“74: O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned
My...”


O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My
imperishable dominion, and have adorned yourselves with the gay livery of
the world and made of it your boast. By My beauty! All will I gather
beneath the one-colored covering of the dust and efface all these diverse
colors save them that choose My own, and that is purging from every color.



“75: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE! Set not your affections on mortal
sovereignty...”


O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE! Set not your affections on mortal sovereignty
and rejoice not therein. Ye are even as the unwary bird that with full
confidence warbleth upon the bough; till of a sudden the fowler Death
throws it upon the dust, and the melody, the form and the color are gone,
leaving not a trace. Wherefore take heed, O bondslaves of desire!



“76: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Guidance hath ever been given by words, and
now...”


O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Guidance hath ever been given by words, and now it