Excerpt from A Marriage of Souls: A Metaphysical Novel
Greetings: To the four hundred and forty and four thousand having His Father's name written in their foreheads and who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. For these were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and the Lamb. - (Revelations xiv, 1-4.)
Beloved! To you, the Children of the Resurrection, do I venture to offer these first-fruits of my Resurrected Soul with sincere humility and sacred joy, for verily they are the living coals off the altar of a heart purified by suffering and redeemed by Divine Love.
To those whose feet are already planted upon Mount Zion and who, knowing as they are known, now behold the King in His beauty in a Land that is not very far off: to such I would humbly submit this firstborn of my soul in the hope that it will be accepted in the spirit in which it was created - the spirit of Universal Love - and all its weaknesses generously overlooked, while I ask that their illuminating thought be given unto me that I too may have greater spiritual strength accorded, to enable me to climb higher and still higher to that City set on a Hill.
To those whose strong voices have echoed down the aisles of Time and through their written thoughts have reached my straining ears long yearning to hear the message they wafted down to the listening ones of earth, out of the silence of the ages: to these I tender my heartfelt thanks with glad greetings and Love. These are the heralds of the Kingdom of God and His Christ, and they shall have right to the Tree of Life, and shall enter in through the Gates into the Heavenly City.
To those who are still struggling in the valley of doubt, and are weary and heavy-laden with the burden of sorrow and dark despair; to such as wander through the Vale of Tears wondering if there be a God or is He dead? To such I cry with a loud voice: "Ho! every one that thirsteth, come drink of the living waters, and he that hath no money come buy and eat, without money and without price." Yes, "Thy God reigneth! "So" Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God!" To these sad and seeking ones of earth I would" pray that these thoughts and the story of one who struggled and suffered and overcame, may prove helpful and inspiriting, and may also encourage them to climb on, climb ever!
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Excerpt from A Marriage of Souls: A Metaphysical Novel
Greetings: To the four hundred and forty and four thousand having His Father's name written in their foreheads and who…
