You Cannot Live Safely Together Unless You Are Unified Together— FATHER DIVINE

FATHER'S Sermon at the Dedication of the Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School Inc., of Upwey, Australia

 

Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School Inc.,
of Pennsylvania, Bible Institute

Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School Inc., 
of Pennsylvania, Bible Institute.

 

Held in the Auditorium of the Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School Inc., of Pennsylvania
907 North 441st Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tuesday Evening January 10, 1950 A.D.F.D. Time 10:08 P. M.

A beautiful volitional program came forth for the dedication of another addition to the Unity Mission Network of Churches— that of the Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School Inc., of Australia! The President of the Unity Mission Network of Churches here in America spoke, and the Rosebuds and Crusaders both rendered many inspiring and appropriate selections — however, the highlights of the evening were our beloved MOTHER'S and FATHER'S beautiful addresses!

This magnificent Dedicatory Sermon transcribed and electrically recorded in order that those in Australia might also enjoy our LOD'S beautiful voice is indeed well worth considering and should be taken cognizant of universally —  for what FATHER says herein is applicable to and for the edification and enlightenment of the children of men the universe over!

Read, therefore, these life-giving words of Spirit and you too will know the blessing to be obtained through the conscious recognition of GOD'S Actual and Ever Presence and through unifying together, even as spoken by the LORD in the first Book of the Holy Bible — Genesis!

Almighty GOD, we truly thank THEE for THY Condescension!

(The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber after which FATHER speaks as follows:)

 

Peace, Everyone:  Good Health, Good Will, Good Manners, Good Behavior, All Success and All Prosperity; Life, Liberty and the Reality of Happiness! These and all other Blessings to you I bring!

At this marvelous occasion we have assembled here tonight for the purpose of dedicating another Church under the Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School of America, but this one is to be and now is in Australia! (Loud applause ensues.) We are happy to present to you, MY fellow Citizens, Hearers and Friends and Brethren of the Cloth a slight sketch and a reflection of a percent of a fraction of a grain of a percent of what we are actually doing all over this wide extended plane! We have come together for this purpose, and not only to emphasize the fact but we came in answer to your prayers, and we are here at this time to answer the Prayer of Jesus Christ , the Redeemer and the Savior of the world!

We will endeavor to read a few verses of the seventeenth chapter of St. John for your consideration. (FATHER opens the large Holy Bible lying on the pulpit and commences reading as follows:)

"These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come: glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true GOD, and Jesus Christ  whom thou hast sent."

(FATHER says:) May I repeat that verse for consideration:

"And this is life eternal, that they might know the only true GOD, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent."

(FATHER then continues reading:)

"I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.  I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were and thou gavest them  me;   and they have kept thy word. Now they have known  that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
And all mine are thine and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy FATHER, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are."

(FATHER then says:)

This was the prayer of Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD, praying to the FATHER, the GOD of all nations and the GOD of all creation, Whom you say I AM. ("Yes, GOD Almighty!" came the immediate exclamation.) The prayer in this quotation is stressed in consideration with the emphasis placed on the desire that those of the Church and those whom I gave Him out of the world might be ONE even as we are ONE! The emphasis should be stressed in your memory of MY often rehearsed Quotation and Illustration,

"By the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose all things are possible among us!"


I AM now extending this Blessing Personally to those in Australia to whom this dedication belongs!

Jesus said,

"Glorify thou ME with THEE with the same Glory I had with THEE before the world was!"


The Spirit is speaking today in all simplicity but conscientiously and sincerely calling for that Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose so that the kindreds of the earth might live harmoniously and in unison together! The prayer for them to be One was to bring about that great at-one-ment for which you all have prayed all the way down through Christendom!

From your infancy up until now there are those who have been praying for Unity in the Church and among the Brethren   such as you are fortunate to be enjoying here in America because of MY Actual Presence and because of the recognition of MY Deity. Because of such a conviction those of you in far away Australia are endeavoring to live according to MY Teaching and to bring your bodies into subjection to Life, Liberty and the Reality of Happiness by giving your hearts and minds to GOD to live exactly according to MY Plan and Purpose!

 God In the Midst of the People

I AM happy to have this Dedication relayed, transmitted and conveyed so that you, MY Fellow Citizens, Members and Adherents to MY Teaching might be partakers of the Spirit, of the Life and of the Love and Health and Vigor and Courage we all are enjoying here who are living exactly according to MY Teaching. It is a privilege to realize, as simple as it may apparently be, GOD truly is in the midst of thee, Blessing and Saving you from misery, disappointment and failure, and is establishing your going in the land of the living with victory over disappointment and failure! It is a privilege to realize that as it is right here so shall it be all over this wide extended plane, where GOD HIMSELF shall forever reign and scatter night away! Dark clouds of doubts and fears are being dispelled because of the Presence of your GOD, because of your consciousness of GOD'S Presence right here! And I have long since declared and I have not declared it in vain:

"The Spirit of the Consciousness of the Presence of GOD is the source of all supply!"

Because of your Consciousness of GOD'S Actual Presence all doubts and fears are dispelled and you can live in Peaceful and Quiet Resting Places right down here! Because of the Spirit of the Consciousness of the Presence of GOD, the Abundance of the Fullness of the Consciousness of Good, no space is vacant of the fullness thereof! Now aren't you glad! ("So glad , LORD!" exclaimed the joyous assembly.) Because of the Consciousness of GOD'S Presence you can walk in Peace on earth and find Good Will toward men in the fulfillment of the Scripture as predicted by the Angels when they came, as the Wise Men were going down to Bethlehem; according to the Gospel they sang,

"Glory to GOD in the highest and on earth Peace, Good Will toward men!"


We have come to bring you that Peace!— not only to bring the salutation of Peace but to bring the reality of it, so that you might live in Peace on Earth Personified!

"I pray that they may be ONE even as we are ONE!"

I came to make all of the inhabitants of the earth ONE and bring an abolition to all divisibility of the nations, of the languages, of the tongues and of the people, but that they might get this Key that will unlock every barred and shut door for them; for truly as you live in this Consciousness and are One in reality, you have no longer a fear of lacks and wants and limitations! You have no longer the fear of warfare and of bloodshed, for the Consciousness of GOD'S Presence will dispel them! Aren't you glad! ("Oh, so glad,GOD Almighty!" came the joyous response.)

"Let There Be No Division!"

As I say, I have come to bring all of the nations, languages, tongues and the peoples of the earth together to fulfil that quotation of the Scripture and demand made upon the people,

"Let there be no division among you!"

I have come to bring an abolition to all division among the people and to establish your going in the land of the living so that you might live in reality!— for you cannot live safely unless you are unified together! Aren't you glad!("so glad!" came the reply.)

I have come in answer to this prayer, as afore said! Those of you who know of MY Work and Mission — even you, My adherents, MY members of our Churches in Australia, New Zealand and in other countries of the world — you all know that MY Coming was to bring about a closer relationship between man and man, and to bring an end to all warfare and bloodshed among them! ("So true, LORD!" came the response in affirmation.)

Just think of what one man can do! A good many of you considered Hitler was a man of war that brought warfare and bloodshed and caused the lives of millions to be lost. Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes LORD!" came the reply.) I have come to vice-versalate such an inhuman expression and such an inhuman characteristic — for as was in the days of old,

"As in Adam all die but so shall in Jesus Christ all be made alive!"

It is a privilege to realize that as you live and did live in Hitler and his kind — warriors and shedders of blood — your lives were threatened with destruction, even until now. But oh, how glorious it is to realize as you live in Christ and in GOD you are protected and have a blessed assurance, for you can truly say, "GOD Himself is mine!"

 

GOD Can Save the World Alive

Men do not stop to consider that if one man can bring sin and destruction in the land and cause the lives of millions to be destroyed as the war mongers did in the time of the last inhuman warfare — if you vice-versalate such a condition and such an expression, realize GOD in the midst of you  can do the extreme reverse and save the world alive!

Those of MY followers in all parts of the world, I appeal to you to unite, unite, unite more consolidatedly, and be substantiated in faith and unshaken in confidence and I will be with you! For it is written of ME,

"Judgment first begins at the House of GOD!"

Therefore, I say to those of the Household of Faith, as you accept of this Message and live it and express it, you will find that you will be making great strides toward bringing about an end to all undesirable conditions, for the desirable is truly in the making! We need not think that we must, generation after generation and even year after year, live in warfare, bloodshed, misery, disappointment and failure. I came to bring an abolition to all such, so that Life and Liberty might be the leading factor and the reality in the conscious mentality of all humanity!

I need not say more. I have brought it to your attention on many occasions, the significance of unifying. In and at the time of the great inhuman warfare I called on the nations of the earth over and over again to unify, unify, unify! Now this must be put into action in the midst of this people! Those of you, MY Adherents, must live it and express it to bring about that long sought for Universal Brotherhood of man and the Conscious Realization of the Fatherhood of GOD for which you all have prayed!

We are happy indeed to dedicate and consecrate the Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School, Incorporated, of Australia — another one of our Unity Mission network of Churches — expanding from shore to shore and from land to land! We are happy to make this Practical Christianity a Living Reality and extend it unselfishly and unbiasedly for each and everybody! We are happy to know that as it is right here under MY Personal Jurisdiction, as it may be termed, so it is there in Australia, New Zealand, in Germany, in Switzerland and in Panama and in England and in Nigeria —  and in other countries! Because of MY Presence being so effectively established in the consciousness of the people, they get the results that you get here where I AM Personally!

 

By the Spirit

I have declared,

"It is not by power nor by might but by MY Spirit, says the LORD GOD of Hosts!"

I have declared,

"I AM just as operative and just as expressive without MY Personal Presence as I AM with It!"

I have declared,

"I AM Omnipresent and I AM Ever Present!"


With your consciousness of MY Ever Presence, the Spirit of the Consciousness of the Presence of GOD is operative and is active and functionable and will function at all times wheresoever you are! Aren't you glad! ("So glad!" came the joyous reply.)

Because you are conscious of MY Presence you find the Abundance of the Fullness of the Consciousness of Good — you find no space is vacant of the Fullness thereof! Because of the Consciousness of MY Presence the Spirit of MY Presence will satisfy every good desire! Aren't you glad! ("So glad, LORD!" came the reply.) Because of the Consciousness of MY Presence all adverse and undesirable conditions are dispelled from among you! Aren't you glad! ("Yes , so glad!" again came the joyous reply.) As light dispels darkness even so the Consciousness of MY Presence dispels the "other fellow's" with all of his characteristics and nature. Therefore, the "other fellows" presence and ideas and opinions shall have no longer an existence where you are conscious of MY Presence!

I AM talking about the Consciousness of GOD'S Presence and how marvelous it is to be at that state in consciousness where you can rest in Blessed Assurance and Peace and realize I came to answer the prayer of Jesus, that I might make you ONE "even as we", said He "are ONE"! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes, LORD!" came the reply.) This is something to be considered now, henceforth and forever! Just be conscious of MY Presence, live it and express it and I will be operative and expressive in words and in actions and in every transaction that you may make or have, because of MY Presence! Aren't you glad! (Oh, so glad, GOD Almighty!" declared the happy congregation.)     

 

One People and One Language

Then I say, live in this recognition and build upon this foundation, if you wish to, and I will be with you now, henceforth and forever, and will bring the nations of the earth together — and there will be no more divisibility of nations, of languages, of tongues and of people, for I shall make them One People, One Language and One Tongue and One Speech! Aren't you glad! ("So glad!" came the joyous response.)

Because of the Consciousness of GOD'S Presence I AM causing the nations of the earth now to get together to bring about that One Nation, that One Language, One Speech and One Tongue, so that they, the people, universally, might have access for expression and have Power and Dominion to accomplish whatsoever they may imagine! Then the Consciousness of MY Presence among those of MY Following and of MY Churches all over the world, when you have the One Language and One Speech and are United Together and live in Unison, nothing will be impossible for you to accomplish!  For I did say Evangelically according to the Gospel,

"All things are possible with him that believeth!"


Therefore, if you can and will but believe, and believe in all sincerity, all things will be possible with you and there will not be anything impossible for you to do!

I AM talking about the Consciousness of GOD'S Presence! The Consciousness of GOD'S Presence will bless your going out of the city and will bless your coming into the city! — will bless you in your storehouses and will bless you in your baskets! — will bless you in your land and in all you do, it will bless you. That is the Consciousness of GOD'S Presence, and it will do it for others if they are conscious of it too!

The Consciousness of GOD'S Presence will bring you together! — will bring all of you, the peoples of the earth together!— and especially those of MY Following and of MY Churches!

"Love Ye One Another"

Truly might have I said by the mouth of the Apostle in the Epistle,

"How can you say you love GOD Whom you have never seen and hate your brother?"


How can you say you love GOD Whom you have never seen here in America — never seen ME Personally; a good many of you in Australia and other countries, you have never seen ME Personally — how can you say you love ME if you do not love one another?

FATHER DIVINE.

The Dedication of this, The Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School, Incorporated, of Australia, is to bring an abolition to all division among all of the other Churches and Church Connections and Extensions so that they might be unified together consolidatedly and never, never sever!

Oh, what a privilege to realize you have the Key to the mystery of the Scripture if you will accept it and live it and express it! I will be with you and give you all Success and Prosperity, Life and Liberty and Victory over every difficulty! Live in this Recognition!

Then I say, when you are going out of the city, I will bless you; when you are coming into the city I will bless you, if you love ME and keep MY Commandments! Can you not see the mystery? And I will bless you in everything you lay your hand to, and whatsoever you doeth, it shall prosper! But the ungodly, they are not so!

Then I  say, live in this recognition, for truly, when you are going around in sickness and afflictions, ailments and complaints physically, failing physically— remember what I told you through the mouth of the Scripture, yea, through the Prophecy and through the Law: GOD said,

"If you do not love ME and keep MY Commandments I will curse your going out  and I will curse your coming in! I will curse you in your storehouses and in your baskets and in the fruit of your land and in the fruit of your cattle!"

Why is it that men are going around in lacks and wants and limitations? — Why is it that they are under hard taskmasters and depressions, panics and famine? — all because they do not love GOD and keep HIS Commandments and abide in the Light I have given!

 

Love Will Heal You

It is written, "I will curse you with swelling ulcers!" Lots of people have swelling ulcers. Lots of them have the fever, lots of them have the blotch of Egypt, lots of them are cursed with the consumption! All of those conditions come upon the people because they do not love ME and keep MY Commandments! But to the extreme reverse of such an experience, if you love ME and keep MY Commandments you will be healed of all of your ills, of all of your ailments and of all of your complaints — and all adverse and undesirable conditions will be dispelled once and forever, and GOD will be uppermostly in consciousness!

Then I say, live in this Recognition and build upon this Foundation and Unify! Unify! Unify! — the only Hope of your Salvation and only Propitiation for any nation!

What a privilege to live in such a recognition, I say, and to build upon such a foundation as this one, by unifying together as I have requested — not just now at the Dedication and the Consecration of The Unity Mission Church, Home and Training School of Australia — but I have been appealing to you and to all of the people to unify for lo, these many years! — and everywhere I go I AM appealing to you to do the same — those who have not been called into this calling — to unify, as afore said, will solve your every problem! — as I made the appeal to the United States of America and practically all of the great political  and national powers of the world to Unite! Unite! Unite! — and if they would unite consolidatedly the Axis would surrender unconditionally! Why? Because it would be no possibility for anything to prevent you or prohibit you from carrying out your plan and your purpose if you unite together consolidatedly! But since the peoples of the world failed to do so and the different governments refused to do so, I AM uniting those of MY Adherents religiously and I AM making it possible for them to have the Victory over every difficulty, over all adverse and undesirable conditions —  for truly GOD is not only in the making but GOD is in the Salvation and is the Salvation of the whole world! ("So true!" verified the entire assembly enthusiastically.)

 

Note Genesis 11:6

I call your attention once more for your consideration,  to the eleventh chapter  of Genesis and the sixth verse as you have heard rehearsed, but it is the same in MY consideration as those of the commentators when they are commentating and advertising certain merchandise: they do not stop advertising it and stressing it because they have once stressed it!  They continue to stress it for the salvation of your souls and your bodies and the bodies of the nations of earth universally! I repeat, I rehearse, I rehearse and repeat and reiterate over and over again the sixth verse  of the eleventh chapter of Genesis for your consideration! I want to tell you something directly, exactly what GOD said in the beginning of the creation! (FATHER opens the Holy Bible and reads:)

"And the LORD said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do."

(FATHER then says:)

Tell MY critics I have millions united! I have millions and millions living in unison—  in the unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose here in this Country and also in other Countries— and they have the One Language of Love— the kind of language I AM speaking of!

(FATHER again reads from the Bible:)

"And the LORD said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do!"

I have imagined to bring an end to division in this Country! We have imagined to bring a complete abolition to that which is commonly known as Jim Crowism! We have imagined to bring an abolition to all Fascism, to all of that which is called Communism and all of that which is called Nazism and to establish your going in the land of the living!  That is what we imagine to do and we will do it! Aren't you glad! ("So glad , GOD Almighty!" declared the congregation in unison.) We shall have One Nation, One Language and One People all over this wide extended plane, and none shall lack in GOD'S Abundance for all shall be fully Prosperous and Free from all limitations and adverse conditions— because I have imagined to do it! Aren't you glad! ("So glad!" again came the response.)

 

All Religions, Nations and Churches Shall BE Unified

I have imagined to bring all of the Religions of the world together, all of the Nations of the world together, all of the Churches all over this wide extended plane, and unite them consolidatedly and bring a abolition to all division. I have imagined to do it and you have imagined to do it and I shall do it. Aren't you glad! ("So glad LORD!" exclaimed the joyfull assembly.)

We shall not be discouraged until I bring an end to all division among the children of men! I say, we shall not be discouraged until I shall have brought an end to all division among the children of men! Aren't you glad! ("So glad, GOD Almighty!" came the immediate reply.) I AM talking about what the Bible says!— not only what the Bible said but the Scripture here declares the LORD said it Himself!

Even if you do not know Who I AM, I have imagined to do such a thing and I have brought the masses together! I say, I have brought the masses together and I have united them consolidatedly, and I AM doing what I have told the government of all Government to do at the time of the inhuman warfare!— and they did not and would not take cognizance of MY Message and do it themselves politically and legalistically— I will do it religiously! I thank you! I thank you! I thank you!

 


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