Part 34 (2/2)

The Great G.o.d displays Liberality deep as the sea; But the devil has injured man In a most outrageous manner.

G.o.d is therefore displeased And has sent his Son[96]

With orders to come down into the world Having first studied the cla.s.sics.

In the Ting-yeu year (1837) He was received up into Heaven, Where the affairs of Heaven Were clearly pointed out to him.

The great G.o.d Personally instructed him, Gave him odes and doc.u.ments, And communicated to him the true doctrine.

G.o.d also gave him a seal, And conferred upon him a sword Connected with authority And majesty irresistible.

He bade him, together with the elder brother, Namely Jesus, To drive away impish fiends With the co-oporation of angels.

There was one who looked on with envy, Namely, the king of Hades, Who displayed much malignity And acted like a devilish serpent.

But the great G.o.d, With a high hand, Instructed his Son To subdue this fiend,

And having conquered him, To show him no favour; And in spite of his envious eye He damped all his courage.

Having overcome the fiend, He returned to Heaven, Where the great G.o.d Gave him great authority.

The celestial mother was kind And exceedingly gracious, Beautiful and n.o.ble in the extreme, Far beyond all compare.

The celestial elder brother's wife Was virtuous and very considerate, Constantly exhorting the elder brother To do things deliberately.

The great G.o.d, Out of love to mankind, Again commissioned his Son To come down into the world.

And when he sent him down, He charged him not to be afraid; I am with you, said he, To superintend everything.

In the Mow-s.h.i.+n year (1848) The Son was troubled and distressed, When the great G.o.d Appeared on his behalf.

Bringing Jesus with him, They both came down into the world, Where he instructed his Son How to sustain the weight of government.

G.o.d has set up his Son To endure for ever, To defeat corrupt machinations And to display majesty and authority.

Also to judge the world, To divide the righteous from the wicked, And consign them to the misery of h.e.l.l, Or bestow on them the joys of heaven.

Heaven manages everything, Heaven sustains the whole; Let all beneath the sky Come and acknowledge the new monarch.

Little children, Wors.h.i.+p G.o.d, Keep his commandments, And do not disobey.

Let your minds be refined, And be not depraved, The great G.o.d Constantly surveys you.

You must refine yourselves well, And not be depraved: Vice willingly practised Is the first step to misery.

To insure a good end, You must make a good beginning: An error of a hair's breadth May lead to a discrepancy of a thousand li.

Be careful about little things, And watch the minute springs of action: The great G.o.d Is not to be deceived.

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