FATHER DIVINE Office Talk

Subject: Giving Children Money

Given by FATHER to His Staff and others
Whilst in His Private Office, Circle Mission Church, 764-772 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Tuesday Morning April 11, 1944 A.D.F.D. Time: 4:10 A. M.


Children visiting The Mount of the House of the LORD

Children visiting The  Mount of the House of the LORD.

It is written, train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Had the War-mongers of today been taught from infancy this Divine Law of of Honesty and Unselfishness, we would not be engaged in this global war.

For these priceless pearls of wisdom, we Thank THEE, our MOTHER , FATHER, GOD.

(The foregoing statement is that of the transcriber, and the office talk follows:)

FATHER:  And this will go, as the Message from the bees goes to the flowers.  "I said, we should carry as many on the cars as possible; and I consider the little Buds as well as the big Buds and as many as possible should stay away from the crowded trains traveling at all times of the night with the soldiers— I consider that would be advisable."  For this cause, I have made it possible for you to have cars so you will not have to ride like that, and especially the "Buds."

It has been brought to MY  attention that some of them just like to go on the trains all alone and on the busses.

Miss F:  Some of them say that the trains and the busses get them there quicker, because they go faster.

FATHER:  And it was something else — I thought so vividly  tonight when Mr. A., I believe, said he did not want any money.  Those who are converted  into MY Mind and MY Spirit and are of the original Spirit and Mind, they do not want any money.  They only have it or use it when they are obliged to do it, therefore it is not strange that we do not have  the mind or thought of giving children money to play around with.

Naturally some people will say, you cannot make young people old folks, yet the Spirit of that Independence and the Spirit that expresses Independence, by being free from graft and greed and from the love of filthy lucre, it caused ME not to want to touch a penny.  That is the expression that you should express.

A child is not required especially to look like his parent, neither is a baby chick required to look like the mother bird neither the father bird when it is first hatched.  The baby chick does not have feathers when it is first hatched and it does not look like the grown chick or grown chickens whichever.  I AM saying that to say this, a baby chick looks or should look like the mother bird did look, but not necessarily like the mother bird looks now.  The beginning of the life's career of the chick was not the life in expression in its infancy, and even today you would not have the same tendency, the same desire to express as you may have expressed— I would and I do.  Why would I want any money, so long as I have what I need.  Whatsoever I need usually comes, and as it is supplied ME, why should I want any money, and the children should be the same.  I AM saying that again, because so many of the children are being taught and given money to spend unnecessarily.  It is the satisfying portion for graft and for greed when they get what they do not need through that system, by giving them the money to get it, especially when they get more than what they need.  They should be taught to only care for, or want money for what they need, if they have to buy it themselves, or if someone else is going to buy it, only that much should be there for someone else to buy it with, such as may be necessary, otherwise it would be detrimental, because it encourages graft and greed.

I think of it, because some people think it is a hard saying that the children are not given money to spend and to play around with.  It should be taken from them, from their minds— I mean so they would not have the desire to get money through graft and greed, so long as they have everything they need.  Ok.

(At this point this timely little talk came to an end.  Thank YOU, FATHER.)


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