Chapter 19
When the multitude returned to Shalam, the place was more than filled, and the Voice came to Tae, saying:
You have now fulfilled the first part of My kingdom on earth, but, behold, it is yet only a small branch of that which will spread over this great land.
Moreover, let the lessons of Uz be of use to you and your people.
Because the Uzians build large cities, their would-be reformers are powerless to work righteousness among the people.
Do not let the cities of My chosen be larger or more populous than Shalam is already. This size is sufficient for all that is required for the fulfillment of mortal life.
Therefore, you shall proclaim to My chosen, that no city shall contain more than three thousand people.
Suffice it, then, as I have placed the example of bees before you, showing how they swarm, and depart to establish a new hive, according to their numbers, even so shall My people depart and establish a new place, similarly to Shalam.
Proclaim all this to them; and also ask for volunteers in My name to accomplish these things righteously, as an example to coming generations. ||
So Tae called the people together, and proclaimed Jehovih’s words, adding also:
Whoever volunteers to depart shall not find the fullness of Shalam, but, instead, shall find discomforts and hard work!
Beware of disappointments, trials and hardships. For is it not the way with all men to desire to reap the harvest too quickly, and to consider its fullness (fruits), rather than to contemplate the labor of tilling the ground and sowing the seed?
For the spirit of man conceives the result of perfection; but the judgment looks to the labor required to bring it about.
Who, then, having the joys and fullness of Shalam, will turn away from them, in order to build another place, and yet, all the while, not regret his choice?
A colony shall stand as an individual before Jehovih. Accordingly, a colony may thwart its own righteousness by living for itself only.
The whole world is to be redeemed. It is not sufficient for Shalam to say: Behold, I am the fullness of the Father’s kingdom. Let others go and do as I have done!
Therefore even as an individual guards against his own selfishness, so the selfishness of a colony shall be guarded against.
Discipline, regarding the means and power of a colony, shall manifest in directing these to the given purpose of founding the Father’s kingdom.
Shalam might appropriate her excess of production by sending it into Uz, and giving to the poor.
Jehovih forbid that this should be done. The business of Shalam is not to distribute charity where it would thwart its own purpose.
Instead, Shalam shall use her surplus to extend the Father’s kingdom, in building new colonies.
Jehovih is with us, and we shall draw Uz to us, to make them know Jehovih. To feed Uz in his debauchery is to send him in the way of destruction.
Therefore, guard the appropriations of Shalam for those who labor for Jehovih’s kingdom. As we have drawn a few away from Uz, let us prepare to draw more.
The way is open for any to depart and found a new colony. Neither shall it be a branch of Shalam, nor a dependent. But it shall be an independent sister colony.
Neither shall it copy Shalam, saying: Shalam shall be our example.
This would be following an earthly light.
Nor shall its people copy Tae, saying: Tae did so, and so let us also.
For, this would be following a lower light.
But it shall follow the Light of Jehovih as it comes to you who establish it.
Unless Jehovih establishes it, those who attempt it shall fail.
Jehovih did not design man to build his house exactly like his neighbor’s. The misfortune of man is to copy others, instead of following Jehovih’s Light as it comes to himself.
Do not let this misfortune come to Shalam’s sister colony. Another locality will call for other things. Be mindful of these, and adapt yourselves accordingly.