But he who sees Justice, Order, and Harmony is
There is no more enmity.
calm and filled with peace.
Men and things are in their right places.
Error sees error; and Truth sees Truth.
There is no more strife;
Error, being darkness, cannot penetrate the light; No more fighting ;
But Truth, being light, can penetrate the darkness. No more warfare.
Truth reconciles darkness with light.
We behold the fray, but do not engage in it ;
Error is the Great Unrest ;
We hear the tumult, and we make no sound.
Truth is the Great Peace.
But though quiescent, we watch;
He who looks with the eye of error is restless as the Though silent, we are not indifferent.
shifting winds.
Perceiving the Divine Order, we are reconciled to
But restful as the stable mountain is he who looks all things;
with the eye of Truth.
And being so reconciled, we are in perfect peace.
We are reconciled to the world;
We are reconciled to humanity;
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And being thus reconciled we are at rest.
Wherefore should we mourn and be sorrowful?
Where unrest is, there is no reconciliation ;
The very ground of lamentation is dissolved;
And they who are not so reconciled have not
The foundation of sorrow is cut away ;
received the Truth.
And as for sin and evil?they were, but are not.
The sphere of controversy is broken :
All things are now.
About what should we contend?
All Light, all Law, all Truth is now.
The world of division is annulled :
Time and Eternity are one ;
What have we to defend?
Matter and Spirit are one;
Can Truth fail, that we should argue, that we should Death and Life are one;
be anxious and concerned ?
The blind see not,
Because Truth endures for ever, our peace can
But they that have eyes know the things which they
never fail.
see.
The seed fails in its appointed place;
We strive not;
The flower appears, and also the fruit in its season; We stand apart and are silent.
Day warms, and night cools; Light is shed, and rain Men hurry to and fro a little while ;
falls;
A little time they come, and a little time they go :
Snow covers, and frost binds.?
How eager they are I How anxious !
Are these things opposed ?
How fierce !
Are they enemies?
Better than all worldly gain is the spirit of peace.
They work together as one.
Better than rule and riches is the Reconciliation of
Who, then, shall stir us up to wrath?
Truth.
Who shall draw us into the lists of contention?
Fires burn out, and storms subside ;
With them that agree with us we are at peace?
But serenity remains.
And with that oppose us we are also at peace.
Calmness preserves and restores, and Tranquillity
Friends are not near, nor enemies far ;
is a great possession.
Praise and blame are not asunder.
Who condemns our aloofness?
Truth draws all things together;
Him our peace enfolds ;
It resolves all opposites into one.
Even him our reconciliation embraces.
Yea, forces that seemed divided are now united ; Apart, we are not separate :
Things that seemed to contend are now in
Aloof, we are not estranged :
agreement;
