FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE serving the table
at The Nazareth Mission Church, Philadelphia, PA
PEACE, EVERYONE!
It is good to be here in the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose! By this great AT-ONE-MENT in which we are now living, we shall enjoy the Abundance of the Fullness of GOD'S PRESENCE according to the Gospel!
While sitting and listening to the many testimonies and many songs of praise, also listening to the speeches of those of our visiting guests and friends, I thought how marvelous it is as David said: "How good it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!"
By the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose you stand. Adverse and undesirable conditions are dispelled by living in the consciousness of GOD'S PRESENCE wheresoever you are.
I was thinking of what our honored speaker said a little while ago in reference to the Message I gave as recorded: My true followers do not want to go around soliciting, begging and stealing! If you are honest, competent and true, you need not fret nor worry, matters not what others may do; "If GOD is for you," one writer said, "Who can be against us?"
If you stand upon this Foundation and be substantiated in faith and unshaken in confidence, matters not where you may be and matters not what may try to oppose you, you will lift up a Standard and trust GOD implicitly, conscientiously and sincerely, sympathetically and harmoniously and contact ME from that angle of expression; I will be with you to give you the Victory over all undesirable conditions!
Just look over this audience as you see those of us who are here sit and stand, having transcended the barriers of racism, sectarianism and all of the isms that spell division. By the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose WE RECOGNIZE AND REALIZE AMERICANISM, CHRISTIANITY, DEMOCRACY AND JUDAISM ARE SYNONYMOUS. When we live according to these Fundamentals, it tends to eliminate and dispel from our consciousness the preconceived prejudices and bigotry handed down traditionally, and we feel the Actual PRESENCE of GOD in our midst.
How marvelous it will be when this great contagion of Honesty and of Truth, of Virtue and of Holiness shall have enveloped the world! We will no longer feel the ravenous beast of mortality's version, but we can and will then live in reality in peaceful and quiet resting places! I AM MAKING YOU WORTHY TO LIVE IN PEACEFUL AND QUIET RESTING PLACES NOW!
I recall when around about nineteen eighteen or nineteen, when we moved from New York City--in other words, Brooklyn, New York and New York City--to Sayville, Long Island, there were many thought our home there and the places that were taken over under the Jurisdiction of this, your Humble Servant and those with HIM, were marvelous and beautiful; but I said at that time, I said, if you would be ready and worthy, the Vanderbilt Mansion on Fifth Avenue that was for sale at that time--I think they said it sold for five million and five hundred thousand dollars--I said, IT WILL NOT BE TOO GOOD FOR YOU!
When you are worthy mentally and spiritually, characteristically and dispositionaly, when you are worthy by nature by the virtue of the fact that you are New Creatures--have been born out of that Adamic state of consciousness into the CHRIST Consciousness, THERE WILL NOT BE ANYTHING TOO GOOD FOR YOU! I came as the poorest among men, yet making many rich! I have not done anything yet to what I am going to do! But first of all, you must build upon this Foundation that no man has laid, saving that one that has already been laid!
I have declared that THE PEACE MISSION MOVEMENT AS WELL AS THE CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT ITSELF, IS FOUNDED UPON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT! When you take the Sermon on the Mount and endeavor to live exactly according to the Sermon on the Mount, the LIFE THAT IS EXEMPLIFIED IN THAT SERMON ON THE MOUNT CAN AND WILL SOLVE YOUR EVERY PROBLEM! It can adjust matters satisfactorily for individuals and Nations! It has done it for us! Aren't you glad! ("So glad, FATHER Dear!" responded the assembly.)
WE, THE PEOPLE, rejoice to meet together from time to time in the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose and to be as I afore said David declared:
'How good it is for brethren to dwell together in Unity!'
Our Constitution of this Great Country calls for a more Perfect Union! I AM producing and bringing to fruition in the hearts and lives of the people, the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose that our Constitution sought for--for us legalistically and politically! Aren't you glad! ("Yes, GOD ALMIGHTY!" came the enthusiastic response.) Our great national statesman, Abraham Lincoln, did call for a New Birth of Freedom; not only for those of the slaveric people, but for this whole Nation--but both slaves and masters, both saints and sinners--that THIS WHOLE NATION MIGHT HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM UNDER GOD!
He could not give them this New Birth of Freedom, but it was a prediction, yet politically and legalistically speaking, that this whole nation might have a New Birth of Freedom under GOD, that Government by the People, for the People and through the People might not perish from the Earth!
When everyone of you, My fellow citizens, hearers, and friends, live our Constitution and enact the Bill of Rights and live according to the Fundamentals as afore mentioned, why, you will have a Union within and among yourselves that it will be a Government within and without that cannot and will not perish! The Governments of today and of yesterday that have been rising and waning, in other words, flourishing and living and perishing, are those Governments that were not founded upon the Old and the New Testaments and especially the Sermon on the Mount, which is the Foundation of our present Government even if men are not conscious of it!
Therefore, I AM giving this whole Nation and many Nations a New Birth of Freedom, that Government by the People, for the People, and through the People might not perish from the Earth! The Fundamentals for which we stand, with Honesty, Competence and Truth, by living our Constitution, by enacting the Bill of Rights and living the Golden Rule by day and by night, we can and will be built upon a Foundation that cannot be shaken! Aren't you glad! ("Yes, LORD!" exclaimed the assembly.)
So then I say, we are happy to see our fellow citizens, hearers and friends coming out, taking a stand for Democracy, taking a stand for Christianity and Brotherhood as synonymous, for upon this Foundation if you will stand, nought can hurt nor harm you! You will be safe and sound, for YOU SHALL HAVE PEACEFUL AND QUIET RESTING PLACES IN WHICH TO LIVE, where no man can make you afraid, neither can they make you ashamed! And as it is right here, some day it shall be all over this wide extended plane, where a man is a man and not a color, creed nor a race; for I have declared, I CAME 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!
Rejoice and be glad, for your Salvation draweth near, for GOD HIMSELF IS HERE! I shall not be discouraged, neither shall I be disturbed until I shall have universalized the PRESENCE of your GOD even as you have it here in consciousness among you all! I thank you. I thank you. I thank you.
PEACE, EVERYONE!
Those of us who have dined will arise. I know you feel this Steady Stepping of the ALMIGHTY GOD, but I will refrain from speaking further! I will not continue in words Personally, but I will speak more profoundly and more definitely by the Steady Stepping of My SPIRIT in HEART and in MIND and with you I will go home! I thank you.
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