1:19One MessageMany witnesses · one GOD
← Opening the book…
Plain text of Chapter XXV. The Possession of Benevolence

241 Wealth 'mid wealth is wealth of 'kindliness'; Wealth of goods the vilest too possess.

242 The law of 'grace' fulfil, by methods good due trial made, Though many systems you explore, this is your only aid.

243 They in whose breast a 'gracious kindliness' resides, See not the gruesome world, where darkness drear abides.

244 Who for undying souls of men provides with gracious zeal, In his own soul the dreaded guilt of sin shall never feel.

245 The teeming earth's vast realm, round which the wild winds blow, Is witness, men of 'grace' no woeful want shall know.

246 Gain of true wealth oblivious they eschew, Who 'grace' forsake, and graceless actions do.

247 As to impoverished men this present world is not; The 'graceless' in yon world have neither part nor lot.

248 Who lose the flower of wealth, when seasons change, again may bloom; Who lose 'benevolence,' lose all; nothing can change their doom.

249 When souls unwise true wisdom's mystic vision see, The 'graceless' man may work true works of charity.

250 When weaker men you front with threat'ning brow, Think how you felt in presence of some stronger foe.