5 The Lord, with his own hand has pulled far back the curtains of the night; the sun of truth is flooding heaven and earth; 6 The demons of the dark, of ignorance and death, are fleeing fast; are disappearing as the dew beneath the morning sun. 7 God is our strength and song; is our salvation and our hope, and we will build anew a house for him; 8 Will cleanse our hearts, and purify their chambers, every one. We are the temple of the Holy Breath. 9 We need no more a tent within the wilderness; no more a temple built with hands. 10 We do not seek the Holy Land, nor yet Jerusalem. 11 We are the tent of God; we are his temple built without the sound of edged tools. 12 We are the Holy Land; we are the New Jerusalem; Allelujah, praise the Lord! 13 And when the song was done the multitudes exclaimed, Praise God. 14 And Jesus said, Behold the way! 15 The sons of men have groped for ages in the darkness of Egyptian night. 16 The Pharaohs of sense have bound them with their chains. 17 But God has whispered through the mists of time and told them of a land of liberty and love. 18 And he has sent his Logos forth to light the way. 19 The Red Sea rolls between the promised land and Egypt’s sands. 20 The Red Sea is the carnal mind. 21 Behold, the Logos reaches out his hand; the sea divides; the carnal mind is reft in twain; the sons of men walk through dry shod. 22 The Pharaohs of sense would stay them in their flight; the waters of the sea return; the Pharaohs of sense are lost and men are free. 23 For just a little while men tread the wilderness of Sin; the Logos leads the way; 24 And when at last men stand upon the Jordan’s brink, these waters stay, and men step forth into their own. CHAPTER 111. _Jesus teaches. A man requests him to compel his brother to deal justly. Jesus reveals the divine law, the power of truth and the universality of possessions. Relates the parable of the rich man and his abundant harvest._ And Jesus taught the multitudes; and while he spoke a man stood forth and said, 2 Rabboni, hear my plea: My father died and left a large estate; my brother seized it all, and now refuses me my share. 3 I pray that you will bid him do the right, and give me what is mine. 4 And Jesus said, I am not come to be a judge in such affairs; I am no henchman of the court. 5 God sent me not to force a man to do the right. 6 In every man there is a sense of right; but many men regard it not. 7 The fumes that rise from selfishness have formed a crust about their sense of right that veils their inner light, so that they cannot comprehend nor recognize the rights of other men. 8 This veil you cannot tear away by force of arms, and there is naught that can dissolve this crust but knowledge and the love of God. 9 While men are in the mire, the skies seem far away; when men are on the mountain top, the skies are near, and they can almost touch the stars.