FATHER'S Day, June 19, 1960 at the Mount of the LORD
We thank YOU for the privilege to be YOUR Crusaders and to give service in YOUR Work and Mission and for this we Praise YOU forever. We see day by day the unfoldment of all that YOU have promised to all mankind. Unity, Good Will to all men, Equality, Democracy, Universal Brotherhood and International Peace on Earth are beginning to see the light of day because of the Standard that YOU have expressed and established through-by YOUR Personal Presence and the Ever Presence of YOUR Holy Spirit. Thank YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD, FATHER DIVINE for YOUR SPOTLESS VIRGIN BRIDE as SHE Stands before the world in all HER Spotless Virgin Purity as a Sample and Example for all mankind. Thank YOU, FATHER Dear!
The following are excerpts of YOURS, FATHER, concerning Crusaders and the Crusader-ship Degree:
"At this particular instance I AM refraining from speaking, conveying the thought that as WE Speak and as WE have said before —SHE is just the same today as it was when SHE first stood by MY SIDE and became MY SPOTLESS VIRGIN BRIDE! (Again applause and cheering fairly deafened the atmosphere! FATHER then continues:) And as with HER, so reproduce I the SPIRIT and the NATURE, the VIRGINITY and the HOLINESS by Impregnation and by Inculcation into the hearts and lives of all of these, MY True and Real Rosebuds and Crusaders if you please!
"Real True Crusaders live even as MY SPOTLESS VIRGIN BRIDE, for WE came to Propagate Virtue, Holiness, Virginity and Righteousness in the hearts and live of the children of men, that both those who are called women and those who are called men might be partakes of the same Virtues and Holiness and all of the Virginity of Mary and the Holiness of Jesus! (Thunderous applause resounds.)
"I need not say more, as I believe I have said enough to stir up your pure minds! But to convince the critics that criticize —those who have endeavored to ridicule and write criticizing and derogatory articles — I want you to look at MY SPOTLESS VIRGIN BRIDE and behold all of them who stand by HER Side even as I do! I thank you!
Given May 27, 1952 at 2:50 A. M., and found in the New Day of April 30, 1960, page 9
FATHER is speaking to a group of graduating students here but what HE says to one applies to all:
"Peace, Everyone! I know you are happy! ("Yes, FATHER Dear!" responded the Crusaders.) For this truly is the Key to happiness and the Keynote of your Salvation! By the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose we are assembled, and by this unity, with the recognition and realization of GOD among you, you are successful, prosperous and happy!
"To the new graduates, we are happy to say, you are by expression, by virtue of the fact of your graduation, an honor to those of your— I could say, sisters and brethren— and to those of your household of Faith. We appreciate you being persistent in your ambition and determined in your resolve to develop and bring to fruition the Consciousness of the Presence of your GOD! It is the Key that will unlock every barred and shut door; and of HIS Peace and of HIS Increase there shall be no end! You have been taught it all along, if you have been taught of GOD, but you realize as you observe, of this Kingdom and of its increase and in its Peace, there is no end!
"Then I say, rejoice and be glad, for the hour is come, GOD has already Glorified HIS Son! Not as an individual, personal pronoun, although HE did not make it plural. Son, as ONE; for by the Unity of the Spirit, of mind, of aim and of purpose I have made you all one! Then it is a true saying, GOD has Glorified HIS Son and brought you into the Unity of Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose where you can be partakers of the Universal Brotherhood of Man. Though being many, with the selfsame determination and conviction of GOD'S Actual Presence you have the Key that will answer every question and will solve every problem! Aren't you glad! ("So glad!" responded the happy Crusaders.
"I need not say more for I have declared, I will preach CHRIST in Words, but more so in deeds and in actions.
"In the actuated words of expression daily to you I AM preaching! Then I say, take ME along with you in all sincerity and I will give you the Victory continually. As you accomplish your objective from an educational point of view, even so you can accomplish just such an objective from every other point of view, for GOD is the Master of Omnipotency and the controller of your destiny! Aren't you glad! ("So glad, Almighty GOD!" again sanctioned the happy Crusaders.)
"When you realize GOD in the midst of you is operative and expressive, creative and will increase and multiply your blessings, according to your faith you have in HIM then, I say, live in this recognition, ever conscious of GOD'S Presence and live it and express it, not only in words, but in deeds and in actions and in every transaction; you can accomplish all things as you accomplish your endeavors to master your educational career to make the grades and to be appreciated and respected by all men.
"GOD in the midst of you is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, and you being a partaker of HIM, the little leaven will leaven the whole lump if you be true and faithful and deviate and doubt no never, for lo, I AM with you as a CONQUERING KING! Aren't you glad!("Yes LORD, so glad!" came the happy shout.)
"Many think that some things are impossible to surmount. I mean oppositions, obstructions and adverse and undesirable conditions! We are happy to say, as you have accomplished your endeavors mentally and spiritually to overcome and surmount all ignorance and illiteracy, the very Spirit of MY Presence has given you the mastery over all oppositions by this great Intellectual Conversion! You have nothing to fear, for Greater is HE that is within you than all they that could be against you, for GOD is as afore said, the Master of Omnipotency and the Controller of your destiny!
"Take these thoughts to consideration and lo, I will be with you from now, henceforth and forever. If you are persistent in your ambition continually, you can rise above all obstructions, all deviations and all adverse and undesirable conditions, for this is the Sample and the Example I set before you. I thank you.
Given June 17, 1955, After midnight and found in the New Day of June 25, 1955, page 18.
The consciousness of Your Presence, FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE, Together With Thanksgiving and Praises,
Will Always Produce the Abundance of All Good!
"Thanking GOD for the visibility of the invisible expressions of the ecstasy of the angels, as GOD tangible-ates them!
"Thanking GOD for the limitless and infinite wisdom existing among you!
"Thanking GOD for the joy that no man can give, as exemplified among you!
"Thanking GOD for the outward expression of the harvest, and the day of reaping you are now observing!
"Thanking GOD for your health and your happiness at the recognition of GOD'S Actual Presence!
"Thanking GOD for the realization of the tangibilization of spiritual and invisible things as a living reality on the material plane!
"Thanking GOD for the Actual Presence of HIMSELF as made manifest in the Flesh, that you might observe HIS Presence as the Redeemer of mankind!"
"Now isn't that wonderful! All things that you have desired and imagined in your early days of your Christian career, can and will be made real and fulfilled, as you live in this recognition."
"Therefore you can thank GOD because the time has truly come, GOD has actually glorified HIS Son. When I say actually glorified HIS Son, I mean to say HE has glorified HIM in actual expression, that you and others might observe HIM as being glorified among us. It is indeed wonderful! Words in the human language in all of their vocabularies, are inadequate to explain it or express it, but enough of MY Spirit has been manifested to reveal it sufficient to convince you there is a reality in what I AM telling you. Oh it is a privilege to observe it!"
New Day Nov. 27, 1991
Thank YOU, FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE for Your Actual Ever and Omni Presence!
Sincerely, Your Crusaders
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