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A
HOLY, SACRED AND DIVINE
ROLL AND BOOK;
FROM
THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN,
TO
THE INHABITANTS OF EARTH:
REVEALED IN THE UNITED SOCIETY AT NEW LEBANON,
COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, STATE OF NEW-YORK,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICARead and understand all ye in mortal clay.
IN TWO PARTS.
INSTRUMENT:
PHILEMON STEWART,
over a 14 day period - Feb. 2nd -16th, 1842
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September, 1843.
THE PUBLISHERS.
The Shakers were instructed by God to send copies of this Book to all of the Rulers of the Nations of the Earth which they obediently did. [The Original Book contained over 450 pages as printed in 1843 by the Shakers, themselves. It is now out of print.]
Here presented are Excerpts from the Original including some clear Messages that cut through the Corruption of modern, counterfeit Christianity; also excerpted are Passages aimed at modern Persons who are engaged in specific Fields of Endeavor.
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