Chapter 5
Then Tae and his hosts went into the center of the Place of the Holy Covenant; and the hosts formed in a crescent, and Tae stood between its horns.
And, while standing so, Tae, being moved by the Light of Jehovih upon him, uttered the covenant; and his hosts, in concert, uttered the words after him.
And these words were called THE HOLY COVENANT, even as they are to this day:
You, O Jehovih! As You have declared Yourself in the Book of Jehovih!
To You I covenant myself, to be Yours forever! And to You only, O Jehovih!
And I renounce all Gods but You.
And I renounce all Lords but You.
And I renounce all Saviors but You.
In this, Your Place of the Holy Covenant, I covenant myself to You, to be only Yours, and forever!
My corporeal body, I dedicate and covenant to You, to be in Your service during all my life.
Because You made it out of Your own material, behold, it is Yours.
The workmanship is Yours; the material is Yours also.
I have no claim upon it; I resign it to You, and for Your service, forever.
Into my charge You gave it to me, as the habitation of my spirit.
Because it is Your gift, I will care for it, and keep it clean and pure, before You, so that it may be acceptable to You, and to the presence of Your holy angels.
My spirit, I also dedicate and covenant to You, to be in Your service forever.
My mind and soul, I dedicate and covenant to You, to be in Your service, now and forever.
My whole self, of which I am made, soul and body, I dedicate and covenant to You, to be in Your service forever.
Out of Your Own Self, You made me, soul and body, and they are Yours only, to be used by You forever.
Appropriate me, O Jehovih, my corporeal body, my spirit, my mind, my behavior and my thoughts, to be of profit to You, for founding Your kingdom on earth.
And I covenant to You, Jehovih, that I will search constantly into my every act, deed, word and thought, to make myself true in the practice of Your highest Light upon me.
That now and forever, I will search to find the highest Light, and I will practice the same toward all men, women and children.
To them I will not only do as I would be done by, but more; I will do for them, with all my wisdom and strength, all my life.
I covenant to You, Jehovih, that, since all things are Yours, I will not own or possess, exclusively to myself, anything under the sun, which may be entrusted to me, which any other person or persons may covet or desire, or stand in need of.
Neither will I talk anymore of myself, either in laudation of what I am or of what I have done. But You shall judge me, and hold me accountable for shortness in word and behavior, through which, by any means, I have manifested self- esteem, or covetousness for fame or the applause of men, even if it was for any good I may have done to others.
Neither will I anymore censure, nor criticize, nor blame, as an individual, any man, woman, or child over fourteen years of age, in the whole world, for any shortness in word or deed they manifest.
For, they are Yours, Jehovih, and not mine, to be led or driven by me.
To all these Faithists, my brothers and sisters in Your kingdom, I will deal, think and behave, in affiliation, as gently and truly as though they were my very own blood and kin, brothers and sisters, or father and mother.
And over these babes, which You have entrusted to me, I will be as loving and true as though they were my own blood and kin, sons and daughters.
According to Your Light, which You bestow upon me, I will raise them up to know You, and to be a glory in Your kingdom.
The first of my teaching to them shall be, to make them know You, and to remember that Your eye is upon them, and Your hand above them, to bless them according to their wisdom, truth, love and purity.
And I will teach them the way of the communion of Your angels; to develop them in su’is and sar’gis.
Teaching them to live for the spirit within, rather than for corpor
Teaching them by books and instruments.
Teaching them useful trades and occupations.
Teaching them music and worship.
Teaching them dancing and gymnastics.
And in all things, developing all the talents You have created in them, so that they may grow up to be an honor and a glory on the earth, and to rejoice because You have created them alive.
And I will emancipate them from infancy at fourteen years of age; and bestow upon them the rights of man and woman, as to their thoughts, words, deeds, choice and actions.
Throwing upon them, at that age, their responsibility to You, for their thoughts, words, ideas and behavior, as fully as I claim the same to my own self.
And now, O Jehovih, so that this, Your kingdom on earth, may be known and distinguished from the habitations of the Uzians, we make this our solemn oath to You:
We will not now, nor forever, make war, nor engage in war, nor take any part in war, nor for any God, Lord, Savior, country, king or other ruler on earth; nor will we aid or abet war in any way whatsoever.
Neither will we now, nor forever, eat fish or flesh of any creature You created alive.
And we swear to You, Jehovih, in regard to these, our babies, which You have given into our keeping, to found Your kingdom on earth, that we will raise them up to renounce war, like this our oath to You, and to avoid the carnivorous habit belonging to the Uzians.
Neither will we use, nor permit to be used, in Shalam, any intoxicating drink, weed, root, gum or any other drug, for the contamination of human flesh by intoxication or for stimulation unnaturally.
Make us strong and wise, O Jehovih, in this our covenant and oath to You, for the honor and glory of all things are Yours, time without end. Amen.