69: O Ye Sons Of Spirit! Ye Are My Treasury For In You I Have Treasured The
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O YE SONS OF SPIRIT! Ye are My treasury, for in you I have treasured the
pearls of My mysteries and the gems of My knowledge. Guard them from the
strangers amidst My servants and from the ungodly amongst My people.
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