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Now mark the third, 'tis on record.

The leaven doth appear;
For the third leaven lumps the whole.

And so the end is here.
So mark what men from a distance came*

My Gospel to make good,
And men were near that did appear.

And so my Gospel stood;
And-so 'tis come, discern it men!

Could Satan bring this round?
To have the third fulfil my word,

My Gospel so is found.
So all together you must weigh,

And let your thoughts go deep,
Then see the dawning of the day,

The way that all do break.
For all together do appear.

If you do this discern;
And now ray Goipel it is clear

To bring thy Trial on;
For mark what's next— t

From man 'tis fixt:
Satan hath felt his blow,

When every man didjift hit haad%
And downward he shall go;

For he is cast, as all is plac'd,
He need now keep none back—

The Revelations so are plac'd;
And now he'll feel his rack.

So I'll end here, and say no more-;
To-morrow's hastening on;

And as the music thou dost hear,
The end to all shall come*.

About seven in the evening Joanna withdrew, after having continued in the assembly until then, bringing forward a variety of important passages in her writings, relating to the Trial, in the course of a chear ul conversation, which tended to display her wonderful simplicity of character. And soon afterwards the meeting was adjourned.

• As the two last lines were penned, Joanna heard Miss Carpenter playing on the piano forte, accompanied with singing.

THE SIXTH DAY.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1804.

The proceedings commenced between ten and eleven this morning, by taking into consideration what had already been given, during the Trial. At half past three Joanna entered, bringing with her a communication just received, which was read, being as follows:

'* Now, Joanna, I shall direct thee. This is the sixth day of thy Trial, and the fifth of thy appearance; to-morrow ends thy Trial called forward by ME ; and know, by this Trial every thing is brought to my Gospel. Here is the third time of the little leaven, and here thou seest thou hast leavened the whole: or I have leavened it for thee. So— .

Now let the learned men dispute,
And answer my demand,

Or I shall strike their learning mute-
But can they silent stand,

To see a Woman thus appear
My Gospel to bring round?

I tell them all 'tis time to fear,
For now I shall be found;

That as in Adam men did die, ,
They now may live in Me:

The Woman's voice that do obey,
My Spirit, they shall see,

Is surely come to guide thee on,
Or this could not appear,

To bring my Gospel in this form-
Blind mortals, answer here;

The way 'tis done, let all discern,
The great Invited first;

But they rcfus'd, and then I chus'd
The lower class to burst,

In love to come, to all'tit known;
But they did little know

Their names on record so should stand,
Throughout all ages gq

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To be the men my Gospel penn'd,

When I did come again
To bring the Kingdom of your God,

Youi Saviour's love made known.
So like the first the end doth burst—

The Cains and Abels see;
But now 1 tell you, at the last,

It is the Cains mu;i flee;
For I am come, it must be known,

Mv Bible all to clear;
And 'tis the Cains I shall unthrone.

Before I've ended here.
Now mark the first, how all was plac'd

Her Promise for to claim;
Between they two, you all do know,

It first va1; fixt for men,
To fix !iis curse above the rest,

As !<e did her beguile;
And after that, you know'twas fixt

The way I her should foil
That to her Husband she should come,

And her desire should be,
And over her he should rule strong;

In sorrow she would see
Her children here for to appear,

To bring them forth to man;
And sorrow see in her to be

The way I've led her on.
But unto all this cannot fall

A prophecy made good;
For some no children have at all;

Let this be understood;
And some, see clear, that do appear,

Their husbands cannot rule
Their heart and soul, I tell you all;

So man must be a tool,
This prophecy, as it doth lie,

To place to Women all;
Then unto One the thing must come.

When 1 In Spirit call.
But now within thou dost begin,

Thy pondering heart I see—
The Curse that was pronoune'd on Man,

In all men cannot be:
What labour here to some appear?

What toil do they go through?
No sweats from some can evei come—

These thoughts are in thy view; v But I'll appear to answer here,

That sorrow comes to all; ,
There's not a man on earth can stand.

To say no grief did fall;
Though labour here I now shall clear,

1 tell thee, 'tis but few

But tlo in labour now appear,
All men must own it true.
The husbandman, discern his plan,

He labours to get bread;
The wise and learned in your land

They labour, as I've sa;d;
The counsellor here let him appear

His trials to go through,
He labours more than he can bear

Without some pain, I know;
The clergy see, alike they be,

They labour all to gain
The livings that are given the}',

And often feel much pain;
Now to the king I next shall come,

He labours just the same,
And oft with pain, I will maintain.

To guide and jjuard your land;
In council here for to appear

The parliament all see,
How in their heads they labour here,

For I do Tiow tell thee,
They labour more for earthly store.

Or grandeur for to shine,
Than the poor man that ploughs your land,

I tell thee, in their minds.
SoalKalike the path is strait,

In sorrow men go on
To eat the bread of carefulness;

And sorrows quite unknown
Conceal'd from all, I know they fall

Upon the sons of men:
There's not a man on earth can come

To say he ne'er felt pain;
The words are true before your view,

And let all flesh appear;
There's not that man on earth can stand

To say—«' no pain 1 bear, "No grief of mind I ever find,

* No labour for my bread; *« All toil from me was ever free,

n All grief from me is fled."
Now if such man on earth can come

To say his life went through
Without a sorrow to appear,
Or feeling pains to know:
Then he may say another way,

The curse was never fixt tlpon all men, to suffer pain;

Then I shall answer next,
The pain on Me was fixt to be,

And I did feel it here;
And mark Me in Gethsemane,
What meats did then appear!

So on Me all this load did fall.

If mem do say they miss'd
This heavy burden; now I call,

At first I felt all this,
When in the Body I appear'd,

Man's nature to assume;
Mark all the sorrows 1 went through,

Till 1 came to my tomb.
So thus for Man I did begin,

For Man I all went through;
But now, I tell you, in the end,

The Woman's in my view,
In Spirit heie for to appear,

To clear the every guilt;
The blame no longer will I bear,

What I for Man have felt.
The b ame at first on Me was cast,

When Man receiv'd his Fall;
T! "blame again I did sustain—

Oh, men, behold your call!
The garden see, the sweats of MX,

And if for Man all this was done.

The Woman's in my view,
To come again, her cause maintain,

As she was so betray'd,
And from the Promise I did make

To cast on Satan's head
The every guilt that she hath felt,

The sorrows she'th went through,
In Spirit here no man can clear,

Bui 1 Iter grief do know;
And unto Me, you all may see,
Her strong desires are plac'd;
And over her I've surely rul'd—

Her children here do now appear,
This way brought forth by she;
But know what sorrows she did bear.

And now I shall answer thee in plain-words. If the curse, that wa? pronounced on Man, hath not followed every man that came into the world; yet know, it fell entirely on Me; for mark my Life, from the Manger to the Cross, if I did not go through the whole for Man. But how can I bring in Mans Redemption, before I come in the Spirit to clear the Woman? So if the Prophecy given to the WoMan is not ful ailed in all women, which no man upon earth can prove it is; then know, it most be

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The way led on by Me."

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