1914

Divine Love

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

Note: In reading and studying the Messages from the Spirit World (over 200 spirit authors) it may be helpful to understand that in 1914 James Padget was in the beginning of his development as a medium. Over time his development as a medium, and his soul development progressed. So the messages received became clearer and more indepth, especially in terms of the content of Spiritual Truths, as time went on. Which is to say that the messages in 1914 were merely a method of the spirits developing rapport with James Padgett. Once that rapport was established and Mr. Padgett's experience with spirits and receiving automatic writings increased. In the later years the messages are better. It is also helpful to understand the history of the messages by reading the testimoney of Leslie R. Stone (menu on left), who was also a medium, as well as close associate and friend of James Padgett, and was present when many of the messages were received.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

May 31st, 1914

I am here, Helen.

Yes, I Love you, and you know it. Come to bed. I will let you feel my arms around your neck and will hug you and put you to sleep so that you will feel better in the morning.

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Yes, I was. I did not think much of the address of the woman from India, because it did not tell of what the Divine Love of God is to the lost souls of humans. You were not benefitted much by it, as you were very lonely and needed the Divine Love of God to be preached. The other address was better, but it does not tell "The Way" to Truth and Light that the Bible does. Be a Christian and Love the God of the Bible (The Father and Creator).

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Yes, I am, and you know that I am in the Spirit World. I can see that the things taught are the Truth, for I am not in the flesh, and am not bound by the limitations of the flesh, as I was when alive.

Yes. I am trying to help you all that I can. Yes, you do. I will continue to help, if you will let me.

Yes, I look upon him (Jesus) as a human of God, not as God Himself. He is the one that should be your guide and friend. He is a very bright spirit, is far up in the Heavens and is close to God. He does come to us sometimes, and keeps us in Holy Rapport with the Father. He is the loveliest of all the spirits in the Heavens. He is not angry with you, for he Loves you with his whole heart, and will do everything to help you.

Yes, I am, but I am not in the Celestial Heavens yet. I will soon be, and then you will learn much more from me.

He (her father) is getting better. He is beginning to see that this Life is not for the Christians who have not the Divine Love of God in their hearts, but for those who Love God with all their hearts and souls. He did not Love God truly. He put too much faith in the literal words of the Bible, but did not have the Spiritual Love that he should have had.

She (her mother) is progressing, too.

Your father is in the Celestial Heavens. He is a bright and shining spirit, and is your Guardian Angel. He is with you very much. He will help you to progress and to become a more spiritual human.

Your mother is far up in the Celestial Heavens. She is with you often and is trying to help you also. She is an exceeding bright spirit, and is very strong and is filled with the Holy Spirit, to a very high degree. She is one of the brightest spirits that I know. She comes to me often and helps me progress.

Yes, she (Mr. Padgett's grandmother, Ann Rollins) is too pure and holy to come to me very often. She is much interested in you, and will come to you when you write sometimes. She says she will tell you of the Life in the Higher Spheres. Also, will come to you when you sit for a photograph, in her illumined form, so that you may see that she is living, and is part of the Kingdom of God. She is the brightest spirit that I know. She is a very strong and powerful spirit, and will not let you be bothered by the evil spirits, or those who try to impersonate those spirits who are here and try to talk to you. She is here now and wants me to say that she is the loving grandmother that she always was, and will love you with her whole heart.

He is not with her in the high Heavens (Mr. Padgett's grandfather), but he is a very bright spirit. He Loves you, too.

Yes, they are in the Heavens (Grandmother and Grandfather Padgett). Their Divine Love was so pure and holy that they went to the Celestial Heavens of Holy Love.

They are not.

Yes I am, and must stop. Goodnight, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

May 31st, 1914

I am here, your father.

Yes, I am. I will try to tell you what you must do to form a band of spirit workers. Let me select them. Then, you will not be troubled by bad spirits. You must not try to talk to every one who may come to you, for that will work injury to you, and you will not be able to get the best results.

Let me tell you who you should have form the band: your grandmother, your mother, Helen, Professor Salyards, Mr. Riddle, and myself. These are enough to help you in the investigation of Spiritualism.

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Yes, I will have them come, and you can ask them.

(Grandmother, Ann Rollins): Yes, I will. You will be a successful medium, and will not need to go to the sances where you went on Friday night, as they are not helpful to you, in the way of progressing in your investigations.

(Mother): Yes, I am. I certainly will. You will not be troubled by bad spirits, for your father and grandmother will keep them away from you.

(Prof. Salyards): Yes, I am. I will be one of the band to help you. You will be my mouthpiece in my writing to the World the thoughts that I desire to make known, on subjects that are of interest to humankind. Keep well. I will soon let you write my ideas of this Life, and of what I find to be the real Truth of the Love of God, and the Love of Humankind.

Yes. I am not in condition tonight, as you are too weak to write much more. Yes, I will show my face in the photograph, and then you will know that I am one of your band.

(Mr. Riddle): Yes, I am. I will be one of the band. You will not be annoyed by any others than the ones your father has named. I will write you what my beliefs and thoughts are of the Life here so that you may know that I am just a spirit in search of the Truth. You will see that I am not one who knows everything, but will try to learn whatever is possible. Iwill tell you what I learn. Yes, and will let you see that I have my mustache and goatee just as in my earthly Life.

(Father): Yes. You can go to the photographer as soon as you find it convenient. We will be there. You will see us all. I will be in my naval uniform and then you will be convinced that I am living.

(At the sance on Friday last, J. Shellington spoke to me and asked that he be permitted to join my band of spirits. I had not then thought of, or had suggested to me, a band of spirits. I suggested his name to my father, who wrote.)

(Father): He is not of the spiritual kind that will be helpful to you. I do not think it wise for him to join. He is too much of the earthy yet, but will soon progress. Then we may have him join.

Go to bed and rest. Your father, John H. Padgett.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 12th, 1914

I am here, Jesus.

God is Love! They that worship Him in spirit and Love will not be forsaken.

I came to tell you that you are very near the Kingdom. Only believe and pray to the Father, and you will soon know the Truth. The Truth will make you free.

You were hardhearted and sinful, but now that you are seeking the Light. I will come to you and help you. Only believe and you will soon see the Truth of my teachings. Go not in the way of the wicked, for their end is punishment and long suffering. Let your Love for God, and your fellow human increase. You are not in condition for further writing. I will come to you again when you are stronger.

Yes, it is Jesus. I want the World to follow the teachings of my words.

Goodbye. May the Holy Spirit Bless you, as I do. Jesus Christ.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 12th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

Yes, I am here. I Love to be with you.

(Who last wrote to me?)

The savior of humans. He was with you. I was so glad, as I feel that you will now believe that I am in the Spirit World, and in the Love of God. He is the lord who came down from Heaven to save humans. Let his Love for you, help you to become a more spiritual human. God will Bless you in all your doings.

Goodnight, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 12th, 1914

Yes, I am here, your father.

Yes, it is True. He was with you. You will soon learn much more from him, as he says that he will teach you the Truth, the Light, and the Way. Love God, and keep His Commandments. Let your heart be open to the Divine Teachings of the Master. He will not show you all the Love he has for you, but will let you feel that he is your Loving friend and savior.

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Because he Loves you, and believes that you may be of some benefit to the World.

Yes, he was the real Jesus of the Bible.

He is not in the Heavens and sitting on the right hand of the Father, but is among all humankind, still teaching them the Power of Love and Truth. He does not need the worship of humans, but all that he wants is their Love and happiness.

He is not the savior of the few, but of all who will ask him to help them. Let your Love for God increase, and you will not be unhappy or cast down.

Goodnight. Your father, John H. Padgett.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 12th, 1914

Give your heart to the Lord (God). He will Bless you, as you will soon realize.

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He did. He (Jesus) will come to you again soon. He is waiting to tell you of the Truths that he is longing to have you know. He is not going to let you feel that he is away up in the Heavens far beyond the reach of humans, but is with them all the time, working and trying to save them from their sins. Let your Love for God, and His Truths, keep you from unbelief and doubt. Be a True Seeker after the Knowledge that is in Christ. You will not be long in doubt, as to which is The Way to Eternal Happiness. Keep trying to find the Truth.

He (Jesus) told me that he would come to you so that you might not doubt any longer. He is not going to leave you again, as he did some years ago, when your heart was hard and sinful. You must believe that he came to you. He is no other than Jesus of the Bible.

I will Love and help you at all times. Your grandmother, Ann Rollins.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 14th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

I do, with all my heart. I was, and I was so happy. You must not be unhappy. Because I am with you all the time. You will not be lonely, if you love me as you did this morning. You are my only darling one. This is my one dear privilege of having you for myself. Be true to me, and you will be happy.

Yes, the Master (Jesus) was with you on Saturday night. He is the only one who can help you to feel the Divine Love of God as you did.

(The following question referring to Mr. Colburn, who said it might be a false impersonation).

Yes. I heard what was said. He (Colburn) is not correct in saying that I do not know Jesus when he comes among us. He is so luminous with the Divine Love of God, and the spirit of righteousness, in his whole being, that we all know that he is the True Christ. Do not let any doubt exist in your mind that the one who wrote to you was not Jesus. He was the True Jesus of the Bible.

Yes. I have seen the spirit of Rector. He is not the spirit that he represents himself to be. He is a wicked spirit who goes about to deceive the mortals on Earth. He is a wicked spirit who has no love for God, or human. He is trying to lead humankind to believe that he is the Christ. He will be severely punished at the time of reckoning (by the Laws of Love, Truth and Harmony).

Yes. I know what I am talking about, as I have been warned against him. Your grandmother, who is in one of the highest planes of the Spirit World, has told me of him.

He (Jesus) is a very bright and handsome spirit. He is not the same as the pictures on Earth represent him to be. He is very lovely and kind, and filled with Love. He has a face that seems to glow with the Spirit of the Divine Love of his Father. He is a most Holy looking spirit, and does not know that he is a lovely one, but seems so humble and ready to serve all who need his help and Love.

Yes, he will. You must believe in him and follow his advice. He wants you to become a good and pure human. He saw that you were longing to know the Truth. He was anxious to help you. He saw that you were distressed and that you needed the assistance of his great Love and teaching.

Tell Mr. Colburn that he must believe that Jesus is ready to come to him and show him the Truth, and Divine Love of God. That he must not think that the Christ is not teaching humankind the Way of Truth and Love. He is only hearing the cry of the penitent and the lost soul.

He will come when you earnestly call for him. He will teach you the True, and secret meanings, of his sayings as recorded in the Bible. Only have Faith and Love the Father. He has told me that he is only waiting for you and your friend (Mr. Colburn) to call on him in Faith and earnestness. He will come to you both.

Yes. I am progressing very rapidly and will soon be in the Third Sphere. You must not wish for that now. Be contended a little while. You will be with me.

No. I will wait for you. We will go together to the Higher Planes of Love and Light. We will always be together as husband and wife.

(I asked the question, did she love her children very much?)

Yes, I Love them. I am with them very often. But they are the love (soul) mates of others. They will find their happiness in the society of these others. They will not need me after a little while, except that I shall help them to feel that their mother is watching over them and loves them as a mother. Do not let their lives be too much a part of yours, as you are not the one that God decreed should be with them as their True loves forever. Let your love for them only help them to learn that they must live right and Love their God.

Yes, she (Nita) is in the school and is very happy. Only wants to have her school commence its exercises. She Loves you very much, is a true daughter, and is learning the Truths of Christ's teachings.

You are my dearest and only love. You will be my soul-mate when you come to me in the future. Let me feel that you love me, as I do you. I shall be very happy.

Yes, and I saw the book that you were reading. The last one is not helpful, let it alone, as it is but the philosophy of a man that has a hobby. He will not convince you of any helpful Truth.

Be a True Follower of Christ. You will need no other knowledge or help. Yes, and I do not agree with him, as to Spiritualism, or Christian Science. He is not well enough informed on either to form a correct judgment. He is too bigoted and has not a true conception of the Bible. Let him alone.

Goodnight, with all my Love and many kisses, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 14th, 1914

I am here, Your Father.

I am happy, and so is your mother. You are very much better spiritually than when you were a very young boy. You are commencing to see the True Teachings of the Bible. Let your teachings be in Christ, as he is the Truth, the Way, and the Light.

It was Jesus of the Bible that came to you on Saturday night. I know, because I was with him, and know it was he. He is not an impostor, as your friend thinks might come representing himself to be the True Christ. But, he was Jesus of Nazareth. He is the only one in all the Spirit World who has the wonderful countenance of Love and Truth. He is the One True Son of God that can save you, and your friend, from your sins. Believe in him. Do not let the teachings or false statements of the other spirits cause you to have doubts as to his being the True Christ. Keep his Love fresh in your hearts. He will come to you again. Also, to Mr. Colburn, if he will only believe and earnestly pray to him. He is not the spirit that Mr. Colburn thinks may impersonate him. He is the True Jesus that was hanged on the cross and arose again from the dead. Be not deceived by the spirits who say that he cannot come to you or your friend. He is your friend and Saviour, and he Loves you both as his younger brothers. Give your Love to God. He will show you the Way to Salvation.

Jesus is the personality that took the form of human, and lived on the Earth, teaching the Truths of God.

Christ is the Truths that Jesus taught. These Truths (of God) are the Everlasting Things that will save the human race from their sins. He (Jesus) is a spirit, just as we are. But, he is so very far above us in the Spirit Life, and Knowledge of God, that we all, who believe in God, look up to him as our teacher and saviour from our sins.

Believe that he is your saviour, and you will not be deceived. Let his Love for you keep you in the True Way to Eternal (Immortal) Life and Happiness.

Goodbye. May God Bless you, your father. (John Padgett)

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 14th, 1914

I am here, your grandmother.

I am exceedingly happy. I am glad that you are seeing the Truth, as it is in Christ. He is the Truest Son of God, as I have found in my Life here. He is not a saviour of the merely churchman, but of them who have received the New Birth of the Holy Spirit. Do not let the thought that you must be a member of any church keep you from seeking his help and Love, for he is the saviour of the individual, and not of the aggregate of people who happen to belong to a church.

He was with you on Saturday night. He talked to you. I am well acquainted with him. Often see and converse with him. So I know that he was the True Christ of the Scriptures. He was only trying to let you feel that he is interested in your Spiritual welfare. You must believe that he was with you.

I know the spirit that Mr. Colburn referred to (Rector). He is not a good spirit. He is a spirit that has an inordinate amount of vanity. Often impersonates Jesus and other spirits of high station. He is not to be believed when he makes the assertion that he is the Christ. Let him alone. He will not trouble you, or your friend, in the way of impersonating the True Christ.

Give my Love to your friend. Tell him that I am very much interested in his Spiritual welfare. I will try to help him, and lead him to the realization of the Truth, as I know it in the Spirit World. He is only a little way from the Kingdom. He will soon see the Truth, in all its beauty and purity. Tell him to have Faith in his God, and pray to Him for Light. He will get it more abundantly. He is a very good and loving human in his Spiritual Life. He will soon feel that God is his True and Loving Saviour.

Goodnight. May the Love of God rest with you, and keep you from all sin and unhappiness forever. Your grandmother, Ann Rollins.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 15th, 1914

Yes, I am your grandmother.

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Yes. I am in close touch with the Lord. God is a Spirit. He is The One Mind and Spirit that teaches all other spirits that the Truth is the only thing that can save from sin and error. Do not let the teachings of the Saviour become mere idle sounds in your ears. Believe in them, and you will be soon in the possession of the Precious and Glorious Jewels of the Truth. Let him lead you to God. Love him, and he will be with you, and teach you the Truths of his Father.

The New Birth is the flowing of the (Holy) Spirit of God into your soul, and the disappearing of all that tends to turn your heart from the Truth and Divine Love of God. It comes by the workings of the Holy Spirit that conveys the Grace of God. It is not a working of your own will, or power. It is The Divine Love of God causes the change. You cannot, of yourself, change the evil workings of your heart. But you can pray, and the Holy Spirit will come into your soul. Then you will realize the change.

The (Holy) Spirit is the Power of God, which He uses to influence humans to seek His Favor and Love. It is not God Himself, but only one of His Instrumentalities, with which he works for the Salvation of Humankind. Let your Love for Him be the holiest and best kind that you can give to Him. Pray for the Divine Love with earnest sincere prayer.

Yes, Jesus is the teacher. The Holy Spirit is God's Messenger, or Instrument, that carries into the soul the Divine Love, that is bestowed on the truly penitent human. Jesus is the saviour of humans, by his teachings and his example. The Holy Spirit is the Comforter that carries into the soul the Divine Love. Jesus is still teaching and influencing humans to turn to God. He will continue to teach until the Celestial Kingdom is closed. He will come as a still small voice that will reach human's souls, and lead them to the Father. He will not come as the Adventist preach.

Jesus will come quietly into each human's heart. In that way establish the millennium. He is not going to have a kingdom all his own. He is the son of his Father, and will remain in the Spirit World to teach humans to progress to the Heavenly Planes, that reach up to the Presence of God. He is the most glorious spirit in all the Heavens. He is the greatest spirit under the dominion of his Father.

There is only One God! Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, are merely the Forces, which God uses to carry out His Great Plans for the Redemption of Human.

Let me stop now, as I am tired. Your Grandmother, (Ann Rollins).

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 15th, 1914

I am here, your Mother.

You are the best son in the world. Yes, and you must Love me more than you do. Give me more of your heart and you will feel that I am with you more. Yes, and I am very often with you. No, he is in the lower sphere, but he will soon be with me. He is progressing very fast and is a lovely spirit.

Yes, I do not believe in hell and eternal punishment. They are the false teachings of the orthodox churches.

(The yesand no are answers to questions asked by Mr. Padgett)

Jesus is the same as I believed him to be on Earth. Yes, he is my saviour still, but I do not worship him as God. He is not God, but a spirit of the greatest perfection and goodness. He is with me quite often. He talked to you on Saturday night. He will come to you again very soon and explain the True Teachings of the Bible. Let him be your friend and adviser.

I have a home and live with a spirit that is the same in progression as myself. We are very happy together. She is the soulmate of your father. No, I am not, but he is waiting to come here and be with the one who is. Yes, but he is not in the same sphere with me. He is in the one (sphere) with your father and he is progressing too. No, I did not, and only met him when he came to the Spirit World. He was living in the City of Chicago, and was a very wealthy man, but a very great sinner. He is now in a state of progression and will be with me soon. Yes, but I am not his, and he is not mine.

Yes, they are, but he is not with her yet. He is too earthly, but is progressing. Yes, I do. She is Helen. She does, and you must Love her too.

You must go to bed. Goodnight my son, your mother, Ann R. Padgett.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 24th, 1914

I am here, Jesus.

Be of good cheer for I am with you always. Do not let your heart fear, for the Lord is your Keeper. He will be your guide and shield. Only believe and trust in Him. You will soon be born again into the Spiritual World of His Kingdom. Let me teach you, and give you the thoughts that He gave me while on Earth. Let me show you that the things of this World are not the things that save the soul from sin and unhappiness. Be a True Follower of your God.

(The New Birth?)

It is the flowing of the Holy Spirit (Divine Love) into the soul of a human, and the disappearing of all that tends to keep it in a condition of sin and error. It is not the workings of the human's own will, but the Grace of God. It is the Divine Love of God that passes all understanding. You will soon experience the change. Then you will be a happy human, fit to lead others to the Truths of God. Let your heart be open to the knockings of the Holy Spirit. Keep your mind free from thoughts of sin. Be a human who Loves his God, and his fellow human. Your Love is only now of the earthly kind. It will soon be of the Things Spiritual.

You must not let the cares of this World keep you from God. Let His Holy Spirit come into your soul. Your will is the thing that determines whether you will become a Child of God, or not. Unless you are willing to let the Holy Spirit enter into your heart, it will not do so. Only the voluntary submission to, or acceptance of, the Holy Spirit will make the change.

I was the Instrument in God's hands of leading humans to His favor and Love. When I said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life", I meant that through my teachings, and example, humans should be able to find God. I was not God. I never claimed to be. The worship of me as a God is blasphemous. I did not teach it. I am a son of God, as you are. Do not let the teachings of humans lead you to worship me as a God. I am not. The trinity is a mistake of the writers of the bible. There is no trinity! Only One God, the Father. He is One and Alone. I am His Teacher of Truth. The Holy Spirit is His Messenger and dispenser of Divine Love to Humankind. We are only His Instruments, in bringing human to a Union with Him. I am not the equal of my Father. He is the Only True God. I came from the Spirit World to Earth, and took the form of human. I did not become a god, only the son of my Father. You also lived as a spirit in that (spirit world) kingdom, and took the form of human, merely as a son of your Father. You are the same as I am, except as to Spiritual Development. You may become as greatly developed as myself.

I am the only son, when on Earth, who until then had become vested with the Divine Love of God to the extent of being wholly free from sin and error. My Life was not a Life of earthly pleasure, or sin, but was given wholly to my Father's Work. I was His only son in that Light. He was my Father, as I knew Him to be. He is not a spirit of form, like myself, or yourself.

I was born as you were born. I was the son of Mary and Joseph, and not born of the Holy Spirit, as it is written in the Bible. I was only a human being, as regards my birth and physical existence. The account in the New Testament is not True, and was written by those who knew not what they wrote. They have done the cause of God's Truths much injury. Let not your belief in that error keep you from seeing that my teachings are the Truth.

Be only a believer of God and His Truths. You will soon be in the Kingdom.

You will soon be able to understand as I understand.

Goodnight, Jesus Christ.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 24th, 1914

I am here, your Father (John Padgett).

(question - who wrote last?)

Jesus, the one of the Bible. He was with you. You are the one who must feel that you are highly favored. You must believe that it was he. No, it was the True Jesus. No impostor could have written as he did.

Goodnight, your father, John H. Padgett.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 24th, 1914

You were talking to Jesus. I know. I was here. I have talked to him many times. Be of good cheer. You will soon feel the influence of his having been with you.

Your grandmother, Ann Rollins.

September 24th, 1914

You have my blessing. It was the Christ who was talking. He is your friend and savior.

Your mother, Ann R. Padgett.

September 24th, 1914

Goodnight, I Love you, Helen.

September 24th, 1914

I am here, Bright Star.

Yes, I know. I saw, and felt, that your Love for your wife was so great and so pure, that I felt better too. You certainly do Love her. She loves you even more, for her love is something that I have never seen surpassed. She is such a beautiful and sweet spirit that we all Love her. So, you must feel that you are more blessed than most humans.

I am very happy. I would like to talk to you more often than I do, as you help me so much when I come to you. For you Love me as a True Brother, and realize that I am not a mere indian squaw, but a Spirit of Light and Truth, having been Redeemed by the Divine Love of God. Oh, my dear brother, if you only knew how I love to hear of Spiritual Things of my Father, and not of those things which I have to listen to so much, you would think of me more often, and give me many thoughts that would help me in my work. I am not one to complain, but I am also one who loves the beautiful thoughts that tell of God's Love, and the Love of the Master, and of the spirits of the Higher Planes. So you see you are the only one in all the Earth who knows what I am in my spiritual nature. So think of me sometimes, and especially in your prayers. Yes, I know you do pray for me sometimes. I am so grateful, for they help me.

Yes, I do. If you will only sit in the dark for a little while, I believe that we will be able to talk as you suggest. I certainly will try my best. I know that your wife and father will. So will White Eagle, who is such a powerful spirit, that we should not have any great difficulty in establishing the rapport necessary. So try tonight after you stop writing. Maybe some result will follow.

Yes, I know. It is a wonderful thing to us all. We do not understand it, but see that it is so. You are certainly Blessed. You must do your work with all your strength and ability. I will try all that I know how to help you. You are not so very far behind some of our spirits who are very near the Kingdom in your Love for God. I believe that if you continue to receive that Divine Love, you will have a most wonderful influence with God, and also with humans. The Master certainly Loves you. You are his favorite one to do his work. So believe implicitly.

Be my True Brother, and love me as such, for your Love is True, as I can see.

Yes, you can pray for me as I said, and give me your best thoughts. I want to get closer to God and his Heaven of Love, even though I have to spend so much time in the Earth Plane. But, thank God my duties will soon be over in that respect. Then I can live more in my home higher up, where your mother lives. She is a lovely and pure spirit, and is filled with God's Divine Love. So try to be like her and you will be very happy.

Tell Mr. Colburn that I was at his house last night about six o'clock, and tried to impress him with my presence. But I could not. He is one who is very dear to me. I want him to seek for the Divine Love too. So tell him. When you go to his home again try to get the voices, for I believe that they will soon come to you all.

Yes, I do. Your father was there and called his name. Mr. Colburn answered. Your father told him that your Uncle William wanted to give you a message. Your father was actually there also.

They do not have to come there to talk to you. What can compare with the way they do talk to you. You are one of the most favored persons that I know, in the way of receiving communications. The independent voices do not convey such messages as you get, and cannot. For even if the spirits speaking could talk, in the way that those who communicate with you write, yet there would not be power sufficient to support such extended communications. I would rather have the power of automatic writing, as it is called, than any I know of. Yes, we can say some comforting things, but cannot have long communications.

Yes, she is an honest medium, or I would not sit with her. So you may rest assured of that. You do love me as such and your prayer has filled my soul with happiness. So I must go. I will come again soon and so goodnight.

Your loving sister, Bright Star.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 28th, 1914

I am here, Jesus.

You are my true brother, and will soon have the Divine Love of Our Father in your heart. Do not be discouraged or cast down, for the Holy Spirit will soon fill your heart with the Divine Love of the Father. Then you will be most happy, full of Light and Power, to help yourself and fellowmen.

Go to your Father for His Help. Go in prayer, firmly believing. You soon will feel His Divine Love in your heart. My teachings, I know, you will receive in the course of time. You will then see that your understanding will be greatly enlarged, so that you will know that I am the Father's son, as I explained it to you a few nights ago. You can, and will, receive the Father's Divine Love, so that you will not need to go through the expiation (Law of Compensation), in the Spirit World.

I was not conceived by the Holy Spirit as it is taught by the preachers and teachers who are now leading humankind in the doctrines of the churches. I was born as you were born. My earthly father was Joseph. I was conceived by God's Spirit, in the sense that I was born free from sin and error, while all other human beings were born in sin and error. I never was a human being, so far as my spiritual existence is concerned, as I was always free from sin and error. But, I had all the feelings and longings of a human being which were not of sin. My Love was human, as well as Spiritual. I was subject to all the feelings of sympathy and Love that any other human being was. Do not understand that I was with desires and longings for the pleasures of the World, which the human passions create. I was not. Only, I was capable of deep feeling, and could feel and know the suffering and distress of humanity.

Yes, I will. You will learn that many errors were written by the writers of the Bible. I will show you that the many alleged sayings of mine were not said by me, or did not express my teachings of the Truth. Her teachings of Christian Science do not express the True Meaning of Truth and Love, as I taught them. She is in error as to the ideas that God is spirit only, a spirit of mind. He is a spirit of everything that belongs to His Being. He is not only Mind, but also Heart, Soul and Love.

You are too weak to write more. You have my blessing, and also that of the Holy Spirit. Jesus the Christ.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 28th, 1914

I am here, your grandmother.

You are too much troubled in spirit to enjoy my visit, as you otherwise would. I will try to help you to be more happy. I am in a state of contentment, and have my home in the Seventh Heaven (Sphere). I have all the Blessings that my Father promised me when I was on Earth, but I had no conception of them then. My home is a wonderful mansion, built of the most beautiful material that you can imagine. There are flowers, beautiful pictures and lovely rooms filled with all kinds of furniture that you could possibly wish for. I am not the only one that lives in my home, there is also a beautiful spirit that was on Earth, a great follower of Christ and lover of her fellow human. Our home is full of the finest kind of everything that makes a home lovely.

We have many friends who visit us and whom we visit. We do the work of the Lord in helping the spirits in the lower spheres to see the Truths of the Divine Love of their Father. We are not singing all the time, but we have a great deal of beautiful music, laughter and Love.

Goodnight, your grandmother, Ann Rollins.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

September 29th, 1914

Christ Jesus is here and wishes to write to you about the Love of God, and the needs of humankind.

Let your mind be free from all thoughts of evil and sin. The Love of God is reaching out for every human, so that the meanest will be the Object of His Care. Do not let the thought that He is only Loving the good and righteous, lead you to think that you must seek the company of these favored ones only. Let the lost and unhappy be the objects of your efforts to show them The Way to the Father. You will have an opportunity, in receiving our messages, to teach all humankind about the Love of God for His Children. That they are the Children of His Greatest Care and Love. Be only earnest in your efforts to spread the Truths, which I shall teach you in my communications.You will be a successful laborer in the work, which the Father has decreed that you shall do. Give your best endeavors to the spreading of the messages. You will not only save the souls of the blinded and lost, but also will hasten the coming of the Kingdom in your own Life and heart.

Let me come to you often, for you are the instrument that I wish to use in my NewGospel of Glad Tidings to the Human Race. Be True to the trust that I shall impose in you. Let not the cares of the World keep you from spreading my Gospel. Come to the Love of God, in a more enlarged and Truthful meaning, and you will be my True follower. Let me lead you to the Fountainhead of all the Truths, which God has in store for humanity.

My own Love and power will guide you and keep you in the Way of Light and Truth that you may teach to your fellow human.

Your own soul must be first purified. Then you will be able to show others the power and Love that I have for them.

You are not to seek the help of other spirits until I teach you the Truths of my Father. He is the only One who has the power to save humans from their sins and errors. Be True and earnest in your work. Do not let other things distract your mind from the task set before you. The world needs a New Awakening. The infidelity and unbelief of humans, who think themselves wise, but who are foolish, as they will ultimately find out. The material things must not fill their (minds) souls much longer, or they will suffer more than they can imagine. The material needs of humankind are not the only clouds that must be lifted from their souls.

You are too weak to write more now.

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Yes, but I am not able to write more now because you are not in condition. You must stop writing now.

Jesus Christ.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

October 5th, 1914

I am here, Jesus.

You must not be too anxious for me to explain all the mysteries of God's Creation. I must not teach you all of them now. But will later, when you have become purified, and are At-One with Him.

You are the messenger that I shall use to carry my Gospel to humankind. I will teach you those Truths, which you cannot now understand. I will explain all the qualities of the soul and spirit so that humankind need no longer remain in darkness, as to what my teachings mean, and as to how very necessary it is that they shall understand and follow my teachings.

Do not be over anxious at this time to know the mysteries of preexistent, of the difference between the soul and the spirit. You shall know in the future. You will then be able to receive the Truths of God in their respects to your fellow human.

Go to the Lord in prayer. He will remove from your soul all that tends to defile it and make it an alien from Him.

He is the One that will clean it from all sin and error. Do not believe all that you read tonight in the books that you are reading at the library. Some statements were True, and some were not. Only the teachings that I shall give you will tell the wishes of my Father.

Let not your heart be troubled or cast down, for I am with you always. I will help you in every time of need. Only believe that I am the Jesus of the Scriptures, and you will not be long out of the Kingdom.

You are my chosen one on Earth to proclaim my Glad Tidings of Life and Love. Be True to yourself, and to your God. He will Bless you abundantly.

Keep His Commandments. You will be very happy, and will soon receive the contentment that He gives His True Children. Go to Him in all your troubles. You will find rest and peace.

Unknown questions

Yes, in a very short time you will be free to devote your whole attention to my objects, and to your work. You will soon be in a condition to let the things of this world alone, as I need you for my service. Let me tell you that you will get your home as you desire and have your surroundings all harmonious for receiving my messages. You will be with your daughter to keep you happy and free from care.

Let me bless you and leave you now, for you are too nervous to write more at this time.

With all my Love and my blessings, and those of the Holy Spirit, Jesus.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

October 5th, 1914

Oh, my dear son,

The Master has told you the way to salvation. Only believe!

I am your Loving mother. (Ann Padgett)

November 3rd, 1914

I am here, Helen.

You are too nervous to write. You must go to bed early and rest. You are my darling Ned. I love you with all my heart. So do not think that you are not loved by me, your father, mother and grandmother. We all Love you.

Question and answer:

Yes, I have. He (Jesus) says, that he is waiting for you to get in condition to write. He will write to you as he said. You must soon get in condition. You will get it by prayer, as I am told by your grandmother, who is here. She says that you must believe more thoroughly in the promises of the Master, and you will receive the Gift of the Spirit. She says that you are too much taken up with your business matters to let the (Holy) Spirit enter into your soul in all its Truth and Love. She says that you must not let the thoughts of what you shall do in the future keep you from praying to God and Loving him, as you will be taken care of.

She says; That Jesus is the one for you to believe in and love, as he will be your friend and will help you to progress in your Spiritual Life, as well as in your temporal Life. He is the one who can help you more than anyone else.

She says; That the Christian Scientists Church is the one that will help you most, as the people who attend there are more in accord with the teachings of Christ than are the Spiritualists of the church of Mrs. Kates. She further says; that the Spiritualists are not teaching the True Religion of the Master. That is the only one that will lead to God. They are merely showing the possibility of communicating between the dead and the living. Which is desirable so far as it goes, but which does not save humans from their sins, or bring them At-One with God. So, I would not attend there very often, but rather go to some church that teaches that Jesus is the saviour of humans from their sins. Go to the Methodist, Congregational, or Universalist church. Each of them will help you to progress in your Spiritual Development.

Yes, he (the preacher) is all wrong. You will not be benefitted by him. He is not in the True Way of Light. He is too imaginative and visionary. He does not see the things that he preaches. He is not doing any good to himself, or to others. Go to the Lord. He will lead you aright. I mean the Father, whom Jesus taught about, and that he will help you to see the Truth and the things that are necessary for your salvation. Yes, you should, as they are the mediums by which God lets His Divine Love and Favor come to human. They (the Holy Spirit and Jesus) are the only True Instrumentalities of the Father, which He uses to show the Way to Salvation, and to confer His Divine Love and Grace on human.

Yes, you do, only believe more. You will soon receive the Gift of the (Holy) Spirit in all its fullness. Yes, you will. So will those that you come in contact with. Give the Lord your whole heart and soul. You will soon realize the difference in your Life.

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Yes, she does, and is with you often and prays God to Bless you.

She says; that she is willing, for once to attend such a sance. But that it is not beneficial as a general thing, as it does not help the Spiritual Development of the person, but only convinces the human that the spirit is a living being and can come back to Earth and show them self in a form that may be realized.

The (automatic) writing phase is the most satisfactory, as you can preserve what is said, and can commune in a more extended and enlightening manner.

She (Mrs. Kates) is talking through her own mind. No spirit talks through her. She sees the forms and scenes which she describes. She hears the voices of spirits talking to her, and she merely repeats what she hears. (Irish control) She merely repeats the language that she hears.

You will be a strong medium of communicating by the pencil. You will not be a clairvoyant, as that is a phase that is not intended for you to possess. Yes, and you will not only be able to write for us, but for Jesus, as he desires. You will become a True Follower of him. Then you will be able to write with much facility and success. He will tell you when he writes. I do not know what he will write. He has only told me that he will write on the Truths that the Bible does not contain, or rather that he will correct certain passages contained in the Bible.

Yes, you must Love me as I Love you. Then you will be happy. Yes, and you must believe that I am. Yes, I am, and will soon be in the Third Heaven (Sphere). I will then be so much happier. Yes, it is. That is what I want you to do.

Goodnight my own Love, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

November 8th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

Yes, I was. You were benefitted by the services, although you did not enjoy the full blessings of the fact that Jesus writes through you. You should not let that thought enter into your workshop as it is only one of the blessings that you can enjoy if you will try.

You did not pray to God, as you should have done. He was the One that you should have thought of more.

Question and Answer:

Yes, I know, but they were only trying to feel the Presence of God and the Holy Spirit. You did not get the full benefit of the service. Yes, that is so, but you must not let that idea prevent you from worshipping God, as He does not want anyone to worship Him in any other way than in Spirit and in Truth.

I am your grandmother who is dictating this message to Helen, because she does not understand yet, the Fullness of God's Divine Love. I am trying to let you know that you must worship God only. Let your heart go out to Him in thankfulness and Love.

Jesus of course is the one for you to keep in holy rapport with, so do not let the thought that he is not a god prevent you from Loving and serving him. You must not think of him as your saviour from sin and error, but merely as one who is interested in you, and wants to write through you. This will help you to progress.

His blood does not save you, nor does his death. His Love and teachings do save you from sin and death. He is not going to let you feel that he is not your friend, unless you turn away from him to get the love of Earth, by things and pleasures.

Question and Answer:

Yes, but you were not praying to the Father as you should have done. Do not let the thought that you are going to write for him, keep you from praying to the Father, or you will not advance in your Spiritual Life. You are not in condition to write more tonight. I would write fully on just what you should know, and will do so later. You will soon know just what I mean. Go to bed and rest.

Goodnight, your Grandmother. Helen: Goodnight, with all my Love.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

November 11th, 1914

I am here, your grandmother.

Yes, I am here. I wish to tell you that you must not let what I said to you last night discourage you, for I was only trying to let you know that you must not forget to pray to God for His Blessing. You were not in a condition to fully understand what I wrote. You were only in a condition of doubt, as to what it was that you should do in order to feel the influence of my meaning.

Question and Answer:

Yes, it is. You must not so worship him (Jesus). They were not only wrong in that particular, but they did not understand that Jesus does not want to be worshipped in that way. They may follow him in his teachings and assemble, but must worship only God. You can help them to see the Truth. You should try to do so.

Yes, I know. Nevertheless, you should make an effort, for they must learn that Jesus is only a son of God and is not The God, or any part of Him. He is the one for them to seek, and ask his aid in order to learn the Truth. Yes, I know, but they will have to learn sooner or later that the Holy Spirit is of God, and not a medium of Jesus, to bring about their New Birth and entrance into God's Kingdom. He is the One that confers the blessings of the (Holy) Spirit. They will realize it when they receive the (Holy) Spirits inflow of Divine Love and Grace. Yes, many have, and their influence is good and helpful, their spirit friends are with them to realize that God's Love and Truth. Yes, sometimes, but they do not enjoy being there, consequently do not remain very long, or take any part in the sances.

He is not present at the various meetings that are held in the several churches over the whole country, but his Truths are there, in the character of spirits who are ordained to do the work of teaching the Truths, which he taught, and which are the Truths of God.

The Holy Spirit is the one that can cause the inflowing of God's Divine Love. It is present in all meetings, as it is without form, or personality. It is the Messenger of God. It can be in all places at the same time, so that the penitent, no matter how far apart, can receive Its Influence and feel Its Saving Grace and Divine Love. It is not necessary for it to use other spirits to carry its Divine Love and Influence. It, of Itself, is able and all comprehending enough to influence the persons who seek for its inflowing. So do not think that you have to have Jesus present in order to obtain the Blessings of the Holy Spirit. He meant that where they are gathered together for the purpose of seeking the Divine Love of God, he would be able to help them feel the Influence of the Holy Spirit. He would not have to be present himself for that purpose, but he would be represented by the Holy Spirit. No, he cannot, for he is a person, and has all the limitations that belong to the individual.

Jesus is not a spirit in the sense that God is a Spirit. He is only an individualized spirit as you are. He is only a spirit of such wonderful development that he can control all the spirits of his own manner of thinking, and who have been Born Again into God's Kingdom so that he can have them do his work, just as he teaches them to do. Yes, he can direct the Holy Spirit, in the sense that when the penitent prays for help, the Holy Spirit will respond and fulfill the work that the Father has provided it to do.

Jesus is the only True exponent of his Father's Truths. He alone, through his teachings, can cause the Holy Spirit to enter the hearts and souls of humankind. No, it is not, for the Father has given him the power to control all the spirits that are of the Father's Kingdom of Truth and Love.

Christ is not only a Spirit of the Father, but is the one that God gave to Jesus when he anointed him on his earthly mission. He is the one spirit that cannot be made to do anything that is contrary to God's Love and Law. No, not in addition to the spirit that Jesus had, but the (Holy) Spirit that God gave to Jesus at the time of the anointing.

The spirit that Jesus had before that time became one and the same with the Christ Spirit. They are now one. Jesus is not a human, as is taught by some writers, but is the Christ of God, a spirit that is full of God's Truths. He is the great dispenser of Truths. He cannot lie, or do anything but what the Father has given him to do.

Yes, Jesus the spirit is only a spirit, as you have a spirit. Jesus the Christ is a Spirit that is without form or limitations, so that the Holy Spirit can be everywhere at the same time. Yes, he meant that he, as the Christ, would be with all peoples whenever they might be gathered together seeking his help and teachings. Believe, as Jesus the mere spirit, he did not mean that he would be with them.

So, you may believe that he is with you always in the sense that he is your Christ. This Jesus, the teacher of Truth, and not the Christ. The latter is with you, and every one else, at all times. Only the penitent must ask that He let them feel His influence, and teach them the Truth of God, the fact that the Holy Spirit is waiting to enter into their hearts and fill them with the Divine Love.

Go to the church where you were last night, as you will be much more benefitted than you will be by attending the other church. You will be under the influence of more spirits who have received the New Birth.

No, not in the sense that the Holy Spirit is in their hearts. They are only letting their minds become confused with the idea that Jesus' blood or crucifixion saves them, when the fact is the blood of Jesus or the crucifixion is not necessary, as a matter of belief to the salvation. The only thing that saves them from their sins and reconciles them to God is that they must become conscientious of God's Truths and receive the Holy Spirit (Divine Love) into their souls. No vicarious suffering on the part of Jesus is necessary to save them. He never taught the erroneous doctrine. It is not doing good being taught by the preachers who claim to represent his cause.

No, only in the sense that those things call the attention of humankind to Jesus and his mission on Earth as between God and human, not blood of Jesus, or because suffering can appease God or save human. God is a God of Love, and does not have any wrath to be appeased. He is only to glad to have His Children come to Him and be At-One with Him. He is not waiting to punish them, or have humans suffer because of any wrath that he may have towards them. They suffer only because they have violated His Laws. They must do that which will remove the causes of the violations of these Laws.

Humans are not the object of God's anger, but are the Dear Children of His Love. He is not pleased when they do wrong, or when they do not obey His Precepts. Let not the idea that God delights in the punishment of the wicked make you think that God wants any one of His Children to suffer. He is only too ready to save and have the sinner come to His Love and Care. He is the One Perfect Love that exists.

You must stop writing now, as you will not go to your dinner.

Your Loving grandmother. (Ann Rollins)

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

November 14th, 1914

I am here, Thomas Padgett.

I am Thomas Padgett. I am your father's uncle. I lived in St. Mary's County, Maryland, and passed over in 1831 at the county seat, Leonardstown. I was not a very good man when I passed over. I am now in the Fourth Sphere, and am progressing very rapidly.

I was his (my grandfather's) brother. He is here and is very happy. He is in a condition of love with his wife that makes them perfectly happy and contented.

Yes, I have and often talk to him about you and your gift of writing. You must believe that the spirits write to you, for I assure you that they do. You must not let any seeming inconsistencies cause you to lose faith in the power of communicating, or you will lose the greatest consolation that you can ever obtain. Be a true medium, and you will not only become much happier yourself, but will help to make others happy.

Let me come to you occasionally and write. will help you in your investigation.

Your grand uncle,Thomas Padgett.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

November 16th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

I am very happy.

Yes, I am. I feel that God is filling my soul with His Divine Love. I believe that He is my Father and that I am His Child. He is very near me, and the Holy Spirit is coming into my soul more and more. I have commenced to have more Faith in His Divine Love and Grace. I believe that He is waiting to fill my soul with His Divine Love, as you have told me. I am so happy that I can realize that He is my own True Father of Love. He is with me so very much now, that I know that I have been Born Again, as your grandmother has told me I would be, if I would only believe and let His Holy Spirit enter into my soul. I will soon be in the Third Sphere that I told you about. I will then be so very happy. I will come to you just as soon as I realize the change in my condition and tell you of the glories that your mother tells me will be mine. So do not worry more about me as you have done, and pray for my salvation. I am soon to be in my new home, and then you will know that I am a spirit Redeemed.

Yes, it will. You will be so very happy also. Let us both thank God for His Goodness and Love. Let us try to progress more and more until we join each other in this World of Light and Happiness.

Yes, it has more Love for you than ever before. When you commence to really learn what the True Meaning of God's Divine Love is, you will see that all our past happiness and love are merely shadows of what the Real Love and Happiness is that we may enjoy when the Holy Spirit takes full possession of our souls, and makes us feel that the Father's Love and Care are only the One Thing necessary for our True Happiness and Love.

Yes, I will just as soon as I reach that home.

Yes, they all rejoice that I have at last found God, and have His Divine Love to that extent that makes my soul free from sin and error.

Yes, and so could I, but I must not write much tonight as you are tired and sleepy.

Goodnight, my own true lover, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

November 30th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

I am very happy for I have so much Divine Love of God in my heart that I cannot think of any thing that tends to make me unhappy.

Yes, my home is very beautiful. I am perfectly delighted with it. It is made of white marble, and is surrounded by lawns, flowers, and trees of various kinds. The grass is so very green, and the flowers are so beautiful and variegated. The trees are always in foliage, and have such beautiful limbs and leaves. I am most pleased with my home. I mean the building. There are many beautiful pictures on the walls. The walls are all frescoed and hung with fine coverings. The floors are inlaid with beautiful mosaics. I have all the splendid furniture that I could possibly wish for. My library is full of books of all kinds, especially of those that tell of God and His Love for human. You would be in your element if you could be with me.

I have music, such as you never heard on Earth, and instruments of various kinds, which I am learning to play. I sing with all my heart and soul as the days go by. I have beds on which I lie down, but I never sleep. We do not need sleep here. We only rest, for sometimes we get tired from our work and are greatly refreshed by lying on the beds and couches, which are so comfortable that we do not realize that we are tired after lying down a little while.

Yes, I do. When I sing, I think of you, and wish that you could hear me as you did when I was with you in the body. I like "The Song that Reached my Heart"; it seems to bring me more in rapport with you than any of the others, although "Sing Me to Sleep" is one that I enjoy to sing very much.

Yes, we eat fruit and nuts, but do not do so because we are hungry, but more because we enjoy the flavors so much. We drink water, pure and sweet, as it makes us feel so refreshed when we are a little tired. No, our fruit is not of the earthly kind. It is so much more delightful, that I am unable to describe it to you. The nuts are different, also. Yes, the water is purer than what you have and is more refreshing.

No, our instruments are not like those on Earth. They are not stringed instruments, but are played by our thoughts of goodness and love. We do not use fingers or lungs, but merely thoughts. If they are pure and loving, our music is very beautiful and not discordant.

Yes, I am. When you are asleep, or doing something in the line of your work, then you do not need me. I am free to leave you. You must not think that I am not free to leave you when I am with you, for I am. I come to you of my own free will. But love compels, and in that particular I am not free and don't want to be. Your love to me is the greatest thing, except God's Divine Love, in all the world. Without it I would be very unhappy. You do not know how very necessary your loving me is to my happiness. You must never cease to love me, for if you do not, I will not enjoy my home or the spirit world so much. Yes, I know, but I sometimes fear that you may forget to think of me, as I want you to.

Yes, it is permanent. The house, trees and flowers, are more real to me than were ever the houses, trees and flowers on Earth. They are not shadowy, as you may think, but are so very substantial that they never decay or grow old.

Yes, I have one selected for you now. I will make it so beautiful that you will wonder how it was possible for me to do so. There will be so much love in it, that there will be no room for anything that is not in harmony with my love. You will realize that your own Helen loves you with all the love that a soul can have for its mate.

Yes, we will be together in every way, and separated only while we are doing some of God's Work. You will be with me in all my thoughts, and I will be with you in your thoughts. Love will keep us through All Eternity.

Yes, we will Love our parents and children just as much as on Earth, but they will not need our Love so much, as they will have their own soulmates to Love them. We will visit them and be visited by them, and enjoy their society even more than when on Earth. They will love us very much, but the love that makes two souls one will exist only for the soulmates. God's Divine Love will not interfere with that, I mean our Love for God. It is of a kind that is different from our love for each other, and is of a more Spiritual and Holy Nature.

I am so very much pleased to see that you are getting more of His Divine Love in your heart each day. Soon you will do the work that the Master has laid out for you to do.

Yes, I am going to try to progress into the Higher Planes, and hope to do so as rapidly as is possible, but you may rest assured that no matter what plane I may be in, my love for you will not lessen. I will not cease to be with you as I now am. The Life in the Higher Spheres without you would not be complete. You are necessary to my complete happiness. God has decreed that two soulmates are intended to make one complete whole. They must, in order to be wholly happy and to fulfill the Laws of His Love, live together forever as one.

Yes, I know, because I have asked your grandmother and she has told me. You can progress on Earth just as rapidly as I can here, if you will let God's Divine Love come into your heart as fully and as abundantly as I do. You can, if you will only pray to the Father. He does not require the Child of His Care to be in the Spirit World in order to develop their soul. You have the same soul now that you will have when you come here. If you let God fill it with His Divine Love while you are on Earth, why should it not progress as much as it does here? God does not intend to wait until you come over here that He may give you the full enjoyment of His Holy Spirit. It all depends upon you. If you truly and sincerely seek His Divine Love, you will get it on Earth, just as easily as you can get it after you have shunned off the body. The Divine Love of God, coming into the soul of a human does not depend upon whether they are in the flesh, or in the spirit. All souls must answer for the sins done in the body, but it is not necessary that such penalties be paid in the Spirit World, you can pay the penalty while on Earth. As you sow so shall you reap, but the reaping is not necessarily here.

If you seek earnestly for God's Grace and Divine Love, you can obtain them on Earth. I am informed that when they are obtained on Earth, greater will be the progress of the spirit when it comes over. So let me pray you to seek these Blessings while you are in your present Life, and not wait for them to be given to you after you have entered the Spirit World.

Your grandmother says that she had that experience. When she came here, she entered the Third Heaven (Sphere), without going through a period of expiation, or purification, in the lower spheres. She is a wonderfully bright and pure spirit. Is very close to God, and has so much of His Divine Love in her soul, that her countenance really seems an illuminated face. She is in a condition of almost Perfect Love and Peace, though she says that she is striving for a higher plane and a closer At-Onement with her Heavenly Father. She is the one who can help you in your Spiritual Progress more than all others, except Jesus, who is the grandest and most glorious spirit in all the Heavens (Spheres).

Let your thoughts be of a pure and holy kind. You will soon realize that God's Divine Love is in your soul, to a degree that will make you feel that He is your own Near and Dear Father. Do not doubt His Love, or that He can come to you through the Holy Spirit, for that is His Messenger of Divine Love. It will never refuse to come into a human's heart and soul, where the desire exists to have it come, by earnest sincere prayer for it's inflowing.

Be True to yourself, as I have told you. You will soon be in God's Love and favor. Do not let worries or disappointments keep you from seeking His Divine Love, and believing that He is waiting to enfold you in His Arms of Mercy and Love, for He is not only waiting, but wants you to call on Him. Do not let the thought that He is afar up in the Heavens cause you to think that He is not always near you anxiously waiting your call.

He is not willing that one of His Children should perish. When they go astray His Great Heart of Love yearns for them to return and partake of His Bounties and Blessings. You must try with all your heart to realize this Truth, for it is a Truth. Is the Greatest Truth taught us by Jesus, who is the greatest of all teachers. Make your daily Life one of prayer and aspirations. You will see that what I have told you is not only True, but you can make it a part of yourself. You have only to let your desires turn towards God. He will meet you more than half way, for He never sleeps, or closes His Ear, to the supplications of His Children. Those who have sought Him, with an earnest and repentant wish, and longing desire of the soul, know that He has always responded to their call.

You are now in The Way to obtain these Blessings. I pray that you may continue.For you cannot find True Happiness in any other way. This is what Jesus meant when he said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life". He knew that there was Only One Way to obtain the Father's Divine Love. That is through the New Birth, which is merely the flowing into the soul of human the Divine Love of God, to the extent of eradicating all desires and tastes for things, which are not in Harmony with God's Laws and Love.

You must give your thoughts more to this vital consideration of the economy of God's Being.

It is not a question of what church you belong to. Or, what particular faith you may have. Or, who your preacher may be. Or, to what duties you owe to the church. Or, to the ceremony of baptism according to the church's dogmas.But, whether you have sought God in spirit and in Truth, and have received His Favor and Divine Love.

This is an individual matter! No human can be saved by the sufferings or progress of another. Each soul is a complete unit, when joined with its mate. The Spiritual condition of each soul towards God, determines what its place and happiness will be in the Spirit World. So do not let the thought that it is necessary to believe in a special church dogma, or any ceremony, keep you from seeking the New Birth. This is the Fundamental Principle that operates in the At-Onement of human with God. All other doctrines are merely secondary, and need to be believed, only as they may lead to a belief in this Foundation.

I am writing at the dictation of your grandmother, for she knows. I, of course, would not be able to write in this way of my own thoughts and experience.

She says that you must try to get in condition so that the Master may write that, that which he shall say will show to humankind the Everlasting Truths of God's Kingdom and Laws. That she is a mere tyro in the Knowledge, and ability to explain God's Truths, that Jesus will teach you. So try to become more Spiritual, so that you may learn the Wonderful Teachings of God's Divine Love and Truth that he will give you.

You must stop writing now, as you are tired and so am I.

So Love your own True Helen. Pray to God for Divine Love and Spiritual Enlightenment. Helen

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 5th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

You are not doing the right thing by not loving me as you did. Try to think of me more in the way that you did when you were in your last meeting at the Colburns. The way for you to love me is to let your heart believe that I am with you and love you with all my heart.

You should try to throw off the feeling that you speak of. Do not be so despondent as everything will come right as I told you. Be more hopeful and you will feel better.

I will help you, if you will only trust me as I have told you. I know that you will he able to do what you want to in reference to Nita. You will sell the apartment in time, or I would not say so. Yes, I am. If you do, you must promise to never doubt again. So you see that I am willing to risk a great deal on my prophecy. Be true to me and you will succeed.

Yes, it was. I know what you have in mind. I thought of you then, and of the influences that were surrounding you. The woman was influencing you in the way that you think. But you must not grieve about it. Try to turn your thoughts to me and my love.

The conditions were not good. Because the young medium was not surrounded by the spirits that could help in producing the results that you are seeking. She has too many spirits that are merely of the Earth Plane, and whose thoughts were of the kind that will not help you very much. Do not sit again with her, or with the other woman, for they only retard the success of your efforts.

She saw some things, but not all that she spoke of. The baby was all right and so were the hearts in the woman. The comment on Mr. Colburn's front, or the newspapers on your lap, were not there. She only imagined them. Yes, she saw the pirate. He was there. The room was full of Indians, but they were not of the kind that I admire. Mr. Colburn's Indians were not there in any number. Some were Swanee, Wolf and Rolling Cloud. Another whom I do not know. Bright Star was not there, nor was the guide of Miss Colburn. Your guide, White Eagle was. He was not in good humor because of the great number of spirits. He wanted to talk, but he did not try, neither did any of us.

Yes. That was the result of an effort on the part of some spirits trying to make themselves felt by you. They were not any that we desire to have present.

Yes. Your father was, but not your mother or grandmother. They would not attend, as they said that the conditions were not such as they desired to have when they attended. No, they were not either.

I was not at Mrs. Ripple's, but I believe that your father went there. He said that he was going as you were there. He desired to send you a message, so that you might know that he desired to speak to you. He is not here now, and I do not know what he said.

Yes, I can. He is here now, and says that he wanted to send you word that your Uncle William wished to be remembered to you. He is here also and says that he wants you to pray for him and think kindly of him when you try to write, as he needs your help so much. Yes, he says, but he wants you to think more of him and he will progress much faster. He says that Fred is with him in the Spirit World, and that his mind is improving very much. That he was not of such a mind on Earth that he was able to commit a very great sin, consequently that his progress here is much faster because of that fact. That he is as a child, and needs only enlightenment to learn the Way to God's Divine Love. He is a bright spirit, but is not so well informed, as he will be soon.

You have me. Only believe I am yours now, and always will be my own darling Ned.

You will he more satisfied with Takoma Park after you get rid of your troubles and get the money that you need. I do not think that you would like California after you should get there. It is not so desirable a place as you may imagine, for the purposes that you have in mind, and for which you have been selected. It is not a good country for the development of Spiritual Things. You had best be contented with the place we have selected for you.

No, I do not. It (Baltimore) is too much given to the old way of thinking about the religions that have been taught so long. The people are conservative and would not easily he brought to see the Real and New Truths that you are to teach to the World. So let your mind be fixed on the Park. Besides, it will be best for Nita and her ambition. She will have much better opportunities in Washington then elsewhere. Because you are not satisfied with your present condition, let the matter rest until you are in position to choose. Then you will not be so unsettled, as you will see that the plans we mention are the best. Yes, I know, but they will be more likely to be with you in the Park than in California, or elsewhere.

Let your mind rest on that point. We are not witches but your own dear departed loves. We do not think that that church will be the one for you to join. If you must associate with some church, join the Universalist. That is the one that is more in accord with the Truths, as you will be taught. No, it does not. It merely believes that he is the son of God, as I am informed.

The Unitarian Church is not very Spiritual because the people do not give much of their thoughts to the things of the spirit. They depend too much on their ideas of morality, and the teaching that God is a Being that will not let anyone be punished for sins that they did not think were contrary to their ideas of right or wrong. They have no knowledge of the Holy Spirits mission, or that God is a God of Love and ready to flow into human's souls whenever humans call upon Him. Yes, they do. But they do not really understand the full meaning of His Love as you do. I think that you could associate with them to advantage to your Spiritual Being. I mean that their ideas that God is Love, and is the only One that can help humankind to become spiritual and At-One with Him. They are not right though, in all their teachings. They would deprive humankind of one of the greatest consolations that they can have while on Earth. That is the communication with their departed friends. They are very good in other particulars, but they would not suit you on the question of Spiritualism.

Yes, I know. I am glad of it. It will help her (Nita) to learn of God's Love and she will be much benefitted by it. When the time comes she can easily believe that her mother comes to her.

You will not be benefitted very much by attending the sances of the mediums who hold sances for pay, as they have all kind of spirits come to them. I think that your sitting with the Colburns will help you, as they are good people and have spirits of a more exalted condition come to them. The help that you may get from these spirits will soon enable you to get the voices.

Yes, sometimes but not often. Mr. Colburn's grandmother is a spirit of Spiritual excellence. So is his mother, to some extent, but they have not the full realization of God's Love, but they are helpful.

Yes, they are very bright spirits, but they don't come to him any more. They are in the Higher Spheres and do not come to the Earth Plane very often. As I am told, their loved ones are not on Earth, and they are not attracted to the Earth Plane very much. They know what God's Divine Love is too, but they are not so far advanced as your grandmother or mother. I have heard them talk and know what the say.

Yes, we do, only once more, for I want you to see me as I promised you should.

Yes, I do. I will write you very often. So will the rest of us. You need not go to the sances if you will only believe that we write you and are with you as we say.

I will try. So will the others. I cannot tell whether we will be successful or not. But we will try very hard. Yes, she (B.S.) will. She says that she will try to speak as she promised you. Yes, and says that your friend was at the sance last night and that your father spoke to him and sent a message to you. She says that you are too mean not to visit her, as she wishes to talk to you. She says that you were not in condition to talk. Because you were only trying to see if she would tell you that she understood what you wanted her to say, so that you might know that she had written to you. She says that when you believe that she comes to you and writes, sometimes she will not speak to you at Mr. Ripple's. She says that you are her brother and that she loves you, but that you must not think that she will do what you may desire, if it is not for the best.

She says that she was not impatient, but that the French woman tried to monopolize too much of the time with her inquiries about her business affairs. She does not deserve another husband. She says that the spirits spoke French and that Mr. Ripple did not speak at all. She is an honest medium and does not try to deceive the people. She says that she is not in love with Mr. Ripple but that she is the one that she must help, and that in doing her duty she tries to like Mr. R. as much as possible. She does not feel attracted to her in a spiritual way.

Yes, to you, to Mr. Colburn, and to Mrs. Colburn, but to scarcely any others.

She says that he (Colburn) is a very good man, but is not yet spiritually enlightened, and sees only the moral things. She is not (as much) in rapport with him as with you and the Colburns.

She says that she is willing, that you do that, as she feels that you will be much better satisfied, that the conditions will be much better if you do so. She will try very hard to let you hear her very soon. She says that she will be glad to tell you of those things, and to do so whenever you feel that you desire to have her write. She says that she will pray for you and try to help you in every way in her power. She says goodnight.

He (W.E.) says that he has not got learned to write, but will try to learn. That he made the pictures for you so that you might know that he was present. He was an artist when on Earth. He says that you may depend on him.

Yes, I am, so I will stop. Goodnight, and may God Bless you and Love you, as I do also, my own darling husband. Helen

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 5th, 1914

I am here, your Mother.

My boy, I am so glad to write you again. It seems so long since I wrote to you. I love you so much, and feel that I must tell you.

Go to the Universalist Church as Helen told you. It is the best one now in existence because it believes more in God's Love, without having to worship Jesus. As you say, the Christian Scientists are good people, but their position on Spiritualism is all wrong. Mrs. Eddy now sees her error, and wishes that she could undo it. She is in the same Sphere with me, but she does not enjoy so much of God's Divine Love as I do. I talk to her sometimes, and she tells me that she is very sorry that she made the mistake of teaching that spirits could not communicate with mortals. She is a very bright spirit but does not know all that she thought she knew when on Earth.

She may, I do not know. I will ask her. Yes, I will pray for you my dear boy with all my heart. So goodnight, your Mother. (Ann Padgett)

December 5th, 1914

I am here, your grandmother.

You must not be so despondent. Pray to God. He will Bless you. Try not to let the things of the material kind keep you from Loving God. You are not doing right by thinking so much of the troubles of Earth Life. Trust in God. He will take care of you. You will not be left alone to worry over those things, which will soon pass by. Give more of your thoughts to God. Believe more in His Love and Care. He will help you more than you can comprehend.

Yes, even as to them. He is not so weak that His Love cannot help you in those things. Be True to Him, and yourself. You will not want for anything that is for your good. I know, for my experience in Life has proved to me that I am speaking the Truth.

Yes, I am with her (Nita) very often. She is a good girl, and has much of God's Love in her heart. She is trying to learn the True Way to His Love. She will become a very spiritual woman, as she grows older. Yes, I will. She will love you too, for you seem to her now as both father and mother. Yes, you will, for I will try to help you to the fullest of my power. Only believe, and she will stay at school, and come home to you in the summer and feel that you have been her True and Loving father, as you are.

You must believe that we communicate with you. When you do so without doubt, then I do not think that you should go to the sances. They are generally of such a mixed condition that you are not helped by what you come in contact with.

Yes, I would advise you to go there. While they are not, what I consider spiritual people, yet the spirits who attend their meetings are of a very good kind, and will benefit you in the matter of your belief. Yes, I do. Your wife, and guide White Eagle, and your father will be able to talk to you soon. Bright Star will be a great help. She is a very spiritual person and loves God, as I know. But she is not yet entirely in the Blessings of His Full Love, but she is trying to obtain it (the Divine Love) very hard. Yes, she is, though many Indians are very spiritual. White Eagle is a very spiritual man and lives in the fourth plane. He is a strong spirit and seems to think a great deal of you. He will protect you in all emergencies. You can rely on him. He has never been the guide of anyone before and has not tried to learn English as he says. He will soon learn, as he is now making the effort. Only you must not let him write to you too often for he is not of the writing band.

Yes, it would. He is a powerful guide in certain ways, but he is not one who can help so much in spiritual matters. While he is good himself, yet he cannot instruct you in those things that you need to learn at this time.

They (Mr. R. & Prof. S.) are not so Spiritual, but their knowledge of certain other things in the Spiritual World will be beneficial to you. You must not confine your investigations to purely spiritual things, for while they are the things necessary, yet there are other things that you should learn. We formed our band of such persons, as we thought would serve the purpose that we had in view.

I doubt that he can cause the truth to grow but you can try him. I do not know just what power he has with reference to physical things. I believe that he can help your eyesight and liver. So let him try to do what he says. He is honest in his belief. He may succeed.

Goodnight my own dear boy, your Loving Grandmother. (Ann Rollins)

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 8th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

Let me tell you that you are only making yourself unhappy trying to learn all about the way that I write to you. You cannot do it, as you are not able to see my method. I cannot fully explain it to you. I will try to do as best I can.

When you take hold of the pencil, I exercise all my power to move the pencil, so that it will write just what I think, but in order to do that I have to let my thoughts go through your brain. You do not do the thinking, but merely let the thoughts pass through your brain. The movement of the pencil is caused by the exercise of your brain in conjunction with my power, which I exercise on the pencil. So you see, you do not originate the thought, but merely convey it to the hand, which I guide in accordance with my thought. You do not have anything more to do with what is written, than an electric wire has to do with transmitting a message from the party at the end where the message is given.

Let me explain in another way. When I think a thought, I pass it through your brain to your hand. My power to move your hand is brought into action. Just as when you think a thought, your power to move your hand is brought into action.

My thoughts are not your thoughts. When I think, your mind catches the thought, but does not create the same. So you must believe that I am doing the writing and not you, for I write some thoughts which you could not write if you tried. How do you like that for assurance?

But to be serious, you could not write the things that I write without giving much thought to the different subject matters, for some of them are not familiar to you, as you have often said. Let go the idea that you are writing things, which emanate from what is sometimes called your subconscious mind. You have no subconscious mind. The philosophers who teach such an idea are not acquainted with the Laws of the Mind. The mind is only the spiritual evidence of thoughts that congregate in the brain. Which really are not a part of the material thing which the "wise men" call the subconscious self, or mind. There is no such thing. When they let their explanations of things, which they cannot account for, rest on the assertion that the subconscious mind furnishes these thoughts, they are all wrong.

Only the material brain furnishes thoughts, which it puts forth from the observation of the senses, or from the faculties which are brought into action when the reason is made the basis of the thoughts.

I am not a very good expounder of these things. I tried to make it as plain as I could. Yes, I am telling you this from my own observation and understanding of these things. When you receive communications from Mr. Riddle, he will be able to explain more fully, and more satisfactorily, the Laws which govern these things. You must soon let him write.

I am studying the Laws of Physical and Psychical Sciences, so that I may be able to assist you in your investigations when you come to search for the true relationship between spirits and mortals, and the Laws, which control these communications. Yes, my studies include the investigation of the Laws governing clairvoyance and inspirational communications. You will have the opportunity sometime to have an experience in each of these phases. I want to be in condition to assist you, to a degree that will help you in arriving at conclusions, which will be correct, which will help others to understand the Laws that govern these things.

So you see your wife loves you so much, that she is willing to attempt to learn these things which are thought to be only for the masculine minds, in order to help you more clearly understand them.

While I will do this, I will not cease to try to learn, to the fullest, those things, which will give me a clearer understanding of those Spiritual Truths that lead closer to God and His Love. These are the absolutely necessary. The others are important, but not necessary in order that a soul may sooner or later reach the Knowledge that makes it One with the Father. The Love of God, which passes all understanding, is the one great thing to learn of and possess.

My home is now so very beautiful that my happiness is more than I can tell you of. You will be also happy when you come over, for I am filling my home with such beautiful thoughts and so much love, that when you come you will wonder how your little wife could possibly have accumulated so much beauty and filled the house with so much love.

Yes, as I receive more of God's Divine Love into my soul, my home becomes the more beautiful. Only I do not have to be in the home to be able to have this Love with me. It is with me all the time. When I am in my home, the home becomes a reflection of that Love. The home is not beautiful if the Love is not there. So you see the home depends upon the existence of the Love for its beauty. My soul is the creator of my home. Without the soul being beautiful, the home could not be beautiful.

When I leave my home to come to you, the home remains the same. Because while my soul is with me, and also the Love that makes it beautiful, yet the home retains the reflection, or as you might say, the atmosphere, of that Love, to such a degree that the beauty of the home is not lessened or deteriorated by my temporary absence. So you see the home has a permanency, although it depends upon the soul to give it its beauty and loveliness. My home is not yet perfect. As I grow in God's Divine Love, then more perfection will come to it. The more Divine Love that I have, the more beautiful the home.

We all are dependent upon the degree of Love in our souls for the appearance of our homes.

Let your endeavor be to get all of this Divine Love that you possibly can. If you succeed in getting as much as I have, you will be one with me and our home will be together. If you do not, I will have to wait until you do before we can live as one together. So do try to get all of God's Divine Love that you can. If you will only give your thoughts to the Spiritual Things, and let your soul be open to the inflowing of this Divine Love, by praying with all your soul longings, you can progress just as rapidly as I do. So Love enough, and want to be with me enough, to try with all your heart to get this Divine Love.

Your own true wife, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 9th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

I am so very happy as you are loving me very much tonight, for I can see that your thoughts are with me so much more than of late. So let me continue to feel that you love me so much.

When I realized that the time had come for me to go, I did not fear to do so. But calmly waited and thought that all my sufferings would soon end. When my spirit left the body, I commenced to feel as if I was rising out of it, and that I was going upward to the place that I had so often heard my father speak about. I had scarcely awakened to the fact that my spirit had left the body, before your mother had me in her arms and was trying to tell me that, I had nothing to fear, or cause me to feel that I was not with those that loved me. She was so beautiful that I hardly realized that it was she. When I commenced to see that I was no longer in my body, I asked her not to leave me, but to take me with her to where she lived. She told me that I could not go there, but that God had prepared a place for me to go to, and that she would accompany me and show me the Truth of my future existence. I went with her. She took me to a place that was very beautiful and filled with spirits who had recently passed over. She did not leave me for a long time. When she did, your father came to me and said, "I am Ned's father. I want to help you to realize that you are now in the Spirit World, and must not let the thoughts of the Earth keep you from getting in a condition to learn that all of us are only waiting for the Love of God to help us to higher and better things."

Your grandmother soon came to me, and told me who she was, and was so beautiful and bright that I scarcely could look at her. For her face was all aglow with what seemed to me to be a Heavenly Light. Her voice was so sweet and musical that I thought she must be one of God's Angels that I had read about in the Bible. She told me of the things that God had prepared for me, and that He wanted me to love Him and feel that He Loved me.

But after awhile I commenced to think that I must be deceived in my sight and hearing, and was still on Earth, and needed only my body again to know that I was still a mortal. Some time elapsed before I really became conscious that I was a spirit and was not on Earth. When I tried to talk to you, as I did, you would not listen to me and turned away from me as if you did not see or hear me. After a short time your mother and father came to me again, and tried to persuade me that I must not continue in my belief that I was still of the Earth, but must believe that I was in Spirit Life, and needed only the things of the spirit to make me more contented.

So you see, I was so very fortunate in having your dear parents and grandmother welcome me when I passed over. If they had not received me, I do not know to what condition of fear and distraction I might have been subjected. No spirit can learn the Truth of the change, unless in some way helped by others.

So you see, when you come over I will be there to receive you, and love you so much that you will never have to go through the period of doubt that I did. Your father is also waiting to receive you. In fact, all your spirit band have agreed that when you come, you will have nothing to fear, for want of help and Love.

I first saw my parents after I commenced to believe that I was in the Spirit World. When I saw them, they did not know me, but thought that I was still in the body, and that they were still on earth, as they had not yet awakened to the fact that they were in the Spirit World. They were very unhappy. It took considerable talking to make them believe that they were spirits and not mortals. My father was more easily convinced than was my mother, for he commenced sooner to recall that when death comes, the spirit must go to God who gave it. My mother would not believe so soon, for she continued to think that she was with her acquaintances on Earth, and that they were not treating her very courteously, for when she spoke to them, they would not answer. Thank God, they both now realize that they are in the Spirit World, and that they must learn to Love God, if they would be happy.

When I commenced to leave the body there was no pain or suffering, only a feeling that I was rising out of it. No darkness appeared to me. I saw my body lying there as if it were asleep. I did not try to hold it, but thought that it was merely taking a rest, and that as soon as it felt refreshed, I would enter it again and continue to live as before. I did not wait for it to awaken, but continued to arise until, as I told you, your mother clasped me in her arms. She was my own dear mother as well as yours.

I did not know that I was dying, but felt that something unusual was happening. I was not afraid. As I always in Life dreaded death, the strange thing to me was that I did not look upon death as dying. It was only a pleasant dreamy feeling. I only thought that I was going to become absent from my body until it was refreshed. My thoughts were not of death at all. I had been suffering pain, but I thought that I was getting well. The feeling of relief that came over me was the result of my getting better. As my spirit arose, I thought only of my condition, and how soon I would be able to return home and see my friends. No other thoughts came to me. Not even my Love for God, or the fact that I was not in condition, as regards my soul, to meet my Maker, as I had been taught. There was absolutely no fear of what might happen to me, or that I would soon be called upon to account for the sins I had committed. Just before my spirit left my body, I was unconscious. But just as soon as the separation commenced, I became fully conscious and knew everything that took place, and did not feel at all as if I were in danger or needed the help of anyone.

I did not stay with my body at all, when I commenced to leave it, but continued to rise, as I have told you, until your mother met me. So you see death, which I so much feared, was not such a dreadful thing to experience.

Yes, when my son came to where my body lay, I returned to it, and saw it taken away, and afterwards buried. I still did not understand what it all meant. Only when your grandmother told me that I would no more inhabit it, did I commence to realize that I had left it forever. Even then, I had some feeling that she was mistaken and that in some way I would return to it again and continue to live on Earth.

Yes, when I had been in the Spirit World a short time, I saw other spirit forms. Even then, I was not in a condition of mind to fully understand that they were spirits and not mortals. The resemblance is very real to one who has never had their spiritual eyes opened. Even though the spirit forms all appear much more beautiful and bright, yet to me they all seemed to be human forms. I thought that I was not in condition to fully see just what they were.

You must let me stop now, for I am tired. Your own True and Loving, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 12th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

I am very happy, and so are you, as I can see, for you are not worried tonight. You must not try to write much, for our condition is not so good, as it might be.

Yes, I think so, or if you feel that you should write a little, let your grandmother write, as she is here and wants to say something to you about your Love for God, and His Love for you.

Your own True and Loving Helen.

December 12th, 1914

I am here, your Grandmother.

I wish to tell you more about the things of the spirit, for they are the important things that you should know. You are very near the Kingdom. If you keep on trying to have more of God's Divine Love in your soul, you will soon realize the full Joy and Peace, which comes with such possession. Try to let your heart receive more of His Divine Love. He is always ready and waiting to bestow His Divine Love upon you. He is the One Lovely Father for you to long for and keep with you in all your thoughts and aspirations. Do not let the worries of Life keep you from Loving and believing that He wants you to become One with Him in Divine Love and Grace. He is not only waiting for you to let His Divine Love flow into your heart, but He is anxiously knocking at the door of your heart, that you may open and let Him enter. Be True to your best Spiritual Longings. You will soon feel that you have got that in your soul, that which will give you perfect peace and happiness. You are only now beginning to learn that you must feel that Your Father is so near you, that He must become a part of your Life and being. When that Divine Love has fully taken possession of you, you will know that you are His Own True and Reconciled Son. Just as all are who have come into a realization of that Divine Love. So do not doubt that you may become such a son of your Father. I tell you that I know from my own experience, the grandeur of living in the Favor of His Blessing.

Be my own dear boy, and do try to reach out and get this Divine Love. You must not let the things of your Earth Life keep you from the Higher Things, that the Father has prepared to give you. You will soon know, as I know, that the only things worth striving after are the things of this Spiritual Love of the Father. Be more anxious to get this Knowledge. It will come to you in all its Beauty and Convincing Force. I so wish that you could see the Holy Spirit's work among (the souls of) humans and spirits. Then you would not doubt any more that God is a God of Love, and not of anger, or retribution.

Keep praying! That is the One Great Means to receive the Divine Love of God. Without prayer, humans cannot reach the Answering Ear of the Father's Grace. He will hear the penitent only. He will not accept anyone who is not Truly and anxiously seeking Him. Human has a will, to either accept, or reject, the Divine Love of God. Until they exercise their will, in a way to show thatthey want that Divine Love, It will not be given them. No human is ever forced to Love God, or to let God's Divine Love come into their heart (soul).

The Divine Love of God cannot be defined. It passes all understanding! The result of that Divine Love when in the souls of humans, can be seen and felt in the exceeding beauty in the countenances of humans, and in their wonderful happiness.

No fear of death, or anything that maketh afraid, can possibly exist where this Divine Love is. It is not the Love that permits any feelings of jealousy or envy to have an entrance. Is so Perfect, and all soul filling, that there cannot possibly be any room for anything but its Own Great Self. I know that the Divine Love of God is the only thing that can make a human supremely happy while on Earth, and after they become a spirit.

My Love for Him is such, that I Love every one of His Creatures, be they saints or sinners. That is the difference between the Love that He inspires in His Children, and the Love that exists among humans, and spirits, which have not His Divine Love for its foundation.

Be sure that no human can be Perfectly Happy without this Divine Love.

You wife is progressing very rapidly in the Way to this Perfect Love. I think that in a short time she will be with me in my Sphere, for she will not let anything come between her and her efforts to possess the greatest amount of this Divine Love that is possible to obtain.

It is wonderful how her Faith has grown since she first became convinced that she must seek the Father's Divine Love in order to become One with Him and Perfectly Happy. You must try to get this Faith, and progress with her, so that when you come over you will go forward together in Soul Development and conjugal Love. She is now in the Third Heaven (Sphere), as she has told you. She is almost in a condition of development to leave that Sphere, and go with your mother to the Fifth Sphere, where her happiness will be so much greater.

She Loves you so much, that you must feel that she wants you to be with her in all her happiness. She is not the same Helen as when she was on Earth, but is so much changed, that your mother says her appearance is as different as Earth from Heaven. She is not only changed in her appearance, but in her temperament and desires for those things, which do not tend to retard the progress of the soul.

Let her tell you of her Love for you. You must believe what she is telling you, as she is not one who is in condition to speak anything else than the Truth. Her Love for you is so great, that I sometimes wonder how it can be. While we all Love you, as well as our soulmates, yet she seems to have such intense Love for you that we wonder. We think that her nature is so intense that she cannot do anything in a way that is not the result of her strong and earnest constitution, or rather that is not the result of a power that knows no limitation in effort, or force. While she Loves you so intensely, her Love for God is not interfered with in the least. Just as she gives her whole soul to Loving you, she devotes it to Loving God also. When you do come over, you will find such Love in her heart for you as we seldom see in the Spirit Life for our soulmates. You must not think from this, that we do not Love intensely also. The Love that we all have for our soulmates is very great and deep, as I must tell you. But she seems to be almost consumed by this Love for you. You must never do anything to hurt her, or make her feel that you do not want it, or deserve it.

My dear boy, we must stop writing now, as you are not in condition to write more. So I will say goodnight and God Bless you, and keep you in His Love and Care.

Your loving grandmother, Ann Rollins.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 12th, 1914

I Love you, goodnight. ? Yes she did. She did not tell you all, for she cannot know it all. I know. I tell you that my Love for you is not capable of being told.

Goodnight, my own dear Ned, Helen.

December 16th, 1914

I am here, your old partner.

I want to talk a little with you. You have not given me the opportunity before. I commenced to think that you did not wish to hear from me. Well I will try my best and will talk to you about the Laws of Control of spirits over human beings.

You are not very different from us in your mental or spiritual conditions. We, of course, have no physical bodies, but our spirit bodies are very much like those we had on Earth in former shape, except that we are young, strong and not affected by those things, which you are subject to.

You must know however that we are all affected to a greater or lesser degree by the condition of our soul development. Your wife, for instance, is now a very beautiful spirit, both as regards her spirit body, as well as her Spiritual soul. She is one of the most beautiful that I have come in contact with, except your mother and grandmother, who are beyond my ability to describe. I am also very different, but not so very much changed, as I have not yet made very great progress in the things pertaining to the involution of the soul. My ideas are not very much changed, as I still think that I am a man who must depend upon himself for his advancement, and that God is a way off somewhere in the Heavens and not much interested in my welfare. Your father is now in another plane. I commence to wonder why he should progress, and I be left to live in this Earth Plane. As I think of this, I feel that there must be something more to my being lifted out of my present conditions through my own efforts. I hear what your mother tells me, but somehow I do not quite catch the import of her teachings, as I believe that her ideas are more or less the result of her training on Earth and have no actual foundation for a belief in the help of the Holy Spirit to rest upon. As I see the wonderful change in your wife and father, I cannot but think that there must be something more than my own efforts at elevating myself is necessary to my rising out of my present condition. So I am thinking deeply on the subject. Your grandmother has also told me of the wonderful work of the Holy Spirit in her case, as well as in that of very many other spirits who were in my condition when they first came to the Spirit World. It all makes me think that there is something in this Wonderful Transformation of these spirits, beyond what I have ever thought of.

I will try to learn what it is, if I possibly can, so if you can help me in any way please do so, for I do not want to remain in this state if there is any way for me to progress out of it.

You seem to be in great favor with some spirits who have told me that they were benefited by you. Hence, I say if you can help me do so.

I have had a spirit come to me who said he was Jesus. I did not believe him, even though he was of a most exceeding brightness and loveliness. I do not believe in his being Jesus, even though your mother told me that he was. Until I can see that he is the True Jesus, I do not care to listen to him, for I have never believed that Jesus is any more than human, or that he can save anyone from sin or error. Yet as he seems so good and lovely, I sometimes think that maybe I am all wrong, and that he is, in Truth, what he claims to be. I will, in the future, listen more to him. If he can show me the way to Higher Things, as your mother claims he can, I will let his teachings linger in my thoughts for consideration.

I am not very happy, as I have told you. I am studying the Laws of the Spirit World, and find them very interesting to my peculiar make of mind.

I find that you can sense my thoughts, and write them as you are now doing. But when you are not in a condition you cannot hear what I say, or I cannot cause you to move the pencil in conformity with what I desire you to write. Why this is, I am not yet able to determine. I am told by those who have given a longer investigation to the subject that you have certain qualities that must respond to certain qualities that I have. If they do not, then there can be no communication. What these qualities are I do not know, only that they do exist, and that the more perfect they are, the more successful the writing of them with mine. You call it rapport, but that is not exactly the whole meaning of the condition, for some people seem to have these qualities, and yet between them and the spirit there is not any rapport, or condition of Love, or sympathy, or what else that may be understood in the term. So you see, we do not exactly know just what is necessary to establish this junction of powers or qualities. I am trying to discover what this is, if possible. You seem to have these qualities to a very large extent. I find no difficulty in coming with a condition that enables me to freely express, and you to receive, what I wish to communicate.

I will inform you of my efforts just as soon as I am able to discover the real secret of this condition that exists.

You are writing what I really express to you. There is no such thing as the subconscious mind. The only mind that you have is the one that enables you to express what you really know of your own thoughts, which do not depend upon what others may infuse into your brain, as I am doing now, but which have their origination in your brain, and which do not result from exterior minds. What is called the subconscious mind is merely an imaginary thing used by the scientist to denote that, which they have no better name to call it by. It is not a part of your self, or your brain, but only the image that these wisehumans use for what they are not able to explain.

So do not think that when something comes to your consciousness that you cannot account for, that it is the subconscious self that produces it. It is not. There are only two sources of thought, one that arises from your own brain, and the other that comes to you from outside minds, as consciousness, which is that condition of being that enables you to feel, or know, that certain things exist either as actualities, or as mere ideas, which so far as you know have no real existences. Consciousness is a realization of being, nothing that does not exist or is capable of expressing itself in consciousness. Mere dreams are not really things that lie in consciousness, for they do not always have an existence. They are only shadows of what might have an existence. So you see, consciousness is not anything else than the evidence of what exists, and of what your brain feels, or knows. Do not think that I can tell you everything that you may want to know, for I cannot. I am only a student, as you are, but of course, I am an older one, and am in a position to possibly learn more than you.

You must not think that memory is an evidence of any subconsciousness, because it is just as much of the faculty of the brain as any other part of it that shows its operations. Memory is not separate or distinct from the brain. It is merely that portion, which keeps in full existence, knowledge, or experiences, already gained. Memory creates nothing new. When you recall things that you once knew and have forgotten, memory only supplies those things from its storehouse, which you put there to have filled. So let not the thoughts that memory is anything other than a part of the brain. No subconscious self is involved in memory, but memory is its own self. Is only a part of the brain, as I have said.

There is no middle ground between the brain as a generator or instrument of producing thought, and the minds of spirits, or others, who supply independent thoughts. Even though sometimes the wisehumans thought that, such thoughts are of their own creation. You seem to be very much interested in this matter. I will give more attention to its study and try to learn the operation of the thoughts of spirits upon the brains of mortals.

No Laws that I am acquainted with show that a thought is other than the emanation of what passes through a human's brain and what spirits put into it. I mean, that thoughts are not the result of anything but that which arises from the observations of the five senses of a human, or from what is suggested by spirits. I have not made myself very clear I know, but sometime I will write you more fully and clearly on this subject.

I am engaged in studying the Laws of Spiritual Life, and its connection with the Earth Life. I do not yet know just what that connection is, but I believe that I will very soon. I am sure that you will be much benefited if you will let me tell you occasionally just what your relation as a human is, to yourself, when you come over here. I do not know that I am very different from what I was on Earth except, that I am no longer suffering from the limitations which the body placed on me.

My mind is just the same. My ideas of Life are nearly the same, except that I see that material things are not of very much importance to a human, even when they are on Earth. You may do everything possible to accumulate and enjoy these things, but in a moment, you are without them, except as your earthly desires and cravings for them may cause you to believe even after you are here, that they are still with you. This is the one great thing that prevents spirits from progressing to Higher Things. I never cared much for these material things. Yet I find that even the little desires that I had to possess them have held me from progressing to a plane where I am informed intellect rules supreme and where great minds exchange thoughts of moment to both Spirit and Earth Life.

Yes, sometimes he is in the Third Sphere, is a very happy spirit, and is much engaged in his studies of Spiritual Things. He should be able to tell you a great deal about these things if you give him the opportunity. Yes, I see Mrs. Riddle and Bert very often. They are not very happy because they think that the Spirit Life is not what it should be. They do not realize that they are altogether in the spirit, but have an idea that they are still a part of the Earth. Consequently, as they cannot take any part in earthly affairs, they are not so happy. Your mother has been talking to them a great deal lately, trying to teach them of the Spiritual Things that she so believes in. I doubt if they are very much impressed. No, I cannot help them for I do not believe in such things as I told you.

I will try to do as you say, but it will be hard for me to believe that prayer is anything more than the mere expression of a desire, and reaches no higher than a human's own mind and wishes.

I will do as you suggest. If you are right, I shall not fail to give it all my earnest and deepest efforts. If you are right I shall never know how to thank you, but you will know just as soon as I know. But, in the meantime, do not let the thought that I am not doing all that I can to make a better human of myself enter into your mind, for I am. I will pray with you as you say. I commence to see what you mean. It seems to me that there is some True Philosophy in what you say.

I want to get everything that any of God's Children may have. If what you tell me is the only Way to get this wonderful happiness, I will try, even though my doubts are now mountains high. I will pray with you tonight, and try to believe with all my mind and soul.

Yes, I will give my attention to them also. If they tell me what they actually know, I will get the happiness, which they have, so do what you think is best for me. I will try to have the faith that you speak of.

Yes, your father is very different in his appearance. I wondered what caused it, and thought that maybe some peculiar condition of his spirit body had been created by something, which he had learned from his wife, or mother-in-law. I now see that it must have been caused by some other powers of influence. I want it too, if it is for me.

Yes, I see that you are very much interested in not only myself, but in them. I will try my best to obtain what you tell me of, so that I may help them as you say. I know that I was not given to Spiritual Things on Earth. I did not see the necessity of being so, for I thought that when I died I would not need anything but my own help to live a Life of comparative happiness. If you are right, I will soon know the difference, for I shall do as you say. I will pray and ask God to give me Faith to believe that He is my saviour from sin.

Yes, I see that there must be something in it. They are all claiming to have the Love, but myself. So I must be wrong and they right. You are right; let me think of what you have told me. I will soon know if I am to be like the rest of the band.

Yes, I know that you loved me even when on Earth. That thought has helped me to believe that what you tell me to believe, and that what you tell me now is the outgrowth of your love. I am so glad that I have you to think of me and show me The Way.

Now I will say goodnight, your one-time friend, A. G. Riddle

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 16th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

You certainly did make an impression on Mr. Riddle. He is now trying to pray, as you suggested to him to do. You must not let your love for him keep you from feeling that we all want you to pray for us also, for you seem to have such Faith that we wonder at you.

Question

No, not that, but we need your prayers too. So do not forget us. I am not one bit selfish in the matter, but I want you to help me too.

I do not know, but it seems to be so. Whenever you talk to these spirits, who will not believe us, they listen to you. Soon commence to pray to God for Forgiveness and Love. We do not understand it, any more than you do, but it is so. Your grandmother says that your Faith must be very great that you should have such influence with the lost spirits. She says; that she does not understand it herself, and that if you continue you will do so much good that your reward here will be especially great. God seems to listen to your prayers for these spirits and we are all amazed at it.

Let me say that you must also pray for yourself, for you also need the Divine Love of God in your heart, to a greater degree, in order to be At-One with the Father. You should not doubt this, for it is True. As I said, we do not understand, but some day we may. So believe me when I say that, as we write to you and tell you only what we know to be True.

God seems to hold you in His Care to such a degree that no one can now turn you from His Love. Only do not let the thought that He is not your Loving Father, keep you from praying for yourself.

I am tired and must stop. I lost my strength when I tried to tell you what she was doing. I will tell you tomorrow night in full.

With all my love and many kisses. I am, your own True and Loving, Helen.

Messages from Jesus andn Celestials 1914

December 17th, 1914

I am here, Jesus.

I have come to write to you my first (formal) message. You are too weak to take it, but I will come again when you are stronger. You are not in a condition for me to tell you of what I have to write. Because you are too much worried by what you think of your earthly affairs. So, I want you to let these things pass from you entirely, as I cannot give you the thoughts that I desire you to write, until you are wholly free from your earthly cares. Be more faithful, and you will be more in condition to do as I desire. I will not come again until you are free from these worries, for you are not in a condition to receive what I wish to write while these worries exist.

Question asked by Mr. Padgett.

Yes, I know, but you have not succeeded, as I can see the condition of your mind and know that you are too much worried by the things that you have been thinking about during the day. You must trust more in the Father.

Other questions and answers.

Yes, I do. So let that question rest.

Yes, I am that Jesus. The men you have been reading about were my disciples. They are now enjoying the reward, which their work and faith entitled them to. They are not in the heavens singing psalms, or riding on clouds, as some of the aliened christians of the present and past times believe and teach, but are still working for the salvation of human and spirit souls. They are with me still, and are doing the same kind of work as when they were on Earth.

They did not actually mean that, but spoke only in allegory, and meant that I was in the Heavens where they all supposed God to be. As to my sitting on the right hand of His Throne, that is not True. I am in a Sphere that is of the highest and closest to the Fountainhead of God's Divine Love. I am also working to save humankind from their sins, and bring them in unison with God's Divine Love, which is all around humans and angels (spirits), but not necessarily in, or form a part of them. Only when a soul is filled with this Divine Love, can it be said to be in the Kingdom of God. So do not think that because God's Divine Love is all through and around the World that every human is a partaker of it. I tell you that only the human who has received this Divine Love into their soul, and lets it fill that soul so that there is no room for anything that tends to defile it, can be said to have received salvation, or to be At-One with The Father.

You are trying to learn the Truth in this regard, and are progressing to a degree that you will realize what the New Birth means. Without this New Birth, no human can come into the full enjoyment of the Fathers Love, or be Supremely Happy. Humans may, when they come into the Spirit World, think that they are happy by reason of a great moral excellence, or because of wonderful mental acquirements, but their happiness is not the kind that the Divine Love of God, filling a human's soul, will bring.

So let your Faith in the one necessary attainment increase. When you have realized it to the full, you will be very happy and in God's Kingdom. I must stop writing now, for you are not in condition to write more.

Question and Answer

No, I will soon come again, for you will be in condition to receive me. Yes, I will Love you with all my heart and let you feel that I am in closer rapport with you, and lead you to a greater happiness from now until you can find the more extensive and Greater Love of the Holy Spirit. It is with you to a large extent now, but not so full as you need.

You are very dear to me. I will never forsake you, so rest in that assurance. I know that you will be happier, for no human has ever yet been in condition of unhappiness who has my Love as you now have it. Be only my own True Follower. I will be with you to the end.

Your own dear teacher and friend, Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified, but rose again from the dead, as you will rise and live again in the Favor and Love of the Father.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 17th, 1914

I am here, your Grandmother.

You are certainly blessed and favored. It was Jesus. He was so Loving and gracious that I hardly know what to say. Of this you can rest assured, you will never be without his Love and help. He certainly Loves you to a degree that is beyond my comprehension. You seem to be so close to him that I wonder at your great fortune. Only believe in his Love, and he will never forsake you. When he told you that your worries would soon leave you, he knew. You can rest assured that you will soon be rid of them. He is so wonderfully grand and lovely, that I wonder that you could have attracted him to you, in the way that you have. Be a True Follower. You will soon realize that what he told you will come to pass. He is not only lovely, but he is powerful to do what he said. You seem to have his Love to a degree that we do not possess. I do not know why, but it is so. You must believe it to be True. You are my own dear boy. We all love you so very much, that when you are given so much Love of the Master, we all rejoice and thank God.

Question and answer.

Yes, he was the Real Jesus. You must not doubt it. To doubt is to show that you are not Loving him as you said you wanted to. He will show you, by his treatment of you, and your happiness in his Love, that he is the one that was crucified as he said.

Be my own True son and believe and everything will be yours for the asking. He can help you beyond all conception, if you will only believe and call upon him for his assistance.

I am not going to write more as you are tired.

Question and answer.

Yes, wonderful. He (Mr Riddle) is now seeing that prayer is the only thing that can help him. He is praying and listening to the advice of your mother and father. He is much changed since you wrote him. I believe that he will soon be able to understand what it is to have the Divine Love of God in his soul.

So let your prayer go to God for him, as we all are doing.

Your Grandmother, Ann Rollins.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 18th, 1914

I am here, Prof. Salyards.

I am here to tell you of some of my experiences in Spirit Life. I wish that you would let me speak first of my regeneration and birth into the Higher Sphere, where I am now living. Your mother is the chief cause of my progression, as she first showed me the way to the Divine Love of God.

I was, as you may know, not a very Spiritual human when on Earth, but thought that human only needed a great intellect in order to enjoy the great blessings of the Spirit Life. I was not what might be called a great sinner, as I lived a tolerably good Moral Life, as you may know from your experiences with me while you were at school under my instructions. But I had no idea that something more than mere intellectual acquirements were needed in order to enjoy the happiness, which God had provided for His Children who were willing to receive all the Blessings that His Divine Love and Favor had in store for them.

Well, after I ascended to the Spirit Life, I found that my intellectual and moral qualifications did not make me very happy. Although, I enjoyed comparative happiness in the pursuit of knowledge and the investigation of those intellectual questions that appealed to my higher desires. I soon commenced to see that I had something more to acquire than mere Knowledge of Spiritual Laws and things that appealed to the intellect or sympathies, which all who are of a practical inclination deem sufficient for self satisfaction. I began to study these things. Have advanced very much in my knowledge of them, and have succeeded in writing a poem, which gives me great satisfaction and makes me think that I am really a poet. Not since I have progressed to the Higher Sphere where Divine Love rules and intellect is a mere subordinate medium of True Happiness. I find that while my acquirement in the particulars' mentioned are desirable, and afford much enjoyment and delight to my mind, yet my True Happiness is with possession and knowledge that I have the Divine Love of God in my soul.

So you see mere intellect, or Moral qualities, are not the important thing for a spirit who wants to enjoy the greatest happiness to possess. Keep this in mind in your earthly Life, and when you come over, you will find that many things will appear easy to comprehend which otherwise you may have to search for in darkness and doubt.

Be sure that your heart is in the right place. You will gain many advantages, which I was not blessed with. I am now in the Third Sphere with your wife and father, and while we are all together in a sense, yet our real condition and place depends upon the extent of God's Divine Love which we have in our souls.

Your mother first caused me to realize that I was not spiritually enlightened, by her beauty of form and countenance, and the Great Love that she seemed to possess. When she commenced to tell me of the cause of her appearance, and love expressing itself so abundantly, I thought that after all I might be mistaken in my ideas that my mind and acquirements were not all that was necessary to enable me to progress to Higher Things. I let my thoughts take the form of direct meditation. I soon realized that she must be correct in what she said.

She was so gentle and Loving in her manner and speech, that I was soon convinced that, while my mind was superior to hers in that I had a greater extent of knowledge and superior endowments of things purely intellectual, yet what she possessed was far more necessary to my True Happiness. I commenced to inquire what the secret of her superior appearance and lovely disposition was. Soon she explained to me that only the Divine Love of God existing in the soul was the True Secret. That no spirit, who had not that Divine Love, could possibly realize that True Happiness. So you see, I am much indebted to her for my present condition. I do not believe that any soul can obtain this Happiness unless they let this Divine Love become a part of their very existence.

My one desire now is to obtain more of It, and keep on obtaining It, so that I may rise higher and higher, until I get as close to the Fountainhead of God's Divine Love as possible. I will not attempt to tell you what this happiness means. Only say that without it, I should still be grasping in the Earth Plane, seeking mere knowledge, and composing verses, which you might not think worthy of even a mere versifier.

I am now engaged in trying to teach others the Way to this Divine Love. I am not yet in a condition of Faith and Divine Love to do very much good.

Your grandmother is a wonderful spirit in Divine Love and beauty. I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to enjoy her companionship and instructions.

She is trying very hard to show us the way to a more perfect realization of this Divine Love, and when I think, that if you had not been a dear pupil of mine, I would possibly never have met her. I feel so thankful that you came to my humble school and became so very dear to me as you did.

If your mother had not known me on Earth, she possibly would not have known me here. I might have yet been in my condition of contentment in the study of merely intellectual things and have remained in that condition indefinitely. But thank God I knew you, and through you your dear mother.

I have met Mr. Riddle, whom as you know, I made the acquaintance of in Life. I find that he had heretofore been in that condition of self-contentment that I had, before your mother showed me the way to my present home. He is now commencing to see that there is something more than mere intellectual pursuit necessary to his progress too, that which will make him Truly Happy. He seems to be thinking of what you told him a few nights ago, and has told me that you first caused him to think that there was something more in this Spirit Life than mere study of Laws of Spiritual Communications, in which he has been engaged. He seems to think that you have a correct idea of what is necessary to his salvation. He is praying, as you advised him, and is listening to your mother's teachings of the Divine Love of God, which she tells him he must let come into his heart before he can come into Perfect Peace.

He is still thinking thoughts that he is a good human Morally, and that he does not need any help from God or Jesus. But this belief is narrowing. I believe that ere long, he will realize that he is all wrong and must accept the plan, which your mother tells him is the only one that can bring him in Perfect Accord with God's Divine Love and make him a new man. I also try to tell him of the Truth of this Plan. He listens to me with considerable interest. I hope that very soon he will see that we are right, and that he must accept it, or be left to his present state of unrest and yearning after things that will never come to him.

So you see I am now in my home of Peace, Love and True happiness. Let me tell you of what I saw when your father left us to go to his home with your wife. He was so uncertain as to whether he really needed the Divine Love of God more abundantly in his soul, that he asked your mother if he could not have that Divine Love, and still try to have his earthly desires for things that he loved so on Earth, such as dancing, smoking and other things of this nature, and if it was absolutely necessary to let his thoughts turn from these things in order to progress.

She told him that it was necessary, as nothing which tended to keep his mind on Earth, or attract him to that Life could possibly exist when his soul should be filled with the Divine Love of the Father. He said that it was hard to give up these things, as he enjoyed them so much, and was only getting ready to have a good time when she told him that he was not to think of them any more, but to turn his thoughts to more Spiritual Things and pray to God to fill his soul with Divine Love, and longings for these Higher Things.

I feel that if she had not thus entreated him, that he might still be in the Earth Plane, and while very happy, as he had some of God's Divine Love in his heart, yet not to the extent that made him feel that he had been Born Again.

Your mother is my own dear friend. I love her so much for what she had done for me. Your father is now with your wife in this Sphere, and is as happy as he can possibly be, until he gets more of this Divine Love in his soul. You must not think that he is as beautiful a spirit as your wife, for he is not. Neither am I. She is so earnest in her Love, and is making such efforts to progress, that she will soon leave us, as I believe for the Sphere where your mother is. When she goes we will miss her so very much as she is so happy, cheerful, full of music and everything that makes our Life happy, that while we have our own soul's love and happiness, yet we will miss her very much. She is now trying to tell you of her great Love for you, which is of such a deep nature that we all wonder at times because of its intensity. So you see what a very favored man you are to have such a soulmate as she.

My home is in the same Sphere with her, but not in the same place (plane). Hers is more beautiful than mine. But she comes to me at times, and I visit her. My soulmate and I have not yet met, though I believe that she is in a Higher Sphere than mine. She has not yet come to me, why I know not, but am waiting for her to come to me. Then I will be more happy than ever.

Soulmates do not meet each other always when we first come into the Spirit World. I know this, for I have met many spirits who have been here a long time and yet have never yet seen their soulmates. This seems to be the result of something done while on Earth. I do not understand it. I am hoping to soon see mine.

Question asked here and reply.

I have heard something to that effect, but I have never been able to find mine. Your wife may be right, but if so she has never told me the way. I will ask her, if she knows, for I want to know if possible.

I will write you some of my poems sometimes when we have more time, but will also tell you the result of investigation of the Spirit Life. But not tonight, as I am tired, and so are you. I can write you a couplet, but do not think it best to do so now, as I do not wish to give you a part of the poem and so remove it from its place that you may not fully appreciate the whole. I will try.

If you do not love me as I have told you, I cannot write in a very successful way, so that you must first learn to love me more before I attempt to write the poem. I know that you may reason that way, but what I say is True. My poem is one of Love to God, and love to human. Unless you love, I cannot write it. I cannot explain more fully now. So only trust me. I will show you in the near future that I am right.

Yes, I am really Prof. Salyards who is writing. You must believe me, or I will feel hurt.

Yes, that is it, you seem to know, just what is waiting, so I must close for this time.

Your old professor and friend, Joseph Salyards.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 18th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

You certainly did write a long letter. Prof. Salyards is very much interested in you. You must believe that he wrote you, for he did. I was here all the time that he was writing, and got very impatient for I wanted to say something myself.

He was telling the Truth. You are real mean to have me think that you doubt that I do. So be a good boy and listen to what I have to say.

You are not so worried tonight. I am so glad of it, for if you had continued to be so, I fear that you might have become sick. You see that everything is coming all right, just as we told you. You were so worried that even Jesus condescended to assure you, as he did last night.

Jesus was certainly good to you to talk to you so kindly and Lovingly. He told you that he would always look after your welfare. And he will. I do not believe that any other human has ever had that assurance direct from him since he came into Spirit Life. He is the one that you must believe in. If you do, there is no telling to what heights you may rise, for he seems to Love you so much, that I believe he will do whatever you may wish, if it be not contrary to his ideas of what is good for you. So only, trust in him. I tell you that you will never want for anything, either in the Earth Life, or in this (Spirit Life). He is now trying to help you in your Spiritual Nature, so that you can do his work. When you become a better man, in that particular, he will write you the messages that he told you he would. Let me help you to believe fully in his promises. Be my own true Ned and you will be a most happy human.

Yes, I know, but they will soon pass. Then you will realize what it is to have a God, a Jesus, and a little wife Love you. I am least, but I Love you with all the Love that I have. You must realize it.

Yes, you may.

He (Salyards?) has never tried as I suppose, for if he had he would have found her. The fact is that he did not think of soulmates until he became more in contact with us. Then I suppose that he did not give sufficient consideration to the matter. I do not know. All spirits do not find their soulmates at once, some of them not for long years, as I am informed.

Yes, I will. The next time that he writes, he will tell you that he has found out who she is, for I will search in that Book of Lives that you know about, find out, and tell him. Then he will know and tell you.

He is still in doubt. I think that he is commencing to see the Light. You must continue to pray for him. Do not let the thought that he is not praying himself disturb you, for he is. Your mother is trying her best to convince him that he is in the right way by praying, and that soon he will see the Light, which will guide him to God's Divine Love. He is a wonderful spirit in his earnestness and desire to learn of the things of this Life. Just as soon as he is convinced of the Truth of the New Birth, he will progress very rapidly. For he will not rest until he gets whatever is possible for him to obtain. Let your best and most loving thoughts go to him.

Yes, sometimes. He is not so very much convinced as to what I may know of the necessity of his learning to give his heart to God, as he is as to what your mother and grandmother may know. So I do not talk to him on this matter very often. He seems to think that I must have experienced something that makes me look so different from what I did when he first saw me in this Life.

Yes, he told you just what your father said, and what your mother told him in reply. Your father was a spirit that liked the things of Earth to a great degree, and enjoyed looking on at the pleasure of the Earth Life as the Professor told you. Yet he was also so good that he realized to a great extent the Love of God, and could write you about it very effectively. He did not enjoy it as much as you might be led to believe, from the way he wrote. Now he knows. When he writes you again and tells you of the Love of his Father, you may believe that he experiences what he is writing about.

He is my own dear daddy. I Love him very much. He is so kind and Loving that I do not wonder that his soulmate Loves him so much. I believe that you must take after him, for I Love you more than she does him. She may not agree with me, but I can't help that, and still stick to what I say.

I have seen his poem. I know that he has written it, but I do not understand why he cannot write it to you without your learning to love him more. It does seem unexplainable to me, for I do not see how the want of more love on your part can possibly prevent him from writing the poem to you. He must not be ready to do it now, or he may feel bashful in doing so. I will talk to him and urge him to do so. Maybe he does not think it of sufficient importance now that he has arisen to the Higher Sphere. I will find out and let you know. I will tell him what you say.

Nothing more tonight, except that White Eagle says that you do not seem to want him to treat you any more, as you do not make the opportunity for him to do so. He says that you are all right, and that he will treat you tonight after you are through reading. He is very anxious, so do not disappoint him.

Your own Loving, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 20th, 1914

I am here, your Mother.

I am your Mother. I want to write you a few lines, for you have not let me write lately. So do not think that you are not very dear to me, for you are still my own darling boy.

I am very happy as your father is now in a Sphere where he is more Spiritual and happy, as he has told you. His soulmate is with him very often. She loves him very much, but he does not yet seems to realize that she is the only one for him to love. He still has some of the old love for me, which he had on Earth, but that is not the True Soulmate Love. He will soon realize it. So do not think that he is not very happy because I am not for him. He is a very bright spirit and needs only more of God's Divine Love to make him perfectly contented with his lot. Oh my darling boy, I am so glad that your soulmate is Helen. She is so beautiful and lovely now that she has found God's Divine Love that I can hardly tell you how beautiful she is.

I am very happy also, but my soulmate is still in the Earth Plane and does not seem to progress so rapidly as he should. I wish that you could talk to him, as you did to your father, for I believe that it would do him good. You seem to have a wonderful influence with the spirits of humans who are in a condition of sin and darkness. God is certainly good to you, and has favored you beyond my greatest expectations. You seem to have the Faith that calls for an answering ear, and for a Love that reaches to the very Throne of God. I believe that you will, in some way, do a great deal of good in the Spirit World, as well as in the Earth.

Jesus is also interested in you, and Loves you, with more than ordinary Love. He seems to think that you will be of great help to him. He is trying to show you The Way to the Father's Divine Love and Favor. So do not doubt what I say.

I know that, but you will meet him, or I will bring him to you before long. Have him write to you. Then you can tell him of what you know about God's Divine Love, and the necessity of his believing that he must give his whole heart to God.

Yes, I can. Will later, when I bring him to you. I have a good influence over him, but not sufficient to cause him to believe in the Father's Divine Love being a necessity to his advancement. He is not a very spiritual man, and never was. But, he is goodhearted and will listen to you. I know, as you seem to have the power to make spirits listen to you. I do not understand why but it is so. So be very careful of this great power which God has given you, for if you should not do what I believe God has in store for you to do, He might not continue the power, or might withdraw Himself from you in the way that I mention.

I will still believe that you are His special object of Love and Favor, only do not neglect to do His Will.

I must stop now for you are tired, your mother. (Ann Padgett)

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 20th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

I am happy. I am so glad that you feel so much better. You are now in a good condition of mind. I feel that you are commencing to believe in what we have told you. You will soon be free from your worries. Then you will be in such a Spiritual condition that you will be able to take the Master's messages. He is waiting for you to do so.

You must not let your mind get into the condition again, that it was in during the past two weeks. It interferes very much with our communications, also, with your ability to work at your profession. You will be able to do what you want to for Nita. Then you will see that we can do much to assist you in material things, as well as in Spiritual ones. Be only faithful, and believe in what we tell you. You will be all right. So do not let me see you again in a despondent condition, or I will not love you so much.

You have had a very pleasant day in your association with those people who believe in Spiritualism. I am glad that you spent the day with Judge Syrick and Col. Woods. He is a very great believer in /spiritualism, but he does not know anything about the Spiritual side of it. He thinks that the fact that his spirit friends communicate with him is all that there is to learn, or be contented with. His friends were with you today, and they are not of the Higher Spheres. But they are very good spirits and seem to be quite happy in their condition. He was telling you the Truth when he said that Jesus came to him and talked at Mrs. Miller's sances. Your grandmother told me that she knows, for Jesus told her he would attempt to do so. I, of course, do not know anything about it. Your grandmother says it is so, you must believe her. She says that Jesus did not show himself, or attempt to materialize at these sances. He has never yet attempted to do this, as he is not inclined to come into the Earth influences. He is not one who will do this. He is too holy to take on the form of flesh again, as I have told you before. He is now doing his work solely by influencing humans in the way of teaching them the Truths of God, by means of his suggestions, and messages through other spirits who are helping him so to do.

No, I do not. He did not materialize sufficiently for that purpose. The photograph that he has was that of a spirit who impersonated the Master, for he will not permit himself to be photographed by anyone on Earth, or even here. He is too pure in his Spiritual Nature to become an object of photography, or even of clairvoyance. He is a spirit that will not appear to human, except in the way that I have told you. So do not believe that he has ever appeared to any human, either by way of the photograph, or by clairvoyance. He will come to you in the way that he has told you, and write his messages. But not in any other manner. I only know what your grandmother says about it. I am writing at her dictation. She says that Jesus has told her that he will not appear to humankind again, only as a teacher through his writings, or through that of his spirits. So do not believe any spirit who says that he has seen Jesus materializing. They have not.

That was his appearance in a dream only. He was there, but not as a materialized spirit. You merely saw him in your dream. He was not even in the spirit form with you. It was the result of your own conscience working on your mind. You felt that you had not done what you knew he approved. Your own conscience took you to task for it, and made you dream as you did.

I do not attempt to reconcile these statements for they need no reconciliation. When we told you that he would not leave you again, we only meant that your conscience would not again accuse you of doing what is contrary to his teachings. You were not really seeing him, but only dreaming that you were. He was not present with you, but was in your dreams only as your own mind pictured him to be. So do not let the fact that it was only a dream, make you think that it had no significance, for it had. It showed you, that unless you commenced to give your thoughts to Higher Things and live a better Life, you would not have his care and love for your welfare any longer. It was only a warning that you should change your course of thinking and living.

Yes, he told you, but I have explained what was meant. We know, because we saw it in your thoughts. Then we knew that you had dreamed it. So you see, we do not have to know of things actually happening in order to be able to speak about them. All we have to is to learn what your mind is thinking, and we are then able to tell you just what you know and believe. Every human is the mirror of their own thoughts. We do not have to know, of our own knowledge, just what has taken place in that human's Life, in order to tell them of all their actions and doings while on Earth. We are able, by our power of reading the brain of a human, to know what they have done in their past life. Their brain is a storehouse of all that they have done, even though they are not able to recall these things. But they are there in memory's halls, and we can see and learn what is recorded. So you see the past is as apparent to us as the present. We do not always resort to this method of telling a human what is in store for them in the future. When we need to know their past, all we have to do is to look into their memory's storehouse, and we know. Dreams are not stored in memory always. Some are mere fleeting shadows that leave no trace of their ever having passed through their brain, while others leave their records on his memory. So when you dream, if your dream has any significance, or is worthy of being preserved, it is in memory's home. In order to know whether it is there, or not, we have to search the hidden recesses of their memory, as well as the more open places. So you see every act that a human is guilty of, and every dream that has a significance, or is worthy of preservation, is kept of record for future reference. Then how careful ought a human try to do what is right in God's Sight, and not do those things, which will rise up before them when their spirit comes here and arises before Him in judgment.

I am not going to tell you of what I saw at the meeting at Mr. Colburn's tonight. I saw a large number of spirits that wanted to communicate with Miss Colburn, but who were not able to, and who were very much disappointed. Her mother was one of the most anxious, as she has some information that she very much desires that her husband should know. You must tell Miss Colburn that she must sit for her mother to write. She is a very beautiful spirit and knows that Mr. Colburn will not live much longer, and that he should do something in reference to his affairs before passing over. So tell her to let her mother write as soon as she can.

Other spirits there were only attracted by their desires to make known their presence and tell some of their experiences in Spirit Life.

Yes, his (Judge Syrick's) mother was there. Also his soulmate. They wanted to tell him of their love. And, how much they are interested in his giving more of his thoughts to them, and to things Spiritual. He is not going to live very long, as he has a bad case of Bright's disease and needs to be very careful with himself.

I do not know anything about what some spirit may have told him. I am informed by his mother, that she knows that he is not going to live very long, even if his spirit friend did tell him that he was going to live until he was seventy years old. He must not believe that, or he will suddenly find that his Life is not for him to live as a human of seventy. He must not think that he is going to live to be that age, for he will suddenly find that his Life is not one that is to be extended to that age. I mean that he will suddenly die, and realize that his information was not correct. (Judge Syrick did die suddenly soon after this message was given.)

No do not, for it would do him harm.

He is not a very bad man, but he needs the Soul Development in order to become a good man, as his mother and soulmate want him to be.

She is here now and wants to send him a message. So tell him that his soulmate does not think that he is loving her as much as he should. That he is only trying to let himself believe that he is not really her soulmate, and wants to marry the young girl at the University home. She is not for him. He must not think of doing so. He would be very unhappy if he should do so. If he must get married, tell him to marry an older woman. He will find more happiness. Better still, not marry at all, as he will only need his soulmate to love him and make him happy, if he will only let her do so. He is not going to live very long. He will soon be with her to love and make him happy. So tell him to give most of his thoughts to her. He will be a very much happier man. She says that you must teach him the way to God's Divine Love, for you know how. He will listen to you, if you will only try. If you do, he will bless you just as soon as he comes over, for he will have the benefit of that teaching and will not have to suffer the expiation of going through the Earth Plane. So she says please try to tell him of the only way that will lead him to happiness, and to his soulmate who is so anxiously waiting for him. Be his friend in this particular. You will never regret it.

She is in the Third Sphere with me, and is a very lovely spirit. She is trying her best to influence him to become a more Spiritual man, so that he may be able to come and live with her when he comes over. She loves him very dearly, and will not let his love for her keep him away from the True Place of Joy and Happiness. I mean that she will not let his want of love for her keep him away from true joy and happiness. She sees that he is not thinking as much of her as he should. When he comes over, he will not fail to recognize that she is the only one in all the Spirit World that is his own true soulmate. She says that he is now very dear to her. When she gets him with her, she will be so happy that he will see that his happiness can only be found with her. So tell him to think more of her at his leisure moments. The young girl that he is thinking of does not care for him as a sweetheart. If she should marry him, it would only be because he would be able to take care of her, and relieve her of the condition which she is now in on account of her father's unsuccessful adventure in trying to run a school and form a new church, which he will never do. His ideas of religion are all wrong. I mean the peculiar tenets that he is trying to introduce. Some of his ideas are all right, but most of them are not. He is a very well educated human, but is very visionary in his ideas, as to what he thinks he sees in the Spirit Life. He never talks to Jesus, as he preaches. Nor does he ascend into the Heavens. No human does that now, until they have given up their Earth Life. So, he will not succeed. His foundation principles are not True.

I am not in condition to write much more tonight. You are my very own darling Ned. I Love you with all my heart and soul. You Loved me when the music was playing my song that I used to sing to you so often. Oh, my darling, Love me with all your heart, as I do you.

So goodnight, your own True wife, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 25th, 1914

I am here, your own True and Loving Helen.

On this Christmas Eve, we rejoice that the people all believe that Jesus has risen from the dead. He is now in the Higher Home, waiting for the worship of the people of him to end, as he does not enjoy the worship. He wants the people to worship God, and God Alone. He is not very happy when they worship him, for he says that he is only a son of his Father, and that they should not worship him as God. He does not believe that he is worthy of such adoration. He is not pleased at it. So you must love him and not worship him, for he will not love you so much as he does now if you do.

What I tell you is True. He has said it himself. You must believe it to be True.

Let me tell you that you are very close to him. He wants you to do just as he says, for he intends to give the World, The True Doctrines of God's Divine Love and Being, and his own relationship to the Father, through you as his messenger. So do not let the thought that you are wrong in believing what he tells you.

Now we must stop for you are not in such a good condition to write more at this time.

Your own True and Loving wife, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 25, 1914

I am here, Jesus.

You are my dear brother. I will tell you what I desire you to do at this time. You must not let the worries of your business life keep you from giving your thoughts to God in worship and in prayer, and from believing in me and loving me as your friend and teacher, for I am. I wish only to have you do those things which will make you more At-One with the Father, and Love me more.

You must try to let all your thoughts turn to the mission, which I have selected you to do. I have chosen you, and you must do my work, as I am the one that God selected to do His Work when I was on Earth, so you are the one that I now select to do my work by giving to the World my Messages of Truth and Love. I will soon commence to write them. You must preserve them until such time as you shall be in condition to publish the same, which will not be very long, for I have already told you, the means that will enable you to give your whole time to me will soon be at your command.

I do not want you to think that you are not worthy to do this great work. If you were otherwise, I would not have selected you. This fact alone should be sufficient to make you not doubt that you are a suitable person for the work.

Let me tell you now that no matter what you may think will happen to your business affairs and work, I will look after you, and remove all obstructions, so that, as I say, you will soon be able to commence your duties.

In my teachings, I want to show that I am only my Father's son, as you are His son, and not to be worshipped as God. He is the Only God. The people, who are worshipping me, in all parts of the World, are not doing what I desire. They are putting God in the background, and making me their object of worship, which is all wrong, and which I am so anxious to have ceased.

They must look upon me only as a son of God. Their elder brother, who has received from the Father, His Full Divine Love and confidence, which I am bidden to teach to them. You are not to let anyone tempt you to let your Love of God be displaced by any Love that you may have for me. Your love for me must not be the kind that you have for Him. He is the Only God. You must worship Him Alone. So be careful and make the distinction, or you will make a most egregious mistake.

I am your own dear brother and teacher. I Love you with a Love that I have for very few mortals. Why? Because I see that you will be a True Follower of me, and will Love God as I Love Him. Only, I do not want you to think that you are now in a condition that leaves you free from sin, or the necessity of progressing to the Father.Pray, with all your heart for an inflowing of His Divine Love. You must get all this Divine Love that is possible, and that can be gotten only by prayer and Faith.

So in your prayers, have Faith. The time will come when you will become very close to the Father and enjoy His Divine Love, to a degree that few have so far obtained.

Yes, it is possible. As I say, it will take place. Only do as I have told you. Yes, I will help you with all my power and Love. You will succeed. Only try to believe. You will realize before you come to the Spirit World that God is your Father, to a degree that will enable you to live very near Him as I am living. Your Faith is now very great, as I know, notwithstanding the fact that at times you have doubts and get despondent, yet your Faith is there (in your soul). It will grow in intensity and become so strong that it will never again be broken.

Yes, there are many things in my Life, as written in the Bible, which are True. Many that are not True. These I will tell you when I come to write my messages. You must wait until then.

Yes, I did, but not in the sense that it is taught. To forgive sin is only to let the True penitent feel that just as soon as they pray God to blot out their past offenses, and Truly believes that He Will do so, the sins are no longer held against them, for which they will have to account. I could not myself forgive sin. I was not God. But, I could tell them Truly, that if they repented, God would forgive their sins. Later I will tell you in detail what real forgiveness is, and what it consists of.

As for the healing act which I performed at the pool of Bethesda, I am reported to have said, "Is it easier to say, 'take up thy bed and walk,' than for God to forgive your sin". Well, that is the way it is recorded (in the Bible). But that is not what I said. Actually, I said, "That thou may know that the son of man, through the Power of God, can forgive sin, I say unto you, `take up thy bed and walk'." It was only as God's Instrument in showing human The Way to His Divine Love that I could bring about forgiveness of sin, and not by any power of my own. If God did not forgive, I could not. Neither can any human.

I know that a church claims that authority. It is not correct. It has no power to forgive sin, or to grant any favor, or indulgence to humankind. Its assertions of that power, is a mere usurpation of what God Alone has the Power to give.

May God's Blessing, and mine, rest upon you tonight.

Jesus.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 25th, 1914

Your Grandmother.

Was he not Lovely and grand? You certainly are a very favored human. I wonder at the Great Love that may be yours, and promises of the Master.

Yes, I heard what he said, and he knows. You must believe. He never says what he does not know to be True. You are certainly more blessed than all others. Only think of that promise, and the certainty of it.

You are too tired to write more now.

Your Loving Grandmother, Ann Rollins.

December 25th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

You are much better tonight. I am so glad, for you needed to give up all your worries. Learn to trust God for all your wants. He will take care of you in every way. You will not lack for anything that is right for you to have. So, do not worry anymore. You will not only be happy, but will be successful in all your efforts of a material kind. Yes, do that. You will feel like a man out of prison, for cares and worries are the things that make a human captive. His Divine Love will set you free indeed, as Jesus says, and he knows. Be True to God, and to yourself. You need not care what the future may bring. It will bring everything, which the Father knows to be for the best.

You are now my own true Ned. I love you so much that I cannot tell you of its intensity. Let your thoughts turn to God and His Divine Love. You will be the happiest human on Earth, for you have His Divine Love to a great degree. You have Jesus to Love and care for you, in a way that we all wonder at. He seems to think that you are his special care. He will not let you need for anything that he sees you should have for your material good. He is here, and will write to you tonight, and tell you what you must do in order to be able to carry out his mission, which he has designed for you. So listen to him very attentively. Try to follow his instructions. You will be a very happy and fortunate human.

We are all so grateful that he has selected you for the work. When you engage in it, we will all be with you to assist you in doing everything that is possible for you to do.

Your grandmother is here, and says that you must try to learn exactly what the Master wishes you to do, and do it with all your might. She is full of love for you, and so happy that you have been chosen by Jesus to do this work, that she is praising God all the time and giving thanks for His Love and Favor.

Do not think that you cannot do what he may tell you to do, for you can if you will only try. You must have Faith in his teachings, and not let the other spirits, or any of your friends on Earth lead you to believe that Jesus is not writing to you, and asking you to be his True Disciple. He is with you in every hour of need, and loves you with a love that knows no limit. He is so very holy and pure, that what he says must impress you that it is he that writes to you. So do not doubt in any particular. He says that you are his chosen one. You will be a great man in teaching humankind what the Truth is, and what God's Divine Love means to all humanity. So let him teach you, and you believe.

We are now all here and are trying out best to make you feel our presence. Know that Love is all around you, waiting for you to feel its influence and cause you to give more of your Love in return.

I am very happy tonight, for you seem nearer to me than ever since the night that you prayed so very earnestly for my progression to my present home. It was a glorious night when your prayers were answered. I felt the Love of God flowing into my heart in such abundance and in such perfect peace. Oh, my darling, if you could only see how happy I am. I know that you would praise God for His Goodness, and thank him for being so Kind to your little wife.

You must now let Jesus write. I will write you afterwards if you are not too tired for me to do so.

So goodbye for the present, Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials

December 27th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

I am very happy, and so are you. Let me tell you that you are very near the Kingdom, as your grandmother says, for you have a Faith that will soon bring you so close to God, that you will not let worries or the things of Earth trouble you very much. Give all your thoughts to God, and to His Divine Love. You will soon realize that only His Divine Love is necessary for you to become a very Spiritual man, one whom the Master will soon use to carry out his work of teaching the people what Truth and Love are. So do not hesitate to give yourself to God unreservedly and without doubt, and also to believe that the Master is writing to you. Believe he loves you in the way that he told you for he does. You are favored above all others that I know of. He says that you are very close to him, and need only more Love towards God, and more belief in him, to become his own dear brother and disciple.

I wonder how that can be, when I know that you have been a sinful man, subject to all the temptations of the flesh, and having indulged in these things to a great extent. But it is so. His selection of you is a surprise to us all. We can only thank God for His Goodness and Love in so blessing you. Be only Faithful. You will not have to worry about the material things of Life. You will be taken care of at all times, and in every way that is best.

I know because the Master has told me. He will not tell an untruth, nor can he be mistaken as he has told you. You will be before very long. He will help you to get what is necessary that you may give him your time and work. So do not be too anxious to commence this great work, for in his own time it will be provided for you, so that you can give up your professional work, as we have all told you.

Yes, he is with you quite often, and is helping you to increase your Faith, and to love him more, and to believe that he is helping you. He is not one who will forsake you, or leave you to go back to your life of sin and doubt. Only be True to him. He will be with you to the end of time. Then, when you come over, he will receive you and take you to the home that he has prepared for you, which will be a grand one, far up in the Heavens near the Father's Place of Love and Truth. This I know, because he has told us all that you are to be with him in the Spirit World, and live in his home of Happiness and Bliss Supreme. I will try. If you will pray for me, as I know you will, there is no doubt that I will be with you.

Yes, it does. But he knows best. We must only rejoice that it is so. Your grandmother says that she does not understand why he should have selected you, but he has done so. You are the most highly favored one on Earth. He says that you shall be so close to him in your Love and Faith, that humans will wonder how you could possibly become so filled with God's Divine Love, and know the Mysteries of His Kingdom, and The Way to Life Eternal in a Heaven of Perfect Happiness and Peace.

So be my own dear Ned. Love me with all your heart and soul. Only, I mean, next to the Love you have for God and the Master. Their Love is greater than mine is, and so must your Love for them be greater and more Divine.

Yes, I was with you. I saw that you were so very much influenced by the Divine Love of God, and of the Master, that I was greatly helped myself. I felt that if you continued to receive their Love in such abundance, you would soon be in a state of Love that would carry you way beyond me in your progression, and that I would be left behind. So when this Great Love came to you, I prayed that I might have it with you, and receive a portion, so that I might progress also. I did receive It. Now I am on my way to the Higher Sphere that I told you I wanted so much to go to. Your mother says that soon I will be with her, and that your prayers and Faith will help me so much. So pray for me with all your heart and Faith. I will soon realize my fondest hopes.

Oh my darling, to think that after all our Earthly troubles, we should now be so much one in Love and Happiness. It is beyond my comprehension, but I can only thank God and praise Him for His Mercy and Great Love.

They all know. Even Mr. Riddle sees that something wonderful is taking place in your Spiritual Nature, and in mine. He asks us what it all means. We tell him that it is the Divine Love of God filling your soul, and the Love of Jesus taking possession of your heart, which is causing your Spiritual Nature to undergo such a change. He says that he does not understand, but that he must try to learn the meaning of it all. He is now asking us to show him The Way, and to pray for him, and help him to obtain this Wonderful Divine Love. He is here now and wants to write to you a long letter, and tell you of his present condition. And, how much he loves you as his friend and helper. He is not yet firmly convinced that he needs the Divine Love of God to make him a Redeemed Spirit and One with his Father. He is thinking very deeply, and will, I believe, soon realize the Truth. Then he will be free indeed. Will Love God with an earnest and confiding Love. He is a spirit of great conviction of principle when he has once become convinced of the Truth. So try to tell him what he must believe. You will have much influence with him, for he has the greatest confidence in you and your faith, and the influence of your prayers.

So if you are feeling well enough let him write to you now, I will stop. But will write to you again tonight when you come to your room. Yes, go to the church that you have in mind, it will do you good, as the subject matter will be interesting. The preacher knows something of the conditions of the Spirit World.

So goodbye for the present. With all my Love, I am, your own Loving Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 27th, 1914

I am here, your old partner and friend.

You are very kind to have me write to you again. I want to tell you of my present spiritual condition, which is somewhat changed from what it was when I last wrote you. I have thought very much of what you then told me, and have seen some things that have made me think that there is something more in the Teachings of Jesus, and in prayer, than I then believed.

You told me, that while I was a human of considerable intellectual attainment, that fact would never take me to the Sphere where Love and Happiness existed in their Greatest Degree, and that the Only Way to obtain that Divine Love and Happiness, was through prayer to God, and Faith in His Power to give them to me.

I have thought of what you said, very much. I have tried to pray with all my heart, and have felt the result of that prayer, and of your prayers, which you made for me every night as you promised. I am not yet in a condition of Faith that enables me to fully understand what this process of obtaining God's Divine Love is. Or, how that the mere fact of praying can cause me to get it. As I see so many evidences of the result of prayer, as shown in the wonderful change in the appearance, and happiness, of your wife, Prof. Salyards and your father, I cannot but believe, that even though I do not understand the process by which these great changes are made, yet there must be some Great Power in operation, which answers prayer, and who is not God, as you all tell me.

I want you to pray for me with all your heart and Faith when you pray, that I may have the Faith that you tell me about. I must obtain this change in my condition, as I feel that it is absolutely necessary to my future happiness. If I can only get the Faith, I feel that I may possibly receive this Divine Love that has apparently so transformed your wife, and the others that I have mentioned.

I am comparatively happy. I realize that I am a spirit wholly of the Spirit World, and no longer a part of Earth. The realization does not satisfy my longings for something higher, as I look around and see that others enjoy what I have not. They seem to be so very much happier than I.

You seem to be changed also since I first wrote to you. Your mother tells me that it is because you have more of God's Divine Love in your heart, and are trying to Love Him more. So everywhere I look, at those whom I knew on Earth, except those who don't believe in the power of prayer, I see changes and progression, which cannot be accounted for in any other way than by the one you, and the others, tell me is the Only Way to this Great Happiness and Transformation.

You are very dear to me as I have told you. I have the greatest confidence in what you tell me, and believe that what you tell me is the Truth. But I cannot understand it all, hence, my faith is not very strong. I understand what you say. I see that you are right. I will try to do as you say. My mind is such that I have required proof of everything before I could believe, but now I see that there are some things, which cannot, or need not, be proved in order for me to believe. I must accept them as True by the mere exercise of faith. So I will now try, and pray God to give me this Divine Love, and increase my Faith. You must also pray for me. Yes, I know what you mean. He has told me that you are to do his work. You certainly are a favored man. I cannot conceive of any mortal, being given that great office, and having the Divine Love of God, and of Jesus, to such an extent, as to make him worthy or qualified, to do it. Rest assured, if you need any help in any way, and I obtain that great possession for which I will strive, I will be with you and help you in every way possible. You are very close to Jesus, as I am informed. He certainly is a wonderful spirit, the brightest and most lovely that I have ever seen in the Spirit World. He tells me of The Way to the Father, as he calls God. I listen to him, and try to believe what he tells me. Somehow, I have my doubts. He turns away, as if in great pity and Love. He will not let me alone very long, but keeps telling me of the Wonderful Divine Love of God, and how willing God is to give me His Divine Love and Blessings. I do not understand, as I have told you.

You seem to help me more, for you are somehow closer to me, more in accord with my condition of mind and thought. You are too much given to what I call right thinking about these Spiritual Matters to ever try to tell me what is not True.

Yes, that is what they all say, but until I do have this faith and love I cannot realize that he is a very great teacher. I mean that I cannot believe what he tells me so easily, as what you tell me.

I am praying all the time. Now I will pray with more understanding, or rather belief that it is not necessary for me to understand the process of obtaining this Divine Love, but that it is mine, if only I believe that it is.

Yes, I hope so. If I am so Blessed, you will know just as soon as you give me the opportunity to write. You will know in no uncertain terms, for when I am filled with this Happiness, that I see the others of your band have, you will hear me shout it out, as you used to hear me shout in my speeches in court. Only this will be entirely from the soul, not merely a matter of mind.

I see them (Wm. R. & Pert) quite frequently. They are still in a condition of spiritual darkness, as I before told you. I try to tell them what little I have learned from you and the others mentioned. They do not seem to want to learn of Spiritual Things, so I do not know what to do.

Your wife and mother talk to them also, and tell them of the Wonderful Things that they may obtain, if they will only give their thoughts to God and His Divine Love. They do not seem to comprehend just what is meant and think that they are still, to some extent, connected with earthly matters. They are not so very unhappy, but their happiness is not of the kind that I see your wife has. I want them to obtain it. They are very dear to me, as you may know. Mrs. Riddle is not my soulmate, but I love her very much and want her to become happy as she possibly can.

No, not yet, but I am hoping to soon. I do not know why, but it is so. I will ask her when I next see her, for she is a very beautiful and loving spirit. She certainly does love you. I wonder that she does to the extent that I see, for you are not so much interested in her as I think, for you are not a man that loves anyone very much, so you see you are a very blessed man in having the Love of such a spirit. Yes, I know you do. I was only jesting a little. You do love her, as I know. You will be very happy when you come over and live with her.

Yes, I hear of her home as one of such beauty. It must be so, for she is so beautiful that I could not imagine that her home is anything else than beautiful. Or, if I could only get into the Sphere where she is, I know that I would be very happy. I certainly would visit her; listen to her music and her beautiful thoughts, for she has beautiful thoughts, which you cannot imagine she possesses. You will be the most surprised man in the World when you come over and meet her.

Yes, infinitely more beautiful. I did think her one of the most beautiful young women on Earth when I lived, but her beauty then, is as a mere faded shadow to what it is now.

Yes. I see the Professor quite often. He is progressing very wonderfully in his Spiritual Growth. He is really a beautiful spirit. You know he was not so beautiful on Earth. Now he is a spirit that shows that he possesses what he says is the Divine Love of God to a wonderful degree. He is still studying and writing, and says that he will soon write you some of his thoughts, if you will let him. I advise you to do so, for they are wonderful even for this Spiritual World. He is here now, and says that he wants to thank you for your inquiry. Also wants you to know that he is thinking a great deal of you, and will soon write you if you will only permit him to do so.

You are tired and I must stop.

I am as ever your own True friend and partner, A. G. Riddle.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 27th 1914

I am here, Helen.

Yes, and you know that I do Love you.

You certainly did try hard to lead the two friends to the Light. My darling, I am so happy that you are so filled with the Love of God, that you can do this work as you are tonight. They are most certainly impressed with what you say. I believe that theywill soon see the necessity for a Spiritual Awakening, and turn their thoughts to God and His Divine Love. What a blessed work for the Master.

Be only True to yourself. You will be able to do much good.

You are tired. So, my darling, with all my Love, and many kisses, I am, you own True Sweetheart and wife, Helen.

December 28th, 1914

I am here, Prof. Salyards.

Your wife told you today that I would write tonight. I will try to do the best that I can. I am now in the Third Sphere, with your wife and father, who are my very constant companions. Although, I am not so highly developed in spiritual Love as is your wife, who is one of the most beautiful spirits of my acquaintance. I am trying to learn what is possible about the Laws that govern the Spirit Life, but as yet I know comparatively little of them. I am also trying to write poems of Love of God and of human. So you must not be surprised, if some day I shall write to you some of my productions. I am also trying to get more of God's Divine Love in my heart, so that I may progress to the Higher Spheres and find the Greatest Happiness possible to obtain.

My present condition is one of great happiness. But I know that there is greater, higher up, and that as your grandmother and mother have found it, I will be able to find it also, if I follow the way that they have pursued.

You must not expect me to write very much tonight, as you are not in condition to permit me to do so. I know that I do not write as you anticipate that I would, but only because I want to wait until conditions are better.

Yes, I have found my soulmate, thanks to your wife. I cannot tell you how happy I am. Your wife was certainly good to me. I will never cease to thank, and love, her for her interest in me. My soulmate is a very beautiful and spiritual woman, who I never knew on Earth, even though she lived in a part of the Valley not very far from my home. Her name was Sarah Conway, as she tells me. Her father was a farmer near Mt. Crawford. She is now here and says that you are a very dear man to suggest that your wife find her. She says that she had never been instructed that she had a soulmate, and that until your wife told her she did not know that I was the one that God intended for her. I do not understand why this is, but it seems to be so.

I have heard that there is a Law of Attraction as you say, but just how that Law operates I am not able to say. Your wife seems to have a Knowledge of this Law which I do not have and have never yet tried to learn. She is a wonderful spirit in her investigations of certain Laws pertaining to the Laws of Spirits for one another. How she obtained this Knowledge I am not yet informed, and cannot explain just how she discovered who my soulmate is. I know though that I have found her, and that she is mine forever. How, I do not know, but she did locate her. I have her now with me. She says that your wife told your mother who my soulmate is, and your mother who is in the same sphere told her. She came down to my home and found me. Then knew that I was intended for her.

She is in the Fifth Sphere where your mother lives. Yes, I see that it is. I will include it in my catalogue of studies. You are right when you say that I must study this matter, for the happiness of so many spirits depends upon knowing their soulmates that it is well worth studying so that I may help them in finding who is the one that God has selected for any inquiring spirit.

Question and Answer.

She has not yet, but she will, as I will ask her. She is so good that I know that she will tell me. She is a very diligent student of many of the things pertaining to the Love of the spirits for humans, and she had made wonderful progress in her studies of the various means of communication between them. She is so beautiful and so filled with God's Divine Love that I scarcely know what to tell you of her current condition on any of these subjects. She is a wonderful spirit in her accomplishments in almost any line of investigation.

Yes, I know that it may seem impossible to you, but she is a spirit of such energy and determination that nothing seems to prevent her progressing in these things. She is also a wonderful lover of her soulmate. He should consider himself highly blest by having the great Love, which she has for him. You need not think that all soulmates have this wonderful Love for they do not. Love here seems to be something like Love on Earth. In some, it is developed to a greater degree than in others. I am one who is very deep in my feeling of Love, and so my soulmate seems to be.

I do not know, but it is quite possible, for if she has undertaken to find her, she will, if there is any way in which it can be done.

I will soon do so if you get in condition. He is with me in this Sphere. He is a very bright and loving spirit. I am so glad that he is here with me. He died so young, that his ideas of spirit matter were not very firmly fixed, and when he came over it was not difficult for him to learn the Truth. Yes, mother helped him very much, as she was so kind to him in his early Life here. She is my dearest spirit friend, and is so good and fine that I am always much helped by being in her company.

Yes, he is in the Earth Sphere and is not very happy. He was a good churchman, but was not very spiritual. I have tried to help him on several occasions, but he seems to think that the only Life for him to lead is one that he led while on Earth. I mean that he seems to be satisfied with the condition that he is now in. His father has progressed to a Higher Sphere recently, but he is not yet very much filled with God's Divine Love, and does not seem to be able to help Ambrose very much, as I believe that Ambrose would not be so contented with his present home.

You are very tired, and I must stop. Your old professor and friend, Joseph Salyards.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 29th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

I am in my home in the Third Sphere still, but soon I hope that I will be with your mother who is waiting for me to come to her. She is trying all she can to help me. She says that if you continue to pray as you did last night for me, that I will soon be with her.

Your father is also very anxious to progress to the same Sphere so that he can be with his soulmate, who is very anxiously waiting for him. He is now a very beautiful spirit. He Loves her with a very Great Love, but not so much as I do you.

No, I am not. I know for I can see the Love in the souls of spirits. I know that his Love is not the equal of mine, even if he does Love her so much. You will know also, when you come over. You will say that I am not mistaken. So do not think that I am biased in the matter, for I am not.

Most of my time when I am not with you is given to helping the spirits who do not know The Way to God's Divine Love, and the necessity for obtaining It, in order to obtain Perfect Happiness. I am also engaged in studying the Laws pertaining to Spirit Intercourse (communications) with mortals, as I have told you. I find that a spirit can only communicate when it is in a condition of rapport with the mortal, and only then, when certain conditions exist.

Even if a spirit is in rapport, it cannot exercise any influence over the mortal, unless the mortal is in a certain condition to receive that influence. So, it is absolutely necessary for the mortal, as well as the spirit, to have these conditions around them in order to get the communications. You and I have no difficulty, because we are in the condition that enables us to communicate at all times, although sometimes the conditions are not as good as at other times.

No, you are in complete condition with all your band. Also with some others who occasionally write to you. Bright Star is one who finds no difficulty in writing to you. She is very anxious to have you permit her to write as soon as possible. I will tell her. I have no doubt that she will take advantage of the opportunity. You must not let these outside spirits write too often, for, as we have told you, it will injure our rapport, and condition. No, of course not, he is privileged at all times and has the first right. No, White Eagle is a part of us, and his writing will not interfere.

Yes, I have. She has met him (Mr. R.). They have become acquainted and have exchanged greetings. She is in the Fifth Heaven (Sphere) and is a very spiritual woman. No, not on Earth. It seems that she lived in the State of Illinois. He (was) in Ohio. So, they never met. He says that she is a beautiful spirit. He is so thankful that he has found her, and keeps telling me that I am his guardian angel, and that he will help me to watch over you and keep you from all harm and trouble. He is a very powerful spirit, although he has not yet gotten the Great Love, which we are all trying to help him get. He will have it very soon now. Then he will realize what True Happiness is.

I feel that you are not so close to me tonight as usual for some reason. It does not make me very happy to feel so. Tell me what the trouble is that keeps you away from me. I will try to remove it, if possible. I see. I am sorry, for I have tried my best to help you. If I am not successful, it is not because I did not try. I understand. I do not know what to say, for I do not see how I can give any more convincing evidence. I see what you mean. I am sure that you will not have to feel that I am not your Helen on that account, though I am not infallible. Something might intervene to prevent the happening of what I have told you, but I do not see anything now. Consequently, I am quite sure that you will be relieved, in the way that I say.

No, she can do what you want her to do in a very short time, as she has the securities. Harry can help her get the money, as I see it. I am sorry that you do not believe sufficiently to set aside this contingency. Yes, I know, but you might get a little more this week from local matters, and will have enough for your own purposes. He (Jesus) meant just what he said. You must believe him. He will surely see that you will want for nothing, as he told you. So, you have so many assurances that I do not see why you should worry.

Yes, I have met quite a number, and have spoken to them. Though many of them did not know me. I had changed so much that they did not recognize me in the spirit that I am now. They are nearly all in the Earth Plane. I have tried to help them, but somehow the spirits do not seem to have so much power in that regard, as do the mortals by their prayers. I do not understand this, but it seems to be so. Many of the spirits, whom I knew on Earth, have not had the Spiritual Awakening yet. So, they do not see the necessity for seeking for a Higher Sphere. They are pretty well contented with their condition and are comparatively happy.

Yes, she is in the Third Sphere, as she was a Spiritual woman, and had a great deal of God's Divine Love in her heart.

He is not with her. He is in the Earth Plane. He was a very good church member, but not very Spiritual. He seems to be quite happy though. He is not worrying much about progressing to the Higher Spheres. He is not her soulmate. She has one who is still on Earth, but very old, and will soon come over.

Well, I am specially endowed with the power to find the soulmates of the spirits. I do not know why it is, but I am. So is your father. He first instructed me. I am now working with him in that regard. You would be surprised to know the number of spirits here who have no conception of what a soulmate means. They seem to think that they have to remain all alone, until some day they may meet a spirit to whom they may become attracted and live with. So, you see, I am doing some good in that particular. When they find their soulmates, they become ever so much happier, and seem to think that I am their best friend, and special angel to guide them.

Yes, they could meet and not realize that they are soulmates. I do not understand how this is. I know from observation that it is so. Some spirits are so in want of the power of observation, that when their soulmates come to them, they do not recognize them until some length of time has elapsed. I remember one case where a bright spirit from the Third Plane came to her soulmate in the Earth Plane, and tried to make him understand that she was his soulmate, but was unable to succeed until after a long time, and when he awoke to the fact that he should have a soulmate allotted to him. Even then, she had to tell him that she was his soulmate. He did not seem to have any longing for a mate. He was so much engrossed with things of Earth that he did not think of soulmates, or anything else of that kind. So you see the spirits who understand that they have soulmates are so much better off, in the way of obtaining happiness, than those who have no knowledge of that fact.

Question: Who will find my soulmate for me?

When that time comes, you will not need anyone to find your soulmate. Because she will be right at the portals of the Spirit World, with her arms open, and her heart so full of Love for you, that you, will know yourself who your soulmate is, without having to have someone find her for you.

Yes, I know how happy you are. You make me happy too, my own darling Ned. Oh, how you must Love me to feel that way for me. I love you with all my heart and soul too. Dry your tears. Know that for every teardrop that falls from your eyes, I have one to correspond in Love and joy. Oh, how I wish that you could see me now! Then you would know that I am your own Helen, and that every drop of my Love is for you, and no one else. So do not cry more my own dear boy. You make me so happy that I can scarcely write. You Love me now, as you never Loved me before. I cannot tell you how happy I am, my own sweetheart. So do not cry more, but continue to always Love me in this way. You will find more happiness than you have ever known before.

I do thank God for his Goodness in giving you to me, and keeping you for me in all these years that we lived together, and apart. My dear, we will never live apart again through All Eternity. Be all mine in thought and desire as you are now, and we will know no sorrow in the time to come, my dear boy. Only to think that you will be mine in all the years that are before us, and that no matter what may happen in the few short years intervening, the time will soon be with us that we will have each other without any veil of flesh to separate us. We are one now, my Ned. You need never fear again that your Helen does not write to you. Now you know. You will never doubt again.

Bless you, my darling, for this evidence of your Love for me. For now never again will I have a thought that you are not mine.

Yes, I will. He will be so happy when I tell him, for he Loves you very much. Tell me again what you quoted. "Steeped in the luxury of tears". Oh, is not that beautiful! How I enjoy those tears. Do not shed more now, for I know that they are all for me, and that your Love is all mine. No, not now, more close than ever before. No more distance. No more feelings of separation, Only One Close Eternal One. My dear, how can I tell you my feelings this night?

Oh, night! I will never forget the happiness that you give me! Nor the Love that comes to me from my own True Soulmate! He is mine, and I am his, but we cannot ever know the extent of our bliss!

Please, my darling, dry your tears. Let me stop a while. You need not stop writing for the night; only stop awhile that I may rest.

I am rested now.

Yes, that is the way that I feel to. Is not it glorious that such Love has come to us. The Father is good to us. How we ought to Love Him, and thank Him for His Goodness. So, when we pray together tonight, we will let our whole hearts go out to Him in thanksgiving and gratitude, that He has given us so much of His Love, and so much Love for each other, for our Love must come from Him. Without Him, we would not have the Love we do for each other.

You are my lover, as well as my husband. No woman could ever have been loved more, than you loved me tonight. So do not let us further write, as I am tired.

I will be with you in your prayers, and watch over your slumbers tonight, and try to make you have pleasant dreams.

So goodnight my own darling Ned, your own Helen.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 29th, 1914

I am here, Jesus.

Let me write just a line. I have been with you as you read. I saw that you thought if many of the sayings attributed to me, could not have been said by me, in view of what I have Revealed to you, of the Truths of God. In this, you are correct. Many of these things, I never said. For humans to believe that I did, is foolishness, and untruth. I will come and Reveal to you the Truth, and the un-truth. Until I do, you must believe only those things that I have written you.

Tonight, I tell you of these things, and many more, but it is too late. You are not in condition to receive my writings. I will come. The World shall know the Truth.

Goodnight my dear brother, do not despair, for I have said it.

Your brother and friend, Jesus.

December 30th, 1914

I am here, Helen.

Dr. Stone is a different human. He has considerable Spiritual Development. Is an earnest seeker of the Higher Things of the Spirit World, and has had a considerable experience in these matters.

He is not just right when he ascribes the Inflowing of God's Divine Love to any vibrations of Spiritual Forces, other than the Pure and Only Divine Love of God. His Love is not a mere vibration, but an actual existing Love, which has its source only in the Fountainhead of His Love. No other force, or thing, enters into it, Only Pure and Everlasting Love, which emanates from the Father. So tell Dr. Stone that he must believe that God is an Infinite Actual Being, who Loves him as a Father, not some mere vibratory love, or power moving through the Universe without a fixed and predetermined plan for the happiness of humankind.

I hope he will soon see, that if he wishes to obtain the Greatest Happiness on Earth, as well as in the Heavens, he will come to believe that God is his Real, Personal Father, with all the Love that a Father, The Only One, can have for His Child.

He can obtain the Happiness, resulting from the possession of this Divine Love, only by prayer to the Father, and belief in the Actual Existence of the Father, and His Desire to bestow this Divine Love in answer to such prayer. He must let this Divine Love of God into his soul, and believe that it is there. When he gets it though, he will know it. He will not need any further proof, than the Happiness that will come to him by its mere possession.

Tell him to pray for it's inflowing, and not wait until he can understand how such a thing can be. He will get it.

I am much interested in him, for I see that he has a longing to know the Truth, and to obtain all the happiness that may be found in the Spirit World.

Let his thoughts about the movements and operations of the astral body, as it is called, and the vibrations necessary to bring one into Harmony with the Higher Things of this World (Spirit World) be taken from his consideration. Let his whole thoughts and aspirations centre upon the Great Love, which the Father has for him. He will then soon learn that in order to get this Great Happiness, of which I speak, is not depending upon any Knowledge of the Laws, which govern vibrations or astral bodies. Or anything else, which merely are useful in carrying out certain operations of God's Laws in His Spiritual Kingdom. He must believe, as I say, if he wants to succeed in finding, that which is far more desirable than anything, which the mere acquisition of the Knowledge of the Laws governing the inter-communication between the Spiritual and the material Worlds can give him.

I am so much interested in his Spiritual welfare, that I almost feel that I must come to him personally and try to impress upon him with all my powers, the necessity of his trying to get this Great Happiness (Divine Love), in the way that I have indicated. So be sure to tell him that he must pray to God for an inflowing of His Divine Love, and believe that God is able to fill his soul with this Divine Love, and let all the desires as to why these things can be, pass from him, for the time being.

I know his soulmate. She is a beautiful spirit, living in the same Sphere with me. When I heard you talking today, I immediately tried to find her, and succeeded. She knows that he is her soulmate. She is so anxious to get into communication with him, for she says that he is very dear to her. She wants him to obtain this Great Love, which will enable him to come to her direct, when he comes over, so he will not have to have an experience of expiation in the Earth Plane. She says tell him; that he is her True Soulmate, and that he must believe it to be so, for she has known it for some time, and has been with him many times when he has felt downhearted and needed help. She will now be with him very often. She only hopes that she may, in some way, cause him to feel that she is, and realize that he is not alone in his Earth Life.

She never knew him on Earth. She says that her home was in England, not very far from where he lived, and that her name is Mary Kennedy. She was the daughter of a very prosperous businessman, and is a spirit only for about ten years.

She is not only waiting for him to come over, but is trying to prepare a home for them both, that will show him how much she loves him, and how much she has thought of him for several years past. I never knew her until today, but she seems to be a very lovely spirit, one of entire sincerity. So tell him that here is another reason why he should strive to obtain this Divine Love of God in his soul, that I have above all things tried so very earnestly to impress upon him the necessity of obtaining.

So tell him further that from now on he will have a beautiful spirit to enter into all his joys, and to sympathize with him in all his sorrows, which I hope may be few.

I must stop now for I have tired my darling Ned. You must pardon me for having taken up so much time in writing about Dr. Stone, but I could not help it, as I saw that he is almost ready to let God's Divine Love come into his soul and make him a happy man. Helen

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914

December 31st, 1914

I am here, your father.

I am very happy and am glad that you seem to be also.

Question and answer:

Yes, because of your experience the other night, in loving Helen and her loving you. You certainly were filled with love. You must be perfectly happy, to have had such a demonstration of love, and the realization of the actual sensitive presence of your wife. I tell you that she was with you, and was so filled with her love for you, that we all wondered at her love. She is a spirit that seems to have no limit to her love for you. Not many spirits seem to have such abundance of love, as she has for you. So you must consider yourself a very blessed man to have such a wife and a soulmate.

Yes, as I told you, many years ago. There is of record in the Heavens a Book of Lives, as I might call it, which contains the names of those who are decreed by God to be One through All Eternity. When I want to know, who is the soulmate of one, who desires to know, his or her soulmate, I consult that book. There I find who the soulmate is. I am not permitted to give the name of the soulmate, if he or she is on the Earth Life. It might create discord, or unhappiness, to the living. If the soulmate is not married, then there is no restriction upon me. If the soulmate is married, then I must not tell the name. Such is the Law of God in this particular. The reason is that I have that duty assigned to me, and as Helen has told you, I have taught her to perform this duty, and she is now engaged in it, and is most successful in the performance of her mission. She seems to have a wonderful ability, or you might call it, intuition, for locating the soulmates in the Spirit World, as she never fails when she undertakes to find one. She also finds great happiness in doing this work, and in seeing the happiness that comes to them who ask her to perform this task. I do not engage in it with so much enthusiasm as she does. I do the best that I can. I am rewarded also by seeing the happiness of those soulmates when they are brought together.

No, not if they are not assigned to do this work. It is one of the provisions of the Spirit World that each person has some work, of a certain kind, or several kinds to do. In that way are helped by the Higher Powers, or, as we believe, the Love of God, to perform. A spirit who is assigned to do a particular work, such as helping the spirit when it first enters the Spirit World, will not attempt to engage in other work of a wholly different kind.

Yes, as to attempting to Awaken a spirit to a conception of the Love of God that is waiting for it, all spirits may do this. When a spirit succeeds in causing a darkened or blinded spirit to feel or realize that God's Love is waiting for it, then the spirit who has caused that Awakening is most happy.

Of course, it is only the spirit who has had that Awakening themselves, who can cause, or lead, another spirit to that desire for Spiritual Enlightenment, that will finally cause it to get this Love to his full and complete happiness. I am not yet in a condition to be fully able to do this with much success. Your grandmother and mother are very powerful in this particular. They are the cause of many spirits becoming reconciled to God and His Salvation. So you see, the One Great Thing to obtain, either while on Earth, or after you come here, is this Great Awakening and Divine Love of God in your own heart. It is, of all things necessary, the Greatest. I know, to a considerable degree, what it means, and he happiness that comes from it. I am not satisfied. I am striving to obtain more of this Divine Love, and to rise higher in the Kingdom of God. So you must try also. You need not wait until you come over.

She has it to a degree that almost enables her to go with your mother. I think that in a very short time she will leave us and rise to the higher sphere. We will miss her very much.

Yes, he (Mr. Riddle) is becoming more in condition to receive this Divine Love, and believe in what your mother tells him. She is the one that is trying to show him The Way, more than anyone else. He seems to have great confidence in her and in her Love.

He is also progressing very fast. I expect that he will soon be with me in this sphere. So you see, we all are doing well in the way of progressing. Your prayers help us very much.

I have seen him (Taggart) very recently. He is in the same condition as when I wrote you first about him. He does not seem to realize that he needs any assistance to help him to become happier, or to progress to a better condition. It is difficult to convince him. I tried several times, but he said that I was mistaken in what I told him, and that he knew that he was just where it was intended that he should be, so I have not tried lately.

No, I do not, but I can find him (Mackey) if you desire that I shall. He might want to say something to you, but only through me, as you must not get into rapport with these strangers to our band. It will do harm, and we must not run the risk.

We are here. Mr. Mackey and Mr. Taggart. They say that they are very glad that you have given them the opportunity to say a word.

He (Mackey) says that he is much happier than when he first came over, as he has commenced to see the things that are necessary to make him happier. He says; that he wants you to tell him of your experience with some of the other spirits, with whom you have come in contact, as he says, he has recently learned from Earth sources, that you have had considerable experience with spirits who have been in a condition of unrest and spiritual blindness, and have helped them some.

He says that he is in the Earth Plane. That when he came over, it was a very dark and dreadful road that he traveled. That he was all blind and left alone after he first entered the Spirit World. That only recently has he commenced to see a ray of Light, that his condition now is not one in which he receives much happiness. He is not very hopeful of ever becoming very happy. He sees nothing around him but darkness and depravity. Evil spirits who delight in trying to make everyone around them feel that there is no hope for any spirit, but that their lives must be spent in a condition of suffering and unhappiness, in other words, that they are in hell and have no hope of getting away from it.

He says that he has gotten some little Light from a spirit who has been telling him that there is hope, and a better place if he will only believe it to be so, and let his soul open up to the better influences. But that he cannot believe that, there is any God, any Saviour, or any better place for him. He says that if there is a better place, or any reason to believe that there is a God, or Saviour, he wants to know it, and if you can help him any, to please do so.

He says that he has not seen Mr. Riddle, and did not know that he is in the Spirit World. He says that he will try to find him, and maybe he can get some help.

He says that I am much more beautiful than Mr. Taggart. More happy looking. He further says; that I am not so very different, as he sees it, to cause him to ask that question, but as you request it, he will do so. He has asked me. I told him that my appearance and happiness was caused by my having gotten the Divine Love of God in my soul, and the realization that God is my Father, and Loves me so very much that he wants me to be His Child and become One in thought with Him.

He says that that may be True, but he does not understand it. That if it is the cause, he would like to know The Way, for he certainly wants to be rid of the awful darkness and despair that is with him almost continuously. Because, as he says, that you are his friend and that he will try to do as you suggested. He says; that he cannot yet believe that, there is a God who can help him to get out of his awful condition. He says that he will try to pray, and try to believe, and that if there is anything in what you say, and you really believe what you say, that you must pray for him also.

He says that for the sake of what you say, that if any of these spirits that you speak of, should come to him, he will listen to them, even though he may not believe, that he cannot promise to believe.

He says that he will come to you tonight, and try to pray as you say. He doubts that it will do any good, but he does not think that it can do any harm. He is willing to pray, and will try to believe. You must not feel bad, if when he does so, he tells you that he does not believe in prayer, or God.

He says that he is not willing to run the risk of having his conscience lash him, or of his suffering any more than he is now. He does not believe that he can do so and live.

He says; that what you say sounds as if there might be some Truth in it. He will think about it, that is; if his happiness, or future state, depends upon his will, he will very soon determine that question, for if what you say is True, then he will be a big fool to remain where he is, when by the mere exercise of his will he can get into places of happiness and light. So he says, he will think of what you say.

He says that what you say may be all True. The difficulty is that he cannot understand. Therefore, cannot believe.

He says that he can say what you have just said and mean it. He is ready to do so now. "If there be a God, if that God has a Love for me and is ready to fill my soul with that Love, and make me happy and full of Light, whether I receive that Love, or not, depends upon my will, then if this is all True, I will that God give me this Love, with all my strength and desire."

He says that he is feeling some strong sensation now. That he will repeat this, pray to God, and ask for Faith. He will continue to repeat it, as you have taught him. He hopes that he may receive this Love and Light. He says that you have shown him that there may be some such thing as this Love of God, and that he is willing to pray. If his receiving it depends upon his will, he is willing it with all his heart. He says that, as you seem to have such Faith in this Love, and in prayer, that you do not forget to pray for him.

Yes, Mr. Taggart has heard it all. He says; that you certainly did put it up to Mackey to try the experiment, but that he is very doubtful if you will see any good results flow from it. He says that he will wait and see what effect it has on Mackey, and then he may be willing to consider the matter. He does not believe that prayer is anything more than a mere wish that emanates in, and goes no higher, than the mind. That, consequently, there is no God to answer, for if there were, the prayers of all the people of the warring nations, would bring about such conflicting answers that confusion would be worse confused.

He says; that he never thought of it in that way, but if as you say the prayer should be that this Love, which you say would make humans, Love not only God, but one another, and make every human strive to make happy every other human, then if that prayer should be answered, the war would soon stop. The nations as nations, and as individuals, would undoubtedly be happy. Peace would reign over all the land. If this is the Love that you are trying to tell us about, then I am not so certain that it is worth striving for.

You are a very ingenious reasoner. I commence to see that there may be some logic in what you say. How am I to attempt to do that, in which I have no faith? I know that I ordinarily, when on Earth, required everything to be proved. Unless things were proved, I was not willing to accept conclusions. I have not changed in that particular since I have come to the Spirit World. I find it hard to change.Ss you say, I should be reasonable enough to let my mind be open to a conviction, if such conviction can possibly be brought about by any means, whether they arise from the knowledge that I gained when on Earth, or whether they arise from things connected with this Spiritual World, of which I have very little Knowledge. So after all I guess Mackey is not such a big fool to try the experiment, and having confidence in you as a friend that has at heart my welfare, I will do the same as Mackey has promised to do. So you can pray for me too. I will pray also. Of course, I will not be able to have any belief that my prayers will be answered. So you see I am not only hard headed, but hard hearted also.

Yes I am, if it depends on my will, I am more than willing. Not only that, but if there be a God, and the Love that you speak of, I will forever thank that God for taking me away from this condition of blindness and unhappiness.

Yes, I am willing to pray to God to help me to believe. If that will bring relief, then there will be no difficulty, for I will make such a prayer with all my heart.

You are the most persistent man that I have ever met in these Spiritual Matters. If what you say happens, I will certainly thank you with all my heart and soul, for I can conceive of nothing more desirable than to have the Great Blessings and Possessions that you tell me about. So I will keep faith with you as I said. When next you give me the opportunity to write, I will frankly tell you what the result of my experiment is.

Yes. I appreciate what you have done. I say to you that this violation of your Law, which the band you speak of has prescribed, has caused me to think more deeply of your interest in me, and what you said, than I can express.

So, goodbye for the present. The next time I come, I will try to observe your Law, and write through your father, if he will permit me to.

Yes, you certainly did give the gentleman a struggle to get away from what you said to them. I believe that you have impressed them to such a degree that they will be lead to learn the Truth. You are tired and must stop.

Your father, John H. Padgett.

Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1914