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February 19th, 1919.
Received by James Padgett.
Washington D.C.
I am here, Job.
Let me say a few words tonight upon a subject that is of importance
to mankind and to the future of man.
I see that you have been reading a book professing to give communications
from a spirit who claims to be possessed of a divine mission in
the way of teaching men the truths of the soul, and of the way to
immortality and life. Well, you may accept what is said with some
degree of truth as to the condition of spirits who are progressing
in the development of their natural love, and as to the facts that
await a soul after it has left the mortal life. Many of the statements
contained in the writings are true and should be accepted and acted
upon by mortals who desire a knowledge of the true way to a kingdom
of the purified soul and to a reconciliation to God in the way of
renunciation.
God is good, and not the hateful and merciless being that your
orthodox beliefs teach and is always the same, now as in the days
of old when men's conception of Him were determined by their own
ideas of what a God should be, and what men should believe him to
be. But there are many things taught in the writings of the book
that are not true, though in accord with the knowledge possessed
by the writers and suited to the condition of the medium through
whom the messages were delivered. The writers were spirits who were
highly developed intellectually and morally, and had knowledge of
the truths to an extent that made what they said powerful expositions
of the truth as they knew it to be; but beyond the fact that men
must, in order to become pure and holy, do those things which the
law of harmony in their natural love demands, they could not teach.
Now, while this is all true, yet they did not know of the higher
truths that make a man or the soul of a man divine and at one with
the Father and could not teach because they did not possess any
knowledge of, and only so far as they knew, must, their teachings
be accepted as truth. They were far in advance in their renditions
of the disclosures contained in the Bible, both as to God and Jesus,
and the final destiny of man, and their revelations should be accepted
in place of the teachings of the Bible. They were not only acquainted
with the laws of God as dealing with man in his relation to good
and evil, but also with the laws as to man's release from the consequences
of his acts and deeds of earth, and as to his release from the consequences
of his evil acts.
I would like to write now, but the rapport is
broken. Good night,
Job
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