 
          The Garden of Paradise
        
        
          God’s Envoy
        
        
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          GOD’S ENVOY
        
        
          Those who are bathed in the light of God are fit to
        
        
          preach the word of God. Whatever they say comes
        
        
          from Him. Thus it becomes possible for them to
        
        
          sing God’s eternal praises on earth. Yet man does
        
        
          not take heed. His heart remains sealed.
        
        
          Preaching God’s word is not like playing a record.
        
        
          One can only preach when one has experienced
        
        
          something like a volcanic eruption within one’s
        
        
          soul. A preacher’s whole being must be deeply
        
        
          involved in what he says and writes. His song is not
        
        
          just words and music; it is an expression of a
        
        
          delicate spiritual communion with the Lord.
        
        
          But how strange it is that even such divine words
        
        
          fail to move people’s hearts. The preacher warns his
        
        
          people with earnestness and intensity, and his
        
        
          whole being testifies to the truth of this warning,
        
        
          but people are deaf to his call. He pipes to his
        
        
          people but they do not lament. He shows people the
        
        
          kingdom of heaven, but they are not enraptured. He
        
        
          warns them of a blazing Hell, but they show no