Palace Mission, Brigantine Hotel,
Brigantine, New Jersey
What a wonderful blessing and privilege rare to be living in the day of the actual fulfillment of the Scripture, when the new heaven and the new earth of which John spoke in his revelation is being established! For truly
'The Tabernacle of GOD is with men,'
and He is dwelling with them. He is transforming the hearts, Minds and lives
of the children of men, drawing His true and faithful from the four corners of
the earth, that He might have a glorious church without spot or wrinkle.
The mighty Work and Mission of GOD Almighty, FATHER DIVINE, stands as a beacon light to this darkened world, for he is raising up before their very eyes a new, young and righteous generation, a generation which has never known sin, a generation in whom the virtue and purity of god blossoms as a beautiful flower, tenderly nourished by praise and thanksgiving to their Maker and Creator.
The 'Rosebuds' and 'Crusaders,' youth groups living the Teachings of FATHER DIVINE, are samples and examples fulfilling the Scriptural prediction:
'And a little child shall lead them;'
for through impregnating the Minds of the younger generation with seed ideas
of righteous government and true patriotism, this nation and all other nations
under GOD shall be extended this new and glorious birth of freedom where naught
but unity, peace and tranquility shall abide.
GRACIOUS REDEEMER, WE PRAISE THEE!
The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber, and FATHER'S Message follows.
PEACE, EVERYONE!
Here we all are again, and there I sit and stand. In the UNITY of spirit, of Mind, of aim and of purpose we are coming together in the expression of that universal brother, as being termed the universal brotherhood of man and the realization of the Fatherhood of GOD. All are calling on that one and only one SPIRIT, and recognize it regardless to the consciousness and circumstances that may surround it. GOD is that true and infinite Spirit!
It is written:
'They that are joined to the Lord are one spirit,'
and I came to fulfil it, to verify the prophecy of the apostle in his epistle
when he declared:
'They that are joined to the Lord are one spirit.'
Hence, you are One in more than one way; you are one with those with whom you
are connected, as being joined in one universal brotherhood; you are one with
the One with Whom you are joined, the LORD, and that makes you one, more than
one time. Aren't you glad?
Jesus said:
'I pray that they may be one, even as we are one.'
I pray that they may be one in us; therefore you who are joined together in the
UNITY of the spirit, of Mind, of aim and of purpose. you are one with your Creator
firstly and then one with your fellowmen with whom you are connected.
Then I say, it is a privilege to live in such a recognition, to see the Spirit is real, as well as prophecies He has made through the prophets, the sages and the seers and even through the apostles, if you please, and GOD is the Fulfiller. GOD made many predictions as assertions and statements through the apostles of Jesus Christ, and this happened to be one of the quotations bearing out the assertion and the statement the apostle was making concerning himself and others who had been joined to GOD:
'They that are joined to the Lord are one spirit.'
They are One with Him to Whom they are joined, and they are One in common in
connection with others who are connected, so that they all might be One in reality
by nature and characteristics because of the hereditive character and relationship
by being connected in the same spirit.
It is a pleasure to have with us visiting friends as followers, coworkers and admirers. Some may have come from far, and some so far as being termed out of this country and coming in from other lands and countries; but we also have the pleasure of having some that are right here in this community. In every community where I preside, the Spirit of MY Presence in someone will arise and recognize the majesty of MY Presence and the Glory of His Righteousness and the Wonders of His LOVE.
Whilst listening to the different testimonies and the songs of praise a little while ago, I thought of how, as the speaker said, I had drawn her from three thousand miles away across the continent. Hundreds and thousands--I venture to say the majority of MY immediate followers, they come from afar. Some from the East, it is true, but mainly from the West, from the South and from the North where I had driven them, according to the prediction of Jeremiah when he declared:
'I will set up shepherds over them,'
and
'I will gather the remnant of MY flock out of all countries whither I have driven them.'
Aren't you glad?
As in the days of Adam, through disobedience to GOD, GOD drove Adam from His Presence after Adam first tried to hide from Him. Adam tried to get away from GOD'S Presence and by the actuated words of expression in Adam, in his endeavors to get away from GOD, he was predicting what GOD would do shortly thereafter-- drive him from His Presence and let Him taste how it feels to be away from GOD. GOD drove Adam from His Presence and from the Tree of Life, as so to speak, and put the cherubim there to keep the way, the Tree of Life--which could have been said, to keep him away from the Tree of Life, lest he would put forth his hand and take and eat and live forever. Can you not see the mystery?
GOD drove Adam from His Presence because he sought diligently firstly to hide from Him--both Adam and his wife, Eve. They tried to get away from the Presence of GOD and GOD granted their desire and fulfilled it very quickly, for GOD gave him the energy and the Command to go out of the Garden of Eden. Can you not see the MYSTERY?
So GOD actually fulfills your request at times though you may be ignorant of the MYSTERY and of what you are doing; but when you seek to get away from GOD and to do certain things that are detrimental to yourself and to the children of men, at times GOD will allow those things to be because you have sought to get away from Him.
Adam was driven from the Garden of Eden as I said, because he sought to get away from GOD'S Presence. He was trying to hide because he did not want GOD to see him, what he had done and what he was doing. Therefore he sought to hide from Him. Therefore, GOD answered his request, according to his pre-desire, and drove him from His Presence where he could hide. Can you not see the mystery? For if you try to hide from Me, I will hide from you.
So the peoples of the earth in Adam, being susceptive to the transgressions and the iniquities of the first man, they were driven from GOD'S Presence. Therefore, I will gather them out from all corners of the earth where I have driven them and I will set up shepherds, as I+ may be termed, over them, that there shall be eventually One Shepherd and One flock, as said the gospel prediction of the fulfillment of the Scripture when it was recorded that Jesus said:
'I AM the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd giveth His Life for the sheep.'
This dispensation, I AM calling them from far and near in the fulfillment of
the Scripture, as I have said they shall come from the North and the South, from
the East and the West and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the KINGDOM,
and the children of the Kingdom shall be cast out in outer darkness.
Oh, what a privilege it is to observe what GOD has actually done and still is doing among this people! I AM calling them out from all of the peoples of the earth, for this is E Pluribus Unum! Omnifarious we may stand and express from that angle for an instant, but we realize the significance of what is being accomplished--
'As in Adam all die, so shall in One (Jesus Christ) all be made alive.'
You were driven away from GOD'S Presence in Adam; now I have called you together
in Jesus Christ so that you might be One in Him Who liveth forever, and never,
never, no never sever!
I thought just as I left the table, how marvelous it is to be in that number that is actually supernaturally and inspirationally drawn--not by curiosity, but by the Spirit of GOD'S Presence--by the inspiration of the Creator, the very same One that as Spirit and Spirit alone moved out upon the face of the deep and said:
'Let there be light and there was light.'
It is the same Spirit by which you are now inspired! It is the selfsame Spirit
by which you are drawn, and you as others are instructed and taught wisdom by
the selfsame Spirit that did His own creating in the beginning of the creation.
Can you not see the MYSTERY?
Then He knows how to teach you, doesn't He? Because He knew how to create you and all things that are in the heaven and the earth, and knew how to place all things in their respective places. GOD knows how to teach you, and He knows how to lead you and knows how to direct you the way to go when you are apparently alone and are not apparently going along with Him. Such a privilege!
Hence, as I say, I AM drawing them from all corners of the earth to sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob right here in the Kingdom; for,
'Wheresoever a king reigns, there is where His kingdom is,'
and GOD is truly reigning here! Aren't you glad?
Would you not rather have a world--not only a hotel or church or institution like this one--but a world where GOD reigns, than to have a world where vice and crime and men of debauchery, intolerance, segregation and prejudice reign? Oh, it is something to consider!
I shall have it just as I have it right here universally, and all of the peoples of the earth will have a chance to enter into this great melting pot; and there shall be no division among them, but peace on earth and good will to men, according to the prediction of the song that was given the wise men by the angels when they were going down to Bethlehem:
'Glory to GOD in the highest . . .'
--give all of the glory to GOD to Whom all glory belongs, and GOD in the highest
order of things. That is the MYSTERY.
COD is in the least and the lowest and the most simple and insignificant, but give glory to GOD in the highest and on earth peace and good will to men that are in all simplicity, in insignificance and in illiteracy and in ignorance. Give peace to them and have good will for them, but give the glory to GOD in the highest, the highest light of spiritual understanding, where GOD Himself has all dominion and unfolds His mysteries and reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets; and in the last days, as I have declared to you, His prophets are not men with long, flowing whiskers. Aren't you glad? I have long since declared in the prophetic age concerning these last days:
'I will pour out MY Spirit upon all flesh . . . and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.'
Aren't you glad! The most insignificant will be the prophets among you: -
'And a little child shall lead them.'
There is where the 'Rosebuds' in all simplicity have a chance for expression by inspiration, for I have poured out MY Spirit upon them. Sons and daughters are now prophesying. The true 'Rosebuds' and the true 'Crusaders,' the juniors of the Kingdom, are prophesying as they are moved by the Spirit of GOD; for
'Truly the LORD GOD will do nothing, but He reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets,'
and they shall predict it before you see it; and when they predict it and explain
it in inspirations or poems, hymns and compositions, why, you may not understand
it in the beginning, but when I reveal it in the actuated words of expression,
why, you will understand it much better.
'Oh, for a closer walk with GOD!'
You called for it! All ye churches of Christendom, especially the Christian church--and
more stressful to be considered the Protestant Christian church--you have been
calling for a
'...closer walk with GOD, a calm and a heavenly frame.'
You have been calling for
'A light to shine upon the road that (will) lead you to the LAMB.'
If this is not the Light, then where AM I? If it is not a light where I AM, then
where is a light? Aren't you glad? A light to shine upon the road that will lead
you to the Lamb! I AM fulfilling it and you are enjoying it! Let us live in this
recognition and build up- on this foundation in all simplicity, in all meekness
and in all obedience, for Adam through disobedience and transgression was driven
from GOD'S Actual Presence, and all today in the Adamic state of consciousness,
they are not with Me wholeheartedly; therefore, they cannot harmonize with Me,
and they cannot understand Me, for they are living in Adam, the Adamic state
of consciousness. That is the MYSTERY.
But when you get in Christ Jesus, it brings you back to GOD from whence you were driven, back to the Garden of Eden where there is a-plenty and to spare just as I have it here, and shall have it throughout eternity! Over and above depressions, wars and rumors of war, and over and above rationing and everything like that, I shall have a-full and a-plenty--that is, if people live. Aren't you glad?
'He that cometh unto Me shall never hunger and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.'
I will declare unto you that you will never even thirst physically, neither will
you hunger physically if you abide in Me and come to Me harmoniously, scientifically
and accurately and live thus accordingly. GOD is in your midst, actually present
and ruling and reigning as He promised to do; for,
'A King shall reign in Righteousness and princes shall rule in judgment . . . and a man shall be as an hiding place.'
may retrace your thoughts back to Isaiah 31:1 and 2, if you wish to, where,
'A King shall reign in Righteousness and princes shall rule in judgment.'
I believe we have some princesses as well as princes (Aren't you glad?) ruling
in judgment, and a man is a hiding place--an expression, as though it may be
termed.
When the people say that 'man,' I know they are judging Me by the Spirit and the Mind they are in; therefore, to them it is a man because they do not know better; but as an abstract expression according to the prediction, it will be as though it is a man in which the King is actually reigning, and princes actually ruling in judgment, and we have some princesses, too!
So it is a wonderful privilege to live in such a recognition where GOD is actually present with you and has free access for expression; especially when you are susceptive to Him, to His Work and His Mission and His Love and His Blessings, you can and you will come into possession of such blessings as you live it and express it by being susceptive. And, as I mentioned, they are coming from far and near, those who are joined to Me, and closer than a sister or brother, closer than a husband or wife could dare be. The majority of them when they were first connected so effectively, they had not seen Me Personally; they had not come nigh or near Me Personally, but by their mental and Spiritual connection, they were united mentally and Spiritually, and they are joined to the lord in reality as One Spirit!
I also thought of a wonderful inspiration that was given One who around three thousand miles away from Me, was drawn by MY Spirit supernaturally--not that I told them to come--I do not tell anyone to come to Me--but supernaturally, putting aside everything else in all love and sincerity, conscientious in every effort and every endeavor, willing to sacrifice everything for Me, to live soberly, righteously and godly, virtuous and holy, and express the Virginity of Mary and the Holiness of Jesus. All of the worldly pleasures, fancies, tendencies, customs and fashions and all that mortality had to offer them, they sacrificed it for MY Name's sake voluntarily, without MY Personally corresponding with them and requesting them to do anything. By MY Spirit they were led to Me Personally, with the sacrifice of every mortal versionated concept that may have been presented or could be imagined. What could do that but GOD? Aren't you glad?
The inspiration of which I AM now speaking was the inspiration and the person that gave it last evening is here at this Holy Communion Table. Aren't you glad? Mortality would give billions if they could get them to present themselves to them, with all of the world and all of its splendor and everything that mortality can offer intellectually, socially, politically and nationally and from every other angle expressible; those things are sacrificed for MY great Name's sake, as did Jesus the CHRIST when He was tempted by the 'other fellow,' when He was carried upon the exceedingly high mountain and told by the 'other fellow,' as he showed Him the Kingdoms of this world--every one of them--even the United States of America, if it was not the United States; then he showed Him the Kingdoms of this world--every 'doms' of the world--and said:
'All of these things I will give You if You fall down and worship me.'
But what said Jesus?
'Get thee hence. It is written, thou shalt not tempt the LORD thy GOD but Him only shalt thou serve.'
Everything that mortality has to offer was freely presented to Him, but Jesus
refused any offering that was given or presented because Jesus knew those things
did not belong to him. Jesus knew they did not belong to the 'other fellow.'
So it is with MY Spirit in MY true and faithful followers. MY Spirit in them does the very same thing in them, though the 'other fellow' may make many offers and many suggestions; but they refuse the offers that are made by the 'other fellow' and they are willing to make a sacrifice of every mortal versionated expression that mortality and the 'other fellow' can offer for the sake of Him Who liveth forever.
You know some will say, 'Yes, you can get anything you desire on earth. You are intelligent; you are super intelligent; you are gifted and talented; you are beautiful,' and all of that. 'You can marry any man you want on earth. You could marry the President's son, if you wanted to, without criticism.' All of those suggestions will come, but the sacrifice of all of those prospects of things that would be offered by the 'other fellow' to the children of men or to those who love Me, they sacrifice everything and come to Me and live according to MY Spirit and MY Mind; and by this Spirit of Mine they have been inspired to tell you the truth concerning the mystery. Aren't you glad?
For this cause, the One of whom I AM now speaking, I AM going to ask her to tell you again, as she did last evening, 'The Mills of GOD Are Grinding On.' Aren't you glad? Over and above every criticism, over and above every imagination, GOD is the master of omnipotency and the controller of humanity's destiny, and masters every situation, every expression; and all things are at his command and demand; for GOD is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent! Therefore, take cognizance of this Message and consider what the Spirit has actually done and is doing.
This angel came all the way from across the continent, without any communication from a literary point of view as requesting her to come or anything of that sort--just voluntarily came by MY Spirit and by MY Mind, making a sacrifice of all of these prospective grandeurs or offers that may have been made to her as one super intelligent, talented and qualified in every way expressible, and naught to be criticized about it. Yet the sacrifice was made by her of every prospect of life for Righteousness' sake and for the love of GOD she had within her soul--all of this and much more--that she might develop and bring to fruition the holiness of Jesus and the virginity of Mary and express the personified perfection of virtue in this dispensation among the children of men, as a sample and as an example for them. I thank you.
The angel referred to arose from her seat at the Holy Communion Table at this juncture, and after stating that she did not feel her sacrifices were sacrifices in reality--because in their place she had received the Love of GOD and all the sweetness of this Holy Life, or words to that effect .--She read inspiringly the beautiful poem.'
The mills of GOD grind slowly
But they grind exceedingly fine
And sometime, somewhere the judgment of GOD
Will be your portion and mine.
Pity! Pity! Sweet gracious GOD!
On land and sea and air!
Hearts bleed in agony tonight;
Hearts cease to believe, hearts cease to care.
Mercy! Mercy on ignorant fools,
Whose hand holds power but for a day.
Who shall strand in the day of YOUR wrath?
Who dare taunt YOU to have YOUR way?
Like foolish babes with lightning for a toy,
Their power glitters like gold, and mocks the meek.
But GOD remembers HIS faithful Ones;
No hand dare touch, nor evil seek.
A pit of destruction have they dug alone,
Thinking to trap and corner the free;
But for themselves has the pit been dug,
For none can have what belongs to Thee.
Let there be peace unto the righteous
And justice to all men
And let there be mercy unto those
Who repent of their sins.
Sin cannot stand in the face of GOD,
And forever rear its ugly head;
It must go down, no matter what the price,
And mortality must go the way of all the dead.
In these days comes GOD, our FATHER,
Preaching in the wilderness of self and sin,
Saying 'Repent ye, repent ye,
For the Kingdom of GOD is at hand.'
They must repent! They must seek mercy
From One they thought too meek, too humble;
Because everything in this dark world
Is turning to ashes and beginning to crumble.
Why should I say 'Pity'? Why call for 'Mercy'?
GOD said HE would not always strive with man
And HIS patience has been so long, so kind!
Let them repent if they would be saved.
Let them come in 'dust and ashes,'
Let them moan and seek GOD'S face;
Let them feel the bitter lashes,
And of their own evil, get just a taste.
> Let their blood help pay the price
Of centuries of sorrow and blinding pain
They dealt to others in their arrogance;
Let them feel GOD'S cold disdain.
The mills of GOD grind slowly
But they grind exceedingly fine
And somewhere, sometime, the judgment of GOD
Will be your portion and mine.
HE set before you an open door,
A cursing and a blessing;
You chose your way, so the cursing is yours.
You could have been blessed but you would not.
You strove to embarrass, to low-rate, to belittle
The Great Holy Name of your GOD and King;
Now nothing and no one can spare you the penalty
Of Justice's righteous yet bitter sting.
If you live on the face of this earth from now on,
You are going to enact 'The Bill of Rights';
You are going to sit side by side with the One
You spurned in your arrogance and selfish might.
You will see that each one has the same hopes and desires,
The same ambitions, the same thoughts, the same prayers as you;
You will see each living soul has a heart just like yours,
That is, if GOD lets you live to see it through.
Did you think you could go on forever and ever
And never reap your harvest in 'blood and tears'?
Did you think GOD forgot and turned aside?
Didn't you care, or didn't you fear?
What of the weary one who had to walk
Because he wasn't allowed to ride beside you?
What of the thirsty one who couldn't drink
Because he couldn't use your fountain?
What of the one who had no learning
Because he couldn't go with you to school?
What of the ones who learned to hate you,
Because you left them with hate and despair?
All of these you owe a debt,
Think you not to pay it now?
Think you not the blood and tears you gave them
Will return in fullest measure even as GOD allows?
The mills of GOD grind slowly on
But they grind exceedingly fine;
Every jot and title shall be fulfilled,
For this is the day of your judgment and mine.
Thank YOU, FATHER DIVINE.
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