er, whom I left in Babylon, hear of me; for I suppose they judge
me lost or devoured; but I could be glad if any, yea, all of them,
were here to behold, and taste and feel what I do. And let none
of them say, it happened better with me than with many; for I have
understood, since coming into this house, that the same Light that
appeared to me, doth appear to any poor distressed soul in the whole
world; but the reason that so few come here is, because they fear the
perils and dangers that are in the way, more than they love the Light
that would lead them through them; and so turn aside, and shelter
themselves in an old rotten building, that at one time or other, will
fall on their heads, and they perish in the ruins.

[Illustration: So I went not, but sought a city whose builder is God;
and now I have found it; Hallelujah in the Highest; glory, honour,
and renown to his worthy Name and power, throughout all ages and
generations. Amen.]

Now if any have a mind to know my name, let them know I had a name
in my father's country, but in this long and tedious journey I have
lost it. But since I came hither I have a "new name," but have no
characters to signify it by, that I can write, or they can read. Yet
if any will come where I am, they shall know my name. But for further
satisfaction, I was born in Egypt, spiritually called; and my father
went and lived in Babylon, about the time the true children of Israel
were in captivity; there I became acquainted with some of the stock
of the Jews, about the time they were returning to their own land;
and they told me wonderful things of the glory of the house they had
at Jerusalem, and would have had me go with them. And I understood
that Solomon, with many thousands of carpenters and masons had built
it; upon which I considered within myself, that if Solomon and the
carpenters and masons had built it, carpenters and masons might at one
time or another pull it down again. So I went not, but sought a city
whose builder is God; and now I have found it; Hallelujah in the
Highest; glory, honour, and renown to his worthy Name and power,
throughout all ages and generations. _Amen_.

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