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Messages from Jesus and Celestials on Divine Love 1917 March - April
March 2nd, 1917
I am here, Jesus.
I come tonight to write my message on "The Soul". I will do so, if we can establish the necessary rapport.
Well, the subject is of vast importance, and difficult of explanation, for there is nothing on Earth known to human, with which a comparison may be made. Generally, humans cannot understand Truth or the Nature of Things, except by comparison with what they already know to exist, and with whose qualities and characteristics they are acquainted. There is nothing in the Material World that will afford a basis of comparison with the soul. Hence, it is difficult for humans to comprehend the Nature and qualities of the soul, by the mere intellectual perceptions and reason. In order to understand the Nature of this Great Creation, the soul, humans must have something of a Spiritual Development, the possession of what may be known as the soul perceptions. Only soul can understand soul. The soul that seeks to comprehend the Nature of itself, must be a live soul, with its faculties developed to a small degree, at least.
First, I will say, that the human soul must be a Creature of God, not emanation from Him, as a part of His Soul. When humans speak, and teach, that the human soul is a part of the Over-Soul, they teach what is not True. This soul is merely a Creature of the Father. Just as are the other parts of human, such as the intellect, the spirit body, and the material body, which before its Creation had no existence. It has not existed from the beginning of Eternity, if you can imagine that Eternity ever had a beginning. I mean, that there was a time when the human soul had no existence. Whether there will ever come a time when any human soul will cease to have an existence, I do not know. Nor does any spirit. Only God Knows that fact. This I do know, that whenever the human soul partakes of the Essence of the Father, thereby becomes Divine itself, and the possessor of His Substance of Divine Love, that soul realizes, to a certainty, that it is Immortal, and can never again become less than Immortal. As God is Immortal, the soul that has been Transformed into the Divine Substance of the Father becomes Immortal. Never again can the decree, "dying thou shalt die," be pronounced upon it.
As I said, there was a period in Eternity, when the human soul did not exist and was Created by the Father. When it was made the Highest and Most Perfect of All God's Creation. To such an extent, that it was made in His image. The only one, or thing, of all His Creations that was made in His image. The only part of human that was made in His image. For the soul is the human. All their attributes and qualities, such as their intellect, spirit body, material body, appetites, and passions, are merely appendages, or means of manifestation, given to that soul, to be its companions while passing through its existence on Earth. Also, qualifiedly, while living in Eternity. I mean, some of the appendages will accompany the soul in its existence in the Spirit World, whether that existence be for All Eternity, or not.
This soul, great and wonderful as it is, was Created, in the mere image and likeness of God, not in, or of, His Substance or Essence, the Divine of the Universe. It, the soul, may cease to exist, without any part of the Divine Nature or Substance of the Father being lessened, or in any way affected. Hence, when humans teach, or believe, that human, or the soul of human is Divine, or has any of the Qualities, or Substance, of the Divine, such teaching and belief are erroneous. Because human, is only, and merely, the Created Human, the mere likeness, but no part of the Father, or of His Substance and Qualities.
While the soul of human is of the Highest Order of Creation, and their attributes and qualities correspond, yet they are no more divine in essential constituents, than are the lower objects of Creation. They each being a Creation, not an emanation, of their Creator.
True it is that the soul of human is of a Higher Order of Creation than any other Created Things. Is the only Creature made in the image of God. Was made the Perfect Human. Yet human, the soul, can never become anything different, or greater, than the Perfect Human, unless they receive and possess the Divine Essence, and Qualities of the Father, which they did not possess at their Creation, although, the most Wonderful Gift, with their Creation, God bestowed upon them the Privilege of receiving this Great Substance of the Divine Nature. Thereby, become Divine them self. The Perfectly Created Human could become the Divine Angel, if they, the human, so willed it, and obeyed the commands of the Father, and pursued The Way provided by the Father for obtaining and possessing that Divinity.
As I have said, the souls, the human souls, for the indwelling of which God provided material bodies, that they might live the mortal lives, were Created, just as subsequently these material bodies were Created. This Creation of the soul took place long before the appearance of human on Earth as a mortal. The soul, prior to such appearance, had its existence in the Spirit World, as a substantial Conscious entity. Although, without visible form. I may say, individuality, yet, having a distinct personality, so that it was different and distinct from every other soul.
Its existence and presence could be sensed by every other soul that came in contact with it. Yet to the spirit vision of the other soul, it was not visible. Such is the fact now. The Spirit World is filled with these unincarnated souls, awaiting the time of their incarnation. We spirits know of, and sense, their presence. Yet with our spirit eyes, we cannot see them. Not until they become dwellers in the human form, and in the spirit body, that inhabits that form, can we see the individual soul.
The fact that I have just stated, illustrates, in a way, describes the Being of Him, in whose image these souls are Created. We know, and can sense, the Existence and Presence of the Father. Yet, even with our spiritual eyes, we cannot see Him. Only when we have our soul developed by the Divine Essence of His Divine Love, can we perceive Him with our soul perception. Because you have not words in your language to convey its meaning, and nothing in Created Nature, of which you have knowledge of, in which a comparison can be made. It is a Truth! The vision of the soul perception to its possessor is just as real, as I may say, objective, as is the vision of the mortal sight to the mortal.
It may be asked, in considering this matter of the Creation of the soul, "were all souls that have been incarnated, or that are awaiting incarnation, created at the same time, or is that creation still going on?" I do know that the Spirit World contains many souls, such as I have described, awaiting their temporary homes, and the assumption of individuality in the human form. But as to whether that Creation has ended, and at sometime the reproduction of humans, for the embodying of these souls, will cease, I do not know. The Father has never revealed it to me, or to the others of His Angels, who are close to Him in His Divinity and Substance.
The Father has not revealed to me all the Truths, and the workings and Objects of His Creative Laws, neither has He given to me, all power, wisdom, and omniscience, as some may find justification for believing, in certain of the statements of the Bible. I am a progressive spirit. As I grew in Divine Love, Knowledge and wisdom when on Earth, I am still growing in these Qualities. The Love and Mercy of the Father come to me, with the assurance that never in All Eternity, will I cease to progress towards the Very Fountainhead of these Attributes of Him, the Only God, the All in All.
As I was saying, the soul of human, is the human. Before, while in the mortal existence, and ever after in the Spirit World. All other parts of human, such as the mind, body, and spirit are mere attributes, which may be dissevered from them, as the soul progresses in its development toward its destiny, of either the Perfect Human, or the Divine Angel. In the latter progression, humans may not know it, but it is a Truth, that the mind, that is the mind as known to humankind, becomes, as it were, non-existent. This mind as some say, the carnal mind, becomes displaced, and replaced, by the mind of the Transformed soul, which is in Substance and Quality, to a degree, the Mind of Deity itself.
Many theologians, philosophers, and metaphysicians believe and teach that the soul, spirit, and mind, are substantially one, and the same, thing. That anyone of them may be said to be the human, the ego. That in the Spirit World, one, or the other, of these entities is that which persists and determines in its development, or want of development, the condition or state of human after death. But this conception of these parts of human are erroneous, for they each have a distinct, and separate, existence, and functioning, whether human be a mortal, or spirit.
The mind, in its qualities and operations, is very well known to human. Because of its varied manifestations, and being that part of human, which is more of the nature of the material, and has been the subject of greater research and study, than has been the soul, or the spirit.
While humans have, during all the centuries, speculated upon, and attempted to define the soul, and its qualities and attributes, yet to them it has been intransitive, and impossible of comprehension by the intellect, which is the only instrumentality that human generally possesses to search for the Great Truth of the soul. Hence, the question, of what is the soul, has never been satisfactorily, or authoritatively, answered. Though, to some of these searchers, when inspiration may have shed a faint Light upon them, some glimpse of what the soul is, has come to them. Yet to most humans, who have sought to solve the problem, the soul, spirit, and mind, are substantially the same thing.
The soul, as concerning human, is a thing of itself, alone, a substance Real, though invisible to mortals. The discerner and portrayer of men's moral and spiritual condition. Never dying, so far as known, the Real Ego of the human. In it are centered the Love Principle, the affections, the appetites, the passions, and possibilities of receiving, possessing, and assimilating, those things that will either elevate human to the state or condition of the Divine Angel, or the Perfect Human, or lower them to the condition that fits them for the hells of darkness and suffering.
The soul is subject to the will of human, which is the greatest of all endowments that were bestowed upon them by their Maker at their Creation. Is the certain index of the workings of that will, either in thought, or action, and in the souls, qualities of Love, affection, appetites, and passions, are influenced by the power of the will, either for good, or evil. It may be dormant and stagnate, or it may be active and progress. So its energies, may be ruled by the will for good, or evil. But these energies belong to it (the soul), and are no part of the will.
The soul's home is in the spirit body, whether that body is encased in the mortal, or not. It is never without such spirit body, which in appearance and composition is determined by the condition and state of the soul. Finally, the soul, or its condition, decides the destiny of human, as they continue in their existence in the Spirit World, not a final destiny, because the condition of the soul is never fixed, as this condition changes, human's destiny changes. For destiny is the thing of the moment. Finality is not known to the progress of the soul, until it becomes the Perfect Human, and is then satisfied, and seeks no Higher progress.
Now, in your common language, also in your theological and philosophical terms, mortals who have passed to Spirit Life are said to be spirits. In a certain sense, this is True. But such mortals are not nebulous, unformed and invisible existences. They have a Reality of Substance, more Real and enduring than has human as a mortal, and are, in form and features, visible, subject to touch, and the object of the Spiritual Senses. So, when humans speak of soul, spirit, and body, if they understood the Truth of the terms, they would say, soul, spirit-body, and material-body.
There is a spirit, but it is altogether distinct, and different, from the spirit body. Also from the soul. It is not part of the spirit body, but is an attribute of the soul, exclusively, and without the soul, it could not exist. It has no substance as has the soul. It is not visible, to even the spirit vision. Only the effect of its workings can be seen, or understood. It is without body, form, or substance. Yet it is Real, and powerful. When existing, never ceasing in its operations, and is an attribute of all souls.
Then what is the spirit? Simply this, the active energy of the soul. As I have said, the soul has its energy, which may be dormant, or which may be active. If dormant, the spirit is not in existence. If active, the spirit is present, and manifests that energy in action. So, to confuse the spirit with the soul, as being identical, leads to error, and away from the Truth.
It is said that God is Spirit, which in a sense is True. For Spirit is a part of His Great Soul Qualities, which He uses to Manifest His Presence in the Universe. But to say that Spirit is God, is not stating the Truth, unless you are willing to accept as True, the proposition that a part is the whole. In the Divine Economy, God is all of Spirit, but Spirit is only the Messenger of God, by which He Manifests the energies of His Great Soul.
So with human. Spirit is not human soul, but human soul is spirit, as it is the instrumentality by which the soul of human makes known its energies, powers, and presence.
Well, I have written enough for tonight. Sometime, I will come, and simplify this subject. Remember this, that Soul is God, and soul is human. All manifestations, such as spirit, and spirit body are merely evidences of the existence of the soul, The Real human.
I have been with you as I promised. I know that Father will Bless you.
So with my Love and blessing, I will say goodnight.
Your brother and friend, Jesus.
March 3rd, 1917
I am here, Samuel C. Mills.
Well, I heard what Forrest said. I am certain that he believes what he said to be true. I can tell you that he has become a wonderfully bright spirit, and seems to be so happy and joyful.
Well, it certainly is strange to me. Here am I, who was in some Light, and comparatively happy, when he came into the Spirit World, went into the hells of darkness and suffering. Now, he is all beautiful and happy. I am still where I was. It certainly is wonderful!
As I told you in my last letter, I cannot now remain satisfied with my condition. I am going to seek, and have already started, to get this Divine Love, that he tells me is the cause of his wonderful change. I will not cease seeking, until I succeed in obtaining It. I feel that if he could get the Divine Love, I can.
He has talked with me, and while he could not explain, just how the change came to him, yet he says that he accepted your advice, and the help of your wife. Commenced to pray, blindly, and without Faith, and continued, until he commenced to realize that something that he had never felt before was working in his soul, and continued to work, the more he prayed. He didn't stop praying until the darkness left him, and with it the most of his suffering. This is all that he could tell me. I am following him. I hope that before long, I will be able to write to you as he did. Won't that be a wonderful thing!
I will not write more, but I will pray, and hope that you will pray for me.
The spirits who are here, and who seem to Love you so much, say that they will pray with me. They tell me that there will be no doubt as to the results.
So goodnight, your old friend, Mills.
March 4th, 1917
I am here, Forrest.
Well, Ned, excuse me for intruding just now, but I am so happy that I cannot refrain from telling you of my happiness, for I know that you will rejoice with me. I am now out of my darkness. The Divine Love of the Father is working in my soul, so that I feel, as some of your Earth poets have said; "As light as air". If you could only see the air in which I now am, you would more deeply understand what the expression means in my case.
I am now, so certain that this Divine Love is a Thing of Reality, and so effective to make a dark, suffering spirit one of Light and freedom from pain, that I can assert, with all the conviction of a rescued soul, that the Divine Love of the Father is the One Thing in all the Spirit World that has no uncertainty about it.
I will not write more now. I know that you will pardon me for having intruded.
Now I feel that I can go to my mother and tell her of this Wonderful Love, and the True Way to Light and progress. I will go at once. I pray the Father that my persuasion may be effective, and enable me to hear my mother say to me that she will trust me and follow me in The Way that I shall tell her of.
So thanking you, and believing that you have been my greatest friend, although I realize that I did not deserve your kindness, I will say goodnight.
Your old friend, Edwin Forrest.
March 4th, 1917
I am here, Perry.
I am very weak. I must tell you that I am feeling better. Now I do not believe that I am doomed for "All Eternity" to the damnation of darkness and suffering. When I think back, that but for you, and the loving spirits that you brought to me, I would be without hope, my heart is so filled with gratitude that it seems as if it must break asunder.
What a wonderful thing is this great gift that you have. No spirit in all the darkness of a hope so near despair can understand the meaning of what that beautiful and glorious spirit who just wrote you said, as I can.
Well I cannot write more. You and your friend pray for me, as surely you who have such beautiful spirits Loving you, must have some power in your prayers to help.
Goodnight and pray for me.
Your friend, Perry.
March 4th, 1917
I am here, Mother of Perry
You must let me say a word, for if ever there was a thankful spirit in all the Spirit World, I am that one. Oh, how I thank you, and praise the Father for His Mercy and Goodness, in permitting my dear boy to see the Light, and have hope come to Him as a star that beckons him to a state of happiness and salvation.
I am so filled with Love and thanksgiving that I cannot write much, for my heart is just going out to the Father in such streams of Love, joy, and gratitude that my eyes are so suffused with tears of gladness that I can hardly see.
Do not forget to pray for my boy. Both of you, for we all know that you Love the unfortunate and miserable spirits who have no hope, or way to get into the Light.
You know that I am his mother, for your soul must feel that it is the mother's love that is thus expressing gratitude.
Goodnight, Perry's (mother).
March 4th, 1917
I am here, your own true and loving Helen.
Well dear, you have had a wonderful night. As you say, you could see the scene. You would wonder that there could be such happiness and joy in the Spirit World. I mean, in these lower planes, where there are so many dark and unhappy spirits. We have all been happy. I must tell you, that all of your band and also the Doctor's, have been present listening to the messages that have been written you.
It seems to be a night when so many of these dark spirits have come seeking and longing for help, and trying to find The Way to Light. While only two have written you, yet many have been benefitted, for they have heard the messages, your conversations, and have listened to the bright spirits, who have been ready and anxious to help them.
Perry is better, as he says. He is praying, and just commences to realize the Love and solicitude that his mother has for him. She is so happy that he realizes that she is his own Loving mother. They mingled their tears, hers of Love and thankfulness to the Father, and his of gratitude that hope has come to him. He is praying. I am so glad that he asked you and the Dr. to pray for him. It shows that there has come to him some little Faith in prayer.
We are all praying for him. Your grandmother, in all the beauty of Love, is with him. To her, he seems to listen, and believe in, more than all the others. It is a glorious time for you all.
I will not write more now, as you have been drawn on a great deal. We must stop.
Give my Love to the Dr. Tell him that if he could know the amount of Love that is surrounding him tonight, he would not exchange places with Rockefeller, or any other rich human, or great humans, as you mortals consider greatness. This Love will be his through all the years to come, even increasing and growing.
So dear believe that I Love you. Give me your Love.
Trust that I am, your own True and Loving Helen.
March 8th, 1917
I am here St. James, Apostle of Jesus.
I come to write my message, as Elias told you I would. Well, I desire to write on the subject of: What is the Great Truth respecting the way that the destruction of the powers of temptation that arises from the perverted human, may be restored to the Condition of Perfection, which the First Parents possessed before their fall
You will understand that this does not involve any consideration of the operation of the Divine Love upon the soul, but exclusively the consideration of the method, by which the soul may be so purified by the operations of the actions and the will power, in conjunction with, or influenced by, the workings of the powers of the spirits who have been relieved of the sins and errors that followed the fall (of the First Parents).
When humans were Created, as has been told you, they were Created Perfect. Every quality, function and attribute that was a part of them, was so Created, that Harmony, the most exact with the Laws of God that governed their existence, became theirs. No discord of any kind was in existence to mar that Harmony. But as the Spiritual Nature of human became subordinated to the appetites, passions, and fleshly desires, sin, error, and inharmony appeared. Increased, until human became degraded, and desired only those things that would satisfy these sinful desires.
So this degeneracy continued, until humans reached their lowest degradation. The turning point came in their career. Then, they commenced slowly, and gradually, to rise from this condition of depravity, until at last, they arrived at the stage of their condition of Harmony with these Laws of their Creation, that now exists. Their destiny is to a complete restoration to the Perfection of their First Estate.
This improvement, and gradual restoration, depend upon two causes. One, human them self, by their own thoughts, and reformation of the animal (material) appetites and desires. The other, the influence and guidance of spirits, who in the Spirit World, have arrived at that Perfection, or are progressing thereto, and are in a condition of Harmony with these Laws, superior to that of mortals, to whom they lend their influence and help.
Humans, in their degeneracy, or progression, are controlled very largely by their thoughts. These thoughts are created by the operations of their desires. Which on the other hand, cause these desires to increase. Back of the thoughts, are always these appetites and passions, existing in their abnormal conditions. They constitute the basic or moving cause, of desire, thought, and act. So that in order for humans to become relieved of their abnormal desires, thoughts, and acts, the cause thereof must be eradicated! The seat, or function, of the cause, be brought into Harmony with Laws of the Creation of these functions, or seats, of emanation.
Strange as it may seem to you, and by a process that is contrary to the ordinary workings of the Law of Cause and Effect, humans must first deal with the effects, in order to control the cause. Thereby destroy the effects. This may seem to be an impossible operation, and contrary to the Laws that govern the Material World, and its ordinary functioning. Yet it is possible. The only possible way, in which the causes may be destroyed. Notwithstanding the fact that the animal, or material, part of human has had the ascendancy, for all these centuries, over the Spiritual part of their Nature. Yet, that Spiritual part exists, has always existed, and waiting to assert itself, whenever the opportunity occurred. This assertion was prevented, or suppressed, only by reason of the want of opportunity.
The Spiritual may be said to be the Natural State. I mean, that in that state, the animal is subordinate to the Spiritual, and is controlled by it. Human's True Tendency is to exist, and act, in accord with that Natural State. Then, such being the fact, it may be asked why, or in what manner, did this Natural Spiritual Condition, become, in the manifestation of what human's dominant dualities are supposed to be, subordinated to the control of the inordinate exercise of this animal side of their Nature, which resulted in the sin and unhappiness that so many of the teachers and philosophers proclaim to be their Natural condition?
Well tonight, I will not attempt to explain the manner in which this inversion, or perversion, of human's True Nature took place, but will at some future time write on this subject.
The question now is; how can human obtain the Restitution to their Created Perfection?
As I have said, this can only be accomplished by making the perfect adjustment of the two apparent conflicting sides of their Nature.
First, they must recognize that they have the Spiritual Nature, as well as the animal, and that there is such a relationship, and coordination, between the two, that the supremacy of the latter disturbs the Harmony of their (condition of) Perfection as human. The Spiritual, having been subordinated; the remedy is to remove the subordination, and restore the equality. The Spiritual, notwithstanding its condition, is always fighting to regain its place in the True Adjustment, and will always answer the call of human, to come to their rescue. The only thing that has prevented that response is, that human has not called for it to assert itself.
Well I am sorry, but we had better postpone until later. Try to get in greater rapport.
Goodnight, your brother in Christ, St. James.
March 10th, 1917
I am here, Edwin Forrest
Well, Ned, I come again. I will not detain you long, as I merely wish to tell you that I am progressing. I am commencing to see the Light, and some happiness. My hope has increased so much, that I already feel that I shall soon get in the condition where my happiness will become so great that all my sufferings will leave me. Your wife tells me that my hope is certain of realization, if I will only continue to pray, and open up my soul to the inflowing of the Divine Love. I am trying, with all my strength, to follow her advice.
I have been to my mother. She was certainly surprised to see my bright condition. I mean bright, as compared with hers, and the condition of those who are around her. She wondered what has caused it. When I told her, and begged her to follow my example, and pray for this Divine Love, and let go from her the beliefs in her creed, and in the teachings of the priests, she said she was not ready to do this, but was compelled to believe what these priests had told her of the Will of God, and of the way to get out of her darkness, and that what I said to her may be True, as to my experience, yet she was certain that the masses and prayers that the priests were offering up for her would soon have their effect, and she would soon get out of purgatory and pass into the Heavens of Peace and Light. I insisted that in this she was mistaken, and asked her why it is, that she, having been in the Spirit World so much longer than had I, and that during these years of her existence as a spirit, their masses and prayers had been offered for her, that she is in no better condition than when she first became a spirit, while I, who was so wicked and sinful on Earth, was in the condition in which she saw me. Well, she could not explain, and said she would think of the matter, and ask some of her priests why it is so. I left her, and impressed her to think about the matter, and said that I would come to her again, and would continue to come to her, until she should become convinced of the Truth of what I had told her.
Well, I believe that soon I will be able to convince her that she is in error, and will never find relief, so long as she continues in the beliefs that the priests, and her zeal for her church while on Earth, caused her to imbibe.
I believe what you say. I will follow your advice. I will now stop. With my Love will say goodnight.
Your old friend, Forrest.
March 10th, 1917
I am here, R. G. Ingersoll.
Tonight I am a very happy spirit. One who realizes that "It is not all of Life to live, or yet of death to die.", for Life and death are mere incidents in the existence of the immortal soul's career through Eternity. Life on Earth, is but a short breathing of the soul in bondage, yet prized so highly by mortals. Death of the physical is the liberating of that soul from its bondage, and yet, humans fear and shun it, and if possible, would never let it come to them. This may be said to be natural, and not to be wondered at. All because mortals do not know that Life and death are brothers, working for the Good of Humanity. The former, giving them the opportunity to seek and possess happiness, or misery. The latter, ending that opportunity in this, that happiness may be increased without having to undergo the retarding influence that Life on Earth throws around mortals, and misery, or rather the cause thereof, prevented from increasing. So you see, Life and death are complementary, the one positive, and the other negative, but each the great helpful friend of the human soul.
You wonder who I am. I wonder that I am what I am, not what I was.
My friend, Life has continued with me in greater and more enlarged abundance, until now I am the possessor of that Life, which Jesus came to Earth to declare to be the Heritage of every mortal who should seek it. My friend, death has left me. In leaving me, took with him all the possibilities of increased causes of unhappiness in my soul. The results, or effects of the causes, that existed in my soul while in the Mortal Life came with me in more acute and overpowering abundance. No new, or additional, causes to produce additional effects came with me. Death took them with himself when he departed from me forever.
Life and Death, the friends of mortals, each to be welcomed! The one, the friend for Eternity. The other, the friend for only a moment, but what a friend!
I intended tonight to write you a long and important message relating to the Real World of Spirits, but thought it best not to do so. Hence gave you the little impersonal thoughts with reference to my friends, and your friends.
I will come soon. Goodnight and God Bless you.
Your brother in Christ, R. G. Ingersoll.
March 12th, 1917
I am here, Luke.
I desire tonight to write on the subject of: "What is the fact, with reference to the authenticity of the Bible."
I was with you at the lecture of the preacher on this subject. I was surprised that he could announce, with such apparent confidence, that the Bible is the authentic word of God, actually written by the humans whose names appear therein as the writers of the same. The fact that he traced back the existence of certain manuscripts and versions to a hundred and fifty years subsequent to the time of the Teachings of Jesus, did not establish the Truth of his declaration, that by such establishment, the authenticity of the Bible, or the genuineness of the manuscripts, as they now exist, contain the Real writings of the apostles, or of those persons who are supposed to be the writers of the same, from the fact that their names are associated with these manuscripts.
Neither is it True that John's Life was prolonged to the end of the first century in order that he might write the True declarations of the Eternal Truths, as declared by Jesus. John did not live until that time. His writings were not preserved, as he had formulated them, nor were the results of his declarations transmitted Truthfully, as claimed by those who teach the inviolability of the scriptures (of the Bible).
I was a writer upon these sacred subjects. As I have before told you, I wrote a document, which was called the "Acts of the Apostles", and left a number of copies of my writings when I died. Such compilation was merely a history of what I had heard from those who had lived with, and heard, the Teachings of Jesus, and of their efforts to circulate and teach his doctrines after his death. I also had the benefit of some writings of the disciples about Jesus. Such writings were very few. These disciples and followers of Jesus did not commence to place, in the form of manuscript, his teachings, or the experience of his Life, until a longtime after he had left the Earth. They expected his speedy return when he would become their king and legislator. Hence, they saw no occasion, or necessity, for preserving in the form of writings, the Truths in which he had instructed them.
I know that after my own death, the writings that I had left were not preserved intact. That many things that I had incorporated therein were, in the numerous copying, and recopying, of my manuscripts, left out and ignored. Many things that I did not write, and that were not in accord with the Truth, were inserted by these various successive copyists, in their work of reproduction. Many of these omitted things, and additions, were of vital importance to the Truth of Things Spiritual, as they had been declared by the disciples, as containing the Truths that Jesus had taught. During the period, and the short period, as the lecturer denominated it, between the earliest writings of the fathers of the church, and the times of the actual occurrences of the things to which these writings are supposed to relate and correctly describe, there were many changes made in the writings that I had left, as well as in those left by the other original writers.
Even in Epistles of Paul, which these theologians and Bible students claim have more authenticity and greater certainty than the Gospels or other epistles of the Bible, many changes were made, between the times of their writings, and the times of the execution of the manuscripts, or of the sermons, of the fathers of the early church.
Within that one hundred and fifty years, The Truths of the Spiritual Teachings of the Master (Jesus), had become, to a more or less extent, lost to the consciousness and knowledge of those who attempted to reproduce the original writings, because these humans had become less Spiritual. Their thoughts, and efforts, had become more centered in building up the church, as a church, than in attempting to develop, teach, and preserve the Great Spiritual Truths.
The Moral Precepts, became the dominating objects of their writings and teachings, and were more easily comprehended by them, than were precepts that taught The Way to the development of their souls, and to a knowledge of the Will of the Father, and the Mission of Jesus to Humankind, as a way-shower and saviour of souls, rather than as a Messiah to establish his kingdom on Earth.
No, I declare with authority, that the authenticity of the Bible cannot be established as the word of God, for in very many particulars, it is not His word. On the contrary, contains many assertions of truth that are not Truths, and diametrically opposed to His Truths, and to Jesus' Teachings of the Truth.
This Bible has changed, and perverted, the whole Plan of God for the Salvation of Human, and has substituted a plan that arose from the limited wisdom of those who attempted to convince humankind that they had a knowledge of God, and of His Designs, as to the creation and destiny of human. They were influenced very largely in this particular by their knowledge of, and belief in, the teachings of the Jewish church, and the history of the Jewish race, in its dealings with God, as they supposed, and in the teachings of the Scribes and Pharisees. This fact was conspicuously shown by these writers attempting to substitute Jesus in their plan of salvation in the place of the animals in sacrifice in the Jewish plan of salvation. As the God of the Jews, in order to be appeased, and satisfactorily worshiped, demanded blood, and more blood, so the God that Jesus declared was the God of all the peoples of the Earth, in order to be appeased and satisfactorily worshiped, demanded blood, and that the blood of His dearly beloved son.
Among these writings of the Bible, there are many things declared to be truths, and embodied as the actual words of God, that are contradictory, and unexplainable, which, if they were the words of God, or even the teachings of Jesus, would contain no contradiction, or admit of any constructions, that were not consistent one with the other.
As the additions, emasculations, and interpretations, were made in the original writings of those who declared the Truths, as they had heard them from the Master, the decreasing want of comprehension of Spiritual Things, and the growing wisdom of their own finite intellects, caused them to conceive a plan on the part of God for human's salvation. As the recopying continued, the thoughts of those who copied, or who dictated the same, became more centered on this plan, and so these copies were gathered together, and considered, and efforts to have some agreement in the declaration of this plan, and as the new copies were made, they were constructed with the view of showing forth this agreement.
It must not be supposed that the copies from which the manuscripts that are the basis of the Bible were made, were executed and preserved in a manner that caused them to be isolated one from the other, and that they were not all known to the persons who copied, or caused the copying, of the writings from which the manuscripts were made, for that would not be True. These, what may be called the basic copies, were in circulation at the time the Christian fathers wrote. They had access to them, quoted from them, and helped to give them the interpretations, that now prevail in the churches, with the additional interpretations since those days.
Humans know now, that among these Christian fathers, were bitter disputes as to what was a part of the word, and as to what should be accepted, and what rejected, among these writings antedating the manuscripts that form the basis of the Bible, and that many manuscripts, purporting to be the word of God were rejected as such. For the reason that they could not have been the records of God's word, because they did not agree with what the bishops of the church, in their human knowledge and reason, accepted as God's word should be. Even these bishops disagreed and differed, just as the human minds and reason disagree with one another.
Then I say the lecturer did not prove the authenticity of the Bible as being the word of God. He did not go down the stream of time, as he called it, far enough to discover the existence of any authenticity. That being so, his argument of proof, is just as weak as if he had started from the time of the printed Bibles, where their contents are substantially the same, but they not being the originals, the similarity proves nothing.
What I have said with reference to my own writings, applies to the writings of all the others. The Bible does not contain their writings, as they wrote and left them to humanity.
The Bible contains many Truths, enough to enable human to reach the Kingdom of Heaven. Provided they are correctly understood and applied. There are so many things taught therein as truths, which are just the opposite of Truth, that they make it difficult for humans to discern and apply the Truth, and comprehend the Will of God with respect to humans, and the destinies that must be theirs, according as they follow and obey that Will, or do not do so.
John has already written you on this subject with reference to his writings. So has Paul as to his. So that there is no necessity for me to deal with the errors and interpretations contained in their writings.
I will not write more now as you are tired, but will soon come and write a message on another subject that I have been desiring to write for some time.
With my Love and blessings, I am, your brother in Christ, Luke.
March 13th, 1917
I am here, your father.
I have been waiting a long time to write, but there were so many others so anxious to write, and who could either, do you much good, or you do them good, that I refrained. I did not want your vitality to be drawn on too much.
Well I understand, my dear boy. Hereafter, I will not wait so long to write you. You must know this, though, that I am with you very, very often. I am looking after you, trying to help you, and make you happy, and protect you from the undesirable influences. No, I have not surrendered my guardianship. I will not, until you shall come to us, when you will no longer need me.
I am glad that you are progressing in your Soul Development, and that you are doing your work. You cannot realize the good that you are doing among these dark spirits who come to you so often for help, and what gratitude they frequently express for your help. I am very happy that you have this great work to do. So are we all. We Love you more and more as the days go by, and pray the Father to Bless you, and give you more of His Divine Love.
Well, I am in the Seventh Sphere, with my soulmate. We are very happy together. Your mother is also very happy. While her soulmate is not in the Sphere with her, yet he has made wonderful progress, and Loves her with a deep and holy Love, such as, he says, he never dreamed of while on Earth.
Well, my son, I will come again very soon. Remember, I am very close to you. I see your worries, and your joys, and always am trying to remove the one, and increase the other. I must tell you that your grandmother will come very soon and write you, as she says; she has a very important message to deliver. What a wonderful, wise, and beautiful, spirit she is.
Well, they are still very happy in the Love of each other, and have made some progress in their Soul Development. They are together, are in the Fifth Sphere, and are thinking much of the soul's need for the Divine Love. I am with them quite frequently, and tell them of the Happiness that is ahead of them, if they will only seek for it. Helen goes to them too, and tells them of this Divine Love, and the beauties of her home. They seem to Love her very much, and think her one of the most beautiful spirits that come to them, and she is too.
So remember what I say, and bid me goodnight. I love you very much, and have your happiness continually in view. I know that you will be happy and realize what you desire, in the way of performing your work.
Goodnight and God Bless you, your Loving Father. (John Padgett)
March 15th, 1917
I am here, John.
I was with you tonight at the sance. I heard what the medium said. I saw that as she delivered the various messages. She was being dictated to by spirits of a very low order of development, and that they enjoyed, very much, the deception that they were practicing upon the medium and upon the hearers.
These spirits are not the kind that you should have the association of. While your band was present and prevented any of these spirits from getting in rapport with you, or from affecting you by their influence, yet it does you no good to mingle with such spirits.
The medium believes that the spirits who came to her are really the relatives of, or spirits interested in the people in the audience. As a fact, these spirits are mostly impostors, who have gotten possession of the medium and use her for their own enjoyment. When she attempted to describe the spirits present, she was not only imposed upon, but the spirits, whom she saw, as she said, were not the spirits whom the sitters might suppose them to be.
There were some of these spirits whom she saw, really were the ones that she described them to be, and were interested in the people to whom they came. They were of the Earth Plane, having very little development.
When she attempted to tell you of your condition and want of Spiritual Development in the Knowledge of the Truth, she was dictated to by some of the fraudulent spirits, who did not know the Truth. Who were not in condition themselves to read your condition of Spiritual Development, and took you to be one of the usual visitors at their sances. Hence, caused the medium to commit the error that she did.
The spirits, who she says came to you, were not your grandparents. For you must know that none of your spirit band manifested themselves. The ones that she saw, and said were interested in you, were some of the spirits, who are with her very often, trying to deceive the people.
The medium has the powers of seeing and hearing the things of the Spirit World, to some extent. Is generally honest in her attempts to convey what she receives. Sometimes, she exercises her own thoughts and fabricates the message that she delivers.
It is a pity that such a condition of affairs should exist, but it is a Truth. Will continue, so long as these spirits of deception are given the opportunity to manifest themselves.
I will further say, that while Dr. Stone had around him a number of his spirit friends, yet they did not manifest themselves. The indians that the medium described, were not in any way connected with the Doctor. Of course, at these sances there are always a number of indians present, who delight in manifesting themselves to the medium. Tonight none of these indians formed any part of the Doctor's guides, or band. He must not believe that he has around him these howling indians, for there is nothing in common between him, and such spirits. He is too well protected for these spirits to form any rapport with him.
While at times, the Doctor may do some good to some of these wandering spirits who attend these sances, yet, as a general thing they are not helped by him. For the most of the spirits who attend such sances, do not come there for assistance, but for enjoyment. Or, if they are thoughtful and anxious spirits, to communicate with their friends.
His work does not lie in the sance room, when great numbers of spirits of all kinds and conditions congregate, but in the quiet of his own room, as he walks the streets, or in the church meetings where Spiritual Truths are taught, and where people of some Soul Development assemble. He has around him many of these spirits, who are earnestly seeking for Light, and relief from their sufferings. If he, in these moments of quietness, or when he is where the Spiritual Atmosphere prevails, will let his thoughts go out to these spirits of darkness, and his mind formulate and project the advice and knowledge, which he has of Spiritual Things, he will do much good, and help many spirits toward progression.
Of course, the mediums of the kind that you visited tonight, have a work to do. Notwithstanding all the undesirable conditions that surround them, they do some good, both to spirits and mortals. They should be encouraged, and helped to understand the possibilities that are theirs. This does not mean that you, and the Doctor, who have often gotten into the association of a very different and Higher Order of spirits, and having before you a work, of a different character from that of these mediums, should not seek such places, and encounter the retarding influences that are always present, in order to do the good that you can do.
I realize that this may seem unkind to these mediums, but what I state is a fact, and is not stated for the purpose of decrying the work of these mediums, but only to show you that such places for you to frequent, as your work is not there, but is as I have above stated.
You will comprehend the purport of my message. It is not necessary to write more upon the subject. But understand this, that in order to do your work most effectively, it is meant that you go not where these low, vicious, or merely dark spirits congregate, and seek control of the mediums, and of the sitters as well. On the contrary, demand that these dark spirits shall come to you where the influences are more helpful, and seek your help. You need not fear that they will not come. As a fact, they are with you, whenever they get the opportunity, when possible. Every mortal, for their own work, and in their own place.
Well, I was there, because, as I have told you, I am your especially appointed guardian, to direct in your Soul Development. It is not a waste of time, or a descending to places that you may think I should not attend, to do this work of looking after you, and accompanying you in your visitations to sances, churches, or wherever you may happen to be. You are the instrument that we are using to do our great and vital work for the Salvation of Humankind. I can do greater work, than to help and protect that instrument. Because I come to the Earth Plane, and engage in this work, I am no less the John of the Celestial Heavens. What I have said in reference to you, applies to the Doctor. For James was with him, protecting and looking after him, doing the work that, as the Doctor's special guardian he takes delight in doing.
We are Celestial Spirits of the Highest Order. That fact does not prevent us from realizing the necessity of the Salvation of Humans. Even though we have to come to Earth to bring about this Salvation, in work and association with spirits of the Earth Plane, yet it is a labor of Love. Humility is the touchstone that brings to us happiness in our work.
No, we are with you often, in close association. We would not be fellow workers with the Master, if for one moment, we should have the feeling, that because of our High Estate, we should not come into rapport, and helpful association of sinful mortals. So long as the Father requires His Great Truths to be taught, and human's souls to be saved from the effects of the Great Fall and made Angels of Divinity, our work will continue.
Sometimes our work on Earth, as well as in the Spirit Spheres, will cease. Then our homes in the Celestial Heavens will be our only places of labor and Love. The Kingdom will be completed, and the doors of the Heavenly Kingdom closed, the Angelic Hosts be separated from the Spiritual and Perfect Human. Such is the decree.
As the Father Desires, all humans to become One with Him in His Divinity of Divine Love, we must work until the day of the Great Consummation of the Kingdom arrives. The spirits, who have not on the wedding garment, shall suffer the doom of the second death.
When Jesus said; "Work while it is day, for the night cometh when no human can work." He meant that, while the Kingdom is open for humans to enter, we must work. For when its doors shall be closed, the work of the Angelic Laborers must cease. Human, and spirits, be left to an Eternity in the Spiritual Spheres.
As we work, so you must work, until the time of the separation. As the Master said, "The wheat and the tares must be permitted to grow together, until the Great Time of the Harvest." So must the soul, with only the Natural Love, and that (soul) with the Divine Love, be permitted to mingle together, until the reaping of the harvest shall take place. Until then, we must mingle, work, and pray without ceasing.
Well, my brother, I have written enough for tonight. I will stop. Do not misunderstand what I have said, in reference to the mediums of the sances. They have a work to do. They must do it, and not be discouraged. You have a work to do. You must do it, in the way that we have pointed out. The work that you can do, they cannot. Hence, you must do your assigned work, and that alone.
So with my Love, and the Blessings of the Father, I will say goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, John.
March 15th, 1917
I am here, Nathan Plummer.
Well, I must write a word. I was with you at the sance. I saw what was going on. I tell you there were some hellish spirits present, and they had the center of the stage.
How different the sance, from what it is when I come to your room, meet you and the Doctor, and see the other spirits present. Well, well, who would have thought that there could be such a difference in the spirits who congregate!
I know that such sances are not places for me, wicked as I am. This I see with greater clearness, now that I know that there are in this Spirit World, so many spirits who are good and beautiful.
I am doing what I told you I would do in my last letter. I have, not yet, felt any change. The good spirits tell me to pray. I am doing it, with all the energy that I used to give to my swearing. I could swear some when the occasion arose.
Forrest is growing brighter looking. He tells me that I can get bright too. I believe him. I do not intend to let any of these devilish spirits keep me back, if prayer will help me. Tell the Doctor that his prayers help me, and that he must not stop. I have not many on Earth to pray for me. I am afraid that the prayers of most of my mortal friends would not do me much good anyhow.
Well, I must stop, so goodnight.
Your old friend, Plummer.
March 15th, 1917
I am here, Helen
Well dear, I was with you, of course, at the sance. What has been told you is True. I need not repeat what has been said. Will add only, that you and the Doctor must take the advice given you, it is absolutely necessary.
Your work is different. Only you can do it. No other medium can do it. If you were like them, you could not do it, either. So you and the Doctor must remember that you have been selected for a Higher Work than helping to bring spirits and mortals together in communications, such as it is supposed the mediums of tonight brought to the people who were present.
The spirits, who the medium said were your grandparents, were not such. Were merely spirits who attend her sances, and delight in inducing the expectant visitors to believe are really the spirits of their departed friends or relatives. I saw that the whole thing made no impression on you, except one of pity for the medium, that she would be subjected to such imposition and evil influences.
When the howling indians, as the medium described them, came to the Doctor, he must have been surprised to learn that he had a new spirit band of such lively antics to help him in his work of love of curing the sick. Mary said that she would not let such spirits get in rapport with her sweetheart, even if she had to call on all his guides and yours too, to keep them away. She said that there was nothing about the Doctor to attract such beings to him. That she would pity him if he had to have such companions around him.
Well, there were all kinds of spirits present. None of them, whom the medium supposed that she saw or heard talk, belonged to either you, or the Doctor. We rather enjoyed the thoughts that he had when his new friends were introduced to him.
Dear, these sances do you no good. It is only a waste of time to attend them. I want to advise that you do not. Further, I want to say, that the messages that the Doctor reads do no good. The people, who hear him, look upon them as mere stories of the imagination, interesting, but without effect on the Spiritual understanding. They are not in condition to grasp the significance of them. Their chief interest is in receiving some message that the medium may transmit to them from their spirit friends. So, these messages do no good at such places. They are like the teachings of Jesus that fell on stony ground; they will not take any root.
So, I do not think it best to read them to these people. The Doctor is doing a good work when he tells them to the individuals with whom he comes in private conversation, and who listen to him, with a view and desire to learn the Truth, even when they have not such desire, because, as they listen, some of the Truths may find a lodgment and germinate.
So with my Love, I will say goodnight.
Your own True and Loving Helen.
March 16th, 1917
I am here, Jesus.
Keep up your courage and believe. All things that I have promised will come to you. You will not be disappointed. You are now in better condition than you were. Soon, I will come and write another message. As I see that, you think my message on the Nature of God had better be rewritten. I will take that theme for my subject. Yes, I understand. It is my desire that I rewrite the message. As you are in better condition to receive it, than you were when I wrote before, I know that it will be very satisfactory for the purposes for which it was written.
So, as I say, believe. I will not leave you alone, or fail to do what I have promised. Well, when you suggested to me to write on that subject you were not in such receptive condition, as to take the message in the form, and meaning, that I intended to convey. It is a very difficult subject to write on. I wanted you to be in the best possible condition. I am satisfied at the way in which you received it. If I find that it needs any amendment, I will make it, before you publish the book.
Yes, I know. You will soon be in that condition. Then I know that the work will proceed faster. Yes, as you say, the World is ready to receive these Truths. The people are longing for some (Spiritual) Knowledge that will show them the True Way to the Father.
Well, I am sorry too. He (Eugene Morgan) must wait a while. He has been selected. His mission is definite. It makes no difference whether he receives any messages, or not. That is not a part of his work in the Great Plan. He must not let his Faith fail him, for his work will be wonderful. One that many of the World would give their lives, as it is said, to be selected to do. His work will be very important. He is being prepared, notwithstanding his disappointment that you speak of, as to material things. I say to him, with the authority of one who knows, that he must believe, wait, and pray. He will not be disappointed. We never forsake our own who trust us.
Well, I must stop now. Remember what I have said. Say to your friends, that I am their brother and friend, and that they are very close and very dear to me, my chosen ones. In my Father's Kingdom, their places will not be filled by others.
So, with my Love, I will say goodnight.
Your brother and friend, Jesus.
March 17th, 1917
I am here, John.
I have been listening to your conversation tonight. I was interested in some things that were said, as to the inferiority of woman to man. I will soon come and write you a message on this subject. The conceptions of your friends, antagonistic to the equality of the sexes are all wrong. They must learn that women, in the totality, are not only the equal of man, but in certain senses are their superiors.
It is too late tonight to write on the subject. I will postpone the writing until a time later.
Your brother in Christ, John.
March 18th, 1917
I am here, Elias.
I come tonight to write a short message on the subject of: "The Truth of the Bible, as to the things that are contained in the Old Testament." By this, I do not mean that I will discuss this portion of the Bible, in all the views and declarations that are contained therein, but only as to that portion, which has to do with the times in which I was supposed to live.
In the first place my entrance on the scene of Jewish Life and history was very abrupt. Little was written about my antecedent Life. In fact, nothing, except that I was a Tishbite who lived in that portion of Palestine where the acts and doings of the prophets and men of the Hebrew race are very seldom referred to, and little is known of these people.
When I came into notice, as portrayed, I was not very widely known. To the writers of the Scriptures, it appeared as if I had come out of the unknown, where God had taken special pains to instruct and communicate to me the Truths of His Laws. Also, the acts of disobedience of those Jews, among whom I appeared. A very great deal of the accounts of my appearing, and things that I declared and did, are imaginary. The result of the workings of the minds of those who produced the stories of the lives of the Jews at those times, and in the way, told in the Bible.
I was a real existing person, of the prophet class. I warned the kings and rulers of the wrath of God that was impending upon them, of the evils of their manner of living. I was listened to by these kings, who sometimes heeded my warnings, and sometimes did not. Some of the consequences were suffered by them, in a way, similar to that described in the Bible.
I never claimed to have direct communication with God, or to deliver any messages that He had directed me to deliver, by His own word of mouth, or that I had ever seen God, or knew who, or what, He was.
I was a human who lived a rather secluded Life. I was versed in the teachings and beliefs of the Israelites, as they were known at the time. I was also given to much meditation and prayer, and possessed much of the religious instinct. In fact, to such a degree, that I really believed that the thoughts and perceptions of Truth, that came to me, were actually the messages from the Unseen World, possessing the Knowledge of the Moral Truths, as declared in the Decalogue, and as taught by the priests of the temple. I could readily discern, and understand, the acts and doings of the kings, and of the people as well, to be a violation of these Moral Truths. So when I learned of these violations, I appeared to these rulers and people, and denounced their acts and doings, and threatened them with the wrath of God, unless they ceased their acts of disobedience, and returned to the worship of the One True God, that the Hebrew race distinctly declared and worshiped. Sometimes, I was received, as the True prophet of God. Sometimes I was not. As a consequence, my messages, at times, were received and believed in, and at other times they were not.
The Foundation Stone of my belief, and office, was that there was Only One God. He was the God of the Hebrews. All other gods that were believed in, and worshiped by a part of the Jews, and by the Gentiles, were false gods. Should not have obeisance made to them, or worshiped. Hence, when I appeared to Ahab, and denounced the gods of Belial, I was performing, as I believed, the duties that my God had imposed upon me, which were so necessary to cause the turning away of the people from their false beliefs and worship to an acknowledgment of the One True God.
Well, there are many things related in these writings that never occurred. The one that is often referred to, and accepted, as proof of the superior power of my God over the god Ba-al, that is, the consuming by fire of the offerings at the altar by the power of God, after the priests had called upon their false god to answer their prayers, and he neglected to respond, never occurred. It is the result of the endeavor of some Jewish writer to demonstrate to his people, the wonderful power, activity, and closeness of that God to His Prophets. Such an incident never took place. There are many other occurrences related to the powers that I possessed as the prophet of God, that never had any existence.
While I considered, and believed, myself to be a prophet of God, yet I never had any of the supernatural powers. Nor were any such ever displayed by me, as recorded in the supposed history of my Life as a mortal.
There is one other instance, to which I desire to refer. That is, my supposed ascension into Heaven in a chariot of fire, in the presence of Elisha. This is merely a tale, as I may say, well told. It never had any existence in fact. I did not ascend in my physical body, nor did any other mortal that I have heard of. Not even the Master. It would be against the Laws of God, that such a thing should take place. He never violates His Laws for the purpose of demonstrating to mortals His Power, or the Greatness of any of His followers, or for any other purpose. No, I died as other mortals died. I was buried, as was necessary for me to be buried, having with one, at the time of my death, friends and relatives. Since that time my physical body has never been resurrected, and never will be.
I ascended into the Spirit World in my spirit body, as has every other mortal, at the time of the death of their physical body, since the World of Human Existence began. In the future, the spirits of humans will so continue to ascend. Their physical bodies go to the elements out of which they were composed.
It may be supposed that because I was versed in the teachings of the religious Laws of the Hebrews, the precepts of the Decalogue, and believed myself to be a prophet, especially delegated by God to denounce the sins and evils of the kings, and people that had forsaken the beliefs and practices of their fathers, that I went into the Heaven of Perfection, and into the Supreme Happiness, that the obedient Child, when in Perfect Harmony with the Laws of God would enter. Well, if I had been such child, I might have done so. Not being such, I went merely into the Spirit World, and found my place just where the condition of my soul, in its Harmony with God's Laws and His Truths, fitted me for, and determined that I should be placed.
The condition of soul determines the destiny of the spirit. No mere belief in self-righteousness, or the conviction that I, the individual, have been specially favored by God to do His Work, or that I am closer to God, and deserving of His "special mercy and favor", or that a special dispensation is exercised in my behalf, can ever place me in different surroundings, conditions, or degrees of happiness, from what the Actual Harmony of the qualities of my soul with the Laws of God, and the workings thereof, entitle me.
The Law of Fitness works invariably, and under all circumstances. The conditions and qualities of the soul in the Spirit World can never be hidden, nor counterfeited. Then is seen face to face. The Law, in its application, and effect, never makes a mistake, so that the soul not having the fitness cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven by crying, Lord, Lord, did I not prophecy in Thy Name, etc.
Many of these stories of the Old Testament may be profitably used to draw a Moral, or adorn a tale. When the question arises, as what shall determine the destiny of the human soul, then the Truth never changes. Only the Truth, will decide the question. Only a Pure, Perfect soul can find its home in a Pure Perfect Heaven. Only a Divine soul can find its home in a Divine Heaven. Which latter, is the home of the soul that possesses the Divine Essence of the Father, to that fullness that the Created qualities of the soul have disappeared, and been replaced by the Divine Substance. So that, we may be prophets and preachers, wise in the "intellectual knowledge of religious (or spiritual) Truths", and saints on Earth, apostles, and disciples, yet, not having the Purification of the soul, or the Divine Essence, we cannot enter the home, which the one, or the other, of these possessions, will fit us for.
Let the prophets of Old, the sacrifices, the blood, and the vicarious atonement, rest in the memory of forgetfulness. Seek and obtain the inflowing of the Divine Love of the Father. Then, the home of the soul will Truly, and Certainly, be the Heavens Celestial, where only Things Divine can exist.
Well, I have written enough for tonight. I hope that you will find my message both interesting and helpful. It is True. You can believe that it is. In its Truth, rests the certainty of what the destiny of your own soul may be.
I will come again very soon. So goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, Elias.
March 18th, 1917
I am here, Luther.
I had some difficulty in writing my name. I did not let that difficulty deter me, or prevent me, from writing.
Well, I merely want to say that if things are favorable, I should like to come tomorrow night, and write you a message on the subject of which I have before written. Well, I know. I am thankful, and will come. Well, I am interested in the war only as a Lover of All the Children of God. There is no distinction in my Love, between the German, the Englishman, the Frenchman, and the mortal of any other nation. Hence, I am not writing to you as a German, but as a spirit, in whom all distinction, as to the objects of his Love, has no existence.
Of course, I have been interested in the war. Because, I sympathize with all mortals who may be in suffering and distress. Besides, many spirits are coming to the Spirit World before their normal time. All unfitted for the change from the mortal to the spirit. The consequence is; that much suffering, confusion, and feelings of hatred and revenge exist among these spirits, that otherwise would not exist. We spirits are powerless to prevent the dire distress and sufferings caused to mortals by their fellows. Human exercises their will. Human must endure the consequences.
This I will say, that I think the war will soon end, and peace be restored to Earth. I trust a greater peace than has existed among humans for a long time.
Well, I must stop now. So goodnight and God Bless you.
Your brother in Christ, Luther. (Martin Luther)
March 18th, 1917
I am here, your own true and loving Helen.
Well dear, I was waiting for you to call me. The other spirits who tried to write were not dark spirits, but were not of the Soul Spheres either, and were very much disappointed that they could not get the rapport. We did not try to prevent them writing. They failed, because they could not get the power.
You have done considerable writing tonight. I must not detain you very long as you are tired. Although, you may not realize it. Tomorrow night I will come, and write my message, just after Luther shall have finished his.
You may doubt the identity of the spirit who wrote you, but he says that he is the man, and that he has recently come to the Spirit Life, is very weak, and somewhat at a loss as to just where he is. I heard you call him. When he came, of course, we let him write. He will come again, and explain how he heard your call.
Well, Mrs. Wilson wrote. She was very anxious to do so, and very grateful that she was permitted to write. I will do what you requested, tell her who her soulmate is, and whether it be her late husband, or not. She will be the better by knowing.
I will also tell her of the other greater thing that you suggested, without telling her what it is. I will take great pains in instructing her. I believe that she will listen to me.
Many spirits were here tonight. Your father enjoyed writing very much. He is with you very much looking after you. I will not write more now.
So Love me, and believe that I Love you.
I am, your own True and Loving Helen.
March 29th, 1917
I am here, Robert G. Ingersoll.
Well, I come first, because I am more modest than the other spirits who are present. I will say a few words, and then give place to the others.
I have been with you while you were reading the work of Swedenborg. I was much interested in the impression made upon your mind by what he said. Found that your impressions were not very different, from those that I had when I read his book while on Earth. Except this, that I had no belief in the Spirit World, while you have. Of course, you know from the knowledge that you have received through the messages that have come to you, that many of his assertions are erroneous. The creatures of a mind that was fitted with a great knowledge of scientific things, as accepted in his day. Also, of a desire on his part to reconcile his knowledge of science, and of theological teachings, with what he supposed had been imparted to him by spirits and Angels. The result was that they could not be reconciled. The consequence was, that he declared doctrines and teachings that were utterly at variance with Spiritual Truths. No one knows better than he does, at this time, of the falsity of many of his teachings.
Swedenborg had many opportunities for receiving and imparting the Truth. But his great learning, in the sciences, and his beliefs in the old orthodox doctrines of the church in which he had been reared, led him to conclusions and declarations of truths, as he believed, that were contrary to both science and religion, in its Higher and True Sense.
Well, you may wonder that I write on this subject. To answer any question that may arise from your surprise, I only desire to say, that since I have received a Knowledge of God's Plan for the Salvation of Humankind, and some of His Divine Love, I have been investigating, with all the energies of my soul, the Great Truths that exist, and which are never changed. In such investigation, I have talked with Swedenborg, and have learned from him, the sources of his wonderful declarations and doctrines as set forth in his works. He is now in full Knowledge of the Truth. Also, of his errors of his own learned disquisitions, as his followers believe and pronounce them to be.
He can best explain to you the causes of his erroneous beliefs, what led him to attempt to explain the teachings that he received in the Spirit World, his experiences, in the mystical way that he did. I will not write more on the subject.
I, Ingersoll, who was Truly and honestly an agnostic, can, and do, say that in this Spirit World, I had less darkness, and less erroneous beliefs, to get rid of, than had Swedenborg. While he had more of this Divine Love in his soul than had I, for I had none, yet his mind was so warped by his intellectual conceptions of the Truth that it was easier for me to find the True Way, and progress in it, towards the Father's Divine Love, and the Celestial Heavens, than it was for him. This he has told me. I have listened to him with much interest, and have learned that the way of the narrow and bigoted orthodox believer, is a harder road to travel than that of the agnostic, who has not in his soul been too much defiled by sin and evil.
I am still progressing, praying, believing, and receiving, the inflow of this Wonderful Love. Oh, I tell you that this Divine Love is the Greatest Thing in all the Spirit World, as well as on Earth, the Only Thing that brings the soul in close Union, and Harmony, with the Father.
I will not write more now. Soon, I will come and write my promised letter.
So, my dear friend, with my Love, and gratitude, I will say goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, R. G. Ingersoll.
March 29th, 1917
I am here, Mary Kennedy.
I am here. I will not keep my own dear soulmate waiting any longer. He is just ready to explode from the anxiety that he has to hear from me. He may not acknowledge this to you, but it is True, for I can read his soul, and do not flatter myself when I tell you this.
Well, it has been some time since I wrote him, even if you do not think so. It has been, to me. If you could only realize the happiness that I experience in writing to him, you would understand that sometimes we spirits know what time means in the Spirit World, though many of them tell you that they do not know what time means. Well, it may be so. I doubt that they who say this, have ever had the experience of waiting for the opportunity of writing to their soulmates on Earth.
I have been with him a great deal, as he knows. I have become a part of his thoughts, and tried to respond in a sensitive way, to his thoughts of Love that he has sent to me. Sometimes, I realized that I succeeded. Well, tonight I desire to tell him that I am more interested in his happiness, which comes to him from the inflowing of the Father's Divine Love, than from any that may come from the inflowing of my Love. While I do Love him with all my soulmate Love, and want him to realize it, in all its fullness. Yet, I am more anxious that his soul shall be opened up to this Greater Love that is so necessary to his Eternal Salvation, and a home in the Celestial Spheres. Besides, I must tell him this, that the souls that have this Divine Love developed within them, have a more wonderful capacity for this lesser Love, than those who have only the development of the Natural Love. To the former, there is no end of happiness and to the possibilities of progress.
From my writings, and especially from those in which I attempt a little pleasantry, Leslie may sometimes think I may be a little frivolous, or not so serious as a spirit of my development and possession should be. Of this, I want to disabuse his mind. He must know, that when there is Great Joy and Happiness growing out of Love, even the Divine Love, there will be gladness, pleasantry, sadness, or continued seriousness, will have no part in that happiness. I am very serious at times. I meditate with great earnestness and soul longings on the Truths of the Father and the meaning of His Great Love. My soul goes out to Him with all the reverence and adoration that He would ask of me. When I pray for my soulmate, and for his progress in this Divine love, then am I most serious, and let the longings of my soul go to the Father with all the earnestness that I possess.
No, he must not think that I am a frivolous soulmate, flitting from Sphere to Sphere, as one of the spirits wrote you in reference to us who have the Divine Love of the Father in our souls, and seem to be so bright and airy. Only those who are in darkness, or who are bereft of this Great Love, are habitually serious looking with never a laugh, or a song, to make glad the heart of some other spirit, or perchance mortal. Why, if I had to always be serious, or apparently, an Angel of deep thought, trying to solve the problems of the Universe, I would not be the possessor of the Divine Love that I have. My face would not shine as the sun, which is the appearance of those spirits who have this Divine Love of the Father in their souls, as I have it. I am not flattering myself, as you mortals say. I am stating to you a Truth, that cannot be gainsaid by any in our Spirit Planes, where we of the Redeemed Souls live, Love, and pray.
Of course, when I come to your room, or into the Earth Plane, I do not bring with me my Real appearance, which my soul produces, for I would not be, what the spirits who live on this Plane could endure. Then, I am only a beautiful spirit, as we are sometimes described by those who write. As I am, only those who are like me, or higher than I, can see, or understand. So I am trying to help my dear one to get so much of this Divine Love in his soul, that when he comes to our Spirit World, it may not be long until he can be in condition to see his Mary as she really is.
Well, I am thankful that I could write this tonight. I so much desired that he should have some conception of me as I really am.
Tell him that my Love is with him all the time, whether I am his Mary in the lower Plane, or his Mary in the Higher Heavens, where she appears to her spirit associates in all the beauty of her glory. A glory that can come only with, and from, the possession of the Greatest of All Loves (the Divine Love).
I thank you. I will not write more. So, my dear friend, with my sister's Love to you, and my soulmates Eternal Love to him, I will say goodnight.
Your sister in Christ, Mary.
April 1st, 1917
I am here, Elias.
I will write a few words, in respect to the sermon that you listened to tonight, on the question: Do the dead communicate with the living?
The preacher* is a believer in what he enunciated. The only trouble with him is; that he has very little Knowledge of the Truths of Spiritualism. Hence, his ability to teach these Truths is very limited. The mere fact that the soul and spirit of human continue to live when they shuffle off the mortal coil, as he described it, is but the First Truth of this Great Subject. Is one that all spirits learn immediately upon their separation from the body, no matter what their (spiritual) religious beliefs may be, or whether they have any such beliefs, or not. This fact is one about, which there can be no difference in knowledge. They all know, in a moment as it were, that there is no such thing as the death of the soul, The Real Human. This, as I say, is the mere beginning of Knowledge. Beyond the fact of this continuous existence, this Knowledge serves no purpose as to the destiny of human.
The preacher was much interested in the book (Raymond) about which he was talking. Found in it, some statements that are confirmatory of the beliefs that he already possessed. Some statements, that are new to him, which gave him somewhat larger views on the subject. Necessarily, these views are not of the Vital Truths, which a more complete, or extended, Knowledge of Spiritualism will give to him.
The spirit, of whom he was talking, knew little more than what appeared to his senses. Of course, these things are only those that come to the knowledge of the spirit when it first enters the Spirit Land. Its Truths are not learned in a moment, frequently, not for centuries. As to the Higher Truths, are never learned by a great majority of the spirits. So that, what is contained in the book referred to, is very consoling to those who believe that their Loved ones are waiting to meet them, and will receive them, when they cease to be mortals, with Love, affection and joy. Further, that these Loved ones are with the mortals, while on Earth, watching over them, and trying to help them. Yet no information, as to the lives that these spirits, must lead in the Spirit World, as soon as their status is determined by the Great Law of Attraction, what the future may be, and is disclosed to them, for the reason that the spirit communicant did not know.
As the preacher said, it is a glorious knowledge to possess, that human, after death, still lives. That their soul does not have to wait for some great resurrection day to realize that it has Life and Consciousness.
The preacher is still in the dark, as to the conditions of spirits, and their destiny. And, as to the means provided to attain to the Heavens and become released from the hells by the Father's Divine Love. To merely live, is not the end of humans, or spirits. The fact of living as a spirit of today, instead as a mortal of yesterday, does not demonstrate immortality. The consoling thought that the preacher expressed, from the fact of continued existence after death, are merely the wishes of desire, based on such existence.
The preacher has, at this time, within his own soul, that, which is freed from the limitations of his erroneous beliefs in many supposed truths, would cause him to know that the Life in the Spirit World is something more than the mere living. That this living is only a means to the realization, and possession, of that immortality that is so often preached about, and hoped for.
He has much of the Divine Love in his soul. That soul, is struggling to expand, and get in condition to receive more of this Divine Love. Is prevented from so doing, only by the erroneous beliefs that he has imbibed, and misconstrued, by his long years of living, in what he calls, the truths of the Bible, and the fear, that if he loses such beliefs, or questions the Truth of the source of his beliefs, there can be no salvation for him. This is not surprising, for he knows no source of correction of these errors of his beliefs. As a wise human, and wise only because he does not know how to obtain greater wisdom, he holds on to his beliefs, and reverences the source thereof. His intellect is satisfied. But the soul, the important soul, which can be fed only by its own perceptions, is like the imprisoned bird, panting, and struggling, to beat down the bars of its imprisonment, and get out into the Freedom of God's Wide Atmosphere. His mind, the misguided mind, is the bars of his soul's freedom, and prevents it from opening up its own perceptions. If the preacher only knew the Truth, and The Way, to open the doors to his soul's prison, he would long for that Truth, and seek that Way, with all the energies of his soul's powers. Would then, become free and progress towards the attainment of the Certain Knowledge of Immortality.
This I will say now, that sometime he will learn the Truth, and The Way. His beliefs will become in accord with the longings of his soul. The shackles of his mind's erroneous beliefs will be loosened and fall from him. Then he will realize that he is a True Son of the Father, Privileged to partake of the Great Love, without limit in his onward progress to the Celestial Spheres.
The church was filled with many spirits, interested in the discourse, and anxious to learn any Truths that might be declared. They learned nothing. What he declared, as truths, they already knew. Notwithstanding that, these spirits were of all kinds, wicked, dark, and suffering; and bright and happy. Mostly still humans without the physical body.
Well, I thought it might be advisable to write as I have, so that, if the preacher should ever hear this message, he will see the necessity for seeking the Deep and Real Truths that disclose the conditions and destinies of the spirit of humans. Besides, he will also realize the importance of his knowing these Truths, so that he may teach them, not only to humans, but to spirits as well, who form the vastly larger part of his auditors.
I will not write more now. With my Love, and prayers for the Father's Blessings on you, I am, your brother in Christ, Elias.
*(Rev J.L. Gorden, preacher of the Congregational Church, 10th and Y Street, Washington D.C.)
April 3rd, 1917
I am here, James. (the Lesser)
I will not write long tonight, but pray to the Father to Bless you and make your Faith increase.
No, I never belonged to any of those sects, nor did Jesus. He was never learned in the wisdom of India, Egypt, or Persia, as the writer, whom you were reading tonight, asserted. He was taught by the Father, and the Angels of God. His knowledge was that which came from these teachings, and the opening up of his soul perceptions. He was not a son of the Magi, or of the wise humans of any of the countries referred to. As to Knowledge and Wisdom, he was a Son of the Father only.
I will come again soon and write you.
So, goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, James. (brother of Jesus)
April 8th, 1917
I am here, Swedenborg.
I merely want to say that I have been reading my work, as you read. That I now realize how many statements of error and untruth I made in that work. The errors are so many, that it will take a longer time than I have tonight in which to give you a bare outline of them. I will soon come and write you. I hope that you can give me an evening when I can write without limitation of time.
Since I have been in the Spirit World, I have found that there are so many statements in my writings, of my experiences while in the mortal, when I was permitted in my spirit, or as I then said, interiors, to enter the Spirit World, that were not truly conceived, or interpreted, that it is absolutely necessary that I should correct, and describe, in accordance with what I now know of the Truth. Especially is this necessary, as I have on Earth, a large number of mortals who believe in my teachings, and are trying to follow them in their lives and deeds. So, you will appreciate my anxiety to be permitted to write. Tonight, I will not write more.
Well, I am sorry to say, that I did not know of the Divine Love, which by its reception into the soul, made Angels of humans. Recreated them, so that their souls became, in their very substance, Divine. I did not know of this Divine Love, as contradistinguished from the Natural Love that was bestowed upon human at their Creation, which, in itself, has nothing of the Divine. No, I was ignorant of this, and never learned it in the Spirit World, in my visits to that World, nor in my conversation with spirits.
I know now, that no matter how great is the ruling love of a human for falsity and evil, when they enter the hells, they will have the opportunity to have that love changed. That ultimately, the loves of all who are in the hells will be changed into the Love for good. In some instances, into the Love of the Divine. In others, to the Purification of their Natural Love to that, which will make them Perfect Humans.
These are some of the things that I desire to write about. There are many others equally erroneous.
I am in the Celestial Spheres, and of course, am an Angel of God, the possessor of His Divine Love, that has caused my soul to become Divine, and Immortality to become to me a thing of understanding and possession.
I will stop now. With my Love, and the Blessings of God, and all the Divine Angels, I will say goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, Swedenborg.
April 8th, 1917
I am here, Luke.
I come to tell you that you must not doubt that Swedenborg wrote to you. What you wrote, or rather, received, in answer to your questions, he actually wrote. We are all desirous that he shall write you on the subjects that he has expressed a desire to write upon. For many of the teachings and doctrines that are contained in his earthly writings are erroneous, and must be corrected. They are being studied, and believed in, by many mortals. All to their leading away from the Truth.
The one great error, or untruth, that must be corrected, is his teaching, that Jesus is God. This is blasphemous and abhorrent to all the Angelic Spirits, and more so to the Master, than to any other. For the correction of this, Swedenborg must write.
Well, I will not write more tonight, except to say this, that another anniversary of the resurrection of the Master, as it is believed, has come. Humans are worshipping Jesus as God. Sending their praises and thanks to him as the great redeemer of the world by his death and "resurrection", while as you know, his death had very little to do with that redemption. His resurrection, was not the resurrection that he taught could be the experience and possession of All Humankind.
It is pitiable and destructive to the Truth, for humans to believe and teach, that the mere resurrection of the spirit from the body, is the resurrection that Jesus came to teach and demonstrate. When we see, each year the repetition of the observance of the anniversary of this rising of Jesus from his physical body, and all the false beliefs and teachings, we realize more and more the necessity for our Truths being made known to the World.
So you must work harder, and pray to the Father to increase your Soul Development, so that our messages may be more rapidly received.
Remember what John said a few nights ago, and believe. The promises then made, will soon be realized by you. I will come soon and write a message.
With my Love and great desire that we become closer in our rapport, and more expedient in our work, I will say goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, Luke.
April 8th, 1917
I am here, your own true and loving Helen.
Well dear, I come to say that Swedenborg actually wrote you, as I realize that you had a doubt come into your mind, as to whether he really wrote. He actually answered your questions, in his own words, and not any thought contained in his answers came from your mind. Luke also wrote. You must believe.
Goodnight and God Bless you.
Your own True and Loving Helen.
April 12th, 1917
I am here, Luther.
When I was on Earth, I had my troubles and suffering. Thanks be to the Father, I was never forsaken. You will not be. When you consider the greater importance of your work, as compared to mine, you must realize that the Father, and the Powers of His Angels, are more interested in preserving you from everything that may interfere with your work, than He was with me. While I was earnest and sincere in what I attempted to do, and believed that I was right in my attacks on Catholicism, and in my teachings of the Truth, yet I was in error in many things. You, on the contrary, will not be in error. Because what you may receive, will come only from the spirits and Angels, who know what God's Truths are. So, you must see the importance of your work. The necessity for its being accomplished.
Take courage, and when these thoughts of dread of not being provided for, and being felt without the means necessary to your existence, come to you, cast them aside.
My dear brother, believe what I have been trying to impress you with, and that we all Love you, and are trying to help you.
Goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, Luther.
April 12th, 1917
I am here, Grover Cleveland.
Let me say a word, too. I am your friend, and desire to say just a few words about what has just been written you. Of the necessity of keeping up your Faith, in what has been promised you, and your courage.
Of course, I am not of the Higher Spirits. I am in the Soul Spheres of the Spirit World. It is so, as I am very happy to say, very largely because of your advice and help. Consequently, you must know that I feel very grateful. I have not written you for a long time. I have no doubt that you wonder who I am that is thus writing you. In your wonder, think that I am a most grateful spirit. One who desires to help you all that he can.
I acted on your advice, and listened to the High Spirits who came to me, and told me of the Wonderful Plan of God for the Salvation of humans, and the making of their souls Pure and like unto His in Divine Love. I, at last, to an extent, believed what they told me, prayed, hoped, and continued to pray, and found that my prayers opened up The Way to the Father's Divine Love, and to His Kingdom of Light and Happiness.
It was surprising to me how simple the Plan is. How the True longings of the soul, will bring to itself this Great Love. I found, that as I longed and desired in True Earnestness, this Divine Love was present. Always present, and not afar off to be searched for. How the Father must Love the souls of mortals and spirits!
Well, now I am in the Third Sphere, in the association of spirits like myself, who are filled with this Divine Love, to the extent that they are in Great Light and Happiness, always striving for more Divine Love, yet always contended. You may not understand this seeming paradox, but it is True, contended, yet striving for more. This is because this Great Love of the Father, has in it, those Qualities, that bring a satisfying happiness, and the same time, creates a desire for more Divine Love.
Well, my friend, I desire to tell you this, because I know that you are interested in knowing something of my experience in the Spirit World, and are pleased to know that I can call myself one of the Redeemed.
Now, knowing the Truth of the Father's Divine Love, and what its possession means to a spirit, I feel a great desire to tell you, that what you first told me of, is a Thing of Reality, and that when you instruct spirits, as to this Divine Love, and The Way to obtain it, and happiness, you are conveying to them Truths, that are as Real as the existence of our Spirit World, and the souls of humans therein.
I heard what the other spirits wrote you tonight. Also want to urge you to have Faith. I know this; that all the powers of these High Spirits, are being exercised in your behalf. For they say that you have a work to do, that only you can do. What a wonderful thing to contemplate! I do not yet understand it all, but this I do know, that you seem to be of great importance to these spirits.
I am now much more interested in Spiritual Matters, than in the war that your country has just entered. I now see, that among humans, and in their short lives on Earth, wars, and all such calamities, are mere incidents. Do not determine the destinies of humans, in the Great Eternity, except as the individuals may, or may not, by their thoughts and desires carried into action, contaminate the conditions of their own souls, and fit them selves for the hells and punishments that follow.
If humans would only understand, that after they become spirits, and possess some of this Divine Love, the mortals of Earth, all alike, become their brothers. Nationalities and race distinctions disappear to the spirit's consciousness! All are brothers (and sisters), the possible recipients of this Divine Love.
Still, while we have no particular interest in nations as such. Yet, we have with us, individuals, and sympathize with them, Love them, and are glad when those things, which bring upon them unhappiness and misery, cease to exist. We try to exercise our influence for Good, on those who have the administration and directing of national affairs. In this way we are interested in the war.
To us there comes no feeling of bias or prejudice against any nation, or desire that any one nation shall become victorious, except as we see the humans of one nation are, in their advocacy of Principles and justice more in accord with the righteousness and Truth, than another. Then, we are on the side of Truth, and use our influence for its success.
In this war, I think that the Germans and their Allies will be unsuccessful, and believe that the war will soon end. This is for human to determine, though we are exercising our influence to bring about this determination.
I will not write more tonight. As I progress, which the Higher Spirits tell me I will do, I will come to you, and write you of my progress.
With my Love and gratitude,
I will subscribe myself, your brother in Christ, Grover Cleveland.
April 14th, 1917
I am here, Elias
I come tonight to write a few lines only, as you are not in condition to receive the lengthy discourse that I promised you.
I merely desire to say that I will be pleased to give you my message, as soon as you feel that you are in condition to receive it. Of course, as you know, it is necessary for you to be in the proper condition, as it is for me to be so. There must be a mutual rapport, so that our powers may work in unison.
Well, I have nothing further to write tonight, except to say that you must not let your feelings of discouragement take so great a hold on you. They do harm, and unfit you for your work.
So with my Love, I will say goodnight, Elias.
April 19th, 1917
I am here, Mother of Leslie.
I came to say that I am much pleased for this opportunity to write to him once more.
Of course, I have been with him a great deal. He has felt my presence. But it is so much more satisfaction to write him and tell him in words of my Love and solicitude for his welfare. I am now in a Higher Sphere of the Celestial Heavens, and correspondingly happy. I find, that as this Great Love comes to me, it seems that I Love him with a greater intensity. I wish that I could describe the Glories of my new home, so that he might have some idea of what the Heavens constitute, in which his mother now lives, and what it means. He has heard described some of the Spiritual Spheres, which transcend all conceptions. But those descriptions are very inadequate to convey the True Portrayal of what the Heaven, which is mine, contains.
I am also happy, in that his father has also progressed, and is so much happier, and has so much more of the Divine Love in his soul. We are in the Earth Plane a great deal of the time, trying to help his sisters and brothers, who have their many troubles, and moments of unhappiness. If we could only get in rapport with them, like we can with Leslie, they would be much happier. But as it is, they do believe in our presence as their True Loving parents, and are conscious of us sometimes, when they need our help. But this they cannot understand. Their thoughts do not often turn to us. As a consequence, we are not able to get as close to them as we desire.
The girls are more interested in earthly matters than in those pertaining to the Spirit World, and are very largely absorbed in the war, and its possibilities.
Well, this is quite natural. Yet, if they could only know that the other things, such as the spirit, are more important. If they would only turn their thoughts more to the Spirit World, and think of their parents more often, they would receive an influence, and help, that would add so much to their happiness, even though they could not understand its source.
As you know, we are controlled by Law. No matter how great our desires may be to come in closer contact with our children, and cause them a greater happiness, but if they do not want to respond to our feelings, they can prevent our doing so. Of course, they do not understand what possibilities are theirs, and what a little thing keeps them from us, or rather permitting our influence to come to them, as it otherwise would. Let them have a real yearning for our presence, or a wish that they could have us with them. It will lift the veil that keeps us from making our presence conscious to their souls perceptions.
We are hoping though, that someday, or rather someway, they will have an Awakening, so that we may come closer together. Tell Leslie to write them to think more about their mother, and send out a desire that they could have her with them. Then I will be with them and they will know that it is True, although they may not realize the fact.
Yes, I sometimes visit the scenes of battles. It is also possible that I do not stay very long, except, at sometime when I have the opportunity to help some poor spirit who has suddenly found them self in the Spirit World, and is in great confusion, and apparently, all alone. I am also with my son, who is in the army, and try so hard to reach his consciousness, but with very little success. While I do not know when he may be called to battle, and suffer the dissolution of Life, yet I am with him, waiting to help him, should the end of Life come to him. My Love draws me to him. My Love will keep me with him, until he either becomes a spirit, or returns to his home.
Oh! What a terrible thing is war. If mortals would only understand what it means to the individual spirit, they would try to bring an end to its ravages and destruction.
I have written considerably and must stop. I wish to say that Leslie's father is also here now, and sends his Love and blessings, and wants him to know that the signal, which he spoke of, is the one that his father uses to notify him of his presence. Also, tell Leslie to continue to pray, and believe. In doing so, his prayers ascend to The Real Living and Loving Father, and his beliefs are of the Truth of the Great Truth, that leads to God, Redemption, and Immortality.
Thanking you, I will say goodnight.
Priscilla Stone.
Mother of Dr. Stone.
April 22nd, 1917
I am here, Jesus.
I was with you tonight and heard the sermon. There was not much said that was very vital to our Truths. I have no comments to make on the sermon. Luther was there also, and was disappointed somewhat, for he rather expected the preacher to say some things that might have been beneficial to the souls of his hearers. He will write you very soon. He is very anxious to do so.
Remember that I Love you with a very great Love, and that you are my chosen one to do this work, and that to no other human has such an opportunity and privilege ever been given. You must not become a failure. So much is dependent upon the World getting the Truths, at this time. Human's souls are longing for the Truth, and are susceptible to receiving the same, than ever in the history of humankind.
So believe in my Love, and anxiety. Permit yourself to get in close rapport with me. I will pray with you tonight. You will realize some response to my prayers.
When you pray tonight, believe that what you ask for will come, and you will not be disappointed.
Well, as I told you, when I delivered to you the prayer, if you offer that prayer with all the earnestness and longings of your soul, it will be answered. When the answer comes, these material things will come also. For when you receive what that prayer asks for, you will then be in possession of the Kingdom of God. These other things will be added to you. God knows what you need. Is always ready to bestow upon you these needful things. When you become His True Child, He will not neglect to give you these other things. He is more thoughtful, and careful, of His Children than is the earthly father. His Angels are always ready to do His Bidding. So have Faith, pray, and pray. You will realize the wonderful responses that will come to you.
I will not write more tonight, but again impress upon you the necessity of Faith and prayer. You must not forget that we Angels of the Father are with you trying to help you.
Goodnight. With all my love and blessings, I am, your brother and friend, Jesus.
April 22nd, 1917
I am here, Luke.
I will say only a word. I see how you feel, and how important it is that you believe that the Master wrote you, and how certain it is that you can rely upon what he said. If you only knew how much he is interested in you, and how much Love and care he is bestowing upon you, you would not for a moment doubt, or lose faith, in his promises. Besides, we are all with you in Love, and efforts to help you. So believe, and you will not be disappointed.
With my Love I will say, goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, Luke.
April 22nd, 1917
I will say that we are all here, heard what the Master said, know that he wrote, and that you can rely on what he said. Let doubt leave you, and Divine Love and Faith take possession of your soul.
May God Bless and keep you in His Love,
Paul, John, James, Luther, Barnabas, Samuel, John Wesley, John the Baptist.
April 22nd, 1917
I am here, your own true and loving Helen.
Well, dear, the messages have been rather unusual tonight. I mean the messages corroborating what the Master said. They show you that you must not doubt, or lose your Faith in what has been written you. Not only tonight but in all the past.
You must also see how interested these spirits are in you, and in the work, you must do. Otherwise, you would never have received such messages.
Each of those whose names are subscribed, actually wrote. I know them all. I saw them sign their names. With each signature was a prayer that God would Bless you, and give you a Great Abundance of His Divine Love. It is all so wonderful, that I am somewhat astonished at this great display of interest in you, and desire that you shall believe.
So, my dear husband, believe with all your soul. Trust in the Love of the Master, and his great desire to see you happy and free.
I will not write more tonight, although I had intended to write my personal letter. But you are too tired to receive it. You know how much I Love you, and how anxious I am to see you happy, and filled with the Father's Divine Love.
I Love you, and want you to Love me.
Goodnight, your own True and Loving Helen.
April 25th, 1917
I am here, St. John, Apostle of Jesus.
Well, He (God) answers the prayers for things material by the work and operation of His Angels and Spirits. They, in that work, are subject to the limitations of success, as I have above mentioned. God does not exercise any arbitrary Power to answer prayers. When they are sincerely offered to Him, He works through His Angels in answering them. He does not, by His mere fiat do so. His Angels are always watching, and working. When the opportunity comes, they use their influence, in the best possible way, to bring about the ends desired.
As you know, human has a free will. That determines very largely the action of humans. Such actions are never arbitrarily controlled by any Divine Power. If the prayers of humans, as to material things, can be responded to by the workings of the Angels and spirits, they are. If such response depends upon the will of humans, then they are not received by mortals, except as the spirits may be able to influence that will, and cause humans to act in compliance with that influence, which is always used for the purpose of bringing about the response to the prayers that are, in their nature, proper and worthy to be answered.
Well, I doubt if any of those petitions were ever answered, in the arbitrary way, that is related in the Old Testament. God never answers prayer in that manner. The petitions of the old prophets, had no more influence to bring about the answers to the same, in the manner indicated, than have the prayers of the sincere and earnest human of these days. God was the same then, as He is now. Worked through the spirits then, as He does now. Except, that now He has Angels of the Soul Development in the Divine Love, that He did not then have. These angels are doing His Bidding, as well as are the spirits. He does not answer prayers for material things, except in a manner in consonance with Laws controlling the free will and actions of humans, as they may be operated upon, and influenced, by the work of spirits.
Sometime, I will come and write you a message on this subject of prayer and answer.
This I want to say, that we can, at times, understand what will happen in the near future. Having such knowledge, can tell to mortals what may be expected, or rather what will occur. This we sometimes do.
In your case, we all, of the Higher Spheres, as well as many of the Spirit Spheres, know what your petitions have been, in reference to these material matters. We have been working to bring about a realization of the same on your part, not only because of your petitions, but because they are so necessary to the doing, and completion, of our work. We have been using our influence to the utmost to accomplish this end. As I say, we are all limited, and have not the power to cause the happening of any event, by our mere willing the same, even though we are doing the Work of the Father.
This may seem surprising, as well as disappointing, to you. But it is a fact. It is a Great Truth that God Helps those who help themselves.
Of course, you must not lose sight of the fact, that while humans must themselves, do those things that bring about changes, or happenings, or phenomena, in material things, yet we can influence, but not control absolutely, their desires, intentions, and their wills, that put into operation, or effect these intentions. No, these things, as to their immediate manifestations, are subject to the wills of humans.
God never, by a mere act of the moment, or of a physical character, places into the hands of any human, riches, or prosperity. These things must immediately be wrought and brought about by human. Human, in doing this, can, and is, wonderfully influenced by the workings of the spirits.
Well, that is a question that has caused humans to doubt, consider, and explain, in various ways, the so-called miracle of the loaves and fishes. As I was a disciple of the Master at that time, it is quite natural that I should be expected to state whether such a miracle ever occurred. Of course, I can state what the fact in relation thereto is. Notwithstanding that it has been used by preachers and teachers for many centuries to show the wonderful power possessed by Jesus, and thereby cause the people to believe in and accept him as God, or at least having god-like powers, and has been used to work much good among those who were seeking for the True Religion, yet I am compelled, and sorry to say, that no such miracle ever took place. While Jesus had wonderful powers, and understood the workings of the Spiritual Laws, to a far greater extent than any mortal who ever lived, yet he had not the power to increase the loaves and fishes, as is set forth in the account of the miracle. To be able to do so would be against the Laws of God governing the material Things of His Creation. Also, beyond and outside of the powers conferred on any human, or angel, by any Spiritual Laws.
There are certain Laws by which we who are acquainted with, and use them, may cause a dematerialization of physical substances. Also, may to a limited degree cause a materialization of Spiritual Substances. But, I am not acquainted with any Law that would have operated, under the control of Jesus, to increase the loaves and fishes to the great number mentioned in the story referred to. As a fact, I know that no such miracle took place. Jesus will tell you the same. There are other alleged miracles in the Bible that never had any existence as a fact.
Well, I have written you a long letter tonight, and I must stop. I am pleased that you asked me about the response to prayers, and the miracle of the loaves and fishes, for your questions gave me the opportunity, to some extent, to explain these matters. As to prayer, you must wait until I deal with it more at large, or in detail, before you conclude that you understand the subject fully.
I say to you, pray, not only for the Spiritual Things, which God bestows through His Holy Spirit, but also for the material things, which He bestows through His Angels and spirits. The proper prayer will be answered, sooner or later. Your prayer for that of which I have written will be answered, even though to you, the response may seem a long time delayed.
With my Love and blessings, I will say goodnight.
Your brother in Christ, John.
April 25th, 1917
I am here, your own true and loving Helen.
Well, dear, I am glad that John wrote you as he did. It will give you an insight into some Principles, regarding the powers of spirits to help mortals that you may not before have understood. What he said is True. I am glad that he wrote.
It may prove a little disappointing to learn that spirits have not the powers to do everything, as mortals may suppose. I do not want you to underestimate their powers. They have great powers, even as respects the material things. Of course, they cannot move a house, or cause the wealth of one mortal to be removed from him and placed in the possession of another. They can, and do, use great influence on mortals, to cause them to do physical things, that the spirits cannot directly do.
Your prayers are not futile, even as to these material things that are subject to the control of mortals, for these very mortals are, under certain circumstances, subject to our influence, and thereby, control. When we promise you that a certain thing, or things, will happen, we mean that we will exercise our influence on mortals, in such a way, that they will bring about these happenings in response thereto. You must not believe that when we promise you something, that that something, as a matter of course, will come to you. We mean that it will come to you by reason, primarily, of the work that we are doing among mortals.
We can see some things, before they have an existence in your physical world. Can tell you of the same. Some things we believe will happen, and tell you. When they do not, we are disappointed, as well as are you.
Your own True and Loving Helen.
April 26th, 1917
I am here, your own true and loving Helen.
Well, dear, I see that you are very happy tonight. I am so glad, and want you to feel that you have around you other spirits who are glad also. I will not write much tonight, but commencing Sunday night; I wish that you will commence to receive the messages that are waiting to be written you. There are many, and of the greatest interest and importance.
I was present when the Broker was writing to you. I want to say that he is very much interested in the work, and will do everything possible to make it a success. We are all interested in this. For we understand the importance of it, and what great results will follow your getting in the position that you so much desire. Have Faith, and you will not be disappointed.
Love me, and believe that I Love you.
Goodnight, my dear husband. Your own True and Loving Helen.
April 30th, 1917
I am here, John.
I merely want to say that you are in a better condition tonight than you have been. I should like to write you a message but it is too late.
I heard your conversation tonight, and was much interested in it. You and your friend have the right idea, as to the manner in which the Truths are to be made known to the World by preachers, and others, who may become believers in these Truths, and feel the "call" to make the same known.
The Great Qualification, will be, the possession of the Divine Love. If this is wanting, the teacher has not that, which is absolutely necessary to make their teachings a success. In good time, all these things will be explained to you.
So have Faith that you will be placed in condition to do the work that is named.
Goodnight, your brother in Christ, John.
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