"Abolish Tariffs and Immigration Barriers.
"Unify the Sovereignties of the Universe even as the States of the Union Are Unified"
--- FATHER DIVINE

Our FATHER'S Sermon Given Whilst at the Holy Communion Table of the Circle Mission Church of Philadelphia,
764-772 S. Broad Street, PHiladelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday Evening & Monday Morning,
April 18th and 19th, 1945 A.D.F.D., Time: 2:43 A. M.

 

FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE in Sayville,
Long Island, New York.

FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE in Sayville, Long Island, New York.

 

Peace Everyone! While sitting and listening and thinking of the present day experience on the Capitol Hill, I thought of how marvelous it is to see the Spirit of GOD moving in the affairs of men, even though there are those who oppose HIM; oppose all of the fundamentals of Righteousness in the expression of Equity and a Square Deal for everyone.

I thought of how we call ourselves, in other words, these States of the Union, the United States. We often speak politically and say E Pluribus Unum and "In GOD WE Trust" and yet, when and wheresoever we try to live our Constitution and Enact our Bill of Rights, there are those of the representatives and the senators who will oppose that which is just and right in carrying out its plan and purpose according to the Constitution and according to the Bill of Rights.

Now there are those who are opposers to the move now presently in consideration of lowering the high tariff law. It is not only for the purpose of lowering them, but the issue is for the purpose of eventually bringing and abolition to the tariff system and unify the sovereignties of the universe even as the states of the Union are unified, whereby they will be able to have free trade from country to country even as we have free trade from state to state presently. Without such, we could not and would not be expressing ourselves as a real democracy in the midst of the nations of the democracies. Yet, we have gone a step further than the majority of the nations and powers that we have. Yet there are those who desire to prohibit even the lowering of the tariff system to bring us closer together with other nations economically.

 

We Are Representatives of True Democracy

But while sitting and thinking, I thought how marvelous it will be when all of these barriers or bans of prohibitation and lines of demarcation shall have been eradicated; the nations of the earth will be unified together as predestined to be under this Democracy as a Sample and Example for others. That is why we are here today, because we are representatives of a true Democracy. Even if the opposing forces in the House of Representatives and in the Senate are in opposition to the true standard of a Democracy as revealed and as depicted by our documents of Democracy, the time is not far distant when those things will be eliminated and all men will be free to worship GOD according to the dictates of their own conscience and will have free access for expression by migrating, as being termed now, immigrating from one place, or from one country to the other.

It will be marvelous to unify! As long as there are divisions among the nations and one will not allow their means of exchange to have access for expression under another government, yet they want their government protected and supported and they want the cooperation otherwise of the governments that they oppose the free access of the monetary system and free trade, yet until today, they are expecting and desiring in all sincerity the support of our Allied Nations; yet they set up a barrier of prohibitation to prohibit free access for transportation and immigrating from one country to the other.

I often think of, this Country by the leading of the Spirit of GOD has led in the way of the Spirit in the fulfillment of the Scripture where it has declared:

"If you love ME and keep MY Commandments, I will make you the head and not the tail."
"You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow."


Aren't you glad! It was an opportune time for our late President to be inspired with the Spirit of MY Presence to propose and introduce the Lend-lease System. After lending to other nations millions and millions of dollars — I might say billions and billions of dollars— and yet some of the very same nations will set as a barrier of prohibitation, obstruction, to prohibit the free access of trade and transportation from their country; but such will not always be!

President Truman Favors Lowering Tariffs

We are fulfilling the Scripture nationally and politically in that we are lending to every nation and are not borrowing; yet the High Tariff System would if it could, as it has been, cause the reaction— in other words , a repetition of what we have experienced; therefore, intuitively and I might say, it may have been inspirationally all you know, President Truman is supposed to have introduced a bill or an issue presented or proposed to lower the High Tariff System. Naturally he could not say we are doing away with the tariff system immediately, because no doubt the would have torn up the Senate!

But step by step we will go on towards the goal of real Democracy and Brotherhood as a Democracy as well as an individual. These republics and democracies should be brothers, not only neighborly, but even brothers to others; I mean to other Republics and democracies; and we should be able to express the Brotherhood in our Democracy politically and nationally as we are suppose to do it individually and personally, but we have a long way to go! We will be going from step to step as the Spirit inspires those who are elected and set apart to fill such official duty that would need present such issues and such issues to be carried through by them.

Conquering Self is the Great Essential

It is contagious! It may sound a little fanatical and somewhat radical to speak as I do; yet,

"He that conquereth his own will is greater than he that taketh a city."


I might say even Scripturally:

"Is bigger or better or more than he that will or has taken a city."

So the conquering of self among you, MY fellow citizens, hearers, followers, members and friends under MY present Personal hearing, if you have conquered self in the smallest instance, minutest detail, it is a privilege and a blessing to know "each Victory will help you some other to win"; and if you have conquered self in the least way, as I afore said by being persistent in your ambition and taking the same method and using the same technique, you will be able to conquer self from every angle expressible, for it is not you that conquers, it is HE that dwelleth within.

When you conquer fear, you have conquered one of your worst enemies. When you bring him into subjection, GOD in you will have a chance for expression to fight against the enemy!

Then I say, it is a privilege to observe what we are presently experiencing, but greater, bigger and better things shall be seen and shall be known as we go on! I have long since declared,

"As with an individual so with a nation; and as with a nation, so wit all nations combined.

If through your contact with ME, any one of you, you have victory over certain difficulties, oppositions, trials and tribulations and especially when you have master that monster serpent prejudice and discrimination, and when you have mastered depressions and other adverse and undesirable conditions, you may know you are dealing with and in harmony with the Master of Omnipotency, the ONE Who can and will control your destiny.

Division of the People Shall Be Overcome

So be of good courage and be not afraid; for truly I have said, step by step nationally and internationally we shall win the victory over the difficulties and over the obstructions that are set apart as barriers of prohibitation to keep the people divided. The High Tariff Laws, immigration laws and many other laws of man, both within these borders and out of these borders, are in opposition to the fundamentals for which our government stands, even though there are those of the representatives that use every agency at their command in opposition at times and consider themselves as defending and protecting and safeguarding the Constitution, but the light has truly come and I shall reveal things to those that do not know and even things to the unknown!

Let us live in this recognition, for it is a supernatural invisible intelligence lying dormant in the midst of this people waiting for the relaxation of the human conscious mentality that GOD might reveal HIS Secrets to HIS servants, those who will be true and faithful and trust HIM! Aren't you glad!

Then I say, let us live in this recognition. Though you may be insignificant and the insignificance of your Humble Servant seems to simply to be to simple to be considered, but when you relax your conscious mentality and still yourself and trust GOD Wholeheartedly, you will find the relaxation of the conscious mentality is but the recognition of GOD'S Omniscience! God will, by the stilling of your conscious thinking and your personal ego, work Omnisciently in Wisdom and in Understanding through the children of men to reveal HIS Mysteries to them.

 

Lower the Tariff For the Good of the People

But I thought to call your attention to the fact that the high tariff system is it that is in consideration now. Lower the high tariff system and put it down in the reach of the people! Aren't you glad! I put the mental and spiritual food as well as material food and other comfort and convenience for the people, in reach of the most insignificant! Aren't you glad! The meekest and humblest person can enjoy these blessings such as we are enjoying. Aren't you glad!

Truly might have Jesus said to Peter:

"Lovest thou ME more than these?"


When he said he did, then Jesus said,

"Feed MY Sheep."

And as recorded, it is understood that he was required to put the food in the reach of even the Lambs as well as the sheep. Aren't you glad! I mean, I AM speaking now in opposition to the high tariff system that is out of the reach of the common people! In our domestic economic system, prices at times are put out of the reach of the common people. Can you not see that of which I AM speaking? Put the food within the reach! But they cannot reach it when it is put up so high out of the reach! You have heard people— ladies go to butcher shops at times to buy meat and you have heard them say, "It is out of my reach; it is so high we can't reach it!" But I shall bring things within the reach of all of the people nationally and internationally as well as domestically, that all mankind shall enjoy the blessings that were preordained or predestined for them! Aren't you glad!

 

Put the Necessities Within the Reach of the Humblest

Many people could not get such to eat as we are eating here, But I have put it down in the reach of the most insignificant! The humblest person can pay as much as ten or fifteen cents for a meal! Can you not see the mystery? The humblest person can pay as much as two dollars a week for sleeping accommodation! The humblest person can afford to pay three cents for a shoe shine! The humblest person can easily afford to pay a dime for a hair trim and a nickel for a shave! Do not put it up out of the reach, but put those things in the reach of the most insignificant, the humblest , meekest person and let them enjoy life, liberty and have a chance to pursue happiness! WE have it and we want them to get a little bit of it! Aren't you glad!

So let us live in this recognition and get behind our new President! When you are silent in words, send out your thoughts of confidence and courage and back our Chief Executive at home on the home front as well as we back our boys with brotherhood overseas. We are backing our boys with brotherhood, but we have to back the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy now also with brotherhood and with the inspiration of GOD'S Omniscience that he might have wisdom and be led by MY Spirit; for he did call for Divine Guidance! Aren't you glad!

It is just beautiful to realize GOD deals in the affairs of men; not just mythologically discerned, but GOD has been made real,tangible and practical among the children of men and has become to be a living factor in the actuated word of expression in all of your deeds and actions if you will let HIM.

I need not say more, but we desire to back our Commander-in-Chief of the Army and of the Navy with Brotherhood and convey your thoughts in harmony with ME and thoughts that are democratic, evangelical and the true expression of Americanism, and you will convey them through co-operation! If not by direct correspondence, he will get them by mental telepathy if there is no other way of expression to reach him! I will carry anything that is constructive in that way to them to back our Commander-in-Chief now with brotherhood! Let him know he is not alone! And by so doing you will hear of him speaking and acting strange to the average person, but superinteligently! aren't you glad!

We shall contagionize the atmosphere, for I have long since declared,

"GOD Alone shall reign!"


And David in his psalmic prediction declared,


"Righteousness and Judgment Are the Habitation of HIS Throne."

Through the exemplification of Righteousness and judgment on the Righteous throne of the minds of the children of men,Christ will truly come regardless of your religious or political affiliation. It matters not whether or not you may call Christ GOD, Christ Meshiach, Christ has truly come! Those who observe HIM in that name, to them in Righteousness Christ has truly come! To those who seek HIM from a Meshiach point of view, in that Name He is the very same one regardless to what Name HE comes in. It matters not! And Christ shall come on the throne of the minds of the children of men, and that is the way HE was to come and that is the way HE Truly came! I thank you.

 


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