I HAVE STRIVEN TO GIVE YOU DAILY BREAD — FATHER DIVINE

OUR FATHER'S SERMON GIVEN WHILST AT THE HOLY COMMUNION TABLE
of the CIRCLE MISSION Church, HOME and TRAINING SCHOOL of PENNSYLVANIA
764-772 S. BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1949 A.D.F.D. TIME 3:30 P.M.

 

FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE in the limousine

>FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE in the limosine..

 

After the reading of the historic and dynamic Sermon FATHER gave February the twenty ninth, 1940, in Sayville, Long Island, from the Magazine Form of The NEW DAY, dated March the seventh, 1940, on page fifty-one, our Beloved SAVIOUR and DEAN of the UNIVERSE arose and delivered these Glorious Words of Spirit and Life!

Truly can it be said that every Word that proceedeth out of the Mouth of GOD is a Priceless Pearl of Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding, destined to be fulfilled now or in the future to and for the Glory of HIS HOLY MAJESTY, DOMINION and AUTHORITY UNIVERSALLY! For this cause, each and every Word should be treasured and should be remembered, yea, imbibed and allowed to take root deep within the fertile soil of the hearts and minds of humanity, that they might rejoice as True Sons and Daughters of their LORD and KING when these things come to pass materially and spiritually, in the up- building of HIS Kingdom here on earth!

Read, therefore, these profound Words of our LORD, and. take cognizance of them, for they are indeed food for thought!

THANK YOU, FATHER DEAR!

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

 

PEACE, EVERYONE: GOOD HEALTH, GOOD WILL and A GOOD APPETITE; GOOD MANNERS, GOOD BEHAVIOR, ALL SUCCESS and ALL PROSPERITY; LIFE, LIBERTY and the REALITY of HAPPINESS, and the ACTUAL PRESENCE of GOD as it has been established!

At this particular instance I have arisen to say, that Message as you heard read from the pages of The NEW DAY, it was a Message I gave February 29, 1940; time 3:08 P.M. in Sayville, Long Island, New York. I was not living in Sayville at the time, but having gone out there, and observing, in consideration, the universality of MY Message and MY Mission, I spoke on thus-wise!

For this cause I have arisen to call your attention to the fact that it is essential to keep in reserve The NEW DAYS, the different copies of The NEW DAY, for they carry food for the future?

What is more profound than that immortal Sermon GOD HIMSELF gave on the twenty-ninth day of February, 1940, depicting the mystery of Service to GOD and of HIS Blessings to you all, declaring by interpretation, "Service means Love and Blessings means Love"! See the mystery? Not only so, but emphasizing the fact that if the Western Hemisphere would have at that time united and made themselves One Democracy under One Constitution — the Constitution of the United States of America — and all subjects and nations and countries under the Western Hemisphere would have made themselves submissive, meek and sweet and obedient to the call of GOD, they could have saved themselves of the inhuman global warfare!

When I sent out that Message as an Appeal to UNITE the THREE AMERICAS and let these twenty-one or twenty-two Republics of the Americas be ONE REPUBLIC — be ONE NATION — and have ONE FLAG — and be ONE PEOPLE — they have to DO it, but they did not do it at the time! But I say again, if they live they WILL DO it; if not from a NATIONAL point of view as I depicted — from that as of our own Constitution — you can plainly see, since that time "they have called for the United Nations Charter! They have been calling for the point of view such as the International Constitution of the Nations! But so long as they are divided they cannot and will not express effectively the reality of this of which I AM stressing — to bring about and to establish the Kingdom of GOD on earth among men, which is known as the Kingdom of Heaven!

But how marvelous it is to just look back about nine or ten years and read these Messages I gave at that time! If I must say it MYSELF, they are too profound to be slightly ignored or criticized! ("So true, LORD!" exclaimed the entire congregation.)

For this cause we do REJOICE, and if you will but hold fast to the Message I have given, this Sermon in itself, an immortal prediction and declaration of the Truth that shall be established universally, even if it is not brought out effectively in the direct Words of MY Illustration, but the meanings and essence and the substance of it shall be established from shore to shore and from land to land !("So glad, GOD ALMIGHTY !" declared the assembly joyously.)

To be impersonal and to be unsel6sh and to be interracial and international in all things, and non-sectarian and non-partisan, I have striven to keep away from identifying MYSELF as any Individual Expression from a Creedal or Dogma point of view, or from a national original point of view, or from any other limited point of view, so that you might gel the Essence and Substance of MY Message without the personages and even without the Personage of Whom I AM! — so that you might TRANSCEND ALL PERSONALITIES and INDIVIDUALITIES and might revel into the Glorious Liberty of the Sons of GOD!

What a privilege to live in such a Recognition! Because of this I have said, at times, years back, and even of recent years I have said you have prayed, "Give us this day our daily Bread!" I have striven to give you DAILY BREAD!—not to give you some bread that was cooked yesterday nor the day before, but have striven to give you DAILY BREAD!— to make all of MY Work and Mission IMPERSONAL, to make it possible for all of the peoples of the earth universally to be able to be partakers of MY Spirit and MY Presence IMPERSONALLY and INTERRACIALLY and INTERNATIONALLY!

For this cause I did say, at times, I have taught you to pray to "give us this day our daily bread"! Nevertheless, at this time, since this Message has been read, you may deem it even as TODAY'S BREAD — for truly it was food for your soul, was it not? ("Oh, yes, so true, FATHER Dear!" ~declared the entire Congregation in unison.)

I did not want you to lean nor to depend on anything that I had said in the past, especially, or anyone else; but I desired you to lean and depend on the Ever Present GOD, your REDEEMER and your SAVIOR! That was MY Reason for saying and for requesting you to pray, "Give us this day our DAILY BREAD!" — so that you might be CONSCIOUS of GOD'S EVER PRESENCE and EVER REDEEMING SAVIOR with Grace sufficient to save you!

Nevertheless, those things that I have spoken concerning national and the international affairs of mankind, they are historical! They will be established over all of the different countries, and all shall eventually recognize MY Presence and shall be blessed at the remembrance of MY Holiness!

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This Message that was at that time published in the Magazine Form — The New Day was published in Magazine Form and thousands and thousands of copies of The New Day of this type (Father holds up the Magazine Form of The New Day) have been discarded and put aside, and some have even thrown them away! — some of the believers, and the like! But oh how marveloous it would be if you would reproduce the S[pirit and the meaning of the Truth before you do anything like that; and then have it! For I enjoyed it MYSELF a little while ago! Aren't yopu glad! ("Oh so glaf, LORD!" exclaimed the joyus assembly.)

The copy of the New Day, March seventh on page fifty-one; March the seventh, 1940, on page fifty-one: All nations Languages ,Tongues and people and all of the leaders and representatives of the government and nations and countries should read that Mssage and take cognizence of it! If you think sympathetically and harmoniously with that, I will give you the Victory over every difficulty nationally and internationally as we11 as individually! I thank you.

 

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