"Be Honest! Be Kind! Be True or You cannot Succeed--

"And Not Any of the Holy Blessings of God Will Do You Any Good --
if You Get Them Dishonestly" --- FATHER DIVINE

Our Father's Message Given Whilst at the Holy Communion Table Philadelphia Hotel
764-772 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday Afternoon August 28th, 1942 A.D.F.D., Time 5:55 P.m.



Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Massechusetts

 

During this past week of the Elks International Convention, hundreds and hundreds of the members of this organization found pleasure and benefit in taking their daily meals at the Hotel in the public dining room. However, as huge as that dining room is, the double line ran clear out onto the sidewalk every day, and many waited gladly for hours just to partake of the wonderful privilege afforded them to get such delicious food in such abundance, and only fifteen cents a meal.

However, our Loving Savior, as did HIS Son nineteen hundred years ago, Personally fed table after table Banquet style, in the annex of the private dining room at the spacious U-shaped Table which is the extension of the Holy Communion Table at which FATHER presides.

On this occasion as a group of Visitors were leaving the Table, after having been bountifully supplied and their appetites satisfied, the Righteous Judge who weighs the world on the Just Balances of Righteousness, Truth and Justice, spoke to the group as herein recorded.

FOR THY ALL-SEEING EYE OF EQUITY, DEAR LORD, WE TRULY THANK THEE!

The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber, after which FATHER Speaks as follows:

 

PEACE, EVERYONE: Just a moment, please. We do not like to interrupt, but just now before the departure of our visiting guests that I have through MY Condescension served them of OUR Holy Communion Service, we want them to know this is a matter of courtesy to you I have extended, and we want you to know that if you are dishonest enough to come in and take out food, why then, it will not do you any good, those who do it! We have endeavored to try to let people enjoy what we have. MY Followers have UN- LIMITED PURCHASING POWER; they can demand anything they desire, and I long to see all human beings come into possession of what we are actually enjoying and what we have, for this is a matter of course with us every day.

We serve in the City of New York City from eight to ten banquets daily. When I AM not Personally Present at all of them, MY Spiritual Presence presides, and MY followers recognize MY Ever-presence. It is through the Blessings of MY Mission to the children of men that those who are in harmony with ME have the mastery over the undesirable economic situation. They have the mastery over all depressions, panics, famines and every undesirable condition existing in the world of civilization! We desire others to have the same, and at times I do try to give unto them as I have you, MY Guests, today. But whensoever one will steal an egg, it is written they would steal an ox. I have further declared, if one would steal an apple, that one would steal an elephant if he could get him in his pocket!

Be honest, be kind, be true! You cannot succeed and not any of the Holy Blessings of GOD will do you any good if you get them dishonestly, if you carry food to any of your friends dishonestly. Through MY Condescension, I allow you to partake with us, but we are independent to any person or persons and we are not seeking anything, for we are giving, in all of our places, not receiving! Aren't you glad!

So take these thoughts to consideration. The person or persons who have filled their pockets or handbags from the Holy Communion Table to take out, and do it deceivingly, he that will steal a little food would steal a carload if they could! I thank you! I thank you! I thank you!

Aren't you glad! All over this wide extended plane will shine ONE ETERNAL DAY, where GOD the Son forever reigns and scatters night away! Kingdoms are rising and waning but the Kingdom of CHRIST shall remain, and I shall gather the elect from the four corners of the earth! They shall come and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom. I think I had better stop! I thank you!

 

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