The Secret of the Creation | Page 8

come forth in thistles and thorns before thee. And you
shall turn unto the herbs of the field for food, and shall spend your days
in toil, eating of the vintage in sorrow, until you return unto the ground
from which you was taken. Dust you are and unto the dust you shall
return." And he drove Adam and Eve out of paradise, and left an angel
to keep the vineyard, from whose sword issued a stream of power like
fire as he turned about every way upon the plains.
And Adam and Eve went out a little ways from Edon northward
towards the Caspian Sea, and set up for themselves a place of abode,
and soon began to till the earth. And Eve became the mother of
children. Her first born son she called Node, and she bare him also a
sister and called her name Midre. And Node went forth with his sister
to the Eastward of Edon. And in time there built a city, which was
called the City of Nod. But Node was a man of sin.
And again Eve bare Havilah, and his sister Zillah. But he also was a
man of sin. And he dwelt to the west, and proclaimed a land which was
called the land of Havilah. And again Eve bare Cain, and she said he is
a man to serve Jehovah. And she bare also his brother Abul, one to seek
the will of Jehovah. And Adah and her brothers and sisters were also
born unto the house of Adam.
And Cain and Abul sought to worship Jehovah. And Abul offered of
the noblest of his sheep as a sacrifice to Jehovah, and Jehovah was well
pleased with his offering. And then Cain offered of the finest of his

fruit of his harvest. And Jehovah had no respect for his sacrifice, saying,
"why bring of the things before me which I have defamed. Redemption
shall be found alone in the blood of that which I have not cursed." Then
Cain was very wroth, and Jehovah said unto him repent; but he would
not.
And in process of time as he talked with Abul in a field he arose up
against him and slew him. And the soul of Abul cried unto Jehovah
from the earth. And he said to Cain the voice of your brother's soul
cries unto me from the ground. And now are you cursed in the
blessings of the earth which has received your brother's blood by your
hand. When you till the soil it shall not yield unto you her strength. A
fugitive and a vagabond shall you be in the earth. And Cain repented
and said, "my punishment is greater than I can bear; you have driven
me out from among the people, and from your face I shall be hid; and it
shall come to pass that if any one should find me that they shall slay
me."
And Jehovah said to the people, whosoever slays Cain, "Vengeance
shall be taken upon him seven fold." And he set a mark upon Cain's
forehead of many colors. And Cain went from the presence of Jehovah
and dwelt in the land of Nod. And in time he became the father of a
generation. But his days were evil and sullen, and when he was aged a
lad slew him with an arrow.

A Praise of Memory
The north winds howled across the rockies, with a blasting chill. The
people wandered through the snow drifts, while the stars shone cold
and still.
There was no place on earth to rest then; no place for the children to lie.

But Mosier watched throughout the hosts, that none of them should
die.
Through the desert lone and dreary; through the cold, drifting sands,

The people fled from the hosts of Satan, from the wrath of wicked man.
The spirit of Jehovah gleams across the heaven, a light for every man;
Showing white the road that leads to Zion, shining bright in every land.
Watching in a city by the river, praising in music and in song, Waiting
for the train of Zion, Mosier with his hosts of angels comes speeding
on.
Ring you bells, for the station of Zion; let the music sound out over the
land.
Mosier with his hosts of the angels comes to earth to reign with
man.

A High Praise
The Lord of these hills is king of the plains, too, and he rules the starry
blue.
He is coming to earth with the children of men to reign the ages
through.
Over the hills of silvered blue, over the fields of gold and gray. The
angels shall march in songs of high praise, through the great white way.
When the forests and the orchards are all prepared, and