FATHER DIVINE
As Liberty is GOD's forever, GOD, FATHER DIVINE, moves as He will and naught can hinder HIM. On Sunday, August the 30th, He graced His former Private Residence with His Holy Presence and served His regular Holy Communion. At this time FATHER brought forth this dynamic Message expounding the mystery of GOD's Presence on earth, and what it would do for this panic-stricken world if mankind would but adhere to His Message.
In this glorious Message, FATHER also made a correction in one of the ]letters that had just been read from The NEW DAY under 'Righteousness--Marches On!'
FATHER, our Majestic King, we thank You for YOUR Almighty Presence here on earth!
(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. When you see ME just as I AM, 1 say, here we all are, for so we are, millions in one.
At this particular instance I have arisen to say, it is good to be here. I AM here when I AM apparently absent and I AM there when I AM apparently here. Since GOD is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, you cannot get rid of HIM, and I AM HE they have declared, and millions of others have verified your assertion. I have stamped MY Name in the hearts and lives of millions of the children of men, and I have changed them from vice and crime and sin and debauchery of every kind, such as no man can.
A little while ago in reading one of the letters of correspondence to one who had received remuneration from one of My followers, when I mentioned what one of the representatives of the city or state Welfare said, it was just a little mistake in the statement as made. It must have been a typographical error, for I did say in the dictation of that letter there were two thousand who had returned money to the Welfare inside of about two years in this lady's department; in this particular representative's department, just her department I AM speaking about there were some two thousand or more persons who had refunded money to the Relief. Can you not see what GOD has done and GOD is actually doing? More than two thousand inside of two years in one department where one person is filling official duty, coming through her hands and to her personal attention. It is well worth considering. Then think of thousands of others in this city who have received the return of money and remuneration for that which they had taken or refused to pay that which was actually due to the credit debtors, and that which they received dishonestly and that which they received honestly in other departments of the Welfare, that did not come to the notice of that particular representative who made this testimony in the public Mass meeting.
Just think of millions and millions the universe over, returning all stolen goods and even that which was actually due to be given to them in the time of emergency! The True and Faithful among the believers and followers adjust matters satisfactorily, even though the depressions and panics and hardships and trials and tribulations and the lack of employment caused them to be forced on the relief rolls to seek the dole in and under the different administrations of government against their will.
But over and above all of that, I have caused millions to go back and right their wrongs of taking the dole, even though it was forced upon them through coercion and through oppression and through the departments of government taking over all of the building and trade and labor projects and would not allow men to work on them without having become one of the beggars of Relief from the city and the state. Yet with all of that, I AM overcoming the dishonesty of those who sought it and received it in conjunction and in agreement with those who forced it upon them. 1 AM righting the wrongs of millions as a Sample and as an Example for all humanity and the standard that I have lifted is second to none; and I will dare anyone to criticize or try to defy it.
Oh, how glorious it is to realize what GOD has actually done; and truly it is a saying and it is not far away from home,
'That which a man soweth, he must also reap.'
Sow good seeds and you will reap just what you sow. Take no thought for yourself
what you shall eat or drink today for tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of
itself.
It is a privilege to observe the actuated words of expression actually established in this particular instance and in this particular issue of which I AM now speaking; by taking no thought for Myself as a person, yet, I AM supplied abundantly and bountifully wheresoever I AM. With all of that, I AM lifting millions from lacks, wants and limitations and from the relief rolls and from soliciting, begging and stealing and from every dishonest trait among the millions. I AM doing a great renovation work of humanity, changing the nature and the character of the children of men, and I AM causing them to live in the recognition and the realization of GOD'S actual Presence, and bring themselves into subjection to HIM Whom you say I AM.
I would like to say to our visiting friends, as we ever have a stream of never failing, flowing visiting friends coming from all parts of the world; this used to be MY Personal, Private Residence. It was purchased and is owned and operated by a few of My followers and set apart as My Residence in this city ~ with accommodation for My immediate staff and immediate coworkers; but as I have always said, I do not claim or own anything.
The furniture and all of the personal as real property, even to the clothes I wear, they are all left intact right here just as they were when I was here. The clothes did not belong to ME, they were purchased by those who desired to see ME keep clean. And they left them here in the home and at all other places wheresoever I reside, and of course when I removed My Personal residence from this address, I did not take anything away, and they have not removed any of the furniture, or personal or real property.
Everything I find today intact just as it was a couple of years ago, and they say they still hold it intact and they will not. even allow those things to be removed, the personal things that I wear and have, unless those who purchased them call for them and can identify the things that they left here. Aren't you glad? And that they are not expecting them to do, because the majority of them who placed the things there are those who actually purchased, own and operate this Evangelical Model Home for ME and for Mine with every comfort and every convenience. I believe they are the ones who put the things here, although I did not see them when they put them here.
I found beautiful shirts and ties and everything I desired placed here for ME to wear and every comfort and convenience: plenty of nice bathrooms and showers and everything that life demands. Aren't you glad! And all things are still intact here although they say they are waiting to see if I would say discontinue in New York City. All of My followers immediately would be willing to discontinue. They would be willing to discontinue business, homes, residences and institutions and even the churches that have been organized and set apart by your Humble Servant. They would be willing to discontinue everything here and let all other things that are not of ME go to the 'other place.' But I have not requested them especially to discontinue as yet, although My Personal Residence has been removed from New York City, and yet there are hundreds of other model homes with every comfort and convenience with every help necessary to cooperate with ME.
They have secured the different homes and different places all over this city and state, and not only over this city and state but all over the Union and even in other lands and countries. So it is a privilege to observe such a wonderful blessing as we all are actually enjoying.
I see everything is still intact; even the shoes I found today and handkerchiefs and every- thing intact just like I left here; and they say I can wear them right on if I desire to. Aren't you glad? It is written,
'The laborer is worthy of his hire.'
In the parable spoken by the gospel recorder it was not necessarily a hireling
but a servant; for the hireling careth not for the sheep. Can you not see the
mystery? Therefore, CHRIST is not a hireling, neither are His real servants.
They are volunteer coworkers: but as they are volunteer coworkers and serve GOD
voluntarily and serve humanity accordingly, they are classed as though they were
hirelings to be worthy of their meat. But JESUS said, go without purse and without
scrip and take nothing for your journey. The gospel of CHRIST and all of the
service to the children of men should be absolutely gratis, even as the body
called JESUS was, in My opinion.
For this cause, I have served humanity just according to My Conviction and I AM still serving them the same, but yet in turn they supply ME with everything life demands. I cannot think of anything I could not get if I desired it, and I do not have to beg for it, I do not have to solicit it, but it comes automatically; for the Spirit of GOD'S Actual Presence is as powerful a MAGNETISM as the earth's gravitation that will attract that of its kind and draw it to itself.
The magnetism of GOD in the Name of CHRIST among you, everything He desires for Himself and for those whom He might desire to bless, He will attract the desirable blessings and draw them automatically without soliciting, begging and borrowing. So it is a wonderful blessing, but I thought to make that correction, as the printer made the mistake to say it was two thousand cases and not explain definitely as I did according to My dictation. There were two thousand cases came to her notice in her personal department, in the department with which she was connected, whilst no doubt there are thousands and thousands of other cases come to other departments' notice and their representatives, not only here in New York City but in all states of the Union; for I AM doing a great renovating work. I AM breaking down every dishonest trait in the hearts and lives of the children of men. I AM purifying the sons of Levi and purging them so that they might offer unto the LORD an offering in Righteousness as in former years and as in the days of old.
Therefore, you can plainly see this great crusade is renovating humanity's character, nature and disposition. It is more than that of the renovation of old buildings. You can renovate your old buildings it is true, but it is not compared and not even slightly considered as the supernatural renovation of the character and the nature and the lives and dispositions of the children of men, for GOD truly is renovating them. When this crusade shall have enveloped the world, all of the peoples of the earth will be just as these are under this jurisdiction and wheresoever I AM presiding Personally. All will express an independence according to the Declaration of Independence. They will express an independence such as our country declared her independence as a nation, and it will not be a declaration, but it will be the recognition and the realization of such an independence; for it will be developed and brought to fruition within you, and the children of men will physically be independent individually, even as our nation has declared her independence as a nation; for it is merely documentally and not a real independence until it is developed within you and brought to fruition, whereby you can express your real citizenry individually, severally and collectively and be a real American citizen.
This is what I AM doing; I AM making citizens out of none, just as GOD always does as HE did, as it may be termed. HE was in the beginning of the creation of the world. GOD took nothing and made something out of it. The unconstitutional and the un-American citizens of this democracy as they may be termed, I AM making citizens out of them, by impregnating in them the Spirit of a real citizenry according to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and according to the Bill of Rights, by enacting it in every activity and causing them to imbibe the spirit and the meaning of our independence. Aren't you glad!
Hence, it is no longer merely a document in our consideration, but it is the spirit and the meaning of our Constitution. It is the Spirit and the meaning of the Declaration of Independence, for it has been developed and brought to fruition within them, and now they are living epistles of Americanism seen and read by men. For as you go forth in the land you will express your citizenry physically and intellectually, socially and from every angle expressible, because you are the personification of a real citizenry according to our Constitution and according to our Bill of Rights. Aren't you glad! That is why they cannot understand you and that is why they do not want you; because you are real American citizens, and they are not, so long as they are soliciting, begging, borrowing and stealing. For our citizenry does not call for any such expression. It has no place under this democracy, for we are an independent nation. We are independent constitutionally and documentally. We are independent inscriptionally, 'In GOD we Trust.' You will find on your coin the little inscription inscribed there, 'In GOD we Trust.' This inscription must be developed in us and as it is developed in us and we become to be the living epistles of, 'In GOD we Trust,' why then we are real citizens as far as that inscription is concerned. For we are the personification of the wording of that inscription, 'In GOD we Trust.'
Another glorious inscription as inscribed on our coin should be deeply considered by each and everyone; you should live it and express and develop it and bring it to fruition, and when this is done, you will be able to speak and walk in the actuated words of expression, 'E PLURIBUS UNUM.' You are the personification of 'E Pluribus Unum,' for you will be able to say even as I do,
'Here you all are and there I AM; there I sit and here you stand.' I AM 'E Pluribus Unum.' From every angle expressible
I AM composed of many. I AM composed of many politically, intellectually, socially
and nationally. I AM composed of many internationally. I AM composed of many
from every angle expressible, because I AM the Imbibation of all of the Spirit
and the meaning of the Life of all creation; GOD as Spirit and Spirit alone created
all things!
Now let your citizenry be brought to fruition within you, for I have long since declared even by composition, 'Pass the Anti-lynching Bill, and Enact the Bill of Rights in every state in the Union and in every community and even at your private banquet table impregnate equality.' I have imbibed and impregnated humanity with whom I come in contact daily with the Spirit of equality, with the Spirit of equilibrium, and I have established your going in the land of the living; and I have given you victory over segregation, discrimination and division, for unification will bring about the victory over every difficulty and then over the common enemy; if it is your enemy within you internally, or your external enemy, Hitler. I thank you.
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