“50: O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION! Put away all covetousness and seek
contentment;...”


O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION! Put away all covetousness and seek contentment;
for the covetous hath ever been deprived, and the contented hath ever been
loved and praised.



“51: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Be not troubled in poverty nor confident in...”


O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Be not troubled in poverty nor confident in riches,
for poverty is followed by riches, and riches are followed by poverty. Yet
to be poor in all save God is a wondrous gift, belittle not the value
thereof, for in the end it will make thee rich in God, and thus thou shalt
know the meaning of the utterance, “In truth ye are the poor,” and the
holy words, “God is the all-possessing,” shall even as the true morn break
forth gloriously resplendent upon the horizon of the lover’s heart, and
abide secure on the throne of wealth.



“52: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE AND PASSION!...”


O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE AND PASSION! Ye have suffered My enemy to enter
My house and have cast out My friend, for ye have enshrined the love of