"The Lord Takes Pleasure in His People; He Beautifies the Meek with Salvation"

FATHER DIVINE'S MESSAGE Given Whilst at the Banquet Table, 152-160 West 126th Street New York City,
Sunday evening and Monday morning, August 27th and 28th, 1939 A.D.F.D. Time: 2:15 A.M.



Diners, Public Dining Room,
Divine Fairmont Hotel,Jersey City, N.J.

Diners,Public Diningroom, Divine Fairmont Hotel,Jersey City, N.J.

PEACE, EVERYONE: That little composition long since composed but transposed to fit the purpose; hence since it is transposed and sung according to the individuals making the rightful comparison, you find the song is very appropriate.

That may not seem to be so true to those of you who do not see as these do who do see as they do, but it is wonderful! It is beautiful; for as you think and as you believe, so it is to thee and so will it be in reality; the way you see things to be. Remember, that which you vividly visualize you tend to materialize.

Look at the faces of these under the sound of MY Voice, the divers facial expressions as they appear in your actual presence. You do not see very many ugly facial expressions. Aren't you glad? You know I Am beautiful!

PEACE, EVERYONE: I may not be in MY facial expression, but in MY Heart and in MY Mind and in your understanding and in your conviction, I AM Beautiful! By this you can see the outward expression of your conscious religious conviction and the way you see things, so it is with thee. Aren't you glad?

Then I say, even MY visiting friends, hearers and others--they may consider the truth of the matter that I AM physically ugly, but observing the Spiritual, observing the mental, observing the reality from a psychological point of view, you can say with ME--

'I Am so beautiful'

Behold the beautiful thoughts that I put forth into expression in words, in deeds and in actions! I AM beautifying the creation and renovating the world of your surroundings. I AM beautifying and decorating even your material surroundings that you might see and know it is not what you see firstly from the outside, but that which is on the within coming forth into expression artistically discerned as it is materially manifested and brought into outer expression on the material plane.

Then I say,"I Am so beautiful" If you only behold the actuated words of expression in MY custom of serving, it is beautiful, is it not? You all know it is beautiful! The actuated words of expression while we are serving the masses--MY Words in actions are beautiful, MY Words in deeds are the same!

'He Beautifies the Meek with Salvation'

I may not be beautiful externally, but beauty within and without when it is explained, then you can see the Beauty of GOD as I AM. Aren't you glad? It is a privilege to realize that which you vividly visualize you tend to materialize. You have been visualizing the BEAUTY OF GOD in actions and in deeds and you have beautified yourselves, for it has long since been declared by the spirit of wisdom--

'The LORD takes pleasure in His people, He beautifies the meek with salvation.'

That is the beauty of which I AM speaking and you observe it vividly--you tend to materialize it and reincarnate it and also bring it forth into outer expression that others might realize it with you. That is what it is all about!

Then I say, you can bear witness with ME if only in actions and in deeds--you can say with ME,

'I Am so beautiful'

As I have been saying for the last fifty or sixty years constantly as soon as men and women would observe the Spirit of MY unfoldment and the Mystery of MY Presence and say, "YOU are so beautiful"--I said, "I hope MY heart is beautiful."

If MY heart is beautiful, if MY mind is beautiful, if MY spirit is beautiful, if I Am beautiful internally and beautiful in deeds and actions externally in my expression, then I Am beautiful in reality beyond measure that cannot be reckoned with any beauty to be considered for with such beauty you cannot make any comparison--it goes into infinitude, the end you cannot vision.

You are not judging by sight nor with hearing, nor with an outward appearance, but you are judging with a righteous judgment; but I can sing it with you sincerely and conscientiously when you say "YOU are so beautiful"--I can say,

'I Am so beautiful'

I mean to be so beautiful until you will never get tired looking at ME! MY followers never get tired looking at ME! They have thought so vividly on the Beauty expressed within, until they consider that beauty to be Personally ME; therefore they never get tired looking at ME. That is why they come around as they do.

Even if I AM traveling on the highway, if I stop at a gas station or anything of that sort, you see the crowd come around looking at ME! As I was telling MY Staff and followers the other day (those who were with ME)--they said, "The people cannot help from looking at YOU." I said, "What are they looking at ME for?" I said, "I AM not trying to look different from any other young man, I AM just trying to look the same as any other person would and just pass along as any other one could."

I AM trying to pass at times unnoticed, but just because they think it is something about ME that is unique, they think it is something different and they look at ME. What are they looking at ME for? I AM not trying to make MYSELF appear to be different. If I did or if I would, I would try to wear long whiskers or I would wear a garb or something of that sort. You see I usually wear an ordinary business suit and with all of MY banquets I AM serving such as this one, somewhere around two, three or four hundred times--three or four hundred banquets yearly at least, and yet all of them are informal.

I AM just trying to act and look as I think you should, as far as MY Personal Appearance is concerned. I AM not trying to look different from any other person; therefore be what you should be and do not try to appear to be what you are not! Be real in heart, be real in mind and I will be with you all the time and your facial expressions, by looking at and beholding the Beauty of GOD as exemplified, will be beautiful to behold; your facial expressions in and on you all. I thank you!

The New Day: September 7, 1939 A.D.F.D., Pg. 43

 

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