The Life of Suran

1Now Suran did take his family up to the place where Ngameke had taught him. Wherefore they did travel northward for many days. And the Spirit of God did cause that his family should enter into the pool as a sign of their faith in God. And this they did. And Suran did appoint his sons to the Order of Levi. For he did appoint Ahkman after the Order of Gerson; and Shurak he did appoint after the Order of Kohath; and Kodal he did appoint after the Order of Merari. For it was a remnant of these which had been preserved upon these islands. Wherefore Suran did appoint them after the manner in which he was appointed by Ngameke. Now Suran had been appointed to the Holy Order of Shem which was that selfsame Order given unto Adam; which is the Holy Order of God. And they did call this place Katagan, because it was a hidden sacred place. Now it came to pass that Suran did search for the other records of which Ngameke had spoken. And he and his sons did find many more records. And behold these records did contain a genealogy of Suran's fathers. For they were led out of the hands of captivity and into this land. And they did also find a mysterious inscription upon a cut of bamboo. Wherefore the inscription did describe the location of a repository containing many sacred things and even great riches. And they knew that the location was far from the place where they did reside. Wherefore Suran spake unto his family that they might journey to the location of this repository to investigate it. And he did speak unto his wife, Tinal, saying, My beloved wife, I will take our Sons unto the place inscribed upon this record. And we will discover the sacred treasures which were hid up for a divine purpose; which thing may prove to my mind the things which I have beheld. And Tinal spoke unto him, My husband, I know that the things which you have taught are correct. And I know that the Lord God will guide your hand in the recovery of these things. Wherefore go, and take care in your journey, and do the will of the Lord. And it came to pass that Suran and his sons did take their journey into the mountains towards the south-east. And after many days of travel they did approach the foot of a mountain. And this was the place indicated by the inscriptions. And it was called Genas. Now Ahkman did see a large stone with an engraving upon it. And the engraving did match that which was upon the bamboo. And it came to pass that Ahkman did touch the engraving that he might examine it. After which he did begin to remove stones from the mountain; and a cave in the mountain opened up before him. Now Suran had seen this and he did command his sons saying, Go and find wherewith we might light fires. This so that we might be able to see into the cave. Wherefore they did so and they brought some dried sticks and they lit a fire at the entrance to the cave. And it came to pass that Suran did take a stick from the fire and he did use it to light his way as he journeyed into the cave, Likewise Ahkman, and Shurak, and Kodal. And they did make their journey into the cave. And after a space of time the fire upon the stick which Kodal did carry was extinguished. And they did press forward into the depth of the cave. And likewise after a time all of their fires were extinguished and they knew not wither they should go. But behold as they did ponder upon these things Kodal did see that a light did shine forth ahead of them. Yet it was a faint light. And they made their way towards the light. Now after they did reach the light they saw that its brightness was great. And they saw that the walls of the cave were lined with stones which did give off light. And it was brighter than fire. Wherefore they did see the interior of the cave as if it were day. And within the room they beheld a great treasure. Yea, even much gold and silver. And many ancient records. And they saw many articles of fine bronze. Now they did also behold many fine swords, and other weapons. For they hath resided in this cave for a great many years. And Suran spoke unto his sons saying, Now behold let us take care. For we shall take of these treasures and return to our home. And let us construct a temple after the manner which is described in the records. And after we have done so we will place within it these relics and all other treasures. And we will offer sacrifice after the manner which the Lord hath instructed. And Suran's sons did go forth and took of those treasures which were needful. And they did seal up again the mouth of the cave and did return unto their homes.