There is a place of darkness,
Where self is lord and king there is no peace.
A dwelling - place of deep darkness,
Ye who are in the way of impurity,
And they who abide there cry out of their unrest, Ye who are the subjects of self,
They cry and are not heard, because their cry is of Listen, though ye understand not.
self;
Hear,?for the day cometh when the precepts of the
They call upon their God, but the silence is not
prophet are remembered,
broken ;
And his words are burnt into the heart with brands
The echo of their own voice they hear, and it
of fire,?
affrights them.
Where there shall come upon you the night which
And they remain in their sins.
is more than darkness,
And remaining in their sins, they shall cry,?
The hunger which is more than famine,
"We have sown wheat and have reaped straw,
And the deprivation which is more than death,
We have ploughed, but we have no produce of our When Love shall be crucified, and hatred be set labour,
free,
And lo ! the Great Famine is upon us.
When peace shall be banished, and strife be
We stored away much grain, but the rats have
glorified.
devoured it;
When righteousness shall be mocked, and
confusion shall flourish,
He shall pass through the Fire called Suffering and
And the voice of the prophet is no longer heard;? it shall not devour him;
When that time comes, and ye cry, and are not
He shall cross the dark Ocean called Sorrow, and it
heard,
shall not swallow him up;
Suffer, and are not relieved,
And when he cometh to the Great Desert called
Sorrow, and are not comforted,
Desertion, he shall not turn back.
Remember this,?
And he shall come out of all his darkness,
He that rouseth himself early seeth the sun rise,
He shall find the Shadowless Light.
He that watcheth diligently and taketh a light,
Upon the outermost edge of the Great Darkness he
findeth his way out of the darkness,
shall hear a Voice,
And he that striveth with an uncomplaining heart, The Voice of the Holy One,
is crowned with the Crown of Peace.
Then shall he know that the King of Truth is near,
And that there cometh the anointed Prince of
The Fifth Prophecy, called Transition
Peace.
And he shall follow the Voice because it is gentle
THE Voice of the Spirit to the children of sorrow,? and true,
Arise ye ! Awake !
And it shall lead him to the eternal abode of Light,
Open your eyes, and see !
Where every veil shall be lifted, and every mystery
Why will ye sleep the sleep that is painful ?
solved.
Come out of the night of unrest,
And he shall perceive the majesty of the Master of
Out of the dark nightmare of sin and affliction !
Truth ;
For there is a Way out of the place of darkness,
He shall behold the beauty of the Law of
And out of the dwelling-place of deep darkness a Righteousness ;
Pathway that is sure.
He shall gaze upon the glory of the Great Reality;
There shall be light and safety,
He shall hear the song of the redeemed,
There shall be rest and healing,
Even this the sweet song of salvation :?
There shall be joy and satisfaction.
