THE ODES OF SOLOMON.

 ODE 1.

 ODE 2.

 ODE 3.

 ODE 4.

 ODE 5.

 ODE 6.

 ODE 7.

 ODE 8.

 ODE 9.

 ODE 10.

 ODE 11.

 ODE 12.

 ODE 13.

 ODE 14.

 ODE 15.

 ODE 16.

 ODE 17.

 ODE 18.

 ODE 19.

 ODE 20.

 ODE 21.

 ODE 22.

 ODE 23.

 ODE 24.

 ODE 25.

 ODE 26.

 ODE 27.

 ODE 28.

 ODE 29.

 ODE 30.

 ODE 31.

 ODE 32.

 ODE 33.

 ODE 34.

 ODE 35.

 ODE 36.

 ODE 37.

 ODE 38.

 ODE 39.

 ODE 40.

 ODE 41.

 ODE 42.

ODE 23.

The reference to the sealed document sent by God is one of the great mysteries of the collection .

1 Joy is of the saints! and who shall put it on, but they alone?
2 Grace is of the elect! and who shall receive it except those who trust in it from the beginning?
3 Love is of the elect? And who shall put it on except those who have possessed it from the beginning?
4 Walk ye in the knowledge of the Most High without grudging: to His exultation and to the perfection of His knowledge.
5 And His thought was like a letter; His will descended from on high, and it was sent like an arrow which is violently shot from the bow:
6 And many hands rushed to the letter to seize it and to take and read it:
7 And it escaped their fingers and they were affrighted at it and at the seal that was upon it.
8 Because it was not permitted to them to loose its seal: for the power that was over the seal was greater than they.
9 But those who saw it went after the letter that they might know where it would alight, and who should read it and who should hear it.
10 But a wheel received it and came over it:
11 And there was with it a sign of the Kingdom and of the Government:
12 And everything which tried to move the wheel it mowed and cut down:
13 And it gathered the multitude of adversaries, and bridged the rivers and crossed over and rooted up many forests and made a broad path.
14 The head went down to the feet, for down to the feet ran the wheel, and that which was a sign upon it.
15 The letter was one of command, for there were included in it all districts;
16 And there was seen at its head, the head which was revealed even the Son of Truth from the Most High Father,
17 And He inherited and took possession of everything. And the thought of many was brought to nought.
18 And all the apostates hasted and fled away. And those who persecuted and were enraged became extinct.
19 And the letter was a great volume, which was wholly written by the. finger of God:
20 And the name of the Father was on it, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, to rule for ever and ever. Hallelujah.