"I AM Not Representing a Nationality, Race, Creed or Color"

An Excerpt from FATHER DIVINE'S REMARKS Given at 20 W. 115th Street, New York City,
May 17, 1938 A.D.F.D., Time: 2:40 P.M.

 


The Mount of the House of the Lord

The Mount of the House of the Lord

 

 

" I AM not representing a nationality! I AM not representing a race! I AM not representing a creed! I AM not representing a color! In past times I have received letters from persons in different parts of the country if a letter came here talking about a so-and-so-man, a so- and-so preacher, a so-and-so God, a so-and-so teacher, or any such as that, why, I know it is not ME or Mine.

"My secretaries, co-workers and staff will not receive anything that points to ME in a low-rating and in a degrading way of expression. If I AM a preacher, I AM not a so-and-so preacher. If I AM GOD, I AM not a so-and-so God. As with the Spirit, so with the Body; and as with the Body, so with the Spirit. I AM Impersonal by Nature and by Characteristics. I AM Impersonal from every angle expressible. I AM just the same as electric. I AM not a nationality! I AM not a race! I AM not a creed! I AM not a color; and I DEMAND the respect of each and everybody to recognize ME as I AM, and not as I AM said to be; for the decisions and versions of men, I reverse them, and I establish the truth concerning the mystery, that all humanity might know ME. I thank you."

Reprinted, The New Day, December 10, 1966 A.D.F.D., Pgs. 12-13