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Received by:James Padgett
Washington D.C.
I am here, Cousin Minnie:
Let me say a word, if you please, for I so much desire to write
to Eugene, as I was promised some time ago that I could do.
I am his cousin of whom he has spoken to you so often, and I feel
that I am really an old acquaintance of yours, and consequently,
that I can take advantage of your kindness in permitting me to do
just as if I really were an old friend.
I want in the first place to tell him that I am very happy on my
own account as well as on his, for while I know that I have a very
great amount of this Divine Love in my soul that he first told me
about, bless his dear heart. He also possesses a great deal of it.
And I know that it is the only thing in all the universe that causes
the real, genuine happiness of the soul, whether of the mortal or
spirit. I cannot but be happy, not only because I possess it and
must be happy, especially when he permits it to manifest itself
to his consciousness.
I have heard him tell you that I am in a certain sphere, and I
qualify the remark by saying that I really told him so and to make
the fact certain I wish now to tell him that I am in the Seventh
Sphere and hope soon to be in the First Celestial, and of this I
am quite certain, for the beautiful spirits of that Sphere who seem
to love me so much tell me that my home will soon be in that Heaven
of Bliss and that I will soon become an immortal angel and realize
the fact that never again in all eternity will it be possible for
me to die.
It is all so wonderful to me that the Father has been so merciful
and loving to me in bestowing upon me this Love in such great abundance
and especially when I realize that a few short months ago I knew
nothing of this Divine Love and first heard of it from Eugene, who,
I thought when he told me of it and of other things pertaining to
spiritualism, was a little off, as you would say. But now I realize
so fully what great truths he possessed. Even though I doubted,
in view of my present knowledge, that he really comprehended the
full purport or meaning of these truths. But be that as it may,
he just told me of it and while I paid little attention to what
he said at the time, yet when I came to the spirit world and found
myself in communication with him and he again recalled to my mind
this great Love and pointed out to me the way by which I might obtain
it, and then on top of this came so many bright and beautiful spirits
and reiterated what he had said, I just couldn't doubt what he had
said. I just couldn't doubt that there must be truth in what he
had told me, and as a consequence my whole soul was aroused and
I determined to seek for it and I did so with all the energy and
longings of my soul. And so I found it and now am so supremely happy.
They tell me that I have made wonderful progress in the short time
that I have been here, and from my own observation by comparison,
I see that it must be so, but as I now look upon my progress I am
not surprised, for when once I was convinced that this great Love
was a thing of reality and that it could be mine for the seeking,
I commenced the quest with all the energy and desires of my whole
being, mind and soul, and let nothing stand in the way of my ever
and every striving to obtain the goal.
And as I progressed I found that there came to me increased power
and strength, and greater and greater abundance of the Love. I was
not worried and faith came to me, until the reality of the object
of progress or seeking became more and more certain. In addition,
I had the help of the beautiful spirits who had traveled the road
that I was pursuing, and their encouragement was always with me
and their love seemed, as it were, to give wings to my speeding.
Well, I have said enough about myself, but as I felt that Eugene
wanted to know more definitely just where I now am and the story
of my progress, I have taken up more of your time to tell him than
I otherwise would have done.
I am frequently with my people in spirit life and with his, and
I must tell him that they are very happy and thankful to the Father
that they recovered their freedom from the bondage of the false
beliefs and influence of the church of which they were adherents
when on earth.
And I must further say that much of their present condition, that
is, the abandoning of the stagnation and darkness of their beliefs
in and association with the priests is due to Eugene and his declarations
of truths that showed them the true way to light and happiness.
I am now in condition that I can in a way repay him for his great
help to me, and so with the others, for I can be, and am, with him
quite often trying to help him with my love and influence, and at
times when his soul opens up to my coming, I get close to him and
his heart throbs more than he possibly realizes.
This wonderful Love creates a great, indescribable rapport when
it his physical conditions and the influences that come to him from
the exercise of his organs of sense perception, but I know that
at times he does feel my presence to a very great degree and he
is happier by it. This wonderful love creates a great, indescribable
rapport when it exists in two souls striving to get in closer contact,
and sometimes I find that rapport is possible and I take advantage
of it.
He must have more faith and pray more for the inflowing of the
Love, and remember in his times of discouragement or depression
that he has with him a power that if he will let it exercise itself,
will enable him to endure and overcome all his conditions of doubt
and despondency.
As he believed in me when I lived on earth, he must believe the
more in me as a spirit, a cousin who loves him very much, having
a soul filled with gratitude and unselfish affection.
I will come to him very soon and write him.
I do not care to speak of the material things in which I know he
is interested, for tonight the higher things of Love have possession
of my soul.
I must not write more. So thanking you for your kindness and leaving
him my love, I will say good night.
Cousin Minnie
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