These Selected Sermons, Messages and Informative Articles Listed are Presented Here to create aeasier access to the information you are looking for.
This material was published in The New Day, a commercial weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Although only the highlighted selections can be downloaded presently the entire index is included because the headings alone are informative. The material is extensive and we will continue to increase the entries as quickly as the material becomes available.
To get an idea of the extent of HIS work, please note the following quote
taken from one of HIS many messages. This was given October 16, 1938 and reprinted
in The New Day of August 15, 1959; pp 4-5.
First Known Photo of FATHER DIVINE
"....In the political world and among the chief executives as diplomats, I speak diplomatically; I speak in their own language.
'To those who are in the legal field of endeavor and in their daily activities, I speak in their own language for I speak legally.
'Those who are in the social world of expression, I speak ...socially after their own language...
'To those who are in the intellectual world of expression on the board and under the board of education, I speak intellectually...
'Those who are in the political world of expression... I speak politically.
'To those who are in agriculture and the agricultural field of expression, I speak agriculturally...
'In the mechanical field of endeavor I speak mechanically.
'In the religious world of expression, through MY condescension I speak in the language of those who are religious, that they might understand ME distinctly.
'In the world of science I speak scientifically that those who are representing science might understand ME.
'In the industrial world of expression I speak industriously that those who are industrious might understand ME; therefore I speak in their language.
'In the organizational field of expression I speak organizationally that those who are organizers and representatives of organizations might understand ME.
"That is why I speak in their languages....."
Even though these excerpts and the many sermons listed in the topical Index are messages given years ago, FATHER DIVINE'S words are considered words of spirit and life and therefore are eternal.
********