My guide then said, “Understandest thou what thou seest?”
What will you say, I inquired of Justice?
G. Justice is not cruelty, but is doing what benevolence requires. When
thou seest a mind whom thou canst aid, and unto whom thou canst render
assistance, be it thy friend or a stranger, then be just to the law
which makes thee and him companions, and recognizes the deed of mercy
as a deed of good to thyself. If he fall by the way side, because he
can not see, then take him by thy strength, and bear him where he may
rest. Put thy hand upon him gently, and say: “I will not forsake thee
till thou canst aid others as I will aid thee.” Let him want nothing,
and justice to thy needy friend will be satisfied.
T. What is Wisdom?
G. Wisdom is wise. It is wise to relieve want. It is wise to do good.
It is wise to understand thyself, to know thy dependence on others, to
see the wisdom of God in his works and wonders. It is wise to act, to
say, and to wish well toward all mind. It is wise to speak the truth,
to utter nothing but the truth, and to oppose nothing which is good.
It is wise to love, as we see love begets love. It is wise to learn,
because what thou learnest of wisdom will add to thy circle of bliss,
and the bliss of others, when they are taught of thee. It is wise to
co-operate in harmony with the thousands who saw thee in need, and
aided thy welcome within these courts. It is wise to obey the Master of
this house; for in so doing great good shall be thy reward, and thou
shalt wear a crown which the ignorant may envy, but can not pluck from
thy head.
T. What is Progression?
G. Progression is the expansion of thy mind in the wisdom thou mayest
receive from instructed minds around thee. When thou doest good, it
is wise; and as thou becomest wise, thy wisdom will swell thy mind
with the luxury it gives. Thou knowest from what thou hast seen, that
according to thy works of well doing, so shall thy measure of bliss
be. If thou wouldst do more to benefit those who need, thou must be
found faithful unto the instruction thou receivest, and then thou wilt
be prepared to discharge thy trust with honor to thy station, and with
satisfaction to thyself.
T. What is Order?
G. Order is law. Law is immutable and universal. When I say, Order is
law, I would that thou shouldst understand that it is obedience to law.
Disobedience is disorder, and disorder is anarchy. Thou wilt see that
nature is obedient unto law. Planets and suns, and systems of suns and
worlds, are all obedient to law. The least disturbance might work a
disorder, which no mind less than the Creator could possibly control.
As thou beholdest order in the natural world, so let it be thy aim to
observe order in the society into whose charge thou hast committed
thyself.
T. What is Harmony?
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