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we 56 THE DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS . 8. There is so praise or honor to him who giveth being to enotter; but triumphs and empire are the rewards of murder. wot 9, Yet he who hath many children, bath as many blessings; and he who hath taken away the life of another, shall not enjoy his own = | 10, While the savage curseth the birth of his son, and blesseth the death of his father, doth he not call himself a monster? ~ mm 11. The greatest of all human ills is sorrow; to much of this thou . are born unta; add not unto it by thine own perverseness. oe 12. Grief is natura) to thee, and is always about thee; pleasure is * a stranger, and visiteth thee by times; use well thy reason, and sorrow a shall be cast behind thee; be prudent, and the visits of joy shall remain a“ long with thee. os . 13. Every part of thy frame is capable of sorrow, but few and partow are the paths that lead to delight. ot ee 14. Pleasures can be admitted only simply, but pains rush ina = * thousand at a fime. ae 15. As the blaze of straw fadeth as soon as it is kindled, so -passeth away the brightness of joy, and thou knowest not what become of f° +, 16’ Sorrow is frequent, pleasure is rare; pain cometh of itself: — delight must be purchased; grief is unmixed, but joy wanteth not its alloy of bitterness. co a 5 17. As the soundest health is less perceived than the lightest malady, © so the highest joy toucheth us less decp that the smallest sorrow. 18. We are in love with anguish; we often fly from pleasure; when we purchase it, costeth it not more than it is wo ” 19. Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty; but who remembereth himself a boy? Is it not in mercy, ; that sorrow is allotted unto 23? . ~. ~* 20. Man foreseeth the evil that is to come; he remembereth it when it is past; he considereth not that the thought of affliction woundeth deeper than the affliction itself. Think not of thy pain, but when it is upon thee, and thou shalt avoid what most hurt thee. . 21,| He who weepéth before he needeth, weepeth mort than he needeth; and why, but that he loveth weeping? Lm 2 22, The stag weepeth not till the spear is lifted against him; gor ~- do the tears of the beaver fall, till the hound is ready to seize him: man anticipateth death by the apprehension of it; and the fear is greater © misery than the event itself. 9 = * oT og . 23. Be always prepared to give an account of thine action; and the best death is that which is Jeast premeditated. ae 0 | Tt _. FHE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE ASIATIC NATION ns fe en » vo oy BS ot ~ . _. 1s. The falléa gons and daughters of the Asiatic Nation of North ’- America-geed to learn to lovy instead of hate; arid to koow of theit -— -* Pipher self ‘and lower self. This is the uniting of the Holy Koran of) - Mecca, for teaching and instructing all Moorish Americans, ett. pen if . 2. The key of civilization was and is in the hands of the AL“, ’ nations. «<The Moorish, who were the ancient Moabites, and the . of the Holy City of Mecca. . Lo - re me