they are going to crucify him.” T hastened’ away ‘from ‘him, and followed ‘the by-places, until I. came to a green slope, There I saw a great multitude gathering toyether from. every direction. As! Edrew near, Ivsaw Jesus | was )coutrolled,,.and) I ‘heard shims say, “Gather together all of the feeble in one band, that:they may draw’ strength. fromalmighty strength, that: they muy live long enough for God to be glori-» fied through their death, and they be prepared fora brighter sphere, and may ‘ they be baptised by the breath of Jehovah: God, even ‘here, that) they) may ©: seek to learn their way to heaven, beyond earth, where they may find rest.” The holy brother then lay down, like’ one that’could not rise again. His’ , mother knelt beside him, and folded Wis arn ‘around him)and burst ‘into tears, as ‘he said, “Joseph, take him to ‘thyself, even now.” He, my last, my loved’ one, T; eve to thee, thou life of all liféland Twill seek him ‘in thy bo- “ som, iny ‘Coa s raised him up as ‘he breathed one word, “ ‘Mother.” ‘Then he fell back 4 ain. John and Bartholomew came forward, and said, “Let' us bear him away béside’ the fire, that ‘he may be made more comfortable, tele) and ‘you, “Siephen, assist Mary, and we will cover them o’ér, and let them — rest.” “Rest,” said Mary; “where will my beloved Jesus rest, but in a ho- lier condition than earth can give?” . A'l of the histories give facts concern. ing, the, journey. from Tyre to Mansion and my testimony could but add one more, line. to the records of despiir that was made manifest through the suffering of the Hebrews and. Calde ‘ANS, also some of Judea’s children. There came in their midst a heathen confe: :sor, by the name of Mathew. We commanded him to_ “go back, but he declared he feared to go, as they would accuse him of heresy. Jesus’ br eath came deep, and he said, “Hold him here, because, if he goes away, he will return with a battle axe.” Then we held our peace. He remained qui t. until the eight day ; ;, then he sought, to lead us beyond a hill. Jesus turned to us, and, said, ‘Beware, lest: you. fall.” Then we kept on our way, buts re thorning dawned upon us we were thrown into confusion, by a pattle axe “being thrown into our midst. Mathew my 7655 held his way along with us, until we entered J erusalem, and there, he, was. beheaded, being found among. the heretics. Here I must give answer to, the. 3 teachings of. to-day. Mathew is held, through priestly devices, as. a holy. thing, and a, book, bearing his name, ‘has long been held before the ‘benighted _ children of earth. How could he keep: records, when he could not. have... read his own name, had it, been. held before him. +. Here. we. will give him credit, all that is his due; and nothing more. |, He was an anointed confessor,“ and he was a brute, and his own history, given by himself, will be found. in‘... a book. called. “Sayings. and’ Doings of Anointed Priests and Confessors.”. Then, coming ages will know whether to hold him asa saint, or hurl him... from them, asa filthy thing.. When he. saw. he could mot deceive the holy. breath that was there, he remained quiet until he was,seen by the enraged priesthood. They dragged him away, and, beheaded him, ere Jesus was! . crucifid. Here I need not attempt to. give relative to the sufferings,’ of that holy, but de:zpised, people. Crushed earthy, but: Lhiadl In. hanno filled with light, filled,with love, filled with God. From the time I came to them, I did all:I could to saleviate stheids eek suf ring. I did see Jesus raised up, after he was nailed to\the cross. Idid’ see his mother kneel at the foot of the cross. I did see her dragged away. by her hair, by confessors, commanded by the men ‘Priest, easton and nse ji head was’struck off in the same hour.: Conc.usion.—I have finished my work for thees O humanity, eesti | bid you a last farewell, I will kneel in humble prayer, before my father, God, and ask his aid in holding his own created from the dark, benighted souls, dwelling in mortal forms, robed in priestly garbs, that are working eyil in- stead of good; holding themselves before humanity as holy things, that they. ? may be looked upon as chosen instruments, to,leadand guide God's. children = home; that God may find that; which he had lost. _ Nothing is lost, God. , forgets not his own, wherever their destiny may. be cast. He breathes upon: . him, and in his own time: blesses his own created. , Praver.—Filled with life from thy life—Alled with light from thee—I | would leave earth's children all I have to giv e—my blessing. Lead, 0, lead thy humble revelator into the green pastures of thy love, beside the still wa-_ ters of thy many mercies. Bedeck her with holy garments, and may their many f.lds sparkle with diamonds, denoting good. acts, by blessing - the poor and needy, and soothing the aching heart, when it is beating i in fear. Grant her, O my. God, a life filled with thy own light, that she may ald thoze in i darkness, that they may beholi thee, as thou art, filled with © wis -dom, filled with light, filled with love for those that seek to feed the lesser mind. "And may the life-line be drawn full by thy own hand, that she may assist us in finishing up our earth labor, and free us from the demand that is ‘upon us, ’ 4 = ep ee ee ee a held by humanities necessities, and when the hour comes for her to sleep her last sleep, earthy, may my family be blessed by a freed spirir, fill d with dey light, filled with faith, and filled with love for thee, O, my God and ‘hu- manity. -Then my angel loved ones will chant a hymn to welcome the “weary servant ‘of you all home to rest. These holy blessings we would ask of. thee, father, God. Now farewell, HRUGGRA. Farewell, my dear friend and sister. ‘me will come to you when God extracts his cwn from materiality, and assist in bearing you away beyond the reach of man. ‘Jarewell. CHAPTER XIII. TESTIMONY OF JUDE. DrEcEMBER 23, 1870; Light fails around me, bright faces come before me, and I catch their sweet accents as they breathe upon me. Voices from the deep past cail me. I will again answer, I am ready to breuthe for you, my dear brother. I am ready to suffer with you, and bear your burden, that your sorrows may be lightened, even while you live over again the grief that fell upon you’ in youth, the suffering of manhood, and the agony of a ‘fearful apie — » Sertbe. | Here I declare myself Jude, the son of Caiphas, the High Priest, As I am to lay down my earth history, I will write them before you, child of des- tiny, revelator for God’s children that were drawn into the whirlpool of con- fusion, concerning light being attracted to earth through the holy Hebrew family, and they declared the presence of a living God, and_ the presence of his angel children. The first I recollect distinctly was, when I was about four years old, being called into the ehamber, where the king’s children were at play. One of the children said, “Look, Jude, see what a fine caretaker we have got. See what pretty blue eyes he has got, and fine wavy. hair, and he is so kind to.us.” At that moment he raised his eyes to mine, and I loved him from that moment. At that time I was permitted to remain there at least half an.hour, then I was called to goto my mother. I saw she had been weeping. I did not ask why, but I said, “O, what a pretty caretaker the king’s children have. I wish he could come here.” She an- swered, “That cannot be. Your father says you must never go into: his presence again.” From that time I used to cry to go and see the pretty Hebrew, until I was told he did not care for the children, but be had become ‘oars ya Chamberlain, ..-Day, .by,,.day, 1 looked upon: him,, but was not, permitted to speak to him, , “Theo, after, By time, ] he, was 3 gon. ne, I neyer knew, 9h ere) fie Was, . told. “after, he was the one that emit fe much, ‘commotion, in seer ,, There; I dye! t, Jn, ; MY. mother’ "s chamber, until LT I was fourteen years.old, I Le had. a. little apartment, ‘adjoining my mother’ s,, Where AB, Ere Teft, my q _mother ri do know. she had three children born, as:I T heard; the em. ory,and ther. their voices would be. hushed. ‘But I did Bee, BP nen. lying en. the foot of my mother’ 5 bed, and it was, ad rh rk. purple. “tr I. asked ,my mother whose baby that was. She made* no os but covered her face with her hands and burst into tears. Soon a man came inand carried itaway. This — happened when I was a little boy, not more than five years old. It had al- ways been the custom to take a boy from his mother’s chamber at fourteen, to be educated, and as my time drew near, my mother seemed filled with grief, and would sit beside me for hours and hold my hand in hers. One day she seemed uncommonly ill, and I sat beside her as she lay upon her couch. She reached her hand to me, as she said, “My dear boy, your father has told me you are to go from here ere the sun goes down, and I feel it my ‘duty to’tell you why I am here, and why Caiphas is your father. I | know I can never look.upon you.again, ‘alter you leave; ‘me, as) your! father "_sdintends you, for an anointed. priest, and I cannot, dive, had you havejfinished your education... But I would: have you, know: I am not:here:by my ‘consent. Nowelisten, dear Jude, to the words.of a dying, mother, and diereafier;if;you can, assist, the: poor, crushed’ damsels.of, Galdea, and; hold;them! from being destroy ed; remember that is, your mother’s ,blood; and:she.will seon go to her own. My father, was chief ruler in Mesapotamia, and he was fearfally+,af- fected by the heathen priests dragging away, and destroying, | ci » dau ghters, and he started to go to J jerusalem, loping the king’ ‘could assist in repelling thé invaders. But ere he could reach there, | he “was. beset! by a band of confessors, and destroyed, ‘and we’ heard of itithe ‘day a band of “con- fessors Game and bore away my four sisters and myself.” ‘Thad a : Tittle “brother; his name ‘was Stephen ; ‘named for his grandfithér, © If he is s living v or dead, Lknow not. I'am ‘relating my history, ‘that you ean tell ith the ‘fate of his Sisters, if you should ever see him. TI do ‘know he ‘was’ not ‘de- 4 i ii when we were borne away. Say to him his ‘dldest sister’ diva" ere “morning dawned upon her, in this house, and in this room where: Tain’ “how @ying, the first night after we were brought’ here; and’ the one’ ‘next “(6° her ' died ére the sun rose, and the two youngest angel sisters’ were’ eft ‘alone’ ‘un- "til their sisters died, and then they were crushed to death ere ni ght fellu upon “them, “And say to him, his third sister lived to suffer | more ‘than a “{housand “deaths could be brought about by naturés laws, but she will s soon be beyond the reach of drunken priests, and will’ find’ rest in ‘the’ “bosom of her wn be- loved i at hd she ceased | to speak 3 saw | Tig tears roll down her i Liderts wend of} ee ee 4o79 _,gheeks, but she, soon continued, “They will make you one of. thems, livia ReY re will make you one ‘of them, my darling boy.” Bad tia it bang My. soul “yas wrung in Agony), and.) I said aa myself, ae will, live. to te avenge my. mother’ 3 wrongs.” . Then I lay down beside my mother, and bi folded my. arms around, her, é ees she seemed dearer to, me than ever. before. There we | both TEP t.until my, mother, fainted, and I could not TAHA At 4 jdeath, ‘Bug. ae he hed recovered ie surprise, he, was slike, a ea incar- Tae. He. -caught, me;by my arm, and hurled me from my mother, as he » Said, ay | will teach you better acts than hugging you mother. in her bed. no bhey are waiting to. carry, you to ‘Antioch. Now be gone.” There, I left my, mother, dead. as. I supposed, but I learned after, that she lived one. year and ahalf, a poor heart- broken woman, calling for her. boy. When J was _ told. how. she mourned fp ml Ga A longed to die to, go to Rae although I had hit one, and eoule was so tees to ay nature I ce the FA cOHen. br it That, was,. I must hold forty different females, ere I could .be. anointed and take the. oath that was, demanded. Ihe hour did come when I was to be _ borne, back, to the court, and with an aching heart I begun my journey, _ knowing fall well my angel mother would not be there to cheer me. When I «i Teached there, Caiphas was away, and I sought the room where my mother lived and died... I,closed the door and fastened it, then. I knelt down. beside “the bed and poured out my whole soul. in pleading for my mother to come to . “me . Ere I ceased my dey otion, alight form fliited past me, and I shouted : “alow dy “Holy God, give me my mother.” That was the first time in my life had ever breathed that holy word, and it frightened me. My mother had es “tanght. it me, ina gentle whisper, but we never breathed it aloud. There : my. mother bad taught me ofa father God and his angel children being ever __ present. “But. my father never suspected his boy was being ta sught heresy, when he intended him for an anointed priest, Even while [I knelt there with my, God and my angel loved one, a loud knock was heard at the door, and there I bowed my head and asked God to direct me. Then J arose and ’ ‘opened the door, and the chamberlain gave a message thus; “Caiphas de- ' mands your immediate presence in the king’s chamber.” J obeyed, and_as I came betore the king, I greeted him. Then I turned to Caiphas. He reach- ; ed his hand to me, and I lay my palm.in his, and he begun bike this: “You _ are now prepared to finish your education, and the, sooner you begin.. the , better.” J bowed my head, and;said, “I am ready to obey my father.” Then he said, “You can begin this day and hold. one female, and to-morrow . you.can: hold four, ang. as soon,as. you haye held forty you.shall be anointed, and become one of as.’ a was frightened, because I saw he was in earnest. _ There I; stood; but. could not answer. As I had been reared in seclusion, I 80 hardly compr¢hended his meaning, yet I was filled with | fear. “The hing said, “Don’t frighten the boy; he is a frail youth.” Caiphas answered, “Meat, strong drink, and females, will make him hardy.” * “His harsh expres- siot's caused me to shudder, and I could hardly breathe. ‘Then’ he said, | eS will call the fairest damsel in court, and she will bless you” “No, Ea said, “I do not wish herto come. Tam Sages and. cannot ‘obey you in that re- “spect, but obey you in all things I can.’ Then | my father raised his ‘hand ye! Abbe me to the floor. Iarose to my feet, and exclaimed, “God” help me.” Then he hurled me from him, and my head struck agaiest. the door- wzy, and the blood streamed down my face. Then the king said, “Caiphas, you must not kill the boy in my chamber, and I feel’ you are’ hasty. - You have been drinking strong drink. Go away, lie down ‘and sleep. “Leave the boy to me, and I will tes what I can do with him.” Caiphas — saw ‘the blood, and he knew he had been hasty, and he left the room without an an- swer.- As soon as he was gone, the king said, “Go and bathe. ‘I will call the chamberlain, and have you cared for.” The wound was dressed, then the king said, “Come here, Jude; you are a frail youth, and I fear Caiphas will kill you.” There I knelt beside the king, and his kindness caused me to forget my fear. I said, “O, king, let me go into the highlands until I be- come stronger, then I will try and obey my father.” “No,” said the king, “T cannot give my consent, lest Caippas will seek you out, and destroy you. ft “Then let me go without your consent.” The king said, “I am not ea able,” and he caid to the chamberlain, “Bring a herd:man’s suit, even now.’ He brought it, and I robed myself, then Knelt before the king, and aa “God bless you, good king, I will pray for you when lamaway.” The king covered his face with his hands, and wept, ashe replied, “My mother taught me to believe in God’s mercies, while my father would have destroyed us both, if he had have known it. Here boy, take this, you may need it,” he said, as he gave me a handful of gold. “I shall say to. Caiphas you “have gone into the country to get strength, in order to fulfil his wishes, but if you do not return he will send his spies everywhere to bring you back.” J an- swered, “God will direct me, and my angel mother will lead me. Farewell, good king, I shall not forget your kindness as long as I walk the earth.” Then I fled the court, not knowing where to go, but I made my way toward ‘the highlands. Day after day, I journeyed along, until I found myself in a desert country. Night came on, and I was alone. There I sat down and fell asleep. I dreamed I'saw my mother, and said, “Jude, God cares che his own, and he will bring an angel bright to lead and guide you on.” I awoke, and light fell all around me, and a sweet voice breathed my name, and said, “God is here, and you will be lead to a place of rest.” Then she said, “Come, brother, come let us hasten away; my brother is waiting for us. He will lead you to his home, there you will find friends and comfort. 81 He is now beyond the cliff; we will mcet him there.” She lay her hand in mine, then I lost sight of her, and as she breathed her life into my life, I be- come strong and sped away, my feet hardly touching the ground. Ere I reached the cliff, I began to falter, then the same voice said, “Yet a little farther, and we shall meet my brother.” The earth again seemed to pass beneath my feet, until we stood upon the highest crag. There I saw a poor; frail man kneeling in prayer. The bright form seemed to leave me, drew near the humble man, and knelt beside him. As I drew near, I heard him Say, “Holy creator, God, I praise thee that you have brought back my angel _ sister, and him that i is to die for truth’s sake.” Then he arose to his feet and ‘drew near ‘me, as he said, “God bless you, dear brother, I will lead you to “my ‘mother. She will give you food, and you will find rest beside me until you are called forth to begin your work. “He then laid his hand in mine, and the other in that of his angel friend, and we glided along, higher and still higher up the mountain, bearing northward. But ere the dark night closed in upon us, we reached a humble cot, and as my brother knocked at the door, a female opened it and as she held the torch in her hand, I thought she was the most beautiful female [had ever looked upon. She folded her boy to her bosom, and said, “I am blessed, I'am blessed. Holy God, I will praise thee forever.” He answered, “Dear mother, God alone has held me from death, and brought me back to you again.” , ‘Then. he. said, “Mother, I have. brought you a poor child of destiny, bruised and broken, but not ut- terly destroyed. . Prepare him some food, as God’s child..says: he has had nothing to eat for two days and a half.” :, Then. the holy child of. Mary breathed deep, and I saw he was in the embrace of an angel. Then he _ said, “Mary, 1 have brought him as I premised, and another one beside him. . Make him comfortable. . I must. take bim away ina, few days, but my, broth- er must remain beside you until Leiah comes, for, him, but. when he. goes down from the mountain home, he will never return: here again.” . Mary asked, “Am I never to see him again after he leayes me?” The angel an- gel answered, “You will go to him, but he cannot come here again.” I ask- ed, “Can I never again look upon my friend and sister after. my brother is Md from here?” She answered, “I am. your sister, and I shall come ‘to you in your hour of need. I shall go with you into Caldea, and shall not leave you until you are safe beside my brother, John. You will labor with him until Jesus i is called forth again to finish up his earth labor for the pres- ent age. I will then come to you, Jude, and lead you to him, that you can assist him in healing the sick, and. declaring God, that the inhabitants of earth may know who to worship in spirit and .in truth.’ My brother's breath, again come deep, and as the influence left him, he ‘opened his eyes and looked around, and said, “A holy calm has come oyer me that I never knew before. I am freed from care—I am freed from weariness—I am freed 6 sg. from hunger. God's bread has filled me full. Glory to God, now Ia am bd ape a, to finish’ =P all there is for me 'to do, anil een eee A (od chit a aE ae Ro sent PE: Denso banal afans ot re ‘ f i i ie} yy Korloyent a at Tesla? Vie Te ae Ee “ode 4 Spashig Yn” RLY ee oot Ca ee - i ‘ ayetd oi Bowie teal tdiy Hart i é : : holy calm. i is ya ce feel the md presence, Rays. of Tigh are een _God’s breath i is upon my brow, and I can behold earth filled with, i drawn from eternal light, and my humble prayer, shall ever nearer’ to thee, my God, may humanity be, through, ‘the light from thee, thou God of smmensity, until every soul can feel. thy, breath, h, and every child of thine shall say, there is no death. Then if shall feel my labor has. been rewarded, through thy. holy influence, ‘tracing lines filled with life, filled with light, filled with God's love for his own. My soul is ‘full of the light that is around me,. and I, too, feel to exclaim, ey am going home—my sun must set ere long, but it will rise ee —Seribe,, * My brother ate but a little, then we laid down to rest. After they wal all at rest, I could but exclaim, “Happy children of poverty, thou art plessec q in thy slumbers, fearing not thou art to be dragged from your. beds, ant id be dragged about by the drunken priests, as the poor females : are in the home I have fled from, where devils revel in drunkenness and debater through the dark hours of night, and where the fairest earth flowers are be- ing constantly blasted by those brutes in priestly robes, and when the poo | slaves are dragged out dead in the morning, others are brought in to supply their places. (I dare not declare what I know, as none of the present age could believe the depravity in a heathen court,) but what I have | seen I do know, and my heart aches, even now, for the blasted angels I have left be- hind, and if they could be freed, I would lay down my life for their free- dom.” As I breathed the last word, I felt a gentle touch, and I saw my mother kneeling beside me. A deep drawn sigh escaped her, as she breathed her life into my own, then I saw all of her past sufferings, and holy God, ] I could have damned the king, the priests, and the courtiers, when | another breath drew near, which seemed to say, “Veil those fearful scenes you have passed, dear sister, and look beyond. A‘home awaits you there, and you will be at rest, but thy boy will ‘become a human sacrifice for his angel mother, and then you will both be free.” My own breath came back, and | I fell asleep. Early in the morning the good Mary was _astir, and she _pre- cers) pared the barley bread, but before we ate, Jesus said, “This is Mary's feeble brother, and Martha, her only sister. _ They were compelled to flegwith my ; family, else they would have been cut off years ago. Here are m brothers. oy This j is James ;. he prepares the fuel, and assists my mother, whil my father s isin the lowlands. earning bread for his family. Jessie is a feeble boy, but | he i is holy to, us all, as. God’ 8 child can, breathe through him as egsy as she can through me, and we are oftimes caused to exclaim, ‘ we are blessed above all men, even in this.desolate spot. . This is, our, darling Simeon, the joy of every heart’ 4 That day passed away, and I forgot my sorr Day by day passed away, but as the sun was setting, Joseph came up tis mountain with a bag of barley, meal upon his back, and when he had greeted his fam- Me ily, and rested, he said, “There is a great commotion, in the lowlands respect oy Ang a. youth, and by the description it must be you. _ Caiphas has offered two hundred scruples in gold to any one that me bring you, to him, as he.is de- rt termined to. behead you on the great square.” I answered, | “God held me that I could die for his glory, and I fear not the battle axe” Then they all _yyate their bread, knelt in prayer, and their humble cot was filled. with li ght, and I , Was entranced by an influence then I did not know, but afier, I learned it was _ the controller of Jesus. He dec lared I, must begin my journey at early ie dawn, and must bend my course south by east, leave the desert.on. the left, I _ there. he will find a smooth country, that he can journey nights, and lie in the ferns. by day. . Bear away bread, for he will have nothing to eat. for at least eight days, but what he carries with him. Then he will come to the . _ border country of Caldea., There leave the herdsman’s country, and,.go di- rectly. toward, Babylonia, “But ere he reaches there, he will meet with John and his followers. He will remain with them until Jesus comes to them in Caldea. . There. he will remain until John is called back to Antioch. ,There _ he will meet with Jesus, as he will be compelled to flee Caldea, with a price upon his. head, and. he will not leave him. again, until he is dragged away by Caiphas, and hung upon the gallows, that will be. prepared to hang, Jesus , upon, when he:enters Jerusalem... Mark the route for him, Joseph, that he _., May not be cut off, but let him be held until his death may be recorded among those that will be brought back to earth, to declare what. they. know - concerning the Hebrew family and their first born, Jesus. _ Give him those __ eharacters;on the bark. He can read it all, and comprehend its meaning.” _ Lawoke, and Joseph handed me the bark. 1 went away alone, and read it, -and as I looked upon it my heart beat, and I said, “I am doomed. . I must die by him that gaye me life, I lay the bark down beside me, and burst. into tears. Jesus sought me. He came and knelt, beside me. He asked . God to, assist us, then he folded his arms around me, and wept until his breath went out of him, Joseph called. I gaye answer, “Jesus is dead.” ,»,.t1e hastened tous, and there lay his first born i in my arms, and his breath weer Ost a x back to his home, a when he entered there, Lazarus said, “Fe is 8 not Der ; won Jacob have been borne away into captivity. sh also” saw te ou . was n ay famished. ay knelt beside him, and asked God t to hold him untitg dw S4itod Jal bard rola od here hac, gone out of him. | Joseph raised, him. in. “his” arms, ‘and. ‘bore him | oe | forever. ” He arose and bathed. They all ‘knelt in prayer, then he aid his 4 hand in mine, and said, “Come, brother, I will bear you company to the foot Wh ‘of the mountain, then I will return.” ‘Mary’ had the bread prepared, ‘and as she handed it. to me, T said, “God bless you, ‘Mary. | he ‘had ~ a mother once | ‘that loved her boy, and I long” to meet her where’ we can “dwell together, ‘and bless each other.” I then bade them my ‘last. farewell, earthy, and has- ‘tened away with Jesus. | That night T reached the foot of the mountain. I; ‘began to feel the desolation of my future life, as it came. before: me. "There ‘We sat down upon a little bank, and I begun like this, «O, ‘destiny, what hast ~ thou in store forme? Am I to be blasted, earthy, while i in the’ ‘spring time : ~of life! ‘a Or am I to be ‘borne along’ on the turbid ocean’ of humanity, onl Ti am dashed upon its hidden shoals, and lost’ forever ! posi Jess’ covered his ‘face with his hands, and a deep ; groan came ‘Welling up ‘from thé very. ‘depth of his soul; as he gave answer, «Homanity holds ‘thy destiny anid’ mine, ! ~ Their ‘demand is upon us, dear brother, and you and I must die?” “Treplied, “Cannot we flee to some country, where ‘we are not known, duel ‘there be ’ freed from the persecution of the priesthood ! p” Then, ere ‘he gave” ‘ahswer, | ' he knelt in prayer, and exclaimed, “Holy Almighty, ‘creator God, ‘Yead and guide thy « own created Children, i in’ thy’ own wisdom, ‘and we will obey thee, | Come life or come death.” Then he bowed his’ ees and” ‘Tpeceived’ ‘answer, | ~ «My children, thou bélongest to humanity. Their demands ‘are. ‘upon you, will lay down your lives upon her altar.” , That will © ‘bit begif a work for” “me and mine. Earth will change, | ages ‘must pass ‘away, ere T can bé ‘known * heat, ele ee “among my own. "I came to them, they knew me not, but the’ time will come when they will ‘know me, as T am the’ life of all things. | Then the earth will become my kingdom, and I shall live in the hearts of 1 my children” “Amen,” answered Jesus, and I ‘answered, « Amen.” ~ Then he’ arose to | his feet, and I “ said, “Who was it’ that gave you that message ?” He answered, @T saw naught, I heard naught, but the soul of all creatéd things” gave answer, and that ever bespeaks the truth’ ‘that ‘cannot’ change, because God changes not, — even from the beginning.” He then stepped up to me, and folded ihe to his yey bosom, and said, “God will surely deal’ with us according to ‘the dé éinand that "is upon us.” My heart béat for my brothér, and ‘I wept upon his’ bosom. — He rested his face upon my forehead, and big tears rolled down his cheeks, — There we knelt, in that holy embrace, asking God to give us strength to en- 85 dure to the end. Even while our hearts were breaking, an angel of light drew near, and clasped _ her arms. around us, and we both exclaimed, as in one breath, “God i is here. His angel children are here.” Then we heard, as from, the inmost depths of that light, “Prepare ye the way: Make your _ paths straight,” a “Here: another form appeared, and said, “Arise, O, ye sons _ of men. Waste not your time in useless lamentations. You, J ude, must go a little farther toward. the desert, and there you will find a place to rest until - | : the morrow eye. Then speed on your way, as dirccted. And you, Jesus, make your way up. the mountains, as the night is very dark, and a storm is ‘Gt gathering.’ Then the holy daughter of Leiah answered, “Dear father, eu will bear him up| the mountain, and I will reach his home ere Mary. extin-— guishes. the taper.” is ‘Then I turned to Jesus, and said, “God bless you, dear | brother. ‘My prayers shall be for your safety. | Farewell.” As he turned to go, | I saw he was electrified, and as he passed from my sight, I turned and made my way 1 toward the desert. I found a place, i in the thick ferns, where I could lie down. and rest. There I remained until the evening following, and then A went, on my way. I journeyed on, as directed, until I reached the border country « of Caldea... Then I inquired if a Hebrew had been in that part_of the country, holding forth, The tiller of the ground answered, “Do you mean him that has renounced Judeaism, and embraced heresy ?” “Tt is him,” I said, “and I would find him.” He said, “Friend, I am afraid you are being deceived, as many more have. been, by that poor, deluded man. I am thinking he is one of the poor, crazy men, that know not what he says, | and I am afraid of being affected. But you can find him in Cunnaxa, as I heard by. a beggar, that came directly from there.” _I then said, “God bless you, brother,” and went on my way. Night closed in upon me, ere I could reach there, and I lay down to rest. Isaw my mother, and she said, “Dear Jude, thy bed i is hard, but God will give you a holy place of rest, ere long. Then your head will be easy, and your heart will beat free for God and hu- manity.” Then I slept until early dawn, and I reached Cunnaxa ere noon. There I saw a multitude gathered i in a valley, and that holy man of God was breathing upon ‘them light, drawn from etérnal ‘light, and they bowed | their “heads in acknowledgement of the blessings bestowed upon them, through the faithful John. When he said, “God bless you all,” and sat down upon the ground, then I made my way to him. He ,reached out his hand, and said, “Welcome, brother. I knew you was a coming. ‘My sister told me you would be here at noon, and you would assist me in my labor.” = I answered, “God's command is upon me, and I must obey.” There I remain- ed beside John, declaring God’s presence, and his wondrous formations, heal- ing the sick, living with the beggars, and the poor families that gave us a welcome to their humble fare, oftimes sleeping on, the ground, with the bright stars 0’ er us, and the angel chant to cheer us, and to, hush us to sleep One year. and two months had passed away, when there was a great, com- | Heyy 4 bref coming, and he was much more é crazy ‘than’ the J ew, “and he ‘Had com- ' maded the man to walk that had laid on his bed for a long’ time, and priv ding no use his feet, and he was cured by the crazy man saying, “Disease, depart trm him.” But he had fled the country, as the priests were: going to be- | had him. But when they came for him, he was" gone. “But. he went to Assyria, and when he reached Siazuros he begun a work in, ‘that heathen” pnd, that can never be forgotten. © There he healed the man ‘that had been ~ pit. There he hurled the crutches from the beggar, and commanded him to. manded the damsels to flee the priests and confessors, else “they - would be- rome diseased, and all die. There he declared the presence of Jehovah God | compelled to flee, and he fled to ‘Messopotamia. : There, i in a place ‘called ‘Singany, he met John and his followers. Thad then been with John two fia and Andrew and Simon came with him. ~ When he reached us, ‘it: _was being about the middle of the day. We were “holding the people by” declaring God’s children would come in their’ midst, ere the sun, wert down. a When they saw them coming , they. shouted, “Fail, the children. of. God are. . coming in our midst.” There we laid the foundation for that, people to “be. denounced as heretics by the Hindoo priests, ‘and after we left them ‘they were destroyed by hundreds, but enough heretic ideas were left t to, savor that _ people, even to this day. John was, compelled to flee by night, and Jesus was borne away, by his controller, toward Antioch. 1 followed John, as Jesus had been taken away from us when we, were asleep. But he did not. go direct to Antioch at that time, but he fell in vii the Shumites. "There " r he healed the Caldean woman, with an issue of blood, and she and her, son | followed him to Chaledon. , There John and his followers met him. There was done a work that has been handed down, concerning the poor, scarlet woman being held from death. It has been said that seven devils were cast out of one poor, frail creature, that could hardly. ‘stand upon her feet. Had that history been recorded by children of light, they would have said she had been crushed by anointed priests and confessors. O, humanity, how 3 you have been misled, by false accounts being handed down to you through | ‘the Catholic churches. God’s children can be no longer misled by. their mistifi- cation. Ere we left Messuporamnia, John was entranced, and begun like this, “Je- sus has fled the country, and you must follow him to Antioch. But you will meet him at Chaledon. There you will do the last work ‘you will do in A nes nah AwmA -oAi ladda ” the hands of confessors, and we were compelled to’ flee. We begun our > way, bearing toward Jerusalem.’ ‘ I had been ‘away from the rest, and sat - down behind a‘hedge to rest. I heard a bandof anointed priests coming along the main road.’ As they were in earnest: conversation, Listened. One said, “We are losing ground, daily, by the damned heresy that is filling the land, and heresy must be destroyed. But that rabble has leftAntioch, and where they have gone, we do not know. : But the old heretic woman confess- ed, before I struck off her head, that they were going toward Jerusalem, but if they have gone there Caiphas will care for them, and if he reaches his’ son” Jude,:he will crush him to death.” Then they passed by, but as soon as the had gone from sight, I hastened back to my brothers, that were. lying.’ down to rest'in the bushes. Jesus: answered, “We will remain here until night covers earth with her dark mantle, then’ we will enter the main road, | and then we can reach Cana ere morning dawned, and there we could re-) main with an aged Hebrew until night again. Then we could, follow the ! main road, and our journey would be much:easier. Butiif we traveled by) day, we must follow the foot of the mountains and the forests’, Then we, continued on our way, until the eleventh day: Then we espied the dark. old city. Seemingly it lay at our feet. Jesus sat down, and gazed upon it, .) — and there he read his destiny. After he had’ finished, he rested his head) upon his hands, and burst into tears. “Then he said, “I shall enter thatcity jo to-morrow, but not for the last time. Once more I shall be borne back, and then I shall find rest. ‘There I shall finish my labor, andigo beyord. There I shall-find rest until I'am called back to’finish up that ‘which cannot be» done in the present age. ' Mighty changes will be brought about, ere T again 0° breathe earth air.”’ We then breathed a prayer for Judea’s children, asking): « God to give them light.’ We arose early, even while the'stars were shining,’ © and bent our steps toward the doomed city, where I was to die.’ I fell upon) © my face, and in the bitterness of bats soul, I asked God to take me to himself, lod even then, but dié I could not.’’ That’ day we could not enter the city, asa great multitude came to us: There was a poor, sick Hebrew boy.‘ Jesus” called the boy, and said, “Come hither.” He folded his arms around him; © and said, “God ealls you to his own bosom. | There you will be healed in’ spirit, but the body will rest in the bosom of earth.” The boy’s head drop-" ; ped upon Jesus’ shoulder, and was dead. "That night we slept upon the | ground, but the next day we entered the city. Pa 89 All of that day we healed the sick, and declared the presence of Al- mighty God. But:in the after part of the day, the priests gathered together, and dashed upon us. I was buta little way from John. ‘They caught me, and he fled them. They felled me to the ground, then caught me by the: hair, and aragged me toward the gailows, that was erected on the great: square. | Caiphas met them, and said, ‘Give me the damned fool. I will finish him.” He then jerked) me backward, and fell upon me, with both knees upon my chest. ‘The breath went out of me, and the blood flowed from my mouth, nose: and ears, yet I could» hear... I heard him say, “Give me the cord. Let me damn him, and destroy him.’ | He drew the cord so tight that no blood could flow down from my head, and my eyes were press- ed out upon my cheeks. He then threw the cord over the gallows, and drew me up. Then he went back among the poor, helpless creatures, that could not get away. My body was left there, with three others, until the day following, that they could look on the fool of a ‘heretic. I am here before my friend, in earth form, ‘asking to be remembered when earth holds her no longer. ‘Then may I meet'her, as my friend and sister, where parting is no more. Holy, eternal, as thouart my father and my God, we are but of thee, a part, and may’ we never more divided be, in heaven, in earth, through all: eternity... Now: farewell, frail humanity. I have done my duty by you all, in declaring facts, as they were when I walk- ed the earth. And now farewell, and farewell forever. 1 am Jude, the son of the brute, Caiphas; And you. that have assisted me in my history will surely find rest. After a few more suns have risen and set: upon earth your sun will set, dear sister, forever earthy, but we will hail thy coming to a higher cordition, where we shall all seek to bless you, «ven as you have: blessed. us. CHAPTER XV. THOMAS THE APOSTLE OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. I was a Caldean by birth, and my father laid off his earthy body when I was but a little boy. © My mother was a frail woman, and her child could be nothing but a feeble thing. As my father had been a tiller of the ground, all the care was left upon my mother. © Thus I grew up’ beside the holiest woman God ever gave to man: Her teachings were ever full of wisdom, and the love of the living God was ever before her. We always knelt in 90 prayer before we, went to rest, and ere we began our labor for the day. Even when I was sick, and restless, she would say, “May God’s angels care — for my dear boy. | He is all I have, earthy, to comfortme. He is a holy thing, and the light he attracts blesses me. | His body is frail, it is true, but — his soul is filled with knowledge that comforts me.” ‘Then I: said to my mother, “God’s command is upon me, but I cannot discern learly what it) | may be.” ‘Then she answered, “Let heaven direct 'you, my dear boy, ‘then all is well.” . There I remained, beside that: angel mother, until my fifieenth ©. year. About that time the Shumites entered Caldea’s :borders, and as my ~~ home was near their kingdom, and their invading atmy bore away all of the males, except the aged and infants, as bondsmen, while the females were left: © to care for themselves and their helpless friends. I fell’ into the hands of a hard task master. After a time he saw. I was too frail to toil beside those that were strong and hardy... Then he called me to him, and said, “Here, boy, you can go and care for my children,.as they need some one, and I think | you can do that.” ‘Thus I entered the home of my. master,and become as one of the family. Seven children were around me, and I sought to interest them in all things I had learned... One. year ‘and»a‘half had passed away, when there was a great commotion. among the inhabitants... A’ heretic had © + come in their midst, and they knew not from whence he:came, but he declared » God’s presence, and the presence of his angel.children, and he had also laid hands upon the sick, and they were healed... Here I was permitted to go) © out with the children, and look upon him... And as I stood there, filled with: | holy :adoration to God, a feeling came over me. I:could not comprehend « its meaning. I gazed upon him, and my soul,was filled with. holy love for that angel of light, that treathed in mortal form. His face was the most beautiful I had ‘ever looked upon. His eyes were blue, like the ether; his hair was light and wavy; his beard was flowing; his garments were coarse © and worn, but all the outer covering was lost when I gazed upon that sweet, holy tace, so calm, yet care had set her seal there. As I was enwrapped in his expressions, he raised his hands, and said, “Who among you are ready to be baptized by the spirit of the living God, and receive the gift of healing the sick?” I drew near him, as he said, “Holy brother, thou art of Caldea’s blood.” ‘I bowed my head, my breath came deep, and I forgot all, until I heard my master say, “Heal my boy, that lies sick of a fever, and he shall be free.” But after we entered that home, a power fell upon me again, 1 and | I fell asleep. But when I awoke, the boy had arose from his bed, and. de- clared himself healed... From that hour, we left the Shumites, and made our | way toward Caldea. -How my heart beat, when I thought of my mother | a and our home. Day by day we journeyed onward, and at night. we would . lie down and rest in the homes of the tillers of the earth. Sometimes we were not permitted to enter the homes of any of them. We would lie down nS ee a ee 91 upon the ground and rest until morning. But on the sixth day, ere we arose to our: ‘feet, I heard ‘my brother, Jesus, say, “Holy angel sister, care for Thomas.’ He isa feeble boy, but the power of God through him is mighty.” I then saw a form, and as she drew near me, js felt'so calm, and as she breathed upon me, I saw her clearly. Her face was like a diamond bright. ' Her hair was dark, and hung loose upon her shoulders, and her’ eyes’ were black, and her garments were nothing but light. Here another form appeared. He said, “How is it you are not on your journey?” Then the spirit answered, “Death father, they \ were weary, and T felt they ou eht to rest as long as they could, in order they may ‘endure the day’s toil.” ‘Then her hand was laid in mine, and I forgot all, until I found myself kneeling beside my mother, and she was in a swoon, upon the fioor of my own home. ~I’ bathed her temples, but she gave no signs of life. "Then I si to Jesus, and said; “Assist me; I fear my mother will breathe no more.” "He came near, and laid one hand upon her head, and the other upon her heart, and said, “Assist us, Holy Creator God, in this, our labor.” He had no sooner said’ that, than'she opened her eyes, and her breath came iti? Then’ she arose to her feet, and folded me to her bosom. , cee ! All that day we all saw, and conversed with the holy band that filled our home. After my mother arose to her feet, and. fear had left me, then my strength gave away, and I fell to the floor utterly exhausted. Jesus said to my mother, “Your boy is dying for food.” She answered, “Bread I have none ; milk I have none, but I will go to the herdsman, he’ will give me some.” But Jesus said, “Remain here. Ihave’a work to do there.” He went away, but ere he returned, a bullock anda calf were driven to my mother’s home, and left there.’ The man gave no answer when I asked him why he had brought them, but went away. After a time Jesus returned, but fearfully exhausted, and laid down. ‘A man came'to the door, and said, “Is there something I can do to earn food, as I am an hungered, and none haye aught to share.” Jesus answered, “Go slay the calf, even now, as we are all fasting, because there is nothing to eat.” ° He then fell asleep, while the beggar slew the calf, and my mother prepared the meat. Here they be- gun to gather around our home. ‘Those that had followed us from the Hivite country, forty at least, were there, ere my mother could feed her own. Then the meat was all prepared, and they were all fed. When they were filled, my brother said, “Gather up all of the fragments, break the bones and pre- pare a broth, as there is a band of poor, half famished beggars drawing near.” It was done, but ere it’ was prepared, twenty famished creatures called for food. Jesus arose, and came out in their midst, and said, ‘‘Holy Infinite God, feed these, thy children, with the bread of life, Jest’ they per- ish, here and hereafter. Hold them from darkness, and bathe them o’er with eternal light.” Then the food was set before them, and they sat down 92 upon the ground, ate, and they were comforted. Then I said, “Goaway, now, we need rest.” © ‘They all withdrew. upon, se hillside, ‘and remained ; hoc: there until the morning dawned upon them on the. following day. | | But that. vite Oo night I found. comfort in. my home, that, I had not: known ji ina long. time... ai Many lingered, near all of that day, andithe day. following. Among 1 the ma-. ny were found four, that could receive. the power for healing. Those; We won gathered together, and all that. were sick were healed, and among, the _ rest. hy ie my mother.. She had been afflicted with a bleeding tumor, but it, .was then 1 stosl then called an issue of blood... Jesus laid his hands upon her, and. the. power | bin) was so mighty, that it felled her to, the floor, ond in a short time she arose t 1? her feet, and exclaimed, “God has healed me.” _ Then Jesus answered, “Give. God the glory for. his mighty wonders.” On a fourth morning, ere the day dawned, we were awakened by a ceiehieh crash, ~My, ‘brother. Jesus was aN olay controlled, and said, “Arise, find prepare for a journey. The heathen. priests, | will be here ere the sunrises.” I attempted {o rise, but. there was a Pov a 4 upon me. A gentie hand was said in mine,.and I saw that. holy daughter of Leiah kneeling beside me, and she said, “Arise, son) of Caldea,, and. follow hat my br other, to Antioch,” ”- answered, “Who will, eare. for my. mother i pt “She will go with you, else she will be cut off. Haste, O haste. The fiends _ will bg here in less than an hour.” ; I then called, and said, “Let, us , hasten, » A away.” We began our journey, and as,we climed the highest. hill, toward _ the desert, we sat down to rest, and as I turned. to, look, once more on. ‘the , home of my childhood, I saw a band of priests, with their, flowing garments, . ae coming out of our home. . “Look,” I said to my mother and brother ; “our - a4 home ‘is. polluted by hell’s children, and we can never enter there again.” - a My brother Jesus breathed deep, and said, “Children of. Caldea, thy, , home, | is beyond. . There you will find rest, and not. before. There God's , children. will dwell together, and live but to bless. others, even as they would be blest « ed. There God will direct, us into. his own kingdom, the home of. the. bless-_. ed.” He then made an expression like this, “Come, God's. child, assist Mis on our long j journey, less we fall by, the way, and darkness falls around us.” Then he became filled with light, so. much. so, that his hair seemed to sparkle ‘ “ with electric sparks. Then he, raised his hands, and declared hims self, to be Zadock, _ Then he continued, “I have come that [ may | direct you on your. , way. [be priests will follow you, . Make your way into the ferns below, cn and make your way, as best you may, toward the desert.” Ley said, FARG FOU). ar the Zadock that died in Judea’s borders?) He: acral A. breathed OUb fon, of that frail. body, because the sight;that was brought before me, was. greater... than I.could bear, \I,saw the.beautifui children, of the. damsel ;destroyedy:.... one after another, until the first, born, of the holy pair, was. brought, before;,.:;.. me, hanging upon the cross, writhing in agony. Ehen my breath went,out, 9. and I breathed, no more in that earth body, bat from that hour Lhavesought ; YO tet fey Patoy aaa f ” 93 _, to hold them from, destruction, and assist\in bearing their burdens, and the ») hour, draws near, that I must look upon. | the real body, hanging upon the cross. His father is already doomed, and James cannot escape: Jessie is made to feel death is before him, and the line is drawn for Simeon—he can- » not pass it—and angel Mary, thy heart. is bruised, but it must break.” He then said, “Hasten away; there is,no time to spare: They are already upon »your track.” . We-all arose, and hastened forward... We reached the ferns, sere they. caught sight of us, and ere night closed; we had gained. the, desert. »» © Prail,as my mother was, ber strength was sufficient for the hour. . We lay down that night to rest, upon the cold, damp earth, it being the coldest part ,. Of the season, but we slept, while the angels bright held their forms around us, and. we felt God,was,there.. ‘Then, when the morning dawned upon us, “we arose, and shook the dew-drops from our garments, and knelt in hcly ador- ation to our father’ God, for his mercies... All of that day we held our way across the desert, but-as night drew near, we all sat down exhausted,as we had nothing to eat from the time we left our home. . Alter we had remained _ quiet for a time,my mother began to chant a hymn, one I had never. heard P| vishal Befor és: It was like this: le ““ ee ae ee ee on, 117 , One night, as we were sitting beside the fire, conversing about Mary, a rap was heard at the door. Isaid, “Come i in.” . Joseph entered, Pad breathed the name of Martha. Then he said, “Brother; God bless you.” . He then, told us of his family, and said, “Three boys God has given to me, but one is, a frail, little thing. He is seven months old, and cannot creep, and my first born cannot stand upon his feet. But the second one is strong and hardy. I have come,” he said, “to get work i in Jerusalem, but when I have fished the building I have the promise of, then you must both gohome with me.’ He remained with ns one month, then his work was done, and he felt to go. home. “Let. us get ready,” he said, “as Mary and Martha will be made so happy together, and you, dear brother, so comfortable, and I. can. earn enough to feed you all, and, to spare.” We then prepared our bread, and began ¢ our journey. Day. by day we continued ,on our way, and on the eleventh day we reached the foot. of the mountain, All of that day we toiled up the mountain, and when the light was lit in that humble home, we enter- ed there. Martha and Mary folded each other to their bosoms, and shout- ed, “Glory to God,. we have met again here on earth.” Then Mary lay her hand.i In mine, and said, “Brother, God is here, and_his angel children, are here, i in our mountain home.” The children were afraid, and I said, “Come here, dear children; God bless you.” As I made that expression, the eldest one, a frail little thing, crept beside me, and reached up his litile hands, and. I raised him to my knee... He Jay his head upon my bosom, and I felt he was a holy thing. , The other children came near, and I raised the youngest in my arms, he being about eizht monthsold. I said, “Joseph, how God has blessed you with such beautiful children.” He answered, ‘‘God’s. mer- cies endure forever, without a shadow of turning.” I felt a holy calm come over me when he made that expression, as I had been led. by, the faith- ful brother, and found light. | Jesus raised his head from my bosom, as he said, “Holy is that light, drawn from eternal light, and may. it ever lead you aright.” Jcseph.turned to me, and said, “Brother, the holy angel, Leiah, B idl breathes upon that boy, and teaches me in the ordinance belonging to the order, that I have never learned before.” Then the boy seemed to awake, and I . saw drops of prespiration standing on his forehead, like dew drops. I said, “Joseph, look here; Iam.atraid this influence will destroy this child, unless it is held from him.” Then Mary said, “I believe that spirit has held him from death, and his daughter blesses me daily, with her love and her care. She folded me to her bosom when he was born, and has never left me since, and whenever the children are in danger, she will give me warning, that I may care for them. I believe she is a holy thing, and I love her, and bless God for such a friend. Look, look,” said Mary;. “she is here now beside me.” Then she folded her arms, and shouted, “Glory to God. I assisted you to flee, ere those’ fiends incarnate, destroyed you, in your own home. That night you started they entered there, prepared to kill 118 you, brother, and damn you, Martha. Ti saw, and I heard, and 1 knew their designs, and I caused Joseph to turn back and bare you away, and here you. are, in the home of angels, and pa you find rest until you will ‘be- called again to go down the mountains.” Then Mary opencs her eyes, and said, “How happy I am.” There we dwelt, giving God ] praises a vad never ending: mercies, “one | on ee ws day. But the time did come, when ‘Leiah controlled Jesus, ale suid The will go down to the lowlands, brother, as the air here is too bracing. But you will breathe better in the lowlands. Go on, from time to ‘time, as your strength will allow, until you reach Jerusalem. Prepare ' your, home a as near the city as possible, as I have a work to do there, by and by, when my boy \ gets a little stronger. They will all be brought to you, when the hour comes, and you will be apprised of their coming.” Then Jesus awoke, and i saw his breath was staid, and his heart beat. I asked him what be saw. He answered, as he crept close beside ay, “A black man, all ‘covered with | darkness, and he says you shall not go.” “God direct us,” Hf ‘said, “hen all. is well.” Then he looked up to me, and said, Si bright man 1 has driven him away ; how glad I am.” The next morning we began our journey, and ere night closed i in, we reached the valley below. ‘The next morning we hastened on, but the fourth day my strength gave out, and Martha began to build a home for us, with boughs she gathered from the forest, and grass she gathered from the earth. That night we lay down to rest, with the hope of continuing our journey the next day, but I was unable to rise from my bed of dried grass, and Martha made me as comfortable as she could, and I was compelled to remain there two mon:hs. Then again we continued our journey, until we reached Jeru- salem, and our home was destroyed.* Martha hired a deserted ‘hut, that had been occupied by a Hebrew family. They had all ‘been destroyed “by confessors, that had gathered to the feast, which was ever held once each year. At these times the Hebrews were fearfully crushed, and the author- ities dare not say, why isit sc? Martha cleaned the home, and prepared me a bed of clean grass, and I begun to feel God had blessed me with a home, and comfort. Martha labored for those of high blood, as she had a hand to do everything to please, and she earned enough to make us ‘com- fortable, and to spare. We continued to live here until Joseph’ came to us, and said, “I have finished my work here, for the present, and if Martha will go with me to our mountain home, I will prepare the way for her to return, as Mary i is so lonely without her. She answered, “How can I leave my brother?” “Martha,” I said, “I can care for myself. — Do go. and comfort * I have ever felt the hand of God led us away from there, as on the, evening tnilawinhes band of confessors entered there, in order to drag apron aw ay, and in their rage at finding her gone, they destroyed our home. ee ae ee fe ee a ee SS ee 119 Mary, and if it please God, bring them back with you.” Then she prepa red bread, and I bade them farewell with an aching heart. Joseph seemed joyous, and Martha was cheerful, as they said, “God bless you, dear brother, and may the angels comfort you.” | There I remained until spring passed away, and summer was passed. There, silent and alone, I was asking God to reveal to me the destiny of my family, when the door was pushed gently open, and Martha entered with Mary’s boy, Jessie, in her arms. I said, “Holy God, my prayer has been answered; here is my sister, and here is this darling boy, Jessie.” I took him in my arms, and lay him down upon my bed. Then Martha told me all. Then she added, “As soon as he is rested, his leg must be taken off. that he can live to bless his family, and declare the living God.” “Amen,” I answered. “I will see it is done, as he is rested.” Day after day we de- layed, when at last Martha said, “Delay we can no longer, lest he dies.” And I prepared the way for it to be done. But, O, my heart beat when the rough confessor applied his knife, and the breath went out of my darling boy, and thus he lay, entirely breathless, until it was accomplished. After it was done, the confessor said, “He is dead, and if he is a heretic, it is no matter.” When Martha lay the silver in the confessor’s hand, he said, “I will go now, but he willdie.” I sat beside him, and bathed his forehead and his hands in cool water, and he soon raised his eyes to mine, and said, “Is he gone?” Ianswered, “He is gone, and Martha and I will care for you until your father comes. He will be here before the flowers bloom again, and you will be healed.” Day after day passed away, ere he was conscious of his leg being gone, but when he saw it was gone he burst into tears, and said, “Has God taken my leg away?” I said, “The leg had perished, and it had to be taken off, that you could live” He seemed satisfied, and soon fell asleep. During the winter I became more feeble, and spring brought strength, and I was more comfortable. I was told by the angel daughter of Leiah that Joseph and his family would come, and were even then on their way. She had remained with us from the time the leg was amputated, and direct- ed Martha in caring for the frail boy. One evening, as we were sitting be- side the fire, a gentle tap was heard at the door. Martha answered, “Come in,’ and Mary opened the door. Joseph and the two children entered. “Glory to God,” exclaimed Martha; “my beloved friends are here. Let us give God the glory.” “Amen,” said Joseph. “God is here.” They had hardly set down, before Jesus was controlled by Leiah, and said, “This body is to be borne into the midst of confusion. Pray for us, that we may come back free from harm.” I answered, “May God care for my dear boy, and hold him from death.” Then he breathed his own breath again, and _ said, “How dark it is where I have been, and there was a great deal of confusion in that darkness.” Then they ate, lie down and slept. But the next day, 120 as we sat at meat, Leiah folded Jesus to his bosom, and he darted away. We arose from the board, to look after him, yet he was no where to be seen.’ But ere we could learn anything from him, he was brought back to us again, after the absence of four hours. ‘The heathen feast had lasted four days, and’ they were drunken fiends, filled with the fires of hell, and Jésus had ‘been borne into the city, even into’ the Council Chamber, to give warning to” the rulers to close their gates, else they would all be destroyed. | Then he said, “Save, O, save the Hebrew families, that can be brought within your: gates, else they will surely be cut off.” ‘They heard the boy, and believed ‘him, and hundreds were saved, among the rest, my own dear triends. ‘When the | heathen had departed from Judea, we all sought our homes, outside the walls. But when we entered our home, grief filled every heart, as four dead damsels lay upon the floor, and they were children of light—Caldea’ 3 blood—and when we saw who they were, Mary exclaimed, “They are ‘the daughters of my friend, and she, too, must be dead.” Then we called the magistrate, and they were borne away and buried. That night, after ‘the heathen found a part of the Hebrews had escaped them, their hate was dis- played in dragging about the children of Caldea and Judea, and as my home was desolate, they dragged in these helpless females, and held them there until they were dead; and they lay there two nights and one day, ere we returned. I must add, every year, when the heathens held their feast, the’ destruction was fearful among the Hebrews and Caldeans, as they were looked upon as a despised people, without home or country to call their own, and I, a poor Hebrew by birth, through Sodom’s borders, and from the house of Joseph, was an outcast among them. I dare not appeal to the Jews for redress of my wrongs, as they despised the Hebrews for their faith’ in God, and the Caldean’s for their disbelief in a Messiah. = Now I must go on. - Our home was cleansed, and a holy calm came over us for one year and a half, except when we had to flee again, when the hea- thens held their feast. Then Leiah controlled Jesus, and bore him into the synagogue, among the doctors and lawyers, under the control ‘of the’ angel bright that had blessed’ us all with knowledge. There he’ was held eight hours and a half. “They asked him questions concerning the | affairs of the kingdom. He gave his answers so clear, and prophetic, that they held their breath with astonishment. He declared to them that the heathen idolatrous worshippers would destroy their synagogue, and the Jews would be seatter- ed, and become wanderers on the earth. Then they counciled together, and said, “As he has knowledge of. our kingdom, can he not assist us in driving the heathen from Judea, that we may find rest here.” Jesus sprang to his feet, as if he had the strength of a man, as he shouted, “ Prepare ye the way ; make erooked ways straight; the kingdom of Jehovah God on earth's to be estab- among his own children.” Then they asked, “Who are his own siaiapui v i 121 As he. raised his hands above his head, he. exclaimed, “ They that worship the Infinite, instead of man, and seek to obey the commands lain upon them: for humanity.”, Then he darted away, and. none knew whither he went. When he reached our home, he gave a gentle. rap, and fell across the, threshold. Mary raised him in her arms, and folded him to her bosom, as she said, “ They will destroy this body, but God will surely hold him in his own embrace forever. From this time we were compelled to keep him in our home, as the Jews sought for him, but found him not. And as the Jews had offered a price for him, to be brought before them, the angel Leiah came in our midst and said, ‘‘ We must flee into the mountains,” as there was a great commotion among the Jews, and he would not be safe to remain there longer’? Then we prepared the bread, and clothed the children. Joseph took Jessie, and we all set out, filled with fear of the Jews, as well as the heathens. - Day by day we journeyed along, but we made our way slow, as Iwas feeble and the children would get weary. After many days, we reached the hut of the aged Timothy; not, the Timothy described among Joseph’s ancestry, but his descendant.. We entered that home, and he bade us'welcome. There I was compelled to remain for days, until Joseph could leave his family and return for me. When I left the aged man, be bowed his head and breathed a prayer for that family he knew must die. Then I bade him farewell, and we reached Joseph’s home ere night obstructed onr way. ‘There was great rejoicing in that: home among the children, as they felt they were free from danger there. I) remained in that family, happy and contented, for years. But from time to time, Jesus would be borne away from us, and some- times he would be gone for weeks, and sometimes for months. Joseph con- tinued to go to the lowlands for labor, and as he returned to us one evening, he said he had bargained to build a house for the king Pontius Pilate, and was to begin as soon as he could bear his family back to Jerusalem. Jesus answered, “ You will go, Joseph, and this boy will be called to care for the king’s children, and the sooner you reach there the better.” We begun our journey the day following, and we reached Jerusalem weary and exhausted. Joseph began his building, and Pontius Pilate saw Jesus, and asked for him to care for his children. In that home, time passed away, and Jesus grew tobe aman. But from the time Jesus entered that home, we never saw him again until he returned to us, even as holy as he left us. And as he entered that humble home, the same angel bright walked by his side. She then breathed upon Jessie, and said, “I have brought him back to you, holy as he went away, but wiser, as his knowledge had been drawn from angels bright, and he has now the knowledge of the dark, benighted children, where fiends control instead of God; and you will soon be compelled to flee to the mountains, and a price will be set upon his head, as my Father Leiah will control him, and denounce the heathen Priesthood.” 122 Joseph soon came home, and said, “My work is done.” Jesus answered, “ Mine has but begun.” Day after day passed away, and we were so happy together. Joseph returned one evening, and said, “I can find nothing to’ Jesus breathed deep, and said, “There is no more work here for you, do.” Joseph, but you must take your family, even now, and begin your journey toward Helem. There you will find enough to do until I bring this body to. you. ‘There is to be a bursting forth of the fiends of darkness at Antioch, and I must bear this faithful child in their midst, and denounce them for © their fearful acts upon humanity. But fear not, I will bring him safe baek to you in your own happy home.” Then Joseph answered, “ God will care for us, and his angels will lead us aright, if we flee evil and seek good.” We begun our journey at early dawn, and continued on and on, anitil we reached our mountain home. There we remained two months, ere he came to us; but the holy ray of light came to us, day by day, in order we could be held free from care. But when he did come, he entered there when we were kneeling in prayer. Breathless he came, and knelt beside his mother ; and when I had ceased to pray, he breathed a prayer like this: “ Life of all life, and soul of all souls, I. will praise thee forever, as I have been held. from death, and being led back again to my beloved friends, I will give thee . all the glory.” Then Joseph answered, “Amen! Glory to God! My son has been brought back by God’s angel children. They are beside me even now.” At this time he remained at home one year and a half. Then he was taken away again. He was led, guided and directed by tbe angel daughter of Leiah, through the border country, until he reached the Dead Sea. Then he crossed the country on the-sea coast to a place called Gaza. There he declared God among a band of Hebrews that dwelt there. He healed their sick,,and then bade them adieu, and then went to Arimathea. There he was beset by heathen confessors, that sought to destroy him; but he was borne away in the night by his controller, and stopped not until he reached Lydia. There he dwelt, with a friend of Joseph’s, one month, bless- ing the people with light, healing the sick, declaring God, and his heart was filled with love for that people, as they were good, and asked for knowledge. Then he went to Damascus, leaving Jerusalem behind him, as he feared Caiphas’ spies. ‘They were ever watching for him. He entered the city of Damascus in the evening, and he was made te exclaim, “ FHell’s damned are here.” There the heathens were destroying Judea’s children, as well as the Hebrews. He asked the cause of so much commotion, and got for answer, “ There is one Suge, that is destroying all of the heretics, no matter what blood they are.” Then he shouted, “Holy God! stay Paul’s hand, ere he destroy all of God’s children in the land.” At that moment they heard a crash, and as they opened the door a battle-axe was laying there beside a boy that was gasping for breath. | ee Jesus raised the boy, and bore him into the house. There he bathed 123 the’ wound, and it was healed. Fearful was the condition of the inhabit- ants in that part of the country, as none Knew where the slaughter would end: He left Damascus, and made his way across the country to Cana. There he remained four months.. Many were blest by him, but others scoffed at him. There he was controlled, denouncing hypocrisy and deceit, priesteraft und drunkenness. The priests heard of it, and they sought to lay hands upon him, but he was nowhere to be’ found. Then they seta price upon his head, like this: “An hundred scruples in silver shall be awarded to any one that will bring the head of the Hebrew Heretic at the cross roads before the Heathen Council.” Then he sought his mountain home, and we were blessed by his pres- ence, and the presence of the holy spirits that guarded his destiny. Months and years Jesus remained with us, except now and then he would leave us fora short time. At one time he brought home with him a poor, frail youth, that the heathens were seeking to destroy. His father was High Priest in Herod’s court, and when Pontias Pilate reigned in his stead, he retained his position. Herod believed in idolatrous worship, but Pontias Pilate, being born of a Princess from Caldea, and as the mother was taught, so she be- lieved and taught her boy her faith, as far as she dared to, surrounded as she was. And the king never forgot the admonitions of his mother, as he did know his father was a brute. And after he was anointed king, the High Priest controled the kingdom, and Pontias Pilate held the crown with tear and trembling. And it was by this king’s hand the youth had been saved, and he fled, not knowing whither. Jesus found him, desolate and alone, at the foot of the mountain, and brought him to his home. There I knelt, and asked God to hold the frail youth, until he could begin a work for homan- ity. There he remained until Leiah came, and breathed through Jesus, and said, “Go down the mountain, Jude, bearing toward Caldea. There you will find a faithful worker for humanity. Labor with him, and afier many days I will bring this body to you there. He obeyed the command, and I bade him farewell for the last time on earth. Jesus remained at home for months, but when he did leave that home, again, he left it forever. But ere he departed, his controller said, “After a time Joseph must take his fam- ily, and make his way to Tyre. There he will remain until I bring his son to him again, after many months.” When the time came, Jesus was borne away. ‘Then we lingered for a time, then bid farewell to the mountain home. When we had journeyed four days my strength gave way, and Mar- tha remained behind with me, and said, “If it please God, I will come to you, as soon as my brother is strong enough to bear the journey.” O, how my heart ached, when they bid us adieu. I looked after them until they were nearly out of sight, then I fell to the earth, unable to rise for hours. . While I lay there upon the ground, the future unveiled itself to Ag me, I saw that family destroyed, one’ bat one, natil: not.,one’ was . left, on » earth, and my breath went. out of me... But, when I could breathe, I told. Martha all... She wept until her daa was nearly. broken, and I ¢ould not. comfort her. And there we were compelled, ‘to remain for one year, in that) desolate country, but we procured food: from.a herdsman; about half a league, distant. As the weather became. fine, we started, again, and | reached the, country near Antioch, ,, There we remained for,a .time, until Jesus; came’ to.) us, with his followers, and. remained, all night. - Then'we'were compelled:to. flee, in the night, as the heathens had ‘seen them enter there. Wemade our: way across the country, as fast as we could, bearing toward Tyre, but» kept» along at. the foot of the mountains, and. through barren wastes, as the heathens. were in great commotion,’....Again, 1) fell sick, and: we were; compelled» to: build a home, by digging into. the side of the hill, and covering it: over) with: brush... Here we remained until Jesus. and!Simeon came ‘to us, when «they were fleeing to the mountains. ' After they left us; we remained) there six days yhinie but on the fourth/ eve Jesus.came to us alone. | a Elalsgie God, as-! sist me. My heart was broken then, and as'I look’ back, | it» bleeds. .anew. Holy son of my Mary, an outcast and a wanderer, hiding among ‘the crags’: and rocks of the mountains, for what? Because’ God has: endowed ‘him with knowledge others have not; and the priesthood fear that knowledge, and» they seek to destroy him, ere hée detlares’the fulness of 'God’s glory, or’ his: wondrous creations.! ‘There Jesus) folded Martha to his bosom, and they! both fainted, and fell’ to the floor’ ‘There I was entranced, but what was said, I know not. But Ido know, when I awoke, my dear Jesus was ‘goney and Martha was kneeling in prayers Then Martha said;“We are to go to Tyre, as soon as we can reach there, because Joseph’s family will all be de~ stroyed but Mary, and there will’be none to bid him come”?\ 9 1) . We began our journ*y that day, and reached ‘Tyre after eight days, shuld? we found the hut of oné Peter.: ‘They bade us welcome; and J remained: there until Martha could build us a home, near by, ‘and as soon’ as she had: prepared a bed of dried grass, she led me there. We had been’ there one! week, when I was entranced by the/Jewish seer Zadock. | There I was held,: in a deép entrancement, until all life seemed to have left mé, and: the body was prepared fur burial. Icould hear all, but move I could not, and )Ivex-: pected they would bury me, as I was, In the evening, a'boy “came. to’ the: door, and said, “There is aman‘ in‘our home, and he told’ me‘to ‘come here: and tell you God’s children are starving for bread.” Marthagave him some bread, and he went. away. «As I heard all, I feleit ‘was Jesus, 'and ‘how: I: longed to speak.’ Then a’half ‘hour must have passed away, when Jesus en tered there. Martha was ‘kneeling in’ prayer; when Jesus said; “Lazaras is not dead, but sleepeth.” ° Martha answered, “He is dead, and I have prepa- red him for burial.” Jesus stepped'to°whére I °was laying. ‘The napkin’ 4 3 . q ‘ q ‘ Je 4 a —caieneeas 125 was bound beneath my chin. He tore it off, and threw it upon the floor, He then lay his hand upon my, forehead, and.I felt the flesh cringe beneath his hand. Then he commanded me to arise, in the name of Jehovah God. In an instant my eyes were loosened, my breath came back, and my heart beat. He then shouted, “Arise, Lazarus; begin your work. Declare God ‘and ‘his many mercies.” He then turned to Martha, and said, “Prepare hy- /sup, give it him’ warm; he is chilled all through.” He then left us, but in “less than half‘ an hour he enteréd that home again, and bore away a part of the hysup tea, that Martha had prepared for me. Martha could not leave ‘me, although she knew Mary was sufferi ing. ‘But ere morning dawned, Peter’s daughter came in, and said Jesus desires Martha to come to Levi's tent) on the hillside, and she would remain with me. Martha threw on her pres and stepped forth in the dark, hastened away to her bereaved sister. oa When the sun arose, Peter came in, and said, “I must bear you away to | it! tent, as the heathen are cutting down all of the Hebrews in the city, and ‘in all of the country rotind about.” “He wrapped me in his own coat, and ‘bore me in his arms, until we reached the foot of the hill, then I said, “Let mié down upon my feet, and T will try and walk.” “Then he led me up the hill. AS'I entered there, I fell down beside the two holy children of desti- ny. There I lay, until I was borne along, ona hide brought from Peter’s. ‘Thus, day by day, I was borne along, until the eleventh day. But in the ‘night God called me away, and I was blessed by the change. And now if humanity is willing to be blessed by the changes wrought by Almighty God ‘since that fearful condition in the history of man, they may be blessed in- ‘deed. Light, my Father God, light from thee, that I may read the destiny ‘of coming ages. Freedom’s notes dre “everywhere vibrating upon the air. Angel’s are walking the earth; knowledge is diffused everywhere; souls are inspired to read the book of life. Then the wicked will no more hide by day, or seek to do evil by night. Then the infinite will be made manifest through his ‘creations. Then God will be acknowledged all in all, and his children a portion of himself.” And you, my daughter, will go down to your “grave, filled with love for humanity, but they can never know you. There we will leave you, in the hands of God, and his angel children. You have borne my burden, and I would bless you. ~~“ My work is done for all coming time, for the inhabitants of earth. Farewell. I am the poor, frail man ealied Lazarus, brother to Martha and Mary. 126 CHAPTER XVIII. PETER’S DECLARATION AS Ir WAS. ae I was born in Selucia. My father was a, hesflinw hendanap, I was his first born. _ 1 grew to manhood, believing in idols, having. been. taught that doctrine from, my earliest recollection. Having eight. brothers, I was not needed to care for the flocks and herds, and I became a fisherman. My father assisted me in building a boat, large enough to hold three of. us;, when we chose to go together, and all of the fish we should catch in the stream inja day. I took to myself a companion, and God gave us seven children. I caught fish, and exchanged them with the inhabitants for barley meal, camel’s hair, and goats hides, in order my family could be clothed and fed.. My family grew, and I was compelled to go to Joppa, that my eldest children could. get employment, and help care for the rest. There I built a boat, and fished along the shore of the sea, until I felt my family would die, as “there. was nothing fer them to do, and I could not exchange my fish. for, barley ’ meal. I then journeyed across the country to Jericho.. There I remained until I was compelled to flee the country, being accused of heresy. I sought the rivcr Jordan, and launched my frail bark, bearing away | my. family. tova country called Bethsheba. There I heard, by a heathen, that there was a Hebrew man healing the sick through Judea’s border, by - knowledge none had but himself, and he was not more than two day’s journey from there. I answered, “May he come to the humble fisherman, and I will do all I can for him.” He looked at me sternly, as he said, “He is going to be beheaded, and you will be denounced as a heretic, if you dare assist him.” From that four days passed away, and I was watching every passer by, when I saw a frail man coming directly toward me. I accosted. him in heathen dialect. He answered in Hebrew. I then said to him, in his own tongue, “Come in.” He entered my little hut, and I begun to: ask if he had heard anything of a Hebrew, that had been healing Judea’s peeple,, by a law no, one could comprehend. He smiled, as he answered, “God’s law controls disease, as. well as his mighty creations, and if we live in accordance with the law, we shall be blessed by the law.” I saw.a ray of light beside him... His eyes closed, and begun, “Holy, Creator God, holds. his own created. by the law that created them, through conditions that are brought in contact with his cre- ated... Listen, brother, God’s created are caused to feel that this man has more knowledge than they can comprehend, and they seek to destroy him because they fear light. ‘They will destroy this body, but the inner man will be borne away, to a higher condition. There he will remain until God can free a portion of this earth, then he will be brought back again, and you, Peter, will be beside him, and you will remain there until God is acknowl- a a} ee ee ae ee a Gi RE nae Te ef ee re oe es ra op ad 127 / edged, and his angel children are recognized by earth’s inhabitants. There ‘you will remain until your earth labor is done, then you will be borne back to your own family, and there find rest.” I asked, “Cannot I fini-h all there is for me to do, in this body?” He answered, “God’s command must. be obeyed, and you brother will be called upon to leave your home, and follow him, until he is hung upon the cross.” I said, ‘When shall I be called ?” He answered, ‘When the hour comes, all will be made plain.” - He then called my family around him, as he stood in the centre of the room, then raised his hands above his head, and called on the living God to hold my family from heathen deception, and lead them to the kncwledge of the trath. Even while he prayed, my eldest daughter was entranced, and shouted, “Glory to God, the humble can have a home, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” Then she fulded her arms around Jesus, and said, “Broth- er, God is here. Let us hold him before us, in all we do.” Then Jesus re- plied, “Angel sister, I am made to feel that I am blessed above men, by God giving me a heart that beats for all good, whether it be in a hut, or in high places, and above all, that he leaves you beside me, to lead and guide me on.” “Wait here, dear brother,” she said, “until you are rested, then I will lead you to a den of darkness, that the poor benighted souls may re- ceive light” Jesus remained wiih me, at that time, two days and two nights, Then he knelt and prayed, ere he bade us farewell. But when he turned to go away, I said, “Can I not go with you, in this hour?” “No,” he answered, “but I will come to you again, ere you begin your work. _ God bless you, Peter,” he said, “I am going among the Sodomites. Pray for me.” When he had gone my heart ached, as it never ached before. i. I heard in after time he wrought a good work among cMildren of dark- ness. ‘The heathen feared him, until they saw his good works. ‘Then they feared the priesthood. There being a drought in that country, I was com- pelled to go with my family, bearing northward, to a country called Niabak, in heathen dialect. There I lived, and caught fish in the Jordan. Many years passed away ere I saw the holy face of the humble brother again, When he came to my home again, I was drunk. God forgive me. I make the acknowledgment before humanity, and pray to be forgiven by them. And from that time, I never tasted strong drink, but once, as long as I lived. He remained with us that night. From that time I never saw him again until he assisted me when I had been tossed in my frail bark upon the river. when I thought I should be drowned. After he had assisted me from the boat, that had been tossed upon the shore by the waves, he said to me, “God has saved you from death, Peter; now save yourself from drunkenness.” - There I stood, with his arm around me, to keep me from falling. As he raised my bottle before me, and said, “ Look, Peter, God has dashed your boat, and I will dash your bottle.” Then he threw it into the waves, and I heard it dash against a rock. Then I looked for my boat, and it was dashed “498 to pieces upon the rocks. The rain fell fearfully, and the tides! shook the earth around me. Night was covering earth with her dark mantle, and there I sat until the tempest subsided. The winds © blew, and T felt God had cursed me for my drunkenness. ‘There I knelt, ere I dare attempt’ to rise to my feet, and made a vow to Almighty God, that I would serve. him as long as I walked in mortal form. From that time 1: saw the Nazarene no more until site he came di from the Beeline and’ I met him i in my ; ea OLY Sad own home. » After that night I made my vow, I ever felt it was bade by’ an an- gel’s hand, and must not be broken ; and I. took my family and went to the country near Tyre. Then I left my home and followed him, until he hung upon; the cross... And I am blest by saying I did all I could to relieve him and his mother from suffering. Heathen records declare that I denied him, but how could that be, when I was by his side, when he entered the city of Jerusalem, and could have laid my hand upon the magistrate when he as- sisted him from the ass, and, met him at.the door when he came out of the ~ council chamber. And I followed him to the hill, where he was hung upon the cross.. I. was beheaded by a battle axe in the hands of an anointed priest, and after all, I am accused of denying my holy Brother Jesus inthe face of many. But I deny it. in the face of God’s children here on earth, and in the brighter worlds beyond. There I hope ere long to be blest, with my family, as well as the faithful, brothers thatlay down all they had, their lives, to establish truths, revealed through God’s angel children, of life eternal, and the mercies of a living God that endure forever. And now farewell, angels of light, that have assisted me in finishing « up my work for humanity, by denying the false accusation that has been brought against me for ages. And uow, O.child of destiny, I am called upon to leave you here in an earthy body, and may the angels direct your steps aright i in laying down facts, bereft of fiction, while I go and prepare a home for you, when your work is ended, where the hardened of heart cannot reach you, with curses for denouncing the hypocrite in high places, and defending the downtrodden, that is honest of purpose. Fresh fountains: of life will gush up around thy pathway, daughter, for assisting the poor, fisherman in freeing _ himself from the foul stigma of denying his beloved. brother in his hour of agony. And for what? It has been said, a, few pieces of silver. And I must add, Humanity, 1am ashamed of you, for your lack of faith § in God, and your ignorance of the people that inhabited earth but eighteen hundred years ago. Are you, O ye inhabitants of earth, are you all to be forgotten in that short period of time, and are you to. leave nothing behind to declare you have lived?.. God’s holy angel holds a garment, to clothe you in, and breathe life into the memory of the past, through inspiration, if you live aright, blessing humanity, and giving God the glory. ) _ And now, holy. God, fold my sister in thy bosom, and hold bie rae ‘ i i aie het a ee ee ee a a a = salen EE EDEL T IM CCEA a Viti eR i 129 harm while she walks the earth in mortal form. And O, ye angels, assist in preparing a home for the faithful that have assisted in freeing me from the false accusation of denying him that hung upon the cross. Dictated by myself, Peter, the humble fisherman. Remarxs.— How can we bless man more than to free him from a foul stigma that has been heaped upon him without a canse? Answer, reader, and Jet your acts proclaim you a holy liberator.— Stephen Girard. CHAPTER XIX. SIMON, THE BROTHER OF PETER AND ANDREW. We were all reared ainong the herdsmen... I am Simon, the fifth born of Mihaak... He was of Armenian blood, and my mother was Caldea’s daughter. My father blessed his family by his honesty and correct dealings with man. -His greatest desire was that his eight boys should grow up truthful. As he used to say, “If my boys are truthful, it, will be an inheritance that will en- dure forever.” .Reared in hardship and coarse fare, we grew up capable of great endurance. But misfortunes did come. My father was away from home. Peter had gone to the border country. Another brother, next to Pzter, with two of the younger, had gone to Babylonia with cattle, which they did every year. Iwas left at home, with the two youngest, to care for the cattle in the highlands. When I left home at early dawn, my mother said,’ “ Hasten home early. It will be lonely here, with none but this little lad.” I answered, “I will hasten home.” I did hasten home, but Ifound my mother dead on her bed, and my little brother dead at the door, Then I made an oath, if God would spare my life, it shoula be dedicated to the extermination of the heathen brutes in priestly robes, as a neighbor herdsman had seen eight priests enter our home in the afternoon. Night closed in upon us, and we were alone with our dead mother and brother. Father came home in the evening, and his despair knew no bounds. He tled that home, and fled it forever. From that time, we had no home, and my father died in the mountains. I fled from the herds, hardly knowing what course to take. As night closed in, I found myself nearing a city. . It was called Sora. Here I was called to feel all the bitterness of a boy with- out friends or home. T sat down by a great building called the Mosleum. As. I sat there, an aged man drew near. I asked him concerning the ex- citement among the people. He answered, “There is a heretic in the city, and he is holding forth on the square.” As I had lived in the highlands,.I . pat! i 130 had known nothing of the commotion. in the lowlands. I arose io my feet, and held my way to the square. There I beheld John. He was covered with a camel’s hair cloak, but his garments beneath were but rags., 1 drew near him, and he exclaimed, “ God has brought you. here, brothers There is to be a work for you to do. Come here.” All of bis followers answered, “Glory to God. Another has come to assist us. Let us begin our work even now.” ‘Then we all drew away from the, multitude, and went upon a green slope, away from the city. There I met my brother Andrew and the two younger brothers that went away with him. He did not feel it was best for the younger cnes to continue with us; but they could go to a brother of my mother, aud remain there. | Here we prepared for a journey toward Antioch at early dawn. But ere we started, we knelt and prayed for God to direct us; and ere we rose to our feet,.a holy breath was upon my brow, and a life diffused itself into mine own, that I had never felt before, and I shouted, “ Hasten away ere it, is too late. Bear on toward Chaledon. My brother Jesus will call for help, and how can he receive it but through the faithful and true, God’s own chosen children ?” John answered, “ Hail, thou angel of light! Lead us to q our brother, and we will lay down all for humanity, that they may behold, thee as thou art, their father, God.” And then we all arose to our feet. Then John said, “ Dear sister, draw near, and lead us onward.” All in an instant, a mighty electric shock went over us, and an echo came back, to “Hasten! O hasten away, else it be too late.” We did speed op many a league that day, and when night closed in upon us, we entered a herdsman’s hut, where we lay down and slept. There God’s angels hovered around ‘us, as we knelt in prayer. Thus we continued from day to day to hasten for- ward, sometimes finding a shelter, but oftener finding no covering but the ether blue, and days with nothing to eat. At last we reached Chaledon, and in that holy abode of angels, I looked upon the holiest thing that ever in- habited a human form. TI said to Jude, “Is he a mortal, or is he a spirit ?” His face was like chiseled marble, with rays of light all around him. And when he knelt in prayer, my breatn went out of me, and I fell back, and I saw him that was kneeling in prayer hanging upon the cross, and all the rest being destroyed, some in one way, and some in another. And I even saw myself hanging upon the gallows, with my brother Andrew and two — others. ae , In the morning, we started for Antioch, where we healed the sick, and declared God’s presence, and the presence of his angel children. We re- mained there until the day following; but as the sun was going down, a ee a A ee a a great commotion commenced among the Hebrews, and we were forced to 7 flee the city, and we made our way toward the city of ‘Jerusalem ; but ere : we reached there, we were met by a multitude, and among them there were ‘ . 5 a band of singers, and they sang, “Hosannah, hosannah, the angels are 131 coming. They bring us glad ndings of homes that are beyond, where the taskmaster can no longer bind us.’ We will follow the light, until we find rest in this home.” Many felt a holy calm come over them, while others were restless. There the multitude was held, through the holy influences that controlled Jesus, until his life nearly went out with the influence, and he fell to the earth, a poor, helpless thing. That night we lay down upon the greensward and slept, and it was the last sleep I ever knew earthy. The next day we entered through the gates into the city. And as we passed ~ along, many accosted us thus: “ Heal, \) heal us, lest we die.” . I lay hands upon a poor female that was bowed down with a contraction of the cords and as my hands were reached out toward her, God’s. child filled me full of her own life, are said, “ Arise, O woman, and go and declare what God has _done for you.” She stood erect, and walked away, declaring God’s power was upon. her. Here they gathered trom all directions. We healed from d morn until night, and no one said, “ Come and eat.” Faint and exhausted, “as night began to fill earth, with its darkness, I was caught and dragged away by my hair. Then my vision was fulfilled, and I was hung upon the gallows, and my body was left there until midday following. And here I Must answer to the human family, that ages on ages passed away after my “spirit w was borne away from earth, ere I returned again here on earth, in order I could give my testimony concerning the humble man Jesus, and his faithful followers, that laid down all they had that man could be held from the heathen devices that man follows to-day. But. the future will declare God’s wonders, and those mighty changes will be sealed with blood,.and human sacrifices will be offered up, until humanity will say, with one accord, “ Thou art. my Father and my God, and thy laws I will obey.” | Farewell, holy child of God; I shall meet you ere long where priestcraft cannot, chain God’s rays of light that fall around. you, even here; and there the cold- hearted cannot crush you. Fifty-seven years I have been beside you, and I long to bear you beyond. I shall meet you there. God grant my earnest prayer, as that is the fulfilling of all of my desires that can bless me on this earthly ball. Adieu! adieu! I must go on to prepare, as many are coming home ere another spring shall bedeck earth with the beautiful flowers that will fill the air with their sweet aroma. A home for the heretics of the present must be set in order. I am Simon, the herdsman’s son. Farewell! * 132 (CHAPTER KY “oarol 6a ceo (lal it lyeowt, allel wep chet eg) quail T colten aise ANDREW, THE HERDSMAN. byte ity dere 4 vino onl me Tad 2oeet balicnaee tad es, ' 47 "(ites Be hae en Daina enna 28, 1870. . I was a Caldean. My father was a herdsman, and he had eight boys. I was the fourth one. I was herding my cattle on the hillside, and as the sun was going down, as it was a custom among the herdsmen to leave their cattle secure, and go home for the night; and as I had got. ready. to. start for my home, I espied a lad coming toward me. His face and ‘arias were bare, but fearfully buined by the hot rays of the sun. “Come here, Tittle boy.” I said. “Have: you got lost 2” he answered. “God loses none of his children, but, in his own due time, he calls them ‘all home.” He’ answered, . “My home is where God’s children are, while IT walk the earth. “But when ‘Goa calls me away, I have a home beyond.” Then I said, “Have you a home for to-night?” He said, “Can I go home with you, and sleep i in your home? If you will let me, I will go away at early dawn.” “T said, “Come, boy, let me take hold of your hand, you seem go tired.” He lay his band in mine, and we went down into the valley together. When we “Yeached our home, my mother’ said, “Where did you get that poor little frail boy? ie “Wnd he is all burned with the hot sun; he must be bathed in'cool milk and wa- ter.” I then said, “Boy,:are you not hungry?” He’ answered, «f° am hungry, as I have had nothing’ to eat since day before yesterday.” "Phen my mother gave him some bread and milk. But’ ere’ he tasted, he knelt down and prayed. Then he arose to his feet, and’ ‘said, a will eat my bread and milk. Then, if you would let me lay down and test, Tait so tired. After he had eaten, my mother bathed’ him all over. with ‘milk! and ‘water ; then she laid him down on‘a fresh hide,’ and he fell asleep. | In'the evening, when my father came home, he saw the boy laying there, and he looked” at me and said, “What beggar have you been bringing howe?” He then’ ad- ded, oy family are more than I can’ take care of, without” bringing in’ ‘beg- gars.” He said no more, but early in the morning ‘the boy’ arose, and pre- pared to goaway. Even my father had not arose from his bed, but ‘he was awake. But as the boy was going out, ty father éalled to him, and ' said, “How is it, boy, you are going around the country? Have you no home?” He answered, “My home is in a brighter world beyond, and I long to go there.” Then he said, “I have a father and a mother, but they are poor, and my father is a carpenter.” “What is your father’s name?’ said my father. “Joseph,” he answered, “and Mary is my mother.” ‘Are they Hebrews?” he said. The boy answered, “My father is a Hebrew, and my mother’s ~ 133 blood is from Holland, through Sodom’s border.” “Then,” said my father, “if you have a father and mother, you had better’ be at home with them, than to go around the country, half starved, and getting all burned up, as you are now.” ‘Then the boy answered, ‘‘My God calls, I must obey, and if death falls upon me, he will bear me away.” Then my father said, “He is a poor, sickly thing. Here, wife, give him a piece of bread, that he may not starve to death, and I would like to know, boy, what is your name.” He answered, “My name is Jesus. I was named for my grandfather—Ma- ry’s father.” Then, as he turned away, he said, “God bless you, boy; this bread will keep me two or three days.” | How my heart beat, when he reached out hishand to me. A holy feel- ing fell over me, and I could not help shedding tears, and I said, “Stop one moment, boy.” I went to my mother, and asked her if there was not a buckskin shirt she could give the boy. She said, “I have one that Peter left at home, the last time he was here.” She brought it forward, and I assisted him to put iton. He then said, “Farewell, God’s children all. | I shall see you again, brother, after many days, but your mother will be destroyed by the dark heathens, good as she is.” He then went away, and I did not see him again for twenty-two years and four months. But from time to time I heard from him. He was seen sometimes in Antioch, Cana, Bethpage, Shina and Jerusalem, and all along the border country. And again, and again, a price was set upon his head, but no one could find him. But in af- ter time another heretic came to Caldea, and his name was John, but when I drew near him I felt the same holy calm fall over me, that I felt in the presence of the boy, Jesus. I followed him from place to place, until I felt I could not live without him. | And when John fled Caldea, I followed him, and when we reached Chaledon, there I looked upon the holy ang+l again, but he was aman. I folded my arms around him, and did not leave him again, until we entered Jerusalem. There I, with three others, was dragged away and hung, while the rest of the fo'lowers of John and Jesus fled. If IT had not attempted to have held Jude from his father, Criphas, I, too, cou!d have had a chance to have got away, but as it was designed, so it was ful- filled, and all I can say is, God doeth all things well. Holy, Infinite, Father God, I will declare thy glory here, hereafter, and forever. God bl-ss you, dear friend, for inscribing for me, that whick I have borne along for this day, and this hour. I am now going to my friends. They have long been call- ing for me, but I could not go until my work was done here, for this age. Come to me, dear sister, when your work is done, that will surely free mil- lions of human souls. A place will be prepared for you—a holy place of rest. Now farewell! Farewell! Iam Andrew, the herdsman. 134 ; 4 : " : q ‘ rece ¥ wii eal we, d rey ma Hwy ks LPR ee LER woh head o GREED Be. eres 9 CHAPTER XXE 0 ie PV Aes aghy Epit iti ye Las Tey THE HISTORY OF MARY MAGDALEN, THE POOR, achiah SCARLET WOMAN OF ANTIOCH, ig ill 20th, 1870. Here I am before you, Holy revelator, filled with fear and trembling, Jest I should be driven away. Yet, frail as I am, I trust God has cleansed me, and forgiven my many sins, Hurled, as I was, into the jaws ‘of darkness, through my ignorance of the inhabitants of the age in which | I lived. The deed I was one of the children of destiny. © Early in life I lost my father, and I being all they had, my mother felt | she could care for me, by preparing bread for travelers, that used to journey . from city to city, in caravans. One day there came one to our home, and asked my mother if he could have bread there for a few days. My mother : answered, “I do not prepare beds for phe pele but as you are so feeble, it would not be well for you to go away.” JI was then about fifteen, He was. of high blood, from the council of the court, in Jerusalem. He looked upon . me with favor, and I thought him the most holy man I had ever looked Upon. - Many days passed away, and he lingered still. My mother saw he was suffering from some cause, she could not comprehend. At last she said to. him, “Had you not peter go to your people, as this is a desolate spot, unbe- fitting one like you.” “How I wish I could stay here forever,” he replied; < “as I know my doom, as soon as I reach the court. My father is determin- ed I shall marry one of the courtier’ s daughters, but I cannot, liye, and be compelled to live with that woman, as my companion. But | give, 0. give, me your daughter, and I will bless her.” oar tt | said my, mother ;. “she is all I have, and she must remain with me.” That day a messenger arrived from his father, demanding his immediate presence. He turned to my mother, and said, “If I could delay the mar- riage until the courtier is dead, I should be free, as he has a demand upon , my father, and he claims me for his daughter. But if I am freed, can I. have your faekier d in marriage ?” My mother answered, “If it please. God, she shall be yours.” Then he bowed to my mother, and said, “God bless you, woman.” ‘Then he turned to me, and reached out his hand, and I lay my palm in his. He groaned in despair, while I wept in agony. He then let fall my hand, and hastened away. But after he was gone, I felt as if I could not live and not see him again. I knew he was to be married in An- tioch, and’ remain there for a time. ‘Two days passed away, and I was de- termined to lovuk upon him, even if he was the husband of another. There- 135 fore, unbeknown to my mother, I fled my home, and bore away my. best garments. I believed, if I could reach Antioch, I should look upon him, and then I would hasten home again. I reached the city in the after part of the day, but I saw nothing of him. I saw night was approaching, and fear fell upon me. I dare not leave the city, and none bade me come. As I went from lane to lane, and street to street, Isaw the lights were being extinguished. I saw a female about to enter a humble home. I asked her if I could go in with her, feeling if she was humble, she must be good. She said, “Come in.” But when the door was closed, I saw four anointed priests sitting at the board, drinking strong drink. One of them said, “Come, damsel, have a cup of strong drink, it will do you good.” Iturned away, and burst into tears. After a time, he arose from the board, and took hold of my arm, as he said, “You are mine for to-night.” I said, “I would go to my mother. I will go, even now. Go away from the city, that 1 may flee from here.” But my entreaties were of no avail, and he dragged me into another apartment. There he kept me until the day following. When he went away, he said, “Stay here and I will return at nightfall”’ But as soon as he was gone, I fled that den of shame. None can comprehend the despair that settled upon me. When night eame on I hid beneath the ferns, but when the day dawned, I crept out, and made my way to a humble cot, and asked for a piece of bread. The poor woman answered, “Bread I have none; meal I have none; naught but a few kernels of corn, and I will give you a handful.” I took. the corn and turned away from that door, not knowing where to go. At that time there was a great disturbance among all of the inhabitants, concerning a. man that came in their midst, declaring to them all, that they were filled with dark- ness, and nothing but the knowledge of God could free them. | I listened, but I dare not give answer, feeling I was doomed to die, and die in dark- ness. I had been made to feel I was diseased, and in that desolate condi- tion I was crushed, as there was none to come to me, and save me. Two days more passed away. I was nearly famished, and I went by the wayside, and sat there all the day, hoping some one would give me alms. Night came, and J sat there still. There I was, bowed in grief, and I sank down upon the ground, unable to rise. Soon I heard voices, and they drew near. One of them exclaimed, “Here is a damsel; she will comfort us.” I raised my head, and there stood eighteen confessors. One ‘said, “Come, damsel, getup.” Isaid, “Iam unable to rise Jam dying with hunger and: dis- ease. Go away, and let me die alone.” | They, laughing, said, “She thinks to frighten us away. Come, damsel, drink this; it will do you good,” at the same time holding before mea cup of strong drink. I turned away, then he said, “You must drink, or we shall compel you.” =I seized the cup, and drank it all, then I fell back, and knew no more, until morning began to 136 dawn. I seemed to awake, as from death, and as I looked cround, I flt to. exclaim, “Am I among the living, or am I.among the dead?” No. answer. came to me, but I saw I was in a strange place. | I attempted to rise, but 1. fell back again. A little way from me lay four confessors, so drunk they did. not awake. I then crept away, beneath a hedge, and [ was in the main > road. There I'sat, unable to rise. There I sat, hoping death would come’ to my relief. I heard some one coming, and a’ poor, Hebrew approached . me, As he stooped and raised me up, he said, “The heathen brutes have crushed the fairest flower in Antioch, and God’s own hand will crush them to atoms.” Then he led me to his own home, where I realained fon rept There I got strength, but was not healed. i eo @ aeel feeoaah One day I was sitting beside the door... I saw a band of pt ie ing. All bore along a club in one hand, and a stone in’ the other... I felt they were coming to destroy me. I fled them; how I never knew. I stop- ped not, nor did I linger, until I had fled at least a league and a half. Then) Iespied a Hebrew hut, and drew near, but ere I entered there, I saw a. humble man, dressed in rags.. He accosted me, thus, “Woman, how isit you, are bowed down, and youth still upon you?” J answered, “I am doomed 'to die by that band of confessors. They have all been diseased by me.” He | asked, “How is it you became diseased ?”.’ I answered, “An anointed priest came to me, in a den of shame, where I sought shelter, and he diseased me. But that band of conlessors dragged me away, against my will, and all be- came diseased. I sought to hold myself away from them, but they dragged: me away, 1 knew not where. You being a Hebrew, they will demand of you my death, at their hands” As they drew near, he conversed with them for a time, then he shouted, “Holy, Almighty God, decide between. these brutes in mortal form, and this poor, deluded, crushed flower, in Ja- cob’s blood.” ‘Then he said, ‘Daughter of holy blood, stand you apart from all. Man hasdamned you, but God, never.’ Let God decide between you.” Then he said, “Come you, that is without sin, let him east the first stone. But if any raise his arm, that has wronged any, God will not hold him guiltless of this murder.” At that moment my breath fled me, and I knew no more, until an aged woman knelt beside me, and was bathing my head with cold water. ‘There I remained until the sun was passing out of sight, then the aged woman said I had better go away, lest harm should befall her friends, that would return at night, if they were not cut off.’ I asked ‘her who that holy man was, that saved my life. She answered; “It is the first born of my cousin Mary, and he has a price set upon his head, and his name is Jesus.” He Then I bade her adieu, and made my way. among the edores that had encamped in the valley below. I learned by them that that man was to be crucified, but it had been decided by the council that he should ‘be chained, Se Pe a ee ee ee fe 137 and. scourged, first, that all should see what the doom of a deceiver would be, if they sought to deceive the people... I) heard no more of him, for a time, bat I felt to leave the country, where my life was sought for. Day after day I journeyed along, hardly knowing where, until! I reached Tyre As I was wandering about, I came to a Hebrew’s hut, where one Peter dwelt. In the evening Peter came in, and said, “Simeon came down from the mountains, to get bread for his brother, and ‘the priests destroyed him, and. Mary fell sick, as. the grief was more than’ she could bear, and she is dangerously ill, in a kennel, where the confessors kept their dogs. I. dared not go to her, but a heathen lad told me all, and he added, ‘they are all going to be killed. They have put Joseph in a cave, and covered it o’er, and they have bound him, so he cannot get up, and the big man, the one next: to him, that has hid in the mountains, they have beat to death with stones and clubs, and there is one that is away, and he will be caught, as soon as he comes to look for his family,’ this being the eleventh day after _ Jesus lefi his home in Tyre.” I being too feeble to search for the Hebrew woman, there I remained, with Peter’s family, for many days. As I was sitting by the fire, it being chill winter, the light was lit, and the children were huddled together to keep themselves warm, there came a gentle rap at the door, and Peier’s wife bade them come in. ‘The door swung back, and a female stood before us, almost entirely bereft of clothing. She had about her waist an old coat, and nothing more. | She tottered along, and knelt be- side the children, and raised her hand, and said, “Children, we have brought this poor, frail body here, that you may cdre for her, until her son comes: down from the mountains, then we will bear her away from here, and, you will be troubled with her no more, at present.” Then she added, ‘I. will now return to my brother, that is dying for food, and you, frail daughter of destiny, will come and bring him food, and I will guide you to him.” Then the influence left that poor, sick body. She sat down, unable to rise. Then Peter came in, and exclaimed, “God has brought you. here, OQ woman, that you may live until Jesus comes down from the mountains. | Mary, dear Mary,” he said, “the hand of God is upon ‘you. Joseph is buried alive; James is beaten to death; Simeon is beheaded; they have caught Jessie, and are going to feed him to the wild beasts, yonder, as I was told by the keeper. When I asked him what made them so restless, ‘No food have they had for one day and a half, but to-morrow they will be fed with the heretic. ‘Spare, O spare him,’ I said, but his answer was, ‘it is the order of the priesthood, and I must obey,’ and I could hear no more, and hastened away. But here is the poor mother. God has bereft her of reason, that she may live until Jesus comes down from the mountains.” Then he lay his hand in that of Mary’s, and she looked up so calm, but brokenhearted, as she said, “God doeth all things well. Joseph will come home, by and by, and 138 and he will bring us barley meal enough, and to spare. But who will carry | ty 4 bread to my dear Jesus, that is starving, now Simeon is dead?” Here Peter burst into tears, and wept until he could weep no longer. Then he said, “I will have bread for this woman, and my starving children, if I beg for it.” Then he left that home, and did not return until the next day. But when he returned, he had a bag of meal, and a piece of dried’ beef. His wife asked him where he got it. He answered, “God directed, and my brother gave it me.” Then gruel was prepared for the family, and’ Mary drank freely.. The sun was rising higher, and still higher, and I was directed to say, “Prepare, O, prepare the bread; let me haste away.” The bread was prepared, aud before I could begin my journey, Mary had fled us, and none knew whither. But the rumor spread from house to house, that the Hebrew heretic had been devoured by wild beasts. I did not wait ‘to hear any more, but I wrapped my cloak around me, starting, not oe how, to find him.~ I sought, that he could be held from death. : As the night settled around me, my heart beat heavy, and I asked God to direct me. ‘Then a ray of light fell around me, and I heard a clear voice say, “Hasten, O, hasten, ere it be too late.” “Lead, O, lead me,” I said,” “that I may find him, ere he dies. He held me from death, when I was to be beaten down by those heathen anointed confessors.” She answered, “He will die, unless you reach yon cliff, ere the moon sinks: behind the hill - Reach there, and rest until day dawns again, then I will come to you, and guide you on.” That light left me, and another power came to me, which seemed to bear me along, as upon the breeze. When: I had reached the high cliff, my breath was gone, and I sat down and rested until day dawned. But even when the stars had not ceased to. shine, wentonmy way. High- er, and still higher, 1 was borne, until I was entirely exhausted. Then I sat Gown upon a shelving rock, knowing full well I could go no further, un- less I had help from the power that bore me there. But I called, and got no answer. There I sat, bowed down with disease and grief. Again call- ed, and listened. I heard a deep groan, as if wafted on the breezes, and it gave me hope. I then arose to my feet, and climbed down the rock, into a ravine. There I saw that holy man, lying on the ground, and I gave an-. swer, “Holy God, he is dead.” I flew to him, and lay my hand upon _ his back, and I felt his heart beat. Then I raised him up, and bore him. back, and lay him down‘beneath the shelving rock, upon some boughs ‘and leaves, where he had lain for days... Then I took his cap, and brought water from the spring below, and held it to his lips, and bathed his head. . His’ breath came deep, and he said, “Prepare some bread; he is dying for food.” Igave him some, but he ate but.a few crumbs, then he lay back, and ‘fell asleep. There I sat all the rest of that day and hight. But. in the morning ‘his breath came deep, and said, “Daughter, you -will die, and Jesus -will die, 13% but his work is not yet done, and you have not yet declared God in the | _ face of the heathens. I brought you here, daughter, and I) will bear you down again. You know me not, but my name is Lubarth, the father of Abraham, and my blood runs through Judea’s and Caldea’s children, and I watch God's changes, as I do know through that blood, earth’s benighted children are to be freed from bondage, and’ then the children of darkness will'ask how it is they are not freed also. Then the answer will come to them, ‘Free yourselves from priestcraft, then you are free indeed” But ages on ages must pass away, daughter, ere God can free his children, that have the light, from the oppressién of his created in darkness.” Then he awoke, and said, “I am feeble.» Who can heal a bruised spirit ?” I then forgot all, but I was afterwards told, that God’s child breathed her life into my life, and spoke words of comfort to the ‘bruised spirit of that frail man. When I awoke, I said, “I will bring you water. Eat some bread. I will go back into the heathen fires, and declare God and his chil- dren. Ican but die.” He said, “I may get strong enough to go a part of the way with you, in the afterpart of the day.” LI answered, “No; stay where you are. I will come here once more, ere you go down for the last time, and are hung upon the cross.” I saw he shook all over, but he gave no an- swer. I then left him, and was borne down, even as I had climbed the mountain, not knowing how. When I reached the lowlands, I dared not en~ ter the eity, as I heard by a beggar, that the heathens were cutting off the Hebrews, everywhere. ‘Then a voice came to me, saying, “Finish your work ; hasten back to the mountains; bring down the lamb, that he may be slaughtered, that his blood may quench the fires of hell that burns in the heart of priesthood.” I asked, “Can I reach him alive?” The breath an- swered, “God is mighty. You will return again, then you will die.” “Amen,” I said, and.turned to retrace my steps. Again I was. borne along, who can tell me how. But when morning dawned I was beside him. I said, “The hour has come; hasten down, as your presence is demanded among the many that must die.. You will give them strength, dear brother» even if you die in their midst.” Then we started, and all that day we climbed down the mountains, but as the sun went down we reached the foot of the mountain, and as the dark night shiclded us, I sought Peter’s hut. There I sat down, entirely exhausted. . Peter left the hut, with Jesus, and I never saw him after. Two days had passed away, and I knelt in prayer with the children of the poor fisherman. Even then,a heathen lad came to the door, and fled again, but on the next day four confessors came and caught me by the hair, and dragged me away, and cut off my head. Holy, eternal distance has been my home, and I have been brought back to declare how I became an outeast, that others may learn a lesson from’ my destiny, and be blessed. 140. O, ye daughters’ of the\holy land.of freedom, look... When L.dwelt:insmortal: form, women were held as slaves to the brute desires of man,’ but now you » 7 can stand forth and defend your own rights, and, none dare ‘bid you: hold — your peace. | And now: the poor, despised scarlet woman of Antioch, Mary. q Magdalen, has been accused of holding seven devils in that. poor frail body,» — but humanity shall be my judge, whether the seven devils’ belonged, tome, — or the priests and confessors, that diseased me, and: then sought to destroy » q me.’ [oly, infinite expanse of ideality, I have been judged by thee, Con- demnation belongs to the destroyer, and not the destroyed. » Man: oft errs: — in his judgment, but God never. I must give answer, the devils that sought j to destroy the body, could not destroy the inner life of that: body, but.God, — held it in his own bosom for ages, ere I. was commanded to ge back toearth: and declare myself a. poor child of satan and declare wating I knew con-,: cerning the man Jesus.» : vei) andi) ucomdtied And now may God plant his earth flowers all over, ‘atih and, may bce bloom, untrampled beneath the feet of .men in priestly robes, and, may their) sweet aroma be watted to. every clime, until, the glory, of). God. fills. all earth, through his own created children, and may the ,angels assist you, 7 my sister, in finishing up your earth labor, and may you have strength given, : according to your day, in laying down your earthy cares, and’ may your holy, gift of inspiration free human souls, that are chained and bound in heathen, darkness. Hold thyself firm before thy oppressors. God.is nate and he. will hold his own from fear, and bear them home to’ rest. Tn that bright land where flowers bloom, ''here is no darkness, death or gloom; Eternal light wilksurely reach you there, . vgn ST ts ‘In that bright land where all is fair. - boi vak’. bor Ty hetew The holy breath of angels now is staid, —_—_. 8 % Until thy form in the earth is laid, PO a a en ere And then the happy song we will sirg for thee, cased Marni at ast, oft Come, dear sister, hasten home with me. wit! deh Reee oa marae Now [ must bid a long farewell, For you, on earth, must longer dwell; | While I shall seek that happy home afar, © Where [ have dwelt, upon the morning star.) © it hk Farewell! Farewell! They call me, I must go; ae I must leave you now, while you dwell here below; I hear your answer, sister, ‘*I, too, would be free, Mary, lam weary, I would go esi with thee.’ ay OM God bless you, holy revelator, my work is duis Nes tye npn me,.| and may God’s children bear you over the turbid waters, and bring you safe ® 141 “home to the happy hearts that are beating for their friend, that is toiling on in earth’s cares and confusion. . Holy Creator, Father God, bless thy chil-» dren I must leave on earth, and bear them all away to that home where I am going, is the holy prayer of Mary Magdalen, the poor, crushed flower of Antioch. CHAPTER XXII. CONCLUSION, DRAWN FROM. THE INNER.LIFE. OF, JESSY, .» THE GRANDFATHER OF JESUS, THE SON.OF JOSEPH, . THE, CARPENTER’S SON. . My father was from the house of David, and I his tenth born. — He be- lieved. in, God, and taught his children many things they never forgot or for- sook. _ Joseph was.my last born, and I was called to leave’ him. when he was one year and a half.old. .And I felt, when I folded him tomy bosom for the last time, that his destiny was a fearful one, but how, I could not discern. My sight faded away while J gazed upon him, and, his last..look upon me was anguish. From the;time I ceased to be in, mortal form, I clung to that child’s destiny, and it seemed that, my lite was interwoven wiih his life, as long ashe dwelt among men., And as I.am cognizant of every act of his earth life, I feel to exclaim here;,God created a holy thing in. Abraham’s blood. Bitter was his anguish, fearful was his..doom, ‘yet humanity looks upon him as an inferior man—one: that was easily deceived, and did not de- tect the condition of his beloved Mary, until her form, bespoke the deception heaped upon him. Buat,look how unworthy has been. this. statement, as. I do. know they had been married one year and eight days, ere their first child was born. And when man detects‘such unholy: fraud, how can. he | believe further statements of such unworthy, designing bigots... Mary was a holy damsel—Joseph.was filled. with wisdom—and, between the two, a holy. child was begotten, and when his. destiny was held before him, he shiunk from the fulfilment of the. demand that. was lain upon, him.) He. was. nailed,to, the cross, but he did not die until,his body was lain upon a heap. of fagots and the splintered cross.. There he was. freed: from, that body; aud, .not until then. ..., ) | i Pi Listen, children of earth; Jesus, my own. grandscn, possessed all the. at- tributes of a man, as well as.the attributes of an angel. | Reveive him as ‘a friend/and a brother, but not as a deity, then you will receive him as he is, and you will no longer seek to mystify his creation, but through his teachings yao r you will be led to a bright home beyond, and there find , rest. acai it - those q sh lay down ail rire had ie truth’s bake. .coianlaos fine “APO oh CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST INSCRIPTION BEARING UPON THE AGE THAT | BROUGHT LIGHT INTO THE WORLD. | That light has never gone out, but it will grow brighter, and brighter, q through all of earth's changes, although eighteen hundred and forty years have passed away, and all the fiends of darkness have been constantly at work to destroy facts, that were made manifest through Jesus and his faith- ful followers, that were done in the age in which the holy mat’ walked the earth. There were facts relative to spirits controlling mortals, that could not be denied in that age, or in any other that came after, even to the pres- ent. Iam before the inhabitants of earth, as an author, but I must’ ac- knowledge, with so many facts before me, it was utterly impossible’ ‘to do justice to any part of the history, being so tull of incidents, and ‘being com- pelled to compile them in so small a compass. In this case, as’ well as’in all others, histories, drawn from foreign tongues, must be interpreted, ere it can be given to the revelator. ‘And now, if the inhabitants of earth are de- sirous to comprehend the truth, as it was, they have it as we received it, and in no other way. And as we breathed it upon another, so it is breathed to you. You that live in nineteen hundred, will comprehend this record more fully than the present age, but you that live in the ‘twentieth century ‘will comprehend every expression given here.’ Man may seek to smother the light drawn from Almighty God, but its divine rays will blend with’ every human being, that has light enough within him to attract light. The time will surely be, when every child of the Infinite will learn how to extract the life essence from all created things, and then man will not‘ask for anyone ~ to think or pray for him, but he will stand forth, fearless of the’ opinion “of man, and be clothed in his own inheritant garments, that is, light drawn ‘by the law of attraction to‘himself. And now I can say, with these “holy breaths around me, I have finished my work for earth’s created, forever and ever, and if the reader is blessed by reading, as much as I have been by as- sisting in those records, they will be blessed indeed. I scons “ with 7 best wishes, while I remain the humble brother, GEORGE LIPPARD. Es Sed ee ae Pe: * s " “ > re & er f . 6 ¥ + 3e5 ag A ith geet rt pg BE re Te a Lo et BE eg bg te TS =. 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