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hath been securely established; beneath whose
shadow all who have embraced it have been reared
and nurtured; by the light of whose law generations
of men have been disciplined; the excellency
of whose word men have heard recounted by their
fathers; in such wise that human eye hath beheld
naught but the pervading influence of its grace,
and mortal ear hath heard naught but the resounding
majesty of its command--what act is mightier
than that such a Revelation should, by the power
of God, be "cloven asunder" and be abolished at
the appearance of one soul? Reflect, is this a mightier
act than that which these abject and foolish
men have imagined the "cleaving of the heaven"
to mean?
Moreover, consider the hardships and the bitterness
of the lives of those Revealers of the divine
Beauty. Reflect, how single-handed and alone they
faced the world and all its peoples, and promulgated
the Law of God! No matter how severe
the persecutions inflicted upon those holy, those
precious, and tender Souls, they still remained,
in the plenitude of their power, patient, and,
despite their ascendancy, they suffered and endured.
