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December 24th, 1918.
Received by James Padgett.
Washington D.C.
I am here, Helen.
Well dear, I see that you are quite happy just now, and appreciate
the difference in influence given you by the messages that you have
read and the book that you were reading that took up so much of
your time before you commenced to read our writings. The information
that you obtain from the book is quite valuable in an historical
point of view, and by contrast may show you how utterly ignorant
the writers of the articles or rather the actors in the history
were of the real truths of Christianity and of the true way to salvation.
I would not advise you to read these articles, and I do know that
it is best for you to give less time and thought to what you may
learn from them. Thinking of these things to some extent interferes
with your thinking of the truths, and also affects your condition
for rapport, so that the spirits cannot communicate as freely and
successfully as they desire to do, and as important as it is to
be done.
Well tonight is Christmas eve and you are all alone, and have thought
as I saw, of the times when you had us with you on Christmas eve,
and enjoyed the anticipation of the happiness of our children on
the morrow. It is true that we had some happy days under such surroundings
and that we were so absorbed in our dear ones that nothing disturbed
our joys. But yet, it is not helpful to think of these days, for
they are passed and can never return, although you may before you
come over have the opportunity to enjoy days in which your grandchildren
may furnish you a similar happiness. But I will not be with you
as you may think - without really thinking - and you may wish that
I might without realizing the fact that I will surely be with you
and write in your happiness. As I have told you, I will not leave
you in your loneliness, or when you may long for me; as long as
you shall remain on earth.
Tomorrow, when you visit Harry I will be there, and so will Baby,
and will enter into your feelings of joy, and try to impress you
to realize my presence. No, my dear sweetheart, I will never forsake
you, but will always love you with a greater love than ever I had
on earth, and which is growing deeper and purer all the time. I
know that all of you will have a happy Christmas, and if you could
only realize the presence of the spirits who will be with you, you
would find a greatly increased happiness. Baby says that she will
be there and love you and Harry and Hazel1 with all her
love and will try to help them feel that her love is with them,
and will enjoy the occasion more than if she were with you in the
body. You had better go to bed now and get up early.
Well dear, they are waiting only for you to get in condition, and
when you do there will be no delay in communicating the truths.
The Master has been with you a number of nights, desiring to write,
but for reasons that you know of, he could not, but he is patient
and thinks that you will soon realize the importance of the work
so that you will do that which is necessary to bring about the condition.
He is not here tonight, nor in the lower spheres, because, as I
have told you before, the great amount of worship of him that is
taking place now and will continue tomorrow, is distasteful to him,
and he has gone to his Celestial Sphere, and will not probably come
back to you until after the objectionable worship has ceased.
No, not tonight. He is with you every night as he promised, and
prays with you and tries to help you, and when you earnestly pray
to the Father he is pleased and gives thanks. So you, knowing this,
must try to pray more earnestly, and with more faith. He will soon
come again, and I am so glad to hear you say that you believe he
is with you as he promised. Keep up your faith and hope, and you
will not be disappointed, for the love will come into your soul
in more abundance and you will become in better condition to do
the work.
Yes, we all hope so. But you must make the effort for so much depends
upon you. You will have the help of your friend who advises, and
he is very anxious to do his part of the work. He is not here now,
for when he was last here he said he would not come until he had
reason to advise you differently from what he last advised. But
he will not fail you. So dear, love us with all your heart and believe
that we love you. Give me a kiss and say good night.
Your own true and loving,
Helen
1 It is possible that Harry and Hazel
are his son and daughter-in-law, and that they were expecting a
baby at this time. It is also possible that Edward and Dora are
also his son and daughter-in-law.
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