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Latter-Day Psalms
HUMANITY
The Spirit that dwells in the hearts of men spoke within me, saying;
Oh my children, ye in whom I live, ye that have suffered for me to make me beautiful!
Think ye that I have slain my children willingly? I am not God who has ordained pain.
I am the Spirit dwelling in your hearts. Ye live that I may be beautiful.
Ye are of me, but I am greater than you. I am the Soul of All Men.
In the days of my darkness, when I knew not myself, I was like a child, living in a dream.
Out of the lives of the ancient multitudes I have awakened and found myself. And lo! I am beautiful, and yearn toward God.
God has given me a law; and I will keep it.
I will make myself perfect. I will be beautiful in the eyes of God.
I will stand before him joyful as a bride. I will be for him a bride or a sacrifice according to his will.
Oh my children, ye in whom I live, ye that have suffered for me to make me beautiful!
Think ye that I have slain my children willingly? I am not God who has ordained pain.
I am the Spirit dwelling in your hearts. Ye live that I may be beautiful.
Ye are of me, but I am greater than you. I am the Soul of All Men.
In the days of my darkness, when I knew not myself, I was like a child, living in a dream.
Out of the lives of the ancient multitudes I have awakened and found myself. And lo! I am beautiful, and yearn toward God.
God has given me a law; and I will keep it.
I will make myself perfect. I will be beautiful in the eyes of God.
I will stand before him joyful as a bride. I will be for him a bride or a sacrifice according to his will.
