Second Epistle to the Festival Village 3Chapters
An Exhortation concerning the sea and the land · 26Verses
1Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist fear, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
2Let the villagers be steadfast in reverence, especially in the day of the trial appointed for its season; for the covenant is proved not in ease, but in the care of one neighbor for another.
3Concerning the flood, be of one mind: resist hardness of heart, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
4I write unto you concerning the village: when the trial appointed for its season cometh, let the woodcutters not accuse one another hastily; rather put on loyalty and cast away hardness of heart.
5Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the homes of the people, hold fast to courage. Let none turn the trial appointed for its season into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
6Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the sea and the land, hold fast to remembrance. Let none turn the trial appointed for its season into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
7Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist envy, guard the homes of the people, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
8Brethren and sisters, remember the Last Covenant; for faith without remembrance is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
9Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist forgetfulness, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
10Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist falsehood, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
11Let the villagers be steadfast in hope, especially in the day of the trial appointed for its season; for the covenant is proved not in ease, but in the care of one neighbor for another.
12Brethren and sisters, remember the sea and the land; for faith without justice is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
13Let the villagers be steadfast in hospitality, especially in the day of the trial appointed for its season; for the covenant is proved not in ease, but in the care of one neighbor for another.
14Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the warehouse keeper, hold fast to honesty. Let none turn the trial appointed for its season into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
15Brethren and sisters, remember the sea and the land; for faith without remembrance is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
16Concerning the Last Covenant, be of one mind: resist pride, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
17Brethren and sisters, remember the sea and the land; for faith without love is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
18Concerning the sea and the land, be of one mind: resist falsehood, guard the village, and let every gift be used for the good of the whole village.
19Brethren and sisters, remember fire; for faith without hospitality is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
20Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the sea and the land, hold fast to hope. Let none turn the fog into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
21Beloved people of Victoria, concerning snow, hold fast to remembrance. Let none turn snow into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
22Brethren and sisters, remember the sea and the land; for faith without patience is an empty sound, and abundance without mercy is a locked storehouse.
23Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the diamond mine, hold fast to patience. Let none turn the trial appointed for its season into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.
24I write unto you concerning the village: when the Last Covenant cometh, let the villagers not accuse one another hastily; rather put on remembrance and cast away pride.
25Let the villagers be steadfast in love, especially in the day of the trial appointed for its season; for the covenant is proved not in ease, but in the care of one neighbor for another.
26Beloved people of Victoria, concerning the sea and the land, hold fast to remembrance. Let none turn the trial appointed for its season into a cause for boasting, but serve one another in peace.