Chapter 4
God said: I preserved the I’hin race to be without evil, as the foundation of my light, from whom I could reach forth to the tribes of darkness.
For I foreordained not to go within darkness to battle it, but to stand outside it, and give an example of righteousness (the I’hin) for man to look upon.
And I planned from the beginning that my chosen would labor through examples of cities and kingdoms of righteousness.
The evil man and evil priest, who are subjects to satan and his hosts, remain in evil, preaching righteousness without a city or kingdom of example. But my chosen go away by themselves and build their cities, as a testimony of their faith in the Father.
And they practice the fullness of my commandments in their lives toward one another.
To him who says: THIS IS MINE, I have not spoken. To him who says: MY HOUSE, MY LANDS, I have not spoken.
For inasmuch as these things belong to them, such men belong to such things, and not to me.
To illustrate this truth, I raised up separate from the world’s people, the I’hins, who were my living examples of righteousness.
Do not think, however, that the I’hins were the perfection of manhood and womanhood. They were not a developed race, nor righteous because of their own knowledge.
By the constant presence of my exalted angels, they were obsessed to righteousness, being restrained away from evil. They were my sermon before the tribes of druks and cannibals that covered the earth over; and, by virtue of signs and miracles, and by nonresistance, I preserved them.
For man of himself evolves only to power in evil; and for this reason, O man, you shall discern my dominion over the races of men, to work righteousness and goodwill.
And my examples reached into the souls of the barbarians, so that, in future ages, I could prepare them to hear my voice, and to comprehend my commandments.
For it is the fullness of light among men, when, without my presence or the presence of my hosts, they shall understand virtue and knowledge, practicing them of their own accord. In which time, men shall perceive that righteousness, peace, and love toward one another, are the foundation of the happiness of the spirit, and the only light of its resurrection.
The Lord said: Do not think that I came to one nation alone, leaving the others in darkness; I did not come to one alone, but to all the divisions of the earth. I held my hand over them according to what was required for them according to the times, and they accomplished that which was designed from the beginning.
The will of Jehovih is not for man to be forever led, because, lo, his Lord says; but for man to ultimately have the light of practicing good works organically, from infancy up.
The Lord said: A teacher who does all things for his pupil, also sacrifices his pupil; he who teaches his pupil wrongly, sins against the Father; he who teaches his pupil not at all, is accessory to evil. In this light the Lord, your God, stands over the children of men.
Behold, I have demonstrated that my chosen can maintain themselves unharmed among barbarians; also that by unrestrained marriages a sacred people is quickly lost among barbarians.
For man, witnessing terrible conflicts, would rather have sons of strong limbs and arms, and crafty minds, to do abundant murderous work; from which condition he has no incentive to rise in gentleness and love, for the glory of the spirit.
So that I, your Lord, could show future generations, first, that without my hand in the work, no good nor peace could come among men; and, second, that only by a race of I’hins, as examples of my power, through signs and miracles, could the barbarians be reached for their own good.
Not only did I leave the ruins of my cities, which had no gates of entrance, and houses without doors of entrance, so that you would have testimony of the race of I’hins, but I have shown you that only by such a procedure could the barbarians be induced to a higher evolution.
Do not think, O man, that I did not foresee the time when men would question whether the Great Spirit ever placed a Lord over the earth; and that man would say: Behold, there is no Lord and no God. For I foresaw these times, and provided angels to go in advance, to show, first, the evolution of the races of men from out of the lowest darkness; and, second, that the cause of the evolution came from the Great Spirit, and was directed to righteousness; but would not have been so, except for the Lord, your God.
For I left sufficient tribes to this day, who dwell in darkness, even cannibals, as a testimony, that of themselves they possess nothing to cause a desire for evolution into knowledge, peace, industry, love, and good works to one another.
Will man not say: One people is raised up in consequence of the presence of their neighbor, and without a Lord or God, and the angels of heaven?
Now, behold, I have left savages at your door, and you do not raise them up, but destroy them. Showing you, that even your wisest and most learned have no power in resurrection. Neither have I left any way open for the resurrection of barbarians, except by examples of Faithists, who shall practice righteousness and miracles.
And there shall rise up those who will do these things; and because of their success, they shall also be testimony of the I’hin race, in whom I laid the foundation for the redemption of the whole earth.