Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1897.] THE EvERLASTING CovENANT. 489
doell not show mercy to all who love him, hut that there are thousands
of auch to whom he does show mercy. The true rendeJ'ing
is this: "And shewing weroy unto the thou&andth (generation)
of them that love me and keep my commandments." Herein
i11 expressed not only a beautiful and most magnanimous spirit
of lnviug merc\y and kindness, but, as God is the cause of all
things, he al11n expresses to us hnw much greater is the vitality
of righteousness than that of error and selfishness. He tells us
that he will visit "the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
unto the third and fourth gt-neration," but that his loving kindnt>ss
aud met·cy extend to the thou11andth generation.
This law is E>xpre~sed among men in the existence of lineal
ari11tcmracy. me1liocrity, and pt~asantry. High and noble traits
of charalltl.v lost in the Recond or third generation. Especially
i11 the lattet· true when parentR fulflll the requirement under
con11ideration: "Love me and keep my commandments." There
is no flxpression in the Bible aDd no phenomenon of natural
law whid1 more fully dt-clnes the love, wisdom, and goodnes11
of the Creatc•r of the universe than does this sentence of the
(\0\'f'nant.
JJ.,re we also fincl a refutation of the accursed doctrine that
is b .. ing clisReminate,
-that evil inclinations are the result of Karma and must be
livE>cl out: fur it is conclu11ively shown that the individual who
wills and c!arries into practice the keepmg of the commandmflntR
and who loves God, will overcome all evil tendencies, no
matter how ~aeh men true methods of life,-metbods
which will harmonize hocly, mi111l, and Rool with all nature and
with th~ God of nature; for if the c•onditions of the covenant
can be established among men, then will be rf'alized the announcement
of the angels, as, at the birtb of the Savior,-the
first great exponent of this covenant,-they sang with exultant
joy, "Peace on earth, good will toward men." Then will he
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