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I Am Not Ignorant Of What Is Said Of My Lord In The Psalm: "you Destroy Those Who Speak A Lie." And Again: "a Lying Mouth Deals Death To The Soul." And Likewise The Lord Says In The Gospel: "on The Day Of Judgment Men Shall Render Account For Every Idle Word They Utter."

He Who Believes Shall Be Saved, But He Who Does Not Believe Shall Be Damned. God Has Spoken.

I Prayed In The Woods And On The Mountain, Even Before Dawn. I Felt No Hurt From The Snow Or Ice Or Rain.

May The Strength Of God Pilot Us, May The Wisdom Of God Instruct Us, May The Hand Of God Protect Us, May The Word Of God Direct Us. Be Always Ours This Day And For Evermore.

No One Should Ever Say That It Was My Ignorance If I Did Or Showed Forth Anything However Small According To God's Good Pleasure; But Let This Be Your Conclusion And Let It So Be Thought, That - As Is The Perfect Truth - It Was The Gift Of God.