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doubt, revealed also to the Sikh Gooroos such great truths as these: (CUNNINGHAM's History of the Sikhs, p. 355, 356.)

The True Name is GOD, without fear, without enmity, the Being without Death, the Giver of Salvation.

Remember the primal Truth, Truth which was before the world began, Truth which is, and Truth, O Nanuk, which will remain.

How can Truth be told? How can falsehood be unravelled?

O Nanuk! by following the Will of God, as by Him ordained.

One Self-existent, Himself the Creator, O Nanuk, One continueth, another never was, and never will be.

Thou art in each thing, and in all places; O God! Thou art the One Existent Being.

My mind dwells upon One, Him who gave the soul and the body. Numerous Mahomets have there been, and multitudes of Brahmas, Vishnus, and Sivas,

Thousands of Peers and Prophets, and tens of thousands of Saints and Holy men;

But the Chief of Lords is the One Lord, the true Name of GOD.

O Nanuk! of GOD, His qualities, without end, beyond reckoning, who can understand?

189. I quote also, in conclusion, the following words, which were written by one who had no Pentateuch or Bible to teach him, but who surely learned such living truths as these by the direct teaching of the Spirit of God. (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vi. p. 484-487, 750-756, quoted in H. H. WILSON's Works.)

Whatever Rám willeth, that without the least difficulty shall be: why, therefore, do ye kill yourselves with grief, when grief can avail you nothing?

Whatsoever hath been made, GOD made. Whatsoever is to be made, GOD will make. Whatsoever is, GoD maketh. Then why do any of you afflict yourselves?

Thou, O GOD, art the Author of all things which have been made, and from Thee will originate all things that are to be made. Thou art the Maker and the Cause of all things made. There is none other but Thee.

He is my God, who maketh all things perfect. Meditate upon Him, in whose hands are life and death.

He is my God, who created heaven, earth, hell, and the intermediate space, who is the beginning and end of all creation, and who provideth for all.

I believe that GOD made man, and that He maketh every thing. He is my Friend.

Let faith in GOD characterise all your thoughts, words, and actions. He, who serveth GOD, places confidence in nothing else.

If the remembrance of GOD be in your hearts, ye will be able to accomplish things which are impracticable. But those who seek the paths of God are few!

O foolish one! GOD is not far from you: He is near you. You are ignorant; but he knoweth every thing, and is careful in bestowing.

Care can avail nothing; it devoureth life: for those things shall hap pen, which God shall direct.

Remember GoD, for He endued your body with life: remember that Beloved One, who placed you in the womb, reared and nourished you.

Preserve God in your hearts, and put faith in your minds, so that by God's power your expectations may be realized.

In order that He may diffuse happiness, GOD becometh subservient to all; and, although the knowledge of this is in the hearts of the foolish, yet they will not praise His Name.

O GOD, Thou art, as it were, exceeding riches; Thy regulations are without compare; Thou art chief of every world, yet remainest invisible.

Take such food and rayment, as it may please God to provide you with you require naught besides.

He, that partaketh of but one grain of the Love of GOD, shall be released from the sinfulness of all his doubts and actions.

I take for my spiritual food the water and the leaf of RAM. In the world I care not; but God's Love is unfathomable.

What hope can those have elsewhere, even if they wandered over the whole earth, who abandon GOD?

It will be impossible for you to profit anything, if you are not with God, even if you were to wander from country to country.

Have no desires, but accept what circumstances may bring before you; because, whatever God pleaseth to direct can never be wrong.

All things are exceeding sweet to those, who love God; they would never style them bitter, even if filled with poison; on the contrary, they would accept them as if they were ambrosia.

Adversity is good, if on account of GOD; but it is useless to pain the body. Without GOD, the comforts of wealth are unprofitable.

Whatever is to be, will be; therefore long not for grief, nor for joy; because by seeking the one, you may find the other. Forget not to praise GOD.

Do unto me, O GOD, as Thou thinkest best: I am obedient to Thee. My disciples! behold no other God; go nowhere but to Him.

Condemn none of those things, which the Creator hath made. Those are His holy servants, who are satisfied with them.

We are not creators: the Creator is a distinct being: He can make whatever He desireth, but we can make nothing.

GOD is my clothing and my dwelling: He is my ruler, my body, and my soul.

GOD ever fostereth His creatures, even as a mother serves her offspring, and keepeth it from harm.

O GOD, Thou who art the Truth, grant me contentment, love, devotion, and faith. Thy servant prayeth for true patience, and that he may be devoted to Thee.

He, that formed the mind, made it as it were a temple for Himself to dwell in; for God liveth in the mind, and none other but GOD.

O my friend, recognise that Being, with whom thou art so intimately connected: think not that GOD is distant, but believe that, like thy own shadow, He is ever near thee.

Receive that which is perfect into your hearts, to the exclusion of all besides; abandon all things for the love of God, for this Dádú declares is the true devotion.

All have it in their power to take away their own lives, but they cannot release their souls from punishment; for God alone is able to pardon the soul, though few deserve His mercy.

If you call upon GOD you will be able to subdue your imperfections,

and the evil inclinations of your mind will depart from you; but they will return to you again, when you cease to call upon Him.

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