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In the Heavenly
Kingdom There are strange
and wondrous works, For by his word all
things consist. There are yet hid
greater things than these be, For we have seen but
a few of his works: The Heavenly Father
hath made all things. Ae beauty of heaven,
the glory of the stars, Give light in the
highest places of the Heavenly Sea. Sentinels of the
most High, they stand in their order, And never faint in
their watches. Look upon the
rainbow, and praise him that made it; Very beautiful it is
in the brightness thereof It compasseth the
heaven about with a glorious circle, And the hands of the
most High have bended it. By his Law he maketh
the snow to fall apace, And sendeth swiftly
the lightnings of his judgment. Through this the
treasures are opened, And clouds fly forth
as fowls. By his great power
he maketh the clouds firm, And the hailstones
are broken small. At his sight the
mountains are shaken, And at his will the
south wind bloweth. The noise of the
thunder maketh the earth to tremble: So doth the northe-m
storm and the whirlwind: As birds flying he
scattereth the snow, And the eye
marvelleth At the beauty of the
whiteness thereof, And the heart is
astonished at the raining of it. So do the heavens
declare the glory of God, And the firmament
showeth his handiwork. Who hath made the
waters, And who maketh the
plants? Who to the wind hath
yoked the storm-clouds, The swift and even
the fleetest? Who, O Heavenly
Father, Is the creator of
the holy Law within our souls? Who hath made the
light and the darkness? Who hath made sleep
and the zest of the waking hours? Who gave the
recurring sun and stars Their undeviating
way? Who established that
whereby the moon doth wax And whereby she
waneth? Who, save thee,
Heavenly Father, Hath done these
glorious things! Lord, thou hast been
our dwelling place In all generations. Before the mountains
were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst
formed the earth and the world, Even from
everlasting to everlasting, thou art the Law. Thy name is
Understanding, Thy name is Wisdom, Thy name is the Most
Beneficent, Thy name is the
Unconquerable One, Thy name is He Who
maketh the true account, Thy name is the
All-seeing One, Thy name is the
Healing One, Thy name is the
Creator. Thou art the Keeper, Thou art the Creator
and the Maintainer; Thou art the
Discerner and the Spirit. Thou art the Holy
Law. These names were
pronounced Before the Creation
of this Heaven, Be-fore the making
of the waters and of the plants, Before the birth of
our holy Father Enoch. Before the beginning
of time, The Heavenly Father
planted the holy Tree of Life, Which standeth
forever in the midst of the Eternal Sea High in its branches
sings a bird, And only those who
have journeyed there, And have heard the
mysterious song of the bird, Only those shall see
the Heavenly Father. They shall ask of
him his name, And he shall answer,
I am that I am, Being ever the same
as the Etemal I am. O thou Heavenly
Father! How excellent is thy
name in all the earth! Aou hast set thy
glory above the heavens. When we consider thy
heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the
stars, which thou hast ordained, What is man, that
thou art mindful of him? Yet thou hast made a
covenant With the Children of
Light, And they walk with
thy holy Angels; Thou hast crowned
them with glory and honor, Thou madest them to
have dominion Over the works of
thy hands, And gavest unto them The task of
nourishing and protecting All that lives and
grows on thy green earth. O Heavenly Father! How excellent is thy
name in all the earth! Hear the voice Of
one who cries out to thee: Whither shall I go
from thy spirit? Or whither shall I
flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into
heaven, thou art there; If I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings
of the morning, And dwell in the
uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall thy
hand lead me, And thy right hand
shall hold me. If I say,
"Surely the darkness shall cover me, Even the night shall
be light about me; Yea, the darkness
hideth not from thee But the night
shineth as the day: The darkness and the
light are both alike to thee, For thou hast
possessed my reins. As the hart panteth
after the water brooks, So panteth my soul
after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth
for the living Heavenly Father. The Law is my light
and salvation; Whom shall I fear? 7he Law is the rock
and the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be
afraid? One thing have I
desired of the Law, That I will seek
after: That I may dwell in
the house of the Law All the days of my
life, To behold the beauty
of the Heavenly Father. Those who dwell in
the secret place of the most High Shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty. We will say of the
Law, "Thou art our
refuge and our fortress; We will trust in the
Holy Law. And the Heavenly
Father Shall cover us with
his feathers, And under his wings
shall we trust; His truth shall be
our shield and buckler. We shall not be
afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow
that flieth by day, Nor for the
pestilence that walketh in darkness, No rfor the
destruction that wasteth at noonday. For by day we shall
walk With the Angels of
the Earthly Mother, By night we shall
commune With the Angels of
the Heavenly Father, And when the sun
reacheth its zenith at noontide, We shall stand
silent before the Sevenfold Peace: And no evil shall
befall us, Neither shall any
plague come nigh our dwelling, For he hath given
his Angels charge over us, To keep us in all
their ways. The Heavenly Father
is our refuge and strength. Therefore will not
we fear, Though the earth be
removed, And though the
mountains be carried Into the midst of
the sea, Though the waters
thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof There is a river,
which floweth to the Eternal Sea. Beside the river
stands the holy Tree of Life. There doth my Father
dwell, and my home is in him. The Heavenly Father
and I are One.
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