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 Shun all self-derived intelligence. It is a state in thee to which the WEST corresponds; a state in which light becomes darkness. Seek Divine knowledge in the sacred Word, faithfully follow its dictates; it will lead thee to Jesus, and be to thee, in thy darkest, dreariest states, THE STAR IN THE EAST.

HE words here alluded to, are not to be confined exclusively to the words which the Lord Jesus spake during the time of his personal manifestation to the children of men. Our minds must rise higher than this if we would have a just conception of the subject. In the Lord's conversation with the unbelieving Jews, he said, "Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it, and was glad." The Jews replied, "Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?" Mark the Lord's answer, "Before Abraham was, I AM." This phrase, I AM, was the name by which made himself known in the Old Testament, and it is an expression which signifies Underived Being! and as Jesus assumes this name to Himself, He is the One Uncreate; the Only ONE, who is LIFE ITSELF! All his words, therefore, must partake of the nature of His own Divine Essence, and hence it is, that they are SPIRIT and LIFE.

Thus, properly speaking, all the words contained in the volume of Divine Revelation, are those of Jesus