y virtue of their own innate powers,
unto the shores of the Most Great Ocean, that thereby they who seek the
Beauty of the All-Glorious may be distinguished and separated from the
wayward and perverse. Thus hath it been ordained by the all-glorious and
resplendent Pen....

That the Manifestations of Divine justice, the Day Springs of heavenly
grace, have when they appeared amongst men always been destitute of all
earthly dominion and shorn of the means of worldly ascendancy, should be
attributed to this same principle of separation and distinction which
animateth the Divine Purpose. Were the Eternal Essence to manifest all
that is latent within Him, were He to shine in the plentitude of His
glory, none would be found to question His power or repudiate His truth.
Nay, all created things would be so dazzled and thunderstruck by the
evidences of His light as to be reduced to utter nothingness. How, then,
can the godly be differentiated under such circumstances from the froward?

This principle hath operated in each of the previous Dispensations and
been abundantly demonstrated.... It is for this reason that, in every age,
when a new Manifestation hath appeared and a fresh revelation of God's
transcendent power was vouchsafed unto men, they that misbelieved in Him,
deluded by the appearance of the peerless and everlasting Beauty in the
garb of mortal men, have failed to recognize Him. They have erred from His
path and eschewed His company--the company of Him Who is the Symbol of
nearness to God. They have even arisen to decimate the ranks of the
faithful and to exterminate such as believed in Him.

Behold how in this Dispensation the worthless and foolish have fondly
imagined that by such instruments as massacre, plunder and banishment they
can extinguish the Lamp which the Hand of Divine power hath lit, or
eclipse the Day Star of everlasting splendor. How utterly unaware they
seem to be of the truth that such adversity is the oil that feedeth the
flame of this Lamp! Such is God's transforming power. He changeth
whatsoever He willeth; He verily hath power over all things....

Consider at all times the sovereignty exercised by the Ideal King, and
behold the evidences of His power and paramount influence. Sanctify your
ears from the idle talk of them that are the symbols of denial and the
exponents of violence and anger. The hour is approaching when ye will
witness the power of the one true God triumphing over all created t