BOOK OF SUE, SON OF JEHOVIH.
BEING THE SECOND CYCLE AFTER THE FLOOD.
CHAPTER I.
1. Jehovih spake in the gardens of Atahavia, precinct of Sue, Orian Chief, in the ethereanfirmament, saying: Sue, My son, what of the red star, the far-off earth? Behold, herharvests are blighted; she is become barren in imparting immortal souls to My unendingrealms.
2. Sue heard the voice, and he said: In Thy name, O Jehovih, will I summon my Gods ofHoit and Izaracha.
3. Swift messengers departed; and Sue, quick-perceiving God of two worlds in theetherean Seamar, foresaw the importance of the coming red star. He said: This, with myGods of Hoit and Izaracha, who will come in swift speed, shall be the second deliverance.
4. Then came Le Wing, God of Hoit; and presently, Sivian, Goddess of Izaracha, and theystood before Jehovih's throne. Sue said:
5. Jehovih hath spoken. Behold, the red star bringeth forth nor sons nor daughters more toJehovih's realms. She is weak, unstrung, and out of tune, and cometh this way. And I said:
6. In Thy power and wisdom, O Jehovih, will I visit the red star! Six years I will stand onher soil, and course her heaven; and such potency give to her confused Gods and Lords aswill make a thousand millions sing for joy. To accompany me, I have called you. Behold,I have charts and maps of her heaven and her corporeal parts; and a history of her, as yet,young adventures in the field of worlds.
7. Then spake Le Wing and Sivian, saying: To do Jehovih's will and thine, behold, we arecome to thee. Give us to fulfill whatsoever thou wilt.
8. To the swift messengers Sue said: Ye have heard; go proclaim throughout my ethereanworlds my will; and summon up from Ithyivius a hundred million skilled volunteers. When the red star shall cross the wing of Izaracha, we will go forth in power, and land onher troubled parts in a sea of golden light.
CHAPTER II.
1. In the Ariniisca of Portan of the etherean worlds and division of Hoit and Izaracha,flew the call of the Gods for volunteers, nor which a more welcome sound is not heard inhigh heaven to do Jehovih's will. And with the voice and call there rose up hosts fromevery quarter, and from every sub-division, till the complement stood ready for the greatwork. And yet so vast were the fields and arcs of Izaracha that the hundred millionschosen were as but a fraction compared to those left uncalled.
2. Coming near the throne of Sue in Aoit, the hundred millions formed in squares andstars, and the chosen God took his place to the head and front, looking to the low horizon,where rose the red star, the sick earth.
3. And now the builders who had measured the elements lying in the route towardthe earth, formed their crescent ship of fire, and equipped it; and, with mantlesand curtains and banners, created it a vessel of beauty and ornament as well as service.
4. Hardly was the ship completed when Jehovih's light encompassed it about on all sides,so that that which was beautiful before was now illuminated and sparkling and bright as asun, and rich in golden colors; for of such kind was the ethe of the heavens hereaboutcreated.
5. When Sue entered the ship, the voice of Jehovih came, saying: Another cycle came andis gone on the earth and her heaven, but still they fall to barrenness ere the succeedingdawn. Go now, O Sue, My Son, and a wider range give to the tetracts of both angels andmortals. Give a greater scope to tyrants, kings and queens on earth, and greater to the self-Gods and self-Lords in hada, and more responsibility.
6. Then all hands entered the etherean ship, singing and rejoicing, observed by countlessmillions come to wish them a haven of joy on their six years' visit to the corporeal earth.
7. Sue said: In Thy name, O Jehovih, and by virtue of Thy power in me vested, my hostsshall forth at my command. Cut loose, ye Gods, and thou, O ship, of heaven born, to thered star, the earth, be gone! And Sue stretched forth his hands and waved them, and lo,the mighty ship of heaven turned on its axis, cutting loose from the high firmament. Andit turned, with its great curtains and banners sailing gracefully and swiftly through theblue ether.
8. The music of her es'enaurs swelled and rolled along on the spheres of many worldsunseen to mortals, where dwell countless millions of spectators viewing the marvelousspeed and power and brilliant colors of the great ship. Faster and Faster she sped on, tillnearing Chinvat, which now cut sharp in the fields and forests of Izaracha, over whichwas potent the name of Sue, the companion God and chiefest friend of Aph, Orian Chief,Son of Jehovih.
9. When the ship came to the bridge and halted, to take in the plan of the whirlingearth, Sue said: A light! A light! Ye Gods! And at once, as high as the moon and brightas the son, the illumined ship stood, to overawe the self-Gods and warrior kingsand murderers of the earth-born, whose plentiful souls in chaos polluted heaven.
10. For three days and nights Sue held his star-ship to the wonderful task of mastering bythe marvelous scene. And then slowly he entered the vortex of the earth, but held hiscourse, nor with the earth and her heaven; for he desired that both corporeans andatmosphereans should witness the coming power. So slowly he came, but fifty thousandmiles a day, that when the ship neared the disorganized Hored, the self-Gods and self-Lords fled and left their well-supplied kingdoms desolate, and down to the earth rushed inthousands, and with their hosts in millions, to hide or safely stow themselves from Agni'sjust hate.
11. But the true God and Lords stood firm in their depleted kingdoms, fearing naught,but in faith that this etherean ship was Jehovih's answer to their long cry for helpfrom the heavenly spheres. And by their pillars of fire still standing, great Sueknew where to land in the lower heaven for safe anchorage. So to Hored he came,slowly, and toward the throne of God. And when he neared the place, hises'enaurs chanted and the trumpeters played; the sound of which music came to theears of God and his hosts, and they were the hymns of more than a thousand years ago.
12. And God and his hosts sent up rockets and displayed the three primary colors, the signof Jehovih's name; and God's es'enaurs joined in chanting with the hosts above. Presentlythe ship of fire was at the place of landing, and Sue, Jehovih's Son, cast out a ladder anddescended, with his hosts, the hundred million angels, led by Gussitivi, marshaless of thethrone of Sue, in Izaracha.
13. Sue said: Hail, O God of heaven and earth! In Jehovih's name, I am come in powerand wisdom. And God answered: Glory be to Thee, O Jehovih, that Thy Son hath comeso far to bless Thy bewildered kingdom! Then they saluted with the signs of the sixthresurrection, whereupon God said:
14. In the name of the Great Spirit, come thou and honor my throne. So Sue wentforward, and they greeted by shaking hands; and Sue ascended and sat on the throne,saying: Keep thy place, O God, for I am not come to displace thee or thy hosts of Jehovih,but to build up for His glory. Be seated, therefore, for I feel the light of the Fatherdescending on my head.
15. Presently the All Light enveloped Sue, and the Father's voice spake through him,saying: Hear the words of thy Creator, My son, and rejoice because I have not forgottenthee and thy people. Behold, this is the hour of thy redemption from the trials of tetracts,which are run abroad in My dominions.
16. Was it not worse than this in the olden time? and I came with my hosts and deliveredthem. I created man in darkness and gave to him no judgment, that the creation of his ownthoughts might be for his own glory, forever. But instead of beautifying his thoughts, hehearkeneth to tetracts and clotheth himself in clouds. The heaven I build for him hediggeth to pieces, and then buildeth his own, but only to be displeased and turbulent. Neither will he content himself with providing with his own hands, but searchestout My most dutiful sons and daughters, making slaves of them for his own exaltation.
17. Behold, I have afore time sent My sons and daughters to search out these traitors andself-Gods, declaring unto them that only by forsaking evil and practicing righteousnesscould they attain to My exalted kingdoms. Their evil places have I cast down, and rebuiltin honor and glory, that their own judgment might determine that virtue and good worksare the sure foundation for happiness that will endure forever. But when I have raisedthem up in one cycle and made the lower heaven a paradise, alas, My ethereans have butgone away for a little while when the tetracts take root, and grow, and turn all thingsupside down.
18. But now will I build them up in a new way. Yea, I will appropriate the evil of theirinventions to their own good in a way they dream not of. The false Gods and false Lordsshall be arrested and brought before this judgment seat, and I will judge them by theirown behavior and desires; neither will I torment them nor abridge their happiness. Send,therefore, My Son, thy marshals into the hidden places of these Gods and Lords, and sayto them: Thus saith the hosts of heaven: Come, My Son, and inherit a kingdom in hada, inthine own way, for lo, there is room for all; but that thou art not left behind, come quicklyto Hored.
19. And they will come, hoping to embellish themselves in the old manner. But My Lightshall come in due time in Mine Own way.
20. The voice ceased, but Sue spake of his own account, saying: What Jehovih hathordered, do ye. So marshals and priests were sent in all directions in atmospherea togather in the false Gods and false Lords who had deserted their dominions in fear of thelight of Sue's etherean ship. And after many days the false ones were brought to Hored;and there were of them seven thousand Lords and Gods.
21. Now when they were before Sue, Jehovih's Son, and arranged so that all could hearand see, even the whole Council beside, the Light gathered around about the throne, andSue addressed them, saying:
22. Hear me, O men and women! I have sent for you, and ye are here. In this I ampleased. Know, then, that what I speak shall be in love and tenderness. Ye have desertedJehovih's kingdoms, and it must be because it pleased you better than to remain. Is thisnot true? And ye also deserted your own false kingdoms?
23. For a little while they consulted together, and then answered, saying: Nay, it pleasedus not to desert our own kingdoms; but we were afraid.
24. Sue said: Who think ye I am? They answered: A God from some far-off world, butwhere it lieth we know not. We desire to know who thou art?
25. Sue said: I am but a man; fear me not. But since ye feared, and so deserted yourkingdoms, does it not prove that ye are not the All Highest? And do ye not perceive that,because ye had no All Highest, ye were divided and inharmonious?
26. Hear, then, that which I say, and consider my words: I want not your kingdoms noranything ye have; but, that harmony may reign in heaven, I will give every one of youmore than ye had, and add power unto you also.
27. Since ye behold I am come to Hored, the throne of the ancients, perceive ye not thatwhosoever accordeth with me is of my power also? Take, then, your kingdoms and beGods and Goddesses, as ye assumed before, and I will anoint ye, and make ye as partand parcel of one united whole. Again they counseled together, and then answered:
28. Why shall we take our kingdoms? Our slaves have deserted us; our kingdoms arepillaged of all their value. Yea, our slaves have become wandering spirits, and arereturned to the earth and are making their habitations with mortals. So that the people ofearth are aroused because of miracles and wonders occurring on earth.
29. Sue said: What can ye say to these wandering spirits that will induce them to come upaway from mortals? To which they answered: If we promise them provender and clothesand plenty of rest, they will come; but when we put them to labor, they will run away,having tasted of liberty.
30. Sue said: How, then, made ye slaves of them in the first place? To which theyanswered: We took them in the day their mortal bodies died, and they never sawnor knew any other place in heaven; so we appropriated them to our service dutifully.
31. Sue said: Know, then, this is my conclusion: First that ye shall all be made as sub-Gods to one confederacy, and your kingdoms shall be fair to look upon, and well suppliedwith all things needful.
32. Behold, there are on earth, with the barbarians, hosts of familiars and fetals; whoever,then, of you will go down to the earth and bring them away to Hored shall have them forhis slaves; and, whoever bringeth the greatest number, will I award the greatest kingdom. And if it be that ye can find emissaries to work for you in bringing fetals and familiarsaway from the barbarians, then shall such labor be accounted to your credit. And ye shallstation around about in the corporeal cities certain angels, whose labor shall be to receivenewborn spirits on birth-blankets and bring them to your kingdoms also, for they shall beyour slaves.
33. After that manner spake Sue; and the false Gods and Goddesses were highly pleased,and they divided themselves into certain districts over mortals and for the lower heaven,and were at once sent off to labor in their own way, and they were named sub-Gods.
34. Sue said: These sub-Gods have much weight with the barbarians, because they advisethem in war. But, behold, it shall come to pass when the sub-Gods have robbed thebarbarians of their familiar spirits, the I'hin priests will have a greater weight with them.
35. And the sub-Gods will desire to find favor in my sight, and so, teach their slaves, thewhich will cause them to emancipate themselves in time to come.
CHAPTER III.
1. Jehovih spake through Sue, saying: Mine is a strong government, and everlasting. Hearken to the wisdom of your Creator, O My sons and daughters. Wherein have I notgiven liberty to all people? He that doeth aright, wherein is he not free? He that doethawrong, wherein hath he liberty? Whoever endeavoreth to surpass himself, have I notshown him his limit?
2. I created man at zero, but for him to add unto himself forever. Liberty I gave him toadd only that which perfecteth his own soul. Wherefore, if he eat poison, it taketh fromhim his body which I gave. Herein made I a boundary, both on earth and in heaven, whichis to say, inasmuch as man accumulateth virtue, wisdom, patience, love, truth and purewords, he is free; because, in so doing, he followeth Me in My works. But he that seekethto glorify himself in his possessions bindeth himself; because he is unlike Me, for I gaveAll, and thus made the universe.
3. Two states, therefore, have I created open to all men, both on earth and in atmospherea,which are, liberty and bondage. And man I made to choose that which he will; but that hemight not err, behold, I send My emancipated angels to explain these things beforehand.
4. Even so are governments ordained by My holy ones, wherein ye may judge whether agovernment be of Me or against Me. For if it give liberty to all righteous works, and forthe promotion of knowledge, providing teachers to the extent of the demand, it is of Me. But if the government maketh of itself a self, for which its aggrandizement is at theexpense of My children's liberty, then is it against Me.
5. For I have not created a people to be to-day as were their forefathers, but providedthem with perpetual growth in wisdom and virtue; wherefore the rising generations shallrebel against that which was well and good for their forefathers. All My governmentsunderstand this, whether on earth or in heaven. Whatever government accepteth not thisrule, shall go down to destruction. For, as I have hedged man about with sentinels, suchas pestilence, poverty and hunger, in order to awaken him to knowledge and industry, sohave I hedged in all governments under the sun with sentinels, such as rebellion andassassinations, and war, and bankruptcy. As pestilence proveth man's disobedience to Mycommandments, so do rebellion and anarchy prove the disobedience of governments tothe progressive spirit with which I created man.
6. The self-God saith: I will make a strong government; by armies and cruel masters will Ibind the subjects of my dominions. And he draweth up a multitude of laws, and heapethup books to explain the laws, and findeth judges to explain the books that explain thelaws, and he saith: Behold how wise I am! Behold the great wisdom of my judges! Behold the great learning of my books! Behold my most perfect laws! Behold my armiesthat stand behind all, and in great power!
7. But lo, a star appeareth in heaven, and all his fabric goeth as a spider's web. Forinstead of choosing his Creator, Who is strong, he erected things that were as nothing.
8. Hear thy Creator, O My God, for through My Son I bequeath a new light to the lowerheaven: For, as thou hast portioned to the self-Gods to take kingdoms, suffer them tohedge themselves about with a multitude of laws; but thou thyself shalt have no lawssave the rites and ceremonies, which thou shalt adorn with music and processions.
9. And it shall come to pass that the dominions of the self-Gods will prosper for a season;and they will, for sake of self-glory, deplete the earth people of familiar spirits and fetals. But, in time after, their subjects will tire of the laws of the self-Gods, and hearing thatthou hast no laws, save rites and ceremonies, they will come to Hored of their ownaccord.
10. Henceforth, then, shalt thou convert the nurseries and hospitals, and factories andplaces of education, into places of delight and recreation.
11. The voice ceased, but Sue said: Behold, a time cometh, in all the atmosphereanheavens, when the discipline of former days must give way to something new; andsuch a time is now in this kingdom. It may be likened to a young child that hath beenled by the hand for a long time, but now hath become strong of limb so as to walk alone.
12. For this purpose hath the earth been brought through the fields of Izaracha, and myhosts are come with music and wisdom. Hear, then, my decree, O God of earth, and thoushalt be the most blessed of Gods: Send thy messengers into all parts of atmospherea,proclaiming a recreation of ten days, of music and dancing and marching, with pageantryand feasting, to be in Hored in the first of the moon of Jaffeth.
13. The rest leave to the Father, for He will provide us in the time thereof. And whilstthe time is coming, I will go around the earth with my hosts in my etherean ship.
14. God said: I perceive Thy wisdom, O Jehovih; in Thy decrees am I raised up with newwisdom and power. O that I could have devised a way for them before they fell so low!
15. Sue called the Council and his own hosts from labor to recreation for one day, and thepeople mingled together rejoicing; for of the ethereans with the hosts of Sue were manywho had been earth-born, many thousands of years before, and their assurance of theemancipated heavens above had greater weight with the atmosphereans than anything thatothers could say. Then Sue and his hosts visited the earth and her heavens; and after thatreturned again to Hored.
