FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE
at The Circle Mission Church,
Philadelphia, PA
This beautiful Song and Sermon came from the Fount of all Inspiration, GOD, FATHER DIVINE, directly after the sincere testimony of a sister who gave all Glory, Honor and Praise to FATHER. In testimony she stated that when she seemed to apparently have a sore throat recently, there were some who suggested that she use a remedy to alleviate the condition; however, she added, she knew that if GOD could do all the things HE has done for her, why, she knew HE could heal such a minor condition. She said she would never, no never again rely on anything for health, happiness, success and prosperity but GOD! GOD! GOD! And if GOD, FATHER DIVINE, failed, she would just go down; but she knew HE could not fail, for GOD is the Savior of Spirit, body and mind, she said HE revealed to her, and therefore, if the body, spirit and mind were to be saved, GOD Almighty would just have to save them!
Almighty GOD of the Universe, we Thy Children, do humbly thank THEE!
(The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber, after which are firstly recorded the words of the Inspirational Song FATHER so sweetly sang just before HE arose to speak:)
'Just keep on praising My Holy Name, just keep on praising My Holy Name,
If you want Joy, Peace and Happiness, just keep on praising My Holy Name!'
(FATHER speaks as follows:)
PEACE EVERYONE! That little composition is well worth considering if you will but consider it. The composition is explanatory in itself.:
'If you want Joy, Peace and Happiness, just keep on praising My Holy Name!'
If you don't desire to, and know it is not for you to use the personal pronoun,
you may say, 'His Holy Name,' and yet may sing, sing, SING!
This thought is well worth considering, because as the last speaker said, the Spirit is the Savior of your spirit -- but the Body, Spirit and Mind of GOD is the Redeemer and Savior of the world!
I stress this thought, for it is true -- some have fallen from Grace, as said the Scripture, and have fallen short of the Glory of GOD -- and if you do not know, it may cause you to think that GOD is not the Redeemer of your body as well as your soul; in other words, your body as well as your spirit; but it is through your failing to continue to Praise My Holy Name!
It is written in the Gospel Epistle of the Apostle, and it is Gospel, for it came by the Spirit of your FATHER through Jesus to the Disciples:
'As you have found Him, walk therein!'
You found GOD by being meek and lowly in heart, through having Faith implicit
and Confidence that was unshaken. You found GOD in giving Thanks and continually
giving Praises. Can you not see the mystery? ('Yes, FATHER Dear,' responded the
multitude.)
The way of receiving the Holy Ghost, as it may have been termed by the Pentecostal world, it came through and by giving Praises to GOD. It came forth into expression by the reiteration of some Praise or Thanksgiving. Can you not see the mystery? ('Yes, LORD!' replied the audience.) Though it may have been with you, and so it was; but it did not come forth into expression and into display saving by reiteration of Thanksgiving and some Praise to GOD! Can you not see the mystery? ('So true!' replied the congregation.)
As you reiterated your alphabet to commit it and them to memory in your infancy, even so have you been required to iterate and reiterate, stress and re-stress over and over again some Thanksgiving and some Praise to GOD that you might be awakened into the Recognition by the Spiritual Awakening through a great vibrational expression.
When you gave Thanks and Praise to GOD continually, you lost sight of the world for an instance. When you lost sight of the world for that instance, with a sincere and contrite heart, and your tongue being filled with a Salutation or Praise -- that reiteration of that Salutation or Praise gave vent to the Spirit within and your bodies were shaken and you quaked and you trembled and a good many of you spoke in tongues volitionally and voluntarily because you had reiterated the Praise continually until you were caught up in the vibration of the Spirit that was in it; and by so doing you felt pretty good! You said, 'I have the Holy Ghost and I am speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance,' as was at the day of Pentecost when they all spoke with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
But it came through Thanksgiving and Praise continually by reiteration, and by stressing it in your memory you lost all contact with the things about you and mentally were caught up in the vibration of the Spirit and you felt as though you did have it! You declared, 'I have it!' Can you not see the mystery? ('Yes, FATHER Dear!' responded the assembly.) And by so doing and getting in that vibration you lost your preconceived fears and doubts and knew within yourself, GOD was actually with you!
Now, I have said, 'As you found HIM, walk therein!' You found HIM in the Name of the Holy Ghost by Thanksgiving and by Praise, did you not, daughter? ('Yes, LORD!' came the reply.) And you were filled with enthusiasm; not so much by praying but by Thanksgiving and Praise! Can you not see the mystery? ('Yes, yes, GOD Almighty!' responded the enthusiastic congregation.) Blessings came and overshadowed you and you were filled with super-natural enthusiasm such as you had never felt before!
Then I say now to you, those of you with whom I AM concerned, those of you whom I have contacted mentally and spiritually, just keep on praising My Holy Name! Praise GOD in All Sincerity and in All Simplicity, Conscientiously and Fearlessly as you did when you first received it and you will stay well -- for I have declared:
'A merry heart doeth good, for it is a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones!'
By Spiritual quotation I spoke through the mouth of the writer at that time and
said:
'A merry heart doeth good like a medicine but a broken spirit dries the bones!'
But I have brought you a step further and a little bit closer and say:
'A merry heart doeth good, for it is a medicine.'
It is a medicine! It will Heal you of All of your Ills, and CHRIST is truly the
One Whom you see, of Whom is truly the Panacea! Then that medicine you can use
continually by believing in GOD Sincerely, Conscientiously and Fearlessly, and
GOD Himself will be with you with Victory over every ache, over every pain, over
every ailment and over every complaint, for the Mouth of GOD has declared it:
'In Perfect Peace I will keep thee whose mind is stayed on ME!'
Perfect Peace! If there is any reflection of imperfect Peace discerned, it is
because your mind is not stayed implicitly, conscientiously and sincerely on
ME. Aren't you glad! ('So glad!' came the immediate response.) That is what it
is all about!
Not only so, but one declared by the Scripture as recorded:
'For this cause many are sickly among you and some sleep, not discerning the Body!'
Therefore, I verify and confirm the statement of the last speaker: the Body will
Help you and Bless you and save you personally if you recognize the Body of CHRIST
Personally!
'For this cause many are sickly among you and some sleep, not discerning the Body of CHRIST!'
Recognize the Body of GOD and GOD in Spirit and in Life and in all of My Attributes
I claim, will recognize you as I AM! The Attributes as exemplified and as reiterated
and declared in the conclusion of all of My Letters of Correspondence, these
will be your portion, for these are ME and I AM Them for those who are lost in
ME!
Then all of these being your portion, you will be Healthy, you will be Happy, you will be filled with Enthusiasm, and your very physical body will be Free from misery, disappointment and sorrow, and the very GOD of Peace will Sanctify you W-H-O-L-L-Y; WHOLLY! Your whole soul, spirit and body CAN and WILL be preserved blameless, and GOD Himself will be the Preserver and will be your Redeemer and Savior!
What a Privilege! What a Privilege! WHAT A PRIVILEGE, I say, to live in such a Recognition with such a conscientious religious conviction that will solve your every problem and will adjust matters satisfactorily for you. Your Body will be Well, your Mind will be Well, your Spirit will be Well and everything that concerns you, yea, all things that concern you will be Well -- and every particle part of your body can and will be preserved Blameless, Spotless, Incorruptible and Undefiled!
I cannot stress these thoughts too vividly, for it was said plainly Scripturally:
'For this cause many are sickly among you and some sleep (talking about dying the sleep of death) not discerning the Body of CHRIST!'
Discern the Body! Visualize the Body! Magnify the Body and Idealize the Body
and realize GOD is the Ideal -- no longer a supposition, but GOD is Real!
I need not say more, but I have said this to substantiate you in Faith and unshaken you -- make you, whichever, unshaken in Confidence -- and confirm you in that which you believe, that you cannot be deceived!
That thought needs to be stamped in your memory! If you want Joy, Peace and Happiness, Life and Health and Love and Success and Prosperity, keep on Praising My Holy Name! As with the invisible, intangible Holy Ghost as at the day of Pentecost when it came, and came through and by they all being with one accord and praising persistently and continually the LORD and not praising Self (can you not see the mystery?), they kept on Praising GOD! Can you not see the mystery? And as with the Holy Ghost invisible and coming invisibly, discerned only as cloven tongues of fire, the Same Spirit is just as Operative and just as Expressive today, now, henceforth and forever for you and I, I can say! 'Why? How can YOU say it is operative for YOU,' someone may think, 'and YOU Are GOD?' My Spirit sustaineth ME! My Spirit is ME and I AM My Spirit and I Enjoy IT! That is the mystery! And you have declared organizationally and documentally, The FATHER, SON and the HOLY GHOST, the THREE are ONE! And I have declared, You cannot get the soda out of the biscuit without getting the biscuit!
So, these thoughts should be stamped in your memory, never to be forgotten! GOD is the same Today, Yesterday and Forever! Hence, as you give GOD Thanksgiving continually, and Praises, you will be Happy and you will be Healthy; for the Praise to GOD and Thanksgiving for His Blessings will cause GOD Himself to Increase and Multiply them!
Now I need not say more at this instance. As I have often said, I desire to refrain from speaking unless I feel definitely I can bring you a Message that is Uplifting -- something that is BETTER than whatsoever else may be coming at the instance! For this cause I did speak as I did, and the things I mentioned were for the purpose of Lifting you Up and Substantiating you in Faith -- to encourage others and to let them know the Body is the Great Essential to Know, for your body Salvation, yea, for your Redemption, that you might be saved from sickness, afflictions and diseases physically, for GOD is truly the PANACEA! I thank you!
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