Father Divine

International Peace Mission Movement

No Obscenity, No Vulgarity, No Profanity

Excerpt from Father Divine’s message given at the banquet table 1887-1889 Madison Avenue New York City, N.Y. on Saturday, July 6, 1940 A.D.F.D at 3:20 p.m.

Father-Divine

At this particular instance I have arisen to say, as you see the outward expression of the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose, so can it be with every one of you even as it is here with us!

Peace and happiness where there once was anger and cursing

I was just thinking a moment ago of this Peace, Love and Happiness and yet Tranquility, with Passiveness and Quietness and Assurance. These wonderful blessings I have made a living reality – even where those of you once upon a time would be sitting at your tables where you would be dining, eating and taking food for the sustenance of your body, and for the benefit of your soul – at times a good many of you would be cursing and swearing. You would be in all sorts of rages of anger and excitement and confusion. But from those conditions you are completely emancipated! Now you are living in Peace, and Quietness, and Blessed Assurance. Aren’t you glad! Whilst thinking on that, by your conscious conviction through and by what you are actually observing from the physical , yea, from a personal point of view, make the comparison of this dining room table with your former tables and the tables of thousands of others who are called American citizens. Not only those who are of the underworld, disrespectable and malicious and low-charactered people, but those among you who you have considered yourselves to be self-respecting, law-abiding and even law-making citizens, you have not enjoyed the Peace, Unity and Tranquility and the outward expression of Harmony systematically exhibited as you all are enjoying in these different audiences and dining rooms where I preside! Just look over this vast audience, the Spirit of the Omnipotent One controlling everyone, bringing you and others with whom you come in contact into subjection to Righteousness, Truth and Justice and into subjection to Love and Kindness and Tranquility, where the very Spirit of Peace abides and is in evidence in our daily experience, in our diverse audiences and in our dining rooms wheresoever I am presiding! [Read more…]

All Shall Live The Abundant Life

Father’s sermon given whilst at the holy communion table at the Kingston Mansion 67 Chapel street Kingston, New York on Sunday evening August 31, 1952 A.D.F.D. at 9:08 pm.

Father-Divine-PinebrookPeace everyone: At this instance I have arisen to say, it is good to be here! Of course, the majority of you know for what purpose we are assembled here tonight; therefore, it is not necessary especially, to go into the details of what we are actually doing here; for when I am personally absent  I am Present and operative and expressive, if you are conscious of it. And when I am Personally Present, as I am as a Person, I may refrain from speaking; I may refrain from action and allow my Spirit in others to speak, as I will speak more effectively at times, in Actions and in Deeds than what I could say in Words!

But we are happy to be here and to see this large assembly, not only here at this place at this instant, but in all parts of the world, where they recognize the different assemblages that have been established with the selfsame conviction and the belief in God, to the extent that they recognize God’s presence all over this wide extended plane! A day being set apart on the twenty-ninth of April as a day of Recognition and for the Realization of Millions, of my Marriage to my Spotless Virgin Bride, One of Whom sits here by my side! I know it sounds somewhat strange to the children of men to speak of a Spotless Virgin Bride, One Who is incorruptible mentally and Spiritually and absolutely untouched and undefiled, but this, the Day, has been set apart as a Review of that Memorial Day of the Sixth Anniversary of my Marriage to this, my Spotless Virgin Bride, for the purpose of bringing about Universal Brotherhood, Democracy, Americanism, Christianity and Judaism as Synonymous!

We shall not be discouraged until we shall have accomplished this Universally, for it is as contagious as that which was once called Hitler’s contagion of Destruction, of warfare and of bloodshed!

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The Practicality of GOD, the Cooperative System

… the high officials of New York City have declared if we had a Peace Mission Extension in every block and I would be free to express in all of them as I do in the different extensions where I am functioning daily as I am here tonight, we would not need a policeman in New York City except to direct traffic…

Father Divine’s message at the Banquet Table Musical Fund Hall, Eighth and Locust Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday evening and Monday morning, September 3-4, 1939 A.D.F.D., Time: 3:39 A.M. Published in The New Day: September 14, 1939 A.D.F.D., Pg. 83

The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber and Father speaks as follows:

Peace, everyone:

I would just like to say at this instance, I am sure there are some of our visiting friends to whom I may apparently be a stranger, but as they are visiting this state of consciousness even though I am visiting their city, to me they are visitors and I must respect them. I must respect visitors and strangers according to the gospel and the Scripture, therefore I am mindful how I entertain strangers.

If any of our visiting friends who are as visitors to me in this state of consciousness desire to have a word to say, or if you are not acquainted with me, so much or so well personally, and if you are not even visitors in this state of consciousness, you are welcome to speak, move volitionally as we do if you care to; I will be pleased to hear from you. If you desire an introduction according to custom, I will be glad to introduce you. I thank you.

(Following the testimony of a follower, in which she stated that Philadelphia was blessed to have Father’s presence, since the visitors were hesitant, Father arose again to further extend his invitation.)

Peace, everyone: Again I say to our visiting friends, we are pleased to have you with us, and we are endeavoring to continue to show just what a whole lot means by showing you just a little of my spirit and mt presence. If any of our visiting friends care to have a word to say, you are welcome to speak. As I afore said, as I am so can you be, and I desire to have you even as I am, if you will but let me.

I believe that you all would desire to be successful, desire to be prosperous, desire to be healthy, desire to be happy, and desire to accomplish your divers endeavors in whatsoever you may desire. This can be with you as well as with me if you will allow it to be. Then I say you are welcome to speak even as I do if you care to, for the Christ within brought to fruition will give you your real emancipation from barriers and limitations and prohibitions and whatsoever it may be that would try to prohibit you. I thank you.

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I Am Advocating the Constitution and its Amendments As the Hope of the Redemption of The American People!

FATHER DIVINE’S BROADCAST MESSAGE at Philadelphia Ball Park, Lehigh and Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Monday, September 4, 1939 A.D.F.D., Time: 10:30 P.M.

As the moment arrived for the broadcast of Father’s Message to the world over Philadelphia Radio Station WCAU by the Columbia Broadcasting System, the voices of the multitudes which had gathered for this great occasion, rang out loud and clear as they sang in unison, “God has blessed America,” the theme song spontaneously selected at this time.

The Station’s announcer, after a few words of explanation, introduced Hon. Harry S. McDevitt, Supreme Court Judge and leading citizen of Philadelphia, who, with the following city officials and press representatives, invited Father to the City of Brotherly Love to give its citizens his great Message of redemption: Magistrate Edward henry; Magistrate Joseph H. Rainey; Mr. Ray Fabiani; Mr. L. H. Joly, Editor of the “Afro-American;” Mr. Ralph Jones, Editor of the Philadelphia Independent; Mr. John A. McGinnis; Mr. A. L. Austin, Director in Chief of the Sesqui–Centennial; and Mr. Robert N. C. Nix, Esq., former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

Judge McDevitt in turn introduced Father to the radio audience, and the sincerity of the tribute he paid Father and his appreciation of his mighty Works in salvaging humanity, show the high esteem in which our beloved savior is held by the leading citizens of Philadelphia.

Thank you, Father, for the light you are bringing to all mankind.

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