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ALEXANDER ADDRESSES RAHAMAN. 3OI<br />

"the only One, Who existeth by Himself; without <strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

"His Voice and Spirit nothing existeth. Rahamdn.<br />

"And as aforetime He created the earth out<br />

"of Himself, and from nothing else, so He is able<br />

"to create another world which shall endure for<br />

"ever, and which shall neither perish nor be<br />

"destroyed; for He is the King of might, and<br />

"besides Him there is none other. And God Al-<br />

"mighty will raise up His creation in the twinkling<br />

"[of an eye], for He will call unto them with blasts<br />

"of the horn, and the bones which have been<br />

"dried up and withered from days of old shall<br />

"gather themselves together, and created beings<br />

"shall be made anew in their old forms, without<br />

"labour and without pain. Now this shall happen<br />

"because everything which He ordereth' cometh<br />

"to pass through the might of His Voice which<br />

"was with Him before the world was. And when<br />

"He thus bringeth back to life created things,<br />

"every soul shall be united again to its body even as<br />

"it was aforetime, and they shall live [together]<br />

"a life which shall be without death for ever<br />

"and for ever, through countless ages and time.<br />

"He that is righteous shall be justified, and he<br />

"that is to be punished shall suffer punishment.<br />

"And there shall be no death, except that where-<br />

"with God put m.ortals to death in this first world,<br />

"and moreover, He will gather them all together,<br />

"and not one of them shall be missing.<br />

' Read ii^(\> '

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