41. O SON OF MAN!

Magnify My cause that I may reveal unto thee the mysteries of My greatness
and shine upon thee with the light of eternity.

Make mention of Me on My earth, that in My heaven I may remember thee,
thus shall Mine eyes and thine be solaced.

Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou therewith. Thy sight is My sight, do thou
see therewith, that in thine inmost soul thou mayest testify unto My exalted
sanctity, and I within Myself may bear witness unto an exalted station for
thee.

Seek a martyr's death in My path, content with My pleasure and thankful for
that which I ordain, that thou mayest repose with Me beneath the canopy of
majesty behind the tabernacle of glory.

Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon thy bed, or to shed thy life-blood
on the dust, a martyr in My path, and so become the manifestation of My
command and the revealer of My light in the highest paradise? Judge thou
aright, O servant!

By My beauty! To tinge thy hair with thy blood is greater in My sight than the
creation of the universe and the light of both worlds. Strive then to attain this,
O servant!

For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree
and patience under My trials.

The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as doth the rebel for forgiveness
and the sinful for mercy.

If adversity befall thee not in My path, how canst thou walk in the ways of
them that are content with My pleasure? If trials afflict thee not in thy longing
to meet Me, how wilt thou attain the light in thy love for My beauty?

My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly
it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal
light and an immortal spirit. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe
it.

Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon
thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.

If poverty overtake thee, be not sad; for in time the Lord of wealth shall visit
thee. Fear not abasement, for glory shall one day rest on thee.

If thine heart be set upon this eternal, imperishable dominion, and this
ancient, everlasting life, forsake this mortal and fleeting sovereignty.

Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We test the gold, and with gold
We test Our servants.

Thou dost wish for gold and I desire thy freedom from it. Thou thinkest thyself
rich in its possession, and I recognize thy wealth in thy sanctity therefrom. By
My life! This is My knowledge, and that is thy fancy; how can My way accord
with thine?

Bestow My wealth upon My poor, that in heaven thou mayest draw from
stores of unfading splendor and treasures of imperishable glory. But by My
life! To offer up thy soul is a more glorious thing couldst thou but see with
Mine eye.

The temple of being is My throne; cleanse it of all things, that there I may be
established and there I may abide.

Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent. Thy spirit is My place of
revelation; cleanse it for My manifestation.

Put thy hand into My bosom, that I may rise above thee, radiant and
resplendent.