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First Lady of the World

 

 

This recording contains two brief testimonies. The first is by noted Philadelphia Civil Rights attorney Austin J. Norris, who speaks concerning “What FATHER DIVINE’s Marriage means to the world” and proclaims MOTHER DIVINE “The First Lady of the World.” After this, MOTHER DIVINE rises to speak regarding the Marriage, and affirms “Of Myself, I Am Nothing.”

Given at the Fifth Wedding Anniversary, Unity Mission Church, Philadelphia, April 29, 1951 ADFD at 8:00pm. Peace Mission CD 4-7, Tracks 1 & 2.

 
 

 

Filed Under: Archive, Mother Divine, Testimonies

FATHER DIVINE on “Special Report”

Peace, everyone. Seven of us were pleased to sit for an interview with this web-based show last night. There were some accidental issues with audio quality (particularly in the last 16 minutes), but we are pleased with the conversation and glad to “meet” the Host, who emphasizes the importance and true spirit of unity and cooperation, so we felt right at home for an hour and 17 minutes. FATHER (and the Host), brought out some very good points and we are happy to share the program with you here.

 

 

Filed Under: Archive, Interviews, Media, News & Announcements, Peace Mission, Testimonies

Testimony of Miss Holy Love Dove

In the NEW DAY excerpt below and the extended interview audio file below it, Miss Holy Love Dove tells of her experiences coming to FATHER DIVINE in the early 1930s, including an integrated bus trip across country and how FATHER’s Mind and Spirit met all obstacles along the way.  Long before the Freedom Riders of the 1950s or the counter-cultural “Peace” buses of the 1960s, Members of the Peace Mission Movement were traveling across the continent in integrated red, white and blue buses emblazoned with FATHER’s Name and “PEACE!  Out of One Blood God Made All People.”  Among the many topics discussed by Miss Dove in the extended interview are her experiences as a so-called “disabled” person.  After coming to FATHER in the early 30s, Miss Dove was a lifelong Follower, Rosebud and Personal Secretary to FATHER DIVINE.  Her testimony is a very valuable historical treasure.  

Download (PDF, 5.66MB)


(Interview conducted by Dr. Leonard Primiano in 1996).


Filed Under: Archive, History, Interviews, Media, Testimonies

MOTHER DIVINE Testifies on “The Reality of Christmas”

MOTHER DIVINE delivers a brief Christmas testimony at Nazareth Mission Church, Oxford St. at 16th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on “The Reality of Christmas,” December 23, 1949. 10 minutes, 31 seconds. Peace Mission CD 12-1, Track 1.
 
 
 
 
 

Filed Under: Archive, Media, Mother Divine, Testimonies

Dr. Carleton Mabee on the Catalyzing Importance of FATHER DIVINE

At Century House Historical Society in Rosendale, NY, 20 Sept 2009, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Dr. Carleton Mabee, said:

“I’d like to summarize in a few words the history of the civil rights movement in a way that oversimplifies the role of Father Divine in it, oversimplifies the whole thing, but it still makes a point: Father Divine proved that interracial living was possible. So, Rosa Parks sat in front of a bus and she wouldn’t move when she was asked to go to the back; so, Martin Luther King gave his ‘I have a dream’ speech in Washington; so, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. There it is in a few words…”

Here is the relevant excerpt:

http://peacemission.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Mabee-Century-House-EXCERPT.mp4

 

If you would like to view the entire presentation about FATHER DIVINE’s important interracial communities in Ulster County, New York, it is on YouTube in seven parts.  Part one is here.  (Subsequent parts, clearly numbered, will appear in the right-hand sidebar on the YouTube page).

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