{"1": {"fulltext": "liil\\n(HE HEAI\\nI;", "height": "5058", "width": "3384", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\nChap.. H-ii Copyright No.j__iJ_-\\nShell. CI^___.\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "W-\\n1^\\n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ff^\\nIliBi^B^^^^^\\n^^^^^Bl^^ v\\n^w\\n^^^B^^^ii\\n^^^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T a|\\nHB\\nilHiiJiii^^\\n^^^^H\\nI^B-^\\nDR. WM. C. GIBBONS", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "Tmc Meaf^t or Job\\nA Message to the World\\nBY\\nDR. W. C. GIBBONS\\nJANUARY 1st\\n1900\\nPUBLISHED BY\\nUNIVERSAL TRUTH PUBLISHING CO.\\n87-89 WASHINGTON STREET\\nCHICAGO\\nV,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "5828\\nTWO coiPics REcei V to.\\nLibrary of Contret* X\\nOffice eftfc, l,CZ\\\\A^\\nm 1 4 1900 ;;p^^^\\nKejl\u00c2\u00bbt\u00c2\u00abr of Copyrlgfct*\\nSECOND COPY,\\n3 ^xr\\ncopyright, 1900\\nBy\\nDR. W. C. GIBBONS", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "**The supreme end of existence is the change\\nproduced in man s nature by the power called\\nRight Knowledge y\\nSankaracharya.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "A Greeting.\\nTo the friend who may read this offering/\\nI would say: It has been a work of unre-\\nmitting love. I can only inform you that while\\nseated at my desk the interpretations, as I have\\nrecorded them came to me, and I have never\\ndoubted their accuracy or meaning. As often\\nas I reread them I am the more convinced that\\ntheir meanings are true. Being true, they fill\\nthe place and do the work assigned them.\\nThis spiritual interpretations of the Book of\\nJob in performing its mission will liberate\\nmankind from the bondage in the belief in\\nevil; and as a ray of light, will dispel the\\ndarkness that seems to enfold the soul which,\\nunhindered, will take care of itself.\\nWilliam C. Gibbons.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "Introduction.\\nWHILE the value of The Book of Job\\nas a historical record will ever remain\\nunquestioned, it is our privilege now to consider\\nit as an allegory. The Story of Job, says\\nEutychus, 447 A. D. is an allegorical poem\\nto prove the monarchy of spirit or mind.\\nSpiritual truths are above and beyond intel-\\nlectual reasoning, and can therefore, not be\\nintellectually explained. They can at best be\\nrepresented only by means of allegories or\\npictures such as may induce men to give way\\nto exalted thoughts, and thus acquire a clearer\\nperception of truth.\\nMany attempts have been made to give the\\nspiritual meaning of Job. Such questions are\\nasked as: Who was Job.^ Was he really a\\nman.^ If so, when did he live.^ To what\\nnation or tribe of men did he belong.^ If not", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8 INTRODUCTION.\\na man, then to what does Job refer? What is\\nthe meaning of the word?\\nIf the narrative of Job is to be considered as\\nan allegory, then the sons and daughters\\nmentioned are not children and the animals\\nare not four-footed beasts. Satan also is a\\nmyth. Then, too, what becomes of Eliphaz,\\n^Bildad and Zophar And had Job a\\nwife\\nAssuming the allegory then, many questions\\narise which only patience and loving investiga-\\ntion into the hidden and spiritual realm of\\ntruth can answer.\\nWhen and by whom this most mystical book\\nwas written is of little consequence to the\\ninterpreter. It is thought by some that a\\nperson named Job wrote this book. If so he\\ndid not write it simply for the purpose of\\nnarrating a great event in his remarkable life\\nwithout enjoining a wise purpose. Job knew\\nthat the specific quality of his nature gave\\nhim an exalted position in this world; hence, if", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 9\\nhe were the author, he wrote with a very defi-\\nnite purpose in view.\\nIt is not any more intended, however, to\\ndeny that there was a real man^ Job; who was\\nwise, and who Hved a long time ago: than to\\ndeny that there was an Abraham, a David and\\na Jesus. Job stands for a j rinciple^ as, indeed,\\ndoes every enhghtened soul, entirely distinct\\nfrom personality. To illustrate: Adam stands\\nfor the natural man] Noah, for refuge] Abra-\\nham, iox faith y David, for kingship; Solomon,\\nfor wisdom y Moses, for lavj Joshua, deliver-\\nance y Buddha, for tender heart and gentleness;\\nJesus, for salvation through love; and Job, for\\nrealization and integrity or spiritual minded-\\nness in man. These were real men like unto\\nus; but their personality had little or nothing\\nto do with that quality of mind which each\\nrepresented. The physical man as he is known,\\npasses away from sight, but the principle he\\nrepresents lives eternally.\\nIt will be observed that this entire allegory\\nis based on the supposition or visible appear-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10 INTRODUCTION.\\nance of good (Lord) and evil (Satan) as fac-\\ntors in the world and influencing the actions of\\nmankind; also that the Lord is cognizant of\\nmanifestations of both good and evil, in fact,\\nthe author thereof by permission. See Job, 1-7.\\nAnother noticeable fact is, that while the\\nAlmighty is repeatedly referred to God is not\\ndirectly spoken to, nor does God (Divine\\nSpirit) at anytime speak. In every instance it\\nis the Z^r(/; and Lord must not be con-\\nfounded with the fuller interpretation of God,\\ninfinite Spirit.\\nIt has been said of the Book of Job, that\\nif it could be dramatized, it would excel in\\npoint of merit anything that Shakespeare ever\\nwrote; so deep and far reaching is the plot in-\\nvolved, so astonishing the characters and so\\nvital and beatific its conclusions.\\nIt has been conceded by some of the most\\nthoughtful of men that the Book of Job ranks\\nin literary merit, with any work of any age.\\nGibbon the historian writing of the Koran says:\\nHis (Mohammed s) loftiest strains must yield", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 11\\nto the sublime simplicity of the Book of\\nJob.\\nThomas Carlyle wrote of Joh: There is\\nnothing written, I think, of equal literary merit,\\nsublime sorrow, sublime reconciliation; the old-\\nest choral melody as of the heart of manhood;\\nas soft and great as the summer midnight; as\\nthe world with its suns and stars. Another\\nwrites: What can be finer than Job s picture\\nof nvisdom^ whose price is above rubies And\\nwhat a wealth of comfort is in that wonderful\\npassage which inspired the sublimest solo in the\\nsublimest musical composition; those words\\nforever graven in ^Hhe rock that is higher\\nthan ly\\nThat the reader may the more clearly under-\\nstand the Book of Job, quotations are given\\nfrom Helps to the study of the Bible. (See\\nBible.)\\nThe antiquity of this book is proven by its\\nstyle, but there is much diversity of opinion\\nrespecting its date. Job is classed with other\\nholy men. (Ezek. xiv, 14); -J^", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12 INTRODUCTION.\\nModern scholars of different schools unite in\\nthe view that it is a theological discussion\\nfounded upon a historical basis, displaying the\\nopinions of opposite schools on an unsettled\\nquestion, of the connection between suffering\\nand guilt, and whether there is any higher\\nmotive for religion than selfishness. (In\\nwhich discussion, Job gives the most rational\\nand advanced views.) The book consists of\\nthree parts: (i) The Introduction^ a prose\\nnarrative of the cause and effect of Job s suffer-\\nings, and his patient endurance. (2) The\\nColloquies between Job and his comforters, in\\npoetry, the theme of which is the cause of\\nhuman suffering. His friends affirm it to be\\nsin, and exhort Job to repentance. He denies\\nit, appeals to facts, and complains of the unkind-\\nness of his friends. This portion consists of\\nthree series: (a) Job s complaint (ch. 3), fol-\\nlowed by the speeches of Eliphaz^ Bildad and\\nZophar^ each being successively answered by\\nJob (chaps, iv-xiv). (b) A further speech of\\neach of these three, with Job s answer thereto", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION. 13\\n(xv-xxi). (c) A speech of Eliphaz and\\nBildad, with the answers to each (xxii-xxxi).\\n(3) The Argument of EHhu (poetical), that\\nafflictions are remedial and for the sufferer s\\ngood followed by a reproof to Job for his self-\\njustification, and a vindication of God s govern-\\nment (xxxii-xxxvii). (4) The Address of\\nthe Lord, revealing his power and wisdom;\\nconcluding with Job s confession (to the Lord)\\nand penitence (xxxvii-xlii. 6). (5) A Con-\\nclusion (prose) narrating the close of Job s life\\nin peace and prosperity (xlii. 7-17).\\nThe wisdom of the persons who wrote thus\\nof Job, is not to be questioned. It will be\\nobserved by the faithful and spiritually minded\\nstudent, that this narrative, obscure as it seems,\\nis in fact the pilgrimage of a soul; and that all\\nsouls passing through the delusive appearance\\nof creation are obliged to settle these very\\nquestions accredited to Job.\\nThe Book of Job could not have been written\\nin a different style and have had its meaning\\npreserved in such definite form as it is given in", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14 INTRODUCTION.\\nthe Bible. Its simplicity of utterance, its depth\\nof meaning and its universality of application,\\nwill ever commend it to the careful considera-\\ntion of every person who loves God and man.\\nThe friends who peruse this book are kindly\\nrequested to read carefully the entire Book of\\nJob first. This gives one an intelligent concep-\\ntion of the range and character of the plot.\\nThen take it up chapter by chapter as the\\ninterpretation is read. Thus all possible benefit\\nmay be obtained from it. In each instance\\nwhere Hebrew scripture words are used the\\nBible Dictionary definition of the word is\\ngiven; as for instance; ^C/^, soft land, rich\\nand fertile.\\nWilliam C. Gibbons.\\nIn this study of Job, the new version of the Bible is consulted.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "The Heart of Job.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nVERSE I.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 THE SUBJECT.\\nThere was a man in the land of Uz, whose\\nname was Job. Job, a desert, one perse-\\ncuted. Esoterically^ Uz means state of bliss.\\nRejoice and be glad, O daughters of Edom, that\\ndwellest in the land of Uz. Lam. iv -21.\\nJob means steadfastness to Principle, The\\nspirit of wisdom in man commonly rendered,\\nIntegrity. It signifies also spiritual minded-\\nness.\\nNow this man was perfect, upright, loved\\nGod and avoided evil.\\nTo fully understand this first chapter, is to\\npossess the key to the entire book; so we are\\ncareful and move slowly,\\n15", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "16 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThe very first question which naturally pre-\\nsents itself to the mind, after reading the first\\nchapter of the Book of Job, is how could a\\nperfect man get into such an imperfect state?\\nhow could a man, upright, one that feared\\nGod and eschewed evil drop into such a pitia-\\nble condition as is recorded of Job\\nIt is stated in the introduction that this nar-\\nrative does not necessarily refer to a special\\nman whose name was Job; but to the unfold-\\nment or progress of every soul, known as the\\nindividual Ego.\\nFor special reasons, which are the inherent\\nrights of every individual, the soul (Job) aban-\\ndoned its home in the blissful state (Uz);\\nleaves the Paradisacal state of unconscious\\nbliss; enters the domain of Eden; and passes\\nthrough this to the state of forms on the human\\nor physical plane.\\nSurrendering the state of negative innocence\\nfor the objective state of earth life, the soul\\nfinds itself surrounded by lust of possessions;\\nby families, by persecutions, by abandonment", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 17\\nand death. To all appearances it sees itself in\\nthis state of mind.\\nBecause it sees itself possessed of form^ the\\nsoul participates in the conditions of the form,\\nor what seems to be reality, but what is\\niinall}^ proven to be a delusion.\\nWhile in this delusion, the soul apparently\\nunconscious of its vast spiritual possessions,\\nbecomes conscious of its true Self, by seeing\\nthrough the appearances on this terrestrial\\nplane, recognizing these as symbols of the\\nunchanging, eternal glory of the heavenl}\\nkingdom, the celestial. So Job is credited\\nwith vast possessions; no man in all the East\\n(source of light) had so great a household,\\n(fund of knowledge).\\nTHE NATURE OP THE SOUL.\\nWe will endeavor to throw more light upon\\nthis subject, that it may be seen why this\\nall takes place; what this natural condition\\nreally means; why the Soul apparently abandons\\na high state of excellency for an apparently\\nlow state, and v/hat is to be gained thereby.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nIt must be constantly borne in mind that the\\nsupreme end of existence is Right Knowledge.\\nThe Great Light is the AIL Not the light\\nof the sun or the light of the moon. This\\nGreat Light is Wisdom and Love^ God.\\nThe will of God is within the wisdom of\\nGod; and the desire or love of the will is to\\nreflect Itself. This is done by mirroring Itself\\nwithin Its desire. The 4mage of God is con-\\nceived in God. Nature is the great mirror in\\nwhich the image is reflected; and this reflection\\nis called Creationy In this creation, the Soul,\\nwhich is the form of God, is seen, but not as\\nthe idea of God, the Soul enters into\\nnature; but the spirit is eternally with God.\\nThe spirit and the soul are forever co-ordinated,\\nbut to appearance they are separated and\\napart.\\nMan is free during i^mocence, when he en-\\nters the state of nature he becomes bound by\\nthe conditions of that state and is no longer free;\\nearth and its environments surround him, but\\non entering the spiritual state he is once more", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 19\\nfree. Such freedom, however, is different from\\nthe first state of freedom in this, that the soul\\nis now consciously free.\\nThe soul has a purpose and this purpose is\\nto understand appearances, such as separate\\nforms, objects, etc., etc. This purpose indicates\\na mission, and its mission is to look through\\nthings and to Know Itself; Its power, nature\\nand magnitude, and Its relation ^o the Supernal\\nSelf, the Eternal One God.\\nThe Soul, in coming into a state of nature^\\nchooses its hirth right; but it does not choose\\nas one would choose a profession or garment.\\nIts choice is the result of attractive natures;\\nthat is, it is individualized from the Great Soul\\nby some especial attraction in this nature. It\\nis allured, not against its will, but with the\\nconsent of its will; for only that can attract\\nwhich is like the object attracted, hence its\\nwiUingness.\\nThe soul finds remuneration or compensa-\\ntion in the delight of discovery. This is the\\nbasis of family ties or relationship. In the last", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nanalysis it will be observed that we stand spon-\\nsor to each other for certain eternal virtues\\nwhich have their permanence in love. While\\nthe spirit is absolute purity, the soul enters into\\nevery state of mind between body and spirit.\\nThe soul is drawn downward toward the body\\nby desire; and it is drawn upward toward the\\nspirit by the influx of its higher nature. Job\\ndemonstrated these two states or qualities in\\nhis remarkable earth life. In other words, the\\nstate of unconscious bliss is exchanged for the\\nstate of conscious bliss, and this is attained\\nthrough its descent into nature; that is, to be\\nwisdom, consciously; to be love, consciously,\\nit chooses this way.\\nMAN IN NATURE.\\nIn the state of matter (the dark state); cause\\nand effect, as families, society, etc., are recog-\\nnized good and evil are also apparent. In this\\nstate (terrestrial), the mirage called Nature\\n(the mirror) appears; all objects, all conditions,\\nall experiences of whatever sort, seem very\\nreal; for the reason that man, the physical ex-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 21\\npression or instrument possesses some knowl-\\nedge, but not sufficient: Some knowledge and\\nsome ignorance, is the knowledge of the tree of\\ngood and evil.\\nNEGATIVE AND POSITIVE INNOCENCE.\\nThere is a negative innocence and there is a\\npositive innocence.\\nNegative innocence is related to that class\\nof actions which are spontaneous in their nature\\nactions, the full meaning of which are not com-\\nprehended; as for instance, the simple action\\nof youth.\\nPositive innocence is related to that class of\\nactions which the mind comprehending, refuses\\nto participate in. That which may be done\\ninnocently, not knowing the consequences, is\\nnow avoided because of knowledge.\\nThe real man, the enlightened soul knows.\\nThe natural man, the man in nature, the man\\nseen in the mirror, on the other hand only\\nbelieves. To this belief is attributed the\\nsupposition of sin, sickness, affliction and\\ndeath*", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThis allegory we are studying stands for the\\ntruth concerning man, by means of which he\\nis led into the way of wisdom.\\nMAN S OONCEPTIVB NATURE.\\nThe souf cannot withdraw or extricate itself\\nfrom the delusion of matter, until man learns\\nthe secret of nature, learns that everything\\nGod, the Christ, and the Angels the celestial\\nand the terrestrial kingdoms, the powers of\\nheaven and the powers of hell are contained\\nwithin himself. Outside of him there is\\nnothing which he can conceive. He can know\\nnothing except that which exists in his mind.\\nNo god or devil, no spirit or any power what-\\never can act within man unless it enters into\\nhis consciousness. Only that which forms in\\nman has existenceybr man.\\nBecause of man s power to conceive, he con-\\nceived darkness and light good and evil\\nignorance and wisdom. When the conception\\nof the unity of Goodness as the Principle of\\nReality enters the mind and fixes its abode", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 23\\nthere, then will the opposite vanish into noth-\\ningness as the pictures in the mirage vanishes\\nby near approach. As gold is incorruptible in\\nthe fire, so is the soul of man subject to nothing\\nbut God the eternal principle of life^ truth and\\nlove. In the state of conscious nature, life is\\nman s starting point, truths his shield; love^ his\\narmor and character his destiny.\\nThe great lights, saviours, who have\\nappeared at intervals, caught the full interpre-\\ntation of the perfect and holy man; so they\\nbecame the beacon lights, the path^ the way\\nand the truth] and this is the only way whereby\\nman aspiring, can attain the heavenly kingdom\\nor state of eternal love.\\nMYSTERY OF NUMBERS.\\nTo understand clearly the Book of Job; let\\nus consider the significance or value of num-\\nbers.\\nThe number ten is the key or mystical figure\\nseen throughout the book; it is the number\\nsignifying completion. All things move", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24 THE HEART OF JOB.\\ntoward perfection. The number nme^ is mas-\\nculine, while the number ten is feminine.\\nConsider the numbers seven and three also.\\nSeven is the number of the perfected man, or\\nGrand Man; and three is the symbol of Diety\\nin all the great religions of the world. Job\\nhas seven sons and three daughters. 7+3=10.\\nTen is also the mystical number signifying in\\nthe Kabala, Elohim, infinite in expression.\\nTen is the multiple of the number of animals\\nin Job s possession. Notice too that Job had\\nseven thousand sheep, and three thousand\\ncamels, ten thousand; also five hundred yoke\\nof oxen, and five hundred she asses, ten\\nhundred. Job had three friends, (chap. 2- 11),\\nand they sat on the ground seven days. 3+7\\n=10. Job on one occasion in reply to his\\nfriends said, These ien times have 3^e re-\\nproached me.\\nAt the conclusion, Job had twice the number\\nof cattle that he possessed at the beginning.\\nHis sons and daughters {ten) were not increased\\nin number, but in godliness.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 25\\nThere are also three special days referred to,\\n(ch. 1-6, 13), (ch. 2-10). These represent\\nthree degrees downward or removals from\\nspiritual perception. There are three corres-\\nponding degrees up, to Master.\\nThe enlightened will see that Job is a type\\nof Christ.\\nMEANING OP THINGS.\\nLet us now resume the consideration of the\\nfirst chapter. Verses 4-5 refer to family ties.\\nFamily means, cherished ideas^ especially with\\nreference to the idea of cause and effect family\\nmeans also, varying faith. Sons^ or males,\\nare causes; Daughters^ or females, are effects.\\nInheritance is cause and effect.\\nJob is accredited with vast herds of cattle.\\nSheep mean innocence, simplicity, tender-\\nheartedness, pure-mindedness and love.\\nCamels mean endurance, swift conclusions,\\nsafe passage over the desert places in life s\\njourney.\\nOxen mean docility, meekness, composure.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nShe Asses mean patience, fertility and in-\\ncrease of knowledge.\\nAdd to these, sons and daughters, and\\nservants (the five physical senses), and we\\nhave, briefly stated. Job s great wealth; which\\nto be understood must be viewed from a\\nspiritual standpoint. All these possessions are\\nthe noble virtues of the soul, the essential\\nqualities or tincture by means of which it is\\nrecognized.\\nMan as we see him day by day; ourself as\\nwe appear year by year, is not a fact, but an\\ninterpretation of a fact. Is not the real, but a\\nsuggestion of the real.\\nGOOD AND EVIL.\\nFor reasons known to the author of this alle-\\ngory he has put into the mind of Job the belief\\nin the knowledge of good and evil and with\\nthis idea Job must contend and vanquish, as did\\nJesus and other great Masters.\\nOn this supposition of good and evil rests all\\nthe sorrows and changes in the story. Only\\nthe Good really is. There is nothing spoken", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 27\\nof or imagined, however, that its opposite is\\nnot suggested. It seems that the destruction\\nof Job s possessions came about through the\\ninfluence of Satan. (verses, 6-12).\\nSATAN, THE MEANING OP.\\nNow there was a day (the first day) when\\nthe sons of God came to present themselves be-\\nfore the Lord, and Satan came also among\\nthem.\\nVerse 7. And the Lord said unto Satan:\\nWhence comest thou? Then Satan answered the\\nLord, and said: From going to and fro in the\\nearth, and from walking up and down in it. 8. And\\nthe Lord said unto Satan: Hast thou considered\\nmy servant Job? for there is none like him in the\\nearth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fear-\\neth God, and escheweth evil.\\nJesus said. In this world ye shall have\\ntribulation, but marvel not (fear not), for I\\nhave overcome and ye shall overcome also.\\nOnly in this world or state is Satan known,\\nSatan means the great void, the adversary,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nthe unrelated, unrevealed, the not known, the\\nabsence of Hght.\\nAnd darkness was upon the face of the\\ndeep.\\nIt is the power of darkness which deals out\\nto man all his calamities. Satan here, espe-\\ncially, means worldly wise, or the world s wis-\\ndom. The liar and the murderer from the\\nbeginning (of this period), and the truth abode\\nnot in him.\\nSons of God mean light, wise ones, illumi-\\nnation, pure knowledge. Let there be\\nLight.\\nBear in mind always that Job is the Spirit\\nof Wisdom in Man. This spirit of wisdom is\\nnow to pass through the fiery ordeal of crea-\\ntion, from which nothing can release it but\\nunion with the Lord. The soul is triumphant\\nonly in the moment it beholds God and ex-\\nclaims, I Am It.\\nThere is in fact no evil nature but there is\\na supposition or belief in an evil nature. Be-\\ncause of this belief, the experiences related in", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 29\\nthe concluding verses of this first chapter\\ntranspire.\\nHaving given the definition or interpreta-\\ntion of Job s possessions, let us now consider\\nhow these escape him and by what means.\\nTRUTH AND REASON.\\nAll reasoning is based on doubt. If man\\nnever doubted he would never reason. If one\\nreasons with himself, he doubts the inner evi-\\ndence of truth. To reason with another is to\\nbelieve in another s doubt. One only can be\\nright. One cannot reason concerning Truth and\\narrive at Truth througli reason. Truth is\\nnever in dispute. Reasonings and disputations\\nrefer to man s opinions concerning what is\\ntrue, not the Truth. Truth needs no defence\\nand no defender. Jesus injunction to Peter was\\nPut up thy sword again into its sheath; who-\\nsoever defendeth by the sword, perishes by the\\nsword.\\nThe dialogue reported between the Lord\\nand Satan, is Job reasoning on good and evil.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nor cause and effect. It is Job reasoning with\\nhis mind. There is a truthful side presented\\nto Job s mind, and there is an untruthful side to\\nwhich Job frequently refers.\\nSATAN, THE LIB.\\nSatan s subtle reasoning concerning Job s in-\\ntegrity is all false. It is a false assertion that\\nthe loss of earthly possessions is to be directly\\nchargable to the Lord. Except we admit (and\\ntruthfully) that the illumination of the Lord in\\nthe mind causes the detachment of worldly pos-\\nsessions, because they are accumulated in the\\ndarkness. But to an illuminated soul this\\nwould be no loss. Satan attempts to divert\\nthe cause of calamity from himself; and to\\nplace Job in this false light, deliberately lies.\\nIn the mortal (carnal) mind of Job may be\\nfound the whole array of evils. By every evi-\\ndence in life s experience we do know that\\nthere is no falsehood to be laid at the door of\\nthe True Man. Satan is a lie, the truth is not\\nin it.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 31\\nSankaracharya^ the Hindoo commentator\\nsays: Falsehood is pronounced on that which\\nhas not the Spirit of God; which Spirit\\nis the only reality. For this reason it is called\\nfalsehood or lie. A lie is not an utter negation,\\nbecause it concerns some reality. A falsehood\\nproduces the appearance of many Egos,\\nwhereas in reality the Spirit of God is the only\\nEgo.\\nElihu^ in chapter 32-8, reminds the three\\nfriends that, There is a spirit in man; and the\\ninspiration of the Almighty giveth them under-\\nstanding.\\nThis understanding is the very presence of\\nthe divine nature in man. The soul is never\\nsurprised. It is never unconscious of its integ-\\nrity and union with the Lord Supreme Self.\\nIt may be bound in appearance to an earthly\\nbody; still in essence it is free.\\nAnd there was a day. Verses 13-19.\\nThis is the second day. Day and night never\\nenter into man s consciousness until he loses\\nsight of the True Light.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nTHE FOUR MESSENGERS.\\nThere were four messengers, members\\nof Job s numerous household. These mes-\\nsengers dcX^fear and sense evidence y judging\\naccording to appearances. Job (soul), by a\\nmaster stroke of realization, based on the prin-\\nciple of eternal goodness finally sweeps this\\nfalse evidence away in verses 20-21-22.\\nVerse 20. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle,\\nand shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground,\\nand worshiped; and he said, 21, Naked came I out\\nof my mother s womb, and naked shall I return\\nthither; the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken\\naway; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22, In all\\nthis Job sinned not, nor charged God with foolish-\\nness.*\\nREALIZATION.\\nIn supreme reality, the Deity has no attri-\\nbutes and no relation to anything. Everything\\noutside the Deity is false in the sense of not\\nhaving the reality it claims. Man s sufferings\\ncan never cease until this truth is realized. All\\nreligions, all philosophies, all mystical practices\\naim at this realization as their highest end.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 33\\nRealization is a new mysterious consciousness,\\nand not mere information concerning what is.\\n(Sankaracharya.) A penny placed before the\\neye may obstruct a view of the great sun. So,\\ntoo, the truth may be hidden from manifestation\\nby our conception of external pictures and forms.\\nSweep these away and the truth appears in all its\\npurity and sweetness. A wise sage has said:\\nThat there is a power in the object which\\ncompels the recognition of its existence by the\\nobserver; and that this power in the object has\\na kindred relation in the observer by means of\\nwhich it recognizes the object.\\nTHE PHYSICAL SENSES.\\nWe have said these messengers are fear^\\nbased on the evidence of the senses, and these\\nsenses are in this order; i, smell; 2, sight; 3,\\ntaste^ and 4, touch; which are represented by or\\ncorrespond to, earthy fire^ water and air\\nrespectively. These are the powers which\\ntake from Job his possessions. Man^ the earth\\nman confiscates, appropriates; fire consumes,\\n3", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nannihilates water bears off, removes and air^\\nbreathes upon, sweeps away. (See verses,\\n15-16-17-19.)\\nIt is declared, the divine power called objec-\\ntivity in nature, has the power to assume eight\\nforms; viz: i, earth; 2, water; 3, fire; 4, air,\\nand 5, akasa; 6, manas; 7,buddhi, and 8, sahank-\\nara. Of these, four are inferior and four are\\nsuperior. The inferior ones are the messen-\\ngers we are now considering. There were\\nfour other messengers; Eliphaz, Bildad,\\nZophar and Elihu, who professed to be supe-\\nrior; but in each case they failed to relieve Job\\nor bring to him the light of impersonal truth to\\nsweep away the burden of darkness from his\\nsad heart.\\nTRUE RELEASE PROM ERROR.\\nMankind is not brought into the light of\\nthe true self by charges of corruption and a\\nsinful life. Nor is there any relief in the dog-\\nmatic assertions concerning the nature and\\ncharacter of God, as though one could give\\ninformation on such a subject.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 35\\nWhen Job appealed to the Almighty direct,\\nthen the Lord, who indeed constituted ihejTour\\nsuperior elements of the heavenly nature ap-\\npeared, and declaring the truth. Job was\\nimmediately liberated.\\nThese objective forms, as earth, fire, etc., are\\nnot to be considered as the earth we inhabit,\\nthe water we drink, the fire that burns, or the\\nair we breathe; but rather that form of the\\nDivine power which produces the earth, water,\\nfire and air. While we are continually using\\nobjects for the purpose of illustrating clearly,\\ncare must be taken that the principle of objec-\\ntivity be not confounded with the synthesis of\\nthe Deific nature.\\nTHE SUBTLE POWERS.\\nFor the benefit of those who desire to know,\\nwe insert; the four superior principles are:\\n1. Akasa, is related to hearing.\\n2. Manas, the power of producing that\\nwhich is perceived, as, I am this, without\\ndefining what this is.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36 THE HEART OF JOB.\\n3. Buddhi, the element in the totaHty of\\nthe Divine Power which makes all the work-\\nings of that Power to appear as in themselves\\nreal, and hides their true character of being\\nreal, except as reflected in the Deity.\\n4. Ahankara, the power of producing the\\nuniverse out of the Divine Substance which\\nnever changes.\\nPOSSESSIONS DESTROYED.\\nThe first messenger that came to Job with\\ntidings of destruction, apprised him of the fact\\nthat the oxen which were plowing, and the asses\\nfeeding beside them, have been driven away\\nand all thy servants slain with the edge of the\\nsword, and I only escaped to tell thee.\\nEsoterically Job s patience, docility, com-\\nposure and knowledge of creation is put to the\\ntest.\\nScarcely has this one delivered his message,\\nwhen the second one appears. He is very\\nmuch alarmed, and comes with the story that\\nthe fire of God is fallen from heaven and utterly", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 37\\nconsumed all the sheep and the servants, and I\\nalone escaped to tell thee.\\nEsoterically Job s innocence, tenderness\\nand pure-mindedness have gone into the con-\\nsuming flame.\\nWhile this man is yet speaking, comes\\nanother also and reports that three bands of\\nChaldeans have taken off the camels and slain\\ntheir keepers and I only have escaped to tell\\nthe tale.\\nEsoterically Job s endurance and means\\nof escape is limited to his own personal\\nendeavor. He must cross the desert waste\\nalone to overcome the conditions of matter.\\nLastly, a fourth messenger, breathless and\\nin great haste, relates how a great windstorm\\nswept over the country where the eldest son^\\n(hope of the father) resided, and while his\\nbrothers and sisters were eating and drinking,\\n(satisfaction of physical desire), a great wind\\ncame from the wilderness and smote the house\\nso that it was utterly destroyed and falling on", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nthe inmates they are all killed and I only\\nescaped to tell the tale.\\nThese sons and daughters represent vanity\\nand pleasure.\\nEsoterically Cause and effect in the mind\\nof Job merges into the Infinite with whom is\\nno cause. One is your father, even God.\\nBelief in mortal posterity is ended. The\\ndelusion of family ties is purified by the illum-\\nination of the Divine nature One.\\nFEAR SURVIVES.\\nThese messengers, one after the other, report\\nto Job the utter destruction of all that he lays\\nclaim to, including his children. You will\\nobserve, however, that y^ar (the messengers)\\nwas not destroyed in the general calamity.\\nFear survives to impress the mind with what\\nhas happened.\\nJob is now shorn of externals; hence he rends\\nhis mantle. Verse 20. That which conceals\\nthe true Self is torn away, and the delusion of\\nthe false self is exposed. The shaven head", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 39\\nsignifies shorn of worldly strength; there is\\nreliance and peace only in the union with the\\nWill of God.\\nSo Job exclaims that he did not bring\\npossessions into this world, when he returns to\\nGod (his true self), these, losing their charm\\nwill not encompass him any more.\\n**The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away;\\nBlessed, be the name of the Lord. Verse 21.\\nDOBS NOT CHARGE GOD.\\nThe highest acknowledgment that man can\\nmake is, There is no life^ substance or t nielli\\ngence but that which issues from God. The\\nwisdom searching spirit in man, viewing the\\nsituation, exclaims, Lord, all is Thine.\\nAs the shadow has no form independent of\\nthat which it images, so the self in man has\\nno substance independent of the True Self,\\nwhich is the Spirit of God. Spiritual minded-\\nness (Job) sees this to be true and acknowl-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "40 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nedges the goodness, the allness and the uni-\\nversal love of God.\\nSpiritual mindedness never makes a foolish\\ncharge against God.\\n**In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God with\\nfoolishness. (Verse-22.)", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nIn the Vishnu Purana we read, The mind\\nof man is the cause both of his bondage and\\nhis liberation. Its attachments to objects of\\nsense is the reason of its bondage, and its sepa-\\nration from the objects of sense is the means of\\nits freedom. He who is capable of discrimin-\\nating knowledge should therefore restrain his\\nmind from all objects of sense, and therewith\\nmeditate upon Para Bramha^ the Supreme\\nSoul^ in order to obtain liberation.\\nVERSE 1.\\nThis is the third day or degree. Job must\\ndrink deep of the cup of bitterness.\\nThere is to be a deeper plunge into the\\nmystery of objective sense. Can Job s physical\\ncondition be rendered well nigh unendurable\\n41", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nand he retain his loyalty to what his soul\\ncontinually affirms is true? We will see.\\nHere, too, Job is the type of Christ. He took\\nthis degree, passed the ordeal and came out\\nvictorious.\\nEVIL DELUDES GOOD RELEASES.\\nGood and evil as factors, will always be\\nfound joined to the same cause, each sug-\\ngesting the other. Twins of one parentage,\\ntheir stock is in a common root. Things may\\nappear great or small; all depends on which\\nend of the telescope is nearest the eye. It is\\nnot necessary that man should pass through\\nthe gate of suffering and death. This has been\\nproven. He needs only to accept the eternal\\nfact that God is All^ that there is but One\\nMind common to all men, and he passess into\\nthis degree through Realization^ and not\\nthrough suffering. The denial of evil and the\\naffirmation of goodness liberates the soul from\\nbondage.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 43\\nTHE FALSE VIEW. VERSE 3.\\nThis is the second time the Lord has borne\\nevidence that there is none Hke Job in the\\nearth, a perfect and an upright man, one that\\nfeareth God and escheweth evil. Goodness\\nand the riches of the soul being universal and\\ninfinite in nature, there cannot be anything\\nelse. What then is this other, seeming.^ The\\nfalse view, the image or reflection seen in the\\nmirror of nature and believed to be real, the\\ngreat nothing. It would be something if the\\nsomething which is One with the Good was\\nnot all.\\nSatan (darkness), looking through the veil\\nof its own obscure nature, beholds Job in a\\npitiable condition. This is the power of sug-\\ngestion. All things assume the tint we men-\\ntally impress them with. Darkness cannot\\nbehold light, nor can it behold itself; Light\\nonl}^ behoMs what truly is. Satan is the false\\nview, falsehood, the lie, the speaker of evil.\\n(Never speak of evil maliciously.) See through\\nthe darkness by the light within thyself.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nMortal thought (Satan) has now invested\\nJob with boils as with a garment, from the\\nsole of his foot unto his crown. (Verse-7.)\\nSatan not only sees Job stripped of all earthly\\npossessions, but insists these are essential to\\nhis happiness, and now beholding this man\\ncovered with boils from the crown of his\\nhead to the sole of his foot, jeeringly looks on\\nto see what will become of his integrity.\\nThe Spirit of Wisdom in Man is not thus\\nbeguiled. It knows that Life is the Gift of\\nGod, and man cannot be deprived of it.\\nIn verse 4, is found the unfamiliar phrase,\\nskin for skin, etc. This is an old Eastern\\nmystical phrase. It represents feelings, mortal\\nmind, sensitiveness, easily hurt in body or\\naffections. What will not a man do or give to\\npreserve the body intact.^ Look at this sub-\\nject as you never have before. Amazing! Is\\nit not.f^ Is there any outlay in effort, time or\\nmoney, mind or body, which is not directly or\\nindirectly for the comfort and preservation of\\nthe body.^", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 45\\nJOB S V7IFB. VERSE 9.\\nShorn of everything; from wealth to poverty;\\nfrom health to disease; cast out. His only\\npossession is a broken earthen vessel, sprinkled\\nwith ashes a symbol of pity and humility.\\nWhile in this situation Job s wife appears, the\\nfirst intimation that there is such a woman.\\nIntuitive spiritual perception (the feminine\\nnature) never deserts man. Even in his deep-\\nest, lowest mortal state, when most needed this\\nis present. It has been called the friend\\nwhich sticketh closer than a brother. Here,\\nit is Job s ^^nvife\\\\ the pride of his youth, the\\ncompanion of his honors and the sharer of his\\nwealth. Speaking from the self ego^ and\\nwounded pride, she exclaims, Dost thou still\\nretain thine integrity? curse (renounce)\\nGod, and die. What a melancholy note\\nindeed! With this she spurns him. This is\\nsimply mortal mind in eclipse.\\nJob s wife is the feminine nature in man\\nintuition. The companion of nvisdom is always\\nlove. Love is a gentle, truthful messenger.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "46 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nturning man from sense to soul, as a flower\\nturns from darkness to light.\\nTHE TRUE LIGHT.\\nThe substance of man appears external when\\nhe loses consciousness of his true internal\\nnature^ the true light, which was in him before\\nhe seemingly went to sleep in the spirit and\\nawoke in the flesh. So it is that the woman\\nsees the man external to herself, and the man\\nsees the woman external to himself. Thus\\nbeholding him, she may assume any form of\\nmind which her independent spirit suggests to\\nherself. By meditation, man s interior nature\\nis opened up to him; there he beholds his true\\nself undivided, complete, and the Lord God is\\nthe light thereof. Man naturally walks in the\\ndirection toward which he is looking. He\\nleans most toward that which attracts strongest.\\nThere is ever a balance of power within him,\\nhowever, which irresistibly draws him toward\\nthe treasure of the soul which is the divine\\nnature.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 47\\nJob will not curse God. He will not lay any\\nblame to the Almighty. In all his banishment\\nfaith never deserted him. To curse God is\\nequivalent to putting no trust in God. Job\\nrefuses to be numbered on that side; yet the\\nbelief in good and evil is very strong in his\\nmind just now, and the pictures to which he is\\nintroduced are the forms of his mortal con-\\nception.\\nTHE THICK VEIL.\\nTo Job, the Lord stands for supreme good-\\nness. All other characters introduced are but\\nthe vain imaginings of the mind, figures\\nintroduced on the dramatic scene of action.\\nAn imagination commonly indulged in, is to\\ntrust heaven as long as heaven smiles on us,\\nand to distrust when heaven frowns They\\nsay: Is this not God s frown because of your\\nevil deeds? This mystery of existence how\\nit bewilders and confuses us. While the veil\\nis over our eyes we see so indistinctly. We\\nare not even aware of the veil. We are self", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "48 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nblinded. It is then the evil appears very real\\nand very near to us.\\nJOB S FAITH. VERSE 10.\\nLike Abraham, Job feels that somehow there\\nis a way of escape, although he does not see it\\nclearly; and so Job retorts with emphasis:\\nWhat? Shall we receive good at the hand of\\nGod, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did\\nnot Job sin with his lips.\\nHumanity is in blind error so long as it\\nclings to the notion that God either bestows or\\nwithholds anything from man. He questions\\nThe bestower, shall he not withhold also.^ If he\\ngive, shall he not take.^ This was Job s idea\\nand it brought him trouble.\\nWhat is, must be the common property of\\nall men. The Almighty is no respecter of per-\\nsons. Desires and necessities are involved in\\nlove for possession. The sunlight and the\\nrain make no reservation. These are alike free\\nto all. The idea of possession is always\\naccompanied by fear of loss. Organizations of", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 49\\nall kinds which insure protection, are organized\\non a false and temporary basis. Sooner or later\\nthese possessions leave man or man goes away\\nand leaves them. Jesus understanding well this\\nprinciple said: Lay not up for yourselves\\ntreasures on earth where moth may destroy or\\nthieves break through and steal but lay up for\\nyourselves treasures in heaven; riches of the\\nsoul; for these are eternal.\\nJOB S THREE FRIENDS. VERSE 11.\\nWe are now introduced to the greatest act in\\nthe drama of Job. Job has three friends resid-\\ning in different parts of the country, who, on\\nhearing of all this evil that has come upon him,\\nagree with each other to meet at the same\\ntime and pay him a visit. Job was so changed\\nin appearance that it was with difficulty that\\nthey recognized him. Then, it is said, they\\nlifted up their voice and wept; and like Job\\non a former occasion, rent everyone his man-\\ntle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "50 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nMEANING OP THEIR NAMES.\\nIt is related that these three friends sat down\\nwith him upon the ground seven days and\\nseven nights, and none spake a word unto him\\nfor they saw that his grief was very great.\\nAnd the evening and the morning were the\\nfirst day i^^ and the evening and the morning\\nwere the second day^ and there was not a\\nword spoken until the seventh day^ the period\\nof perfection, when God spake out of the great\\nsilence of rest, and man appeared ^the Image\\nand the Likeness.\\nThe condition in which we find these men\\nand the shock they experienced, agrees with\\ntheir nature as we shall see. Their names are,\\nEliphaz^ Bildad^ and Zophar and the}^\\ncame every one from his own place.\\nEHphaz means, To whom God is\\nstrength.\\nBildad means, Son of contention.\\nZophar means, A sparrov/.\\nEliphaz is called a Temanite. Teman", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 51\\nwas grandson of Esau, and his father s name\\nwas Eliphaz. Gen., ch. 36,-10, 11.\\nBildad is called a Shuhite. Shua was\\nKeturah s son. Keturah was second wife of\\nAbraham. Gen., ch. 25,-1, 2.\\nZophar is called a Naamathite. He was a\\ndescendant of Naaman, Captain General of\\nthe army of the King of Syria.\\nThese three friends of Job represent the\\nthreefold -path of reasoning irom appearances;\\nfrom different points of view. These are also\\nto be considered as three distinct yet related\\nviews concerning God which finally must be\\nabandoned. They have been termed Job s\\ncomforters. More properly they are Job s\\ncounsellors, each in turn offering advice. At\\nlast, as it will appear, man must see and know\\nnot from external reasoning, but from internal\\nevidence. He must counsel with the divine\\nnature and not accept doctrinal discussion.\\nESOTERICALLY CONSIDERED.\\nEliphaz means reasoning from the stand-\\npoint of sinful lust showing forth in the flesh,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "52 THE HEART OF JOB.\\njudging from appearances, cause and ef-\\nfect.\\nBildad means reasoning from the standpoint\\nof judgment; as, the judgment of God\\nthe heavy hand of the Almighty, based on\\npresumable guilt. This thought rests on belief\\nthat God contends with man.\\nZophar means pretender to great wisdom\\nconcerning God. He is one who would instruct\\nabout heavenly things. A dogmatist, a self-\\nrighteous accuser.\\nLearn of us, learn of us, they all say.\\nBehold! we are righteous; turn thou to our\\nGod and he will have mercy on you.\\nAnd they were all silent. To cofitem^late\\nis to fix the attention on an object or condition\\nof the self. To meditate is to lose the object\\nand the self in the Supreme Nature^ the\\nEternal One. Job and his friends contem-\\nplated the situation. Viewed from the impres-\\nsion made by the appearance, no wonder that\\nJob cursed the da}^ on which he was born. For\\nas man thinketh or reflects himself in his heart,\\nso is he.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nJob throughout this part of the narrative is\\nrepresented as in a state of nature; viewing\\nhimself and other objects from the negative\\nside of hfe. Thus viewing himself, he com-\\nplains of himself; but never for an instant does\\nhe lose sight of the promise of the perfected\\nnature in man, although seemingly unable to at-\\ntain to it on the instant; yet there is ever present\\nwith him the radiance of the principle of per-\\nfect love, which no argument can shake or his\\nseeming physical discomfiture diminish.\\nBear in mind always that God is infinite\\nwisdom. Man is the thought of God. Hence\\nthis tincture of infiniteness is conveyed through\\nGod s thought to the form of the thought.\\nMan, conscious of this divine tincture, sub-\\nstance, has at all times within himself the\\nmeans of rescue from the delusion of matter.\\nThat man will come out all right is as\\n53", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54 THE HEART OF JOB.\\ncertain as that he thinks he is all wrong. Man\\n(the soul) never loses consciousness.\\nJOB SPEAKS.\\nIt is Job who first speaks. He lays bare the\\nsituation as he beholds it. He takes a wide\\nrange of the subject. He furnishes his friends\\nwith the text of their future discourses. Job\\nsurprises them at the very outset by the entirely\\nnew and unprecedented liberality with which\\nhe treats the case. He does not blame himself\\nor adjudge God. It would not surprise them\\nif fire should come down from heaven and\\nconsume him in their very presence, so amazed\\nare they at the free range of his thought and\\nthe boldness of his speech.\\nSearch the entire field of literature, and one\\nfails to find a poem with a deeper meaning and\\nwider range of life put in such a concise manner.\\nJob indeed clears the way through the densest\\nforests of deep problems and blazes the path for\\nhumanity to behold a purer, truer look at God.\\nHe says:", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 55\\n**Let the day perish wherein I was born,\\nAnd the night which said, there is a man child\\nconceived.\\nLet that day be darkness;\\nLet not God regard it from above.\\nNeither let the light shine upon it.\\nLet the stars of the twilight thereof be dark:\\nLet it look for light, but have none;\\nWhy died I not when my mother bare me?\\nWhy did the knees receive me?\\nOr why the breasts that I should suck?\\nFor now should I have Iain down and been quiet;\\nI should have slept; then had I been at rest:\\nThere the wicked cease from troubling;\\nAnd there the weary be at rest.\\nHi\\nWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid,\\nAnd whom God hath hedged in?\\nVerses 3-23.\\nHow very dark the motives of life must have\\nappeared to Job. However, this is not the\\nself pitying cry of a despondent. The original\\nplan of the writer is not to be thwarted.\\nThere is in all this arraignment an undercur-\\nrent of reserve power. Job s resources are not", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "66 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nexhausted. A less confident man could not\\nhave taken his place. Then, too, there is a\\nkindly coloring in this speech of Job^s, as\\nthough he would not that another should have\\nbeen born on his ^day and thereby assumed\\nhis grief.\\nHere is Job, surrounded by his three friends,\\ncompanions of his youth and sharers of his\\nhospitality. For days they sit in silence\\njudging his situation, and the character of their\\nthought compels him to speak, and speak as\\nhe does. It took much to wring this admis-\\nsion from him, but at last it has come. They\\nsit in judgment he contemplates. Nothing is\\nhidden. Job frees his mind and paints his\\nsituation in the darkest coloring imaginable.\\nJOB ENTERTAINS A GREAT FEAR.\\nAt the close of this chapter we are furnished\\nthe key to the entire situation the power of\\nmind over matter As man thinketh in his\\nheart, so is he; and so is all the world to\\nhim.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 67\\nFor the thing which I feared cometh upon me,\\nAnd that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.\\nI am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have\\nI rest;\\nBut trouble cometh. Verse 25, 26.\\nSuch is the history of the race. Man creates\\nhis conditions, then deliberately settles down in\\nthem. All causation is mental. Man beholds\\nonly effects. Effects in turn conceive in the\\nmind accusations. Job s accusations are un-\\nworthy of him; but while beseeching God to\\nutterly destroy him he never admits a criminal\\naction.\\nJob saw himself at one time a healthy, robust,\\nhighly honored man; prosperous beyond his\\nneighbors. His household was a multitude. He\\nhad cattle of all kinds in great abundance.\\nHe had a happy family of sons and daughters.\\nHe was a man of integrity and wisdom. Yet\\nwith all this he entertained a great fear. The\\nnature of the fear has not been disclosed to us.\\nIt has been suggested by some that Job feared\\nthe presence of his three friends. But, humili-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nated as he is, so great a soul would have rallied\\nfrom this intrusion in seven days. No! This\\nwas a lifelong fear; and entertained by so\\nactive a mind must end in disaster.\\nIf mankind would banish fear for twenty-\\nfour hours, sin, sickness and death never again\\nwould be known on the earth.\\nTo fear is to distrust God. To be very rich\\nin this world s goods is to lose sight of God.\\nTHE HIGHER MIND.\\nAccumulate as a man ma}/ store up wealth\\nas he will, at last he must say God only is\\nthe author of all true, reliable riches. Job\\nproves this problem. Will God not insure\\nthese gracious gifts? Is God dead.^\\nWhat is kept, is lost; what is given away is\\ngained. Happiness is not insured in the abund-\\nance of material wealth. This is a symbol of\\nthe richer joy that awaits the awakened soul.\\nBack of man stands Adam; back of Adam is\\nChrist; back of Christ is always God,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 59\\nThe teachings of Jesus Christ have their\\nvirtue mainly in non- accusation. It is not what\\none accuses or condemns. It is as unworthy\\nto accuse one s self as to accuse another. The\\nerror lies in the fact of entertaining an accus-\\ning spirit. Let humanity put the accusing\\nspirit away today, and tomorrow every seem-\\ning wrong will be righted.\\nIt was a source of relief, however, to Job to\\nspeak his mind in this manner. His language\\nis to be considered in realit)^ as an appeal to\\nthe higher nature of which he now and then\\ncaught glimpses.\\nThen, too, there is in this chapter a display\\nof great knowledge, of a state other than the\\none in which Job now beholds himself. How\\nwill Job find release from his present dis-\\ntemper.^ By the renewing of his mind. There\\nis no other way. While the world is so full of\\nreal sunshine, why dwell upon the record of\\nmock sorrows.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nELIPHAZ SPEAKS.\\nIt will be noticed that the three friends\\ntook turns to speak to Job, and in the order in\\nwhich they are named, and he in turn replies\\nto each. When Job ceased his cry, then\\nEliphaz answered and said\\n**If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou\\nbe grieved?\\nBut who can withhold himself from speaking?\\nBehold, thou hast instructed many.\\nAnd thou hast strengthened the weak hands.\\nThy words have upholden him that was falling,\\nAnd thou hast confirmed the feeble knees,\\nBut now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest;\\nIt toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.\\nVerse 2-5.\\nGently as a mother would soothe her\\ntroubled child, Eliphaz approaches the gravity\\nof the subject which stirs his heart. Then\\nseeks to bring relief by reference to the past so\\nfull of blissful memories. Now comes an\\n60", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 61\\nappeal to the philosophy of the age. Gradually\\nEliphaz warms up to the doctrinal idea so\\nfirmly rooted in his mind. Here we have the\\nfirst intimation of Job s real nature, his great-\\nness. Doubtless in times past he was a teacher\\nof ofreat merit. These three friends have lis-\\ntened to his wise discourses and know of his\\nreputation. True, the Lord testifies to the\\ngreatness of Job and the goodness of his heart;\\nhere we have a detailed account of his virtues.\\nOne can now understand why these friends\\nwere so amazed at Job s appearance. They\\ndid not know him. This was not the Job\\nwhom they adored in the past. If his mute\\nappearance caused the continued silence, his\\nimpassioned words kindled a flame of holy hor-\\nror in their breasts and they showed him no\\nmercy.\\nIt cannot be denied that this speech of\\nEliphaz was a masterful effort. All the while\\nwe are viewing a strange, an uncommon\\npicture. During this colloquy, there sits Job,\\nwith bowed head, taking a deliberate introspec-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "62 THE HEART OF JOB.\\ntion of himself while the lash is applied. Here\\nsits an old friend and pitilessly charges him\\nwith grave offences; placing him in line with\\nblasphemers, criminals and lustful men. Re-\\nmember, I pray thee, says Eliphaz, whoever\\nperished, being innocent. Eliphaz closes this\\nchapter with a display of his psychic power, he\\nsays\\nShall mortal man be more just than God?\\nShall a man be more pure than his maker?\\nThey perish forever without any regarding it.\\nThey die and that without wisdom.\\nVerse 17-21.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nELIPHAZ S ARRAIGNMENT.\\nTauntingly Job is admonished to call now if\\nhe knows of any other God than the one\\nEliphaz represents. Or to which of the saints\\nwill you turn? Unto God would I commit\\nmy cause. Verse 8.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 63\\nThen Eliphaz closes his plea by referring to\\nthe extraordinary merits of his God; with the\\nremark:\\nLo this, we have searched it, so it is;\\nHear it, and know thou it for thy good.\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nJOB S REPLY.\\nJob is not in a state of mind to be petted and\\nscolded by turns, and we can well excuse him\\nif he reasons as a man who feels very sore\\n**Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?\\nOr loweth the ox over his fodder?\\nOh that I might have my request;\\nAnd that God would grant me the thing I long\\nfor!\\nFor I have not denied the words of the Holy\\nOne.\\nTo him that is ready to faint, kindness should be\\nshewed from his friend.\\nVerse 5-14.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "64 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nMasterful as was the speech of Eliphaz, Job\\nhas at hand even in his misery the power to\\nshow forth the fallacy of the argument and the\\nwant of true heart-love. No doubt Job s\\nwords sound like blasphemy to these self-right-\\neous teachers, for instance:\\nIs my strength the strength of stones?\\nOr is my flesh of brass?\\nIs it not that I have no help in me?\\nVerse 12--13.\\nTwo opposite schools are represented here.\\nThe three friends counseling that help and\\nregeneration must come from God who is\\nrepresented as afar off and external; one to be\\nmoved by abject supplication. On the other\\nhand, Job maintains that while help does come\\nfrom God, he in no wise expects this help from\\nan external, but from an internal source, acting\\nin harmony with internal agencies. Job in a\\nspirit of indignation exclaims\\n*They were ashamed because they had hoped;\\nThey came hither, and were confoundedc\\nFor now ye are nothing;", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 65\\nYe see a terror and are afraid,\\nDid I say, Give unto me?\\nOr, offer a present for me of your substance?\\nOr, deliver me from the adversary s hand?\\nVerse 20-23.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nMerging into the seventh chapter, Eliphaz is\\nreminded that his arguing reproves nothing.\\nCourageous, yet in a spirit of self-conscious\\nhumiliation, Job pleads his case w^hile believing\\nthat the w^hole plan of man s life is prepared\\nfor him. ^And shall man disprove of the\\nAlmighty s doings.^\\nThe closing words of this chapter are ad-\\ndressed directly to Eliphaz, who has presumed\\nto be so great that Job calls on him to do some\\nmighty work.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VIII.\\nBILDAD SPEAKS.\\nBildad starts in with a storm of judgments;\\nlike one who has a hard time keeping still\\nuntil his friend is through talking:\\n**Then answered Bildad and said,\\nHow long wilt thou speak these things?\\nAnd how long shall the words of thy mouth\\nBe like a mighty wind?\\nDoth God pervert judgment?\\nOr doth the Almighty pervert justice?\\nVerse 2-3.\\nJob is reminded that if his children had not\\nbeen sinners and himself impure, God would\\nnot thus chastised him.\\n**Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,\\nNeither will he uphold the evil doers.\\nHe will yet fill thy mouth with laughter,\\nAnd thy lips with shouting.\\nThey that hate thee shall be clothed with shame,\\nAnd the tent of the wicked shall be no more.\\nVerse 20-23.\\n66", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 67\\nThus he offers to Job the terms of a happy\\nlife.\\nAs before stated: these three friends of Job\\nrepresent the three-fold path of reasoning from\\nappearances, from different points of view.\\nThey stand for a high degree of intellect,\\nnothing more. God is seen by them from the\\nstandpoint of cause and effect. They reason\\nfrom the gross nature.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nJOB S REPLY TO BILDAD.\\nJob answers Bildad: I know what you say\\nappears to be true, but man cannot answer God\\nfrom appearances; not one in a thousand\\ntimes could man thus answer correctly con-\\ncerning what he beholds. The wise in heart\\ncan only be approached through the spirit.\\nHow shall man know the cause of these expe-\\nriences and afflictions so hard to bear.^ From\\nwhat great fact shall he begin to arrive at", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "68 THE HEART OF JOB.\\ntruth? God is Good. Wise and mighty\\nindeed is he who accompHshes good by means\\nof the good and thus prospers. You, exclaimed\\nJob, expect me to plead with God; to reason\\nwith God. How shall man who is born of\\nwoman and full of trouble answer God?\\nJOB S STEADINESS OF PURPOSE.\\nFrom verses 4-14, Job indulges in his favo-\\nrite theme, The Almightiness, I would make\\na simple supplication a supplication from the\\nheart. Words do not reach God. If I be\\nwicked, as ye say, then my labor is vain, for\\nGod will not help me. If your accusations be\\ntrue and your words be sincere, why labor ye\\nwith me Let this great fear be removed from\\nme: let me not see myself as I appear. Let\\nthe uprightness and the perfection of my nature\\nbe manifest. Then will I speak to God as\\nwith a friend, face to face.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER X.\\nIt is possible that in the translations and\\nrevisions through which the Bible has passed,\\nthe original methods of expression have been\\nabandoned; so that in many instances Job is\\nmade to affirm where he intended by argument\\nto deny. The seventh verse is an illustration of\\nthe negative form the preceding verses of this\\nchapter should be regarded in the same light.\\nTHE REAL SUBSTANCE.\\nIt is written, and .what the Lord sayeth\\ncannot be revoked, for the Lord is perfect,\\nAs far as the east is from the west, so far\\nshall thy sins be removed from thee, to be no\\nmore remembered against thee forever/ The\\nMaya^ delusion of this earth life is to be a thing\\nforgotten, like the dew that passeth awa}^ with\\nthe appearance of the morning sun. Man is to\\nbe thoroughly redeemed, only the great", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "70 THE HEART OF JOB.\\neternal fact of the union of the Soul with God\\nremains; like myriad grains of lead, which,\\nwhen fused by heat form one mass. The indi-\\nvidual, personal, identical form is not; but the\\nconsciousness remains. The consciousness is\\nthe verity of God. Herein lies the secret of\\nthe Great AIL This consciousness is unen-\\ncumbered; not hindered by form, time, place,\\ncondition or circumstance, for these too shall\\nhave all passed away. Only the sublime fact\\nof the perfect union with the Ineffable Sub-\\nstance is manifest. This is the Eternal.\\nJOB AND THE PRODIGAL SON.\\nA parallel to Job may be found in the New\\nTestament parable of the Prodigal Son. Both\\npossessed great riches. Both passed into the\\ndarkest depths of mortal delusion. Both arose\\nfrom this state of abject poverty, by the inward\\npresence, to the sublime recognition of the\\nbounty and eternal goodness of the Father,\\nGod. Both appealed to God, the Father.\\nBoth were received into full fellowship with", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 71\\nthe Lord, the Father; and others were caused\\nto minister unto them. In both instances the\\nformer state v/as never mentioned by either of\\nthem when the perfect reahzation of union with\\nthe Father was made manifest, or came to con-\\nsciousness.\\nBoundless love and boundless riches awaits\\nevery son and daughter of earth.\\nCHAPTER XL\\nZOPHAR SPEAKS,\\nIt will be remembered, that of these three\\npaths, or reasonings, it was said Zophar repre-\\nsents a pretender to great wisdom concerning\\nthe nature and dealings of God, one who would\\ninstruct concerning heavenly things, a dog-\\nmatist, a self-righteous one, an accuser. He\\nnow speaks.\\nHe has waited, and watched carefully the\\neffect of his companions words on Job and the\\nsubtilty of his replies. Zophar is not pleased", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "72 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nwith the resuks. He expects to hear Job, not\\nonly bemoan his day, but in prostrate humil-\\nitation confess his great sin and the sin of his\\nchildren and beseech God for mercy. Instead,\\nwhat does he behold? A great soul daring to\\nsay to God, ^Thou knowest that I am not\\nwicked. And would God punish a man who\\nhas not sinned? Impossible! Would God\\npunish a man who had sinned equally im-\\npossible. In consternation Zophar beholds\\nthis man justifying himself at every point; and\\nnot only that, he is chagrined at Job s master-\\nful replies, for he has met their arguments and\\nso far, vanquished them. Zophar beholds an\\nunflinching soul, buoyant and firm in its integ-\\nrity, although apparently overwhelmed and\\ncrushed. It knows no sin, so acknowledges\\nnone.\\nHad these three friends approached Job with\\nsympathy, had they sympathized with his de-\\nplorable state the results might have been\\nvery different. It is said God makes even\\nthe wrath of man to praise Him. While", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 73\\nhumbled under their united blows of inferred\\nguilt and sin, Job rallies again and again. The\\nSoul is never disturbed, and from its vantage\\nground of universal goodness^ rejects the\\nhomage paid by mortal sense.\\nIn Chapter XI Zophar aims a stinging blow\\nat Job:\\nShould thy boastings make men hold their peace?\\nAnd when thou mockest, shall no man make thee\\nashamed?\\nFor thou sayest, my doctrine is pure,\\nAnd I am clean in thine eyes.\\nBut, oh! that God would speak,\\nAnd open His lips against thee;\\nAnd that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom,\\nThat it is manifold in effectual working!\\nKnow, therefore, that God exacteth of thee less than\\nthine iniquity deserveth.* Verse 3-6.\\nThat which thou art, that only canst thou\\nsee.\\nSee est thou thy brother s sin?\\nSore, bewildered, lost?\\nThen is he in very deed,\\nThine own stumbling-block.\\nWith this rebuke, Zophar, like the pre-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "74 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nceding ones, eulogizes God^s immensity and\\ngreatness, and then, as an advocate who has\\nthe right to speak and suggest, condescends\\nto offer Job the terms of a perfect, happy\\nrestoration. This is guaranteed, however,\\nonly on condition of the acknowledgment of\\nhis sin, which Job as steadfastly refuses to do.\\nMERCY NOT PARTIAL.\\nWhat signifies it to recast Job in the line of\\nprosperity (the conditions being complied\\nwith), if the mercy love a7id justice of God\\ndoes not extend to Job s household, all of whom\\nhave perished except his wife and four ser-\\nvants? Surel}^ the majesty of God s nature\\npales at thought of it. Then, too, those who\\nperished if the accusations of these three friends\\nbe sustained, perished because of Job s wick-\\nedness. This is indeed a venturesome the-\\nology; and the cult which sustains it fails to\\noffer blessings the heart sincerely craves.\\nThe reader will bear in mind that the first\\nround of argument is complete, and that in no", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 75\\ncase have these self-appointed advisers offered\\nJob the sweet release from the belief of bondage\\nor that spiritual attainment which alone can\\njustify and satisfy the soul.\\nJob s friends are religious men; they consci-\\nentiously believe in the foundation upon which\\ntheir arguments rest; namely, a belief in and\\nthe accusation of guilt.\\nLOVE NEVER ACCUSES.\\nThe accuser never did and never will reach\\nthe depths of the great soul nature. He\\nknows not the richness of spirit. Of the glories\\nof the heavenly kingdom he cannot speak.\\nWise in his own conceit, he beholds evil in the\\nworld, and through it seeks justification by\\nacknowledgment of it. The sweet gospel of\\npeace on earth and good will toward all men,\\ncame by One who did not accuse; One who\\nhad no condemnation in his nature. Only He\\ncould speak of the fruit of the spirit here and\\nthe glory beyond; of the home of the soul, of\\neternal bliss with the Blessed One^ for He had\\nexperienced it.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "76 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nExplaining The Wrath of God.\\nAll natural manifestations move in opposite\\ndirections.\\nThere is no such thing in all the vast uni-\\nverse as the wrath of God as commonly under-\\nstood and interpreted. If this were so, the\\nkind nature of God while exercising wrath\\nwould be changed into the tempest of a\\ndemon.\\nThere is that we call the light of God. The\\nlight of God is the love of God^ or illumination\\nin action. In mortal sense there is an absence\\nof this light; hence an absence of active love.\\nThis absence or void is filled with wrath in\\nappearance only. This wrath is the disturb-\\nance produced on mortal mind by the quick-\\nening presence of the illumination; as the light\\nmoving directly, produces opposite effects as\\nsubstance and shadow, the shadow is sometimes\\ntaken for the substance. A deaf person may\\nknow that another person is talking, but does", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 77\\nnot know what that person is talking about.\\nOne with hearing ear understands, another\\ndoes not.\\nAccording to nature, there are two kinds of\\nwill; the goodness will (or Hght) which flows\\nup, and the darkness will which flows down.\\nBetween these two wills is what is known as\\npassion or action. On this plane all manifest\\nobjects or creations appear.\\nTo illustrate: The g oodness Tvill (the light)\\nis represented by the lily, which, growing up,\\nenters the kingdom of light and partakes of its\\ngoodness and beauty. The darkness will is\\nthe stem of the lily buried in the black slime,\\ngrowing down, for it desires the earth and par-\\ntakes of its nature. The stem pulling down and\\nthe lily pulling up causes a conflict from the\\nharshness of which the lily constantly recedes,\\nbut can only survive as it is attached to it. The\\ndarkness and the roughness may be likened to\\nthe ^rath,\\nMan is drawn by the spirit into the light, as\\nwas the lily by the sun, till finally he becomes", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "78 THE HEART OF JOB.\\na strong plant. While growing, there is wrath\\nuntil the strength (love of God) enables him to\\nbreak from the earth conditions (wrath) and\\nenter the abode of peace. Man is rendered\\nfree and rises above the level of this conflict and\\ncontention (wrath) in nature by surrendering\\nhirnself to the Supreme Will Universal Good-\\nness.\\nAn assembly of persons may listen to a well-\\nmeaning and helpful discourse. Some receive\\nit with joy and gladness. Others with rebuke\\nand disfavor. To the latter, it is wrath. (A\\nnotable case, Jesus speaking in Jerusalem.)\\nCertainly wrath is not in the message or in the\\nmessenger, but its effect, whether one of love\\nor wrath, is dependent on the receiver.\\nThe efiect on one is pleasant, on another un-\\npleasant. To one it offers peace, to another it\\nis a breeder of contention. It brings love to\\ntrusting hearts. It maddens mortal sense in\\nthe hearts of others. This opposite effect is\\ncalled the wrath of God.\\nIt is not to be understood that God visits joy", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 79\\nto one and sorrow to another. This is a false\\nconception of mortal mind.\\nJacob Boehme, says: If you are not fully\\ndetermined to enter the way of holiness, it would\\nbe better for you to let alone the sacred name\\nof God, wherein His supreme sanctity is in-\\nvoked, because the wrath of God may become\\nignited within your soul.\\nIn one case there is union with the universal\\nmind, God. In the other case the mortal\\nsense mind sits in judgment and pronounces a\\nverdict. That verdict is in accordance with\\nthe dark will or mind, and this is the wrath of\\nGod. When the individual soul sinks its will\\ninto the meekness of God it becomes a fountain\\nof love and the recipient of power. To such,\\nwrath is unknown.\\nThere is at the surface endless variety, con-\\nfusion. At the center there is simplicity, unity\\nand peace.\\nWe recognize power (will) in the Light.\\nThis power creates a desire in man for the\\nlikeness and noble image of God. Likewise in", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "80 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nthe ignorant (state of darkness will) is a power\\nlike unto itself. This creates a wrathful desire,\\nfor man has all the states of creation in him.\\nThat principle with which he identifies himself\\nin thought will rule in him. Know ye not,\\nthat to whom ye yield yourselves servants to\\nobey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;\\nwhether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto\\nrighteousness? (Life.) Rom. 6-16.\\nBehold a thistle or nettle. The more sun-\\nshine and warmth it receives, the more stings\\nwill it produce. This is the outpouring love\\nof God, when it falls on an unregenerate mind\\nit produces anger and hate. The sun while\\ncheering, warming and nourishing an object in\\none place is called a blessing; in another it is\\nscorching and causing to perish^ and is called a\\ncursing.\\nTheo^hrastus Paracelsus says Man s ter-\\nrestrial substance is from the earth; (this\\nreturns whence it came), his mental faculties\\nare from the universal mind; his worldly wis-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 81\\ndom is from the light of nature; but the divine\\nwisdom in him is of God.\\nNothing whatever can exist outside of\\nnature. This nature is the dark fire ground\\nout of which everything is born. However,\\nthe love of God is manifest in man while in\\nthis state of nature. If it were otherwise\\nhe would sink into extinction. In this state of\\nnature there is also that which collects^ hardens^\\nreduces ^iVid. forms. And this is the root of all\\nnatural life, called the fire, the heat. In it is\\nthe cause of all strength and power in nature,\\nand from it issues all the wondrous manifesta-\\ntions of power. This fire is also the wrath;\\nwithout it there would be everywhere mere\\nnothingness Do not fear The Wrath of\\nGod.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XII.\\nJob soon recovered from this cold, premedi-\\ntated attack of Zophar.\\nJOB CONTEMPLATES ON TRUTH.\\nGod is everywhere, but is best understood\\nin the silence. Job has been silent. He has\\nlived so close to his God that there has ever\\nbeen a sweet nearness, a realization that God\\nwas his friend; that although appearances were\\nall against him, yet he felt as though he walked\\nhand in hand with the Divine Nature^ and\\nthat he could alwa3 s rely on its friendship as\\nwe rely on one we know best. He acknowl-\\nedged that he could not understand the mean-\\ning of this divine ordering; yet he would cling\\nto his friend.\\nIf a man lack wisdom let him ask of God\\nwho giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not.\\nJames 1-5.\\n82", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 83\\nJob knew the source of wisdom. He actually\\nlived it. He knew that the world s way of\\ndoing is to make the dashing charge which is\\nto sweep the accused off his feet, drag him\\nbefore his accusers and then produce the\\narraignment.\\nMASTERFUL DEFENCE.\\nJob also knew there was wisdom in changing\\nthis mode of proceeding; so he deliberately and\\nmasterfully formulated his arraignment against\\nall these three personages first, then by a mas-\\nterly manoeuver made the charge. They are\\nthree to one, but he is not silenced. From the\\nmoment of attack until its conclusion Job is\\ncertain that victory will perch on his side. He\\nsees with the clear eye of the spirit a finger-\\nboard which points unerringly to the path.\\nHear him now:\\nNo doubt but ye are the people,\\nAnd Vv^isdom shall die with you.\\nBut I have understanding as well as you;\\nI am not inferior to you:\\nYea who knoweth not such things as these.\\nVerse 2-3.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "84 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThis fine vein of sarcasm was not expected\\nof Job.\\nHave you ever met, in your journeying in life,\\na bewildered looking individual sitting by the\\nroad side? He is not very prepossessing, with\\nhis unwashed face and uncombed hair covered\\nwith a slouch brimless hat. His clothes are of\\nmany colors and very ragged. His shoes are\\ntied about his feet. His hands are rough and\\nsore-like. But he is a man! You engage him\\nin conversation out of mere curiosity. You are\\nwell dressed, well fed, clean and neat; your\\nneighbor the very opposite. You are wise,\\nvery wise. He is ignorant, very ignorant. In\\nthe course of the conversation you are often an\\nearnest listener. Why.^^ This man displays a\\nknowledge of men, history, books and events\\nthat interests and amazes you. You judge\\nhim as you meet him there by his appearance,\\nnot by his mind. What brought him into this\\ncondition matters not now. On leaving him\\nyou take his paw-like horny hand and shake it\\nheartily. As j^ou do this you slip something", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 85\\ninto his hand, and 3^ou plant something in his\\nheart as you say: Stranger, good by! God\\nbless you\\nWe meet Job by the road side, on Hfe s\\njourney, full of experiences. He has compan-\\nions. We listen to their conversation, and\\nconclude that they too are judging this man by\\nhis appearance and not by the quality of his\\nmind.\\nJudge not according to appearances, but\\njudge the righteous judgment. John 7-24.\\nJOB S W^ISDOM.\\nHere Job energetically rallies, he will not\\nconcede to their accusation, but refers to their\\nstatements as the commonest things imaginable.\\nHe feels that he has been mocked, reproached\\nwithout cause; then stands by his oft repeated\\ndeclaration that no doubt, the Lord in wisdom\\nhath wrought this.* Why, everything points to\\nthe unerring law majesty and will of the Lord\\nThe very nature of the beasts will teach you\\nthis. Go ask them. Then consult the fowls", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "86 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nof the air and the fishes of the sea. Yea,\\nthe very earth is proof that the Lord in his\\nmight hath wrought this, for he is wise.\\nThen with characteristic eloquence and power\\nJob treats of the Almighty wisdom which\\nordaineth everything, and the omnipotence and\\ngoverning love of God. With pure and lofty\\ncomprehension he speaks of God s goodness.\\nNo wonder that men like Carlyle and Mathew\\nArnold went into rapture over the poetic spirit\\nof this grand old prophet.\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nTRUSTS THE LOVING HEART.\\nJob s utterances are drawn from nature and\\nthe quickening spirit within him. He keeps no\\ntraditional record. He says in effect, God\\nand His eternal Word is managing this uni-\\nverse. Keep your hand off the ark. Hear\\nhim:", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 87\\nLo, mine eye hath seen all this,\\nMine ear hath seen and understand it.\\nWhat ye know, the same do I know also;\\nI am not inferior unto you. Verse i~2\\nAdvisors stand for dogma, creed, ritual, etc.\\nTheology is dogma crystalized into assertion.\\nIn Paul s appeal to Caesar, he forged the chains\\nwhich bound him to a Roman prison. Paul\\nwas held by his appeal to abide the decision of\\nthe Roman authority. Job appeals to the\\nAlmighty God.\\n**Surely I would speak to the Almighty,\\nAnd I desire to reason with God.\\nVerse 3.\\nThere is no tarnish on such a soul. Naked\\nand without excuse it presents itself to the\\nscrutiny of the Spirit, for in the Spirit abides the\\nWise One^ the Merciful One^ with whom is\\nno variableness, neither shadow of turning.\\nFrom the moment of such an appeal by the\\nsoul (Job) a swift-winged messenger flies to\\nthe heart of the Loving One and requests an\\ninterview. A broken and a contrite heart,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "88 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nO God, thou wilt not despise. Thus is the\\nchild placed on intimate and loving relation\\nwith the All Wise Parent.\\nJOB S REBUKE.\\nTurning now to these three friends, Job says:\\nBut ye are forgers of lies,\\nYe are all physicians of no value.\\nOh, that ye would altogether hold your peace!\\nAnd it should be your wisdom.\\nHear now my reasoning,\\nAnd hearken to the pleadings of my lips.\\nWill ye speak unrighteously for God,\\nAnd talk deceitfully for him?\\nHe will surely reprove you.\\nIf ye do secretly respect persons.\\nHold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak.\\nAnd let come on me what will.\\nThough he slay me, yet will I trust in him.\\nVerse 4-15.\\nJob s faith and illumination has at last cul-\\nminated in this astonishing statement. The\\nburden of his argument is an unshaken assur-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 89\\nance in his own innocence and the goodness\\nof God. He concludes this remarkable climax\\nby saying:\\nBehold now, I have ordered my cause;\\nI know that I am righteous. Verse i8.\\nA RIFT IN THE CLOUD.\\nThe arguments of causation presented by\\nthese three reasoning personalities does not in\\nthe least shake Job from his position. From\\nfirst to last his understanding concerning the\\nunchangableness of God is manifest. Not-\\nwithstanding these different views concerning\\nGod, judgment, good and evil, Job feels cer-\\ntain that God does not afHict with the intention\\nto hurt or as a merited penalty for presumable\\nguilt.\\nIt does seem that Job is often perplexed,\\nsometimes discouraged and sad; yet the uni-\\nversal Goodness is ever present in his mind\\nand never questioned. His faith sustains him\\nwith the assurance that in some way he is to\\nwitness the expression of purity in his flesh;", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "90 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nclean and freed from disease. Believing this,\\nthe accusations and assertions of these men are\\ndistasteful to him, and an injustice to the\\nAlmighty.\\nIt will be observed that Job is not priding\\nhimself on his innocence. He puts his trust in\\nGod, Who is of purer eyes than to behold\\niniquity. Habakkuk 1-13.\\nJob feels very sure of justification, for is not\\nhis cause in the Supreme Court to vi^hich he\\nhas appealed.^\\nWithdraw Thine hand far from me:\\nAnd let not Thy terror make me afraid.\\nThen call Thou, and I will answer;\\nOr let me speak, and answer thou me.\\nVerse 21-22.\\nThis is a strong plea that all appearances\\nmay be taken away, the hand of the Lord be\\nwithdrawn, and that this delusion of the senses\\nbe forever forgotten.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIV.\\nThis chapter opens with a mournful strain\\nfrom this old prophet s heart. The reverse side\\nof life is very real to the sense nature.\\nMan that is born of a woman\\nIs of few days, and full of trouble/\\nVerse i.\\nTHE QUESTION OP THE AGES.\\nDid Job indeed have a revelation of a second\\nbirth Is it clear to his mind that, One is\\nyour father, even God? Did he see that in\\nthe world ye shall have tribulation.^ It is\\npossible! But here he is, and bound by the\\ncommon infirmity of mortals.\\nThe spirit of immortality is springing into\\nlife in Job ^s heart; and this new revelation shall\\nbe the gladsome hope, the eternal joy of the\\nwhole world. This search-light streams around\\nthe earth, and in its bright path we read the half\\n91", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "92 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nborn thought; If a man die shall he live\\nagain? Verse 14. There is a double mean-\\ning in this expression. Evidently the thought\\nuppermost in Job s mind is: first, if a man does\\nlive again, will he be subject to the changes,\\ntemptations, sorrows and aiBictions which he\\nexperiences here and now? and, second, will\\nthat life hold a recompense for what he endures\\nwhile in the present state? The dear heart\\nsettles back quickly,\\nAll the days of my warfare would I wait,\\nTill my release should come.\\nIn the language of faithful Abraham, Shall\\nnot the Judge of all the earth do right? Gen.\\n18-25. To quote Job s own words, ch. 6-25.\\nHow forcible are right words.\\nFAITH AND INTEGRITY.\\nA remarkable trait in the character of Job;\\none which has become the admiration of the\\nworld, is his integrity. He never bemoans the\\nloss of his family or possessions. His heroism\\nin this regard is a synonym of immortal great-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 93\\nness. Deprived of everything but a broken\\npitcher; he fixes his eye unflinchingly on an in-\\ndescrihahle something which he addresses and\\nto him is the Unit of Almiglitiness. Job\\nalways speaks of God in the capacity of Power.\\nThere is that in the nature of all mankind\\nwhich irresistibly clings to the Unknown^ a\\nsomething that lies slumbering in man, unknown\\nto mortal sense, nor indeed is it understood by\\nthe natural man. It often takes a panic, a great\\nsorrow or sense of extreme danger to awaken\\nit; then it is, man falls back upon this Great\\nSelf. For instance, a man who has not for a\\nlong term of years entertained one little spiritual\\nthought, suddenly falls overboard, from a ship\\nat sea. On coming to the surface of the water,\\nhis first exclamation is, Oh God! or Good\\nGod!\\nWhen the spirit in man is permitted to\\nmanage affairs for him^ while temporarily\\nmhabiting this body, no serious alarm is ever\\nencountered. This is very strongly marked\\nin the case of Job. Although alternating be-", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "94 THE HEART OF JOB,\\ntween desire and resignation, now wishing to\\ndie and now hoping for relief, we notice that\\nhis fine spiritual nature is never shaken by\\nthreat or moved by appeal.\\nJob s heroism, his wise replies, his lucid form\\nof expression and comprehension of actual\\nrealities, and, above all, his trust in God have\\ngained for him the admiration of the world of\\nthought, and given cause for merited pane-\\ngyrics by the appreciative Idealist.\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nJUDGING PROM APPEARANCES.\\nEliphaz renews the attack. The three-fold\\npath of reasoning from appearances will not be\\nabandoned until man sees clearly that all disturb-\\ning influences of whatever character, are the\\nresult of a belief in separateness, a disunion of\\nGod and man. Distracting opinions are the\\nresult of a belief in 7nany minds. Union and\\nharmony are the result of loyalty to one Mind.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 95\\nEliphaz, Bildad and Zophar represent reason-\\ning from disunity.\\nMan while in this estranged state of mind,\\nsees sinful lust and cause and effect in his\\nneighbor. He also sees what to his mind is\\nthe judgment of God, and with this the con-\\ndemnation for sin. So the second attack is\\njustified in the minds of these men.\\nJob is not promised relief through spiritual\\nperception of universal truth; but all that a\\ndogmatic view of the case comprehends, they\\noffer in justification of their position.\\nTHE INTELLECTUAL VIEW.\\nIntellect believes in a God afar off. A Ruler\\nto be appealed to. It believes in setting up of\\na government and a kingdom; in the establish-\\nment of tabernacles, and the rules of thought\\nand conscience; a place where the subjects\\nwill always be very pleasantly situated near\\nthe King, and the King will always be very\\ngracious to his subjects. This view of the\\ncase does not suit Job. He sees the soul to be", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "96 THE HEART OF JOB.\\na divine creation, and it must of necessity be\\nin sweet communion and full fellowship with\\nthe inward spirit and partaker of all that it is.\\nSuch a guarantee only can insure the continued\\npresence of perfect love.\\nBBROR S WAY.\\nEliphaz discovers in the speech of Job a\\nwisdom which is not easily silenced, so his\\nattack in this instance is more bitter than at\\nfirst. He adopts the tactics of Job, but seasons\\nthem with wormwood.\\nBy careful study of the text one will dis-\\ncover from this on, a desperation in the attack\\nwhich savors of possible defeat^ and an unflinchi\\ning boldness in Job s position which presages\\nvictory.\\nAfter treating Job s words with studied dis-\\ncourtesy, Eliphaz proceeds to relate what he\\nhas heard, what the wise men have told.\\nThen follows the tradition of the elders. It\\nis by such that the commandments of God\\nhave been made of none effect, said Jesus.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 97\\nTraditions will never be accepted by humanity\\nas the sweet evangel of peace on earth. Hu-\\nmanity has tried this and proved it to be\\nshucks six thousand years old, and dry at\\nthat.\\nWhere the soul meets soul, there is commun-\\nion. Thus is the soul the perceiver and\\nrevealer of truth. The soul is justified by\\nevery effort put forth to advance the recogni-\\ntion of universal Goodness. You can pay God\\nno higher compliment than to pronounce His\\ncreation Good.\\nWhene er the Spirit of God\\nWith the truth of man combine,\\nThen is the miracle of nature,\\nAnd water turns to wine.\\nCHAPTER XVI\\nTRUTH S W^AY.\\nJob tells his miserable comforters that\\ntheir vain words are stale arguments, and\\nhe is surprised that they should resort to such.\\n7", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "98 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThe nobility of Job s nature takes high rank in\\nthe following:\\nI also could speak as ye do;\\nIf your soul were in my souFs stead,\\nI could join words together against you,\\nAnd shake mine head at you.\\nBut I would strengthen you with my mouth,\\nAnd the solace of my lips should assuage\\nyour grief.\\nThough I speak, my grief is not assuaged;\\nAnd though I forbear, what am I eased?\\nVerse 4-6.\\nWithout boast, a magnanimous declaration\\nis made which reveals the true nature of this\\nbeautiful soul.\\nThere is not in all the succeeding narrative\\nso pitiful a plea as was given in the third\\nchapter. The light is now breaking through a\\nrift in the thick cloud.\\n*The outward doth from the inward roll.\\nAnd the inward dwells in the inmost soul.\\nJob continually reminds us that his prayer\\nis pure. No half-truth will satisfy him.\\nThough it hurt, he would probe to the core of", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 99\\nhis situation. Confucius once said, li my\\nsoul is not engaged in the hzg k worships it is\\nas though I worshiped not.\\nIn no case could the hope of heaven be farther\\nremoved, or the case appear more desperate\\nthan in the case of Job. Now as we look into\\nthe Heart of Job^ it is an instantaneous demon-\\nstration that he demands, as he says.\\nTHE STEADFAST EYE.\\nO earth, cover not thou my blood,\\nAnd let my cry have no resting place.\\nEven now behold my witness is in heaven,\\nAnd he that voucheth for me is on high.\\nMy friends scorn me;\\nBut mine eye poureth out tears unto God,\\nThat he would maintain the right of a man with\\nGod,\\nAnd of a son of man with his neighbor!\\nFor when a few years are come,\\nI shall go the way whence I shall not return.\\nVerse 18-22.\\nU. ffci", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVII.\\nJob continues: How shall a man prevail\\nagainst God; destruction awaiteth that which\\nis not good, even the fruit of their hands shall\\nperish. With clean hands shall the right-\\neous pursue their way and the light on their\\npath shall wax stronger and stronger thus\\nshall the darkness fade away.\\nEvil is not overcome by evil at any time, but\\nevil is overcome by good. To assail the dark-\\nness does not put away the darkness. Only\\nby introducing the light can the darkness be\\ndissipated. Evil is man s unfinished opinion of\\ngood. To assail error is to increase error, it\\nthrives on contention. Thoreau says: If\\nyou would convince a man of wrong, do right.\\n100", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVIII.\\nJUDGMENT REPROACHES.\\nBildad (judgment) then answered Job, ad-\\ndressing him in the second person, as a babbler\\nof words, as though he was unworthy of being\\nappealed to otherwise. It is always thus with\\njudgment, based on appearances or evidence\\nthrough the senses. Its appeal is to the law\\nand authority. It would hide behind the bul-\\nwark of statutes and execute its rulings with a\\ndetermined hand. Not a word of mercy, no\\ndoor of escape is held open by Bildad; he\\nmakes one more brief statement in Chapter\\nXXV, when the case is closed so far as these\\nthree voices are concerned.\\nCHAPTER XIX.\\nThen Job answered and said\\nThese ten times have ye reproached me:\\nYe are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.\\nVerse 3.\\n101", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "102 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nImmortality with all that it embraces, now\\nilluminates the heart of Job. If the gaze is\\ncontinually directed to the earth one sees\\ngross and creeping things, but if the attention\\nis directed to the stars, hope illuminates the\\ninmost nature. The human cry which baffles\\nsympathy, comes from the highway and the\\nbyway. It begins in fear and ends in faith.\\nMORE LIGHT.\\nThroughout all his varied experience, Job\\nnow and then catches a gleam of heavenly\\nlight. He beholds a vision of beauty and love-\\nliness. This is the father (faith) within him.\\nThere are times when he says: ^^I have meat\\nto eat ye know not of. His soul is oft in\\ntravail within him, but now and then he\\nis entranced as he catches a glimpse of the\\nglistening towers of the Celestial City.\\nThe avenues of the soul may be likened to a\\nvast gong. To touch it at any point is to\\ncause a vibration over the entire surface. To\\nbe conscious of the presence of ethereal, spiritual", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 103\\nvibrations is to communicate one s self through-\\nout the entire realm of love and all within that\\nrealm in the same conscious state, is apprised\\nof the perfect communion, for love is not indi-\\nvidual or special, but universal and general;\\nthe inheritance of all and soul is its messenger.\\nPROPHETIC SIGHT.\\nJob has caught a view of immortality not\\ncommon to man. He sees that continuous life\\nin the form of man is possible. He is inspired\\nby this beatific vision while yet the worms\\nare consuming his flesh, so beautiful is the faith\\nwhich sustains him. Faith, in fact puts nothing\\noff. Faith is not faith that delays. That is\\nhope. Faith does not depend on authority.\\nJoh hadfaith^ and this to him is the very sub-\\nstance of things^ a sustaining power. Some-\\nhow Job knows that his Redeemer is a living-\\nreality within him, although at times the prob\\nlem seems difficult to solve, and the situation\\nappears desperate. He sees that there is to be\\nan end (Verse 25), when he will put all things", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "104 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nunder his feet, for he understands the sign of\\nits coming. He knows he ^hdiW stand up at\\nthe last upon the earth^ conqueror; that is,\\nthe redeeming principle is to be manifested in\\nhis body. Then there will be an end (last\\nday) to all the delusions of error and sense.\\nHe who can create a kingdom of light within\\nhimself. He in whom this spring of divine\\npower flows, carries within himself the divine\\nimage and the celestial substantiality. In him\\nis Jesus born of the Virgin, and he will not die in\\neternity. Jacob Boehme^ Six Poirtts, vii. 33.\\nABSOLUTENESS OP FAITH.\\nThis grand old prophet thus expresses him-\\nself:\\nBut I KNOW that my redeemer liveth,\\nAnd that he shall stand up at the last upon the\\nearth:\\nAnd after my skin hath been thus destroyed,\\nYet from my flesh shall I see God:\\nWhom I shall see for myself,\\nAnd mine eyes shall behold, and not another.\\nVerse 25-27.\\nHere is a direct, emphatic statement based", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 105\\non Pure Knowledge^ and it became literally\\nexemplified. Abraham was not more illumi-\\nnated when about to sacrifice Isaac, than was\\nJob on this occasion.\\nShall the ^*pure in heart see God? Such\\nis the emphatic statement, the sure promise.\\nIn the very nature of things it could not be\\notherwise. Truth associates with the truthful\\nlove with the loving; peace with the peaceful,\\nand purity vjith the pure.\\nThis is not a supposititious statement of Job s;\\nit is based on knowledge, But I know.^\\nOnly a wise love and a loving wisdom can\\nappreciate this statement. Never say a thing\\nis not so.\\nRight here, too, Job realizes another great\\ntruth, namely, that virtue is not confined to\\nthings, persons, or functions. It is like good-\\nness, a factor incarnate in all that exists. It is\\nnot something which is bestowed, nor a quality\\nwhich can be withheld, taken away or lost.\\nConditions have nothing whatever to do with\\nvirtue. All that exists, exists because of the", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "106 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nvirtue which constitutes its very existence or\\nbeing. This revelation was the glory of Job s\\nintegrity.\\nIn Verse 29 Bildad is reminded that wrath\\nbringeth wrath; persecution breedeth persecu-\\ntion; and judgment, judgment.\\nCHAPTER XX.\\nTHE FINAL DOGMATIC CHARGE.\\nThis chapter concludes Zophar s anathema,\\ndelivered in pretense as the word of God.\\nNever did the soul stand under such an ac-\\ncusation as this; yet did it not tremble nor\\nwas it afraid. Failing to wring from the lips\\nof this man one word of renunciation, or one\\nfeeble cry of acknowledgment of error, the\\nwhole force of Zophar s words are hurled at\\nhim. You vainly try to shield yourself, he\\nsays. You know why you are in this pitiable\\nplight. It would never have been thus had\\nyou not wilfully sinned against God. You", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 107\\nhave lost all your possessions and your rela-\\ntions. You are a deplorable object. Your\\nskin is covered with sores and your bones are\\nfull of the sins of your youth.\\nThe more that Truth asserts herself, the\\nlouder does error scream.\\nCHAPTER XXL\\nAs we progress we behold virtue assuming\\nmany beautiful shapes. There is now a meek-\\nness and tenderness in Job s reply; a certain\\nwisdom and power which is awakened partly\\nby the onslaught, and partly in his times of\\nmeditation. Rejoice not over me, O mine\\nenemy, when I fall I shall arise; when I sit in\\ndarkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.\\nMicah 7-8.\\nJob s vision is broadened and his range of\\nthought far beyond himself. He does not\\nreturn railing for railing, but argues the case", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "108 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nas though the accusations were not aimed di-\\nrectly at him, he treats them in general.\\nAPPROACHING THE LIGHT.\\nOnly like attracts like. The Spirit of Wis-\\ndom in Man (Job), illuminating itself, dispels\\ndarkness and ignorance so that the spirit of ac-\\ncusation is unheeded. Hence, this accusing\\nfriend does not return. There is nothing for it\\nto address; nothing of its nature to which to\\nappeal. The prince of this world cometh\\nand hath nothing in me (John 14-30). Error\\nwill never be lost to the world until man ceases\\nto recognize it. Then it will disappear from\\nmemory, and will no more be held in mind.\\nThe beauty and wisdom of Job s reply chal-\\nlenges the admiration of the reader. Prostrate\\nthough he is in body, he proves how master-\\nfully he can parry every thrust. Enquiringly\\nhe says: As for me, is my complaint to\\nman.^ After which he proves to Zophar the\\nfallacy of his reasoning. In a most perfect", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 109\\nmanner he treats the case. Every point is met\\nand dissolved, every argument annuled.\\nHow, then, comfort ye me in vain,\\nSeeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood.\\nVerse 34.\\nCHAPTER XXII.\\nWith an emphasis and a passion worthy\\nof a better cause, Eliphaz closes his argu-\\nment with startling denunciations. Then this\\nvoice is stilled forever, after offering bribes of\\ngold and silver.\\nHow varied are the judgments of men on\\nthe common events of life. How shall we rally\\nnow with such a flood let loose against us.^\\nWho shall deliver us.^ Only the Lord, the\\nspirit of ilhimination in man. Only the Christ\\nwithin, which is the hope of glory. This alone\\ncan overcome and dispel the delusion of ap-\\npearances.\\nThe torrent rushing over us, the fire of", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "no THE HEART OF JOB.\\nwrath kindled on both sides of us, the very\\nearth slipping away from beneath our feet;\\nwhere is our salvation? Is it in the golden\\ncrown of reward offered in Verses 21-30?\\nShall this for one moment cause us to take our\\neye off the ark of the covenant; the pure sym-\\nbol of the sweet relation between God and\\nman? Is this to be the reward if we acquaint\\nourself withr God? Or, is it to be found in\\nthat peace uohich passeth understandings in\\nthose nobler, truer riches of the soul, which\\nindeed are the divine inheritance of the spirit\\nWISDOM BORN OF KNOWT.EDGE.\\nThe unwise may be allured by this strong\\nappeal of Eliphaz, gold and silver. Job\\nis wise there was none like him in all the\\nEast. He knows the mystery of life. He\\nsees through the actions to the motives which\\ngovern men. He knows the meaning of the\\nstars and their influence. He understands the\\nsymbology of the world. He cannot be deluded\\nwith bribes of gold and silver. To him, gold", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. Ill\\nis rtvisdom] silver is truth. These virtues he\\npossesses. Why should he barter them for the\\nsymbol? The former (virtues) he knew to be\\neternal; the latter temporal. Thou shalt\\nalso decree a thing and it shall he established\\nunto theey (Verse 28.) Job was not unmind-\\nful of this. Time and again he has decreed\\nvaliantly. How forcible are right words.\\nHe knew their value and his confidence is not\\nshaken, although his decree to all appearances\\nhitherto has not been established.\\nTHE ETERNAL, THE NOW.\\nNature is a continuous cycle of energy; every\\nmovement of the great wheel, like the turning\\nof a kaleidoscope changes the appearance. In\\nreality there is only the Novj^ the Eternal.\\nLive in the Now. To see past and future is to\\nencourage disappointment. The now, the pres-\\nent cannot be changed. It is man s view of\\nthings that changes. As he stands at the rim\\nof action, he is encouraged and discouraged by", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "112 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nturns; not until he fixes his thought on the\\ncenter of Being is perfect peace found.\\nMan is the image and likeness of God.\\nThat likeness cannot be changed, God being\\nAll in All, there is nothing else to change into.\\nGod made man up-right^ like t/i/ God. If\\nit is acknowledged that there is another power\\nwhich can make him (man) up-ivrong^ then\\nthat power is more mighty than God, or it\\ncould not change God s work which He pro-\\nnounced ^^very goody Then man in fact is as\\nhe always was. God is Omnipresent. That\\npresent being now, was never a past, and can\\nnever be a part of the future. What man calls\\nthe past, is simply the sweet, the beautiful,\\nthe pure, enduring Love Almighty which\\never accompanies man and with which he is\\never beautifying the present] the present with\\nits heart full of love and its hands full of\\nflowers.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXIII.\\nTRUSTING.\\nOnce only, when the pain in his flesh seemed\\nso very real to Job, did he take his mind from\\nthe Almighty and exclaim; Have pity upon\\nme, have pity upon me, O ye, my friends; for\\nthe hand of God hath touched me. Chap.\\n19-21. But only for a moment is he like a\\nreed shaken by the wind, tossed here and there;\\nthe Dear Heart rallies again to the central\\ntrust in verse 25, chap. 19. But I know that\\nmy redeemer liveth.\\nLike a man in the dense woods. Job is\\nsearching for the blazed trees.\\n**Oh that I knew where I might find him,\\nThat I might come even to his seat!\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Verse 3.\\nHe does not cast one thought on the external\\nrecompense just offered him. His thought is\\nwithin.\\n113", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "114 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nWould he contend against me in the greatness of\\nhis power?\\nNay; but he would give heed unto me.\\nBehold I go forward, but he is not there;\\nAnd backward, but I cannot perceive him;\\n-x-\\nBut he knoweth the way I take;\\nWhen he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.\\nVerse 6-10.\\nAnd when at the farther end of the journey\\nI approach the temple, shall he like Him^ for\\nI shall see Him as He is.\\nThe fulness of love is the abiding principle\\nin the soul. Man is not a part of universal\\nmind, as though it were separated and parceled\\nout. Man is inseparably one with God. His\\nmission is to become fully conscious of this\\ntruth.\\nCHAPTER XXIV.\\nSURRENDERING SELF.\\nIt at first appears as though Job, in this\\nchapter, had abandoned the field of defense or", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 115\\njustification for the field of accusation. It is\\nnot so, however. The arraignment here, is the\\nsumming up of the three-fold path of reason-\\ning from the non-self point of view (appear-\\nances), and may be accepted as a charge directed\\nat these three advocates. Not that they have\\nperformed the acts enumerated by Job, but the\\nthree-fold force directed at him so persistently\\nand in such fury, causes these thoughts to arise.\\nThis is the exhaustion of mortal sense (non-\\nsense). It does seem as though Job, in defend-\\ning himself dared challange the world, with\\nGod for witness. Job knows that the Supreme\\nEgo is the only reality, and that it exists\\nbecause of its powerful nature moreover, that\\nthat which is beheld in creation is but a sug-\\ngestion of this Supreme Self. It is as though\\nJob held to view the delusion of appearances\\nso as to exalt his central idea. This he does\\nin the 26th and succeeding chapters. He\\nnever turns his face from the sun. The radiance\\nof the upper air is always in his heart, as his\\nlong closing argument bears testimony.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "116 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThere is the appearance of creation in\\nman; but man is not in creation. All creation\\nis in the inferior nature which is the cause\\nthereof and which passes away with discrim-\\ninating knowledge.\\nCHAPTER XXV.\\nHere we have the last little echo from the\\nwilderness. It is in the wilderness, wildness,\\nwild-state (untutored in spirit) that we make\\nlaws, pronounce penalties, formulate govern-\\nments, and erect tabernacles of worship. Poor,\\nblind judgment (Bildad) does not see that\\nGod can possibly be exalted unless man is\\ncorrespondingly debased.\\nCHAPTER XXVL\\nIn a vein of eloquent sarcasm Job asks,\\nHow hast thou helped him that is without power!\\nHow hast thou saved the arm that hath no\\nstrength!", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 117\\nHow hast thou counseled him that hath no wisdom,\\nAnd plentifully declared sound knowledge!\\nTo whom hast thou uttered words?\\nAnd whose spirit came forth from thee?*\\nVerse 2-4.\\nNot a word of consent or confession do we\\nhear from either of these men. They stand\\nadjudged by their own unwise, unjust doctrines.\\nThey see themselves all right; Job, all wrong.\\nNo truthful assertion from his lips is accredited\\nby them.\\nIt is not infrequent that worldly wisdom\\ncomes in the garb and speech of spiritual\\nassumption.\\nWhen men in positions of trust speak less of\\nthe Wrath of God, and more of the Love\\nof God; then comes the larger thought, the\\nChristian age.\\nJob sums up the entire case in what is\\ntermed a Sparable, which is comprised in six\\nchapters or 161 verses, and should be called,\\nJob s valorous defense. See chapters 26\\nto 31.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "118 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nJob says: This God of whom you have\\nbeen speaking, what know ye of Him Lo I\\nwill tell thee\\nCHAPTER XXVII.\\n**As God liveth, who hath taken away my right;\\nAnd the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;\\n(For my life is yet whole in me,\\nAnd the spirit of God is in my nostrils;)\\nSurely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness,\\nNeither shall my tongue utter deceit.\\nGod forbid that I should justify you:\\nTill I die I will not put away my integrity from me.\\nMy righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go.\\nMy heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.*\\nVerse 2-6.\\nFilled with the inspiration of this Almighti-\\nness the soul is meek, and justifies itself by its\\nintegrity begotten of God. The concluding\\nverses of this chapter, commencing with the\\n13th verse, have been ascribed by some to an\\nunrecorded speech by Zophar. Or it may be\\nconsidered in the thought of Chapter 24.\\nCertain it is, these things which appear to be", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 119\\nsomething, arrayed against the spirit of Truth,\\nare defied, their claim proven false and they\\nare cast out by the pure truth of the Spirit.\\nCHAPTER XXVIII.\\nSOUL ASSERTS ITSELF.\\nIt has been suggested that Job, at this partic-\\nular crisis, was afflicted nigh unto death. True,\\nhe complains bitterly in chapter 19, that God\\nhas fenced him in a dark path, stripped him of\\nhis glory and plucked up his hope; that his\\nbrethren are far from him, his former acquaint-\\nances are wholly estranged, his kinsfolk have\\nfailed him, that they which dwell in his house\\ncount him a stranger; his breath is strange to\\nhis wife; the young children despise him and\\nall have turned against him, and that his bone\\ncleaveth to his skin. Notwithstanding, we are\\nforced to concede that the writer has at this\\npoint put into the mouth of Job words of -potver\\nand wisdom. There is no rnore controversy", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "120 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nbetween him and his three friends; instead,\\nthere is a newness of spirit in his language.\\nHe shows himself not only to be an astrologer\\nand mathematician of high rank and merit, but\\none versed in all natural sciences. Job under-\\nstands the precious treasures planted in the\\nbosom of the earth to be symbolical of the more\\nbeautiful riches and highly prized treasures of\\nthe soul. Hence, is this chapter placed in this\\nconnection.\\nSilver is feminine, the water principle in\\nnature; knowledge, which maybe interpreted,\\nLove. Gold is masculine, the fire principle\\nin nature; wisdom, which may be interpreted,\\nWill.\\nLove is the fundamental principle of all\\ntruth. There is nothing hidden that shall not\\nbe revealed through Love; and this is right\\nknowledge or understanding. The application\\nof knowledge is wisdom^ likened here to silver^\\ngold and precious stones.\\nPrecious stones (especially the sapphire", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 121\\nis spiritual love, and signifies priceless virtue\\nor the substance of truth.\\nWhence then cometh wisdom?\\nAnd where is the place of understanding?\\nVerse 20.\\nIt is not in the earth. It is not in creation.\\nIt is not in books or seminaries. The wisdom\\nof man is foolishness with God. But,\\nBehold the fear (love) of the Lord, that is\\nwisdom;\\nAnd to depart from (thinking) evil is under-\\nstanding. Verse 28.\\nCHAPTER XXIX.\\nVIRTUES EMPHASIZED.\\nGreat and sterling virtues have always been\\naccredited to Job. The Lord makes honor-\\nable mention of him in the beginning of the\\nbook. Even Eliphaz has given Job the credit\\nof having great learning and wisdom. To all\\nof this Job has never referred until now, when,\\nin modest fashion he says: There was a time.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "122 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nWhen His lamp shined upon my head,\\nAnd by His light I walked through darkness;\\nAs I was in the ripeness of my days,\\nWhen the secret of God was upon my tent;\\nWhen the Almighty was yet with me,\\nAnd my children were about me\\nWhen I went forth to the gate unto the city,\\nWhen I prepared my seat in the street,\\nAnd the aged rose up and stood;\\nThe princes refrained talking/ Verse 3-9\\nThe light of God is inspiration and the secret\\nof God is love. In the time of prosperity we\\nfeel the joy of God; but the secret of God is\\nlearned in the silence. A great Sage has said:\\nI illuminate thee, but I instruct not;\\nI warn thee, but I fight not;\\nThy treasure is within thyself.\\nJob was respected and beloved by high and\\nlow, rich and poor, prince and peasant. Such\\nIS the honor which always accompanies a great\\nand princely nature.\\n**Unto me men gave ear, and waited,\\nAnd kept silence for my counsel.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 123\\nAfter my words they spake not again;\\nAnd my speech dropped upon them.\\nVerse 21-23.\\nNo greater tribute can be paid one than that\\nthe people addressed, recognizing the truth\\nand the wisdom of the words spoken, remain\\nsilent. No one can understand the deep things\\nof God save the spirit of God in man.\\nCHAPTER XXX.\\nWhile this language does, indeed, appear\\nsevere, it must be borne in mind that Job has\\nnot yet lost sight of the sense of good and evil\\nas factors in the world. The memory of his\\nformer greatness creates within him a pride\\nwhich is pardonable. This state of mind, this\\npride, will be utterly eliminated when the Lord\\nspeaks out of the whirlwind. Then we behold\\nJob meek and lovable. There is no need that\\nman should defend himself in the presence of\\nGod! God, the all-wise, all-loving Father,\\nknows.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "124 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThe question naturally arises: Is God\\nmoved in any respect by the nature of man s\\npleading? Can God change? be more or less\\nPerfection? Is it not rather that the spirit of\\nchangeableness is in man and at the opportune\\nmoment, with the consent of his mind behold-\\ning change in external nature, attributes this\\nchange to God. The very possibility, however,\\nin the change in man s mind, becomes the\\nactive potency which finally places him in the\\nunchangeable internal nature.\\nComparing discriminating knowledge with\\nthe vain babbling of the world one sees in what\\ncheap esteem man s wisdom is held in relation\\nto the realities of truth.\\nCHAPTER XXXI.\\nJob s integrity sustains him and he rallies to\\nhis own defense in a sublime manner. Truly\\nthe door of an incorruptible life is thrown\\nopen that we may behold the heart of Job.\\nHe sums up all the judgments of the human", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 125\\nheart. He arrays all his erroneous beliefs, and\\nputs these apparent evils in one scale, leaving\\nnothing out, however dark. To his accusers\\nhe refuses any acknowledgment; he will not\\nbe judged according to the comprehension of\\nmortal man, but presents himself to the\\nscrutinizing eyes of the Spirit. He is willing\\nnow, m his docile simplicity and trusting faith,\\nto have every great and every little fault put\\ninto one scale of the balance; then he delibe-\\nrately places himself in the other scale of the\\nbalance and appeals to the Almighty Judge of\\nheaven and earth.\\nWith this, The ivords of Job are ended.\\nSilent, serene, he speaks not again until he\\nstands face to face with the Lord. He has\\ndeclared for this very thing so hopefully, and\\nnow it is established unto hi^n.\\nSoon or late the question comes to every one\\nas it came to this sublime character: What\\ndoest thou with the ^^Giftof God, Thy Life?", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXXII.\\nTHE PINAL SURRENDER.\\nSo these three men ceased to answer Job,\\nbecause he was righteous in his own eyes.\\nThey saw that his integrity was unshaken; his\\ntrust in God supreme.\\nThe moral grandeur of unshaken integrity is\\nthe subhmest feature in man s Hfe.\\nIndividual man is a stetvard. By and by he\\nmust render to the whole body of men an\\naccount of his stewardship. He must account\\nfor his share in the natural causation. The\\nrevelation or enlightenment of God in man is\\nthe adjustment of the various claims of his\\nstewardship. The summing up is the harvest,\\nthe redemption of man.\\nA NEW WITNESS.\\nAn entirely new character is now introduced,\\none whose presence is not intimated in the pre-\\n126", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 127\\nceding interviews; one who professes to speak\\nin God s behalf in God s stead.\\nJob has taken two degrees in the masonry of\\nHfe, He has passed through two very trying\\nordeals. Having declared himself free from\\ndefilement, he must prove it. He now applies\\nfor admission in the third degree.\\nHe rises upward toward His former divine\\nstate; no more in negative innocence and\\nignorance, but learned, knowing and wise, a\\nconqueror over sense life, a true Lord overall.\\nThe Soul does not, in fact, take degrees or\\npass through states of initiation; but there\\nseems to be awakenings, periods of illumination\\nor states of realization. Realization says\\none, 4s the coupling by which we hitch our\\nwagon to a star.\\nElihu means Whose God is He. (Bible\\nDictionary). Elihu, son of Barachel. Whom\\nGod hath blessed. He is of the kindred of\\nRam, which signifies high place. He is also\\ncalled a Buzite; descendant of Buz, son of\\nAbraham s brother, Nahor. (Gen. 22. 21.)", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "128 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nElihu stands for spiritualized intellect.\\nHolding firmly to revelation, interpreting it by\\nthe letter, the form, and not the spirit. Elihu\\nis the forerunner of the Lord, one who pre-\\npares the way. He removes the confusion of\\nthe previous advocates and opens the mind to\\nreceive a greater truth.\\nThere is a cold dignity about this character\\nwhich intellect always assumes. In verse 2,\\nwe read: Then was kindled the wrath of\\nElihu. This wrath should be construed as\\nzeal; the fire of youth; called the lightning\\nflash. Intellect trains the mind, it does not\\nfurnish it; it is a channel through which the\\nspirit flows.\\nJob and his three friends are represented as\\nElihu s elders. Out of respect, therefore, he\\nwithholds from speech. Now his critical mind\\nattacks Job for persisting in his innocence. He\\nalso rebukes his elder friends because they could\\nnot answer Job s arguments yet persisted in\\ncondemning him. He says,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 129\\nDays should speak,\\nAnd multitude of years should teach wisdom,\\nBut there is a spirit in man.\\nAnd the breath (inspiration) of the Almighty\\ngiveth them understanding.\\nVerse 7-8.\\nElihu is very clear. There is so much in\\nhis statements that may be accepted with\\nprofit. He presents the case in an entirely\\nnew form and a new light. He does not\\nanswer Job s concluding speech to his three\\nfriends, as it was not directed to him however\\nhe is burning with a desire to speak; he thinks\\nhe understands the case, so he says\\nI also will answer my part,\\nI also will show my opinion,\\nFor I am full of words.\\nVerse 17.\\nThe clearness of intellectual perception has\\ndone much to prepare the world for the more\\nbeautiful garlands of spiritual truth. Hence,\\nin Elihu, we have candid reasoning, upright-\\nness of speech and pure and wholesome beati-\\ntudes. God is revealed in the attitude of a\\n9", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "130 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nDeliverer. There is not the flattery and pre-\\nsumption which marred the former pleadings.\\nThere is no respect to any man s person or\\nflattery of titles with Elihu. The Almighty\\nwill not pervert judgment; He will not regard\\nthe rich man more than the poor.\\nCHAPTER XXXIII.\\nElihu s words are encouraging from the\\nfirst. He announces they are for Job s good;\\nso he does not reproach him with upraiding;\\nhe remarks; neither shall my hand be heavy\\nupon thee, for I desire to justify thee. Thou\\nhast said in my hearing; 4 am clean without\\ntransgression, I am innocent. In this thou\\nart not just. The burden of Elihu s argument\\nis that God permits these afflictions for man s\\ngood.\\n**To bring back his soul from the pit,\\nThat he may be enlightened with the light of the\\nliving.\\n^Verse 30.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXXIV.\\nElihu, too, entertains the generally accepted\\nopinion that man must humiliate himself before\\nGod and man; must acknowledge sin as being\\nan active agent in the world, and the cause of\\nman s misfortunes.\\nThis is the intellectual view of the case.\\nCHAPTER XXXV.\\nThinkest thou this to be thy right?\\n:i:\\nI will answer thee,\\nAnd thy companions with thee.\\nLook unto the heavens and see:\\nAnd behold the skies, which are higher than thou.\\nIf thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him?\\nAnd if thy transgressions be multipHed, what doest\\nthou unto him?\\nIf thou be righteous, what givest thou him?\\nOr what receiveth he of thine hand?\\nThy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art;\\nAnd thy righteousness may profit a son of man.\\nVerse 2-8.\\n131", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "132 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThis argument of Elihu only presses the\\nmatter in a more skilful, subtle way. A man\\nless wise than Job might have been drawn into\\nan attitude of defense, but he spake not a word.\\nWe ever hear the ringing words of Jesus.\\nJudge not according to appearances, but\\njudge the righteous judgment.\\nBeyond the thought is the thinker; beyond\\nthe act is the motive. Appearances are decep-\\ntive, sense judgment is not final. God hath\\nmade man upright; but they have sought out\\nmany inventions. Eccl. 7-29.\\nCHAPTER XXXVI.\\nEHhu is quite assertive, yet full of tender\\nregard. He says:\\nSuffer me a little and I will shew thee;\\nFor I have yet somewhat to say on God s behalf.\\nAnd will ascribe righteousness to my maker;\\nFor truly my words are not false.\\nVerse 2-4.\\nWe hear resounding throughout, these\\nwords", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 133\\nThere s a wideness in God s mercy.\\nLike the wideness of the sea;\\nThere s a beauty in his goodness\\nWhich is more than liberty;\\nFor the love of God is greater\\nThan the measure of man s mind,\\nAnd the heart of the eternal\\nIs most wonderfully kind.\\nCHAPTER XXXVII.\\nTHE OliOSINQ ARGUMENT.\\nThis is a final summing up of the love of\\nGod toward all created things, especially man.\\nThe intellectual comprehension of the nature of\\na personal God is rapidly giving place to\\nthe excellency of the spirit and the wisdom\\nwhich sees God as the All Father.\\nJob now perceives this, and in his mind the\\ngreat nature of the Deity is thus exalted. But\\nwho is so enlightened that he can inform us\\nconcerning God? One very wise master said:\\nWhat God is, I know not; what God is not,\\nthat I know. Lao-tsze said. The Tao\\nwhich can be Tao-ed is not the eternal Tao.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "134 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThe name which can be named, is not the\\neternal Name. (Tao is God.) To describe\\nGod is to place a limit to majesty.\\nThe attainment of right knowledge of the\\nSupreme Being is the consummation of exist-\\nence for who ever possesses it obtains a nature\\nas incomprehensibly perfect as the nature of\\nthat Being. The lover of Truth must recog-\\nnize his Beloved under any disguise.\\nElihu, speaking of the majesty of God, says\\nit is the wisdom which none can comprehend,\\nthe gracious providence which ordaineth sun-\\nshine and rain, that stayeth the hand of man so\\nthat he cannot hurt his brother. He speaks\\nalso of the merciful protection of every beast of\\nthe field; yea, even the thick cloud is so formed\\nby his loving care that it holdeth the rain that\\nit be not poured out, but watereth the earth\\nequally. Consider Job, he continues, the\\nwondrous works of God, how he tempereth\\nthe weather to the shorn lamb. Because of\\nour littleness we know not how to speak to\\nsuch a beneficent God. Closing thus.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 135\\nOut of the north cometh golden splendor;\\nGod hath upon him terrible majesty.\\nTouching the Almighty we cannot find him out; he\\nis excellent in power;\\nAnd in judgment and plenteous justice he will not\\nafflict.\\nMen do therefore fear him:\\nHe regardeth not any that are wise of heart.\\nVerse 22-24", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "136 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nUnderstanding.\\nHO W OHARAOTBRISTIOS ARE FORMED.\\nS-piritual U7ider standing- in man enters now\\nthe Sublime Degree.\\nThe Book of Job is a succession of events\\nrelating to the progress of the Soul.\\nWe have said, Nature is a continuous cycle\\nof energy or events. Enter the cycle at any\\npoint; man must complete the entire circuit.\\nThis may account for the difference in indivi-\\nduals, as each one enters the circle at different\\ndegrees.\\nThere are 12 degrees or houses in the\\ncircle called Signs of the Zodiac; and these\\ndegrees or signs are divided into innumerable\\nother minor degrees, each having a specific\\ngoverning power or influence, yet obedient to\\none law. Man s power or nature is in accord\\nyith the degree or house of this vast cycle of\\nnature into which he is introduced. He finally\\nleaves this cycle wherein he has had a continuous\\nround of experiences (having passed through", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 137\\nall the houses), by the door he entered. The\\npath of the cycle, while it has taken him around,\\nhas also, like a graduating scale, taken him\\nupward.\\nMan enters this great cycle of nature by\\nmeans of a certain ^ass-word^ when he becomes\\nenveloped in form. He does not know the full\\nmeaning of this Wordy but gradually it unfolds\\nto his comprehension; as the petals of a rose\\nwhile unfolding exhales its fragrance. More and\\nmore the great meaning and full significance\\nof the Word dawns on the mind, until, at the\\nclose of this exhibition of life, whether the\\nnumber of its embodyments be one or many,\\nman passes out. The passing out is not, how-\\never, by giving the word. That was given\\nhim at birth-time merely to suggest a great\\ntruth. The word is a talisman of protection,\\na symbol or substitute; a number, as a stone\\nnumbered for the building of the temple. This\\npass-word is also the name or signature. The\\nsignature of a person is the distinctive expres-\\nsion of the tincture or character of that person;", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "138 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nit is the name, the sign by which one person\\nis known or distinguished from every other\\nperson. Nothing whatever can be utterly lost\\nbecause of its signature, its name, the Word.\\nNo, man does not pass out of creation by\\ngiving the word, but by giving its meaning,\\nits interpretation, the explanation of the word.\\nHe does this by reason of the word becoming\\nidentified with every part of his Being. The\\nword eventually becomes manifest and abides\\nwithin man. In truth, 7nan is the Living Word.\\nNow he is lord over all. Man, risen from the\\ndust of the ground, is given a nevj name\\nabove every earthly name, and stands a proven\\nSon of God, when he exclaims, All power is\\ngiven unto me, m heaven and in earth. I\\nand the Father are One.\\nCHAPTER XXXVIII.\\nAs before stated, Job is silent. Silence is\\na symbol of power. The Lord will answer for\\nJob out of the whirlwind.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 139\\nGod has never been angry with Job at any\\ntime. There was always a deep cherished\\nfeeling in Job^s heart that God would befriend\\nhim, and that the light of his countenance\\nwould not be altogether hidden from him; for\\nthe Lord had said, I am with thee, and will\\nkeep thee in all places whither thou goest, and\\nwill bring thee again into the land, for I will\\nnot leave thee nor forsake thee. (Gen. 28-15.)\\nTHE SOUL S ILLUMINATION.\\nThen the Lord answered Job out of the\\nwhirlwind, and said (addressing Job ^s friends),\\nWho is this that darkeneth counsel\\nBy words without knowledge?\\nThen addressing Himself to Job, He said,\\n**Gird up now thy loins like a man;\\nFor I will demand of thee, and declare thou\\nunto me.\\nWhere wast thou when I laid the foundations of the\\nearth?\\nDeclare, if thou hast understanding.\\nThis is symbolical of being clothed with\\nrighteousness and girded with truth. It is the", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "140 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nsymbol of strength and activity y and is shown\\nby girding up the clothes with a strong cord.\\nGird up now thy loins, is equivalent to say-\\ning: Arise, take up thy bed and walk.\\nOr, Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and\\nthe glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.\\n(Isaiah, 60-1.)\\nThe Lord may address a man in the belief\\nof error, but he does not hold conversation\\nwith the idea of error in mind. The shin-\\ning light of the Lord s nature dispels the\\ndarkness and glorifies the subject.\\nThe whirlwind means confusion of ideas\\nand misdirection of opinions. Ideas and opin-\\nions constitute the whirlwind. The belief that\\nthere is life, substance and intelligence in matter;\\nfalse judgment concerning creation and appear-\\nances; cursings, moanings, bitter reproachings,\\nrepentings, contentions and all the mass of\\nmisconceptions concerning man s nature,\\nGod, etc., this is the whirlwind.\\nThe universal speech of God is the still\\nsmall voice speaking out of the silence. The", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 141\\nLord in perfect peace speaks out of the whirl-\\nwind; beholds the confusion, but is not in the\\nleast affected by it; so by wisdom of silent\\nspeech it is dissolved.\\nThis is the darkest moment in all Job s\\nremarkable history; but there is no appear-\\nance of defeat. It is simply Job s extremity.\\nIt is also the Lord s opportunity. For who\\nbut the Lord is mighty to save? Who shall\\ninterpret the words of the Lord, or who make\\nplain His speech.^\\nMerging from this whirlwind and confusion\\nof events through which the Soul has passed,\\nit now communes with itself. The voices to\\nwhich It has listened in the past were in some\\nrespects exalting, but not convincing; forceful,\\nbut not comforting. Job, as seen in the reflect-\\ning mirror of nature^ is silent while Job as\\nSoul^ is illuminated.\\n**He who knows others is learned,\\nHe who knows himself is enlightened.\\nLao-tsze.\\nOver the triple doorway of the Cathedral of", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "142 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nMilan there are three inscriptions spanning the\\nsplendid arches. Over one is carved a beautiful\\nwreath of roses, and underneath is the legend:\\n^^All that -pleases is hut for a 7nomenty\\nOver another is sculptured a cross, and these\\nare the words underneath:\\n^^All that troubles is hut for a momenta\\nUnderneath the great central entrance in the\\nmain aisle is this inscription:\\n^^That only is important which is eternal.\\nOnce within the temple, master of Self; a\\nnew and peculiar power thrills the Being; a\\npower by which it penetrates the past and\\nreads its illuminated pages. This power is\\nintuitional memory and is called the Lord\\nGodr\\nThe Lord God is illuminated spiritual\\nintelligence; the angel voice speaking within\\nman. The Soul is likened to a temple, and\\nthe Lord God is the light thereof. In the far\\neast it is called Isvara^ the pure suhstance in\\nSouiy ^^The Lord is in His holy temple; let\\nall the earth keep silence before Him.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 143\\nThe Soul (Job) illuminated, penetrates the\\ndeep secrets of nature, and beholds the hereto-\\nfore unsearchable riches in store for it riches\\nthat were concealed until it had passed through\\nmuch tribulation.\\nTHE SOUL S RETROSPECT.\\nIt beholds God and perceives Life. It declares\\nI am one with the eternal. The heights,\\nthe depths, and the outstretched boundaries of\\nnature are known to it. By faith it grasps the\\neternal verities of abiding truth in which\\nall things are established. It feels the great\\nearth melt away under foot, yet rests in space\\nsecure by the effort of the will. The hopes,\\nthe delights, and the joys of earth life are as\\nnothing. Likewise, the discouragements, the\\noppressions and afflictions men call sins, melt\\ninto nothingness. It hears the sweet music of\\ncreative energy in the morning of life, when the\\nscintillating light of the stars made music, and\\nthe affectionate nature of God shouted for joy.\\nThe mysteries of growth in the creative world", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "144 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nare unveiled to it. The illuminated soul\\nexclaims, Before the boundary of the great\\ndeep was established, yea, before its ^secret\\nsprings were hid, I was there. It sees that\\nLife and Love are God. It sees the mist\\ncurtain (Gen. 2-6) which was spread out in\\nthe beginning, now rolled away. That cause\\nand effect are related to time and space. It\\ndelights in the spirit of unity it beholds in all\\nthings. Nothing is hidden or obscure. It\\ncommunes with nature, and nature communes\\nwith all its parts. It perceives motives and\\nfeels the coming action. Strong in the strength\\nof its enshrined love, it beholds the founda-\\ntions of the earth, and exclaims, Before\\nAbraham was, I Am. The Soul can now pene-\\ntrate at will. The depths of the sea and the\\ncaverns of the earth are as the air of the\\nheavens. In all this array of power and light,\\nthere is consciousness of light. It knows that\\nGod does not love as man loves, God is Love.\\nThus it is, the Lord God speaks out of the", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 145\\nwhirlwind to the comprehending spirit in\\nJob.\\nAll expression belongs to the plane of self-\\nconsciousness. To Man^ the hnage and like-\\nness of the divine Mind, nothing is impossible\\nand no secret in nature concealed.\\nCHAPTER XL.\\nTHE NEW MAN.\\nLike a tender plant emerging from the seed\\nunder the generous influences which surround\\nit, or like the butterfly, having escaped from\\nthe chrysalis, gently spreads its wings for its\\nfirst flight, so escapes the soul of man from\\nthe bondage of a belief in imperfection and\\nlittleness.\\nNow the dear heart breathes the upper air,\\nand makes his final reply. Itisjob^s last testi-\\nmony ere the flight of the soul is announced.\\nBehold, I am of small account; what shall I\\nanswer thee?\\nI lay mine hand upon my mouth.\\n10", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "146 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nOnce have I spoken, and I will not answer;\\nYea twice, but I will proceed no further\\nVerse 4-5.\\nThe Lord commands:\\nDeck thyself now with excellency and dignity;\\nAnd array thyself with honor and majesty,\\nVerse 10.\\nAt this command, Job casts aside forever as\\na forgotten memory, his former self,.\\nAnd that ye put on the 7ievj fuan^ which\\nafter God is created m righteousness and true\\nholiness. (Eph. 4-24,) And have put on\\nthe new man^ which is renewed in knowledge\\nafter the image of him that created him.\\n(Col. 3.10.)\\nTHE MIGHTY PO\\\\^;^ERS.\\nBehemoth verse 15, esoterically con-\\nsidered, is the water element in nature; typified\\nby the influence of the Moon as the collected\\nand reflected power and light of the Sun; that\\nwhich is acted upon. The Is Is feminine.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XLI.\\nLeviathan esoterically considered, is the\\njfire element in nature; the mighty vortex cen^\\nter, typified by the Sun^ source of hfe, creative\\nenergy, power and action. The Am Am;\\nmascuHne.\\nPerhaps no interpretation given will cause\\nmore surprise, if not open dissent, than the pre-\\nceding. Read this chapter through very care-\\nfully without imagining that you are reading\\nabout beasts and thus abandon all former rules\\nof interpretation. It certainly seems unreason-\\nable to suppose that the Lord would devote an\\nentire chapter and part of another to so poetic\\na description of huge extinct beasts simply for\\nJob^s edification or for the purpose of mystify-\\ning him. The letter destroyeth; the spirit\\ngiveth life.\\nThe author has refrained from all attempt to\\nprove to the satisfaction of the reader the truth-\\n147", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "148 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nfulness of the interpretations given. These can\\nonly be arrived at by close application and\\ncareful study of the subject.\\nWhile the objective and the subjective states\\nare, and of necessity must always be closely\\nrelated, as the scales of a balance; yet there\\nmust not be confusion in the mind caused by\\nexchange of states, as taking the object for the\\nsubject, the suggeciive for the real.\\nBehemoth and Leviathan are very\\nremarkable figures of speech. These were\\nonce huge and powerful creatures, companions\\nof pre-historic man. By their extinction they\\ndid not lose their place in the esoteric concept\\nof might and majesty.\\nOn reading the forty-first chapter of the\\nBook of Job, the attention is held as by the\\nspell or power of a master as the description\\nproceeds and climax after climax is reached.\\nIt has the appearance of a mighty column pierc-\\ning the sky, around which is a spiral stairway\\nby which one ascends and is finally lost in the\\nimmeasurable distance.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 149\\nIf one has a thirst ior pure hnoxvledge^\\nLet him fulfill all righteousness.\\nLet him be devoted to that quietude of heart which\\nsprings from within.\\nLet him not drive back the ecstasy of contemplation.\\nLet him look through things.\\nLet him be much alone\\nVoU xi Sacred Books of the East,\\nILLUMINATED\\nIn Chapters 38-39-40 and 41, Job is led\\nthrough contemplation of creation in general,\\nto the broader contemplation of the source\\nof creation; and with clear understanding per-\\nceives the energy which embraces all things.\\nIt cancels doubt and delusion with understand-\\ning; and destroys the idea of good and evil\\nwith the breath of wisdom. Emerson says:\\nInto every intelligence there is a door which\\nis never closed through which the Creator\\npasses/", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XLII.\\nWith trusting deference and humility the\\nsoul approaches the altar before the mercy seat.\\nThere, and there only it acknowledges that\\nsupremacy, wisdom and power is with God.\\nExpectant and hopeful, the journey s end is\\ncrowned with bliss, that strange peace which\\npasseth understanding. For now we see in a\\nmirror, darkly; but then face to face; now I\\nknow in part; but then shall I know as also I\\nhave been known.\\nThe delighted God-man exclaims.\\nI have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear;\\nBut now mine eye seeth thee.\\nVerse 5.\\nThe intellect is the hearing ear. The spirit\\nis the perceiving eye.\\nTHE RENEWING OF THE MIND.\\nIt is remarkable that during Job s sojourn in\\nthe flesh, and while suffering from excru-\\n150", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 151\\ndating skin disease he never consults a physi-\\ncian. The doctors of divinity diagnosed his\\ncase, and they all agreed as to the cause;\\nnamely, that Job had been a very wicked man,\\nand that his children had sinned, and his was a\\nclear case of the judgment of God. But\\nwhen Job turned his face steadfastly to the\\nLord and trusted his case to the Great Physi-\\ncian^ and the Lord spoke out of the whirlwind\\nof thought, then we hear no more of sinful\\naccusations.\\nThe Lord does not call his court physician\\nto take Job s temperature, nor does he entrust\\nhis case to a healer nor does he say, Sit\\ndown here. Job, and I will give you a treat-\\nment. No. The case is dealt with according\\nto supreme wisdom. How.^ By taking Job\\ninto the depths of Being, the mighty Self, in\\nother v/ords; by the renewing of the mind.\\nRELEASE FROM MATTER.\\nThere is now to Job a new heaven and a new\\nearth. The former things have all passed\\naway as a delusion. He beholds a new earth,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "152 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nbeautified with a new beauty, glorified with a\\nnew glory and peopled with a new race, a joy-\\nous, happy, gladsome people. The memory of\\nthe old false state is dissolved; he is now in his\\npure mind,-^ a God-man.\\nHeaven is inner consciousness. Earth is\\nouter consciousness.\\nSOUL, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE UNIT.\\nThe soul is the only indestructible reality.\\nThe philosopher Schopenhaur, when quite old,\\nwalking the street one day with his head bent\\nin meditation, stumbled against another man,\\nwho abruptly inquired. Who are you?\\nMy friend, said the philosopher, I would\\ngive all the w^orld, did I possess it, if some one\\nwould answer that question for me. One of the\\nmasters once said. If they ask thee what is\\nthe soul, thou shalt reply, The soul is a living\\nlens; which invests with its own tincture the\\nobjects beheld by it. Soul is the embodied\\nthought of God. While encumbered with a\\nphysical body, physical expression is given to", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 153\\nall objects beheld by it. While in the physical\\nform, yet unencumbered by it, it freely invests\\nobjects and actions with its o%vn pure ray.\\nThe soul cannot be tarnished, for the reason\\nthat it is the pure essence of God. It is wider\\nthan space, older than time, deep as faith, and\\nrich as love.\\nCONCLUSION OP CHAPTER XLII.\\nWhen the mist is all cleared away and the\\nmystery of nature solved, then will man see\\nclearly. Man is thin and pinched when he\\nholds a small thought of himself. He is pro-\\nportionately large and robust when he enter-\\ntains a large and cheerful thought of himself.\\nJob says: I thought I had heard the voice\\nof God before. Many times I have thought\\nthat I walked hand in hand with Him; but I\\nknow that I never beheld the face of infinite\\nGoodness and Love until now. It is in such\\na supreme moment that old things pass away\\nas a dream forgotten.\\nThe Lord proves the interest he takes in Job", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "154 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nby befriending him in a most marvelous way.\\nAll things shall be added unto thee. This\\nis the promise.\\nTHE FINAL REW^ARD.\\nThe unwise counselors (who at times said\\nsome very true things) are made to serve Job\\nand contribute to his successful victory.\\nSurely the wrath of men shall praise thee.\\n(Ps. 76-10.) Yea the Lord maketh even the\\nfoolish to praise him.\\nThe sacrifice of the seven bullocks and the\\nseven rams, is an intimation of the coming\\nChrist. This is Aries and Taurus,\\nhead and neck, surrendering to Leo, the\\nheart. Intellect yields to affection always.\\nThe burnt offering is the type thereof. An\\noffering, as in this case is an atonement. The\\nsacrifice is the giving up. The burning is the\\nannihilation of the past. To burn is to obliter-\\nate, to consume. It symbolizes the giving up\\nof old ways and thoughts and turning to the\\nnew or higher thought. In the broadest sense,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 155\\nit casts away forever. Hence Eliphaz, Bildad\\nand Zophar are known no more. Mortal mind\\nhas yielded to the Supreme Mind.\\nThe number seven is typical of the greater\\nman, and the number Jive^ of the lesser\\nman.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 7+7=14=5.\\nVerses 7 and 8 do not allude to conqueror\\nand conquered, only in the sense that all things\\nare obedient to the majesty of the soul. All\\nthings wittingly minister to it and thus become\\npartakers of its glory. To release the captive\\nmind is to be forever free and counted with the\\nmerciful. Job was never tempted or allured at\\nany time by the offer of a golden crown of\\nreward. Goodness upheld and protected him.\\nTHE VICTORY.\\nIt is not related anywhere how Job was\\nhealed; nor, indeed, is such a thing as physical\\nsuffering alluded to after Job turned to the\\nLord who administered on his case. It is not\\neven said that Job was healed of a malady.\\nWisdom always passes a delusion of the mind", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "156 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nin silence. Job s present state is the result of\\nthe renewing of the mind. The renewed mind\\ntakes no account of time, condition or error.\\nIt sees God face to face. The pure-minded\\nshall see God Good in all that is. How can\\nthere be other than perfect union when The\\nFather and I are one\\nThe ministering relatives (verse ii), are the\\ncounsels of love. All things administer to love\\nand thus become sharers with it. Gradually\\ndoes the infinite love draw us on by a still uncut\\ncord. The circuit is complete. We leave by\\nthe door we entered. The Christ of God in\\nman is his redeemer. But seek j/e first his\\nkingdom, and his righteousness; and all these\\nthings shall be added unto you^ (Matt. 6-33).\\nJob s innocence, simplicity, pure-mindedness\\nand love sheep are increased; so too with\\nhis swiftness and endurance camels His\\ndocility, composure and meekness oxen are\\nadded to. And his patience and increase of\\nknowledge she asses these are all dou-\\nbled. The promise is forever to the faithful.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 157\\nGodliness is profitable unto all things, having\\npromise of the life that now is, and of that\\nwhich is to come. (i Tim. 4-8.)\\nHe had also seven sons and three daugh-\\nters. There is no mention of wife. There is\\nno wife, as the term is commonly understood.\\nMan is generated by external love, which\\nis earthly power. He regenerates by internal\\nlove, which is heavenly power. Man is gener-\\nated according to human law and conditions.\\nHe regenerates himself by the love of God in\\nhis heart. When light becomes manifest in\\ndarkness, then darkness ceases to be darkness.\\nThought desires form objects or pictures of the\\nthinker, tangible only to mortal or material\\nsense. These pictures are finally erased or\\ndissolved as man is regenerated. This is like\\nslaying or opening up one s mortal nature.\\nHe that hath hearing ears will hear; he that\\nhath seeing eyes will see; and he that hath an\\nunderstanding heart will understand.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "158 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nTHE CROWN OF LOVE.\\nJob has now entered within the domain of\\nhis true Self. Because of its relation to Spirit\\nthe self can never be lost. Whatever God\\ncreated is good. It can not be otherwise. It\\ncan never change, nor can it be changed, for\\nGod is omnipotent love. I change not.^\\nMan does not see creation as it really is.\\nWhen he does, he, too, will exclaim: -^Behold,\\nit is good.\\nReferring to the sons and daughters the\\nlaw of inheritance and of cause and effect is\\nnow necessarily inverted. That which was at\\nfirst supposed to be possessions, relatives and\\nchildren; mortal, and subject to destruction,\\nare now known to be universal, immortal qual-\\nities; kindred of the soul, nvisdom and love.\\nThe seven-fold path of wisdom (sons), and the\\nthree-fold path of love (daughters).\\nIt will be observed that Job s persistent faith\\nfruited in love; beautiful love (daughters), the\\nrecompense of his fidelity and integrity. The\\nrecompense of love is the privilege of loving.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 159\\nOf these three daughters, the first named is\\nJemima, meaning dove (Bible Dictionary)\\nesoterically, Heart of Love, The second,\\nKezia, which means cassia; esoterically,\\nFragrant Love. The third, Keren-hap-\\npuch, which means horn of paint; esoteri-\\ncally, Beautiful Love,\\nIt will now be readily understood why the\\ndaughters of Job are referred to as, the fairest\\nin the land. Wisdom and Love enjoy the\\nsame inheritence.\\nAs in the beginning, the gift of God is\\nwith man, so at the close thereof we find the\\nimage and the likeness. The gift of God is\\nEternal Life.^ (John, 4-10, Rom. 6-23.)\\nThis is not to be construed as a special gift to\\nman. Man is because of life. Man and life\\nare eternally co-ordinate. The gift consists in\\nman s consciousness of life. This gift is the\\nillumination which the soul experiences as it\\nloosens its hold on material objects and reposes\\nin the sheltering love of the Spirit.\\nEternal Life does not refer to one s Self only,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "160 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nbut to all that this Self beholds. Everything\\npossesses eternal life; life that gradually\\nassumes more and more the form of beauty\\npleasing to the eye and charming to the soul.\\nAll life is the life of God. There is no death;\\nonly a change to something higher, a continu-\\nous revelation. From glory to glory forever\\nascending. Our souls with the Soul of the\\ninfinite blending.\\nCONCLUSION.\\nThe circuit of life in Nature is completed for\\nthis pure soul. However, it is a fact worthy\\nof note that long before the Nazarene came to\\nearth, long before the shepherds heard the\\nsweet anthem, Glory to God in the highest;\\nand on earth, peace and good will to men,\\nJob demonstrated immortality in tliejiesh^ and\\nliteral resurrection from the world of sense\\nand pain. Job did not pass through the gates\\nof death to demonstrate this. Such an ordeal\\nwas reserved for the one who is called the\\nSaviour of the World.\\nWhat Job exemplified in his remarkable life,", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 161\\nhe did through choice. A less capable man\\ncould not have passed this trying ordeal to\\nprove a great fact for the love of humanity.\\nOnly a man in whom resides the germ seed of\\nconscious immortality and a God-like integrity\\ncould thus demonstrate the Truth; hence his\\nname,\\nJ-O-B, One with God or one who bears the\\nname of God. We shall know him hereafter\\nby the name Job this being one of the names\\nof Deity.\\nThe conception that man has of God,\\nDeity, may always be regarded as man s\\nhighest attainment in wisdom.\\nKnowledge of truth, is to be regarded as the\\nsteps by means of which God is revealed to\\nman.\\nWisdom is the high-water mark of man s\\nattainment in God-likeness, the ability to know\\nGod.\\nTo have knowledge concerning God,\\n(Spirit) and to attain wisdom of God; is as\\nmanifestation, to principle.\\n11", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "162 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nSpirit is principle; the Lord God is the\\nmanifestor of the principle, and man is the\\nmanifestation.\\nThe attitude of man toward all created\\nobjects denotes the degree of spiritual attain-\\nment in the manifestation.\\nThe names by means of which Divine\\nMajesty is recognized, are arbitrary symbols\\ncreated in the consciousness of man.\\nThe attributes of Deity are conceived in\\nthe heart of man and prompted by love.\\nThat which is in man expresses itself in his\\nidea of God.\\nAs the mind in man becomes exalted his\\nconception of Deity is exalted.\\nLife and all the blissful joy of life is with\\nman; within and without.\\nConsciousness of this life through the\\nawakened Christ in man, constitutes the\\noneness with the Father.\\nAs before remarked, the circuit of life in\\nNature is completed. We have seen Job\\nbeloved, enlightened, wise; as from the", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 163\\nmoulding hand of the loving God. We have\\nfollowed him into the depths. We have seen\\nhim drop from opulence to penury and want.\\nWe have heard him maligned, and witnessed\\nhis masterly defense under very adverse condi-\\ntions as one by one he answered his accusers.\\nWe have shared his loyalty to principle,\\nknowing that a rift in the overhanging cloud\\nwould appear, through which the assuring\\nsmile of God would be seen. We stood by\\nwhen he steadfastly refused the aid of learned\\nmen, even when the pleadings were very elo-\\nquent. We rejoiced in his faith when he\\ntrusted his case to the Supreme Court, in\\ntaking his appeal to the Almighty. Then in\\nwonder and amazement we listened to the wise\\ncounsel of the Lord speaking out of the tem-\\npest. We witnessed the shackles of mortality\\ncrumble into thin dust as the redeemed Soul\\ntook its place in the heavenly kingdom. Once\\nwithin the sacred Temple, the divine nature^\\nthere is no parting. The Father and I are\\nOne.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "164 THE HEART OF JOB.\\nThe resources of an awakened soul are in-\\nfinite. All heights are attainable, all aspirations\\npossible to that one whom loving wisdom guides.\\nThe soul must be free to aspire, to act, to\\nachieve. Centered in itself it beholds the full\\ndomain and finds its habitation, its kindred, its\\nplace in the Universe, invisible to mortal eye.\\nIt feels vibrations hitherto unknown; it hears\\nsounds the ear is not trained to catch; beholds\\nnature in the garb of immortal drapery; per-\\nceives earth in heaven and heaven on earth.\\nThe place has not changed; tis man that\\nchanges; he saw as through a clouded glass;\\nbut now, face to face. Man, beholding himself\\nas he is, the perfect manifestation of illuminated\\nmind J from glory to glory ascends into the vast\\nheavens and basks in the eternal sunshine of\\nGod s glory.\\nMan the exalted soul claims nothing, yet\\nowns all. All that he beholds is a common\\ninheritance.\\nThe Soul is transfigured through love.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 165\\nAll else may fade away, but love, immortal\\nlove, is ever with man, the child of love.\\nLove is the sunshine in the heart; the morn-\\ning and evening song bursting forth in continual\\npraise; the joyous nature bringing man into\\nnew life; now the great spaces are crystal clear,\\npure, transparent.\\n^y faith man reaches out and reaches up;\\nthe eyes are holden; a thick veil hangs between;\\nbut thanks to the Loving One, man has faith;\\nso he reaches up with his faith; this some-\\nthing which he possesses now, this endur-\\ning substance. He reaches up; and mys-\\ntery of mysteries, he takes hold of something\\nthe eyes do not behold; it is the outstretched\\nhand of the Father. Man, reaching up; God,\\nreaching down; somewhere in a rapturous\\nrealization the soul meets God.\\nWhere soul meets soul there is communion,\\nand there is the sacrament of perfect peace.\\nThe world is what we make it, and in the\\nprovince of love almighty^ man is in one\\nworld, and hath another to attend him. Thus", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "166 THE HEART OF JOB.\\ndoes he live in spirit now. To believe in God\\nis to entertain God.\\nThe fulfillment of nature and the prophecy of\\nGod, is man. In the heart of this man is born\\nthe Virgin Christ, the pure truth, the joy of\\nredeeming love and the victory begotten of the\\nsilent Spirit.\\nThe fruit of the Spirit is love^joy^ peace^\\nlong sufferings gentleness goodness^ faith\\nmeekness^ tem-perance. Against such there is\\nno law.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "THE HEART OF JOB. 167\\nBenediction.\\nShall not the heart which has received so much,\\ntrust the power by which it lives, may it not quit\\nother leadings and listen to the soul that has guided\\nit so gently and taught it so much, secure that the\\nfuture shall be worthy of the past?\\n*The soul may be trusted to the end. That which\\nit so beautiful and attractive, must be succeeded and\\nsupplanted only by what is more beautiful, and so\\non forever. Emerson.\\nBuild thee more stately mansions, O my soul.\\nAs the swift seasons roll!\\nLeave thy low vaulted past!\\nLet thy new temple, nobler than the last.\\nShut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,\\nTill thou at length art free.\\nLeaving thine outgrown shell by life s unresting sea.\\nHolmes.\\nAmen.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "Four Booklets\\nCompanions to\\nl^he Heart of Job\\nNo. I.\\nThe Four Graces Faith,\\nLove, Goodness, Virtue.\\nNo. 2.\\nThe Spiritual Significance of\\nCain and Abel.\\nNo. 3.\\nThe New Church in the City\\nBeautiful.\\nNo. 4.\\nThe Serpent in Religion.", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "JUN 141900\\nDeacidified using the Bookkeeper process.\\nNeutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide\\nTreatment Date: June 2005\\nPreservationTechnologies\\nA WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION\\n1 1 1 Thomsors Park Drive\\nCranberry Township, PA 16066\\n(724) 779-21 1 1", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4736", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "I mil n pi\\niilfiiilli\\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS", "height": "4981", "width": "3257", "jp2-path": "heartofjobmessag00gibb_0178.jp2"}}