to pour light on the band of light and splendor and to and to them and us while the world and to all eternity the first speaks to the my light is on thy countenance my word is on thy tongue me thou thou me thou est me thou me thou what thou that i say and thy acts are my acts and i speak by thy tongue and thou to me though mortals imagine that thou to them i am never out of thy heart and i am contained in nothing but in thy heart and i am nearer unto thee than thou art unto thy soul me in the name of o i will call thee aloft and make thee my companion the lower world is not thy place many times daily thou from thy body and unto me now thou art not satisfied with coming unto me from time to time and longest to abide continually nigh unto i too am not satisfied with thy absence although thou art with me and i with thee still thou and i desire that thou be still with me therefore will i release thee from thy body and make thee sit in my company the heavens the first time that i was called to the world above die heavens and stars said unto me o we have bound up our in the service of and never withdrawn from it because he is worthy of praise and we are filled with astonishment how mankind can so wide from the commands of god whatever is on earth is the resemblance and shadow of something that is in the sphere while that thing in good condition it is well also with its shadow when that thing far from its shadow life to a distance again that july light is the shadow of something more than itself and so on up to me who am the light of lights look therefore to who the shadow to fall morals purity is of two kinds real and formal the real in not binding the heart to evil and the formal in away what appears evil to the view true self knowledge is knowledge of god life is affected by two evils lust and anger restrain them within the proper mean till man can attain this self control he cannot become a celestial the perfect unity in and in unity the roads tending to god are more in number than the of created beings op writing the spider said wherein the superior excellence of man the sage said men understand and charms and magic arts animals do not the spider answered animals exceed men in these respects if thou not that crawling things and insects build and square houses without wood or brick behold my work how without loom i fine cloth replied man can write and express his thoughts on paper which animals cannot the spider said animals do not transfer the secrets of from a living heart to a lifeless body hung down his head from shame spring with what a still air the spring comes stealing up the way like some young maiden fair too modest for the light of day ben ben bt hunt ben may his tribe increase awoke one night from a deep dream of peace and saw within the moonlight in the room making it rich and like a lily in bloom an angel writing in a book of gold exceeding peace had made ben bold and to the presence in the room he said what thou the vision raised its head and with a look made all of sweet accord answered the names of those who love the lord and is mine one said nay not so replied the angel spoke more low but still and said i pray thee then write me as one who loves his fellow men the angel wrote and vanished the next night he came again with a great light and showed their names whom love of god had and lo ben s name led all the rest the song of birds in spring they breathe the feeling of thy happy soul intricate spring i too active for a word they come from regions distant as the pole thou art their � of the bird the earth the earth by william e mt highway is air mj are the sleepless stars and men mj giant arms my arms and free from i rest forever on my way rolling around the happy sun my children love the sunny day but noon and night to me are one my heart hath like their own i am their mother and my veins though built of the enduring stone thrill as do theirs with pains the forests and the mountains high the foaming ocean and its springs the plains � o pleasant company my voice through all your rings ye are so cheerful in your minds content to smile content to share my being in your silence finds the echo of my ain no leaf may fall no roll no drop of water lose the road the issues of the general soul are in their round abode social tendencies social tendencies � ths iv m humane how a sound is this heard along the shore unlike either the last of a recent storm or the swell of a coming gale its indications be read by experience in irregular intervals the new waves curl crisp and over the shell strewn beach with an unusual although no fresh breeze is sensible above the surface of the waters the oldest time worn echo the sound and even their inmost recesses seem sensible of the of some event which may destroy their venerable forms forever and them to common earth it is as the apprehension of an earthquake against which no contrivance can prevail and which no skill can the ancient they who seem to be as as the waters stand mute 