From the Book of Joseph, Third Sermon at the Salt Ford

  And Joseph said unto them:

  The joy of the Lord is not in the towers that reach the heavens, nor in the temples raised in His name—but in the hands that build for one another.

  For when one labors not for his own wealth, nor for his own kin, but for the stranger beside him, then is the breath of God upon that place.

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  Let no man raise his house alone, nor reap his field in silence. For the stone unmoved by brotherly hand shall crack, and the lonely meal shall rot.

  But where two carry one beam, and three draw one well, and many eat from one pot, there shall be joy.

  And I say unto you: it is not the strength of the few, nor the might of the wise, that shall heal the world, but the humble bond of the many. Shoulder to shoulder. Palm to palm. Without pride, without reward.

  Build for one another, and I shall walk among you.

  From the Words of Joseph, as recorded by his disciples as he walked among the salt roads and borderlands of the Eastern Reach.