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FROM THE HOLY PROPHET 13. In infancy the vow for you was made and you become a Naza- ~ rite. The rezor shall not touch your face nor head, and you shall not taste wine nor fiery drinks. A 14. Men need a pattern for their lives; they love to follow, not to lea ot 15. The man who stands upon the corners of the paths and pomts the way, but does not go, is just a pointer; and a block of wood can do. the same. 16. The teacher treads the way; on every span of ground he’ Jeaves his foot-prints, ‘clearly cut, which all can see and be assured that he, their. master, went that way. 17. Men comprehend the inner life by what they see and do. They come to Allah, through ceremonies and forms. 18. And so when they would make men know that sins are waited away by purity in life, a rite symbolic may be introduced. : * 19. In water wash the bodies of the people who would turn Say from sin and strive for purity in life. 20. This rite of cleansing is a preparation rite and they who es, are cleansed comiprise the temple of purity. 21. And you shall say, you men of Israel, hear; reform and wih! , become the sons of purity, and you shall be forgiven. a a y 22. This rite of cleansing and this temple are but symbofic ie te *. “Boul, which does not come with outward show, but is the temple within! 23. Now, you may never point the way and tell the multitudes td cna do what you have never done; but you must go before and show the” way. mo ta * Fee 24. ‘You are to teach that men must ‘wash; so you must ‘lead the | a way, your body must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the woul”... | 25. John said: “Why need I wait? May I not go at once, and ;, 26. Matheno said: “ ‘Tis well,” and they went down to ‘the Jonah s ene - ford, and east of Jerico, just where the host of Israel crossed when. figet go = a they entered Canaan, they tarried for a time. Bie 27, Matheno taught the harbinger, and he explained to, him the? weet inner meaning of the cleansing rite and how to wash himself and how to.” wash the multitude. 28. And in the river Jordan John was washed; then they returned. “unto the wilderness. 29. ‘Now in Engedi’s hills Matheno’s work was , done ‘and he and” John went down to Egypt. They rested until they reached the omele of Sakara in the valley of the Nile, 30. For many years, Matheno‘ was a master in this temple of t Brotherhood, and when he told about the life of John and of his mi to the sons of men, the heirophant with joy received the harbinger and e was called the Brother Nazarite. 31. For eighteen years John lived and wrought within these Temple gates; and here conquered self, became a master mind and learned the - duties of the harbinger. a iboe