Extension - 117th Street, N. Y. C.
FATHER DIVINE:
"These words are not merely applicable to those of you, who you may consider, have a large vocabulary. The mental best you have may not be very great, but whatsoever you may have, if you freely give it, you shall freely receive in return, for that which you are giving over and over again, the amount which you have so freely given.
"This is not applicable only to that which is of the mental and Spiritual, but even the material sustenance of life, if we Spiritually give the substance of life and the sustenance of life, even so freely will we receive in turn for that which we have given and that which we have sacrificed. This is our conscious realization by experience.
"Can you not see the out-picturing of every positive assertion which I have made? The most positive assertion which you make will be for your highest good and for your most important advancement. Speak positive words and give out the very best you have in your mental world of expression, and more will come within you by inspiration, to give in turn for that which you have given. For this cause we are rejoicing to put into practice just what I AM Teaching or Preaching:
'Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.'
"It matters not what information I may accumulate apparently, I must willingly
give it out for ME to receive more; and if I so freely give that which I have
so freely received, I will not be hoarding up for MYSELF and laying up for MYSELF
treasures on earth, but if I try to hold something for MYSELF as a Person, then
and there the request of Jesus in the Message would be to ME;
'Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and where rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.'
But to the extreme reverse, it matters not how much information you may receive,
even though it may be great apparently, at times, consider that information is
not given to you for yourself alone, neither is that vocabulary of yours for
yourself alone, but your information which you have gained, you should pass it
on. By so doing, you are not living in yourself alone. You are not bound to your
mortal concept of things. You are passing it on to others. So much as you express
from that angle of expression, you are expressing that much of the Nature and
the Characteristics of your SAVIOR."
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