thine eyes from the matchless wine of the
immortal Beloved, and open them not to foul and mortal dregs. Take from
the hands of the divine Cup-bearer the chalice of immortal life, that all
wisdom may be thine, and that thou mayest hearken unto the mystic voice
calling from the realm of the invisible. Cry aloud, ye that are of low
aim! Wherefore have ye turned away from My holy and immortal wine unto
evanescent water?

"63: O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity
followeth..."

O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity
followeth you, and grievous retribution awaiteth you. Think not that which
ye have committed hath been effaced in My sight. By My beauty! All your
doings hath My pen graven with open characters upon tablets of chrysolite.

"64: O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH! Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I
have..."

O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH! Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I have
pledged Myself not to forgive any man's injustice. This is My covenant
which I have irrevocably decreed in the preserved tablet and sealed with
My seal.

"65: O REBELLIOUS ONES! My forbearance hath emboldened you and My..."

O REBELLIOUS ONES! My forbearance hath emboldened you and My
long-suffering hath made you negligent, in such wise that ye have spurred
on the fiery charger of passion into perilous ways that lead unto
destruction. Have ye thought Me heedless or that I was unaware?

"66: O EMIGRANTS! The tongue I have designed for the mention of..."

O EMIGRANTS! The tongue I have designed for the mention of Me, defile it
not with detraction. If the fire of self overcome you, remember your own
faults and not the faults of My creatures, inasmuch as every one of you
knoweth his own self better than he knoweth others.

"67: O CHILDREN OF FANCY! Know, verily, that while the radiant dawn
breaketh..."

O CHILDREN OF FANCY! Know, verily, that while the radiant dawn breaketh
above the horizon of eternal holiness, the satanic secrets and deeds done
in the gloom of night shall be laid bare and manifest before the peoples
of the world.

"68: O WEED THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF DUST! Wherefore have not these soiled
hands of thine..."

O WEED THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF DUST! Wherefore have not these soiled hands
of thine touched first thine own garment, and why with thine heart defiled
with desire and passion dost thou seek to commune with Me and to enter My
sac