O SON OF BEING! Seek a martyr’s death in My path, content with My pleasure and thankful for that which I ordain, that thou mayest repose with Me beneath the canopy of majesty behind the tabernacle of glory. “46: O SON OF MAN! Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon thy...” O SON OF MAN! Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon thy bed, or to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr in My path, and so become the manifestation of My command and the revealer of My light in the highest paradise? Judge thou aright, O servant! “47: O SON OF MAN! By My beauty! To tinge thy hair with thy blood...” O SON OF MAN! By My beauty! To tinge thy hair with thy blood is greater in My sight than the creation of the universe and the light of both worlds. Strive then to attain this, O servant! “48: O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love...” O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree and patience under My trials. “49: O SON OF MAN! The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as...” O SON OF MAN! The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as doth the rebel for forgiveness and the sinful for mercy. “50: O SON OF MAN! If adversity befall thee not in My path, how...” O SON OF MAN! If adversity befall thee not in My path, how canst thou walk in the ways of them that are content with My pleasure? If trials afflict thee not in thy longing to meet Me, how wilt thou attain the light in thy love for My beauty? “51: O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is...” O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal light and an immortal spirit. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it. “52: O SON OF MAN! Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and...” O SON OF MAN! Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more. “53: O SON OF BEING! If poverty overtake thee, be not sad; for in...” O SON OF BEING! If poverty overtake thee, be not sad; for in time the Lord of wealth shall visit thee. Fear not abasement, for glory shall one day rest on thee. “54: O SON OF BEING! If thine heart be set upon this eternal, imperishable...” O SON OF BEING! If thine heart be set upon this eternal, imperishable dominion, and this ancient, everlasting life, forsake this mortal and fleeting sovereignty. “55: O SON OF BEING! Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We...” O SON OF BEING! Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We test the gold, and with gold We test Our servants. “56: O SON OF MAN! Thou dost wish for gold and I desire thy freedom...”