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Be not ungrateful to
thy Creator, for he hath given
thee Life. Seek not the law in
thy scriptures, for the law is Life, Whereas the
scriptures are only words. I tell thee truly, Moses received not
his laws from God in writing, But through the
living word. The law is living
word of living God To living prophets
for living men. In everything that
is life is the law written. It is found in the
grass, in the trees, In the river, in the
mountains, in the birds of heaven, In the forest
creatures and the fishes of the sea; But it is found
chiefly in thyselves. All living things
are nearer to God Than the scriptures
which are without life. God so made life and
all living things That they might by
the everliving word Teach the laws of
the Heavenly Father And the Earthly
Mother To the sons of men. God wrote not the
laws in the pages of books, But in thy heart and
in thy spirit. They are in thy
breath, thy blood, thy bone; In thy flesh, thine
eyes, thine ears, And in every little
part of thy body. They are present in
the air, in the water, In the earth, in the
plants, in the sunbeams, In the depths and in
the heights. They all speak to
thee That thou mayest
understand the tongue and the will of the living God., And scriptures are
the works of man But life and all its
hosts are the work of God. First, O Great
Creator! Thou didst create
the Heavenly Powers And thou didst
reveal the Heavenly Laws! Thou gavest unto us
understanding From thine own mind And thou madst our
bodily life. We are grateful,
Heavenly Father, For all thy manifold
gifts of life: For the precious
things of heaven, For the precious
fruits brought forth by the sun, For the precious
things put forth by the moon, For the great things
of the ancient mountains For the precious
things of the lasting hills, And for the precious
things of the earth. We are grateful,
Heavenly Father, For the vigor of
health, health of the body, Wise, bright and
clear-eyed, with swiftness of foot, Quick hearing of the
ears, strength of the arms And eye-sight of the
eagle. For all the manifold
gifts of Life, We do worship the
Fire of Life, And the Holy Light
of the Heavenly Order. We do worship the
Fire, The good and the
friendly, The Fire of Life! The most beneficial
and the most helpful, The Fire of Life! The most supporting,
the most bountiful, That Fire which is
the House of the Lord! Behold now the Child
of Light Who doth commune
with the Angel of Life: Lo now, his strength
is in his loins, And his force is in
the muscles of his chest. He moveth his legs
like a cedar: 7he sinews of his
thighs are knit together. His bones are as
tubes of brass, His limbs are like
bars of iron. He doth eat of the
table of the Earthly Mother, The grass of the
field and the waters of the stream Do nourish him; Surely the mountains
bring him forth food. Blessed is his
strength and beauty, For he do th serve
the Law. A Sanctuary of the
Holy Spirit Is the body in which
the Fire of Life Doth bum with
eternal Light. We thank thee,
Heavenly Father, For thou hast put us
at a source of running streams At a living spring
in a land of drought, Watering an etemal
garden of wonders, 7he Tree of Life,
mystery of mysteries, Growing everlasting
branches for eternal planting To sink their roots
into the stream of Life From an eternal
source.
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