FATHER DIVINE at Rockland Palace, N.Y.C.
Many visiting friends were present as usual to hear this glorious Lecture delivered by the Master of Omnipotency, and to witness the demonstration enacted by the Senior Rosebuds, one of the youth groups of the Peace Mission Movement, and the many other patriotic activities which took place during the evening. To relate all the incidents of interest which occurred during the festive occasion would be a matter of impossibility, but can mention a few of the visitors who spoke highly of FATHER'S great Work and Mission. They were Mr. Jewell Settles of Indianapolis, Indiana; Prof. Thorlikson of Brooklyn; Mr. S. Arason, Head of the School of Education at Reykjavik, Iceland; and many others.
Each and everyone should take special cognizance of this marvelous Message imparted to the world at large by our Beloved Savior and Redeemer, for it outlines the basic principles of the New and Young America being birthed in our very midst -- the perfect democracy, like indeed to the Kingdom of GOD as it is and shall be forever more on the face of this earth!
We humbly thank THEE!
(The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber, after which FATHER Speaks as follows:)
PEACE EVERYONE! When I speak, may I speak the Truth and may it be real to you? According to My original Salutation, PEACE, I salute you. Good Health, Good Will and a Good Appetite; Good Manners, Good Behavior, All Success and All Prosperity; Righteousness, Truth and Justice; all Wisdom, all Knowledge and All Understanding, and every other desirable Blessing! This is no longer a supposition with those of My Followers; it is the conscious recognition of millions. They realize and recognize that which I have called into expression. By bringing such into consideration they have imbibed the spirit and the meaning of it and them and GOD has materialized that which they have visualized.
I do not wish to bore you; I do not wish to annoy you; but as an Advocator, Emphasizer, Producer and Materializer of Real Americanism, to you I come, and I do not mean to say maybe but I mean to say to the extreme reverse -- Positively!
As the Sample and as the Example of all government I demonstrate, I manifest the mystery of supply by harmonization and by unification through co- operation. I AM demonstrating for this and for all government, for you individually and for everyone under the sound of My Voice something that you may copy after and produce in your own experience, in your business and in your affairs and in your homes and in your surroundings. I come, I come!
I say it is not a supposition. If you will but concentrate on this that I AM daily demonstrating you will be able to see it definitely as I manifest it, and you too will be able to taste and see the LORD is Good!
We speak of our patriotism as exemplified among you; we speak of it because we know we are real, true Americans by reproducing and bringing to fruition the Spirit of Americanism, by imbibing the spirit and the meaning of the Constitution and its Amendments and by declaring our individual independence.
The spiritual offspring of your Humble Servant, these of My Followers -- Followers, Co-workers and Friends, and especially the Youth Groups -- the senior Rosebuds and the junior Rosebuds and the senior Crusaders and the junior Crusaders who are now walking in the light I have given by imbibing the Spirit of your Humble Servant and transmitting to them and teaching them wisdom transcending the average person among our present statesmen.
It is true as the last speaker said, or one of the speakers whichever, the average person does consider it as curious, and through curiosity they come; but if you come with an open mind, matters not who you are, I will teach you wisdom such as to you has not been given!
Oh, it is a privilege to live in such a recognition, knowing definitely you are drawing from the Source of all Supply and from the Fount of GOD'S Omniscience, though it is coming through that which may be termed illiterate and absolutely ignorant, but the Spirit of GOD'S Presence is in evidence when man is at his extremity.
'Man's extremity is God's opportunity!'
For this cause I have an opportunity here (Aren't you glad!) among the children
of men as far as they are concerned; I came extremiated that I might demonstrate
GOD and GOD might have a chance for expression among them. Had I not come to
you extremiated today, now, here and now, extremiated after the manner of men,
I would not have a chance for expression. When man comes to his extremity GOD
has an opportunity.
It has often been said in the world of Christendom, when you come to your end, when you have done all you can do and cannot do any more, when you have exhausted every ounce of energy, your ambition and your understanding and all you can get from all others, then you call on the ALMIGHTY. For this cause we are rejoicing and we are exceedingly glad.
I believe I have said enough already in the songs you heard sung. The compositions of the patriotic songs you have heard, a few of which are published in this week's issue of The New Day, they are words that I have said, transmitted and reincarnated. By inspiration the Rosebuds have imbibed the Spirit of My Message and in them I compose songs according to MY Plan and Purpose and according to My Mind.
Then I say, we are Young America, emphasizing and advocating and demonstrating Real Americanism -- expressing our real Citizenry as a sample and as an example for the people! Though others may ignore us it is immaterial to ME, for everything shall rise and wane that is not according to My Spirit and Mind and not according to the plan and purpose of GOD!
As I said under "Righteousness Marches On" in this week's issue of The New Day -- some thirty-five pages or more of "Righteousness Marches On," this and all or practically all of the other correspondence of interviews, of sermons and lectures and of addresses and speeches given in this week's issue of The New Day, is but an abstract expression of My daily activities, of My Work and My Mission; what I AM doing daily. This is what might be termed as a week's work! (FATHER holds up this week's issue of The New Day.)
But this is not all. We do not publish or advertise all of our correspondence and all we say and do. This is just a part of what I did last week! If there is a question as to whether it is something worth considering, any person or persons may stop, consider -- read it and consider, and read the pages of The New Day with an open, unbiased and unprejudiced mind. My Spirit will lift you and bless you, matters not who you are. (Aren't you glad!) For I came to rescue the perishing; I came to care for the dying; I came to extend Blessings to every living creature who will harmonize with the Fundamentals of Righteousness.
Whether they harmonize with ME Personally or not, it matters not, but we know it is enough said and done to convince everyone GOD is no longer a supposition in the earth.
You once surmised GOD as being Omnipresent, I heard the metaphysicians say, but such a version according to the average person, is merely a supposition, but to those of the True and the Faithful of the Peace Mission Movement, they do not take it suppositional but they take it as a living reality. GOD to them is Real, Tangible and Practical and has become to be a Living Factor in their lives, business and affairs! Aren't you glad!
By this we have a Righteous Government because I AM with them when I AM Personally absent and I AM with them when I AM Personally Present. I guide them and protect them in the way of Righteousness, of Truth, of Justice, and everyone who lives according to My Teaching, they are governed by My Spirit of honesty, of competence and of truth and they produce it and bring it to fruition in the land among the living!
They are not expecting to straighten up things after they are dead and gone! Aren't you glad! They realize the prayer Jesus prayed and taught you to pray, to
'Let the Kingdom come and the Will be done on earth as it is in heaven'
they realize CHRIST was asking GOD and asking you to ask GOD to let His Government
come and let His Dominion come down here on earth as it is in Heaven! Aren't
you glad!
This is not a supposition, this is what I have done. I have brought the Government of Heaven down! Here it is on earth among men! GOD HIMSELF is dwelling among them! GOD is wiping all tears from their eyes! There is no more sorrow; there is no more crying; there is no more pain and there is no more death! GOD HIMSELF is with men, and I AM not talking about a maybe, I AM talking about a Reality and, Positively! GOD HIMSELF is with them! GOD shall be their GOD and they shall be His People! Aren't you glad!
I need not say more; I have said enough in the pages of The New Day under "Righteousness Marches On" to the many correspondents. Such letters as I sent to them, they will answer your questions to ME. Such interviews as I have given others in the pages in this week's issue of The New Day will answer your suppositions, answer your questioning, will answer you questions and will solve your problems. Aren't you glad!
By this we have a Righteous Government and it is not merely something suppositional -- discerned superstitiously -- but we observe this Righteous Government by the enactment of the Bill of Rights in every activity, in every emotion and in every expression, and even at My Private Banquet Table (this is one of them) I impregnate equality. Aren't you glad!
I unite the people together and I bring an abolition to every sense of division and every sense of superiority, and cause them all to understand each other better and realize according to the Declaration of Independence,
'Of One Blood God created all of the nations to dwell upon the face of the whole earth;'
and all men are created Equal; therefore, I impregnate in you Equality and lift
you up where you have been torn down; for every sense of superiority or inferiority
that will bring a division among the people, it is detrimental, destructive and
un-American. Every person that will segregate or desire to segregate or discriminate
because of race, creed or color or nationality, they are expressing un-Americanism
and endeavoring to institute and enact rules and regulations that are unconstitutional!
But oh, how glorious it is to realize with or without a person upon the face of the earth, with or without any of the authorities endorsing Righteousness, Truth and Justice, I have actually established it, and I shall have it from shore to shore and from land to land even as I have it here at this Holy Communion Table! That is what I AM talking about! I do not, or will not -- AM not expecting to ask any of them to do right again! Aren't you glad! Right has already won and right will continue to win!
I have the victory over every opposition, over every criticism and over all undesirable conditions, and I will take the True and the Faithful victoriously over; and all who will live according to My Teaching, they need not fear lacks, wants nor limitations, and they need not fear the prospect of depressions. The MASTER of Omnipotency and the Controller of humanity's destiny is among you, for the Master of Omnipotency and the Controller of your destiny are One. Aren't you glad! Therefore they are no longer twain but One, and GOD is actually wiping all tears from your eyes; casting all fear out of your hearts; casting all doubts out of your minds, and GOD Himself is among the children of men -- no longer merely the Spirit of GOD, but it is written in the Revelationic prediction of John,
'. . . and GOD Himself shall be with them.'
It did not say the Spirit of GOD would be with them but he said,
'GOD Himself shall be with them!'
He did not say the Son of GOD shall be with them, but
'GOD Himself shall be with them!'
Read it for yourself and you will see the rest of what John in his Revelationic
prediction declared GOD would do, and then analyze these and see if it is not
it of which he said HE would do.
You do not see them crying around here very much, do you? Aren't you glad! GOD has wiped all tears from your eyes! You have never seen such sincere and conscientious, religious people who were devout and true and faithful to say religious belief that did not cry. They cry because GOD has not wiped all tears from their eyes yet! They have not recognized and realized the actual Presence of GOD! They have thought GOD'S Spirit was with them, they have thought GOD'S Impersonal Presence was with them and GOD'S Son was with them. They felt very good in that supposition; but in this recognition and realization you are New Creatures! You are changed completely and you have New Bodies! That is what I AM talking about! Aren't you glad!
There are some under the sound of My Voice who would be old if they were not young, but they look new and they look young because of My actual Presence among them; because they are cleansed from vice and crime and sin and have been made New Creatures -- therefore they look young and they are too! Aren't you glad! And this comes through and by cleansing yourselves of all filthiness of the flesh and spirit -- perfecting Holiness in the fear of GOD.
These are cleansed mentally! These do not allow those old detestable ideas and opinions to disturb them as they did before I came. These are cleansed mentally and spiritually and physically and made New Creatures completely; therefore they are healthy where they were once sickly. They are wealthy where they were once in poverty! For CHRIST, as it is written,
'came as the poorest among men, yet making many rich!'
Aren't you glad!
All who live unto Him and live according to His Teaching, I will make you healthy, successful and prosperous by the Spirit of His Presence, and it is done automatically; it is nothing I do to you or for you Personally to bring it about, but by your Faith in ME; by your Love and by your Obedience and by living according to My Teaching, automatically you are made Successful and Prosperous, Healthy and Happy, and your economic problem is solved once and forever!
This is not a supposition. I have long since declared it concerning Myself as a Person, and the same has been applied. As it is applicable to others it has been applied to millions since I declared it concerning Myself as a Person
The question came, "How can YOU do these things and where do YOU get so many Blessings from!" They would often say, "Where did You get so much money from?" It seems to worry the minds of the people a little bit! Get GOD aright and you will get everything you need for CHRIST is rich and all you need! This is what even the metaphysicians will tell you, if you please! Aren't you glad! Not only so, but I answered that one eternal question once and for all times, and it is applicable to you and it is reiteratable and rehearsable for you.
"How can YOU do it and how does it happen?" In all of these audiences I have never taken up a collection and I forbid anyone to do it. I forbid My Followers who are following ME to try to pay ME anything for My Preaching or Teaching -- and it is against their religious conviction since they are converted into this Recognition by this great Conversion! You see the mystery? Hence, they being conscious of GOD'S Presence, the answer is this, Beloved Ones: They say, "How do you do it? How can it be done? How can all these people be fed?" I said as a thunderbolt from the ether -- it came forth volitionally without premeditation, without any consideration:
'The Spirit of the Consciousness of the Presence of GOD is the Source of all Supply and it will satisfy every Good Desire!'
Be conscious of GOD'S Presence! Live it and express it and act as though you
are in GOD'S Presence and the supply will come automatically without consideration.
All you have to do is to serve GOD and serve your fellowmen generously and willingly
and readily and GOD will take care of the situation.
'The Spirit of the Consciousness of the Presence of GOD is the Source of all Supply, and it can and it will and it actually does satisfy and it will forevermore, satisfy every Good Desire.'
And will adjust matters satisfactorily and give you the Victory over every difficulty,
over every trial and over every tribulation, over every opposition, matters not
how the situation may be; GOD is Victoriously for you if you Trust and Obey and
Do what I say! I thank you!
(It was after this glorious Message that the senior Rosebuds gave a brief demonstration, depicting the essentials of true patriotism and democracy; after which, as the hour was apparently late and a number of the visitors and others were preparing to leave, our Beloved Savior arose once more to speak as follows:)
PEACE EVERYONE: I see a good many of our visiting friends and co- workers as well are getting ready to make your seeming departure. No doubt it is about time for ME to make Mine. I still have another Communion Service to administer to My Co-workers and Followers and others who are participators -- I do not bear record exactly what time we will finish our midnight Banquet -- but the Work goes on. Hence, since GOD is somewhat like a woman, GOD'S Work must continue.
'Man works from sun to sun, a woman's work is never done!
A woman is a slight reflection of GOD! I thank you!
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