1915 October

Messages from Jesus and Celestials on Divine Love 1915 October

October 1st, 1915

Layton.

I wrote you once before at your office and was interrupted before I could finish.

I merely want to say tonight, that all the spirits who have written you about the magnificent power and glory of the Master, is True, and yet not half told.

The Revelation of that night makes an epoch in the Spirit World, where those who witnessed it live. It has been told to many spirits, in many Spheres. Jesus is now the great center of interest to many spirits who before, looked upon him as a mere spirit like themselves.

How wonderful that this display of power should have been made, under the circumstances that accompanied it. Many spirits were present, from Spheres, which are not Soul Spheres, in which live believers of other religious faiths.

You will hear much of this night for some time to come. The results of the great scene will be felt in many places that never before have heard of, or been interested in, the Teachings of the Master.

I will not write more.

So goodnight, your brother in Christ, John Layton.

October 1st, 1915

I am here, Saleeba.

I want to tell you that I was a witness the other night, to the wonderful display by Jesus of his great power and glory. And what a wonderful demonstration it was!

I never, in all my long experience in the Spiritual Spheres, saw anything that approached it. No spirit in the highest intellectual Sphere could for a moment, show the great effulgence of Light that Jesus did. So you see, I now know positively that the Master is the Son of God, and has this Divine Love, to a degree that, as I am informed, no spirit who was then present, except probably, some of the apostles, had any conception of.

I am now convinced, to the depths of my soul, that the Divine Love of the Father is a Real Existing Thing, and that it makes Beautiful and Godlike those who possess it. Now, I shall strive harder than ever to get It, and the Great Happiness, which I now know, must be the experience of those who have this Divine Love to a Great Degree. I merely wanted to tell you this, because, as you know, I am one, who a short time ago had never heard of this Great Love.

So thanking you for your kindness, I am, your sister in Christ, Saleeba.

October 1st, 1915

I am here, your late friend, Perry.

I want to tell you that I am in a condition of great darkness and suffering. I am not able to find a way out of the darkness, or to relieve myself from my tortures.

I know that you may think it strange that I did not listen to Mr. Riddle, when you brought him in contact with me a short time ago. I could not believe what he told me, or understand, in what way the darkness would leave me by merely praying to God, and trying to believe that there is such a thing as Divine Love, which I might obtain by letting my belief in what he said become sufficiently strong to cause me to forget the recollections of my awful deed.

I saw that he was a wonderfully bright spirit, and seemed to be so very happy in his condition of belief. Nevertheless, I was not able to believe that it was the result of what he told me. So, I am in the same condition that I was when I wrote you last.

My, friend, for such I believe you to be, or you would not be able to interest yourself in me as you have. I want to tell you that if I only again could shoot myself and by that means end my existence, I mean annihilate my spirit and soul, so that they would go into nothingness, I would gladly and quickly pull the trigger, and send the bullet into that spot which would bring about the desired effect. I realize now that I must continue to exist, and to suffer, for how long I do not know. It seems to me for ever and ever.

Oh, why did I do such a thing! I had no occasion to take my Life, so far as earthly things were concerned, for I needed nothing of the material to make Life satisfactory.

Question?

Well, I will tell you. As you may know, I was, as I thought, something of a philosopher on Earth. To me, Life was a thing to retain, or put off, just as I might think it had served, or not, its purpose. When I felt that I could no longer do any special good to the World, or to those who were near to me, I thought that there was no reason why I should longer continue the Life, which was one of monotony in a certain sense. Besides, I felt that I had arrived at the height of my mental powers, and that they were on the decline. The thought that I should decrease in what I had so striven to cultivate, and display to my acquaintances, caused me to believe that the object of my Creation had been fulfilled, and that I would gradually become, not only an encumbrance, but a person to be looked upon with a kind of pity, which would cause me much unhappiness. To have others point their finger at me and say; "There goes poor Perry, who used to be such a brilliant and capable human, and who is now a mere wreck of his former self intellectually. Isn't it a pity that such a human should come to a condition that he has come to."

These are some of the thoughts that entered my mind. In addition as I have told you, I thought that death was the end of all, and that in the grave, I would know nothing, and sleep in utter oblivion.

These thoughts I fed on some little while, before I decided to die. The more I thought, the greater became my condition that what I had said would prove to be true. Just before I fired the fatal shot, I thought intensely of all these things, and saw that what I supposed would be an end to everything was the true solution of Life's decay, and to mental, as well as to physical decrepitude. When I prepared to do the deed, I was never more calm in all my Life. It did not require any courage on my part, for conviction of the correctness of my conclusions was so strong, that the question of courage was not a part of the equation.

Humans may think that courage is necessity to commit suicide. I tell you, I believe that courage, or the want of courage, forms no part of a human's condition of mind, when they commit that deed. The mind forms its own conclusions, as to the necessity, or the desirability of doing the act. Every other consideration, or reason, is ignored. The suicide is not, as a general thing, at the time of the act, a coward. I have no doubt though in bringing their mind to the condition that I have spoken of, that is in feeling that the burdens of Life are too great, or that they cannot further bear the things, which duty calls upon them to do, they may be, and often is, a coward. I must not write more on this theme now. I am more interested in finding a way, if possible, out of this intense darkness and suffering.

I have not seen Mr. Riddle since my first interview. I do not think that I would be benefitted by seeing him, because, for one thing, the great contrasts in our conditions, only intensifies my sufferings. Hence, I prefer to remain to myself, or among spirits like myself.

You know, that on Earth the poor are much happier with the poor, than when thrown into the company of the rich, this because of the apparent greater happiness of the latter. So with me, when I see Riddle in his happiness, I feel that my misery is the greater.

No, I did not see your grandmother at that time. I do not know her now. Why do you ask that question?

Well, if what you say is True, I should like very much to meet her, and listen to her. If you will tell me how I can meet her, I will make the effort.

I will certainly take advantage of your invitation and be with you tonight, and hope that I may meet your grandmother.

How I wish that I may find what you tell me, and feel the influences that you speak of! Oh, for such a consummation! Why, my dear friend, if what you promise me shall come True, I will never cease thanking you for your kindness and help.

I am astonished at what you say. I never really believed in Jesus, as you tell me of him. I could not, when on Earth, believe in him as a God. I thought that he was really an ideal of progressive human minds, that, as to his actual historical or Earthly existence, it was a mere fable. Now you tell me that he really exists, and is working in the Spirit World to help the fallen and dark spirits. That he comes to you, and tells you of his Love and work. Well, I will not say that I can't believe you, but I prefer to wait until I see him myself. Then if he appears to me as you say, I will be ready to believe what Riddle told me about prayer, and the Divine Love. How wonderful all this is!

You surprise me more and more. Of course, I knew Ingersoll, and read many of his lectures. In some things agreed with him. But, when you tell me that he is now a believer in God, and in Jesus, and has been converted to Christianity, you again draw very strongly on my credulity. I am afraid that if what you tell me is True, I will see so many surprising things, that I will hardly know whether I am a spirit of hell or not.

I will ask him to tell me about his conversion. I will listen to him intently, and will try to believe what he tells me. But when you describe it as you do, by the comparison you make with that of Paul, I am more bewildered than ever.

Tell me then, what kind of human are you, to know all these things? I cannot understand you. When on Earth, I merely considered you as like the rest of us, but now I am told that you know things, that I never thought any mortal could know.

Question and Answer.

Well astonishment upon astonishment! All, as you say, to help me and lead me to the Light. Yes, that is what I want, Light.

Only wait until I have had these experiences that you promise me. I will come to you and write you a letter that you will tire of receiving. I must stop now, for you must be tired, and I am.

So my dear friend, let me say, that I thank you with all my heart, and hope that I may be able to come to you again, and say that what you promised me, I have received.

Your friend, R. Ross Perry.

October 1st, 1915

I am here, Robert G. Ingersoll.

I came to tell you that I am the Ingersoll, who when on Earth, was a fool in my beliefs. Who now knows the Truths of God, as far as The Way to Salvation is concerned, and the Wonderful Gift, which He has in store, for all who may believe what the Master says as to The Way to obtain it. I have not yet recovered from the wonderful experience, which I had on the night when Jesus displayed his wonderful glory and power, and made me feel that I was of such little importance in my beliefs and opinions, as I entertained them on Earth, and as I brought them with me to the Spirit World.

I must have been a poor soul all my Life to have gone on in a way that kept me out of the happiness, which a belief in the Father's Divine Love would have given me. The reason was, that the Truth was not taught. What the preachers have proclaimed in their pulpits, as to the way that a human could be saved from sin, was so repulsive to reason, that I could not for a moment tolerate it. Consequently, I did not seek to learn any other way. I now know, that even the Bible taught another, and True Way to Salvation. But, that Way, was not taught by the preachers. I never thought of any other way than that which I heard from the preachers, or from the writings of the orthodox.

If I had only known, that even in that book (the Bible), I might have found the True Plan of Salvation, what good I might have done on Earth, instead of the harm, which I now see my books are doing.

For while some who read them understand, what is really intended to be taught, yet a greater number, who give them a mere casual reading, and grasp and enjoy some of my catchwords, really are led to believe that there is no God, and no Future Life. All this makes me unhappy now, and causes me to wish that I could return to Earth, and teach these people the Truth, and show them that my writings, in many particulars, are not beneficial to them. I realize that I cannot do this. I only hope that sometime you will give me the opportunity to write through you, my corrections of many of the things contained in my books.

I never before realized what Jesus is. Until the other night, when he showed his great power and beauty, I never supposed that he could be much different in appearance than a spirit like unto many others.

I will not write more tonight, except to say, that a spirit comes to me and tells me that you invited him here, and advised him to ask me to tell him of my conversion to Christianity, as he needed help and Light. Well, as you sent him, and as he was my friend on Earth, I shall take great interest in telling him of the wonderful power and magnificent Love of Jesus. So I will take him with me now, and try to show him The Way to Salvation, and to surcease from his sufferings.

He will come to you and tell you of the result of our interview. How he then thinks of what I will tell him of Salvation. So thanking you, I will say goodnight.

Your brother in Christ, R. G. Ingersoll.

October 1st, 1915

I came merely to say that I have listened to your conversation tonight, and was much interested, because you have discussed that phase of human's destiny, which is most important in all the Economy, or Plans of the Father.

Your being chosen to do this work was not the thing of the moment, but for a long period of time the Highest Spirits of the Celestial Heavens have considered this great question. The way by which the Great Truths of God, and the necessary Plans for Human's Salvation, could be made known to mortals.

Heretofore, the difficulty has been in finding a human gifted with mediumistic powers, who had the unbiased mind, and yet a Knowledge, to some extent of the soul's requirements, and who could be used for the purpose of receiving these Great Truths, and transmitting them to humanity.

Some years ago, as you say, a selection was made of a man to declare these Truths (Swedenborg). To him, much power and Spiritual Knowledge were given. Even that power of leaving the body and visiting the World of Spirits that he might see for himself, the Actual Condition of things, as they there existed, and to declare to humankind the results of his observations. He did observe, and declare many Truths. The difficulty, in the way of his realizing the Pure Truth, and interpreting the things, which he saw, was that his mind was too much biased by what he had read and believed from the writings as contained in the Bible. Hence, his efforts failed to accomplish the Great Purpose intended by the mission given him. I am here referring to Swedenborg, the seer, as he was called.

This was a great disappointment to these Celestial Spirits, who had projected such a plan for revealing the Truths to humankind. At the head of these, Celestial Spirits was Jesus, as he is now. Since that time, the time has never been propitious for a plan of this kind to be attempted again, until now.

Now, instead of having the mortal, through whom this plan is to be worked, leave their body, and come to the Spirit World, and then relate the results, and interpretations of their observations, it has been determined, that the Truths shall be declared to the mortal in the words and thoughts of these spirits, so that no mistake, or wrong interpretation, can possibly occur. Hence, when we saw the possibilities of your becoming a medium, with powers sufficient, and a soul capable of development, to receive these thoughts and words, it was decided to select you, and make you the medium for doing this Great Work. Of course, Jesus was the active Superior Spirit in making the selection. We all submitted to his judgment. Such is the decree. Now you will understand why you were selected, and the fact that you have been selected.

I have told you this tonight, because I have been selected by the others to do so. I, as the wise man of old, tell you from a Knowledge, founded on fact.

So both of you realize your missions, and strive with all your might to acquire this Great Faith and Soul Development, which are absolutely necessary to a successful performance of the work.

We are with you very often, trying to incline your thoughts to the Higher Things, and to fill your souls with their influences, which our Love for you creates around you. So in behalf of all of us who are promoting this Great Work, I give you our Love and blessings.

Your brother in Christ, Solomon the wise of the Old Testament, and the more than wise of the Followers of Christ.

October 1st, 1915

I am here, Helen.

Well, you have certainly had some wonderful messages tonight. What Solomon wrote you is True. I have heard the Master say the same thing, as he has told me that you have been selected because of the reasons Solomon gave. How you must thank the Father for such a favor and Blessing.

What a work is yours. What a responsibility also. You will not fail, for you will have such help from the Celestial World as will not let you fail.

I will not write more, but only say that I Love you with all my heart.

Your own True and Loving Helen.

October 3rd, 1915

I am here, Jesus.

I was with you tonight. You were not very much impressed with the thoughts expressed by the speaker, because he did not dwell very much on the qualities of the soul, or the manner in which are perceived the Great Truths of the Father. He spoke of the Love of human to human, and of the duties that humans owed to one another, and of the wonderful possibilities of the intellect in guiding human along lines of Living that will bring them happiness and harmony in their Earth Life. He did not show them that, the mere intellect is not sufficient to bring them in that condition of Soul Development, which is necessary for their Highest Happiness in the Life to Come.

When he spoke of the immortality of the soul, he did not intend to express more than that the spirits of humans continue to live after the body dies. He, in fact, does not know what Immortality means, as we have taught you. He will someday be surprised when he learns that mere Continuity of Life is not immortality, or that continuance of existence, which when once possessed cannot be taken away from the spirit.

Yet, notwithstanding all this want of knowledge on his part, he is an earnest Spiritualist, and is doing much good to mortals. He is showing them the fact, that the spirit of human is a mere extension of form of what human now possesses, and that there is no such thing as the death of the spirit when the body dies, or that the spirit lies with the body in a state of obscurity, nothingness, or rather of oblivion, until what the orthodox call the great judgment day.

I am interested in the efforts that these people are now making to build a temple in which to worship and gather in their cause. I favor the building of the same. Because while they do not preach, or know, the Great and Necessary Truths, yet they preach those things which free humans from the beliefs that hold them in thralldom and error, and set them free to receive the Greater Truths, when the time shall come that they shall be known to humanity. So that I would advise you to help their project, to the extent that you feel yourself able.

Many people will find that the things, which they may hear at these meetings, will cause them to arouse from their slumbers and ignorance, and cause them to investigate, for themselves, the Truths of Spiritualism. When once they start, and become convinced of one Truth, they will continue to seek. In the end, if they are "sincere seekers", find the Truths. Because when their minds shall be convinced of the Truths of spirit existence, and spirit control. They will then realize that over and beyond this there is something that their souls long for, and is never satisfied. The result will be that they will be in condition to readily believe what may be told them, which leads to that, which will satisfy their souls in their longings.

This is the great good that the Spiritualists are doing, in their efforts to extend their Spiritualistic Doctrines. When they are earnest, true believers and teachers in what they know of these things, they will bring about that, which will cause the increase in the number of mortals who will accept the Higher Truths of the Divine Love and the Immortality of the soul, and The Way to obtain it. So you see, that while you may not be much benefited in your soul's aspirations in attending these meetings, or affiliating with these people, yet I would advise that you do everything in your power to help the movement to establish firmly that church in this City. It will be a great influence in attracting people in all parts of the country to the Truths of Spiritualism.

Let not the thought that this church may not teach the Real Truths of the Soul Development, or those things which will bring humans in attunement with the Father cause you, to in any way, discredit the movement that they may endeavor to start, in the way of a revival, as one of their preachers said.

A little of the Truth, is better than none at all. Especially when it leads to free humans from a bondage that has caused them to blindly follow the teachings of those who are in darkness and error.

I will not write more tonight, but will say this, that you and your friend (Dr. Leslie R Stone) must believe what has been told you. Continue to pray to the Father and seek more of the Divine Love. When the time comes, I will inform him of the work which he shall do. It will be an important one. One, which will bring him in close contact with me, and the Higher Forces of the Celestial Spheres. He is now in a condition to receive this Soul Development. He must let his mind and soul expand, to their fullest extent, so that when it comes, I mean the Divine Love, with the Great and Wonderful Power, which will accompany it, he will be in a condition to receive it.

I am your friend and brother, and his also. You must both believe that I am writing this to you, for I am that Jesus that all the spirits have told you about. If it were profitable, I would come to you, as I came a few nights ago, and show my glory and power. This is not necessary, for you will believe without this, and so much the stronger will be your belief.

I must stop now.

So with my Love and blessings for you both, and my peace which the world cannot give you, I will say goodnight.

Your brother and friend, Jesus.

October 3rd, 1915

I am here, John.

I came, merely to say that you have received from the Master a communication, which has more importance than you at this time appreciate.

I am referring more particularly to that part of it, which states that your friend has been selected for a work, which is of great importance. I know how important that work will be. He will be impressed at it, and will probably hesitate to undertake it. He must not falter, for he will be given all the power that will be necessary for him to have, in order to do what shall be required of him.

You both are highly favored, in being selected for these missions. You must not let doubt, as to your being selected, or as to the Master writing to you, or as to your having the power conferred on you, which will enable you to do the work.

I am interested in both of you. You must recollect, that while you are both weak and unimportant mortals, yet you have behind, and sustaining you, the great power of the Celestial World, with Jesus as the leader. What a wonderful thing this is!

Why? When we were selected as mortals to become the disciples of the Master, we never had such power to sustain us. Because Jesus himself was not then as powerful as he is now. He had not then formed the Celestial Spheres with all the powers that now exist there. So I say, there is no reason why you two should not be greater in your works, than were any of us who worked with the Master, while he was on Earth, or who worked afterwards as long as we remained mortals.

Do not think that this is improbable. It will come True. While you may doubt, considering the fact that you are weak mortals, with all the deficiencies of mortals, yet you must remember this one fact, and that is; that so far as you are personally concerned, you are not of importance in doing the work. But as mediums, and instruments, through which it will be done, you are of the greatest importance to the plans and designs of these Higher Spirits, and of more importance than any other mortals at this time.

So there is no reason to flatter yourselves because of the Great Powers that will be given to you, and of the importance that you will be, to the Salvation of Humankind. You may congratulate yourself that you have been selected, from all humanity, to do this work. Further, remember this; that as a result of your doing this work, you will receive such an abundance of the Divine Love, and come in such close association with the Celestial Spirits, that you will probably find yourselves in that condition of Soul Development, as will enable you to enter those Spheres, where your soulmates may be living at the time, without having to go through the experiences of the lower Spheres.

I will not write more tonight, as your power has been greatly called on by the messages which you have received.

So with all my Love for you both, I am, your brother in Christ, John.

October 5th, 1915

I am here, John, Apostle of Jesus.

I am the apostle. You need not try, me as your friend said. No spirit can impersonate me, when I am present. So you must believe me. Try to receive what I may write tonight in Faith. You will find that you will be benefitted.

I came principally to tell you that I have been listening to the conversation between you two, and to the reading of the Sermon on the Mount given to us by the Master in the days of long ago, as you would say.

When that Sermon was delivered, we were not in a condition of Great Spiritual Development. We did not understand its Inner Meanings. As to its "literal meaning", we thought it was not intended for the practical affairs of Life. People, I know, think that we, at that time, were very spiritually developed, and had an understanding of the Great Truths, taught by the Master, which were superior to what humans have now. I tell you that this is a mistake. We were comparatively ignorant humans, fishermen by occupation, and had no education above the ordinary working human of that time. When Jesus called us to become his apostles, we were as much surprised, and hesitated as much as you did, when the similar mission was declared for you.

Our Knowledge, came with our Faith, in the Great Truths, which the Master taught, and from our observation of the Great Powers, which he displayed. Also from the Influence of the Great Love that he possessed. When humankind thinks that we easily understood the Great Truths, which he taught, they are mistaken. Only after the descent upon us of the Holy Spirit, at Pentecost, did we fully come in accord with the Father, or fully appreciate the Great Truths that the Master had taught.

Of course, we learned many things, which humans of that time did not know. Our souls became developed to a large extent, but not sufficient to bring us to a Knowledge of the "Wonderful Meaning" of the Truths, which made humans free, and brought them in Unison with the Father.

In your conversation tonight, you discussed the relative value of prayer, and works, and did not agree with the preacher, that works are the great things to develop humans into Love, and bring about Great Happiness in the World, and that prayer is not of such importance.

Now let me, as a spirit, and as a human who worked on Earth, and prayed on Earth, say, with an authority that arises from actual experience, and Knowledge that comes of observation, that of all the Important Things on Earth for humans, who are seeking Salvation, Happiness and development of soul, prayer is the most important. For prayer brings from the Father, not only Divine Love and Blessings, but the condition of mind and intent, that will cause humans, to do the "Great Works" that the preacher admonished people to engage in. Prayer is the cause of the power being given to humans that will enable them to do all the great works, which will bring reward to the doer, and happiness and benefit to the one who receives the works.

So you see the results, can never be as Great as the cause. For the cause, in this instance, not only gives to humans this ability to work, but also to Love, to develop their souls, to inspire them with all good and True thoughts. Works are desirable, and in some cases necessary, but prayer is absolutely indispensable. So let you, and your friend, understand and never doubt that without prayer, the works of humans would be unavailing to accomplish the Great Good, which even now human performs for their brothers (and sisters).

Pray, works will follow. Work, and you may do good, but the soul does not benefit. For God is a God that answers prayer, through the Ministrations of His Angels, and through the Influence of His Holy Spirit, which works on the interior, or real part of human.

I will stop now.

With my Love to both of you, I am, your brother in Christ, John.

October 6th, 1915

I am here, your old partner, A. G. Riddle.

I have listened tonight to the conversation between you and your friend (Dr. Stone). I must say that you two have reasonably correct ideas of the Spiritual Truths, as we know them in the Spirit World. You must continue your investigations together, for an exchange of thoughts is a very wonderful belief to acquire accurate and correct ideas of the Truths of Things. I mean things that pertain to the Spirit World.

I will not write long tonight. Very soon, I will come and write you a long letter that will show you some things that you do not now know. Before I stop, I want to say that Perry is now in a somewhat better condition. His interview with Ingersoll had a wonderful effect upon him, for as on Earth, Ingersoll was filled with the enthusiasm of his new belief, and was just as forcible and eloquent as when on Earth. What a Wonderful Thing this Divine Love is. I can only say; there is nothing in All God's Universe that can compare with it.

I am still in this Fifth Sphere, but hope to work in the Seventh Sphere, where your father is.

So I must stop now.

Your old partner, A. G. Riddle.

October 6th, 1915

I am here, William T. Stephenson.

I was an Englishman, lived in Liverpool, and died in 1876. What I want to say; Can a human live and Love, then die, and go into nothingness?

I can answer No! For Love never dies. It is the One Eternal and never ending quality of the soul. The Love of a man for a woman is so great, that only the Love of God for human excels it. I mean the Real Soulmate Love. I am a spirit, who lived on Earth, and loved a woman of Earth. When I died, my Love did not die, but continued. Is with me now, growing and increasing all the time. She Loved me too. But in her lonesomeness, she married another. Is now, on Earth, the wife of another. But her soul Love is mine. Strange as it may seem to you, I am not jealous, or dissatisfied, with her condition. Because I, as a spirit, loving her only with a soul Love, and knowing that I have her soul Love in return, do not want her body, or the affections, which are so firm. The merely Natural Love, or rather the attractions, which one physical, or even mental, existence may have for another.

I am only waiting, Loving, and hoping, that the time will not be long when she will be with me. So you see, Love cannot die. Happiness, which comes with that Love can never die. I am in the Second Sphere. I am enjoying my existence. You must pardon me for intruding. I only wanted to let you know, that Love can never die.

So goodnight, William T. Stephenson.

October 7th, 1915

I am here, Jayemas.

I am the spirit of a human, who when on Earth, was an inhabitant of the great continent of Atlantis, which was submerged in a cataclysm, and by which great calamity, all the inhabitants of that country were drowned.

I am now in the Sixth Sphere, where are many others of my countrymen, and wherein are enjoying much happiness and great intellectual pursuits that bring to us knowledge of the wonderful Laws of the Universe.

I was, when on Earth, a teacher of the arts and sciences, and of the philosophy of Life as well. I made many inventions, which enabled my people to progress, in the development of the use of forces, which existed in the unseen world, which are now still in existence and operating.

If mortals would only understand, and had means for utilizing these forces, they would enjoy wonderful facilities for traveling, and propelling the different engines of trade and manufacture that they are engaged in. Also for making easy much of the labor, which is now done by hand, or by imperfect machinery.

You must not think, that the Forces of Nature have all been discovered by your great scientists and inventors, for that is not True. In the near future, you will have revealed to your investigators, some Wonderful Forces, that will revolutionize many of the means of conducting the communications between nations, and of leading humans to a knowledge of what the possibilities are.

Well, I am not permitted to disclose any of these secrets at this time. In the near future they will be made known, and you will live to see some of these forces applied to the actual working out of what you suppose to be the ideas of your inventors.

I merely wanted to introduce myself at this time, as I hope to come to you later, and tell you about my Life on the submerged continent. So I will not write more.

Your friend, Jayemas, the Atlantian.

October 8th, 1915

I am here, James the Lesser.

I come because most of the apostles have written you. I want to be in the numbers who testify, that Jesus is the Living and True Son of God. That he has selected you, and your friend, to do his work.

I know, that this has been told you, by many spirits. Yet I want to add my testimony. For the time may come when you will meet such unbelief and skepticism that you will need all the testimony that you can get. The work that you will have to do will not be an easy one. You will have many antagonists, especially in the churches. And, among the preachers and rulers of the churches. You will need all the help that the spirit powers can give you.

I am one of the band of Celestial Spirits, that will sustain and help you in your work. I am so interested that you shall succeed, that I want you to know the fact that back of you both is the most wonderful power that has ever been given to mortals to carry out the Plans of the Higher Celestial World.

When on Earth, I was the brother of Jesus, called the Lesser, to distinguish me from James, the brother of John and son of Zebedee. I was not the son of any Alphaeus, such as that name is understood in the New Testament, but the son of Mary and Joseph, as was my brother Jesus. Jesus himself will one day come and tell you exactly who Alphaeus was.

So have Faith. Believe what we write you, for it is all True. You must not doubt, as you do sometimes, or let your earthly affairs turn your thoughts from the Great Truths, which we come to teach you. So without writing more, I will say, believe.

Your brother in Christ, James the Lesser. (Brother of Jesus)

October 8th, 1915

Go to the Lord. Your strength will be renewed. Your soul will receive a wonderful inflowing of the Divine Love, so that you will be able to throw aside all worries and earthly cares, and be in condition to receive the Great Truths that are awaiting you. You have, as your helper and friend (Jesus), the greatest spirit in all God's Universe. This I tell you because you need to be sustained, and will be as long as you live the Life of a mortal.

I am not one who is known in the annals of the church, or in the lives of the saints. I never was a saint on Earth, neither am I here, but only a lowly follower of the Master, who to me, is the most wonderful of all God's Creatures.

So you must believe that he is your friend and saviour, for he is. You need not believe in his blood, or his vicarious atonement, or his self sacrifice. Only believe in the Divine Love, and in the further fact that Jesus is the way shower to all who may seek this Great Salvation.

I must not write more, for I am not one of the High Celestial Spirits. I live in the Fifth Sphere only. Nevertheless, I have a very great deal of that Divine Love, and a happiness which I cannot tell you of.

So with all my Love, I will say goodnight. Your friend, John B. Carroll, a one-time resident of Baltimore, Md.

October 8th, 1915

I am here, Saleeba.

I want to say only a few words that you may know how happy I am, and how much my soul is filled with this Divine Love, of which you first told me. Oh, my friend, it is difficult to keep from shouting the fact that I am a Redeemed Child of the Father. One who knows that His Divine Love is mine, and that I shall live through All Eternity, enjoying the Happiness, which His Divine Love and Mercy have given me.

I intended to keep my promise, and tell you of my Life on Earth many thousand years ago. So, I will sometime, but now. I am so happy in this Great Possession (of Divine Love) that I cannot think of those earthly things, in such a way as to relate to you my experience as a mortal. Wait a little while, and I will try to describe to you all the things of my Earth Life that may be of interest to you.

I will go very soon now to my people, tell them what I have found, and urge them to seek for it. I trust that they will follow my advice. There are many of them that are good and pure spirits, with a Natural Love, in such a state that they are very happy and contented. Yet, when I realize the great difference in the happiness that is theirs and that which may be theirs, I cannot refrain from going to them and telling them of it.

I know that you are glad that I am happy, and are interested in my progress. Hence, I love to come and let you know what my condition is.

I will not write more tonight. So believe that I Love you as a sister, and pray for you. I ask the Father to make you happy and fill your soul with His Divine Love, and Bless you.

Goodnight, your sister, Saleeba.

October 8th, 1915

I am here, Mary.

Well Doctor, I am here, as you may be surprised to know, if you had forgotten my last secret. I do not believe that you have. I want to say that I am in a happier condition than I have ever been yet. I am now in the Celestial Sphere where I know that happiness is so much greater than it has ever been. So you must believe me when I tell you, that my Love is so very much more abundant, and that you are dearer to me than ever before. So try to realize what I mean. Imagine that you are with me, even for a little while, and then you will be happier too. I have said what I wanted to say and must stop.

(A few days later when the opportunity presented itself, Mary Kennedy wrote as follows.)

I am the spirit of a woman who once lived on Earth, in the far away land across the ocean. I was known to my people as a little English girl of not much importance in the World. Now I am of great importance to a human who Loves to have me with him. I merely write this to let him know that he is not always in condition to sense when I am really with him, for I heard him say that I was not with him all the evening. I heard all that he said, and enjoyed hearing him talk, but until just now did not mention my name. If that were the only sign that I have to know that he is thinking of me, I would suppose that he had forgotten me, but thanks to my powers to read his mind, that calling my name is not necessary.

What do you think of that for a sentence?

It is only representative of my Love, for just as that sentence is long drawn out, so is my Love. I must not tell him, or he may become alarmed at what awaits him when he comes over. Well, I have introduced myself. Now I want to tell him how happy I am, and describe briefly my home. My house is a beautiful one of which you might call alabaster. In it, I have many rooms suited to my various moods and conditions. All beautiful and full of the most Perfect Harmony, and everything to make me happy and contented.

My music room is filled with many instruments, of various kinds, on which I can perform, and bring forth the most beautiful harmonies. I can sing too. When he comes over I am going to surprise him by playing and singing some of the songs he so much enjoys at the Colburns. I will prove to him that I was with him many times while he was a mortal, and could not see and feel my presence.

I have a library, but not many of the Spiritual books, which he has read or heard of. For they do not contain anything that is helpful, or beneficial, to spirits who live in the Soul Spheres, because very few of them contain anything, which shows or teaches the development of the soul, or the grandeur of the Father's Divine Love.

I have the most beautiful vines and roses all over the porches of my home. In all the rooms are flowers and plants of the most exquisite colors and delicious perfumes. The pictures on my walls are such as he has never seen on Earth. The subjects portrayed, are not of scenes that lend to make inharmony or strife or mortal passions appear, but all teach, by their realism, the Truths of Love and Happiness.

I do not have any beds to lie on, for as you know we never sleep. We do have couches, which I sometimes lay on to rest when I have become a little tired from work. Strange to say, I sometimes dream of him, as you mortals say.

I have no kitchen, for we cook nothing. My dining room is fitted up in a style that would make your mouth water, as it is filled with pictures of fruit, nuts, flowers, and other things, to suggest good eating. We eat, and enjoy our eating as do you mortals. Our food is nuts and fruits. Our drink is pure water, with all the Life-giving qualities that spirits need.

The lawns around my home are very beautiful in the freshness and greenness. The trees are grand old oaks, as you say, that cast their shade over the greensward, and over the many little nooks that abound in our gardens. There the flowers are so abundant and so variegated in color, and delve in perfume.

I have also a beautiful little lake of water in which are boats that carry one without the physical exertion that you have to exercise on Earth.

All is more beautiful than I can give you the faintest idea of. There is only one thing wanting in all this beauty and happiness, and that is that man sitting opposite you. I would not care to have him bring that mortal body, though he is a pretty good-looking boy, as mortals go. I can see beyond the mortal body. I know that his soul is much more beautiful than his physical appearance. Yet I am afraid that his soul is not yet in that condition of development that would enable him to come to me just now. He is developing. Before he comes over, I feel that he will be in condition that will bring him closer to me and closer, so that the distance between us will not be so great.

If he will only try for this Soul Development, as I am trying to help him develop, he will come very close to me when he comes over. Then he will have such Divine Love all around him that he will not find it difficult to progress to where his other half is, as Luke said.

Speaking of this message of Luke, I want to say that I have my individualized form, and a perfect one, so Helen says. I know that I shall never lose it to enter into some other mortal. Why the very thought of such a thing makes me wonder what all this Great Love of the Father was given to me for, if I am to be deprived of it, and again become a mere mortal with all the passions and appetites of a mortal.

No. I have no fear of that. He need not either think, that when he once comes to his soulmate, he will ever be separated again, and go back to that dark and gloomy Earth to live.

Well, I have written a long letter and must stop.

So give him my Love. Tell him that I am with him more than he realizes, and will continue to do until he comes over. Thanking you for your kindness in permitting me to write so long, I will say goodnight, and subscribe myself your friend, and his ever True and Loving Mary.

(On February 19th another short message from Mary Kennedy on her spiritual progress which is as follows.)

I am progressing again. This time to the Third Celestial Kingdom, of the great glory of it all. Never did I conceive of such wonders and beauty. When I come to the Earth plane, I want to bring my glory and beauty with me, and wish that my soulmate could see it, but he cannot. I cannot describe it to him. It is beyond all conception and description. I must prove to him that I Love him, for I am willing to leave all that beauty and grandeur for a time, and come into these Earth Planes, just because I Love him so much. Someday he will realize what this all means. Then he will say to himself, how that little soulmate must have Loved me.

Well, I will not write more, will close with my kindest regards to you, and my soulmate love to Leslie. I thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to write as I have.

Your sister in Christ, Mary.

October 8th, 1915

I am here, your Helen.

Well sweetheart, we had quite a lovemaking scene between Mary and the Doctor. She was so happy that she could write to him, that her whole soul was filled with emotion. Many tears fell on her letter, though you could not see them.

What a beautiful Loving spirit she is. How she loves the Doctor. I enjoyed the scene, more than I can tell you. When she finished her writings, she came and threw her arms around my neck, and cried until I thought that she could have no tears left, but they were tears of joy. Oh, how dear she is to me. She seems to have a Love that appeals to my Love for you. When she tells me of her great Love for the Doctor, I join with her in her tears. We both thank God that he has given us such soulmates, and the great Love that we have for them.

I have been with you all day, trying to comfort you and help you forget the troubles of your earthly affairs. To some extent, I succeeded. You must Love me more, and think of me more often. If you do, you will draw me so close to you, that you will feel my Love in all its power. My presence will appear so real to you.

I heard what you said to the Doctor, about giving Mary a real lip kiss. You were right, for while he may not be able to feel her kisses, she can his. It will make her so happy. Notwithstanding our spirit Love, we have that about us that causes us to enjoy what was a part of our Earth nature. A kiss is just as sweet, yes more so, than when we were mortals. You must not think that we are such ethereal, nebulous beings that we cannot enjoy a kiss, or an embrace, for we enjoy both. As you know, many times have I hugged you until you hollered. So tell the Doctor that he can kiss his Mary, just as often as he might were she in the flesh.

I must stop now.

(A spirit requests to find his soulmate)

Well, I will try to find his soulmate. He seems a man of a loving disposition. He is in real earnest when he says he wants his soulmate. He shall have her.

So, sweetheart, say goodnight, your own True and Loving Helen.

October 10th, 1915

I am here, Jesus.

I came tonight to tell you that you are nearer the Kingdom than you have been for a long time. That if you pray to the Father in more earnestness, you will soon realize the inflowing of the Divine Love that will make you free indeed, and fit you to enjoy that close Communion with the Father that will enable you to forget all your worries and disappointments and see with your soul perceptions the Great Truths, which I, and my followers, may endeavor to teach you.

I know that at times, it seems difficult to grasp the full meaning of Faith in the Father, and His Divine Love. If you will earnestly seek for His Divine Love, you will find that there will come to you such a belief in His Wonderful Love, and in the nearness of His Presence, that you will be free from all doubt.

You have asked me "What is Faith?" I will answer: Faith is that, which when possessed in its Real and True Meaning, makes the aspirations and longings of the soul, a Real Living Existence. One so certain, and palpable, that no doubt will arise as to its Reality. This Faith is not the belief that arises from the mere operation of the mind, but that which comes from the opening of the perceptions of the soul, which enables its possessor to see God in All His Beauty and Divine Love. I do not mean that the possessor of this Faith will actually see God, in form, or feature, for he has none such. But their soul perceptions will be in such condition that all the Attributes of the Father will appear so plainly to them, that they will be as Real as anything that they can see, with the eyes of the spirit form. Such Faith comes only with constant, earnest prayer and the reception into the soul of the Divine Love.

No human can be said to have Faith, who has not this Divine Love. Of course, Faith is a progressive quality, or essence of the soul, increases, as possession of this Divine Love increases, and is not dependent on anything else. Your prayers call from the Father, a response that brings with it Faith. With this Faith comes Knowledge of the existence of this Divine Love in your own soul.

Many persons, I know, understand this Faith to be a mere belief. It is greater than belief, exists, in its True Sense, only in the soul. Belief may arise from a conviction of the mind. Faith never can. Its place of being is in the soul. No one can possess it (Faith) unless their soul is Awakened by the inflowing of this Divine Love. So that when we pray to the Father to increase our Faith, it is a prayer for the increase of Divine Love. Faith is based on the possession of this Divine Love. Without it (Divine Love), there can be no Faith. Because it is impossible for the soul to exercise its (Faith's) function when Divine Love is absent from it (the soul).

Sometime, as you progress in these writings, you will be in soul condition to understand just what Faith is. Until that time, your Faith will be limited by your possession of this Divine Love.

Well, in my healing of the sick, he blind, and the others of Earth, who needed a cure, when I said; "As your Faith, so be it unto you." I meant that they must believe that the Father had Power to bring about the cure. I did not mean that if their minds merely had the belief that I might cure them, that then they would be cured. Belief was not sufficient of itself. Faith was required. Faith is not a thing that can be obtained by a mere exercise of the mind, but has to be sought for with the soul perceptions. When obtained, will be enjoyed only by the soul perceptions.

I am with you in all my Love and power. I Love you, as I told you. I desire that you shall become free and happy, so that you can do my work.

With all my Love and blessings, I will say goodnight.

Your brother and friend, Jesus.

October 10th, 1915

I am here, Jerome.

Well, you seem to be in doubt as to who I am. I will say that I am sometimes called St. Jerome.

Now, I merely want to say, that you are very much in favor with the spirits who dwell in the Celestial Spheres, and with the Master as well, and that you will be the means of receiving, and giving to the World, some of the Wonderful Truths of the Father.

I was not one, when on earth, who thought very much of these Truths. I was not acquainted with the Soul Development, or the Divine Love. I thought more of the doctrines, as propagated by the Catholic Church. I tried my best to make the doctrines of this church the important things with the worshippers of the church creeds.

Your brother in Christ, Jerome.

October 10th, 1915

I am here, Prof. Salyards.

I heard your inquiries of your wife. I was pleased that you expressed the desire to hear from me again, as I most assuredly want to write to you. Since I wrote you last, I have been living in the Seventh Sphere with my soulmate, and in close proximity to your father. I have been very happy in the Divine Love, which I now enjoy.

I have seen so much of the effect of this Divine Love upon the souls of spirits who come into the possession of it, that I wonder more and more at the fact of its Great Power to make pure and Truthful, souls who were in such darkness and torment. I have seen some very surprising conversions of souls steeped in sin and error, and in souls with their sins last leaving them, and Happiness and Divine Love coming to them in wonderful inflowing.

Since I have been in the Seventh Sphere, I have paid very little attention to things, about which I wrote you when in the beginning of my Soul Development, because with me now, the soul, and its Divine possibilities, are the things that absorb my attention and efforts.

I am sorry that I cannot continue my writings on certain phases of the Laws of the Spirit World, but for the reasons stated I cannot. As only, this Great Love, and the work of helping humans, and spirits, to obtain this Divine Love and to become Children of the Father, are possessing me, and occupying all my time and attention. So you must not feel disappointed that I do not continue the writings that I speak of.

I can tell you about the Seventh Sphere, the Life, inhabitants there, and the Wonderful Happiness which we all enjoy.

Our homes have been described to you by your grandmother and your wife and I cannot add to their descriptions, only to say that they do not tell half of the beauty and grandeur of these homes and of the joy of the inhabitants. I am in a home of that kind now and am with my soulmate and we are very happy. I do not know at this time of anything more to write about.

Well, you are not complimentary but you are right.

I seem to have lost my desire for investigating and writing about these things that I first wrote to you about, and I have not yet prepared myself to write of these higher things.

So I will stop tonight.

Your old friend and Prof., Joseph H. Salyards.

October 10th, 1915

I am here, Saul of old.

I came merely to say that you are very near the Kingdom and the Father's Divine Love, for I can see the condition of your soul, and the results of the prayers of yourself and friends.

So let your Faith increase, until there will be no doubt that you are a Child of the Father, the one chosen to do the Master's work on Earth. I am merely telling you this in order to increase your Faith in what has already been told you so often.

I am one of the band, which is back of you, sustaining you in the work you have to do, and in the preparation you are now making to be able to do that work.

Well, you will soon find yourself in that condition, and will soon be free from these cares that you speak of. I will not write more tonight.

Your brother in Christ, Saul.

October 10th, 1915

I am Gomeses.

I am a Greek, and lived in the time of Christ. Although I never met him on Earth, as I died shortly after he did. I was not a Christian, but a follower of Pythagoras, and a believer in the immortality of the soul, but not in the sense that I have since been taught by Jesus.

I am a Christian now, and believe in the Truths, as taught by the Master. I am trying to understand them more thoroughly, and live by them. I am in the Celestial Spheres, and am very happy.

I will not write more tonight.

He is the greatest spirit in all God's Universe, the one altogether lovely. He is your friend and saviour, as well as mine. You must listen to him when he comes to you, in the kindness of his Love, the power of his humility, and tells you of the Great Mission, which he has given you to perform. You are now in The Way. You must pray more and seek more of the Divine Love.

Your friend in Christ, Gomeses.

October 11th, 1915

I am here, Caligula.

I was the Roman Emperor, and the murderer of the Christians. I have since that time, and for my sins, suffered all the horrors of a hell, which I cannot describe. Suffice it to say, that the hell of the Bible, or of those who interpret the Bible, is not equal in its torments and horrors, to the hell that I passed through. I tell you this that you may know that every human will have to pay the penalties for the evil deeds they do when on Earth. As my deeds were so extremely evil, my penalties were correspondingly great.

Thank God, I have paid my penalties! I am now enjoying the Happiness of the Christian Heaven. I am now a follower of that Jesus, whose followers I persecuted. Strange as it may seem to you, the cause of my conversion to Christianity was one of the very Christians whom I murdered. She was a beautiful spirit when I first saw her in the Spirit World. When she came to me and told me of the Great Love of the Father, and the kindness and humility of the Master, I was then, in much darkness. Though I had suffered for many long years, my thoughts were commencing to turn to things that ultimately helped me to get out of my darkness, and find relief from my sufferings. This Christian spirit came to me, with such Love and forgiveness in her speech, that I was greatly affected by what she said, and by her appearance. I listened to her as she told me of the Wonderful Love of the Father, and the great desire of the Master that I should seek for that Divine Love, and the happiness, which it brings to spirits who obtain it.

She had many interviews with me. At last, she told me that her happiness depended, to some extent, on my getting this Divine Love in my soul, and progressing with her to the Spheres of Light and Divine Love. She said, that I was her soulmate, and that my Love was necessary for her happiness. That I could not give her that Love, until I had become the possessor of the Divine Love, to some extent. So you can imagine what an effect this declaration had on me.

I saw that she was beautiful, pure and Loving. That I was not a fit soulmate for her, and that I must try to make myself a suited soulmate, in order that I could be with her. In addition, when she told me of her Love for me, and that we were necessary to each other's happiness, I had a most wonderful longing to be with her and enjoy her Love. The desire soon took possession of me, that I commenced to inquire The Way by which I might get this Great Love, or start to get it. She told me then of the Love of the Master, and how he could teach me The Way, and what power he had to help spirits like myself to get out of the darkness and torture into Light and happiness. So I continued in my longings and desires, until at last, my spirit seemed to have a power to rise out of the darkness, and to meet other spirits who were not dark and forbidding as I was.

She often came to me and taught me to pray. I did pray, and ask forgiveness, and for just a little of that Divine Love of which she had told me.

At last as I was praying, and hoping, for this Divine Love, and for deliverance, the Master came to me. Such a wonderful Loving spirit he was. The most beautiful and Loving, and yet the most humble, that I had ever seen, or ever have seen. He commenced to tell me of this Wonderful Love of the Father. How it was working for me, to fill my soul and make a Child of God, and At-One with Him. He told me that the only things necessary were for me to pray to the Father, have Faith, and in all earnestness repent of my great sins. That if I did so, the Divine Love would come to me. As it came into my soul, all the sins and recollections of my sins would leave me, so that I would be able to progress to a Higher Sphere, where Light and Divine Love were.

I could not resist his influence. I did not want to, for my soulmate was with me in her Love, with pleading eyes, and anxious looks. I commenced to have this Faith, and to pray with all the earnestness of my soul. At last Light came to me. Divine Love came flowing into my soul. What a happy spirit I became, and thanked God for His Mercy. My soulmate rejoiced with me. We were so happy in our Loves, and in the Great Love of the Father.

From thence, I have been progressing ever since. Until now, I am in the Celestial Spheres, where Divine Love is the Ruling Principle, and only those who possess this Divine Love can live, and where Jesus is our Prince, and Elder Brother.

Caligula, the Emperor, is now a humble follower of the despised Nazarene, happy in his humility, and in his following of such a Loving saviour.

My soulmate is with me. Whenever I look upon her, and think that I was the cause of her sufferings and death upon Earth, my whole soul goes out to her, in great streams of Love. She knows it. That is a part of my great repentance. So you see, that even though a human may be the vilest of sinners on Earth, yet the Father's Mercy is so Great, that His Love is never turned away, or is His Mercy ever withheld.

I tell you that Love, the Father's Divine Love, is the Greatest Thing in all the Universe. Like unto it, is the pure, holy Love of the soulmate, who has in her soul the Great Love of the Father.

I must not write more tonight, but as I was passing I saw the brilliant Light that is with you. I embraced the opportunity to write.

Yes, it was Celestia.

And what an appropriate name! My friend, you must also thank God for His Goodness to you. I have seen your soulmate, and she is a most beautiful spirit.

So with the Love of a brother in Christ, I am your friend Caligula, the Roman Emperor that was, and the Christian that is.

October 16th, 1915

I am here, John.

You are now, so filled with the Divine Love of the Father, and the influence of the Master, that you are very near the Kingdom. The Master is with you, in all the fullness of his Love and blessings. No wonder that you should receive him in so palpable and conscious a manner. He certainly Loves you. If you could only see his glory as he writes to you, and the great streams of Love that flow from him to you, you would never again doubt that he is with you, and that you are the object of his care. It is wonderful! We are all amazed at the great display of his Love for you. We rejoice that it is so, for we know, that to him, you are the most important of mortals.

You will soon commence again to do his work. Your soul will be so filled with the Divine Love that you will receive his messages in such soul understanding that there will be no possibility of any mistake being made. Such Messages of Truth as they will be. Why the whole World will stand in wonder and amazement that such Truths should come to you. As a consequence, many a mortal will be brought to see the Great Plan of Human's Redemption, and will turn to the Divine Love of the Father, and receive that Great Inflowing of Divine Love, that will show them beyond all doubt that they have become At-One with the Father, and are Inheritors of His Immortality.

So, as I say, we all rejoice, and are anxious that the work begin. We are all preparing to help, in conveying these Great Truths of the Father. So you must believe, and accept, what is written to you as True. Let not what may be contained in the Bible, or what the preachers, or commentators, may say, influence you in anyway, to believe, or write, anything other than what the Master may write you.

The book (The Atonement by Pastor Russell) that you have been reading tonight, contains many Truths in regards to Jesus' relationship to the Father, and that there is Only One God, and that, the Father. No other God is there. Jesus is his Best Beloved Son.

The plan of salvation, as contained in that book, is not correct. As we have told you before, the blood of Jesus has nothing to do with the plan of salvation. Only the Bestowal of the Gift of Divine Love, and the Teachings of the Master, as to how it may be obtained, saves humans from sin and error, and brings about that At-Onement, which the author writes about.

My dear brother, if you only knew how much we all Love you, are interested in your welfare, and the work, which is before you, you would be very thankful to the Father for having had the Master select you, and would also never cease to Love and honor the Great Master for his Love and friendship.

I, John, tell you all this, because I know whereof I speak. I was the beloved disciple of the Master when on Earth. I know what it means to have the great Love of such a Master, and friend.

I see that you are opening up your soul to the Divine Influences, and that very soon you will find that through your soul perceptions, you will be enabled to see, and understand, many, many things, which are now hidden from you. What an opening of the soul perceptions that will prove to be! Even the spirits, who are in portions of the Celestial Heavens, will not have the Great Truths presented to them, as will you. They are seeking these Truths in great earnestness. You are in a position that they are not, to make known to the World these Great Truths. While all this will not be done primarily for your benefits, yet you will receive such Knowledge of these Truths, and such inflowing of the Divine Love as you write, that you will find yourself in a condition of Soul Development that rarely have mortals experienced.

So pray and believe. When I say believe, try to get that Great Faith of which the Master wrote you, the Faith that makes all the longings and aspirations of the soul, Realities. I could write much more, but think it best not to do so tonight.

So with all my Love and blessings, I am, Your brother in Christ, John. The beloved disciple of the Master in my time, and which you are now.

October 16th, 1915

I am here, Saleeba.

Yes, I only wanted to say that I am very happy. I feel that I must tell you, because you first caused me to seek this Divine Love, and to find The Way to my Soul's Development.

I know that you are not so much interested in me, as in some others who write to you. I further know that no one feels more grateful to you than I do. So you see, as I progress, I must come and tell you of my happiness.

Yes, that is what I want. You seem to understand just what is necessary. I am glad that I can come to you. So my dear brother, think of me sometimes, and pray to the Father to give me more of His Divine Love that makes me At-One with Him.

I will not write more, but will say goodnight, your sister in Christ, Saleeba.

October 19th, 1915

I am here, Luther.

I came to tell you that you are not much benefitted by the book (Pastor Russel's - "Atonement") you have been reading tonight. Because it ignores the Very Foundation of the Plan of Human's Redemption. That is; the Divine Love, which the Father Bestowed on humankind at the coming of Jesus. The blood atonement is all wrong, and misleading, and has done much harm to the Truths of God, and to humankind.

I will admit that there are many Truths stated in the book. Many that will do much good to humanity to understand and believe. But because of the great error, in the vital point of the declaration, as to the Plan of Human's Salvation, these Truths, which the book contains, may not do the good that they otherwise might.

Of course, you, who understand the True Plan of Salvation, may make the True discrimination, between those declarations, which declare the Truth, and those, which do not. On the whole, I do not see that the teachings of the book will do you much good.

Well, I know that the passage in John refers to the spirits of humans, who once lived on Earth, and who communicated to the members of the early church in their places of worship. Elsewhere, John has explained to you. What he said, I have been informed by others of the apostles, is True.

The author of that book has certain theories. Of course, he is construing all the teachings of the Bible, in such a way, as to sustain his theories. He is wrong, as he will discover when he comes to the Spirit World.

He teaches that the soul, as well as the body, of human, goes into the grave to await the great day of judgment, and that there is no such place as the Spirit World, inhabited by the spirits of departed mortals. To maintain this position, he quotes from some of the old books of the Bible. These books were not written by humans inspired by God to declare the Truths. The quoted expressions are merely the result of the purely human minds of the authors, who did not know what they wrote to be a fact, but because of the conditions in which they were in, they concluded that such assertions must be true. Let not the writings of these old writers, or of the present day writers either, cause you to hesitate to believe what the Master may write as being True.

I merely wanted to say this, as I saw that you are interested in this book. I wanted to warn you against letting it influence you in any way.

Yes, I say that Jesus Christ did come in the flesh. I know it! He is here a spirit, and once lived on Earth. That fact does not prove that any spirit who acknowledges that, is a True Follower of him, or a Redeemed Spirit of the Father. There are many spirits in the Spirit World, who believe that Jesus, the spirit whom they sometimes meet, once lived as a mortal. Would, if asked, say that he lived in the flesh. But they are not believers in the Divine Love of the Father, or have had the benefit of His Great Plan of Salvation, or acknowledged him as the savior from sin and error. So that the test set forth in the Bible, may have been considered a True Test, in the days of the early church. Yet it is not now a very safe one, for the reasons that I have mentioned.

If a test is necessary, I think a better one would be; try the spirits. Every one who does not acknowledge that Jesus is the Best Beloved Son of God, and brought to the Knowledge of Humankind the Re-Bestowal of the Divine Love, and declared to humans The Way in which that Divine Love may be obtained, is not a spirit that should be communicated with, for the purpose of learning Spiritual Truths. This test is better. Because no spirit, who has not received this Divine Love, or the New Birth, will acknowledge the existence of these things. Because it (the spirit) has no Knowledge upon which to make the acknowledgment. I must not write more tonight. I hope the little that I have said may help you, and others, who have doubts, as to what the meaning of that part of the Bible, which refers to the trying of the spirits, is. I am very anxious to write you again, as to some of the Higher Truths, pertaining to the Spirit World. Soon, I hope that I may have the opportunity.

I will say goodnight, your brother in Christ, Martin Luther.

October 19th, 1915

I am General Grant.

I was the President of your country, and the General of the Federal armies.

Well, I want to say that I am in a condition of comparative happiness, but not entirely relieved from my darkness or sufferings. I had a great many sins to answer for, and many penalties to pay. During the years since my death, I have suffered much and experienced great darkness. Thanks be to God, I am emerging from these conditions. I am having my Spiritual eyes opened to the Truths of God, and the necessity of obtaining His Divine Love and Favor.

As you may know, when on Earth, I attended the Methodist Church. My religious knowledge was merely that which comes from an assent of the mind to certain propositions, or rather doctrines, of the church. I knew nothing of the Soul Development, of the Divine Love, or of any of those Attributes of the Father, which were necessary to my becoming a Redeemed Spirit and an accepted Child of God.

I am in the Second Sphere, where are many of my old comrades in arms, and many who were antagonistic in the great War of the Rebellion. We are no longer enemies, for we have obtained sufficient Divine Love to become friends, and to know that war, hatred and murder are not in accord with God's Laws, or approved by Him. We are now seeking only Divine Love, and trying to apply the Golden Rule in our lives here.

Well, I am somewhat surprised that I can communicate with you in this way. For while I have attended some sances and made my presence known in other ways, and by other manifestations, I never before had the opportunity to do so by this method of writing. I must say, it is the most satisfactory of my experiences.

As this is my first appearance, and coming without an invitation, though some of your band, which are here signified their assent, I do not feel that I should longer intrude.

Well, I have been interested in this great and bloody war (WWI), and have visited the scenes of many battles and the headquarters of the officers of both sides. I have heard their plans discussed, and have learned what their expectations were. It is rather early in the game to form an opinion, as to the outcome, but judging from the facts, as I have been able to gather them, and from the conditions of the armies and means of carrying on the war, of both sides, I am rather inclined to think the Allies will win. This I say in a perfectly unbiased way, as I have no bias or prejudice for either side. This I do know, that no human being can at all, estimate the great injury that will be done to the various countries, or to the progress of the human race in the things material. But God rules. The right will prevail, as I believe.

Sometime later, if agreeable, I will write you further on this matter.

I will now say goodnight. Your friend, U. S. Grant.

October 19th, 1915

I am here, General S____ (can't write name)

No, it seems not - how strange.

(White Eagle: He says his name was General Sherman and that he wants to write a letter.)

Well, I tried to write my name, but I could not. What do you think was the cause? Why, damn it, I have written my name more times than there are stars in the heavens, yet I was not able to write it here. Well, that is what I called war, hell. I do not mean to be profane, but the idea, that I could not write my name....

Well, as Grant and I are very close friends here, as we were on Earth, I thought that as he wrote a letter, I would like to do so also. Just as he said about himself, I say, I am in some darkness and suffering, paying the penalties of my evil deeds on Earth, and for what I neglected to do, in the way of performing my duties when I had so many to perform, and so many opportunities.

I am in the same Sphere with him, but he is in a higher plane, and is not in such darkness as I am. I am not a Christian yet, but hope to be sometime, as I have some dear friends here who are. They are trying to persuade me to become a Christian. As you may not know, I never could be persuaded on Earth, and it is difficult to be persuaded here.

I am enjoying this new experience in writing to you. To me this is very surprising, but is very satisfactory. I wonder how such a thing can be. I have attended sances when my Earth friends have attended. I have tried to make myself known to them. To some extent have succeeded, but not in the way that I am doing now. I am afraid that if you are not careful, I shall steal on you and write many times, so that you will wish that I had never come.

Well, my dear boy, I am certainly glad that you recalled these reminiscences. Of course, with all the people that I met in those days, I cannot remember you, as we only had a passing handshake. I am certainly glad that you recalled those times, and more glad that I can be with you now. Things will be reversed now, for I will be the one who will not forget, while you, considering the great number of spirits who come to you to write, and the great number who are around you ready to write, I hardly expect that you will find time to give me much thought.

Well, I do not quite understand you. If you can show me the way to obtaining such a condition of soul, and such a degree of happiness, I will certainly accept your kind offer. I will try my best to follow your advice. Really, I do not see how you can accomplish this.

Yes, I remember Riddle very well. He was a very dear friend of mine, but why do you ask that question? Is he involved in the redemption of me? He was a very dear friend, but I doubt that he can do what you seem to imply.

I have done as you advised. I must confess my surprise to see Riddle in the band that you speak of, and what a beautiful and bright spirit he is. How in the World did he get in that condition? When on Earth, he was somewhat like myself, a free thinker, and cussed sometimes. I must speak to him and learn what it means. Well, I have been introduced to your grandmother. What a glorious spirit she is! I never before saw such spirits. They must live in Spheres far above where I live.

Riddle says I am the same old, rough, wicked Sherman, and wants me to go with him. I will go. I will not forget to request a few words with your grandmother.

I will ask him (R.G.Ingersoll) now. He seems so beautiful and bright too. What does it mean? Ingersoll says it means that he has become a believer in the Great Love of the Father, and is a follower of Jesus Christ. What a surprise! What a change in Ingersoll.

My friend, I cannot write more, as I am all upset by what I have seen and heard. So excuse me, I will say goodnight.

Your friend, Wm. T. Sherman.

October 19th, 1915

Well, I am here, Your Helen.

You have had some rather surprising communications tonight. We thought that it would be right to let the two old Generals write, as they seem to be so anxious. I believe that they will find their Salvation by having done so.

Mr. Riddle was very glad to have General Sherman come to him, and General Grant. He is now with both of them, telling them his experiences in the Spirit World, and the cause of his beauty and brightness.

Ingersoll breaks in once in a while, and tells them that when they hear his experience in becoming converted to Christianity they will be more surprised than they were when the cannon balls blew across their quarters in the war.

So you see what good this little thing of being able to communicate with spirits is doing. Oh my dear Ned, I am so happy that you have this great opportunity of doing good. I know that you feel the same way. It is late, and you must stop writing.

So with all my Love, I am, our own True and Loving Helen.

October 23rd, 1915

I am the spirit of Aaron, the prophet of the Old Testament, and the brother of Moses, as it is written. I merely want to say that as you read the message from the spirit of Henry Ward Beecher, I read also. That is a wonderful description of what Immortality is, and how it first was given to humankind, after the fall of the First Parents .

I know the Truth of what he wrote, for I experienced the want of this Divine Love for many thousand years, before the coming of Jesus, and the Re-Bestowal of this Divine Love, which is the Only Thing in all God's Universe that can bring to human, Immortality. So, let this Great Truth be preached to all the World. Let humans know, that until they get this Divine Love, they can never become Immortal. It is so difficult for human to understand this Truth. For those who come forward, as the teachers of humans in Spiritual Things, to comprehend that only this Divine Love will save them from their sins, and make them a part of the Divinity of the Father, and certain of Immortality.

I lived at a time when we had not the privilege of getting this Divine Love. As a consequence, Immortality. We had to find our happiness in our Natural Love. That meant, a Love towards God, as well as towards our fellow human. But this Natural Love, while it enabled us to experience much happiness, yet it did not give that Divine Essence, or Divine Nature, which now makes our Happiness Supreme, and also At-One with the Father.

I had many experiences in teaching the Hebrew children that there was only One God, but at that time my conception of God was not what it is now. I then thought more of Him as a God of wrath and jealousy, than as a God of Love and mercy.

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In my contest with the magicians of the Egyptian Pharaohs, I was afforded the help of the Spirit World. Unusual powers were given me, such as I had never had before, nor ever afterwards. It was for the purpose of causing the King to let the people of God, as we called ourselves, depart from Egypt. When this was accomplished, I never again possessed those powers, or had any occasion to. Those powers were merely the influences that came from the Spirit World. God Himself did not speak to me, or to Moses, as it is written. Merely his spirits, or angels, told us what we must do, and gave us the power to do it.

This power is still existing. Should the occasion arise again, it will be given to the Instrumentality that may be selected to do the will of the Father. Even as to Jesus, who had the greatest power conferred upon him of any mortal that ever lived, this power was given him by the Angels of God in obedience to the Commands of the Father.

I cannot explain to you now in what way these commands were given by God, for you would not understand me, if I should make the attempt. But suffice it to say, that the Higher Angels have such soul perceptions that they can receive and understand these instructions of the Father. All this is, I know, strange to you, but it is True. Because you do not understand, you must not doubt that there is such a close relationship between God and His Celestial spirits that they know what the will of the Father is. I am in a Celestial Sphere. I am very high up, but not so high as are the apostles. I am high enough to know to be True, what I write you of my own knowledge. I will not write more tonight, but will come again sometime and instruct you in the Laws obtaining in our Celestial Spheres.

So with all my Love, I will say that I am, your brother in Christ, Aaron. The Prophet of old.

October 23rd, 1915

I am the spirit of Sarah. I was the wife of Abraham. I want to tell you that I am now a Christian and live in the Celestial Spheres.

Yes, but there are many things in the Bible that are not True. Well, when it says that I sent Hagar into the desert, or caused her to be sent into the desert, to starve and die, that story was a slander on me, and did me great injustice, because I was not such a wicked woman.

Abraham did not send her there either.She went of her own accord, because she had done that, which condemned her, in her own conscience. Well, she had taken my husband, and had a child by him. I know that the Bible says that was commanded by God, or that I prevailed upon Abraham to have a child by her, but it is not True.

Yes, I am happy. So is Abraham, our son Isaac, and his son Jacob. They were without this Divine Love for a great many years, as it only came to us when the Master came to Earth.

I know that you think it strange that I should come to you and write. As I was with Aaron in the Earth Plane, I was attracted to you by the Light, which fills the space around you. I followed Aaron and came to you. After he wrote, I wrote also.

Yes, I see a great number of beautiful spirits around you, and some of the apostles, who are so very beautiful and bright. They seem to be so much interested in you, and say that you have been selected to do the work of the Master on Earth, in the way of Revealing the Truths, which he shall write to you. I do not quite understand it all, but if the Master says it is what shall be done, you will do it.

I must stop now, but please believe that I am Sarah, as I have told you. I will leave you now and say goodnight.

Your sister in Christ, Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

October 24th, 1915

I am here, St. Luke, (Writer of the Third Gospel That Was.)

I was with you tonight at the meeting of the Spiritualists, and heard the statement of the speaker as to the probabilities of what became of the body of Jesus after the crucifixion.

I was not present at the crucifixion. Of course, do not personally know what became of the body of Jesus. I have been told by those who were present, that the Bible description of his burial in the tomb of Joseph was True. The body was buried in the tomb of Joseph, and was left there by those who placed it in the tomb, which was sealed. A guard set over it to prevent anyone from approaching and interfering with the body, because Jesus had predicted that in three days he would rise again. After the tomb was sealed, Jesus arose, without his body of flesh, passed from the tomb, and descended into the Lower Spheres (of the Spirit World) where the dark spirits lived in their ignorance and sufferings, and preached to them the Re-Bestowal of the Gift of Immortality (and Divine Love).

The body of flesh, by the power, which Jesus possessed, became so spiritualized, or etherealized, that its component parts became disseminated by Jesus in the surrounding atmosphere. He retained only the Spirit Body, in which he afterwards appeared to the disciples and others.

When he appeared at the meeting of the apostles, where Thomas, the doubter, was present, he recalled to his form, as you will better understand by my using such expression, elements of the material, so that in appearance, the body was as much like flesh and blood, as when it was placed in the tomb, and before he disseminated these elements, as I have said.

The flesh and blood, which encloses the spirit form (body) of human, as you may have heard, is continually changing, in obedience to the ordinary Laws of Nature, as understood by human. When Jesus, who understood (these Laws), and had power to call into operation other Laws of Nature, caused such other Laws to operate, that the dissemination of the elements of flesh and blood took place. He was left only with the spirit form (body).

This, I know, has been a great mystery to humankind, since the time of the discovery of its (the physical body) absence, by the watchmen at his tomb. Because of being such mystery, and as an only explanation of such disappearance, humans have believed, and taught, that his body of flesh and blood actually arose from the dead. Therefore, the real body of flesh and blood of mortals will also arise, in what they call the great resurrection day.

But no body of flesh and blood arose. The spirit (body) form of Jesus did not remain in the tomb after the dissemination of the material body. For no tomb, or other place, could confine the spirit. You will remember that on the third day, Jesus appeared to Mary, who was most intimate and familiar with the appearance of Jesus, yet she did not recognize him, but thought he was the gardener. So with the disciples who were travelling with him to Emmaus. Now, if he had retained his body of flesh and blood, do you not suppose that they would have recognized him?

If he had the power to resume that material body, into which Thomas thrust his hand, and found it to be a body in appearance of flesh and blood, do you think it strange or wonderful that he would have had the power to cast off his earthly body, while in the tomb, and cause it to disappear into thin air?

This I am informed is the True explanation of the disappearance of the material body of Jesus. To me, and to others, who understand the Laws of Nature, I mean that nature that is beyond the ken of humans, it is not surprising, or worthy, to be deemed a mystery.

I am glad that I went with you to the meeting tonight, as I became impressed with the desirability of making this great mystery, a mystery no longer.

With all my Love, I am, your brother in Christ, St. Luke.

October 24th, 1915

I am here, Thomas Carlyle.

I merely want to say that I was present when Luke wrote, and heard what he said, and was much interested. This very question used to be a great stumbling block to my belief in the resurrection of Jesus. Because it seemed to me, that the resurrection of the material body as so improbable under the circumstances as narrated in the Bible, that it was difficult for me to believe the story. Now I can understand very readily, because I am acquainted with the Laws governing the formation and disintegration of the material things of Earth. I know that there is a Law, which would enable a person with the knowledge and power that Jesus had at the time of his death, to cause the disintegration of the material, as the scientists say, so that they would disappear into the surrounding atmosphere. I wish that I had understood this fact when a mortal. Then many other things would have appeared to me as probably True. l would have been in a different state of belief, as to Spiritual Things. My progress here towards Higher Spheres, would not have been delayed.

It is to be deplored that this so-called mystery was not explained in the Bible. Had it been humans would not now be in darkness, as to the meaning of the resurrection. The many thousands who believe that the soul and spirit go into the grave to await the Great Judgment Day, would not be in such condition of delusion, and have to suffer the consequences of such false belief, in the stagnation of their soul progression, which will surely come to them.

I hope you will give this explanation to the World, and let humans know the Truth, that there will be no resurrection of the body of flesh containing the soul or spirit, as taught by the churches.

I will not write more tonight, but will come again.

Your brother in Christ, Thomas Carlyle.

October 25th, 1915

I am here, Jesus.

I have heard your discussion. I am much pleased that you, and your friend are progressing so rapidly in the Knowledge of Truth. Very soon, you both will be surprised at the extent of Knowledge of Spiritual Things and Truths that will come to you.

No human, who on Earth, is given to only, what you may call the material things, will be able, when they become a spirit, to understand the Spiritual Laws, until they have gotten rid of the material mind, and the reasoning, that comes from the powers, which have been exercised only in the investigation of material things.

You cannot perceive Spiritual Things with the material mind. Neither can a human, by reason of those powers of the mind, which know only material things, be able to perceive the Truths of the Spirit. Hence, the necessity for human cultivating the soul perceptions, which are greater, and more comprehending, than all the faculties of the material mind.

Mind, as usually understood by human, is undoubtedly a wonderful instrument in investigating and learning the Laws of Nature, and the relation of cause and effect in the physical world. Such powers, when applied to the things of the Spirit, will not help much, but rather retard the progress of the soul's development of its faculties.

The reasoning power given to human is the highest quality of the material mind. When properly exercised, affords a very safe and satisfactory method of arriving at the truth. Such power, when exercised in reference to things, which are strangers to it, or with which such powers having no acquaintance, or have never been concerned in the investigation of the phenomena of their existence, cannot be depended upon to bring conclusions that will assure humans of Truth.

Laws are Eternal, never change, and are made by the Great Father, to be applied to all the conditions, and to all the relationships of the Material World, and of the Spiritual World. The laws that apply to the operations of the material world, are not fitted to apply to the operations of the Spiritual World. The human who understands the former, and their application to material things, is not able to apply the Laws applicable to the Spiritual World, to Spiritual Things. A knowledge of the Laws pertaining to the Natural, will not supply a Knowledge of the Laws pertaining to the Spiritual.

Hence the great scientist who, when on Earth, was able to discover and show the operation of the Laws controlling material things, when they come to the Spiritual World, and attempts to apply this knowledge to the things of the spirit, will be wholly unable to do so. Will be, as a babe, in their ability to understand and draw deductions from the Spiritual Laws. So you see the necessity for humans becoming acquainted with these Spiritual Laws, if they expect to progress in things to which they apply.

The material Laws may be learned from by the operation of the senses that belong to, and constitute the material mind. But the Spiritual Laws can only be learned by the exercise, and application, of the faculties of the soul. The soul is to the Spiritual Things of God, what the mind is to the material things of God. The great mistake that humans make, and have made, is to attempt to learn these Spiritual Things, with the powers of the material mind.

I write thus, because I see that you and your friend desire to learn the Nature, operations and workings of the Spiritual Things. Hence, I want to impress upon you the necessity for exercising the soul perceptions, which will come to you as your soul develops. These soul perceptions are just as real, as are the five senses of the natural mind. Though, most humans do not even know of their existence. When once, you have succeeded in understanding that they do exist, and that you may be able to use them, just as you use the faculties of the material mind, you will be able to progress in the development of these faculties, or soul perceptions, with as much success and certainty, as does the great scientist or philosopher, in the studies of the things, to which they apply the faculties of their material mind.

I hope that I have made plain what I intend to convey. I will not write more tonight, but say; let your Faith increase. Pray more to the Father. You will see open up to you, a wonderful vista of Knowledge of the Truths of the spirit.

Your friend and brother, Jesus.

October 25th, 1915

I am here, Caligula.

I came merely to say that I am interested in your conversation, and the conclusions you draw, as to some of the operations of the Soul Development upon the physical mind after death.

You are right when you say that the condition of the physical mind after death is affected by the development of the soul. For if a human in Life, has their physical nature developed by the Knowledge, that the soul is the controlling power, they will soon be able, when they become a spirit to subordinate, the desires and thoughts, which are purely material, to his conception of Spiritual Things. So that, the progress of the spirit will not be retarded by what their material thoughts may have made them while in the body. I mean that the thoughts of the material mind will not continue with them very long after their decease, but that the thoughts that come from their spiritual development will overcome, or even eradicate, the material thoughts.

The mind is material. The thoughts, which come from soul development, are Spiritual. If permitted to grow and increase, will overcome the material mind.

I find it a little difficult to express myself tonight, as you are not in the best condition for communicating, so I will not write further, but will come again.

Your brother in Christ, Caligula.

October 26th, 1915

I am here, St. Paul.

Yes I am. I want to say just a few words. The book on the "vicarious atonement", that you have been reading, about the ransom price, the blood of Jesus and the sacrifice on the cross, as to these things, is all wrong. You must not believe what it says.

Well, I know the Bible ascribes to me the teaching of these things. I never did. I tell you now, as I have before told you, that the Bible cannot be depended on as containing things that I wrote, for there are many additions to what I wrote, and many omissions of what I wrote. So with the others, whose names are stated as the writers of the New Testament. Many things contained in that book were never written by any of the alleged authors of the book. The writings of any of us are not in existence, and have not been for many centuries. When they were copied, and recopied, great additions and omissions were made. At last, doctrines and dogmas were interpolated, that we never at anytime believed, or wrote.

I have to say this. I wish to emphasize my statement, with all the conviction and Knowledge of the Truth that I possess. Jesus never paid any debt of human by his death, his blood, or vicarious atonement. When Jesus came to Earth, his mission was given him as he progressed in his Soul Development. Not until his anointing, was he wholly qualified to enter upon his mission, or the work thereof.

The mission was twofold, namely: To declare to humankind that the Father had Re-Bestowed the Divine Love, which Adam and Eve, or the First Parents, had forfeited. Secondly, to show human The Way by which that Divine Love could be obtained, so that the possessor of it would become a partaker of the Divine Nature, and Immortal.

Jesus had no other mission than this. Any statement by the preacher, teacher, church doctrines, dogmas, or by the Bible, that his mission was other than I have stated, is untrue. He emphatically never claimed that he came to Earth to pay any ransom for humankind. Or, to save them by his death on the cross. Or to save them, in any other way, than by teaching them that the Great Gift or Privilege of obtaining (Divine Love and) Immortality had been bestowed upon them. That by prayer and Faith they could obtain it.

The author of the book is all wrong in his theories. But, if you accept the statement of the Bible as true, he makes a very forcible presentation of the Scriptures. The Scriptures do not contain the Truth on this subject, except by the New Birth that Jesus taught. That being so, his explanations and theories must fall to the ground. Some day, and that very soon, he will come to the Spirit World, and have an Awakening, which will cause him much suffering and remorse, because of his teachings of the false doctrines that his book contains.

I did not intend to write so long a letter when I commenced, but your questions required answers. I could not give you answers in less space. Nevertheless, if you shall obtain any benefit from what I have written, the time consumed will be compensated for.

I must stop now, but will come again sometime.

Your brother in Christ, St. Paul.

October 26th, 1915

I write to corroborate what Paul said, both as to the errors of the author of the book that you have been reading, and of the Bible, upon which he bases his arguments and conclusions.

There are some of the Epistles credited to me. I did write some to the members of the church over which I had supervision. The Epistles, as contained in the Bible, are in many particulars untrue, and conflicting with my beliefs, then and now. I never wrote such conflicting statements. I never wrote that Jesus paid a ransom for humankind, or that his death on the cross, saved humans from the death, which they inherited from Adam, or anything of the kind that insinuated that humans were saved by any act of Jesus, which satisfied the wrath of God, or, as the author said, satisfied Divine justice.

Justice was not an element in the Plan of Human's Salvation. Only Love and Mercy, and the desire of the Father that human become reconciled to Him. That is, come to Him and receive the Great Gift of His Divine Nature. No blood shedding, death of Jesus, or vicarious atonement, could have accomplished this. For none of these things would affect the Soul Development of a human. The matter of Soul Development is an individual matter. Can only be accomplished when human seeks for the Great Gift of Divine Love, and receives It, in their soul, and develops it. Then they become a partaker of the Divine Nature, and One with the Father.

How deplorable, that human will teach this erroneous doctrine of blood atonement. How very much harm it is doing to humankind, and to spirits as well. For many spirits (of humans) come into the Spirit World with their beliefs so firmly established in this doctrine, that they frequently remain for years in that condition of belief, and consequent stagnation of their soul's progress, and of their obtaining a Knowledge of the Truth.

This author, when he comes to the Spirit World, will undoubtedly have to pay the penalty of his erroneous teachings. Very probably, that penalty will be that he will have to unteach them, if I may use the word, to all the spirits, who when on Earth, believed in and followed his teachings of these false doctrines.

Someday humans will Know the Truth. The Truth will make them free. You must try your best to get in condition to take the messages, which the Master desires to write, so they can be published to the World.

I am, your brother in Christ, St. Peter.

October 26th, 1915

I am here, Saleeba.

I am in a much happier condition than when I wrote before. I want to tell you that the Divine Love of God in my soul is the cause of my being happier. Your sweet wife was with me a great deal, telling me of this Divine Love, and showing me The Way to seek for it. I believed her, followed her advice. As a result, I found a great deal of that Divine Love. It is so very great a creator of happiness. I want more of it.

I am living in the Third Sphere, because I find so much more of that Soul Love there, than in the Sixth Sphere. What I want now is that Divine Love. So you see, I cannot live where this Divine Love is not so abundant. When I get more of it, I shall go to the Sixth Sphere and tell the spirits there what a Great Happiness I have found, and try to persuade them to seek it also. I believe that many will.

I am so glad that I broke into your writing when I did, for if I had not, I would not have learned The Way to this Divine Love and Happiness. I shall always look upon you as my friend and brother. I will do anything in my power to help you.

I have not found any of my race in these Soul Spheres as yet, but there may be some of them there. If I can possibly accomplish it, there will be some of them in my Sphere very soon.

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I have forgotten a great many things in connection with my Earth Life. I remember my parents, some of my associates and some portions of my religious beliefs. Sometime I will tell you of these things.

I will also tell you of my experiences in passing through these Spheres, in my progress to the Sixth Sphere, where I had to stop progressing. It is strange that I did not find this out until recently, but it is a fact.

No spirit, who lives in the Sixth Sphere, is as beautiful as the spirits of the Third Sphere who have the Soul Development (that comes with the Divine Love). The merely intellectual spirit can never become as beautiful as those having the Soul Love. Well, I must stop, as I only wanted to let you know that I had not forgotten you.

I will come again soon and tell you what I promised.

So I will say goodnight, your friend and sister, Saleeba.

October 27th, 1915

I am here, Helene (Hortense).

I was the daughter of Josephine, the wife of Napoleon. I come to tell you that I am not so far advanced in the Soul Development as I wish to be. I am striving to obtain that Divine Love that I have been taught since my coming to the Spirit World is necessary in order to obtain a home in the Celestial Spheres and Immortality.

When on earth, being the daughter of an Emperor, my thoughts were given to everything else than to the Real Soul Religion, which I now know is the only religion that can save a soul from sin and error. My stepfather was not a Spiritual man, as you may know, but all his thoughts were given to the gratification of his ambition and the conquest of nations. He was also a man who had a great deal of the Love Nature, and was intense in his affections and let them guide his Life, to a large extent, when they did not conflict with his ambitions. He and my mother were True Lovers, and are now soulmates. My mother is much more developed than he.

When I died, I was totally ignorant of the soul requirements. My religion was confined to the belief in the doctrines of the Catholic Church, which were mostly human-made, as I now see. No one ever told me about the New Birth and the Divine Love of the Father, but always about the power of the priests to forgive sin, and their authority to pray a soul out of purgatory. This, as you may know, did not help me when I became a spirit. When this great change came to me, I found myself in darkness and suffering, with no Love existing in my soul, although I had the natural affections for my kinfolks. It was many years after my death that a knowledge of the Soul Love came to me. I was relieved of my sufferings and brought into Light and Happiness. I am now in the Fifth Sphere. I am very happy, although my spirit instructors tell me that there are Higher Spheres, where much more happiness exists, which I must strive to enter.

My stepfather is not so much elevated, as he is only in the Fourth Sphere, and does not yet know of this Soul Development, to any great extent. His ambitions are still with him. To him the mind is the greatest part of all the spirit's possessions. So you see that an Emperor's daughter does not even stand as good a chance for becoming a spirit of happiness, as does the daughter of the poor burghers who know not ambition, but whose Life is spent in toil, in helping and sympathizing with others. How unfortunate to be a child of high position, wherein only the material things of Life are thought of, and attempted to be obtained. No ambition for earthly things will help a spirit when the earthly things are no more to be obtained.

My mother is with me. She is very happy. For many years, has been trying to induce her husband to give his thoughts to the things of the soul. So far, she has not succeeded, although he sees that she is such a beautiful and happy spirit. All this love, merely shows that the love for, and ambition to obtain, the material things of Life are hard to get rid of, and that something in the nature of a great calamity is necessary to Awaken some spirits, who have this love and ambition to a realization, of not only the necessity, but the desirability, of seeking for the things of the Higher Spheres. I am now seeking for these things with all my energies and longings. I am helped by many spirits of these Higher Spheres. I now know no difference between the prince and the peasant. In fact, I find that the peasant is, as a general thing, much superior to the prince, in their soul progression, beauty and happiness.

My friend, excuse my intrusion. I have, for several weeks, seen other spirits writing to you. I so longed to do so. As the opportunity presented itself tonight, I took advantage of it and imposed on you. To recompense you, I will say that your discussions, and your writings, have done so very much to help me in my progress and bring happiness to me.

So I will not detain you further, but will subscribe myself your friend and well-wisher, Helene.

October 28th, 1915

I am here, John.

Yes, I want to tell you that the influences were not good. Some of these spirits came home with you and tried to write. They have gone now. I will write a while. I was present, and heard what the medium said to you. What she said was True, for the spirits that she described came to you, and wanted to make known their presence. I did not know them. I ascertained who they were. The Sarah that the medium spoke of says that she was the Cousin Sally who wrote you some nights ago.

The description of her funeral was correct. She was buried in the little village where she lived, and which you know the name of. She was attracted to you because of her having met you at the time of her writing. She has been with you quite often since, so she says. I only know what she told me.

The little child was not a relative, but a bright little spirit who was attracted to you, and wanted to let you know that she was present. I do not know her name, but she was about four years old as you would say. She is here now, and says that she wants to tell you that she came, because she saw that you must be good and Love little children. She says her name is Rosebud, that she has no other name, and she died when she was only a few days old, and never had any name. So you see, the children Love you. You can have no better sign of your Love Nature than that. I do not know who the James was, as he left soon after the medium spoke of him.

Now, all this is very pleasant for these spirits, but it does not do you any good. I would advise that you do not attend that church very often. The mixture of spirits is so great, that undesirable influences are present, and necessarily affect your aura, and the conditions that bring us in rapport. Of course, you may go occasionally, but if you want to go to church on Sunday night, go to some of the churches where there is more of the Divine Love present. I mean some of the Protestant churches where you will listen to songs that have in them thoughts, which ascend to the Father of Love, and where the preaching is such, that the soul qualities will be appealed to. The Spiritualist church has not much of the Divine Love in the hearts of its people, nor do the speakers say things, or give out thoughts, which tend to elevate the soul, or satisfy its longings.

I would like to write you a message tonight on the subject of these soul qualities, but there are others here who want to write. I must postpone my message on that subject.

I will say that without prayer to the Father and Faith, there cannot be much progression in the development of the soul. If only humans would understand this, and offer their prayers to the Father, instead of to the spirits, the unknown forces, and friends who have recently passed to the Spirit Life, they would find a very different and wonderful result.

I am with you very often, trying to help you both materially and Spiritually. You are progressing. Your worries will soon leave you. So only, trust and believe.

I will not write more tonight.

Your brother in Christ, John.

October 28th, 1915

I am, Campbell.

I am the founder of the Campbellites. Well, I have spelled it as it should be spelled. I know my followers are called Camellites. That is not correct. But the name makes no difference. I am the man, and these people are my followers.

I merely want to say that when on Earth, I did not understand the Plan of Human's Salvation. I taught erroneous doctrines, as to this matter. I now see the great harm that I did. Nevertheless, there was some good done also. My people worshiped God as their Heavenly Father, and prayed to Him. Many of them received the Ministration of the Holy Ghost. So I am grateful for what I taught. Also very sorry for the errors that I taught.

I am now in the Celestial Heavens. I know that Jesus is a spirit and not God, and that his great work is still going on.

So when I say that I am a Follower of Jesus, I mean that I follow his teachings, and try to imitate his Life here, as on Earth. I am a stranger to you, but I felt that I must write to you, and so took this opportunity.

So thanking you, I am, your brother in Christ,
Alexander Campbell.

October 28th, 1915

I am here, James.

I will write only a few lines tonight, as conditions are not very good. You are tired, and have been working too much to permit us to make a very close rapport.

I want to say that today; I have been with you, and my charge (Dr. Stone), a part of the time. I heard your conversation, and was pleased to hear your conversation. I was pleased to hear you both express yourselves so strongly, with reference to the Truths that you have received. You will not be disappointed when the time comes for belief to become an experience.

The Truths are not to be refuted by any preaching, teachings, or any reference to the Bible, that are contrary to these Truths. I here declare to you; that the Only Way to the Celestial Spheres is by The Way of the New Birth, as it has been explained to you.

I also desire to encourage the mortal to whom I have attached myself especially (Dr. Stone), and assure him that I am with him very often, and impress him with thoughts that will make him realize more and more, that only the Truth that he has knowledge of, will fit him for the work that is before him to perform. That he must endeavor to increase his Faith, so that his beliefs will become Things of Real Substance. For they are Real. When he gets in that condition, and attempts his work, what will appear Real to him, will, in fact, be Real. So Real, that other mortals will know the benefits that arise from their Reality.

I will not write more now. So with my Love, I will say goodnight.

Your brother in Christ, James. Apostle of Jesus.

October 29th, 1915

I am here, Peter D. Buerly.

I am the spirit of your old schoolboy days, Peter D. Buerly. I have been here several times when you were writing, and have been much interested in what I saw and heard. When Cousin Sally came last night, wrote and recalled old times, I felt that I wanted to write also. So I am trying.

As you may have heard, in the long years after we left school, I became quite a dissipated man, given to drink, and other things that I need not mention. I continued these habits up to the day of my death. I caused Nannie much unhappiness. In fact, almost broke her heart. She was a mild, Loving girl. My treatment of her was such, as to give her many weary and suffering hours of anguish. Oh, how I have repented for this since I came into the Spirit World. How I have suffered, and undergone many, many years of darkness. But repentance was earnest. I am commencing to see the Light. Besides, since she came over, she has been with me, and forgiven me all my harsh words, neglect and bad treatment of her. So you see, there is nothing in the World like the pure, forgiving Love of a noble and sympathetic woman, and she was such.

We do not live together, for she is a much purer and elevated spirit than I am. She comes to me, and tries to cheer and encourage me with her Love and beautiful words of promise.

She is, she says, in the Third Sphere, where, she tells me much happiness is. While I am in the Earth Plane yet, but in a much brighter condition than when I first came over.

I want to express my surprise that you can receive communications from spirits as you do. I do not quite understand it. When on Earth, I never knew anything about such phenomena. I have only recently heard of your being so close to us, and so easy to communicate with.

I wish that I could get with my Nannie. For there, I know I would be so happy. Some of these spirits say that you can help the spirits in these Lower Planes. If that is so, I would like for you to help me.

Well, I have looked. I see a number of very beautiful spirits, but do not know any of them. I wonder who they are. I have done so. I'll be damned, if there ain't Prof. Salyards. Why, what does it mean? Well, he has come to me and shaken my hand, and says that he is very glad to see me, and wants me to go with him. He has introduced me to a beautiful spirit, who, he says, is your wife. What beauty and Love! You must be glad to have such a wife.

I have told her. She says she is so glad to meet me, and that she wants me to go with her after the Prof. has finished his conversation. I am going with her. Tell me, what does it all mean? I cannot understand

I must stop. Goodnight, Peter D. Buerly.

October 30th, 1915.

I am here, Mother of Eugene Morgan (who is sitting opposite you).

I heard him express the desire today that I would write to him. I then determined that I would come with him to your room tonight, and gratify his wish. Your band consents that I should write, and are helping me in the way of lending me their rapport. Hence I write so easily, as you may see.

Tell him that I am so glad that he has commenced to Awaken to the Truths of Spiritualism. That if, he will only continue his investigations, he will not only ultimately believe in its Truths, but will find the greatest satisfaction. The longings of his soul will be realized.

Many and many times have I been with him, hoping and praying that his mind would be opened to the Truths, which Spiritualism teaches, and that as a result thereof, his soul faculties would be opened to the Greatest Truths, which affect his Eternal Happiness, in not only this Life, but in the Great Life to come. I, as his mother, have prayed for all this. Now I thank God that I can see that my long-wished-for hope will likely be fulfilled.

I am very happy. I am a Christian, as he knows I was when on Earth. I am not exactly the same kind of Christian. Then, I believed in the doctrines of the church, as to the ceremonies and formalities that were imposed upon me to follow and abide by, more than in the Soul's Real Religion. Now I see that these formalities were nothing. That the True Soul Religion, determines and brings to us the Great Happiness, which the Father has provided for us.

I will not leave him until he shall come to the Spirit World. I do not mean to say that that will be very soon, but no matter how long he may remain on Earth, I will stay with him, and give him the Great Mother Love, which he never received in a very demonstrative way when I lived. He is my boy, and it seems to me that my Love for him is without limit or extent. So he must believe that I am with him. In return, think of me often and let his Love for me flow to me sometimes, and try to feel that the Love of his mother is responding to him.

I am in the Fifth Sphere. I am among the Redeemed of the Father, with only the Divine Love in my soul. If I could only tell him what this means, all his doubts would flee from him. He would thank God with all his heart that he had been Awakened to some realization that there is such a thing as the Future Life, and a God, and a Great Overwhelming and All-Pervading Love waiting for him, to make him happy, and to become One with the Father.

His father is here, too. But he is not so much developed as am I. For he was not, on Earth, a very serious believer in the things of the soul. Now thank God, he has had his Awakening, and is trying to obtain that Divine Love, and to progress to the Higher Spheres. So, ultimately, be with me. For I must tell my son, notwithstanding the fact that he doubts, or cannot exactly realize, the existence or meaning of soulmates, that his father and I are soulmates, and are more happy in our Love, than ever we were in Earth Life.

There is another thing that I want to tell him. That is, that he has a soulmate, too. She is here, and lives in the same Sphere with me. She wrote him a few nights ago. While I see that he may doubt the reality of her existence here, yet I want to tell him, with all the Love and interest that his mother has in him, that she is a real existing being, with all the substance and reality that he can imagine a human sweetheart to have, whom he had never seen. Yes, his Clara is here, and is with him oftener than he can conceive of, and is loving him with a Love that even his mother's Love cannot compare with.

Tell him that I will come again soon and write him, and more in detail. But tonight I am so full of Love, and so thankful that I can express it to him, that I can scarcely think of anything else. Love, Love, Love is the burden of my message tonight. He must think, learn and know that his mother's Love, his soulmates Love, and the Divine Love of the Father, are the three greatest things in All God's Universe, but in their reverse importance.

I must stop, though it is hard to do so. I want to thank you for your kindness in receiving my message, and trust that you will continue to show my boy The Way, to a realization of the Truth in this great and most important Truth of Spiritualism.

I will again tell him that I Love him, and say goodnight.

Mother of Eugene Morgan.

October 30th, 1915

I am here, Jesus.

I only wish to say that I am glad that the mother of your friend (Eugene Morgan) wrote to him tonight, because I have been interested in him for a little while past, and so much desire that he shall learn the Truth. He is naturally a Spiritual man. The long years of his lonesome Life have been filled with thoughts and ideas that did not tend to fit him for an entrance into the Spirit World. His Awakening will be very beneficial to him, and will result, as I see, in his seeking for the Divine Love of the Father and his Salvation from error, and acts that would only tend to keep him in a state of darkness, both in Earth, and in the Spirit World. When I say darkness, I mean it in the sense of the want of the proper understanding and experiences of the Truths of what will make him a human of Light, as regards his soul perceptions in the Earth Life, and in the Spirit World, both that kind of darkness, and actual darkness, meaning an absence of Light. For spirits who come to the Spirit World undeveloped, are not only in a condition of darkness, but in a place of darkness as well.

His mother wrote him a beautiful and Loving letter. If he could have seen her while she was writing, he would be convinced that she was not only his mother, but a mother whose heart is overflowing with Love for him.

Although I am the Jesus, whom many worship as God, but I am not (God), and although I am, the most developed spirit in the Celestial Heavens, and have such powers as no other spirit has, yet to me, each Child of God is precious. The object of my Love and care. When I have the opportunity of coming in sensitive, positive contact with a mortal, as I have with him, by reason of his being here with you, and being in an atmosphere, which enables us to communicate our desires and Loves to that mortal, I do not think that because of my exalted position as a spirit, and Child of the Father, I must not come to the mortal and let them know that I am interested in them, and want them to seek the Divine Love of the Father. No mortal is so insignificant, or so unimportant, that I will not seek them as an individual, and let them know that I am interested in them, and that my Love is with them, trying to bring them into reconciliation with the Father.

So let your friend know that he has a brother and friend in Jesus, and that his happiness is the happiness of his brother.

I write in this way tonight, because I want to see this man a Redeemed Son of the Father. A possessor of that Great Love that will make him happy on Earth, and happier when he comes to the Spirit World. To me, every mortal who is not in the Fold of God's Children, is that one who went astray, and to find whom, I left the ninety and nine.

You, my dear brother, will understand this. You can help your brother, and many brothers, to learn the Great Truths of their Souls' Salvation, and their spiritual progression.

I will not write more tonight, as you are tired, though you may not realize it.

So, with my Love and blessings, I am, your brother and friend, Jesus.

October 30th, 1915

I am here, Helen.

Well, my dear old Ned, what beautiful and wonderful messages you have received tonight.

Mr. Morgan's mother wrote him a most motherly letter. Her whole soul was in her expressions of Love to him. Then, when the Master came and told of his great interest in and Love for him, it was so astonishing and unusual, that we had to look on in wonder and almost adoration. To think that the greatest spirit in all the Celestial Heavens, and he who is the Best Beloved Son of the Father, should come, and in such Loving words tell your friend that he is the object of his interest and Love.

Well, Sweetheart, I will not write more tonight, as I see you are tired.

Your True and Loving Helen.

October 31st, 1915

I am here, St. Luke.

I was with you at church. I heard the sermon on the "unpardonable sin". I was much interested in the way in which the preacher dealt with the subject. His discourse was very plausible, but it is not True. As Jesus has told you, there is no "unpardonable sin". All humans, in this Life, and in the Life to Come, have the opportunity to be saved from their sins and become At-One with the Father.

The great danger in such a sermon, as the one preached to night is, that humans who have not become believers in Jesus as the Savior of the World, I mean the expression in the sense that we have explained it to you, will think, that after they have arrived at a certain age, and find their souls show no inclination or desire to seek The Way to God's Divine Love, or to a reconciliation with Him, they have committed the "unpardonable sin". Hence, there is no use for them to try to find The Way to salvation.

It is a damnable doctrine! The preacher who announced it has incurred a dreadful and awful responsibility. For in the After Life, he will very likely meet spirits in a condition of darkness and stagnation of soul, who will tell him that because of his sermons they gave up all hope of Salvation, and believe at the time they meet him just as they did on Earth. He, possibly, may see the errors of his wrong teachings. Then, will come to him remorse and bitter recollections of these teachings, and the great harm that they did to these darkened spirits.

When humans get to Know the Truth, as they will when the Master shall have delivered through you his messages, they will not have to run the risk of becoming bound and shackled by such false beliefs, as the one of which I speak. Before that time, with so many preachers, and especially those so called evangelists, who strive to force humans into the erroneous beliefs, which they teach through fear of eternal damnation, many humans will have formed these beliefs, and will suffer the consequences, which these false doctrines entail.

I was sorry that someone could not have arisen in the church and resented his doctrine of the unpardonable sin, and told all the people that there is no such thing, but that the Father's Divine Love is waiting for every one who may seek it, in great abundance and freely to be given. That if humans will only come to the Father in prayer and belief, that Divine Love will be given them. Salvation and Immortality will be theirs.

The age of a human has nothing to do with their Salvation. It is for the old, as well as for the young. No idea, or suggestion, of any unpardonable sin must be interposed to prevent any human from believing that the Great Love of the Father is waiting for them.

So you see, with some Truths preached by these orthodox ministers, there is a great deal of error. The effect of the latter is to prevent, or undo, any good, which the Truth may have otherwise been bestowed upon humans.

Well these great errors have been preached, and worked their injury, for many centuries now. Humans will be hard to convince that they are not the True Doctrines of Jesus, and that the claimed truths, which they teach, are not the only Truths.

I will not write more tonight.

I will say with my Love and blessings, I am, your brother in Christ, St. Luke.

October 31st, 1915

I am here, Latham.

I was a preacher in the days of the Reformation. I died in England, a martyr to my beliefs and preaching's.

I merely came to tell you that you must believe in what Luke wrote you, as to the unpardonable sin. For I know that it is not True, for many humans, who on Earth denied God and the Holy Spirit, have since coming into the Spirit World found the Divine Love of the Father and Salvation.

I know it may not have been necessary for me to say this, yet I thought it best to do so, as I was a human, and became a spirit, long after Luke lived. That which he said was the Truth in my day, and is the Truth now.

I will not write more, but will say goodnight.

Your brother in Christ, Chas. Latham.

October 31st, 1915

I am St. Paul.

Yes, I was trying to write my name, but was a little confused and stopped. Well I am all right now.

I merely want to say that the unpardonable sin as taught by the preacher has no existence. The preacher is wholly in error, for no soul is without the privilege of coming to the Father and obtaining His Divine Love and Mercy, even in the Spirit World. I am not in condition to write more tonight, and neither are you, so we had better stop.

Your brother in Christ, Paul.