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March 19th, 1916.
Received by:James Padgett
Washington D.C.
I am here, Helen:
Well, you have had some of your old lawyer friends write you, and
I was glad of it, for they seemed to be happy in doing so.
The last one was poor Lipscomb, and he imagined that he was intoxicated,
but, of course, he was not. He thought so himself; and as you have
heard, "thoughts are things."
Well, I am very sorry for him. I have tried once or twice to help
him, but I am afraid that I will have to wait some time before I
can make any impression on him. He is so earthbound, and that accursed
appetite seems to have such a hold on him that he is completely
dominated by it. But time, as you say, will help him.
Well my own dear, I was with you tonight at church and you realized
it while the choir was singing, for I could see and feel that your
love was flowing to me, and I was very happy.
The preacher was very entertaining and his argument on the negative
of the proposition was all right, for God's Love is open and waiting
for everyone who may seek it, and no one will be deprived of it
because of any supposed unpardonable sin. And his second proposition
was, in a way, true also; but the conclusion that any man may by
his own will and shutting of his soul desires to the influence of
the spirit damn himself eternally is wrong. All will be saved either
in the spirit world or the Celestial Heavens ultimately. Such sermons,
while not expositions of the full truth, yet may do some good by
awakening the hearers to a realization of their actual condition
and need for the things of the spirit.
Well sweetheart, I must not write longer tonight as it is late.
So with all my love, I will say, believe that I love you and am
with you in all your worries and enjoyments.
Your own true and loving,
Helen
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