Oahspe a New Bible in the Words of Jehovah and His Angel Embassadors Quotes

“11. O man of the earth, would that thy spirit and thy corpor stood even in wisdom and power all the days of thy life! 12. But thou art so delighted in the earth, thou hast left thy spirit unfed. And it standeth within thee, as a spear of grass covered with a stone. 13. And thou seest not spiritual things; nor hearest the Unseen. For a stone lieth upon thy soul. 14. Yet, thou hast great learning as to corporeal knowledge; and great vigor as to corporeal judgment. 15. And thou ratest thy neighbor a fool, because, forsooth, in contradistinction to thee, he heareth and seeth spiritually. 16. And thy God weepeth for thee; because, in the time of thy death, thou shalt stand in heaven in grade one, even as the spirits of the beasts of the field. 17. Thy present knowledge shall be void, and thy vigor, only as a newborn child. And my angels who are wise and strong shall take thee about, in hada, the heavenly plateaux that rest on the earth, and divert thee with things proximating betwixt the two worlds, that thou mayest be made to comprehend thyself and thy Creator's work.”
― John Ballou Newbrough, Oahspe, A New Bible: Complete Edition

“26. For it is come to pass that the religions have made machines of the worshippers; the law books have made machines of the courts; the books of government have made machines of governors and emperors. 27. I am sent into the world to make men of men, and women of women. p. 695 28. There is no religion to suit me, therefore I make one. There is no government of the empire to suit me, therefore I devise one. There is no system in society, therefore I make one. 29. I am not sent into the world to destroy what is, or what hath been; there are enough evil men to do that. I am sent to cull the harvest, and to gather choice seed from what now is, and what hath been. 30. For the seed I plant is selected, not to be planted in the ocean, nor on the moon, nor in a far-off country; but to be planted in Chine'ya, and in Chine'ya I will plant it.”
― John Ballou Newbrough, Ohaspe [1888]

“8. Satan calleth out from a dark corner, saying: Remain thou within the wicked world, and leaven the whole mass. 9. Again he calleth out from a dark corner, saying: Go thou away from the wicked world, and live as an ascetic, praying alone, living alone. 10. Again he calleth from a dark corner, saying: Thou and thy friends are too pure to mix with the world; go ye away privily, and let the world take care of itself. 11. Now, I say unto you: Do none of these things; and, in the same breath, I say: Do all of them. 12. Let your community remain within the world, that it may be a proven example that love, peace, plenty, and happiness are possible on the earth. Let the community be sufficiently ascetic to attain the beatific state, which is the triumph of spirit over the flesh. 13. And, as to the third proposition: Take ye no part in the governments of men, of kings, or queens. Neither fight ye for them, nor against them. p. 691 14. For they live under the lower law; but ye shall live under the law of Jehovih as He speaketh to the soul of man.”
― John Ballou Newbrough, Ohaspe [1888]