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Vee meee a Pay f - in? rt . a BRS a : an " ue . H Pa of NA fe Fe a : «> SME DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS fi. in the of his miod, he revolveth sl] imowledge: the secrets uf futurity be open before him. 12. The thuuyhts uf thy heart are naked 00 his view; be knoweth thy deernunation Leflore ilay are made. 13 With respect to ius prescience, there is nuthing contingent; with respect to his providewe, there ix nothing accidenal. 14.) Wandertal he is 1 ali his ways; his counsels are inscrutable; tht masner of lus knuwksle transcetaieth thy conception. 1§. Pay thereiute to hn wisdom, all honor and veneration; and buw duwn thysel{ is humble and satimissive ubodieuce tu his supreme WG. The Father is grarnan and beneficiest: he hath crested the work! in mercy and bive. 17. His erentuses of his hand declare his goodness, and their enpatments speck of bus prose: he cluhed them with Leauty. fe sap porteth them wil tosh he preserveth then with pleasure | iron gen- tahe lo peneratie 18. Tf we bit wy war eves to the heavens, his glory shineth forth: Hf we vast thea claws on the corth, otis full of his gsalness: the hills and the valleys rejuice and sing; fields, rivers and woods resound his praise. 1. Wut thee. he hath distinguished with peculiar favor; and exalted they station above all creatures. 20. He hath enduel the: with reas, tu maintain thy donunien ; he hath fiited thee with buyguage, to improve by society; and exalted thy mind with the powers of meditatha, Ww contemplate and adore hus imunitable pet ies tions 21. And in the laws be nath ordained as the rule uf life so kindly hath he sured thy duty to thy naure that obedience to his precepts is happiness to tnyseli. 22. UO prae hi paalies with sus of thanksgiving, and medi- Gate i silence on the wonders of he dave: bet thy heart overiluw with gerautude an! akuowkyment, ict the lanyuaze uf thy lips speak prause and adoration, bet the actions of iy fife show ahy kuve to his law. Pd. Milaty te juat and nghievus, and will judge the camh with equity and truth 4. Hath he established is laws in puudness and mercy, and shall he not punish the trausyressers thereat ? 25. U think tat, bald men, because thy punishment is delayed, that the arm of Alh is weakened; neither flatter thyself with hopes that he winketh at thy duings. 26. His eye pierceth the accrets uf every heart, and he remem: eereth them forever; he rexpecieth oot the persona of the stations faen. _ 4. The high and the low, the rich and the sghorant, wien the soul bath shaken off the mortal life, shall equally receive, from the lasting retribution, accord.ug to their works. , the wise and the ous shackles of this of just and ever- > | THE DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS tes. 24. Then shall the wicked tremble and be afraid; best the heart of “ eae Allzh, Wherefore al the days of thy Hle. and walk in the paths which he hath opened before thee. [Let prudence admonish thee, et temperance restrain, let justice puide thy hand. benevo- lence warm thy heart, and gratitude tu Hleaven inspire thee with devo- tion. These shall give thee happiness in thy present state, and bring thee to the mansions of eternal felicity in the joredise of Allah WO. This is the true economy of Human Lile. CHAPTER XXXVL HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PROPHET KNOW THYSELF 1. Weak and ignorant a> thou art. ©) man, humble as thon vuyhtest to be, U child cf the dust, woulde-c thea raise thy thoughts to infirute wisdom? = Waouldest thou se cominypotence displayed before thee? Contemplate thine frame. ; 2. Feariully and wondermiliy art tho mide: praise therefore thy Creatur with awe, and rejoice before him with reverenee. 3. Wherefore of all creatures art thew only erect: but that Uhow shouldest behold his works? Wherefore art thou te behold, but that thou mavest admire then? Wherefore tu admire their and thy creator: 4. Wherefore is consciousness reposed on thee alune, and whence 1 it derived to thee * SH is net in flesh te think; it is not in bunes to reason. The hen knoweth noe that worms shall eat hina: the ox perceiveth mot that he is fed fur slaughter. ho ‘erat: some: 6. Semething is added te thee unlike to what thou : thing informs thy clay. higher than all ix the objet of thy senses. Reketd, what is it? _ 7 The body remaineth perfect after it is fled; therfore, i is no part of it; it ia immaterial, thereiure. tis etemal; it i free to at, T it 1s ac for ity a tions. ; the ee aan ie use oi faut, because his teeth ww duwn the herbage? of standeth the crocudile erect. although his backbone is as Stiaiv 1 > ; “se Sia formed thee as he farmed these, after them an nit thog created: superiority and command were Given thee mer “and i his own breath did he communicate ta thee the pt inciple a ape 10. Know thyself and the pride of his creation | the tine é divinity and matter: behold a part of lah himaeli wr vit thee; remem ber thine own dignity. sor dare descend to evil oF to mieaines clothed 11 Who planted terror in the tail of the serene metrtad thee the neck of the horse with thunder? Even he i 1 a to crush the une under thy fect and to tani the other ty thy purpose. _ . ’ of oe zt a a & a big a emcee Ste wp pee