God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of the nations; who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee, because thy judgments are made manifest.

II After these things I heard as it were a loud voice of a great mul

SELECTION III.

A vision of the heavenly city and of those who shall be counted worthy to dwell in it.

AND I saw a new heaven and a

new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new out of

titude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah! | Jerusalem, coming down The salvation, and the glory, and the heaven from God, prepared as a power,belong to our God; for true and bride adorned for her husband. righteous are his judgments. And a second time they said, Hallelujah!

12 And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, the small and the great.

13 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah! for the Lord our God the Almighty reigneth. Let us rejoice and exult, and we will give him the glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready; and it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, shining and pure; and the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.

3 And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, their God; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain be any more; for the former things are passed away.

4 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

5 And he saith, Write; for these words are faithful and true. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit these things, 14 And he saith to me, Write, and I will be his God, and he shall Blessed are they who are called to be my son. But the cowardly, and the marriage-supper of the Lamb. unbelieving, and the polluted with And he saith to me, These are the abominations, and murderers, and true words of God.

fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is

15 And I fell at his feet to worship him; and he saith to me, See thou do it not; I am a fellow-servant of thee, and of thy brethren who the second death.

maintain the testimony of Jesus; 6 And there came one of the worship God, for the testimony of seven messengers, and talked with Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

me, saying, Come hither; I will

show thee the bride, the wife of and the kings of the earth will bring the Lamb. their glory into it; and the gates of it shall not be shut by day, for there will be no night there; and they will bring the glory and the honor of all nations into it.

9 And there shall not enter into it any thing unclean, or that worketh abomination and falsehood; but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life.

IO And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, coming out of the throne of God and of the Lamb; between the street of the city and the river, on one side and on the other, is the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, and yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing

7 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God; her light was like to a most precious stone, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal; having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. On the east, three gates; and on the north, three gates; and on the south, three gates; and on the west, three gates. gates. And the material of its wall was jasper; and the city was of pure gold, like to clear glass. The foundation-stones of the nations. of the wall of the city were adorned II And there shall be no more with all manner of precious stones: curse; for the throne of God will be the first foundation-stone was jas- in it, and the Lamb and his servants per; the second, sapphire; the will serve him; and they will see his third, chalcedony; the fourth, emer-face, and his name will be upon their ald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, foreheads. sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. And the twelve gates were 13 And I John am he who heard twelve pearls; every several gate and saw these things; and when I was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

12 And there will be no night, and no need of lamp or light, for the Lord God will shine upon them; and they will reign for ever and ever.

had heard and when I had seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the messenger who showed me these things. And he saith to me, See thou do it not; I am a fellowservant of thee, and of thy brethren

8 And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb. And the city hath no need of the sun, nor the prophets, and of those who keep of the moon, to shine upon it; for the words of this book; worship the glory of God and of the Lamb God.

is the light thereof.

tions will walk by the

And the na- 14 And he saith to me, Seal not

light of it; the words of the prophecy of this

book; the time is at hand. He that their robes, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city; for without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and practiseth falsehood.

is unjust, let him be unjust still; he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

15 Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every one according as his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. thirsteth come!

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him that heareth say, Come! And let him that Whoever will, let

16 Blessed are they that wash him take the water of life freely.

PERSIAN SCRIPTURES.-GENERAL SELECTIONS.

SELECTION I.

The existence and attributes of God.

HE is the Principle of Goodness

eyes.

They humbled themselves before God. And if thy understanding be ever so little exerted, thou

must acknowledge thy dependence

and Truth; the Eternal Source on the Supremely Pure Being.

of sunshine and light; the Centre of 6 Communicate to me the least all that exists; the Creator of all name of God, and I will return to things; the Sovereign Intelligence; thee His greatest. Every day He is the All-Seeing; the Just Judge. He in action. One day of His is equal to sitteth on the throne of the good a thousand years of man's. and the perfect, in regions of pure light. He pronounced the primeval word, Be it! and His own abode of celestial light sprang into existence, as far above the sun as the sun is above the earth.

7 O Thou whose light manifests itself in the vesture of the world! Thy names are manifested in the nature of man; Thy knowledge shows itself in the science of Thy prophets; Thy bounty is manifested in the bounty of great hearts. Recognize the mark of God in every place. The world is the image of God.

2 Worship, with humility and reverence, the Giver of Blessings, and of all the Spirits to whose care He has entrusted the universe. 8 O Thou who existest from eter3 God appears in the best nity, and abidest for ever! sight canthought, in the truest speech, in not bear Thy light, praise cannot exthe sincerest action. Through his press Thy perfection. Thy light Pure Spirit He giveth health, pros- melts the understanding, and Thy perity, devotion, and eternity to the glory baffles wisdom; to think of universe. He is the Father of all Thee bewilders reason; Thy essence Truth. confounds thought. Science is like blinding desert-sand on the road to Thy perfection. The town of literature is a mere hamlet compared with the world of Thy knowledge.

4 The height and depth of the world is centred in Thee, O Lord. I know not what Thou art. art what Thou alone canst be.

Thou

9 My foot has no power to tread

5 Think not that our fathers were worshippers of Fire. That element on this path, which misleads sages. was merely an exalted object on the I have no power to bear the odor of splendor of which they fixed their this wine; it confounds my knowl

edge. Man's so-called foresight and poem the first word is Reason, and guiding reason wander about bewil- the last is Man; and whoso shall dered in the streets of the city of trace the words from the first to the Thy glory. Human thought and last shall find them the unbroken knowledge combined can only spell series of Thy favors, the varied the first letter of Thy love. names of Thy love.

14 Antagonistic natures blend in sweet accord: in fine ether behold the solid sphere suspended; fire and water work together for that

10 Praise be to Thee Amplest of Stars! Revolving in abundant love and greatness! Abiding in the midst of perfect order! Cause of whatever is produced anew, and Creator of the great harmony from which The seasons! Thou, Maker of the day Good sprang into being. Such harin all its splendor, art God: cloth- mony is the sign of The Best. ing the stars with Thy brilliancy, 15 In mines gleam the gems, and Thou causest them to be symbols the earth hath its green vesture; but of Thy grandeur, rays of Thy glory. deep within me shall that harmony They are as proofs of Thee unto be found singing praises, with the Thy servants. Through their activi- revolving spheres, to the Fairest and ty, beaming with glory, I seek Thee, the Best. of whom they are the reflection.

16 We worship the Pure, the Lord of Purity. We worship the Omnipresent, the True Spirit, visible and invisible: who is in all that sustains

II Thou art the Establisher and Limit of all, the Light of lights, the Lord who giveth harmony to the worlds. Wilt thou illuminate my soul the welfare of the good creation. with pure light, adorable knowledge, We praise all good thoughts, all and lofty excellence! Enable me to good deeds which are and will be; be one of those who are nigh unto all that keeps pure, all that is good. Thee, who are filled with Thy love!

12 Thou pure and perfect God! Thine is the world's beauty and dominion. Thy beauty transcends the sun, and Thy completeness the universe of forms. I call Thee not high nor low; recognizing no limit to Thy being. Thou art highest, Thou art deepest, Thou art the essence of all being. How can I know Thee, who art beyond the vision of reason? Being so concealed, Thou art the more revealed to the eye of the heart.

17 Thou true, happy Being! we try to speak and do only what may promote the two lives of body and mind. We worship the Wise One, who formed and furthered the spirit of earth. We beseech the Spirit of Earth to yield to our labor beautiful and fertile fields, for believer and unbeliever, for rich and poor. We wor ship the Wise One with our bodies and our souls. We worship Him as being united with the spirits of pure men and women. We worship the Promoter of all Good; all that is very beautiful, shining, immortal, bright; everything that is Good.

13 The world were an empty tablet if Thou hadst not written thereon Thy eternal thought. Of Thy divinel 18 O God, show compassion on