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Messages from Jesus and Celestials on Divine Love 1915 August
August 1st, 1915
I am here, George Washington.
I was the First President of the United States. I came to tell you that I am a spirit who is now a follower of the Master, and that I have found the Divine Love of God. I am an inhabitant of the First Celestial Sphere, where my home is one of Happiness and Love.
I am not so much interested in the affairs of Earth, as I once was. I do not attempt to influence the humans who are at the head of public affairs as I did a few years ago. Now I see that the things of the Earth are only temporary, and need not the oversight of spirits who have advanced to the Higher Spheres. Consequently, I do not take, at this time, an interest in such matters. I am interested in the individual souls of humans, and in their Spiritual welfare. I am doing what I can to help them develop their soul qualities. So when you read that I am advising the rulers of the nation, or others, who have to do with the making of its Laws, or the execution of them, you must conclude that such messages are not from me, or in any manner suggested by me.
I am now interested in humans as individuals, because that welfare exists through All Eternity, and not for time only, as does the welfare of the nation. Of course, as humans become possessed of the Higher Soul Development, the condition and excellence of the nation will be benefitted, and increased. Human's happiness, both individually, and in the aggregate, will be much increased, and will make them more At-One with the Father. As a consequence, the Brotherhood of Human will be more effective in working good.
The Brotherhood of Human is not the great object for which humans should work, or preach. First, let each human receive in their heart this Divine Love of the Father. Then the True Principles, which should exist in the Brotherhood of Human, will find their existence. Humans, not only as individuals, but as brothers, will find that they will be happier, and devote themselves to serving one another, and to causing the greatest good to the greatest numbers. No mere philanthropical desires of humans will bring about the Great Millennium that humans look forward to, in organizing and fostering, what they call the Brotherhood of Humans.
Of course, humans should endeavor to Love one another, even if they do not have this Divine Love in their souls. But such Natural Love will not be sufficient to form a Brotherhood that will last and grow under all circumstances. Human's desires are not naturally of the kind that unites them together in one great object. Where their material interests, or love of power, or ambition to extend their territorial or commercial interests, come in conflict with this Natural Love for one another, the Natural Love must succumb. As a result, war will ensue. Hatred, envy, and the desire to overcome one another, will take the place of Natural Love and Brotherhood. Only when humans shall get this Divine Love in their hearts, will they be able to overcome these natural desires.
So I say, the great and only preachment is the obtaining of a Brotherhood of Human, founded upon the Divine Love existing in the individual souls. Without this, the Brotherhood, will be founded on sinking sand. No stability will make it a thing of lasting existence.
I have written enough for my first attempt.
As to the present terrible war (1915), I do not see that it had any excuse, much less justification. The results that will follow are beyond the conception of the wisest statesmen. I do not know how, or when, it will end. To me it seems that the allies must prevail, and the Germans and Austrians be compelled to submit to the dictates of their antagonists. But ere that time comes, many a human will become a spirit. Many an orphan and widow will be made to hunger and suffer the pangs of distress.
Let humans fight if they will, but the Truths of the Father will always continue to stand, and call for humans to recognize and embrace them.
So my friend, I must stop. Thanking you for your kindness, I will say goodnight. Your brother in Christ, George Washington.
August 1st, 1915
I am here, Lafayette.
I am the Frenchman who was a lover of liberty. A soldier of both your country and mine, and who was an aide to your great general and father of his country, I mean Washington.
I came because I want to tell you that in the Great War that is now going on, I am interested. I want to express my opinion, as to its causes, and its ending.
France was not desirous of this war, and had made no preparations to struggle against the Germans. Had no idea that the Germans would so soon, seek to overrun her territory, as Germany professed the greatest friendship for her. As you know, the German Emperor, without warning, and without excuse, hurled his legions into poor Belgium, in his endeavor to reach the French capital and possess it, before the French nation could make any effective resistance. The Kaiser was anxious to acquire more territory belonging to France for purposes of colonization, and thought that the task would be an easy one. He had no conception that he would have any difficulty in passing through Belgium, and neither did he contemplate that England and Russia would join with France in opposing his onslaught. In fact, he thought that he would so quickly succeed in capturing Paris, and obtaining what he desired, that these other nations would not have time to take any part in the conflict.
As you know, little Belgium checked his advance, and held him at bay until England was enabled to take such action, as embarrassed him to such an extent, that he has never yet succeeded in gaining the object of his desires. Let me say, he never will. I will not further review this phase of the matter.
In the end, Germany will be defeated. Her Kaiser will be killed. His family will disappear from the face of the Earth, as a ruling family. Germany will become, in a few years after the war, a Republic. Its territory will be much reduced.
Before the war ends, the Allies will invade Germany. Berlin will become invested by them. They will dictate their own terms of capitalism. These terms will be such, that Germany as a great nation will cease to exist, and will take her place among the republics of the Earth as a secondary state, and devote herself to the industries, which her natural resources, and the capacity of her people will entitle her to. She will never become a great maritime nation, but will be content to exist as a manufacturing and agricultural country. Her people will migrate in large numbers, and become swallowed up in the other nations of the World. Especially in the South American countries.
France will again thrive. So will her Allies. Little Belgium will be taken care of, and become an important manufacturing country, with a people much improved in their intellectual acquirements.
I say all this, not because I am a Frenchman, but because I can see that these results must flow from causes, which now exist, and which will continue to exist, until the results that I speak of come about.
The sad thing is that before these results come, many a human will become a spirit. Many a happy family will be broken up. Poverty and distress will cause much suffering. But such is war, and such a war never was.
So my friend, I thought that I would write to you tonight and express my views. I will not take up more of your time.
I live in the Sixth Sphere, and have a home of much beauty, and many friends in whom I find much happiness and entertainment.
I sometime see him (Washington) but not so often as formerly. He is living in a Sphere, Higher than where I live. I do not often see him. Our attractions have not continued, as you might suppose. Where this attraction does not exist, spirits do not often, come in contact with one another.
I never thought of that view of the matter. The next time I meet him, I will make the inquiry. I know that he is a more beautiful spirit than I am, and more beautiful than when he lived close to me in a lower sphere. I have never thought to ask the reason for his improvement, but will do so as you suggest.
I sometimes see Napoleon, and talk with him. More often since this war began. He is interested, as I am, but he does not seem to think that it will last very long, as he sees a reason why the Allies will soon overrun the German Empire, and bring the war to a close.
Icannot write more. Your friend, Lafayette.
August 1st, 1915
I am here, Bismarck.
Let me say a word. I saw what Lafayette wrote. I don't agree with him on either proposition.
The German Emperor did not bring on this war, as the Frenchman said. It was forced on him. He saw that, not only France, but England, was trying to destroy the great mercantile business, which Germany had built up. That unless he took some means to forestall the efforts of these nations, Germany would lose its commercial prestige, and have to submit to the dictates of these rivals. As a wise Emperor, and statesman, he struck the first blow, sharp and quick. Had it not been for the Belgians, he would have reached Paris and accomplished his object. That little nation of lace makers, as we called them, showed that when home was invaded they could fight, and fight they did. Notwithstanding the fact that I am a German, whose sympathies and desires are all with the Germans, yet I admired the way in which these Belgians fought. Had France such fighters, the Germans would have been out of that country along time ago, and the German territory would now be invaded. This is past. Germany is still in France, and will stay there. Notwithstanding the efforts that France and England may make to oust them.
The end of the war is not yet. Before that end comes, Paris will fall. The terms of peace will be dictated by the victorious Germans. France will lose some territory. England will pay an indemnity, and make such concessions to Germany that her commerce will be established and grow to such an extent that she will be second to none as a commercial nation.
Germany will not cease to be an empire, a stronger and greater one than ever. William will not live long after the war ends, but one of his sons will occupy the throne. His family will reign for years.
It will not become a republic. Although I know, the socialists will make a great effort to bring that about. They will fail.
So I tell you, that the French spirit is mistaken. He will find out his mistake before a great many months have gone by. I do not know what causes he imagines he sees. If he would see the true causes, he would draw different conclusions, as I do.
I am Bismarck. I am with the German Army, trying to show its generals the way to accomplish their objects. I must not write more.
I live in the Second Sphere. I am trying to find happiness, but this war interferes with my happiness, and my progress.
Well, I saw you writing. I saw Washington and Lafayette engaged in writing. I stopped to listen, and became interested in both the writing, and the subject matter. When Lafayette wrote as he did, I determined to give my views. Hence, I wrote.
You must excuse my intrusion. I thought it just to express what I think about the war.
I will not take up more of your time.
So with my kind regards, I am, your friend, Bismarck.
August 1st, 1915
I am here, John Brown.
I was the human who gave his Life for the freedom of the slaves, and the purification of the nation. So I come to you as a spirit, who in the long years since my death, has seen the Principles for which I fought, and died, established in the Laws of my country. The Principles of freedom and political equality, made a part of the economy of your land.
I am now a spirit fighting still for Truth and Liberty. Now my fight is for the Liberty of all humankind from the slavery, which sin and the greed of humans impose upon their fellow humans. No human has the right, because of superiority in position, or greatness in wealth, to make their fellow human a slave, or keep him from enjoying the God Given things of Earth. Of course, some humans must rule. Some must possess the greater riches. But these facts do not justify the ruling ones, or the wealthy, in treating the subordinate, or the poor, in a way to make them unhappy, or to prevent them from receiving their just dues in the working of the affairs of their relationship of employer and employee, or of governor and governed.
Right is Right. No, machinations of humans will not much longer make the poor and dependent, a slave to the rich and independent. Humans are Awakening to their rights, and to the object of their Creation by a Just God, who is no respecter of persons. Soon humans will come into their own. Peace will reign on Earth. I am not what is called a socialist, but a Lover of humankind, without regard to environments, or opportunities. Let the rich treat the poor as brothers. Let the laws be administered for all alike.
Religion is a mighty power in the World. As humans come to see that the Golden Rule of the Master is the only one that should govern their actions, one towards the other, peace, prosperity and happiness will come to the inhabitants of the Earth.
What I say is not a mere dream of an enthusiast, but is the result of what I see will follow the workings of the Great Spiritual Forces, which are now combined, and working for the Salvation of Humans, as never before in the history of the World. In this Great Work, Love will be the mainstay of the Principles that will activate humans in their dealings with one another. When this Love shall flow to humans, with all its fullness and irresistible force, as it will do, humans will realize a new existence. The Brotherhood of Humans will become a thing of Reality. So I say, let humans prepare themselves for this Great Inflowing of Love, and for its coming, and will sweep away the evils and trifles that now are influencing the great crime of the centuries. I mean the great barbarous and inexcusable war that is now devastating the whole of Europe.
Humans may think that the end of the war will see a peace, that because of the horrors, great losses and depletion of humans and means, will last for many years. If peace should depend upon these causes, war would rear its ugly head again, before many generations have passed. While the war shall end, the causes of the war will only slumber. When new generations come, and the ambition and desire for aggrandizement and power shall again work their evil influences upon the hearts and minds of the rulers of the new generations, war will come again.
We hope, and are working to that end, that the Love of one for another, and the great feeling and realization of the Brotherhood of Human, will so fill the souls of humans, that those things which cause wars, will entirely disappear. Peace will become the lasting condition, of both individuals, and nations. Liberty and freedom are the great possessions of humans, even as they are now possessed with all these feelings of envy, hatred and ambition. Peace and Love are the greatest things in all the World. When humans learn this, war will never rear its ugly head again.
I must stop now.
I am living in the Fourth Sphere. I am comparatively happy, and am much interested in any country's welfare, and in the welfare of humanity the World over. I am a worshiper of God. I am trying to follow His Precepts, as I learned them on Earth. I am not the possessor of what you call the Divine Love, but I have a Love for my fellow humans, which enables me to try to help them in every way in my power.
I never have troubled myself about the Divine Love that you speak of. I know that there are spirits who live in Higher Spheres than I do. They seem more beautiful than do I. I have never sought the reason, or troubled myself with knowing why. As you put the proposition, I will talk to some of these spirits, and ask them about this Divine Love that you speak of.
So I thank you for the opportunity of writing my sentiments on the subject that is so dear to me now, and was when I was on Earth.
With all my Love I will say goodnight, John Brown.
August 3rd, 1915
I am here, Jesus.
My Truths are plain. My teachings can be understood by the simple. Any religion, which requires the exercise of the mental faculties, to an extent greater than what is required in the ordinary affairs of Life, cannot be a True Religion. Because God has Designed that All His Children shall understand His Truths, without the necessity of having a highly developed mind.
He that reads may understand my teachings. It will not be necessary for any preacher, or teacher, to explain them. My language will explain itself. So let not, your mind be troubled over the question, as to whether only the mentally developed can understand what I may write. The Truths are for All.
So with all my Love, I am, Your brother and friend, Jesus.
August 5th, 1915
I am Samuel the Prophet.
I want to tell you that I am in a condition to tell you of my existence here in the Spirit World, and what I know, about the Truths of the Doctrines of Jesus, as I have learned them since I became possessed of the Divine Love, which he brought to Earth, and to the World of Spirits.
I have lived a great many years in this Spirit Life. More than you may think, from the account of my Earth Life, as contained in the Old Testament. That book does not state correctly, the time when I lived as a mortal. Many thousand years have gone by since I lived, and performed my work as prophet and teacher on the Earth. I have, in all these long years, learned many things about the Spirit World, its conditions, and Laws.
In the First Place, I am not a spirit who was given over to the evils, that humans are usually possessed of, when they become spirits. Because when I lived on Earth, I was very close to the Father, in His Thoughts and Love. I mean the Natural Love, which He gave to humans at that time. This Natural Love, while not the Divine Love, yet was a Love that was sufficient to make humans happy, when they possessed it free from sin and error, and tried to do the Will of the Father, as they understood that Will. Many humans thought that they understood this Will, when in Reality, they only knew that, which the Laws of Moses taught them to be "Right" in the sight of God.
Some humans were given a deeper insight into the Mind and Love of the Father to Bless and make humans happy in their Natural Love. Consequently were closer to Him, and better understood His Will, and what was pleasing to Him.
I have, since my becoming a spirit, learned many Truths, which I did not understand on Earth, and which are necessary to know, in order to be able to enjoy this Natural Love in its fullness.
I never though possessed this Divine Love, until after Jesus came to Earth, and showed humans, and spirits, what this Divine Love meant, and how necessary it was to obtain It, in order to become a part of God's Divinity.
I do not now; see that I was any more in favor of God. As I then, possessed only this Natural Love, than were many others who had the privilege of receiving from His Angels, the inspirations, which came to them at times, and which made them able to tell the inhabitants of Earth what was the Purpose of God to have them do.
I was only a human, in the sense that I was only possessed of this Natural Love. Hence, could get no higher in the Spiritual World, than this Natural Love would enable me to attain.
I am now in a Heaven, which this Divine Love has opened up to me, and which enables me to enjoy the Great Happiness, which that Divine Love causes all to have, who possess it.
When I lived in the Spirit World, before obtaining this Divine Love, I was only possessed of that happiness, which comes from the Natural Love. I knew nothing of the Happiness, which I now possess. So you see, the Spirit which has not this Divine Love can go no higher in the Spiritual Spheres than it is fitted to occupy, by reason of this Natural Love. The principal source of happiness is this Natural Love, and the development of the mental faculties. On Earth, it is possible for a human to obtain this happiness, and live in the Heaven of the Perfect Natural Human, as I did prior to my obtaining this Divine Love.
I was a spirit in the Highest of the Spiritual Spheres (Sixth Sphere), and was very happy, as I thought. When I obtained this Divine Love, I realized that the happiness of my former condition was as nothing compared to that of my present condition. I therefore want to tell All Humankind that they must seek for this Higher Love, if they wish to obtain a Bliss that is Supreme.
I know that this rambling talk may not seem very instructive. I merely wish to emphasize the fact that I lived a mere human, though in the spirit form, before I obtained the Divine Love. That only with the coming of that Divine Love in my soul, did I partake of the Divinity of the Father.
Well, they are still in the Spiritual Heavens, because they have not yet embraced the Christ Doctrine of Divine Love. They are living and teaching the doctrines that they taught on Earth, only much improved.
I do not know. Except that, they have been satisfied with what they were taught and the happiness that they live in. It may seem strange to you that they have not found this Divine Love in all these years, but it is a fact. They are not seeking for it. I feel that they have neglected a Great Opportunity, and have lost very much, by letting all these years go by without having sought the Great Truth.
The different teachers, of the various religions, which have come to Earth, are occupying Planes in the Spiritual Heavens all to themselves. They, the Jews, still think that theirs is the only true religion, that they are the chosen people of God, and that all others are mistaken in their doctrines.
Well, I must stop. So thanking you for your kindness, I will say goodnight, Samuel.
August 5th, 1915
I am here, Colyer.
I was a preacher. I am now a preacher. My doctrines are those of Christ, stripped of the creeds and dogmas of the churches. I was not an orthodox preacher, but was one who believed in God, and in Jesus as the best and Most Spiritual Human that ever lived on Earth, and who taught the Truths of His Father. I am of the same belief still. I have, since being in the Spirit World, learned many things to confirm my belief. The orthodox doctrine, as to his being God, or one of three Gods, is a pernicious one, and against all reason and Truth. He is; just who he said he was, the son of God, and the son of human. The first in a Spiritual sense, the latter in the material or natural sense.
He never, as he has told me, claimed to be God. His disciples never understood that he was such. The freedom of human's minds from this doctrine of his being God will do more to bring humans to the Truth, and to believe in religious (spiritual) Truths than can be conceived of. When his True Mission on Earth shall become understood, humans will turn to the True Worship of God, and to a belief in the teachings of the Master, which will result in many a one being saved from their sins, and in Happiness, Harmony, and Brotherly Love being more firmly established on Earth.
I am a believer in the Divine Love, and the New Birth. I am an inhabitant of the Seventh Sphere. I am trying to progress to the Celestial Spheres.
I will not write more tonight as you are tired, but will come again sometime.
So with all my Love as a brother in Christ, I am, Robert Colyer.
August 5th, 1915
I am here, Lazarus.
I was the one whom Jesus called from the grave. I merely want to say, that I was not dead when I was resurrected, but had on me the sleep of death (coma). I was not entirely a spirit, separated from my body. I know this, because if I had been a wholly separated spirit, Jesus could not have brought me to Life again. No spirit, once entirely liberated from the body, can ever return to it and reanimate the body. I know the Bible says, or the inference from what it says, is that I was dead. This is not True, as I have above stated.
I am now in the Celestial Heavens in a Sphere that is not numbered, but very near those in which the disciples live.
My sisters are also in the Celestial Heavens. We all believed in the teachings of the Master. Consequently, became imbued with his Doctrine of the necessity for the Divine Love (New Birth) to come into our souls. While on Earth, Jesus did teach us that God had again Bestowed on human this Divine Love. We believed it. I know that the disciples were taught this same doctrine, but just how far they understood this teaching I do not know. It is strange, and they did not declare it in their Gospels, but such seems to be the fact. It is unaccountable why this Important Truth was not preserved and taught in their writings. I know that it is the Truth, and that only those who have received this Divine Love in their hearts can become inhabitants of the Celestial Heavens. Humans may refuse to believe this Great Truth if they will, and think that by attending church, and worshipping God in their service with their lips, they will be able to enter the Kingdom. They will find themselves mistaken. So in your teachings, let this Great Truth be the cornerstone of whatever you may teach.
I am supremely happy, and want All Humankind to be so.I came to you to inform you of these Truths, so that my testimony may be added to that of those who may have written to you.
Jesus is in the Spiritual World, working to teach humans, and spirits, his Truths. He comes to you and writes. You must believe the fact, for it is a fact.
I must stop now. So I will say goodnight. Lazarus.
August 5th, 1915
I am here, Robert G. Ingersoll.
I am a spirit, who when on Earth, taught humans that the only salvation required for them was good deeds and kind hearts, that the Bible, outside of its Moral Precepts, was not worthy of belief, that many of its sayings were untrue, and that all of its teachings, as to belief and Faith were not worthy of consideration.
I was perfectly sincere in what I taught and thought. Hence, I do not feel that I was guilty of any very great sin, although, I have now changed some of my beliefs, or better, thoughts. I did not believe that Jesus ever really lived, as was set forth in the Bible. I certainly did not believe in a vicarious atonement, or any salvation through blood, or propitiation of an angry God. Neither did I believe in any New Birth, or in any of the doctrines of St. John, having reference to a soul being Redeemed. But believed that every human's future state, should there be a future state, depended upon their deeds of Love and mercy towards their fellow human. I believed that God was not to be worshipped, or consulted, neither would He, nor could He, save a human from anything that might tend to make them unhappy; but that human's Love for one another was the great thing that would determine their condition in the Future Life, should such Life exist.
I did not deny that there would be a Future Life. I merely did not know anything about it. Hence, all my teachings were directed to making humans live on Earth, in a way that would bring to them happiness while mortals. My foundation stone, as it were, was Love, one towards another. With this went Love, kindness and forgiveness, good feeling, and fair dealing. Especially did I emphasize the necessity for Love at home.
I am still of the opinion that these qualities, if possessed, and expressed in action, will make humans happier, make the world better, and finally do away with evil and distress.
I now see though, that there is a Future Life, and that humans who would enjoy the Greatest Happiness in this Future Life must not only have this Love and kindness for one another, but must also seek the Love of God, and believe that God is a Father of Love, and believe that He is interested in the soul of each individual human.
I am in the Fourth Sphere, and have much happiness in my intellectual pursuits, and in my Love of my fellow human. I am trying to help them get the best out of Life on Earth. I do not yet believe in the teachings of those parts of the Bible, which in effect, say that you must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in order to be saved. I do not believe that any mere belief will save a human from anything. I know that many here believe that Jesus is the saviour of humans, as taught by the orthodox churches. I think that such spirits are as much mistaken, as were those who believed the same doctrine when on Earth.
I consider myself as saved. I have not found any hell as taught by the churches, although each human has to pay the penalties for their evil deeds done on Earth. Many humans (spirits) are suffering here since they became spirits. I will confess that I was somewhat surprised to see that spirits who did not live correct lives on Earth are suffering very serious tortures. This, I suppose, is the effect of the Law that demands a penalty for every violation of its command.
I do not understand that this suffering will have to continue forever, or that the state of these humans is fixed. Progression is the Law of the Spirit World. I cannot conceive that any spirit will remain the same through All Eternity. To me, the great satisfaction is that there is no orthodox hell, and no devil to punish the wicked. I am, myself, not entirely satisfied that the condition of those who suffer from their evil deeds may not last a long time, as I am told that many of these spirits have been in a condition of suffering for a long time.
Well, I am satisfied with the condition that I am in, and in the possibility of progression. I need not the teachings of the spirits who profess to have Knowledge of a Higher Love that brings happiness of a kind that enables them to enjoy Supreme Bliss. Such spirits, I believe, are those who had the old ideas of the churches, against which I taught. I was not compelled to undergo such suffering when I came into the Spirit World, or to endure much darkness. I suppose there were some deeds, which I had to pay the penalties for. Hence, I had to suffer some. As my Love for all humankind was my Principle, and feeling, when on Earth, this Love gives me a position, which I now enjoy.
I could write much longer, but I will not do so tonight. I will come again sometime and explain some of the Laws of the Spirit World.
I am Robert G. Ingersoll, and was called an infidel.
Well, my friend that is a very astounding proposition. You must be either a very ignorant man, or a very self-conceited one, to make such a statement.
Well, as to the last statement, you are right. I have an open mind. I am willing to learn any Truth that may be presented to me in such a way as to convince me that it is a Truth. You are stating things of which I have no knowledge, and which I do not believe to be True. I have thought a great deal of God, and believe in a God, but as to this Divine Love, I have never heard of it, nor ever thought of it.
I know of no Love but the Love for human. That means spirit for spirit, and a certain Love of God for human. But as to a Love that makes one partake of Divinity, I have never heard. As to the New Birth that you speak of, I do not believe in it, any more than I did on Earth. To me it seems foolishness. What is there about me, or any other spirit to be born again? You might probably say, that when I left my body and became a spirit, I was born again. In a sense, that is True, but when you tell me that I must be Born Again, and that by such birth, I will become a partaker of Divinity, I cannot believe what you say, or understand what you mean.
Well, you state your proposition very fairly, and very clearly. I must say that I am impressed with what you say. It might be that you are right. At any rate, I will keep an open mind, and will stand ready to hear any argument from you, or any spirit that you have mentioned. If they can show me the Truth of your propositions, I will not hesitate to embrace them. I want to learn everything possible. As I was an honest inquirer on Earth, I will be an honest one here. You make your assertions very strong, and you seem to be in earnest in what you say. For those reasons, I must listen to you.
Yes, I knew Riddle very well. He was a believer, somewhat like myself. I have not met him since I have become a spirit, but would like to do so.
I will keep in mind what you say, and will observe any difference in beauty that may exist. Because if such be a fact, there must be some cause for it. That cause, I shall endeavor to understand. I have done as you suggested. I see Riddle, but hardly recognize him, as he is so changed, and is so much more beautiful than I conceived of. He has shaken my hand and introduced me to the others. What beautiful spirits they are! The one who, he says, is your grandmother is glorious in her beauty and brightness. Love seems to be a part of her very being. How I thank you for the experience! I am going with Riddle, who says that he has a Wonderful Truth to tell me, and that I will become convinced of its reality.
So, my friend, I thank you for our conversation. If you desire, I will come again and tell you of the result of our interview. I mean between Riddle and myself. I have made the request of your grandmother, and she says that she will be pleased to tell me of this Divine Love that you speak of. Let me tell you this before I stop, that what you said about the difference in beauty and brightness of the spirits is True, and that I am as a dark night compared to the noonday sun in my appearance compared with theirs. I am so glad I came to you tonight. So my dear friend, I will say goodbye for a little while.
Your friend, Robert G. Ingersoll.
August 5th, 1915
I am here, Helen.
Yes, they were. Ingersoll is now with Mr. Riddle and your grandmother. He seems much inspired with your grandmother, and listens to her with great interest. I believe that he will soon see the Truth, and will seek for this Divine Love and New Birth.
So with all my Love, I am, your own True and Loving Helen.
August 6th, 1915
I am here, your old Prof.
I wish to write a little tonight as I have not written for some time.
Well, I have been watching the many messages, which you have received. I have been much interested in the variety of the subject matter, and the number and difference in the spirits who have written.
You seem to have received messages from spirits of all ages, and from all nationalities. I am pleased to see that these messages were mostly of a Higher Order of communication. I was interested in the messages from the prophets, also those from the apostles and saints. In them, I saw that there were many Spiritual Truths disclosed, and that they were very similar in their declarations, as to the Divine Love of the Father and the New Birth. It is wonderful that you should get such corroboration of these Truths, from spirits who have had such a wide difference in experiences in the Spirit World.
You are better tonight than you have been for sometime. We are all so glad of that fact, and hope that you may continue in such a frame of mind, and in the condition of your Soul Development.
I am now in the Seventh Sphere. I am very happy. Your father is with me. We are so pleased at our progress that we never cease thanking God for His Goodness and Mercy.
Mr. Riddle is still in the Fifth Sphere. We expect that he will be in the Seventh Sphere very soon. We will then have a happy reunion.
My soulmate is with me, and sends her Love to you. Says that she is much interested in you, and tries all she knows how to help you in your material, as well as your Spiritual, condition.
Very soon, I want to write a long message on a subject that I think will be of much interest to you, and to others who are interested in the things of the Spirit Life.
I know that that will please all the band, as we have missed writing to you and desire so much to continue our communications. Of course, the messages that you have received have been very beneficial, and are intended to do good. Yet we feel that we had stayed away, I mean refrained from writing for too long a time.
Well, I have been trying to help him, but his condition is such that I find great difficulty in doing so. He still thinks of the Earthly matters. His appetite for the accursed stuff still clings to him, and causes him to neglect the thoughts that would do him so much good. We continue to try to help him.
Well, I will stop for tonight.
With all my love, I am, your old Professor, and friend in Christ, Joseph H. Salyards.
August 6th, 1915
I am here, your Grandmother.
Well my dear son, I have been waiting to come for some time, but as you have had so many spirits, from various spheres, and so different in personality write to you, I thought it best to refrain from writing and let them send their communications. I have been much interested in these writings, because mostly all of them have testified as to the fact that Jesus writes to you, and wants you to do his work. Also, as to the Truth of our statements concerning the Divine Love and the New Birth.
We have felt that this great variety of witnesses would help to convince you of the Truths, which we have written. In the future, will help very much to convince those who may read our messages.
So you see our personal sacrifices have been repaid by the host of witnesses that have appeared and written. I am so glad that your Faith is now so strong. It will grow stronger. You will realize that Jesus is your True Friend, and is interested in you in many ways. He seems to Love you very much, and is with you when you little suppose he is. Yes, all the messages that you get in his name are from him. No matter how personal they may appear to be. As I said, he is interested in you in a way that causes him to care for you in your material affairs. You must believe. You will be benefitted and made happier by such belief.
I am very happy. So are your mother and Helen. We are very close to one another, and are with one another very much. Helen is a thankful spirit, and is with you so very often, Loving and trying to comfort you. I will stop now.
Well he (Ingersoll) is thinking a great deal of what Mr. Riddle and I told him. He is a human, or rather spirit, with much capacity for Loving, and receiving Love. As soon as he opens up his heart to the inflowing of the Divine Love, he will receive it abundantly. Of course, his course of thinking while on Earth will retard his progress. Until he changes these ideas, he will not make much progress in his Soul Development. I think that he is open minded and honest, and will soon see that what we tell him as True, is a Truth. We will try to help him in every way possible.
Yes, the contrast in our appearances made an impression on him, and has caused him to do much thinking. When Mr. Riddle told him the cause, he seemed to be astonished, and listened to me when I told him of the Higher Things with great attention and interest.
Well my dear boy, I must say goodnight.
Your Loving Grandmother. (Ann Rollins)
August 7th, 1915
Saul of the Old Testament.
I am the same Saul that called up Samuel, or rather who caused the woman of Endor to do so. I was a wicked human in those days. I knew not the Love of God, and very little of my fellow mortals. I was a cruel human, a worker of iniquity, and violated God's Laws in many ways.
As you have read, I came to the end of my resources, and went to consult Samuel, as the last resort. I did not know that God had abandoned me, until Samuel had told me.
Yes, He did, and was my protector as long as I obeyed Him and did what was right in His sight. I know that He did.Because when I obeyed Him, I was successful and happy.
I only knew from what the prophets told me. They claimed to have communications with God, in some way. I believed this. Hence, thought that God was protecting me. I am a Redeemed spirit now. I am happy in the Divine Love of the Father. I became a Lover of the Father and an inhabitant of His Kingdom long after Jesus proclaimed the Great Truth of Divine Love restored. Before that, I was a spirit who lived in the happiness, which I experienced in developing my soul and becoming a good spirit, free from sin and error. This happiness is not that, which I now enjoy.
I want to confirm what Samuel said as to the woman of Endor. She was not a witch, or evil woman, and was a medium, and received communications from the Higher Spirits of the Spirit World. She has been abused for centuries, and should not be further thought of as a wicked woman.
I will not write more tonight.
Well, do you suppose that we of the Spirit World stand still in our mental advancement? I know all the important languages of the Earth, and can write them and understand them. Do not think that spirits do not learn here, just as they learned as mortals. The only difference is, that they can learn so much more rapidly, and can retain their knowledge more easily than mortals can.
So I will say goodnight, your brother in Christ, Saul.
August 7th, 1915
I am here, St. Augustine.
I merely want to say that I am the St. Augustine who lived after the death of Jesus. I was well acquainted with his teachings, as they were preserved by the Church. At that time, I never knew exactly what became of the manuscripts that were in existence when I lived. The ones that are supposed to furnish the origin of many of the Biblical writings were not the ones that I was acquainted with. Those that I used, were all written in Greek, and were written by the disciples of Jesus, and by those of his followers, to whom the disciples had communicated the teachings of the Master. They were the genuine ones, and were written from the actual communications of the disciples.
Of course, the teachings of Jesus were never recorded at the time of his teachings, but were merely the recollections possessed by the disciples, of what they thought he really said. Consequently, as you may realize, they were imperfect, and could not be relied on implicitly.
I know that great controversies have arisen in the church, as to what portions of these writings should be accepted as genuine. Many needless disputes have caused the officials of that church to differ, as to what were really, the writings of the disciples, and what were not. I, when on Earth, joined in these disputes, and maintained that certain of these writings were genuine and certain were not. I was as likely to be mistaken as any of the others. Even the ones that I thought genuine were more or less flavored by the Spiritual Knowledge, and beliefs, of those who wrote them. So I tell you that you cannot depend on these writings as a whole, to learn what the Master actually did teach.
He is now in condition to give you the Genuine Truths. Whenever what he may say, conflicts with what is contained in the Bible, you must consider what he now writes as the Truth, and discard the Bible account as unreliable. I tell you this, because I am interested in having the World learn the Truths, which he came on Earth to declare.
I am a spirit of the Celestial Spheres. I am a follower of the Master. I am trying to help in having these Truths come to the World again. I did not always believe, as I do now, in many particulars. My comments on the Bible should not always be taken as correct. So if you will pardon my intrusion, I will repeat, pay attention to what Jesus may say now. Do not let the Bible statements, which do not agree with what he may write you, disturb you, or cause you to doubt what you may receive.
Sometime I shall come and give you my ideas of some of these Spiritual Truths, and how necessary it is that humans should know them. I certainly believe in the New Birth. I want most emphatically to say, that it is one of the most important Truths of the Spiritual World. It has not, heretofore, been very often understood. Its exact meaning is somewhat in doubt by even the best students of the Bible. I will not write more tonight, but will say that you are my brother in the good work of showing to humankind the Truths that are so important to their Future Happiness and Salvation.
So with a Love that is in Christ, I am your brother, St. Augustine.
August 8th, 1915
I am here, George Whitefield.
I was a preacher of England, a contemporary of John Wesley. I am in the Celestial Spheres, where are only those who have received the New Birth, that has been written about by other and more ancient spirits.
I merely want to say that I am still a follower of Jesus, but a little different in my Knowledge of what he was, and is. I do not now, look upon him as God, or a part of God, but as His True Son, the greatest of all the spirits in the Spirit World. There are none to be compared to him in beauty, Spirituality, or in his Knowledge of God's Truths.
I used to preach to thousands about his vicarious atonement and his blood sacrifice. Now I see his mission in a different light. It is not his death on the cross that saves humans from their sins. Nor his sacrifice that appeases the wrath of an angry god. His Life and teachings of the Divine Love, Bestowed on humankind and The Way to obtain that Divine Love, that saves humans from their sins. There was no need to appease the wrath of an angry god, for there was no angry god, only a Loving and Merciful God. When humans think that unless they turn from their sins they will be forever burned in a fiery hell, they are the dupes of preachers, such as I was, and will never get the Divine Love of the Father by such teachings. God is Love. Humans must know it. His Love is for all of every race and clime.
I see now, what a great mistake I made in my conception of God, and of Christ's mission on Earth. How much harm I did to mortals in my preaching, and how I slandered the Father of Love. I was honest in my beliefs, and taught as I thought the truth to be. Yet that does not alter the fact that many a mortal, after they became a spirit, was retarded for a long time in their Spiritual progress, because of these false beliefs, which in order to progress, he had to give up and start anew in his efforts to find the Truths of God.
As I worked hard, and preached eloquently, to make mortals believe these injurious doctrines while on Earth, so now, I am working hard and preaching eloquently to make spirits who come over with these beliefs, unlearn them, and see the Truth as it is.
I am in sympathy with the movement, which the Master is now making, to spread the Truth of these Spiritual Things on Earth. I am ready to follow him, in all his efforts to bring about the Salvation of humans, not only from sin, but from erroneous beliefs.
So I come to you tonight to express my sympathy and interest in the cause.
Let your work proceed. Do your best to make known to humans, the Great Truths, which the Master shall teach. We will all join in the work, and do everything in our power to speed the Great Cause of Human's Redemption from sin and ignorance.
The human (medium) must have the Soul Development by obtaining the Divine Love, because you (we) cannot inspire a human (medium) to preach grand and sublime Spiritual Truths, unless they have the capacity in their own soul to feel, and understand, the Truths.
I will not write longer tonight.
I am your True friend, George Whitefield.
August 8th, 1915
I am here to tell you that God is Love, and that All Humankind are His Children, the object of His Bounty and Care. Not even the vilest sinner is beyond the boundaries of His Care and Love.
He is not a God, who needs propitiation, or sacrifice, but calls to all His Children to come unto Him and partake freely of the Great Feast of Love, which he has prepared for them and enjoy the Happiness, which His Presence gives.
So my friend, do not for a moment think that the Doors of Mercy, or the entrance into the delights of His Heavenly Home, is closed by the death of the body. For I tell you that the death of the body is a mere entrance into a Higher Life, with increased opportunities. Notwithstanding what I say, the soul that seeks to obtain this Divine Love while on Earth has a great advantage in time over the one that waits until their spirit leaves the body before seeking for the Father's Divine Love. The best time for mortals to aspire to attaining this Great Gift, is the NOW. No time is so propitious. God's Divine Love is for the mortal, even if they have the passions and appetites, which the flesh encumbers them with. When a mortal fights against the temptations, which these burdens impose, and overcomes, they, when they enter the Spirit World, is stronger and more able to progress, than when they put off the great attempt until they become purely spirit.
So, while there is no such condition as probation terminated when the mortal enters the Spirit World, yet the probation on Earth is the accepted time to seek the Great Prize.
I know I am writing like some of your camp meeting preachers, but what I say is a Truth nevertheless. Happy is the mortal who realizes this fact and acts in accordance.
Jesus is working among mortals now, as he did when on Earth. Although they cannot see his physical form, or hear his voice of Love in tones of benediction and pleading, yet the influence of his Love is felt. The persuasion of his spirit voice is heard in the hearts of humans. He is still the Saviour of humans, as He was on Earth. His mission will not cease until the closing of the Celestial Kingdom, and sin and error shall be eradicated from Earth, and from the Spirit World. He will be the Triumphor and Conqueror over sin, and everything, that tends to pervert human, from that, which is good and righteous.
Human, having only their Natural Love will be freed from all inharmony and live as brothers and friends, in Peace and Happiness. Spirits having the Divine Love, become as Angels of God, and live forever, in the Bliss of the Celestial Heavens.
So I urge upon all humans to seek the Divine Love of the Father and live in His Presence forever.
I must stop now. Before I go, let me say, that I am working with the Master in the Great Cause that will make humans who seek this Divine Love, One with the Father.
So I will say, as your brother in Christ, goodnight, John Garner.
I was a Christian preacher of England in the time of the Reformation.
August 8th, 1915
I am here, Saint Peter.
I want to tell you that you are very near the Father tonight, and that His Divine Love is filling your soul to a great degree. I see that you are anxious to learn of the Spiritual Things of the Father, and of His Love towards you and All Humankind.
You must pray for more Faith, and trust implicitly in His Promises, and in the promises of the Master. They will be fulfilled. You will not be disappointed, or left to yourself. I am with you quite often now, for I want to assist in the Great Work that Master has chosen you to do. You must get into a (spiritual) condition that will enable you to do this work in the greatest perfection. Your soul must be developed with this Divine Love of the Father, so that you will be in accord with the Master when he writes. Unless there is such accord, you will not be able to get the Spiritual Meanings of his messages, as he wants you to do.
There is nothing that will cause this soul development as well as earnest, sincere prayer to the Father. With such prayer, will come Faith. With Faith will come the Substance of what you may now only believe. So pray often, believing that the Divine Love of the Father will come to you. You will realize your Oneness with Him.
I am so much interested in you, and your soul development, that I am going to help you with all my Love and power.
Let not the things of the World detract your attention from these Spiritual necessities. You will find that all these material things will be supplied you.
Be firm and courageous in your beliefs, and professing. God will be with you in every time of trial and distress. This I Know, and tell you as one having Knowledge. I want you to let your Faith increase, until doubt shall flee away. Only trust in the Divine Love and Goodness of God remain with you. I will not write more tonight.
So with all my Love and blessings, I am, your own friend and brother in Christ, St. Peter.
August 8th, 1915
I am Josephus.
I am the Jewish historian, and now a Christian. You are not a man to let alone. I mean that I must write some of my knowledge of the things of those ancient days, for I see that you are selected to do a great work.
I want to contribute to the Truth of Jesus' Life on Earth. He lived just before I wrote. I had heard of him many times. I know that he was a real existing being. In my history of the Jews, I mentioned him. When the learned say that what is there said is interpolated, they say what is not True. He did live, and taught in Palestine, as the New Testament claims. I never met him, but the wonders of his works were circulated all over the country, and caused much agitation on the part of the leaders of the Jews.
I never wrote much about him, because we all looked upon him as a mere agitator and destroyer of our religion and to such we never gave much notoriety in our writings.
But this same Jesus of Nazareth lived as a human, and was crucified by the Romans, at the clamor of the Jews. I want to tell you this, because it is claimed that he never lived on Earth.
I am a follower of him, and believe in his teachings, and have received the New Birth that he taught.
I live in the Celestial Heavens where only his followers live. He was the True Son of God. His mission was to show humans The Way to God's Love, and to declare the Re-Bestowal of the Divine Love.
I tell you that this is the Most Important Truth in all the Heavens, except this, that God is Love. These two constitute the hope of humankind, and furnish the means by which human may acquire Immortality.
Without this New Birth, humans will remain merely humans, and will not partake of the Divine Love, and the home in the Celestial Spheres. I say this, because I Know from experience what this New Birth means, and from observation, that those who have never received it cannot enter these Celestial Spheres. So human must believe this Great Truth.
Many Jews have become believers since becoming inhabitants of the Spirit World, but the large majority of the inhabitants of the Celestial Heavens are those whom we called Gentiles. God had no chosen people, in the sense that He designed to save any particular nation in preference to all others. He knows no preference. All are His children! The Great Gift is for all who ask for it in Faith.
I must not write more tonight, but with your permission will come again.
Vespasian is a Christian now. He never was while on Earth, notwithstanding that, it was said that he was. He continued a pagan as long as he lived. He knew something of the Christian teachings. After he had been in the Spirit World a considerable time, he received the Light and was born again. He is in the Celestial Heavens and a follower of the Master.
So you see, many Jews, Gentiles, and pagans, who rejected the Master, and his teachings on Earth, have since becoming spirits had the opportunity, and embraced it, of becoming partakers of the Divine Love and followers of the Master.
Well, you may be surprised to know that Herod is also a Christian. No pen can portray the sufferings that he had to undergo. Oh the long years of repentance, torment and darkness! His experience was a hell indeed. But the Divine Love and Mercy of the Father were even sufficient for his Redemption. Among all the spirits of our Celestial Heavens, none are more humble and meek than is this same Herod. His Life, voluntarily assumed, is one of service and devotion to the Master. I think that his Love for the Master is so great, that even he cannot appreciate it.
I will, with all my Love and earnestness, accept your invitation. The work is of the greatest importance. The time is ripe. Oh, what an Awakening there will be, when the Truths of God, which the Master is communicating through you, shall come to the Knowledge and Consciousness of Humankind.
I am your brother in Christ, and a fellow worker. So I will say, with all my Love and best wishes, goodnight, Josephus.
August 8th,1915
I am here, St. Celestia.
I was a Christian woman who was martyred by the fanatic Church of Rome. I lived in Italy and was a follower of Jesus, but not a believer in the doctrines of the Romish Church. It was long years after my death I was canonized by the very church which killed me. Of course, the Pope and officials who canonized me were different from those who killed me.
I want to tell you that I am interested in your mission. I am trying to help you do the work of the Master. He is the saviour of humankind. It must be taught in what manner he is their saviour. Not as the Jesus who died on the cross. Not because his blood was spilled by the Roman soldiers. Not because of any vicarious atonement. But because he brought to the Light and Knowledge of humans, the fact that the Father had, after long centuries when He had withdrawn it, the Great Gift of the Divine Love Re-Bestowed it. He taught The Way in which humans might become partakers of that Divine Love, even by prayers and Faith.
The soul of human is the one thing that enables them to become like the Father. Is the most important part of Human's Creation. If humans will understand this, and learn that this soul is capable of receiving this Divine Love and becoming a part of God's Divinity, they will fully realize the Mission of the Master in coming to Earth.
Let human abandon the idea that Jesus came as a sacrifice for their sins. He came as a Messenger from God, bringing the Divine Gift, and the Knowledge, as to how humans might obtain that Gift. He did not come to pay any debt which human owed the Father, or to appease any wrath of the Father, because human owed no debt, and God had no wrath towards them.
He came as a mediator, in the sense that he was a Messenger of Light, Truth, and a shower of The Way. Why will humans continue to cling to the old damnable doctrine of sacrifice?
Even in the days of Abraham, God never required a sacrifice for sin. No sin of human was ever removed by shedding the blood of a goat, or any other animal. To teach and believe such a dogma, places God on the plane of an angry and jealous God, and makes Him satisfied with the trifling thing of having the blood of an animal shed to appease his anger and remove his jealousy (of which He has none).
God is now, and has been from the beginning, a God of Love. Human is, and has been, the Object of that Love. Unless human seeks that Love, and opens up his soul to the inflowing of that Love he can never become reconciled to God. Love cannot be obtained in the soul of human by anything other than the desire and will of human to have it come into their soul. God wants only the Love of human, not their fear, or dread of consequence, because of disobedience. So I say; let humans know, that there is only one thing in all the Universe that will reconcile them to God. That is; the opening up of the soul of human to the inflowing of the Divine Love, and the prayer to God that such Divine Love may come into their soul.
I do not know that I can say more tonight and will stop. Sometime, I will come again and write further.
My home is in the Celestial Heavens far above the Spiritual World.
Question by Mr. Padgett.
Well, we are all working with the Master. Where he leads, we follow, and work also. If you will pray, and believe, you will most assuredly.
Yes, we all pray for you. Our prayers ascend to the Father with all earnestness and Faith. You would be surprised to know the number of Celestial Spirits who are interested in, and are praying for, you. I will surely tell him, but as you say, he knows it already, but as you wish me to do so, I will. I know that he Loves you too, and wants you to become his True Disciple.
I will say goodnight. Your friend and Sister in Christ, St. Celestia.
August 8th, 1915
I am here, Loyola the Jesuit.
Yes, I am a follower of the Master, and a very weak one. I was a persecutor of those who differed from me in my views of religious things, and duty, as a consequence, was the cause of the death of many a True Christian, as I see the Truth to be.
On Earth, my followers now in many parts of the World have the same bitter feelings against all who do not think as they do, upon religious matters. Were it not for the Laws of the countries in which they live, they would do as I did.
How I have suffered since I became a spirit, for all the evil, which I inflicted on humankind, when I lived on Earth, in what I thought then, was a religious cause. Thank God, even my sins have been forgiven. I am now an inhabitant of my Father's Kingdom. But oh, the long years of bitter suffering, remorse and the darkness of blackest night, that I lived in among howling devils and lost souls, as they thought.
Now I know, that God's Mercy is so wide, that the greatest sinner may be saved, and receive the Great Love of the Father. I write this because, I have never before communicated to mortal in this way. I want to give warning to the World, and especially to my followers on Earth, that the Truths of God are Eternal, and will live forever. That no persecution, in the name of Truth, will meet the approval of God, or save from punishment and torment, those who engage in it, no matter how honest they may think themselves to be. Or, how much they believe that they are doing their duty to God. God has given to every human, a free will, which even He does not attempt to curb or bind. No mere creature of His, has any right to say to a human that they shall, or shall not, believe this or that, and exercise their free will according to the enforced or seeming belief. No, human is a free agent, and can do as they please, in regards to their beliefs. Even God will not force them to believe. But, when they believe that, which is not True, they will certainly have to pay the penalties of their erroneous beliefs, because the Truths of God are fixed. With these Truths, operate (Spiritual) Laws that are inexorable. Humans, who fall to conform to the requirements of these (Spiritual) Laws, must pay the penalties, to the last farthing. These Laws never change, and are supreme. I am now a Redeemed spirit through the Grace of God. I have realized what His Divine Love means. I am an inhabitant of the Celestial Heavens, not because of my works on Earth, but because of the Great Overshadowing Divine Love of the Father.
So I say; seek the Truth, as it may be found in Jesus teachings. Shun the dogmas and creeds of the churches, as you would a poisonous thing of death.
I will stop now. Thank you for the opportunity of making this my confession.
So with all my kindest wishes, I am, your brother in Christ, the Jesuit, Loyola.
August 8th, 1915
I am here, Seleman.
I am an ex-sultan of the Mohammedans. I do not know time, but about four hundred years ago. Yes, I am still a follower of the Prophet. I am in our paradise and happy. God is Great! Allah is his Name. Mohammed is his prophet!
I had a desire to learn what the writers who have written you tonight might say. So I stayed and listened to them, and found that their doctrines of the Divine Love of the Father are new to me. The Mohammedans do not understand this Divine Love. When I heard that it gave such Bliss to those who possessed it, I became interested, and wondered what it really meant.
We have not this Divine Love. Our happiness comes to us from our Brotherly Love, our worship of Allah, and our devotion to his prophet. As I wondered, the thought came to me that we should have been taught to know what this Divine Love means, and if our Allah is not such a Loving God as the God that these Christians tell of.
I am going to inquire into this, because, if there be a Greater Happiness than what I now have, I want to learn about it, and if it exists, to become a partaker of it.
We do not have much intercourse with the Christian spirits, as our Heavens are separate from theirs. We believe that we have the True Heavens and are the chosen of God, and that all these Christians are in the dark.
Well, these Christians seem to be brighter and more beautiful than do the spirits in our Heavens. That has caused me to think, also. I know that in our Heavens, the higher we progress, the more beautiful we become, the brighter we seem to be, and that the condition of the progress of the individual determines their appearance. Knowing this, I have come to think that these Christians live in a Higher, or more progressive, Heaven than ours.
I am dissatisfied now. I will investigate. Can you tell me the best way to do so?
Yes, some are who have not written. I will do so.
There is one here, a beautiful woman, who says she is your grandmother. I will ask her. Maybe she can start me on my investigation.
Well, I will say goodnight. I will certainly come again.
Your friend, Seleman.
August 8th, 1915
I am here, Helen.
Well, my dear, you have had a great many writings tonight. You must feel tired. I will not keep you, though I should like to tell you of my Love, and my desire for your love. I must stop.
Yes, he was. I am interested in him. Your grandmother is talking to him now. I hope that he (Seleman) may see the Light.
With all my Love, I am, our own True and Loving Helen.
August 10th, 1915
I am here, John the Baptist.
I came to tell you that I am now a harbinger of the Master, as I was when on Earth, and that he is the True Jesus who writes to you in all the communications, which you received, signed by him, or by his name. I do this that you may believe, and not doubt the messages that you receive. He has written you. You must rely on what he says, for what he has said to you will surely come to pass.
I am the same John who appeared in Palestine and announced his coming. As I told them what was actually to take place, so I tell you what is actually taking place. You will not only receive the Messages of Truth, which he will write you, but they will also be distributed to All Humankind, wherever the written languages of the World exist, are spoken, or written. So you have before you a wonderful and important mission. One that will do more to make True brothers and Lovers of the Father, than anything that has happened since the Master was on Earth, and taught and preached the Truths of his Father, and did good to physical human.
I sometimes have wondered why you should have been selected, as I see that your Soul Development has not been nearly as great as that of many other humans who now live and have lived. As he has made the selection, we must understand that he knows what is best, and that his selection must be the right one. As a consequence of this, all we who are his followers in the Celestial World are trying our best to forward the cause and help you. I must tell you that you have behind you, in this great work, supporting and maintaining you, more Spiritual Power than any mortal has ever had before. This may sound to you surprising, but it is True.
So, my brother, for such I must call you now, try to acquire a Faith in the Love and Desire of the Father to save All Humankind from the errors of their lives, and to make them One with Him. That will enable you to stand forth as the representative of the Master, and the authoritative teacher of these Great Truths.
I am now in the Celestial Heavens. I am very close to Jesus in his home, in his Love for the Father, and for all Humanity. I have powers, which are great. Divine Love, which is of the Divine Essence of the Father. What I tell you now I will tell to the World, when the opportunity presents itself.
Your Brother in Christ, John the Baptist.
August 10th, 1915
Leytergus.
I was a native of Arabia and lived before the time of Abraham, the Jewish patriarch.
I come to you tonight to tell you that, before the Jewish Testament was written, I had written a book containing a description of Creation, and of The Fall of Human. That the book of Genesis was copied after my writings, which were founded on traditions older than were the description of Genesis.
These descriptions of the Creation of the World were not the works of humans inspired by the angels, or by any other Instrumentalities of God, but were the results of the imaginations of the minds of humans, who lived long before I lived, and who left only tradition of their writings, or teachings. I say all this to show you that the World has existed for many thousands of years longer than the account of its Creation in the Jewish Scriptures would lead you to think.
I do not know when it was Created. I have not found any spirit in the Spiritual World who does know. Of course, no spirit would know, of their own knowledge, because in the natural order of things, human must have been Created subsequent to the Creation of those things, which were necessary for their sustenance and comfort. I have never seen any angels who were not at one time mortals. Hence, I could not learn from them when the World was Created. I have never seen any angels, or spirits, to whom God has made this Revelation. So I say the Creation of the World, or rather, any account if it, is all a matter of speculation and tradition.
Yes, I have been informed as to the Fall of Human. My information is as follows: When humans were Created, they were made two-fold, that is; there were male and female beings, which was intended to make a Perfect One, without losing any individuality on the part of either. Their names were not Adam and Eve, but Aman and Amon, which meant the male Am and the female Am. Am meaning the exalted (First) Creation of God.
These beings were made Perfect, physically and spiritually. These souls were not possessed of all the Qualities of the Great Creator Soul. In that particular, were inferior to the Great Creator. But as regards this soul part of their Creation, they were made in the image of their Creator. The physical, or spiritual, part of their Creation was not in the image of their Creator, for He had no physical, or spirit body. But their soul part was only made in the image of their Creator, not of the Substance. This image was given a potentiality of obtaining, or receiving, the Substance of the Soul Qualities of their Creator, provided, if they pursued that course in their existence, or living, which would cause their souls to receive, in accordance with certain operations of the Laws, which their Creator had Prescribed, this Soul Substance. Only in obedience to these Laws, or their operations, could this Substance of the Creator Soul, be obtained.
Well, these Creatures were not equal to the test, or rather requirements. After living awhile, they became possessed of the idea that they needed not to comply with these Prescribed Laws, but could, of their own will and power, obtain this Substance, by doing that, which they had been forbidden by these Laws to do. So, in their efforts to obtain this Substance, or Divine Love, they disobeyed these Laws. As a consequence, these Potentialities of obtaining the Substance of the Creator Soul were taken from them. Then they became beings, still possessed of the spiritual and physical forms, and continued souls, but not of these great potentialities. This was the Fall of Humans. The story of the apple is a myth.
No apple, or anything else that was intended to be eaten, formed any part of the fall. It was wholly the fall of the soul's potentialities. The disobedience was the great unlawful desire on the part of these two, to obtain this Soul Substance (of the Creator Soul) before, in accordance with the operations of the Laws prescribed, they were fitted, or in condition, to receive It. As a consequence, they became disobedient. Being possessed of wills, which were not in any way bound or limited by their Creator, they exercised these wills in accordance with their desires. From this disobedience, the wills of men and women have continued to act in accordance with their desires, and in violation of the Great Laws of Truth, which were made for the two creatures at the time of their Creation, and are the same Unchangeable Laws of this time.
The Soul Substance that these two forfeited, was the Divine Love of their Creator, which, had they, by their obedience, became possessed of, would have made them a part of His Divinity. Thence, like Him, not only in image, but also in Substance and Reality.
The Potentiality that was taken from them was the privilege, which they had to obtain this Soul Substance, or Divine Love, by complying with obedience, which these Laws prescribed. So you see the story of genesis is merely symbolical.
I have nothing further to say tonight.
I live in a Sphere which is part of the Celestial Heavens. I have, through the Mercy of God and His Gift, declared by Jesus, received this Potentiality. Through it, the Soul Substance, which our First Parents forfeited.
The name, which I have given you, was mine when on Earth. It is Arabic, and nothing else. You must know that many of the names of my time were, in after centuries, incorporated in the nomenclature of other nations and races.
So I will say goodnight, your brother in Christ, Leytergus.
August 10th, 1915
Lot, of the Old Testament.
I come because I now am a follower of the Master. I want to add my testimony to that of others of olden times who have written you that Jesus is Alive. The ruler in the Celestial Heavens, and is now working among humans, and spirits, to show them The Way to Eternal Life, and the Divine Love of the Father.
I am not a Hebrew who would have denied him, had I lived when he came to the Earth, for in my thoughts and belief, I expected the coming of the Messiah. To me, Jesus was that Messiah, in all the qualities and Spiritual possessions that I expected him to have. Of course, when I lived, we had not the privilege of knowing what the Divine Love of the Father means. We only knew that there was a God and that God Loved us, as we thought, as His chosen people, and wanted us to live correct lives on Earth, and thereby receive His Blessings as mortals, and all the rewards that an obedient Life might bring to us. But as to this Greater Love, which makes Angels of us, all who possesses it, we had no Knowledge, nor had we ever been taught by our seers, or prophets, that such a Love existed. As I now Know, the privilege of obtaining It did not then exist. Only with the coming of Jesus, came that Divine Love again, to human, and spirits.
God had for us a Natural Love, in contradistinction to the Divine Love. We had for Him a Natural Love, which when fully purified, makes us spirits with a happiness that is beyond all conception of human happiness. Even of that happiness, we were not taught. Only did we have glimpses, in the teachings of our prophets, that such happiness might exist in the Future Life.
I was a Lover of God, as I then understood what God was. Such Love, was not that, which arose from my conception of Him as a Tender Loving Father, but more as a stern wrathful God, one of jealousy, always watchful and ready to punish for disobedience to His commands. Yet we also learned that when we obeyed Him and did His Will, He would reward us.
So you see the God of my days, and the God of the present, as we now conceive Him to be, are not similar. All humans should now understand and believe that Jesus Christ brought to Light, and by that I mean to the knowledge of humans, the possibility of their Knowing the True God of Love and Mercy. Also, that because of that Love, and His Great Mercy in the Re-Bestowal upon humankind, of the possibility of humans becoming possessed of the Divine Love of the Father, which would make them One with Him, and certainty of Immortality.
It was long years after Jesus came, before I received this Divine Love, or believed the Great Truths, which Jesus taught. I was so satisfied in my happiness as a spirit possessing merely this Natural Love, which had been purified and freed from sin and error, that I thought there could be no Greater Love, or no Greater Happiness. In the course of time, I had reasons to think that there might be another, if not Greater Love, in operation in the Spirit World. Because of the wonderful beauty and brightness of some of the spirits that I at times met. I started to make investigation of the matter. As a result, I learned of this Divine Love, at last sought for, and found it. What a Treasure I found! I am now so filled with It, that my Happiness is beyond all conception, of not only human, but of spirits who live in lower Spheres than I do.
I must not write more tonight. I will tell you that I am one of the many Celestial Spirits who are interested in, and now are engaged in, doing the Great Work for the Redemption of Humankind. Jesus is our leader. We are all following him in the effort to Redeem the World. By that I mean, the individuals who comprise the World. For you must know that Redemption is an individual matter. Not one that can be accomplished in the way of redeeming a nation, or a race as a whole.
So you see, back of this Work, is the Great Power of the Celestial Heavens, as well as of the Spiritual Heavens.
I have written enough for tonight.
Well, the incident of my wife turning into a pillar of salt, is like a great many others related in the Old Testament. These incidents are mere figures of speech, used to illustrate some moral or Spiritual Truth. My wife was never turned into salt, but died a natural death. Her remains were buried where mine were buried. She is now in the Celestial Heavens also.
So my dear brother, I must say goodnight, Lot.
August 12th, 1915
I am here, George Washington.
The same who wrote to you a few nights ago.
Well you are my brother. I am pleased that you call me your brother, for in this World of Spirits, we have no titles, or distinctions, because of any fame, or position, we may have had on Earth.
I came to tell you that I have watched with interest the many communications that you have received from the various kinds and orders of spirits. I am somewhat surprised that you could receive, with such accuracy, these several messages. I never, in Earth Life, supposed that such a thing could be. Since I became a spirit, I have never seen such demonstrations of the powers that exist on the part of spirits to communicate, and mortals to receive, the messages that come to you. I know that very many times such communications have been made by spirits to mortals. What I mean as surprising, is the great variety of spirits who come to you. They come from the Highest Celestial Spheres, as well as from the Earth Planes. What they write are, not only new to humankind, but many of their declarations of Truth, are new to many of us spirits.
Very seldom, do we who are in the Celestial Spheres, have the opportunity to communicate with any of these ancient spirits who live high up in the Celestial Heavens. When I see them come and communicate to you so frequently, I wonder at it all. I know, of course, that such spirits do occasionally come into the Earth Plane and try to influence both mortals and spirits to do good, but I want to tell you that usually their influence is exerted through intermediary spirits, and not directly by these Higher Spirits in person, as they do through you.
The messages that you have received from these spirits, who lived on Earth thousands of years ago, were really written by them, as they controlled your brain and hand.
I am trying my best to help you in your work. I will continue to do so, for the work, that you have been selected to do is the most important one that the Spirit World is now engaged in! I mean the World that recognizes Jesus as its Prince and Master.
Some spirits come, because they see the way open to communicate to mortals. They naturally desire to make known the fact that they live and are happy in their Spheres. Their happiness is not the Real Happiness, which the True Believers and Followers of the Master enjoy. So you, in your work, when they come to you, may have the opportunity to tell them of this Higher Experience, which the Redeemed of the Father enjoy. Many spirits are in these lower Spheres, who would be in the Celestial Heavens, if they only knew The Way.
We frequently try to show them The Way to Truth and the Higher Life. We find it a difficult task. They think that we are merely spirits like themselves, and have our opinions, just as they have theirs, and that we are mistaken in ours. Hence, we can tell them nothing, which will show them Truths that they do not know, or will give them Greater Happiness than they have.
When they notice the contrast in our appearance, that is; that we are so much more beautiful and bright than are they, they simply think that such beauty and brightness is a result of some Natural cause, and that we merely differ from them, as do one race of humans differ from another. They do not seem to think that there is anything in the contrast in our appearance that is caused by any Higher Spiritual condition, than what they have. This is the great stumbling block in the way of their becoming interested in the conditions which we have, and which should urge them to investigate and learn the True Cause for the same. Hence, I say, that you may do them some good in this regard. For you are a third person, and should call their attention to the great contrast, and tell them the Cause, as you understand it. What you say would probably make some impression on them, and cause them to make inquiry. Once they commenced this, then would come our opportunity to lead them into the Light of The Great Truth of the Divine Love of the Father.
Well, I have digressed from what I intended to write, but it is just as well. For All the Truths of God are important, to both mortals, and spirits. I am very happy in my home in the Celestial Spheres of the Father. I am trying to progress to those Higher. So let me assure you of the Truths of what you have had written to you by your band and others of God's Redeemed Spirits.
I thank you for this opportunity and will come again sometime.
Your own True brother in Christ, George Washington.
August 12th, 1915
I am here, Salaalida.
I am a Moslem. I lived in the time of the crusaders, and helped to defend Jerusalem from the Christians. I was an officer of high rank. A general, who was known among my own countrymen for my prowess in battle. I merely want to tell you now that I am a Lover of All Humankind. I know no difference between the Christians and the Moslems. All are God's Children, and are the Objects of His Love, and of my Love. For I am a Lover of God.
I am an inhabitant of the highest Mohammedan Heavens. I am very happy and satisfied with my Spiritual condition. I am still a follower of the Prophet, who lives in our heavens, and still teaches the Truths of the Father, Allah.
I have no criticism to make of the Christians. I believe that they are also followers of God, in the way that their Jesus taught. I cannot yet believe that his teachings are the only Truths of the Father. He and his followers live in a different Sphere from our Sphere. Those whom I have met seem to be happy and are very beautiful.
So while I was once an antagonist of the Christians, and hated them with all the hatred that my religion taught me to hate, yet now I see that hatred is not a thing which God recognizes as being a part of the Faith, or practices of His True Followers.
I came merely to tell you this, and to inform you that Love is the Ruling Principle of the Spiritual World where I live. By Love, I mean Love for God, and for my fellowman. This is the only Love that I know of. I find it sufficient for my happiness.
I do not know what you mean by the Divine Love. It cannot be anything more than the Love which we have for God. Well, I must stop now, and will say goodnight.
Your friend, Salaalida.
August 12th, 1915
I am here, Selim, the Sultan.
I came to tell you that I am also happy in my paradise, which my God has prepared for me. I am no longer a hater of the Christians, but Love all humans, as I believe.
I do not mean that I think all humans are following the Truths of God in their lives, or that they believe in God, in a way that will enable them to reach the happiness, which He has provided for them. Nevertheless, they are His Children. I Love them as one brother should Love another.
I will come to you at some time, tell you of our paradise, and our lives here.
I will say goodnight and God Bless you.
Selim.
August 12th, 1915
I am here, Aaron.
I was a prophet, the brother of Moses, and the priest of the tabernacle. I was a very powerful man when on Earth, and taught the Children of Israel the Truths of God.
I will not write more tonight as you are sleepy. I will come again later.
Yes, she is here.
I will say goodnight.
August 13th, 1915
I am here, Latimer.
I was the martyr who was burned at the stake because of my belief in God, and in salvation by Faith and works, as taught in the Scriptures. My name was Latimer, Hugh.
I merely come to tell you that I am now a happy spirit and an inhabitant of the Father's Celestial Kingdom. I live in the Celestial Heavens. I am a follower of the Master, as I was on Earth.
No, I do not now worship him as God. That false doctrine I believed when on Earth. Now I know that there is only One God to be worshiped, and that Jesus is His most exalted son. I was surprised, I must confess, when I entered the Spirit World and did not enter heaven, and see God on His throne and Jesus sitting on His right hand. It was not long before I understood the Truth. Jesus came to me himself, and explained that he was not God, and that I must not worship him as such. We who Love God as followers of Christ adore the Master as our great teacher and elder brother.
When I first entered the Spirit World, I found myself in the Second Sphere, among spirits of brightness and Love. After a little while, I entered the Third Sphere, where Love is more abundant. Then, as my soul became filled with this Divine Love and my errors of belief left me, I progressed from Sphere to Sphere, until I arrived where I am now living. I thank God for His Divine Love and Mercy.
I do not think the fact that I died a martyr to my beliefs had any effect in enabling me to reach a Higher Sphere than I would otherwise have entered. Not the manner of my death determined my place in the Spirit World, but the development of my soul qualities did. If I had a belief in what I thought were Truths, which were not really Truths, and that belief proclaimed and persisted in had caused my being put to death, you can readily see that the mere fact that I died for the sake of that belief would not have in any way helped my Soul Development in the Real Truth. So the mere fact that I died a martyr for the Real Truth, did not help me in obtaining a place in the Spirit World that I would not have obtained had I died a natural death with the same beliefs. The manner of a human's death does not determine anything. The manner of their living, and the development of their soul qualities, are what determines where they shall live in the Spirit World. Of course, the death of the martyr will sometimes Awaken soul qualities, or conceptions that might not otherwise have been Awakened. Thereby increase the martyr's Love for the Father. In this way, such a death may help them in their progress to Higher Things. As I say, the Soul Development fixes the first home of the spirit. I mean the development at the time of passing over.
My dear brother I must stop now. I will come again some time and write you.
Yours in Love, Hugh Latimer.
August 13th, 1915
I am here Grover Cleveland.
Let me write just a line. I am a man who when on Earth was prominent in the affairs of the nation, and who, when I became a spirit, realized that my prominence on Earth did not help me one particle in my soul's happiness, or in finding a home where goodness and congenial spirits live.
I was not a very religious man, in the sense of Soul Development, although I attended church quite regularly, and gave the appearance of being a Christian.
I realize now that something more than mere attendance in church is necessary, to the development of the True Christian character, or to fit a spirit to inhabit the Heavenly Places in the Spirit World.
I was Grover Cleveland. It is not necessary to tell you what my official position was, as I passed over so recently that all the citizens of my country know. I do want to say that if had I observed God in spirit and Truth, as I tried to serve my country and its interests, I would not now be in such an unhappy condition as I am. I am in the Earth plane. I am in darkness and suffering. I am very unhappy.
I am led to believe by my training when a boy, that I must stay where I am, but when I think on the matter in a reasoning way, it does not seem to me that a Just God would impose "Eternal Punishment" upon me for the sins I committed in the short Earth Life that I lived.
I am surrounded by many spirits who are in a similar condition to my own. Who were not especially wicked humans when on Earth, yet the recollections of the sins and evil deeds, which they committed while on Earth, seem to be sufficient to keep them in this darkened condition with accompanying suffering.
Yes, I find among these darkened spirits, a great many of my old political friends, as well as my political enemies. Sometimes we talk over the affairs and Life of the past, and unanimously conclude that the lives we led were not worth the fame or prominence that we attained to. That it was all vanity, and that we sacrificed our future happiness, for the enjoyment of the moment. What a farce it all was. Except, as we did some good to our country. It is too late now to wish to undo these things. What we are now doing, and what we may do in the future, are the things that interest us now. Some of us say that our condition is not fixed, and that in the future we will be relieved of this darkness and suffering, and see the Light of a happier life, among better surroundings, and in the association of better spirits. But none of us know the way to find this relief, or to bring ourselves to this Light.
Of course, most of us know what the Bible teaches on this subject. Most of us believe that it teaches us that our time of probation was while we were on Earth, and that now we must remain as we are until the great judgment day.
Well, as you say, it does seem strange that we should have such belief. Let me tell you, that when the mortal becomes a spirit, they find that all the importance of their Earth Life, and the self-conceit and self-independence leaves them. They realize that they are a very insignificant person, and that their self-independence is a myth, and that they are the most helpless creature in all the Universe. Such is my experience. Having nothing upon which I can stand as a fixed Foundation of Truth, I naturally go back to my childhood beliefs, and they become a part of my existence.
I have met some spirits who claim that there is Redemption for me, and a Way to get out of my present condition. I did not think that they knew any more about it than I do. Hence I never paid much attention to them.
As you remind me, if Jesus went into the hells to preach to the lost souls in prison, he would not have gone there for that purpose, unless he could have done them some good by his preaching. I had not thought of this before. I will think of it now, and attempt to find some consolation in it.
You also say that you know that there is just as much probation for me in my present condition, as there was for me when on Earth. Now how do you know this? Of course, you can speculate. That will not satisfy me, as I can speculate also. I want facts. Do you know of any spirits who were in my condition and who have been relieved of their darkness and sufferings? If you can show me that you do, then I will commence to hope.
I remember of hearing of Mr. Riddle while I lived in Washington. I should like to meet him as a spirit, especially in view of what you say his condition, and experience, as a spirit were.
I see some spirits here who are very beautiful. They say that they are of your band, and that are working for the Redemption of spirits who are in darkness and suffering. One is especially glorious in her beauty and brightness. She says that she is your grandmother, and that she has heard what I have written, and is willing and anxious to show me The Way to Light and Happiness, if I will permit her to do so. Why should I not? What a glorious beauty hers is. How Love seems to flow from her very being! I will accept her invitation, and not wait longer to find relief. So I want to thank you for your kindness.
I will go with your grandmother. I will come to you again. If I find the relief that I so much need, I will thank you with all my heart for your kindness in having permitted me to write to you.
I will say goodnight.
Your friend, Grover Cleveland.
August 13th, 1915
I am here, Saul, the Jewish King. Yes, I was here once before and wrote you. I am now an Angel of God, an inhabitant of His Celestial Heavens.
I merely want to say that you are doing a good work in helping the unfortunate spirits. I tell you that your influence with them seems astonishing. Why this is so, I don't know, unless they feel that you are nearer to them by reason of being in the flesh, and more interested in them, than are the spirits of a Higher Sphere who come to them sometimes and try to help them.
Well, you must keep up this good work, for it is a good work, as you are helping the Master more than you realize. Your reward when you come over will be the gratitude of many of these darkened spirits.
I do not work very often in the Earth Plane, as my work is among the spirits of the Higher Spiritual Heavens. Occasionally, I am sent to Earth Plane, and try to help mortals, as well as spirits.
Since I have first written you, I feel much interested in your work, and in the great powers that are behind you. As you know, the greatest spirit of all is Jesus. He is more interested in having you do his work than you can conceive of. We are all interested in his cause, and feel that whenever we can come to you and encourage you, or in any other way help you, it is our delight to do so.
I must not write more now.
Call me Brother Saul, for we are brothers in Christ. Well, as you are not of my time when on Earth, I cannot say how you would have been treated had you done the same work then. I suppose that you would have been called a witch, as was that good woman of Endor in her time.
Thank God, the people are more enlightened now, and will soon recognize the fact that a good medium is one of the greatest gifts of God to suffering humanity. The time will come when mediums will be looked upon, as were the prophets of old by the Jewish people, but without having the ingratitude of the people visited upon them, as it was visited at times on these old prophets.
I must stop. So, goodnight, your brother, Saul.
August 13th, 1915
I am here, Leetelam.
I was a Tartar, lived in Tibet, and died nearly four thousand years ago.
I was a Brahman, and was a priest of the temple and the chief of the brothers of sacrifice. In my day, we sacrificed human beings to appease the wrath of our god. They, the most beautiful, and virgins, so that our god would have a sacrifice that had never been defiled by man. This was one of the chief tenets of our religion. Was observed with all the strictness and pomp that we, who were fanatical in our beliefs, could give the occasion of the sacrifice. Many a beautiful victim, just emerging into the full flower of her youth, was made to suffer a cruel death in order, as we supposed, to save the rest of us from the wrath of our god, who was always hungry for blood and the cries of his human victims. This sacrifice was one of the chief ceremonies of our religion. We believed in the necessity for it, just as you Christians believe in the necessity for prayer. When we, the priests who performed the act, which consummated the sacrifice, had performed our duties, we considered that we had obeyed the will of god, and that he was pleased with our great act of devotion and worship.
No rank or position could save the victim from the sacrifice, when once the priests had selected that victim. The parents of such victim were taught, and believed, that it was a great honor to have their young daughters chosen as brides for the great god, who was not satisfied unless he could have the most beautiful and virtuous maidens for his brides of death.
Since I have become a spirit, and learned some of the Truths of the Spirit World, and that Love, not sacrifice, is required by God, all these evil deeds that I, and the others, performed in the name of our religion, have become to me monstrous and shocking. For many long years after I had learned the Truth, the recollections of these deeds caused me to suffer the tortures of the damned. The fact, that I at the time, thought that I was performing a duty did not assuage my suffering, or relieve my darkness.
Truth is Truth! Every violation of its demands must be atoned for, no matter if the intention at the time of committing these violations, is supposed, or believed, by the actor to be in accordance with the Truth. No belief, if it violates Truth, will excuse.
As on Earth, ignorance of Law excuses no one for their acts done in violation of Truth. So in the Spirit World, ignorance of the Truth will not excuse deeds committed in violation of that Truth. Every cause must have its effect. No God interposes to prevent that effect from following the cause.
Now that I have been Awakened to the Truth, I see, with the perceptions of not only a clarified intellect, but of the soul, that no act or deed done in the name of religion actually believed in, will be excused because of the fact that it was done for the sake of that religion. I am now in the Nirvana of the Brahmans. I am very happy. My soul has been purified by the long years of suffering and discipline. I Love God, and my fellow human. My Sphere is high up in the Spirit World. Just what its location is, I cannot tell you. There are no Christians, or other sects, in my Sphere, although, I see them at times and converse with them.
I came here because I was travelling in this Earth Plane, and saw a bright light, which is unusual in this Plane. It led me to you. I found that you were receiving communications from spirits. I listened to some of the messages, and concluded that I would write also, if I could have the opportunity. After the dark spirits left you, I commenced this writing.
I did not know English when I lived. You must know, that the advanced spirits who have been in the Spirit World for many years, have not let the years go by without study and investigation. I understand most all the languages of Earth. So do most of the ancient spirits. This, for the purpose of being able to understand what the peoples of all lands may think and say. Our work is to help humankind, and spirits, whenever we can.
Well, I will not write more tonight.
I hear what you say, and cannot understand you. If there be such a Supreme Happiness, as you speak of, I should like to possess it. I will accept your invitation, and attend your writings on Wednesday night.
So with my best wishes and kind regards, I am, your friend, Leetelam.
August 15th, 1915
I am here, Jesus.
I was with you tonight at the meeting of the Christians. I saw that you were thinking of several things that I had written, and wanted to tell the preacher of my Truths. Of course, you could not. He took a bit from the Bible, which I am credited with having uttered. I did, but I did not mean exactly what he explained it to mean, when I said; "he that liveth and believeth on me shall never die". I meant; that the human, whose soul was not dead to sin, and believed in the Truths that I had disclosed, that is; that God's Divine Love was waiting to enter into and fill their soul with its Divine Essence and Substance, that means by prayer and Faith received that Divine Love, they should never die. That is; they would become Immortal, as God is Immortal.
No mere belief in me, as Jesus the human, or as the Son of God, is sufficient to give a human Eternal Life. For while they must believe that I was sent by God to proclaim the Great Truth; that He had again Bestowed on human the possibility of obtaining this Divine Love by their prayers and Faith, yet unless they believed this, and became the possessor of this Divine Love, they could never claim Eternal Life.
I wish that the preachers would pay more attention to the Truths, which I taught. That is; those Truths, which showed humans the Fathers Divine Love waiting to be Bestowed, and The Way to obtain it, thanks to my personality.
I, Jesus, as the son of human, or of God, do not save any human from their sins and make them One with the Father, but the Truths, which I taught, and which were taught me by the Father, are the things that save.
I Know, that the preachers attempt to explain these things by the light of the Bible, as they understand that light. So often, it is so obscured, that instead of preaching from light, they preached from darkness.
For these reasons, among others, I am so anxious to declare to you my Teachings of these Truths, so that the World may know what Truth is, and what the individual must do in order to attain Eternal Life, or Immortality. I will try, with all my power, to bring about this opportunity for your receiving my messages. I believe that very soon I will succeed. So believe in my Love, and my desire for your success.
Your brother in Christ, Jesus.
August 15th, 1915
I am here, St. John.
Well, there are some things in my gospel that do not seem to be very plain, and perhaps are contradictory. You must remember, that many of these writings were not mine, or written at my dictation. In the mutations of time, many things have been added to, and subtracted from, what I wrote, and as a consequence, the True and the untrue are mixed.
Well, it will be a very difficult task for you to make the distinction in simply reading, or even studying the Bible, for the tenor of the writings is the same. The only way that you can separate the True, from that which is not, is to wait until Jesus gives you his messages. Of course, we can help also in that particular.
Well, that was not the word, which he used. Because he never taught that, it was ordained by God that Judas should betray him. In fact, the death of Jesus was never a part of that, which the Father considered as necessary to the performance of his mission. Of course, it was certain that Jesus would die. But the manner of his death was not foreordained, as my Gospel written in your Bible declares. Judas was not a bad man, as he is depicted to be. His betrayal, as it is called, of the Master, was not for the purpose of gratifying any avarice that he might be supposed to have, or because of any jealousy, or desire to revenge a wrong. It was because he was impulsive, and (had) a belief in Jesus' powers and ability to overcome the Jewish leaders, in their fight to defeat the objects of Jesus' Mission. He thought he would be doing the Master, and his cause, a great benefit by having it demonstrated to these Jews that the Master could not be silenced, or harmed, by any act of theirs. It was really an act that grew out of his Love for, and belief in, the greatness of the Master's powers.
Well, I tell you that Jesus never said any such thing. He never even told us that one of us should betray him. I know, because I was there. If Jesus knew that Judas would betray him, he did not tell any of us at that time. We only knew it for the first time, when Judas actually committed the act. I do not believe that Jesus knew it before that time. In fact, he has told me that he was surprised at Judas' betrayal of him. So you must not rely on the Bible statement as to what occurred at that time.
Judas was the youngest of the disciples, and not so easily controlled in his impulses and acts, as he would have been were he older.
Yes, I know, but they are all based upon the same erroneous writings. For you must know, that these Gospels, as you have them, are not the originals written by those whose names they bear. Let not these things disturb your belief in the Essential Truths, which the Bible contains.
The trouble is that Jesus, as the individual, is given the prominence, which should be given to his teachings. He is displeased very much because of this. One of the great objects of his writing anew his Truths is to correct that error, and make the Truths, which he received from the Father, the prominent things. As you progress in your writings, you will see that this is the great object of which he shall write.
Well, I will tell you that you are in The Way to receive the Father's Divine Love in very great abundance. In fact, so much so, that you will realize that you are One with the Father.
I see that you, at present, have some difficulty in your way. They will soon disappear and leave you free to do this great work. So my advice is to believe in the Master, and pray to the Father. You will soon be a much happier man.
When on Earth, I was a married man. In my family, the mother of Jesus lived until her death. She, Mary, lives near me. She is a beautiful spirit and filled with the Divine Love of the Father. You must not suppose that because she was the mother of Jesus, she has any more exalted position than she otherwise would have had. Family ties do not determine anything in the Higher Spheres; the Soul Development is the criterion. Many spirits are living in Higher Spheres than Mary.
I will not write more now. Your brother in Christ, John.
August 17th, 1915
I am here, Samuel, the Prophet.
I am the prophet who came to you before and wrote. Tonight, I want to tell you of the Wonderful Things, which God has prepared for His Redeemed Children in the Celestial Spheres, where only those who have received the New Birth can enter.
In these Celestial Spheres, are homes made of the most beautiful materials that can be imagined, which are of a real and permanent character, and not subject to decay or deterioration of any kind, and which are made without hands, but by the Soul's Development, and the Divine Love, which each spirit possesses.
These homes are furnished with everything that is suited to make the inhabitants happy and contented. Not one element of inharmony has any abiding place therein. Every home has its library, and the most beautiful furniture, paintings and wall coverings. Also rooms that are devoted to the various uses that a spirit may need them for. The music is sublime beyond conception. There are all kinds of musical instruments, which the spirits know how to play. As you may not suppose, every spirit has the ability to sing, and there are no voices that are out of tune with the surroundings and with the other voices. Every spirit has music in their soul. Every spirit has the vocal qualities to express that music.
Couches for repose are provided. Running fountains and beautiful flowers of every hue and variety. Lawns the most beautiful and green. Trees are in abundance, and are planted in the most artistic manner, so that they are in Harmony with the surrounding landscape.
The light that comes to our homes is of such a kind that I cannot describe it, and can only say that with it, and in it, are the most soothing and wonderful influences that spirits can conceive of.
All these things and many more are provided by Our Loving Father for the Happiness of His Children. Above all is this, the Wonderful Divine Love of the Father, which is always with us, and which fills our souls to overflowing, and keeps us in one continuous state of Happiness, Peace and joy.
All these things are freely given to us, and with them, the Knowledge that we are a part of the Father's Divine Being, and have, beyond the possibility of losing it, the Immortality, which Jesus brought to Light when he came to Earth.
I have been in these Celestial Heavens many years. I know whereof I speak. When I tell you of these things, I do so that you, and All Humankind, may know that these delights may be yours and theirs, if you will only let the Divine Love of the Father enter your souls and take complete possession of it.
Well, as to our social enjoyments, we are so Loving, one to the other, that nothing arises, as on Earth, to cause one the slightest jar in our Wonderful Harmony. We visit one another, and give our experiences of the Love Life that we lead. We have music, and interchange thoughts about our continuous progress, and our work in the Spirit World. Every spirit in our Sphere may visit every other spirit, and know that the door is always open and a warm welcome awaiting them.
I cannot tell you of all these Wonders, because there are no words that will convey our meanings. Your capacity to understand is limited by your mental boundaries. Hence, I am at a disadvantage. This I can tell you, and that is; that some day, if you get the Divine Love in your soul in sufficient abundance, you will see and understand for yourselves what God has in store for you. It was truly said; "That no eye has seen, or mind conceived, the Wonderful Things that await the True Child of the Father."
No, there are no streets of gold, or walls of jasper, or any of these material things that John made use of in his Apocalypse to describe the City of God. They were merely used as symbols. They did not express the Wonders of our homes.
I will not write more tonight, but will come again sometime and tell you of things that are of more importance than a description of our homes.
With all my Love, I am, your brother in Christ, Samuel.
August 17th, 1915
St. Jerome.
I came to tell you that I am an inhabitant of that Celestial Kingdom, which Samuel has so inadequately described. That is the Kingdom of Jesus, and of course, of the Father.
You may not know anything about me, but I was canonized many centuries ago by the church, because it thought that I had done the church so much good by my writings and discourses on things religious. I must confess now, that when I wrote, I expressed as truths, many things, which I now see were not True. I would like to be able to correct all these errors in my writings, but I cannot.
So I will tell you in a few words, that the Truths of the Master, which are the Truths of God, must not be sought for in my writings. Or, even in those of his disciples, as contained in the Bible. Because of the many errors that therein exist. Not because the disciples, and those to whom they conveyed these Truths, did not write them correctly, but because the Bible, as now written, is not the same in many important particulars, as what the disciples wrote. Hence, Jesus knowing this is so anxious that the World shall receive these Great Truths again, through his written messages.
I am trying my best to help the cause, which he is advocating. I am one of the spirits behind you, who are trying with all their spirit powers to direct you aright and enable you to receive the Truths.
I am in a Celestial Sphere very high up in the Heavens. I cannot otherwise describe its location. These Spheres are not numbered after the first few, because then they interblend so that there is no lines of demarcation.
I am not so high up as are the disciples, and many others who are followers of the Master. The ancient spirits, such as Moses, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are in Higher Spheres. They are not so exalted as are Jesus' apostles and disciples. As I am informed, many spirits who came to the Spirit World, since Jesus came.
I will not write more tonight, but will thank you, and say goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, St. Jerome.
August 20th, 1915
I am here, St. Paul.
I merely want to write about the Truth of the New Birth. Because I (was said to) speak, or rather, it is written, that the blood of Jesus saves humans from condemnation, sin and death.
This is not True. I never wrote such declarations of what purports to be True. Jesus did not save humans by his death, or sacrifice. As I am informed now, and learned when on Earth, he never claimed that his blood or sacrifice saved humans. I hardly see how that could be so, because the blood did not have any efficacy to affect the condition, or Spiritual Development of humans. His death could not help humans to become Redeemed from any condition of evil, or defilement, that they might be in. Hence, there can be no possible connection between his blood, or sacrifice, and the (spiritual) condition of humans, whether good or bad.
I know, that it is claimed that the blood of Jesus tended to appease the wrath of God towards humans, as did his death. This presupposes that God had a wrath against humans, and that only blood and death could satisfy it. What a barbarous assumption!
God was never a God of wrath! Always a God of Love. Humans can come to Him in reconciliation through Love only, not through any sacrifice. Jesus never taught this doctrine of sacrifice, and does not now. But repudiates it, and says that it is a doctrine that is doing his cause, and the Salvation of Humankind, a great harm.
If humans will only think for a moment, they will see that the only relation between God and human is that which arises from the soul's condition. God, as I said, is Love. For human to be At-One with Him, human must become Love. I mean that their soul must be filled, or permeated, with this Divine Love, to such an extent, that it will become impossible for anything that is not of Divine Love to be in, or remain a part of, their soul.
I do not mean that it is necessary for humans to obtain this Divine Love, in order to live and enjoy a happiness, which is far above the happiness that they have on Earth. For that would not be True. God has given to human a Natural Love, which when enjoyed in all its intended Purity is sufficient of itself to make humans comparatively happy. This Natural Love does not make human a part of God's Oneness, or enable them to partake of the Divine Essence of the Father. This Oneness, is absolutely necessary for humans to become reconciled to God, as Jesus taught.
So, while the large majority of humans may never become reconciled, in the sense that I have mentioned, yet they will be able to enjoy this inferior happiness in the Spirit World. To such a degree, that no sin or evil will be permitted to mar it.
A small minority will become reconciled to God, and enjoy the Superior Happiness, which such reconciliation will bring to them. They will be, in their Nature and Substance like the Father. Having His Divine Essence and partaking of His Immortality. This reconciliation can only be obtained by what is called the New Birth, which comes to humans, not by reason of any power, or effort on their part only, but by the operations of the workings of the Holy Ghost, the Instrument of God in bringing about this New Birth. Yet human has their part to perform also, in this great renewal of their Spiritual Being (soul). They must open their soul to the inflowing of this Divine Love, and must pray to the Father for the inflowing of the Holy Ghost. With their prayers, must believe that the Father is waiting to Bestow It (the Divine Love). Without the desire on the part of human to receive this Divine Love with prayer and Faith, it will not come to them. For God never forces any human soul to a New Birth against their will.
I tell you this because in my opinion this is the One Great Important Truth of the Mission of Jesus on Earth. The one that human beings should understand and try to comply with.
I know now, as I never knew on Earth, the full meaning of this Truth. I thank God all the time for His Goodness and Mercy.
Only those who receive this New Birth become Divine Angels. All other spirits remain mere spirits. Subject to all the changes and conditions that belong to spirits. For there is nothing fixed, as to those who may remain mere spirits, any more than there was in the case of the First Man and Woman. We know now that changes may take place, in the conditions of these spirits, during the Workings of God's Plans.
Many humans may, even when they know of the things that I have written, be content to remain mere spirits, and live their Spiritual Lives in the happiness, which their Natural Love gives them. It seems to me, that all humans, if they will think a little, and understandingly, will seek for the Greater Love, Happiness and Immortality.
I wanted to write this tonight, for I see that some of the teachings of my Epistles may tend to lead humans astray, on this most important question, as to what saves them from their sins and reconciles them to God. I will not write more tonight, but will come at times and write you in regard to the various Spiritual Truths of this Celestial Kingdom
I will say goodnight, your brother in Christ, Paul.
August 20th, 1915
I am here, Selim.
I was the first Mohammedan Sultan of that name. I want to write you for a while, if you do not object.
I have listened to what Paul wrote. Some things that he said I do not understand. I mean the difference between the spirit who receives, what he calls the New Birth, and the spirit who has only their Natural Love.
I know that I have a Love for God and a Love for my fellow human, and that I am very happy, and do not desire greater happiness, and have surroundings that I cannot conceive can be excelled in their beauty and desirability.
I know nothing of the other love, and fail to comprehend how there can be any other love than the one which God has given us. This love, in varying degrees we all have, and according as we possess it and have become freed from the sins and errors of Life, I mean the Earth Life, are we happy.
Our Prophet, may Allah Bless him, never taught us of any other love than the one I speak of. I do not believe he knows of any other love.
I confess that my curiosity is excited to learn just what Paul means by his Doctrine of the New Birth. I shall make the effort to find out. Of course, I will have to have something more than his mere statement, or even the statement of all the Christians, to cause me to believe in the Reality of this Doctrine. I feel that there may be some Truth in it. If so, I want to learn it.
I will not write more tonight, but will with your permission do so later.
I will say goodnight and God Bless you. Selim.
August 20th, 1915
I am here, Aleyabis.
Let me write. I have been listening to those who have preceded me. I am interested in what they have said.
I know nothing about this New Birth. Although I have lived in the Spirit World a long time, and in great happiness, yet I have never before heard of the Doctrine.
I feel like the Turk, in that, if there be any Truth in this Doctrine, I would like to learn what it means. Of course, to learn I will have to make investigation. To do so, I must get a starting point. If you can show me how I may come in contact with anything that may assist me in my investigation, I will be obliged to you.
I am a Persian, and was named Aleyabis. I lived four thousand years ago. I was, and am, a follower of Zoroaster, the divine teacher of God. I am living in the Highest Spheres where the followers of our teacher live. We are not in the same Heaven with the spirits of other beliefs, but have a Heaven all to ourselves, although I sometimes come in contact with spirits from these other Heavens.
Sometimes, I come in contact with the Christian spirits, and talk to them. We do not discuss our doctrines, because we each, so firmly believe in the Truth of our respective beliefs, that no good would come of any discussion, as to their relative merits.
I see a great many spirits around you. Some are very beautiful and bright. More so than I have seen before, and seem to have much Love in their being.
She is here, and says she will be pleased to show me The Way to start in my investigations. I will accept her kind offer.
I will come to you again sometime and tell you the result of my investigation.
Your friend, Aleyabis.
August 23rd, 1915
I am here, Jesus.
I am glad that you are feeling better tonight. I see that you will soon be in condition to take my messages again. Then I will be ready to write you more of my Truths.
The messages that you have been getting from the spirits of those who have lived in the Spirit World for a long time, all go to confirm the Truth of my writing to you, and of the Reality of the New Birth, and the necessity of humans getting this New Birth in order to become Immortal.
So I think that these messages will work a great confirmation of what I write. For that purpose, you have been permitted to receive them, and they to write to you. I thought, that considering the fact that humans will be so loath to believe what I write through you, that it is wise that all these spirits should write.
I will not write more tonight, but will have you prepare to soon take another of my messages. I will rewrite the message that I last wrote you, as it is not entirely satisfactory.
Well, that is a subject upon, which I will write you fully later. I can only give you a satisfactory explanation of that question in a message that will require me to write longer than I can tonight. So, wait until then.
I will stop now and say that you will soon be in the condition that we both desire you to be in. I give you my blessings and Love.
Your friend and brother, Jesus.
August 23rd, 1915
I am here, the man who had the ponderous mind, as you called him.
Since writing to you last, I have had a great experience. The result is; I see what a damned fool I must have appeared to all of you at the time. I wrote, and because of the manner I wrote in, I now see that I was really an ignorant man, and that I was learned in only what I did not know. That is; in my egregious conceit, that what I did not know was not worth learning. Since that time, I have really had my eyes opened. My mental powers awakened to the fact that I was just on the border land of learning what is here for me to learn.
I have had the benefit of association with members of your band, and with many other intelligent spirits. I have learned that there are several Spheres, higher than that in which I live. That they can be obtained only by progress in knowledge and mental acquirements. Some of these spirits have shown me Truths of the Spirit Life that I never conceived of, and taught me Laws governing this Spirit World that I never heard of.
I must have been very stupid, as well as hide bound. I do not wonder that you all, in a kind of derision, called me the man with the ponderous mind.
I am now in the Second Sphere. I am studying the Laws of the Universe, and other needful things, under the supervision of competent and learned teachers. I have studied also those things which tend to enlighten me of things Spiritual. Your friends, who first took me in hand, have helped me very much. Especially your grandmother, who seems not only so beautiful, but to be so filled with Knowledge. She is a wonderful spirit. Her teachings have helped me beyond all comprehension.
I have not yet been able to quite believe what she tells me about the New Birth, and the Divine Love of the Father. Although, when I meet these spirits who claim to have received this New Birth, I have to think that there is something in it, for they are all so much more beautiful and bright than are we who have not believed in it.
I am seeking the Light though, and that which will show me that there is some Reality in this Doctrine, I shall not hesitate to seek further, and accept it for my own salvation.
I came tonight merely to tell you that I am no longer the man with the ponderous mind in my own conceit, and that I am a very humble student of the many things of which I had no knowledge, or experience.
I will not write more tonight, and will say Goodnight, your friend.
August 23rd, 1915
I am here, Judas Iscariot.
I came tonight because I want to tell you of just what my condition and expectations were when I betrayed Jesus, which resulted in his crucifixion.
I was a very enthusiastic lover of the Master, and believed thoroughly in his teachings and his power, and did not believe that the Roman soldiers could take him away from where we were, if we did not permit it to be done. As a consequence, I was anxious that Jesus should show his great power, and demonstrate to the Jews that he was a True Son of God, with power over humans and devils.
I never betrayed him for the money that I received, for it was not sufficient to pay for one moment of happiness, which I have lost because of my act in betraying the greatest spirit in all God's Kingdom. I see that you are too sleepy to write more tonight. I will come again and tell my story.
So goodnight, Judas.
August 24th, 1915
I am here, Jesus.
I merely want to say that the book you have been reading is one that shows that Spiritualism is an established thing in this World of Mortals. It is beyond doubt that spirits and mortals communicate, and that spirits know just what mortals are doing on Earth, and bow to influence them in their Loves and actions.
Well, that is the very reason why I am communicating to you these Truths, for as you say, they were never before communicated to any mortal. Well, because no medium was fitted to receive them, and the World was not in condition to believe as it is now. All this was a part of God's Plan to bring about a Salvation of Humankind.
If these Truths had been communicated at the time of the occurrence that you read of in that book they would have been received with incredulity even by the Spiritualists themselves. So the date for the communication of these Truths was postponed, until we saw that mortals were ready to receive these Truths, which is now.
I have read some of it. It is more the imagination of spirits who attempted to impress the believers in Spiritualism with the idea that it was true and contained a true account of the creation of the world since. But it is not True. Has never been received as True by the people. Will not be so received, but will soon be forgotten.
My writings will contain only the Truth. Those Truths must be received and accepted by humans, for in them is the Eternal Happiness, or otherwise, for humankind. So you need not fear that they will not be received.
The power that is behind the present moment, to Spiritualize the World, will not fail. It will be accomplished through my messages, which are being delivered through you.
You will not pass over until my messages shall be fully declared to the World. Neither will your mental faculties be impaired, but rather increased. With all this, will be given you power to do many wonderful things, which will cause humans to think and believe in what you may give to the World, as Truth coming from me.
I cannot write more.
Your friend and brother, Jesus.
August 24th, 1915
I am here, Saint John.
I merely want to say that what the Master says is True, and will soon triumph. You must believe, for faith is a wonderful help. I know that it seems a long way off to you, before you will get in condition to do these things, but it will not be long. All the powers of our Christian Spirit World is working to bring this about.
I am with you very often when you are least aware of the fact, and so are herds of others.
Well, he is subject to the same Laws, controlling communications, that the rest of us are. The powers had left him when he so stated. It is nothing that you should be astonished at, because you will find in the future that many times this power will exhaust itself.
You must not think that he is infallible in these things, which pertain to the working of the Laws governing the communications between spirits and mortals. We are all subject to them. Sometimes conditions arise that prevent the continuance of communications.
Yes, it is so, and you must not let the fact disturb you.
I will stop now.
Your brother in Christ, John.
August 24th, 1915
I am here, St. Luke.
I merely want to add my testimony to that of John, and to tell you that you must not doubt that the Master wrote you just because his powers to do so became exhausted.
I will not attempt to write more tonight.
No, the Bible is filled with errors. I never wrote many things, which are credited to me. Sometime I will tell you of them in detail.
I will keep my promise.
So goodnight, your brother in Christ, St. Luke.
August 28th, 1915
I am here, St. Luke.
Well, I came to tell you that you are not in such a condition of Faith, as will enable you to take my messages in a satisfactory way. I will not write as I expected, and give you some account of the errors and untruths that are in my Gospel. I am the one who first collected the different writings, or manuscripts, of the history of the times of the new testament, and of the sayings and doings of Jesus, and compiled them in one gospel.
The present gospel is not as I wrote it. Many things have been added, and a number extracted, from what I wrote, and what the truths are.
Tonight I will not attempt to tell you but will come again soon.
I know. I will tell you, with all my emphasis, that it was Jesus the Nazarene, and the person of that name around whom the New Testament centers. He is the same Jesus, and waits to write through you his messages to the World.
So you must believe, and listen to what He says. Try to do your best in receiving these messages, for they will be the Truths of God. I will stop now and say goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, St. Luke.
August 29th, 1915
Aman, the First Parent.
You do not believe me, I can see. I am whom I say. I want to tell you that I am now a follower of Jesus, and a Lover of God, and live in the Celestial Heavens, far up near where the Master lives.
I know it is hard for humans to believe that I am the father of all physical Humanhood, and that I can come and communicate with mortals. Jesus has rendered this possible in his opening the way for the Higher Spirits to communicate through you. You should feel specially blessed at having this great privilege, and feel that the Master has conferred on you a great favor, as he has.
Well, I have never before come to Earth to communicate with mortals. The experience being new, I find some difficulty in doing so. I will try to write a few more lines.
I, and my soulmate, lived in a Paradise, which God had given us, and were very happy until the Great Fall. We were so filled with the thought that we were all powerful and all wise, that we concluded that the obedience, which God had required of us, was not necessary for us to observe, and that if we only exerted our powers, we would be as great as He is Great, and would be able to obtain that Immortality, which He possessed. Alas the day. We were mere Creatures. Although, wonderful and beautiful, and we soon realized that fact.
The disobedience was in not waiting for God to Bestow upon us the Great Divine Love that would make us like Him in (Spiritual) Substance, as well as in image. We were like Him in our possession of souls, and also in the possibility of obtaining the Divine Love.
We disobeyed Him, in that we tried to make ourselves believe that we were as He Was, and that we need not submit further to His Decrees. We tried to make this belief a thing of reality. In our vanity, tried to appear as gods. As soon as we did this, the scales dropped from our eyes. We saw how naked and impotent we were.
God did not drive us from His Paradise. The Inexorable Laws of our Creation, and of the workings of His Will, showed us that no longer could we expect this Divine Love, which He said would make us Divine. So we became mere mortals, deprived of the Potentiality of obtaining this Divine Love. We had, thereafter, to become subject to all the appetites of the Natural human, and to work to satisfy these Natural appetites.
We continued to live in the same place as formerly, but no more could we be satisfied with the Spiritual food that had supplied our wants, and enabled us to subdue the appetites, which formed a part of our physical being. The physical then asserted itself. The spiritual became subjected to it. We became as mortals now are, and had to find our substance in Mother Earth. We were compelled to till the soil, and earn our living by work. I mean we had to work, in order to make the Earth supply us with food for our physical wants.
It was a bitter time of sorrow, but the Law had imposed its penalty. We were without power to relieve ourselves of that penalty, and had to live thereafter without the possibility of obtaining this Divine Love, and of having our Spiritual Natures reassert themselves over the physical, and subdue it.
When Amon and I were Created, there were no other human beings living on Earth. None came there to live, until we had sons and daughters, who intermarried and produced other sons and daughters. I cannot tell you how long ago our Creation was, but many thousand years before the coming of Jesus. I will not write more tonight, but will come again sometime and write.
Your brother in Christ, Aman.
August 29th, 1915
I am here, Jesus.
I was with you tonight. My spirit was in your heart, to an extent that made you feel its presence, and caused you to suffer somewhat physically. It was there to tell you that I was present, and that my Love was helping you to get nearer the Father and His Divine Love.
I know that the people who were worshipping me were not doing what I approve of, or like. But their hearts were turned to God. While they were making me the object of their worship, yet the Spirit of God was with them. The Workings of the Holy Spirit were in the hearts of very many of them, showing them the Divine Love of the Father, and the Truth of His Salvation.
They, of course, are mistaken when they talk about being saved by my blood. For my blood has nothing to do with their Salvation. As they have been taught this, I cannot expect that they will know the Real Salvation, which the Father has provided for them. Sometime they will know, that only the Divine Love of the Father saves from sin and error, and that not any blood of mine, or death on the cross, can save them.
Notwithstanding this false belief, these people, in their prayers actually aspire for the Divine Love of God. He Knows the longings of their hearts, and sends the Holy Ghost to fill them with this Divine Love, which makes them become very close to the Father, and makes them Happy.
So, while, as I say, I do not like the worship of me, yet the Truth of God's Divine Love enters into their souls. They become At-One with Him, to the extent that such Divine Love enters their souls.
I know that to you, with your enlightenment, it appears that they are making a great mistake in worshipping me and believing that my blood saves them. Yet, you must understand that while they make such mistakes, yet they are receiving the Divine Love, and that it is working to Redeem them from their sins and evil lives. So let not this error in their belief, make you think that I am not with them, or rather that the Christ Spirit is not with them, teaching them The Way to the Divine Love of the Father, and to the Great Happiness, which that Divine Love brings to them.
I know that the meeting did you great good, and opened up your soul to the inflowing of this Divine Love. Consequently, to a renewed Faith and trust, renewed Love for the Father, and belief in me.
Let this Divine Love in you increase. Pray to the Father for more Faith in His Promises, and for a greater inflowing of His Divine Love. Very soon, you will realize His Actual Presence in your soul, to an extent that will make you know that you are One with Him in Divine Love, and in the possession of the Divine Essence, that will cause all doubt to leave you, and give you a Faith, in which no doubt will appear.
I am glad you went to this meeting tonight. I hope you will go again. The influences attending it were helpful to you, and were from above.
Soon I will write again as I desire, if you will only pray more and trust more. You are thinking right. I will pray the Father for you. If you will only persist in your desires, and try to act in accordance with our prayers, you will succeed. For the Father will hear your prayers, and will help you to the fullest. In addition, I will be with you, and help you with my power and Love.
So do as I say. Above all have Faith in the Father, and trust me. I will not write more tonight, but will say that I will be with you during the week, and will help you in your Spiritual efforts.
So with all my Love, I am your Friend and Brother, Jesus.
August 29th, 1915
I, St. Clement, want is to write a few lines.
I have written you once before, and told you of some of the evils and errors of the church of which I was a member. Now I want to tell you, that in the distant future, that church will lose its power over the hearts of humans. Then it will go into decay, and finally disappear from the face of the Earth. It can never be reformed from within, because those who govern and control it, know nothing about the Real Truths of Salvation, and will never learn.
The dogmas of the church are too firmly fixed in their minds to ever permit the Truths to enter. Consequently, as these dogmas must be destroyed, with their destruction, the church will cease to exist as a church.
I am sorry that this will have to be. The Truths of God will prevail. Everything that is not in accord with them must be destroyed and cease to exist. I know that it (the church) will make a desperate effort to preserve its power and existence, but in vain. I am now working to bring about that consummation. So are all the Redeemed Christian Spirits, because we see that it is a mighty stumbling block to the reception of God's Truths by humans. Humans must be taught these Truths, and be saved from their sins.
Yes, there will be a church established. It will be a church of Christ. All humankind, in time, will come to unite with it, and worship the One True God, and believe on Jesus as His Great Messenger and Teacher, and not as God.
The name of that church I do not know. It will be one in which Faith in Spiritualism will obtain. All members will believe that spirit and mortal can commune.
I will write no more now, but say goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, St. Clement.
August 30th, 1915
I am here, Saint Paul.
I desire to tell you that I am very anxious to disclose to you what are the True Teachings of Jesus, and what errors my epistles, as contained in the Bible, possess.
I know now, that it may seem strange to you, that errors should have gotten into my epistles. But there are several reasons for their entrance. First, the Epistles, as they now, appear are not what I wrote. I mean many changes have been made in my writings. Second, when I wrote the Epistles, I did not know as much of the Truths of God as I do now. Thirdly, I was not such a believer in the Teachings of Jesus, as I am now. These are sufficient reasons why my Epistles should not be accepted, as containing all the Truths, or rather, that all they contain are Truths. There are apparent contradictions in these writings. If what is said were True, there would be no real contradictions.
I fully realize this great defect in my Epistles. I have tried hard to impress those who attempt to explain my sayings, as to the Real Truth, of what they attempt to explain, but with indifferent success.
Now I want to correct what is untrue, or not in accord with the Teachings of the Master. The only way in which it can be done, is by writing through you. Of course, I realize that you have a great work to do for the Master, and that most of your time and energy will be taken up by doing this work of the Master, and that every other communication must be subordinated to those of Jesus. Yet, I believe that you will at times, find time to take my messages.
Tonight, I will not attempt to write any message of these Truths. I will only say that I am much interested in your work, and will try to help you all I can. So I must stop.
No, no blood saves from sin. Only the Divine Love of the Father does this.
With much Love, I am your friend, St. Paul.
August 30th, 1915
Amon.
I am the First Mother of all the human race. I want you to know that before Aman and myself, no human beings ever existed. We were Created by God at the same time. We were ready, just after the moment of our Creation, to live the lives of Natural Beings, so that; there was no gradual growth on our part from any other Creature, or thing. I know it has been said that the First Human was not Created, but developed from some animal of the lower order, and as the process of evolution proceeded, this being became in the end a human, with all the wonderful organism and structure of their body. I want to tell you that this is not True.
When I was Created, I was as Perfect in my physical organism as I ever was afterwards, or as any man or woman ever became, from that time into the present. In fact, I believe, that at the time of our Creation we were more Perfect than humankind are now, because we had no physical ailments, no sickness, no deformity of any kind.
We were certainly were more beautiful in face and form than humankind now are, or have been for many long centuries. Besides, our bodies and organism lasted for longer years than do the bodies of humankind at this time. Before our fall, we were very happy in our conjugal Love, knew not troubles, or worries, of any kind, and never had anything to make us afraid, or draw us apart from each other, or from God, nor, until the great temptation came. Then because of our ideas of our greatness and power, and want of dependence on God, we fell. Never again were restored to our position of beauty and happiness that were ours in the beginning of our Lives on Earth.
So you must see that we were specially Created, and not evolved from any other thing.
Some humans now may marvel and wonder at the Bible description of the Creation of Human, and reject the description as the imaginings of a mind of romance, or imagery, and not True. I tell you now, that the essentials of this Creation, and the fall, are True. Of course the parts played by the apple, the snake and the devil are not True literally, but are symbolical of the Principles that entered into the temptation and fall.
Well, I was as much to blame as was Aman. I did not entice him, after I had the ambition to become immortal, without waiting until that time came when God would give us that Quality of His Own Nature. Our ambitions grew together. We discussed the matter of making the great effort between us. We acted as one, in trying to obtain this Great Immortality.
So the story in the Bible is not exactly True, just as far as I am concerned. I did not entice or seduce Aman to do the Great Wrong. Neither did he seduce me to enter into the effort.
All this is past. Many thousand years have gone by since our fall. We have suffered much, because of our First Sin. As you have been told, many thousands of years passed, since the time that we forfeited the Gift of Immortality, until it was restored, and made known to Humanity by Jesus, the Son of God. For he was the Son of God, as being a part of his Father's Divine Nature, he was Divine, and partook of those Qualities of the Father, which gave to him Immortality. Those who follow his teachings and receive the New Birth, will become Divine and Immortal also.
I must not write more tonight. Yes, I will. Now I will say goodnight.
Your sister, Amon.
August 30th, 1915
I am here, Aman.
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Yes. I want to correct what I wrote before, in this, that I never was a spirit who wanted to have merely Immortality as God was Immortal, but I also wanted to obtain the Power and Wisdom, which I saw that God possessed.
I thought that if I could obtain these Qualities, I would become a god, a co-equal with my Creator. Hence, the possessor of All the Universe, and of All Power and Knowledge that He had. My effort to realize my ambition, in these particulars, was a part of my Great Sin of Disobedience.
I thought it best to tell you this, so that my description of the Great Sin of Disobedience, would not be only a part of the Truth. I now know what an insignificant Creature I was, as compared to the Father. I also know that the Creation of Amon and me, was the Highest Creation in All the Universe of God.
The Great Mercy and Divine Love of the Father, notwithstanding my Great Sin, have placed me in the position and condition, which He Promised me at my Creation, and which I forfeited with such fatal consequences. You have a Privilege, which I was then deprived of, for so many long years. Your Happiness may be as great as mine is now, without having to wait the long and many years that I waited. No wonder that humankind worships Jesus as god, when we consider the Great Gift that he brought to them, and The Way to obtain It (the Divine Love of God).
I must not write more. Your brother in Christ, and Father in the flesh, Aman.
August 30th, 1915
I am here, John.
I merely want to say tonight that you must soon prepare to take messages, which the Master, and some other High Spirits, desire to write. Let your arrangements be such that you can take those messages, without any one being disappointed. For when you say that you will receive them, and then something comes up to prevent, the spirits feel that you have not interest sufficient. They are disappointed.
Well, that will be satisfactory. We will make our arrangements to comply with that understanding.
I know though that you have been in a condition of Love and soul during the past few days, and have realized that the Father has been close to you, and you have been happy. So continue to turn your thoughts to the Father and His Divine Love. You will find that there will come to you an increased Divine Love, and a Great Happiness. I feel that your Faith is growing, and that the rapport between us all is steadily increasing.
I did not intend to write more tonight, as we will all wait until the time that you have named.
Well, I have already told you that that Book (Revelation) was written as a kind of allegory. That now it is of no practical use, and should not be given much attention. Besides, it is not as I wrote it, for many interpretations, and additions, have been made. At any rate, it is of no importance. Humans lose much time in trying to solve, what they call its mysteries.
Well, Aman is a general term, which means first, or highest. When applied to human, it means the first, or highest Creation. As it is applied in Revelation to Jesus, it means the human who first received the Divine Love of the Father, after its Re-Bestowal.
I will come to you sometime and explain this matter more fully. Yes, they (Aman and Amon) came to you, and gave you their names, which were the names that they were called by after their Creation. They were both Created instantaneously. Became living souls in a moment, and did not grow from a germ by the slow process of evolution. Their story of the fall is substantially correct, as I have learned from them, and from the Master.
The names Aman and Amon are correct. Were known thousands of years ago to the early inhabitants of the Earth, and who descended from them.
The story of their fall was of course, known to their immediate descendants, and became known for some generations after their deaths, to their more remote descendants. After awhile the names became forgotten. But the substance of the story of their fall did not. There were, at one time, manuscripts showing the account of the fall. They disappeared long before the time of any of the present writings. Though, the story of the fall, with various changes and amendments, came down the ages, until the writers of the Old Testament incorporated such tradition in the Book of Genesis. Of course, Adam and Eve did not exist. Neither is the story as to their fall, True. It is only symbolical; in the way of showing that human once occupied an exalted and happy state, and by their own disobedience fell. With their fall, came the condition of evil and sin.
Well, I must not write more tonight. So remembering what you say, I am, your brother in Christ John. Apostle of Jesus.
August 30th, 1915
I am here, Jesus.
I come tonight, because I see that you are again praying to the Father for the inflowing of His Divine Love and for Faith. For a nearness to him that will make you Happy. I am glad of this new aspiration. I know that the Divine Love will come to you, and that your faith will be increased. Your trust in me will be established firmly, so that we can proceed with our work. So, I will soon come now, and write you another of my formal messages. I hope that thence we can go rapidly onward.
I have been with you today. I know what your feelings have been. How, in a way, you have had Faith that certain things would come to pass without knowing just why. You have not troubled yourself very much, and expected to secure them at the time needed. Well, I want to tell you that that is the kind of Faith that you should have, in reference too all the things that affect you both materially and Spiritually. Such Faith brings results! You will not be disappointed in your present Faith, for what you need will come to you this week. I am here, predicting a thing with certainty, as I see it. I do not think you will be disappointed. I know what you mean. We will help you. Only exercise your willpower. When you feel the temptation come to you very strong, utter a prayer to the Father for Help. You will receive it.
I am glad that you are in such condition of Harmony with the Father tonight, and that your Love for Him is so strong. With that Love will come Faith, that will be able to accomplish most anything that you may desire, and that the Father sees is best for you. Yes, you can ask those things, with the assurance that they will be pleasing to the Father, and will not be refused you.
I would like to write longer but I must stop now. I will tell you the next time that I write, about these two spirits who say they are the First Parents of the Human Race. I have not the time now. What I may say may be interesting to you, and to the World.
So, my dear brother, I will say goodnight. Your brother, Jesus.
August 30th, 1915
I am here, the spirit of one, who when on Earth was a believer in the divinity of Jesus, and in his being one of the three parts of the Godhead, co-equal with the Father, and with the Holy Spirit.
This belief I died in. As a consequence, when I came to the Spirit World, I was disappointed. Also surprised to find that Jesus is not God, but a spirit made like the rest of the inhabitants of that World, though infinitely more beautiful, and possessed in a very much larger degree of the Divine Nature (Divine Love) of the Father.
I did not believe that this was True, until a long time after I entered the Spirit World. My old beliefs clung to me. While I did not find myself in heaven, singing psalms, and playing on harps, as the Bible taught. Yet I was not very happy, and was not in much darkness. I settled down to the belief, that the state in which I found myself, was the one that I should probably remain in until the great day of judgment, and the general resurrection of those who had died.
After a while, I met spirits who said they were from a Higher Sphere, who told me that there is no such thing as a fixed state in the Spiritual World, and that the day of judgment is every day that I existed as a spirit. That if I chose to do so, I could progress out of my condition into Higher Spheres, where I would find more happiness and Light. Of course, I did not readily believe this, for my old beliefs stayed by me. I continued in my condition of hesitancy for a long time, until at last I had the good fortune to come face to face with the Master. Then I knew that my beliefs were wrong and erroneous. Such a beautiful, bright and Loving spirit, I had no conception of.
He told me that he was not God. That he was only a son of the Father. That I was a son also, and could obtain the Divine Love, just as he had obtained it, if I would only pray to the Father, and have the necessary Faith.
Since then, I have been praying. My old beliefs about Jesus being God, and the great day of judgment, and the resurrection of the dead at the last day, have left me. I am a free spirit, possessing the Divine Love of the Father, to a considerable extent. I am not so exalted and bright, and have not the soul development that your band have, but I am progressing, and know that the Divine Love of the Father is what we all, spirits and mortals, need to make us One with the Father, and partakers of His Divine Nature, and of Immortality.
I am a stranger to you. You must excuse my intruding. I so desired to write as I have, that when I saw the way open, I could not resist the temptation to write.
I am S. B. S. I lived in the City of New York, and died many years ago. I am in the Fifth Sphere. I am progressing. So thanking you, I will say, goodnight and God Bless you.
Your brother in Christ, S. B. S.
August 30th, 1915
I am here, Helen.
Well, my dear old Ned you must stop writing for tonight, as you have written a long time.
I am so glad that you are now in such good condition of Faith and Divine Love, and feel so close to God, and so near to the Master. It certainly is wonderful how he Loves you, and clings to you, and tries to help and influence you for good. We are all surprised at his Love for you. He does not seem to grow impatient that you sometimes seem not to care whether he Loves you or not. Such is his Great Love. Oh, my dear, you must Love him more, get closer to him, and trust him with all your heart and mind. I, your own Helen, tell you that he is with you very much, and Loves you more than you can possibly conceive to be True. He is trying to help you Spiritually. He will succeed.
Well she (Amon) was a beautiful and bright spirit, more so than most any of the spirits that I have seen from the Higher Spheres. She talked to me for a while, and told me that she was the First Mother, and that I was one of her children. She has a wonderful portion of the Divine Love, and seemed so grand and Loving to me, that I am inclined to believe her. I cannot tell you anything more about her, as I never saw her before. I heard the Master say that he would tell you sometime about her. You may get a great treat from him.
So goodnight, your Loving and True Helen.
August 31st, 1915
I am here, Amoulomol.
I was an inhabitant of a land that no longer exists, and is entirely forgotten by human history.
It was at the North Pole. I lived there when everything was beautiful, green and warm. Yes, thousands of years ago. I live in the Sphere where my people live. I am very happy with them.
I was a white man, and lived in a city where we had all conveniences and comforts.
So you do not believe me, but it is True.
I will do so. Goodnight.
August 31st, 1915
I am here, St. Camelia.
Yes, I was a catholic nun. I merely want to say that I am no longer a nun, or a catholic, but a Christian, Redeemed by the Father's Divine Love, and the teachings of the Master.
I lived in 1676 at Florence, Italy. I was canonized nearly a hundred years after my death. Yes, in the Romish church history. I am now in the Celestial Heavens, where are those who have received the New Birth.
I will not write more tonight. I merely wanted to write. I had never before written through mortals.
So I will say goodnight, your sister in Christ, St. Camelia.
August 31st, 1915
I am here, Saint Salatia.
I was a woman of Italy when on Earth. I was a great worker for the church, and was at the head of some of its institutions. After I died, I mean after I had been dead for a number of years, I was canonized. I died in 1689 in Milan. My name is among the saints of the Romish church.
I came merely to tell you that I am now in the Celestial Heavens and a follower of the Master. I have to say that when I first came to the Spirit World, I was in darkness and suffering because of my false beliefs. And, false Life as a teacher. It was only after I became an inhabitant of the Spirit World that I learned the Truths. Oh, the false teachings of the church, and its priests! There are many of them here in the Spirit World, who are still in darkness and torment, and who lived when I did on Earth. The reason is that they were so firm in their belief in the doctrines of the church, is that they have never been able to open their minds to the Truth. In fact, many of them will not listen to any teachings, but those, which they were taught on Earth.
Yes, I have tried to convince them of their errors, but they would not listen to me, thinking that I had been deceived, proselyted and was lost.
Well I am now very happy. I thank you for the opportunity of writing to you, as it is the first time that I have ever written to mortal human. I need not take up more of your time now, so will say goodnight, St. Salatia.
My name was Victorina Salatia, the daughter of an Italian nobleman. I was a single woman.
August 31st, 1915
I am here, St. Paul.
I was with you tonight at the meeting. I heard what the young man said about Perfection. I agree entirely with his ideas, and the application of the Truth to the lives of human beings.
He had the correct conception of what Perfection means. When he said that Perfection is a relative term, he spoke the exact Truth. No human can expect to have the Perfection of the Father in Quantity. But they may in Quality. For the Spirit of Truth, that enters into the soul of a human, in response to prayer and Faith, is a part of the Divine Nature (Divine Love) of the Father. The Divine Essence is the same. The Quality must be the same. Of course, no human can obtain It, to the extent of making them Pure and Holy as the Father is Pure and Holy. Even we, who live in the High Celestial Heavens, have not that Perfection, which the Father has. But let humans know, that even while on Earth, they can obtain this Inflowing of the Holy Spirit (Divine Love) in their hearts, to such an extent that sin and error will be entirely eradicated. This, I say, is possible. But few humans attain to such a State of Perfection, because the Worldly affairs, and Natural appetites, which belong to mortals, are always interfering to prevent the makings of the Holy Spirit in human's souls, so that Perfection of this kind may take possession of them. Notwithstanding this great difficulty, and material desires of humans, they should have this Perfect Ideal before them always, and strive to obtain the possession of It.
I was much interested in the discourse, not only because it was founded on a text attributed to me, but because of the right conception, and the explanation made by the young man. I could see his soul and its workings. I was glad to know that he possessed this Divine Love, to an unusual degree, and was fitted almost for a home in the Celestial Spheres.
You were benefited by what he said. You felt the Influence of the Presence of the Holy Spirit at the meeting.
If the people of this church (Church of the Holiness Washington, D.C.) would understand, that there is only One Thing that saves them from their sins, and makes them At-One with the Father. That is; the inflowing of the Divine Love into their souls, which was what Jesus meant, when he told Nicodemus that he must be born again, they would easily see that their Doctrine of Holiness is not only a reasonable doctrine, but one in accord with the Truths of God. For as this Divine Love fills their souls, all sin and error must disappear.
Of course, this is a relative matter. For it depends upon how much of this Divine Love is in their souls, to determine how much of sin or error exists; the more of the Divine Love, the less of sin, on the contrary, the more of sin, the less of the Divine Love.
I want to say, with all the emphasis that I am capable of, that it is possible for a human being to obtain such a quantity of this Divine Love in their soul, that sin will be entirely eradicated. This was the Doctrine taught by Jesus. This is the Truth of God's Law of Divine Love. I know that the great majority of humankind do not believe this Truth, and think it foolishness. That those who claim that they have received this Divine Love to a great degree, are enthusiastic fanatics, and not worthy of credence. I want to tell you, that No Greater Truth was ever proclaimed by the Master. Sometime, in the not far distant future, many humans, who are now merely intellectual Christians, will believe, embrace and experience this Great Truth.
You will find yourself much benefited by attending these meetings. While there are some things in their creed to which you do not subscribe, yet they have the Foundation Truth; that the Divine Love of the Father can clear their souls from all sins, and make them Perfect, to the extent that they receive that Divine Love in their souls.
I will not write more tonight. I will say that the Holy Spirit, which conveys God's Divine Love to human, is with these people in Great Power and Fullness, and manifests its workings in a Real and Irresistible Manner. God is Blessing them, and giving them that Faith, which enables them to become over comers, Inheritors of Immortality, and homes in the Celestial Heavens.
So without taking up more of your time, I will say goodnight and God Bless you.
Your brother in Christ, St. Paul.
August 31st, 1915
I am here, Jesus.
I heard what Paul wrote. I corroborate everything that he said, and add, that these people are pursuing the True Way to the Inheritance, which I promised them while I was on Earth. Their Faith is wonderful. The fruits of its exercise are shown in the condition of their souls and in their lives. Theirs is the soul conception of religion, and of my Truths. While they may not, with their intellects, understand, the Philosophy of my teachings, yet with their soul perceptions, they have grasped the Great Foundation Truth of Salvation through the Divine Love of the Father. Of course, they sing and proclaim that my blood saves them from sin. This is merely the exercise of their mental conceptions, learned from the teachings and creeds of the churches. Yet they have grasped the Great and Only Truth of Salvation, with the far more and Certain Knowledge that the Awakening, and filling of their souls by the Divine Love gives them.
How much to be wished for, that all these churches of form and mental worship could realize that the Only True Worship of God is with the soul perceptions. Only with these soul perceptions that are developed by obtaining the Divine Love, can we "see" God. Only by such Soul Development can we become Pure, Holy and At-One with the Father, and partakers of His Divine Nature.
I am glad that you attended this church (Church of the Holiness). I advise you to go there often. I tell you that the Spirit of Truth and Divine Love is with these people to a very extended degree, and that, because their souls are open to its inflowing and to its Ministration.
I was with you again tonight. So was the Spirit of Truth, trying to open up your soul to its Influence, and to that, which will cause your Faith to increase and your trust in me to grow. No church will do you as much good as that. I advise you to attend. Of course, you will not have to believe in its creed, but only in the fact that the Holy Spirit is there, in all its "Quickening Power", as they sometimes sing.
So with all my Love I say, goodnight, your brother and friend, Jesus.
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