The World’s Religions

131:7.1Only re­cently had the manuscripts of this Far-East­ern re­li­gion been lodged in the Alexan­drian li­brary. It was the one world re­li­gion of which Ga­nid had never heard. This be­lief also con­tained rem­nants of the ear­lier Mel­chiz­e­dek teach­ings as is shown by the fol­low­ing ab­stracts:

131:7.2“Says the Lord: ‘You are all re­cip­i­ents of my di­vine power; all men en­joy my min­istry of mercy. I de­rive great plea­sure in the mul­ti­pli­ca­tion of righ­teous men through­out the land. In both the beau­ties of na­ture and the virtues of men does the Prince of Heaven seek to re­veal him­self and to show forth his righ­teous na­ture. Since the olden peo­ple did not know my name, I man­i­fested my­self by be­ing born into the world as a vis­i­ble ex­is­tence and en­dured such abase­ment even that man should not for­get my name. I am the maker of heaven and earth; the sun and the moon and all the stars obey my will. I am the ruler of all crea­tures on land and in the four seas. Al­though I am great and su­preme, still I have re­gard for the prayer of the poor­est man. If any crea­ture will wor­ship me, I will hear his prayer and grant the de­sire of his heart.’

131:7.3“‘Ev­ery time man yields to anx­i­ety, he takes one step away from the lead­ing of the spirit of his heart.’ Pride ob­scures God. If you would ob­tain heav­enly help, put away your pride; ev­ery hair of pride shuts off sav­ing light, as it were, by a great cloud. If you are not right on the in­side, it is use­less to pray for that which is on the out­side. ‘If I hear your prayers, it is be­cause you come be­fore me with a clean heart, free from false­hood and hypocrisy, with a soul which re­flects truth like a mir­ror. If you would gain im­mor­tal­ity, for­sake the world and come to me.’”