1915 March

Divine Love Messages from Jesus and Celestials 1915 March

3rd March 1915

I am here, Jesus.

You are in a better condition tonight. I will continue my messages.

"God is a God of Love! No human can come to Him, unless they receive the Divine Love of the Father in their soul."

As humans are by nature (this is the current "nature" the human mind, and not the True Nature of the soul, the True Self) sinful, inclined to error, and the violation of God's Laws, they can be Redeemed from that sin only by obtaining this Divine Love. That, can be obtained only through prayer, and Faith in the Willingness of God to bestow this Divine Love upon whomsoever may ask for it. I do not mean that there must be formal prayers, or compliance with any church creeds or dogmas. The prayer that is efficacious, is that, which emanates from the soul, and earnest aspirations of a human. So let humans know, that unless they have the real soul longings for this Divine Love, it will not be given to them. No mere intellectual desires will suffice. The intellect is not that faculty in human that Unites them to God. Only the soul is made in the likeness of the Father. Unless this likeness is Perfected by a filling of the soul with the Divine Love of the Father, the likeness is never complete.

Love is the One Great Thing in God's Economy of Real Existence. Without it, all would be chaos and unhappiness. Where it exists, Harmony and Happiness also exist. This I say, because I know, from personal experience, that it is True. Let not humans think that God is a God who wants the worship of humans with the mere intellectual faculties. That is not True. His Divine Love is the One Thing that can possibly Unite Him and them. This Divine Love is not the Natural Love that is a part of human's natural existence. The Natural Love that humans have, who have not received a part of the Divine Love, is not sufficient to make them One with the Father. Nor is that Natural Love the kind that will enable them to enter the Celestial Spheres and become as the Angels, who are filled with this Divine Love, and who do always the Will of the Father. This Divine Love is found only in the souls of those who have received it, through the ministrations of the Holy Spirit (in response to humans longings and aspirations). The only Instrument of God's Workings that is used in bringing about the salvation of humans. I have seen the operations of the Holy Spirit upon the souls of humans. I know what I tell you to be True. No human must rest in the assurance that any other instrumentality, or medium, than the Holy Spirit, will enable them to obtain this Divine Love. They must not rest in the thought that without this, they can become a part of God's Kingdom. For no Love but this Divine Love can entitle and qualify them to enter that Kingdom.

When on Earth, I taught the Doctrine of Salvation, only through the workings of the Holy Spirit, in fulfilling the Commandments of the Father. Mere belief in me, or in my name, without this Divine Love, will never enable any human to become the possessor of this Divine Love. Hence the saying, "that all sins against me, or even against God's Commandments, may be forgiven humans, but the sin against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven them, neither while on Earth, nor when in the Spirit World.", unpardonable. This means; that as long as a human rejects the influences of the Holy Spirit, they sin against it. Such sin prevents them from receiving this Divine Love. Hence, in that state, they cannot possibly be forgiven, and be permitted to enter into the Celestial Kingdom of the Father.

God's Divine Love is not that which needs the Natural Love of human to give it a Divine Essence. On the contrary, the Natural Love of human, in order to become Divine in its Nature, must be completely enveloped in, or absorbed by, the Divine Love of the Father. So, let human know that their Natural Love is but the mere shadow of what the Father's Divine Love is. That as long as they refuse to receive this Divine Love of the Father, they will be compelled to remain apart from the Father, and enjoy only the happiness which their Natural Love affords them.

I am so certain that all humans may receive this Divine Love, if they will only seek for It, in the True Way, and with earnest desire and Faith, that I know it is possible for all humans to be saved. Humans have the Great Gift of free will. The exercise of that Gift towards the seeking, and finding, of this Divine Love, seems to be a difficulty that will prevent a large majority of the human race from receiving this Great Redemptive Boon.

My Father is not desirous that any human should live through All Eternity without this Divine Love. But the time will come, and very soon, when the Privilege of obtaining this Divine Love will be withdrawn from humankind. When that Great Event takes place, never afterwards will the Privilege be restored. Humans who are then without It, will be compelled to live through All Eternity with only their Natural Love to comfort them, and get whatever happiness they may be able to obtain from such Natural Love. Humans may think that this time of separation will never come. In that, they are mistaken. When too late, they will realize it.

The Harmony of my Father's Universe is not dependant on all humans receiving this Divine Love, because in the workings of God's Laws of Harmony on human's souls, all sin and error will be eradicated. Only Truth will remain. The mere absence of sin does not mean that all parts of God's Creation will be peopled by spirits, and humans, who are equally happy, or who are filled with the same kind of Love. The human who is free from sin and has only their Natural Love, will be in Perfect Harmony with other humans possessing the same kind of Love. They will not be in Harmony with those spirits who have this Divine Love, and the Supreme Happiness, which It gives. Yet, such differences in Love, and happiness, will not create discord, or want of Harmony in the Universe.

Adam and Eve, or whom they personify, had not this Celestial Love, only the Natural Love that belonged to their Creation, as human beings. Yet, they were comparatively happy. But their happiness was not like that of the Angels who live in the Celestial Heavens, where only this Divine Love of God exists. They were mortals. When temptation came to them, the Natural Love that they possessed was not able to resist it. They succumbed. So, even though human may hereafter, live forever, and be free from sin and error, yet, they will always be subject to temptations, which this Natural Love may not be able to resist. I mean; that their nature will be merely the nature that Adam and Eve had, nothing greater or less. Even in that condition, they may be able to resist all temptations that may assail them, yet, they will always be subject to fall from their state of happiness. So, become more or less unhappy. This is the future of humans who have not received the Divine Love. But, the spirit who has this Divine Love, becomes, as it were, a part of Divinity Itself, and will never be subject to temptation, or unhappiness. They will be free from all powers that may possibly exist for leading them to unhappiness, as if they were a very God. I mean that His Divinity cannot possibly be taken from them, by any power, influence, or instrumentality in all the Universe of God.

This Divine Love makes a mortal and sinful human, an Immortal and sinless spirit, destined to live through All Eternity in the Presence of and At-One with the Father.

So, if humans would only think, and realize, the importance of obtaining this Divine Love, they would not be so careless in their thoughts and aspirations, concerning those things which will determine their future state through All Eternity.

The importance of these Truths cannot be too forcibly placed before humans for their consideration. When the time comes for them to pass over, the more they have pondered on, and obtained a Knowledge of, these Truths, the better will be their condition in the Spirit World. The Spirit World will not help them so very much, to obtain a more enlightened insight into these Spiritual Matters, because in this World, humans (spirits) differ, and have their opinions, just as on Earth. Of course, they have not all the temptations to indulge their passions and appetites, which they had when in the flesh. As regards their opinion of Spiritual Things, the opportunities are not very much greater, except in this; that because of the freedom from the passions and influences of the flesh, they may sooner turn their thoughts to Higher Things. In this way, sooner realize that only this New Birth in Love of the Divine can save them entirely from the natural results that follow the possession of only the Natural Love.

A spirit is only a human without an Earthly body, and the cares that necessarily belong to the obligations of Earth ties. Even as a spirit, some retain these cares for a long time after coming over, and then are relieved of them by paying the penalties of a violated Law.

Well, I have written long and must stop. So I say with my blessings and Love, goodnight. Your fellow spirit, Jesus.

March 3rd, 1915

I am here, Helen.

Well, was not that a wonderful message of the Master? It was so full of things that should make humans think, and work to get this Divine Love that he spoke of.

I am happy to say that I have It now, to a considerable degree. The more I get of It, the happier I am. I thought that I was happy when I entered the Third Sphere, and more so in the Fifth Sphere, and then supremely so in the Seventh Sphere, but, really, I did not know what happiness was, until I got into my present home in the Celestial Heavens. I suppose as I go higher, the Happiness of each succeeding progressive Sphere, will be so much greater than that from which I progressed.

Of course, the Master has been the Great Teacher, whose Love and power have helped me more than all the others. He is so wonderful in Love and wisdom, that I almost adore him. Although, he says that I must worship only God. I follow his directions.

My experiences here are so wonderful, that I hardly realize what it all means. My time in the Spirit World has been so short. Yet, the wonderful Knowledge of Spiritual Truths, and the Great Happiness that I have received, cause me to wonder in amazement that such things could be.

You have had a long writing tonight. I think I had better stop.

So goodnight, your loving wife, Helen.

March 5th, 1915

I am here, your Grandmother.

Yes, it is I. I want to tell you of my experience in progressing into the Spirit Life.

Well, when I passed over, I was received in the Spirit World by your grandfather, and my own dear mother, who had been in the Spirit World for so very many years. She was then living in the Seventh Sphere, and was a most beautiful and happy spirit. Now she is far up in the Celestial Spheres. Occasionally comes to see me, and tells me of the great beauty of her home, and of the Wonderful Spirits who inhabit the Spheres where she lives.

She lives in a High Sphere of the Celestial Heavens, and is with many of the Redeemed Spirits, who lived on Earth many centuries ago. She mentioned some of them who were well known on Earth. Such as; John Wesley and his brother Charles. (Martin) Luther and some of his contemporaries, who were engaged in the great reforms of those days. Whitefield is one she named, and Bunyan, also. They seemed to have reached this Sphere by obtaining the Divine Love that we have written you of. So, when I think that, through gradual development and progression of my Spiritual Being, there are these High Spheres for me to attain to, I feel that my Faith, and seeking for the Divine Love, have a great deal yet to accomplish, in the way of Soul Development.

Well, shortly after I passed over, I progressed to the Third Sphere, and thought that there, the very seat of heaven must be, because my happiness was so much greater than I ever anticipated.

Well, when I first entered the Spirit World, I confess I was disappointed. Because I did not see the Father on his throne, and Jesus sitting on his right hand, as I had been taught to believe. It was not long before I realized that such a belief had no foundation in Truth. That God has no throne, such as the writers of the Bible had declared, but that His Spirit is manifested everywhere, and in all places, and is a Spirit that has no form, in the sense that I had been taught to believe.

After living in the Third Sphere for some little time, and having received much information from spirits who lived in Higher Spheres, and having received a great abundance of God's Divine Love, I progressed to the Fifth Sphere. I found a wonderful home of Beauty and Harmony, among spirits who had experiences similar to my own, and who had received the Divine Love, to a degree, which gives us all this Great Happiness that I tell you of.

In some of the planes of this Sphere are many spirits who have not received this Divine Love, but who have attained to wonderful moral and intellectual qualifications. But they were not so happy as were those who had received the Great Love of the Father. They gave their thoughts, and work, more to things that pertain to moral and intellectual progress than to the soul development in the Divine Love.

It may seem strange to you that these spirits could live in an atmosphere where so much of God's Divine Love was manifested, by the numerous spirits who had received this Divine Love, and yet, not realize that this Divine Love is the One Great Thing absolutely necessary for their further progress and greater happiness. But such is the fact. Many of these spirits of the greatest intellectual development are still pursuing their studies of Laws that have to do solely with things that relate to the operations of Spiritual Laws, and the causes of phenomena that astonish both mortals and spirits.

I have wondered, many times, that they have not had an Awakening, to the Real and Grander Truths of Spirit Life. To the causes of the development of the souls, of those with whom they come in contact, who are so much more beautiful and happier, than are these students of merely Spiritual Laws and causes that produce only astonishing phenomena.

Strange as it may seem to some, intellectual progression is not necessary to soul progression. But with soul progression by obtaining the Divine Love, comes a Wonderful Knowledge of these other things that I speak of. I, as you know, was a person of just ordinary mental acquirements, yet in this Spirit World, I have left behind me many great minds possessed of wonderful intellectual information. I mean not only as regards the progress of my soul, but also as regards the attainment of Knowledge, that these humans (spirits) are devoting their time and work to obtain.

Strange also, it may seem to you, that with Soul Development in the Divine Love, there comes intellectual development. But to us who have experienced this fact, it is not strange, because the mind is only an attribute of, as I may say, a quality of the soul. As the soul develops in the Divine Love, the mind must necessarily also develop.

Philosophy is merely the conclusion of minds that have given thought and investigation to the subject matter of that philosophy. When it is determined by the mere mind, it is still uncertain, and subject to revision and change, as the mind may change. The mind, in its development, does not necessarily learn the full and Real Truth. In this Spirit Life, among these humans/spirits, of purely great minds, that do not possess the Divine Love, there is as much variety of opinion, and as many disputes as to what is the Truth, as there are on Earth. The mind, of itself, cannot always discern the Truth, because it is not infallible, even when it is the mind of a spirit, and that spirit a highly developed one.

As the soul develops in the Divine Love, this development means; that what comes to it as a fact, is a Truth, the Everlasting Truth. The soul does not learn all Truths at once. The Truth that it does learn, is one that never changes, and lets no revision alter, or set it aside. No Truth of the soul's discernment is never shown to be error. No error ever becomes a part of the soul's discernment of Truth. So, you see, the great road to the ascertainment of the Realities of God, is through, and only through, the development of the soul by the inflowing of the Divine Love. The eye of the soul is that interior perception, which needs not reason from cause and effect to discern and forever establish the Truths of God.

So, how very necessary that humans, and spirits, should learn the great fact, that if they would learn the Truth of Spirit Life, they must endeavor to develop the soul's powers of perception, by seeking for the inflowing into their souls of the Divine Love.

I could tell you many wonderful things to illustrate these propositions, if I had the time to do so. But I have not now. Sometime I will go more in detail on this subject. Then you will more fully understand what I mean.

Well, after I had lived in this Fifth Sphere, and learned the Great and Wonderful Truths that are taught therein, I progressed to the Seventh Sphere, and there learned what Real Happiness is, as I thought. No spirit, who has not received this Great Love of the Father, lives in this sphere, because the mind is, as it were, absorbed by the soul to such a great extent, that without the Soul Development, the mind would have no place of lodgment. I mean; that the mind, as such, then becomes so subordinated to the powers and operations of the soul perceptions, that it cannot exist as mere mind, independent of the soul's development.

In this Sphere, all is grand and beautiful, to an extent that I cannot describe, because you have no possible mental conception with which I can compare such beauty and grandeur.

Our homes are very Harmonious, and without stain, or anything that emanates from things other than the soul's essence and power. No mere intellectual happiness exists. No spirit, who has not this Great Love could possibly be happy there. Yet, while all this Happiness exists, I was told that Happiness is far greater in the Celestial Spheres. Consequently, I was not satisfied to remain in the Seventh Sphere, although I could not realize how my happiness could be any greater than it was. Yet, as I say, I was not contented to remain in my home there. I was also told that there was a way to get into this Celestial Sphere. A way, so easy, that the mere statement of it caused doubt. But I prayed for Faith, and the Divine Love. On an occasion, my Faith brought the Divine Love into my soul in such abundance. I progressed to the First Celestial Sphere, where I now am.

The Book of Revelation in the Bible, in its most extravagant description of the New Jerusalem, gives no True Conception of what the Beauty and Magnificence of this Sphere are. I will not attempt to describe them. For I cannot. A human, or spirit either, who has never seen the Wonderful Beauty of this Sphere, cannot conceive of what its magnificence is.

I am so very happy, that it seems to me there can be no greater happiness. Yet, my mother tells me that there is. That the Divine Love of the Higher Spheres, is so much more intense, and filled with so much more of God's Divinity, that I cannot have the slightest conception of what it is.

I am now trying to reach these Higher Spheres. I am told that Faith, and prayer for the inflowing into my soul of the Divine Love, are the only instrumentalities that will enable me to do so. My prayers are constant. My Faith is growing. I realize, that when the Holy Spirit fills me with this Divine Love, as I expect it to do, I shall progress.

So you see, One Great Element of God's Method of making His Redeemed happy, is to set before them a higher mark, for which they may seek, with the assurance that it can be attained.

Well, I have written you quite a letter. I feel that I must stop now, as I need to leave the Earth's atmosphere for awhile.

So with all my Love and blessings, I am, your Grandmother, Ann Rollins.

March 6th, 1915

I am here, Jesus.

I want to write tonight on the power of Divine Love to Redeem humans from sin and error.

My Father's Divine Love is, as I have written, the only thing in all this Universe, that can save humans from their evil natures, and make them At-One with Him. This Divine Love, I have already explained. When humankind will read my messages, and try to understand the meaning of this Divine Love, it will soon become more at peace with itself, and with God.

This Divine Love is the One Great Power that moves the Universe. Without It, there would not be that wonderful Harmony that exists in the Celestial Heavens of the Spirit World. Nor would so much happiness exist among the Angels who inhabit these Spheres.

This Divine Love is also the Influence, which makes humans on Earth think and do that, which makes for peace and good will among humans. It is not possessed by all humans, in fact by comparatively few. Yet its influence is felt over nearly the whole Earth. Even those who have never heard of my teachings, or of my Father, enjoy the benefit of its Influence, in some kind of belief or faith in an Overshadowing Spirit of Great Power and Watchfulness. I know that this is True. I have visited all parts of the Earth, and have looked into human's hearts, and found in them some elements of belief, which evidenced that this Great Love was influencing these unenlightened people. So, notwithstanding the fact that my Gospel is not preached to every creature, as I commanded when on Earth, yet this Divine Love of the Father is everywhere and all pervading.

Still, it is not received, in all that fullness, that enables those who feel its Influence to realize that God is their Father, and they are His Children, who may become members of His Household in the Celestial Spheres.

No human can receive this Divine Love unless he has Faith in the Father's Willingness to bestow it upon them, and truly and with earnestness prays for it.

Every human has in them the Natural Love, which will give them great happiness in Eternity as a mere spirit and an inhabitant of the Spheres, lower than the Celestial, even though they refuse to seek for the Divine Love that will make him a Divine Angel of the Celestial Heavens.

Only this Divine Love can change the natural human into a human having the Divine Nature in Divine Love that the Father has. I do not mean that human, even though they be filled with this Divine Love to the highest degrees, will ever become a god and equal to The Father in any of His Powers or Attributes. This cannot be. But this Divine Love will make them like the Father in Divine Love, Happiness and Harmony. This Divine Love has no counterpart in All Creation, and comes from the Father Alone. It changes not! Nor is It ever bestowed on anyone who is unworthy, or refuses to seek for it in the only way provided by the Father.

My experience in these Celestial Heavens is; that this Divine Love has the Power to change the most hardened sinner, into a True Child of God, if only through Faith and prayer, such sinner will seek for It. Let this Divine Love take possession of a human, or spirit, and its Power to purify and change the heart of that human, or spirit, never fails.

Your brother and friend, Jesus.

March 9th, 1915

I am Jesus.

You are in condition to resume my message tonight.

I am in a condition of Divine Love that enables me to know that my Father's Divine Love is the only Love that can Redeem humankind and make them At-One with Him. So you must understand that this Divine Love is a Love that has no counterpart in all the Universe, and must be received by human in all its fullness, in order for them to attain to the Celestial Spheres, where the Father's Fountainhead of Love exists. So I say, that no human can become a part of God's Divinity until they receive this Divine Love, and realizes that they and their Father are One in Divine Love and Purity.

I will now tell you what this Divine Love means to everyone who has received it. They are in a condition of Perfect Peace. Their Happiness is beyond all comparison. They are not willing that any thing, or power, shall lead them to those things that are not in accord with the Divine Love and God's Laws of Harmony. They are not only happy, but are away beyond the lower spirits in intellectual development, and Knowledge of the Spiritual Things of the Father. I know that no human is able to obtain the Great Soul Perceptions, until they have the Soul Development (in Divine Love), and are fitted to live in the Celestial Spheres, where only Divine Love and Harmony exist.

So, do not think if a human merely becomes wonderful in their knowledge in an intellectual sense, they are fitted to live in these Higher Spheres. They are not. Only the Great Development of the soul, by obtaining into their soul the Divine Love, will enable them to live there.

John never said, that by me were all things created that were created, and that I, as God, came to Earth and became an indweller in the flesh. That is a mistake, and an interpolation (in the Bible). I never was God. Neither did I ever create any part of the Universe. I was only a spirit of God, sent by Him to help work out human's salvation, and show them the Only Way to the Heavenly Home, that God has in keeping for those who receive the New Birth.

Well, I live in all Spheres (as Christ). But my home is in a Sphere that is very close to the Fountainhead of God's Love. It has no name, or number. With me in the Celestial Spheres are all those who have received this Divine Love, to such an extent that they have become entirely purified, and At-One with the Father. Many are progressing towards that home, and will sooner or later get there. Those who fully received this Divine Love through Faith and prayer are in the Celestial Spheres. Those who have not yet obtained this Divine Love, to the degree mentioned, are not. Yes, Paul is. So are Peter, John, James and several others.

I meant that I would go to the Celestial Spheres, where I now am, and prepare these mansions, which I have now done. It rests with spirits and mortals only to become inhabitants thereof.

Some are, and some are not. The mere fact that these ancient prophets and seers were the mere instruments of God, in declaring His Purposes and Laws, does not mean that they necessarily received this Great Love, so that they are now inhabitants of the Celestial Spheres. Moses and Elias are in the Celestial Spheres. So is John the Baptist. But many great teachers of Spiritual Things, or of future existence, are not, because they have not obtained the New Birth (in Divine Love).

Well, it will depend on whether you live and believe in such a way as to get this Great Love. If you do, you will not have to wait long years to be with me in the Celestial Spheres. You are now in the right way. If you will only persevere, let your faith increase, and get the Divine Love, in sufficient abundance, in your soul, you will be. This remember, that I am your special friend and helper, and will be with you when you are in doubt, or trouble, and will keep you from relapsing into a state of unbelief, or of carelessness.

If, as you say, he will seek that Divine Love, and pray to the Father in Faith, and believe that the Father will bestow It upon him, he will receive it. When he receives it, in sufficient abundance, all sin that he may have committed will be blotted out. No further will he have to pay the penalties of his deeds of sin and error. This is what I came principally to teach humankind. When I said, as you sow so shall you reap, I meant this to be the Law of God, as applied to the Natural Human, as well as to everything else in Nature. That law is subject to be set aside, so far as its operations on the souls of humans are concerned, by the soul of human receiving, in sufficient abundance, the Divine Love. When the Great Love of the Father is sought for, and received, by the soul of human, in sufficient abundance, the Law of Compensation is made non-effective. The Law of Divine Love becomes Supreme. Human is relieved from the penalties of their sins (by this Higher or Supreme Law).

Yes, I know how humans reason about this matter. That is the great stumbling block that prevents them from receiving this Divine Love, and believing that it is efficacious in saving them from paying the penalties of their sins. Well, you now see what I am trying to do. I am so well satisfied that you will make a success of your work, that I feel more than ever certain that my messages will be understood, and given to the world. So keep up your courage. In a short time, all will be in such condition that there will be nothing to interfere with your doing the work as you desire.

Yes, most assuredly. When you get into the work with all your earnestness and Faith, you will see that you will be able to receive the messages, just as I intend that you shall receive them.

Let us stop now, your own True Brother in spirit, Jesus.

March 10th, 1915

I am here, Helen.

Well, I am very happy. You are happier and feel better.

I am now going to write you about my home, as I promised. You must not think I am not in condition to write, if I should not be able to describe it as you may think I should. The only reason for my failure will be that I cannot find words to express myself.

Well, my house is a beautiful white one of a substance that you might think of as alabaster, with two stories in height, with rooms on each side of a wide and beautiful hall. The rooms are very large and filled with the most beautiful furniture that you can conceive of. The walls are all hung with satin coverings, and between are lovely pictures. The parlor, as you would call it, is filled with the most exquisite and comfortable couches and chairs, and with beautiful tables and bric-a-brac. Also, many pictures of landscapes, fruits and flowers. I do not know who painted them. They are there, give me much delight, and satisfy, to so great an extent, my Love for paintings and pictures. There are also many little curios that would make the heart of an aesthetic person rejoice and feel glad. My music room has in it instruments of various kinds, wonderful in sound and construction. I play some of them, also sing, in my weak way, as you say on Earth. But I enjoy the music more than I can tell you. So do many spirits who call to see me.

I have other rooms, such as; repose rooms, a library, and rooms for meditation and prayer. My library is full of books dealing with subjects that are to me, now so congenial and necessary. They tell me of God's Love and Care for His Children. There are also books that deal with the Laws of the Spirit World, and of the other parts of the Universe. These latter, I do not read much. My whole study is so given to the Laws pertaining to our own Spirit World, and its relationship to your World, the Love of God, and the Love that should exist among mortals and spirits, that I do not find time for these other studies. In fact, I have not the inclination.

There are books that you might call fiction, but really are not. They describe the actual experience of spirits, in such a vivid and interesting way, that if they were portrayed in your Earthly books you would think it fiction.

Not all the books in my library deal with the Higher, or more substantial things, of this Spirit Life, for we have our recreation for the mind, in the way of variety in reading, the same as you do on Earth. We are the stronger and happier for it. So you see, if you were here, I know that the library would be your place of rest from your work, although I know you like music very much.

We have a dining room also, but we do not need kitchens, as nothing is cooked. Everything eaten just as we get it from the trees and vines. We do not eat meat, bread, potatoes, or things of that kind. Our food is principally fruits and nuts. Such fruits you never saw, and never will, until you come with me. The fruits, mostly, are pears, grapes, oranges and pomegranates. Of course, not just the same as you know them on Earth. I merely use these words of description to give you some idea of what they are like. We have them in great variety, always fresh and ripe. The nuts too, are of many kinds and qualities. None need nut crackers for them to be broken in order to be eaten. There are no cakes, candies, or anything of that nature. We do not actually eat these things with our teeth and palate, and use intestinal organs, as you do. We inhale, as it were, the delicious flavors and aromas of the fruits. Strange as it may seem to you, we are just as much satisfied, and probably more so than you when you eat them with your physical organs. I cannot more fully explain to you just how this thing is, but, as we say, we eat the fruits and nuts.

We drink pure water, and nothing else. Spirits who say they have wines and other beverages, tell what I have never seen, or heard of, since I have been in the Spirit World. Of course, I do not know every thing that exists, in all parts of this Great World of Spirits. This water is so pure and satisfying, that I cannot imagine any spirit would want anything else to drink. Yet, as I say, I do not know as to this.

We do not actually drink the water, for we have not the internal organs that you have in the physical body. We seem to absorb it in our system, in some way that gives all the delight and satisfaction that you enjoy when you drink water.

We often have our "teas", as your fashionable women on Earth might say. Very many of our spirit friends attend and help make the gatherings enjoyable and happy ones. Of course, the male spirits attend, for I must tell you that in this Life, there are no clubs or businesses that keep the sexes apart, as in your Life. I mean that the two sexes are more together, and enjoy the society of each other, to a far greater degree than in your Earth Life. Of course, I do not mean that these spirits have all found their soulmates. That is not True. But each enjoys the company of the others, as friends and spirits having similar desires and aspirations. My companions are very similar in their Love for the Father, in the Development of their souls, and in their thoughts and desires for Things Spiritual. We discuss many questions pertaining to the soul and its progress, and to the Divine Love of the Father, and to the Love of spirits and mortals. While we are joyous and happy beyond compare, yet we do not indulge in frivolities, or thoughts that have not a tendency to elevate us to Higher Things.

We have music and dancing, but our dancing is different from yours. We merely exercise ourselves in graceful and artistic movements, without any contact of spirit bodies, or the embracing of each other. Of course, we hold hands as we dance, but no familiarity, as you would say, is indulged in.

Well, I have a room for repose, where after working long and, to some extent, feeling tired; I rest on the couches that I tell you of. We do not sleep, but sometimes we go into a kind of dreamy state that gives us much refreshment and vigor. I am now resting from some hard work that I have been doing in your Earth Plane. I mean, that when I am not writing to you, I am resting.

So, you see, we are not enjoying one continuous condition of feeling, as that might become monotonous. I am now trying to help some of the spirits who have recently come over from your city, and who were acquaintances of yours on Earth. I will tell you of them when next I write you.

I am tired now and must stop.

So with all my Love, I am, your own True and Loving Helen.

March 10th, 1915

I am here, your Grandmother.

Well, I am exceedingly happy. I am glad that you are feeling so much improved.

You had quite a long letter from Helen. I hope a very satisfactory one. When she tries, she can write a very good letter.

I am, as you know, in the same Sphere with her. and your mother. We are all very much together, though we live in different homes. Helen, of course, is not as far advanced as I am. Neither is your mother. Nevertheless, we are very congenial, and Love one another very much. Soon though, I will leave them for a Higher Sphere. Then they will miss me. I know, for they keep telling me so, and say that they will follow soon after. I believe that they will. They are wonderful spirits in Divine Love and Faith. These two possessions, as you know, are the "open sesame" to things, and Spheres Higher.

Well, my son, as Helen told you of her home, I want to tell you a little bit about the condition of the spirits in this Sphere. No spirit, who has not received this Great Love of the Father, is here. Or better, all spirits who are here have received and possess this Divine Love. Mere intellectual acquirements are not sufficient to fit a spirit for this Sphere. If a spirit ever realizes that the gate is shut to them, it is because they have not this Divine Love. Then the Great Happiness that exists here could not be enjoyed by the mere mind, for the mind is limited in its capacity for happiness. Only the soul can enjoy this Great Happiness.

I sometimes think that if mortals could be permitted, for one moment only, to realize what this Happiness is, they would never let their lives slip by without making the greatest efforts to fit themselves for this Great Life in the Celestial Spheres.

Our time here is occupied in helping one another to a greater realization of the Truths of Our Father, and in helping spirits who live on lower Planes than we do. I do not now, very often come to the Earth Plane to help other spirits, or mortals. Of course, in your case, I am so bound by my affections and desires that I am with you quite often, more so, with that darling little daughter of yours. As I have told you, I am her guardian angel, and so long as she lives, I will be with her to help and guide.

We are engaged in the study of things that pertain more to the Spiritual Things of this Life, than to studying the things of the other Worlds of the Universe. These things, to us, are what might be called the Material Things. While a knowledge of them would be very interesting, our thoughts are turned to the more important, Truths of God.

Yes, we all have our libraries and homes, as Helen has told you of. Of course, there is a great difference in these homes, depending upon the amount of Divine Love, which the spirit has in their soul. I am now living in a home that is so beautiful, that I could not, in the short time that I will write tonight, describe it to you. Soon I will, in detail. Then you can realize what a home it is.

Well, do not believe everything in the book you have been reading because it is said to be written by spirits. Because, even if it is so written, the information given, depends upon the condition, knowledge, and belief of these spirits. Some may tell the exact Truth, as they conceive it to be. Yet it may not be the Truth.

Well, the explanation is; that the spirits whose communications you read, have never learned the Truth taught by the Master. They only know what they have learned from what they have read, or from what spirits who have not this Great Knowledge, have told them. Any spirit who doesn't say "that Jesus is the greatest spirit and teacher, and the Only One of the Great Teachers who have ever lived on Earth, who shows the Only and True Way to the Father's Kingdom", has never learned this Way, or come under the influence of the Master. So as far as that is concerned, do not pay any attention to what they say, or let their communications influence you. These communications will not help you Spiritually.

There are certain great assembly places in the Spirit World, where the Higher Spirits meet and discuss the various plans, that they think will benefit humankind, and also the lower spirits. I believe the Master has attended these meetings, and given his advice and encouragement. For you must remember that he is a teacher, not only of The Way to God's Kingdom, but also of the acquiring of those things that will help and benefit mortals and spirits who have not received this Great Love.

Part of his mission is to make human and spirits happy, even though they may never become inhabitants of the Celestial Spheres. God Loves All His Creatures. The Master, as His Greatest Instrument of Love and Beneficence, is doing all that he can to make these humans and spirits happy. As some of these communications say, he has helped in many of these assemblies to do good for all. While this is so, yet he is the Father's Greatest Instrument, in showing humans (and spirits), The Way to the Higher Life.

Well, that is a question that seems hard to answer. But if these other great teachers will not believe the Master's Message, as to the Only Way to the Kingdom, they alone know why, and will have to bear the consequences. Not all spirits are able to see these Great Truths, any more than mortals are. The mere fact that they have so much greater opportunity to learn these Truths, does not seem to persuade them to accept the same.

The Higher Spheres, in which these ancient seers and wise men live, are not the Celestial Heavens, but Spheres higher up in the (Natural) Spirit World. No matter how high they may get in these Spheres, they will never partake of that Divine Essence, or Divine Nature of the Father, which we have told you of, unless they seek for, and obtain, the Divine Love, and qualify themselves to enter the Celestial Heavens. They will always be nothing more than spirits possessed of the Natural Love, which they had on Earth. Of course, more refined and free from sin. Yet it is merely Natural Love, and nothing more.

Yes, I have met Paul, Peter, John, James, and several others of lesser development. Yes, they are all in the Celestial Spheres, and very happy, yet they go to the lower Spheres to do the work set before them. No spirit who has not received this New Birth is ever permitted to enter the Celestial Spheres. Hence, the spirit that you speak of, has never seen the home of John, and never will, until redeemed by the Divine Love of the Father.

I do not think these mortals, who claim that they left their bodies and entered the Celestial Spheres, ever did so. I have grave doubt that they ever entered the Spiritual Spheres above the third. This is a subject that I will write you more fully about some other time.

I must stop now. You must not write more tonight.

So, with all my Love, I am, your own Loving Grandmother,Ann Rollins.

March 17th, 1915

I am here, Helen.

I want to tell you of my experience in trying to show a spirit the way to God's Divine Love, which I had a short time ago.

Well, I talked to this spirit, of this Divine Love. I told her that the Only Way to Happiness and to the Celestial Kingdom, was through prayer and Faith. That all spirits who were inhabitants of those Spheres had received this Great Love of the Father only through prayer and Faith, and if she wanted to become an inhabitant of these Heavens, she must seek for this Divine Love, in that Way. She said that she was told, when on Earth; that if she only observed rules and regulations of the church, and devoted herself to doing church work, and looking after the interest of the church, so that it might be sustained and fostered, she would go to heaven, just as soon as she had left the Earth Life. That; that would be all that would be required of her, and that no other seeking or striving after God's Love would be necessary, to enable her to get into the Heavens where God and all His angels are. I told her that she must now realize, that such performance, of what she considered to be her duty, had not been sufficient to carry her into these Heavens. That she must realize that something more was necessary. She still persisted, that her belief in what she had been taught in the church could not be changed, and that very soon she would become an inhabitant of these Higher Spheres. So I left her, because I saw that at this time, her belief had so fastened itself upon her convictions, that it was useless to try to convince her that she was laboring under an absolutely false belief.

So, I find that in this spirit plane, there are many spirits in darkness and bigotry, which prevents them from seeing the Truth, and progressing to the Higher Spheres. I do not think that mortals, when they become spirits, have any better opportunity, for sometime at least, to realize and accept these Truths, than they had when on Earth. The men or women who teach these things have a great sin to answer for. As Jesus said, cursed is he who believes and teaches these false doctrines. I think he must have laid especial emphasis on the teaching, as it affected not only the teacher, but many others who had faith in, and accepted, these teachings as True.

I am so glad that I, when on Earth, was never fully convinced of these church dogmas, as I consequently found it so much easier when I came to the Spirit World to believe the Truths as they are. Of course, I was exceptionally blessed, in having your mother and grandmother, who are so well versed in these things, to show me The Way. Then, when Jesus came to me and corroborated what they had said, I could not help from believing.

So you see the importance of learning these Truths while on Earth, for the greater our comprehension of them as mortals, the more easily will be our progression to the Higher Things of the Spiritual Life. Well, I thought I would tell you of this little incident, as it shows you a great and necessary Truth. One which all humans should know.

So with all my Love, I am, your own True Loving Helen.

March 17th, 1915

I am here, Eugene Crowell.

By permission of your band, I will write you a little, as I see that you are reading my book. I am, consequently, interested in your right understanding of it.

Well, as you have observed, I did not look upon Jesus as a god, merely as a very high medium, and in great favor with the high spirit powers. That is correct, so far as it goes. But he is more than that. He is the Highest, Most Enlightened, and most powerful of all the spirits. Is the Only One, of all the Great Prophets, seers, reformers, or Messengers of God, who ever taught the "True and Only Way to the Kingdom of Heaven". The sooner all Spiritualists recognize and believe this fact, the sooner will True Spiritualism be established on Earth, and the Divine Love of the Father be implanted in each soul.

All these things have I learned since I came over here. I had the opportunity of investigating the Truth at first hand with all my powers, which are not limited, or encumbered, with the physical senses. So you must, in reading my book, eliminate everything from what you may accept as True that teaches or intimates that Jesus is not the Great Master and Teacher of the True and Only Way to God's Divine Love and Salvation.

Of course, all spirits do not understand, or believe this. When John said: "try the spirits, and learn whether they be True, or not", he meant just what I have told you. I know now that Jesus is the most Exalted Son of God. While we are all His Sons, yet none of us is so At-One with Him as the Master. So, as you are investigating this question of Spiritualism, in True earnestness, I thought it best to tell you what I have learned. As I do not want any expression in my book, of a meaning contrary to what I have here expressed, cause you to doubt for one moment, the Truths that Jesus and your band have been teaching you.

You are wonderfully favored in having such a teacher. I believe that the result will be that when you shall have received his Messages, and transmitted them to the World, Spiritualism will become the religion of the Whole Earth. This is my belief. It is founded on the fact, that it will then teach, besides the Continuity of Life and Spirit Communication, the Great Truths that will show humans the absolute necessity of following these Teachings of the Master, in order to become the True Children of the Father, and be received by Him in His Kingdom of Divine Love and Divine Existence.

I must not take up more time now, but will write you again, if permitted.

Yes, it is. Well I thought that you wrote Eugene. I cannot see what you have written, at the time of its being written. When I guide your hand, and impress your brain, I think that you have written as I intended.

Eugene Crowell. That is my name. The writing of Edward was not what I intended.

Yes, in 1886, at San Francisco, California. This is True. You will find an account of my passing over in the newspapers of June 7, 1886, in the San Francisco newspapers. So examine for yourself. You will find what I say to be True.

Well, I will say goodnight. Your recent spirit friend, Eugene Crowell.

March 17th, 1915

I am here, your Father.

Well my son, I have not written you for sometime, as you have not given me the opportunity. It was best, as you have received much valuable information from the others that have written you.

Well, I am still your guardian angel, and will be as long as you live on Earth. I know that Helen is with you very much of the time, and of course is much more interested in you than any of us, and tries so hard to make you happy. Nevertheless, she is not your guardian angel. White Eagle is your guide, in a great many things, and is faithful one too. He is not the one designated by the higher powers to perform the duties of a guardian angel. So do not think that I am not with you, trying to help and sustain you in your troubles and cares, for I am.

We are all so much interested in you, that you are never alone even while you sleep. Even Mr. Riddle and Prof. Salyards are with you a great deal, trying to influence you in your Earthly affairs.

The last writer was the spirit of the man who wrote the book that you are reading. I did not know him, until he came to write, and introduced himself as the author of the book, and said that Jesus recommended him. Of course, we consented for him to write.

He is a spirit of the Fifth Sphere, where I live. I shall see more of him now. It may be that he will join our band. He is wonderfully intellectual man, and well versed in Spiritual Truths. Yes, he is not filled with this Great Love, as are your grandmother, mother, and Helen. But he will make a desirable addition. I believe that all the band will consent, especially as Jesus has recommended him.

Yes, I am glad to say that Alice is now in the Third Sphere. She is praying with all her soul for more Divine Love. She is a beautiful spirit.

Yes, she does. She loves you very much for your kind thoughts. Is with me very often, when I am with you. Call her Laura, or Sola. Yes, look at your writings, and you will see.

Yes, they are still praying. I see them quite often. Mackey is progressing more rapidly than any of them. Taggart is progressing. He is so hard to convince, but sooner or later he will be convinced. Then he will advance rapidly. Harvey is held back by his disappointment in not receiving what the priests had told him on Earth. McNally is still in darkness, his awful habit of drink has resulted in keeping him in this darkness, but he is praying also. We all hope that they will see the Light.

Yes, especially Taggart, who says that he would like to have another talk with you before long. He wants to ask you some questions. Maybe you can answer them, so that some of his doubts may be removed.

Yes she (Mrs. E.) is not very happy, and has not yet fully realized that she is in the Spirit World exclusively. Helen is with her very much. Is trying to assist her to see the Light, and turn her thoughts to Things Spiritual.

Well I must stop. So goodnight, my dear son, your Loving Father. (John Padgett)

March 19th, 1915

I am here, Samuel R. Phillips.

I was an acquaintance of yours. A lawyer, as you will remember. I desire to ask you to give me some assistance in getting out of this condition of darkness, in which I am now living.

Well, I have heard other spirits say that you have helped them. So I came, remembering that I was your brother lawyer on Earth, and had an acquaintance with you. I presumed that you would not refuse to assist me. Yes, R., that is correct.

I do not know why I am in darkness, except that I did not develop my Spiritual Nature when on Earth. I did not understand very much about Spiritual Things, or the soul. Hence, when I came to the Spirit World, I was a very unenlightened spirit. I cannot explain this thing. All I know is that I am in darkness and need Light.

Well, I was a member of the church, but that did not mean that I knew anything of the Truths of the Spiritual Things. I read the Bible, and understood what it said, but I did not understand what it meant, in the inner and Spiritual Sense. My religion was purely intellectual. Now I find that is not sufficient to relieve me from the darkness, which I am now experiencing.

Yes, I believed in God. But not in Jesus as a god, but thought him to be a very good and wonderful teacher.

Well, as to prayer, I never gave much thought of it. Of course, as the people prayed in response to what the minister might read, I read too. But I never really prayed. It was all formal, and not the longing of my heart, as some have said a prayer should be. I do not understand what prayer has to do with my present condition of darkness.

Well, as I do not understand, I do not seem to appreciate what you say. Tell me more fully, what you mean, so that I may make the effort to comprehend your meaning.

Well, I am happy in a way, but not as I expected. I believed that God was All Goodness, and that All His Children would be happy in the Spirit World. I find that I am not so. I am somewhat disappointed, also very much at a loss to understand.

No. I have had no remorse, or realization that I committed any very great sin on Earth for which I should suffer here. Of course, I was I suppose, very much like other humans who are not very immoral. I never indulged in immorality to any extent, and tried to do the right thing towards my neighbor. Hence, do not understand why I should have remorse, or lashings of conscience.

No. I never have tried to examine myself very much, to learn how I compare with the ideal Christian, as portrayed by the teachings of Jesus. I will do so. There may be something in what you say. It may be that I have not sought the Truth, as to the cause of my darkness. Yes, I see a number of spirits who seem to be in darkness also, and who say that they are anxious and waiting to talk to you.

Well, I do see some bright spirits. They certainly are beautiful, and seem so loving. Why they look at me with great eyes of Love and Sympathy, as if they would like to help me.

Well, I am surprised, for there is Riddle, my old friend and brother lawyer. Why is he so bright and beautiful? He thought, when on Earth, very much as I did, about the things of the Spiritual World. He says that he is glad to see me, and invites me to go with him, for a talk. I will go.

So my dear friend, I will say to you, goodnight, and good luck. Samuel R. Phillips.

March 22nd, 1915

I am here, Garfield.

I am J. A. Garfield, your old partner's friend.

I want to say that you are a very much-favored man in having so many spirits of such high degree of development interested in you and your work as a medium.

I have been with Mr. Riddle a great deal. He tells me of the wonderful powers you have received in taking these communications, and the Wonderful Truths that have been communicated to you, and what great faith you have in prayer to the Father. So you see, I am interested also, and wish to say something regarding this Spirit Life, and my experiences as a spirit.

I am now in the Third Sphere where Riddle is. He and I frequently converse about these matters, and are seeking the Truths with all our minds and souls. Well, I only know this way, as a believer in the doctrines of my church, and what I have learned in addition, since coming over here. I am not a believer in all that the Bible teaches, but only in the things that appeal to my reason. My Faith in prayer is not very strong, nor in the possibility of becoming a spirit who may receive any great help from the operations of the Holy Spirit, which as Riddle says, is the only influence that can surely redeem me from my sins, or the result of them, and make me One with the Father. I cannot comprehend this teaching. Unless my reason can be convinced, I cannot be persuaded to accept the teaching as True.

So you see, I am still in the position that I was on Earth. That is; unless my reason tells me that such a thing is True, I cannot believe. That may be so, but how can I do that? I am not a child who can believe everything that is told me, just because someone else says that it is True. No, I must learn from my own investigations.

Yes, there seems to be some force in that, but how can I use the instruments, or faculties, of the soul when I do not realize that they exist? Or, how can I attempt to investigate any Truths when, as you say, the means necessary to be used in such investigation I have no knowledge of?

Well, you might be right, I may be wrong. I will ask Riddle about these matters with an unbiased mind, and listen to him attentively.

Well, I perceive that you have Great Faith in the existence of these Truths. I promise you to devote my whole efforts to searching for the Truth.

I have met some of them (Mr. Padgett's band). They are all very beautiful and happy, especially your wife. She is a wonderfully beautiful spirit, and so very loving and kind. I have talked with her a number of times. She has told me of the Wonderful Love of the Father, as she calls it. I thought that she was only an enthusiast, and a believer in some doctrine that the young could easily believe, and make, by their faith a reality.

No, but I will. I will ask for an interview with your grandmother. I have no doubt that she will grant it. I will listen to her, as you say.

I do not know whom you mean. When on Earth, I considered Jesus such a one as you describe. I have not seen him here. Well, I am surprised, I must say. I thought that he was a part of the Trinity, and was away up in the Heavens far from the sight of spirits. You certainly astound me. I certainly will. You must be an exceedingly good man to have such a relationship with the Master, God. Well, let me think of this. I am confused, and not able to think what it all means.

Well, when on Earth, I was a mere believer in the letter of the Bible. I did not realize what its Spiritual Teachings meant, and do not now. I was like thousands of others who profess to teach the truths of the Bible.

So you see, I am nothing more than an intellectual Christian. I do not yet see that this Life is anything more than a mere continuance of the Earth Life, with the possibilities of greater mental progression and acquirements.

So you are my old instructor's late partner. Well, I am certainly glad to have this opportunity to write. Only forgive my intrusion. I cannot express to you my appreciation of what you have told me. I want you to pray for me, as I know that your prayers will benefit me much. I did not know that I was causing you to violate the rules of your band, and ask your pardon for doing so. I wish further to say, that your motives in permitting me to write have very much affected me. I commence to think that your Love, for not only Mr. Riddle, but for me must be more than usual among humans. I will show you how much I appreciate your interest and kindness in doing what you say.

I must stop now.

Well, I had forgotten, but now that you recall it, I do remember, and felt so grateful that the message was conveyed to Mr. Riddle. Well, how strangely things happen. To think that your wife, whom I so much admire here now for her beauty and goodness, was the messenger for me on that occasion. It seems as if all things are working together for my good. I am so glad that I came to you tonight.

So with all my respect and spirit love, I am your own true friend, and searcher after the Truth.

Jas. A. Garfield.

March 22nd, 1915

I am here, your old partner.

You had a letter from Garfield. He was so anxious to write that I thought it would do no harm to let him try. I am glad that I did, for what you said to him has impressed him very much. I believe, will lead to his seeking information on the subject of the New Birth. He is a wonderful spirit intellectually, and has progressed to a very great degree in the investigation of Spiritual Laws, so that on the whole, his writing will do no harm to our band.

Well, I do not understand it, as he was a Christian on Earth. One would naturally suppose that he would have made inquiry for Jesus when he came over. It seems he did not. Why I don't know. Now that he realizes what you told him, he undoubtedly will seek the Master at the first opportunity. I shall endeavor to show him The Way, with all my heart and ability. Yes, I will soon. I am very happy. I am progressing rapidly, and expect to soon be in the Fifth Sphere, where your father and Prof. Salyards are. Oh, my dear Padgett, I cannot tell you what happiness I am now enjoying.

Well, I must stop.

Mrs. Riddle and Bert are advancing some, but they do not seem to get the light as rapidly as I hoped they would. They pray, and I think, are commencing to realize that God's Divine Love is waiting for them.

So with all my Love, and many wishes for your happiness and success, I am, your old partner and spirit brother, A. G. Riddle.

March 22nd, 1915

I am here, your own Loving Helen.

Well, you had quite a letter from Garfield. He is certainly a wonderful spirit intellectually, as many spirits who come in contact with him say. He is not very spiritual, I am sorry to say, and do hope that your conversation with him will help him and cause him to search for the Truth. No, his writing to you did not interfere with our rapport.

Yes, I heard him. When he meets your grandmother, he will undoubtedly be impressed by her, for she is so beautiful, wise and powerful, that he will realize that there is within her, something that he knows not of.

Of course, when he meets with Jesus, he will wonder and listen in great astonishment, and will, I believe, become convinced of the necessity for his New Birth.

Well, sweetheart, you must stop now. So with all my Love, I am,your own Loving and devoted wife, Helen.

March 23rd, 1915

I am here, your Grandmother.

Well, I am very glad to be with you tonight, as I see that you are in a condition of great spiritual exhalation. I was with you at the office, and saw what you were thinking of. I realized that the Divine Love of the Father was filling your soul with Happiness. You certainly were very near the Father's Kingdom, in your aspirations. You were very happy at the mere thoughts of what might happen when you get in condition to have your home, and a place devoted to the receipt of Spiritual Messages and influences.

What you imagined might take place, possibly can, if you should get into such a condition of Spiritual Development, as your thoughts led you to believe that you might. Of course, the Master will not materialize as you conceived he might, but he will be there with all his power and Love. The Holy Spirit will shed His (God's) Divine Love over and through the sitters, as you imagined.

I do not know just what the Master will do for you before you have finished his messages. I will not be surprised at anything, as he seems to Love you with an Exceptional Love, and to be interested, to a wonderful degree, in your welfare, both Spiritual and physical.

So my dear son, only have more Faith, and more Love for God. There is no telling what future blessings are in store for you.

You are not yet in condition to take the Master's message, or rather to finish his last one. But after this month you will be, for several cares will be removed. Then your mind will be free to think along the right lines of thought.

You will become a very happy man in the near future.

With all my Love, I am, your Grandmother. (Ann Rollins)

March 23rd, 1915

I am here, your own True Helen.

You did not think I could change the announcement of my coming, but you must know that I can do anything to please you, my dear Ned.

Yes, you have. I have been so very happy. Well, sweetheart I must tell you, that I am very happy. I am progressing very rapidly. I do not expect to remain in this Sphere very much longer, for my Love and Faith are so great that I feel that I must get closer to God's Fountainhead in the Celestial Spheres. Does it seem like some fairy dream? But it is all True. I am so happy.

I will soon be with you in a long letter, telling you of this Great Love, and how much I love God, and you.

No, you will not, for you are progressing too. You may not realize it, but it is True. If you should come over now, you would be surprised to find yourself in a High Sphere. Well, I know how you feel, but you must believe that I can see your Spiritual Condition, better than you can.

Well, that may be so. But when you get this Great Love in your heart, in sufficient abundance, and you have much of it now, your sins will be blotted out. This is the Law of Regeneration. Otherwise, the human who continues without this Divine Love, and the human who receives it, would be in the same condition, and the New Birth would mean nothing. So do not think that this Great Love is not sufficient to cleanse the soul of the results of the sins of Earth Life. Best of all, it cleanses while you are a mortal.

I know that the Spiritualists quote, and proclaim, the Law of Recompense or Compensation. But there is a Higher Law that nullifies that Law. When Love, this Divine Love, comes into the soul of a mortal, the Law of Compensation, is removed from the scope of its working. For Divine Love is the fulfilling of the Law. So do not let that stumbling block make you believe that this Great Love is not sufficient to remove all sin and error, and to purify your soul, so that you may become fitted to live in the Kingdom of the Father and become One with Him.

No, the Divine Love is for the vilest sinner. No human, can by a mere act of restoration, fit himself for the inflowing of this Divine Love. It is waiting for the sinner, as well as for the saint. Even though your sins be as scarlet, they will be made white as wool. I mean, that you will not have to wait to make recompense to mortals before this Great Love can do the cleansing work, else what is the use of having this Great Love provided for human? If they shall first make them self pure, what is the necessity for the work of the Holy Spirit?

Only pray for this Divine Love, and have Faith. You will get it. God is the judge of what a human shall do to render justice and restitution. When He says that this Divine Love, with all its cleansing power, is for the sinner who seeks for it by True Faith, who has the right to say that the sinner must first do what humans may think is justice between them self and their fellow human?

I know whereof I speak. The experience of many spirits, who have been Redeemed by this Divine Love, show that they were sinners, and had not "paid the last farthing", when they received this Divine Love. God is the judge, not mortals, nor spirits.

So, my dear Ned, do not let the idea that you must render to every human, that which you think he may be entitled to, keep you from believing in the Mercy and Divine Love of the Father.

Oh, how I wish I could be with you a little while in my bodily form, and tell you face to face what this Great Love means to you, to me, and to all of us.

So sweetheart, believe me when I say; that even though you may be a great sinner, yet the Father's Divine Love is sufficient to remove all those sins, just as soon as you can receive it. Such is the Law of this Great Love (Law of Divine Love is the Fulfillment of All Law).

Faith and prayer can open the very heart of the Celestial Spheres. Divine Love will flow down into your soul, as the avalanche of snow that feels the warmth of the sun's bright rays as it rushes from its mountain heights when winter leaves with its chilling gloom and blasting breath for other climes.Divine Love is not only warmth. It is the very burnings of the soul's great storehouse of God's Divine Essence.

I am not only the possessor of this Divine Love to a large degree, but I realize that as I advance to Higher Spheres there is a greater abundance awaiting to fill my soul with its great undying fires of never ending burnings. By burnings, I mean, so great and free from everything that makes for unhappiness and discontent.

I must stop now. So my own dear and precious Ned, Love me as I Love you, and we both will be so very happy, that heaven will be with us, and in us, even while we are writing in the Earth surroundings.

Your own, Helen.

March 24th, 1915

I am here, Jesus.

Of course, you must remember that I do not know everything that has happened, or that is going to happen. I have my limitations, as have other spirits.  Of course, my Knowledge and powers are more extended than are those of other spirits. This is True because I am nearer my Father's Fountainhead of Wisdom and Power, consequently, can draw there from, more than can other spirits. Yet I am limited as I said. Should you ask me some questions, and I not be able to answer them with Knowledge, I will tell you. You must not be surprised, or disappointed, at my inability to do so.

I was not present, do not know, and cannot guess. Well that is a difficult question to answer. It involves so much of my very existence that I feel that my ability to tell you is limited.

I Love you so very much, that I have come from my Celestial Home many times just to be with you, and help and influence you in right thinking and living. No spirit, who has never seen the grandeur and happiness of these Celestial Spheres, can conceive what it means to leave these precincts, and mingle in the forbidding Earth atmosphere.

I Love you so much, that I am writing, to exert my powers to help you in your material affairs and to keep you from worry and unhappiness as far as possible.

I Love you so much, that I am trying to have you become so Spiritual and good, that you may be fitted for a home in my Sphere when the time comes for you to come over. This latter beneficence has never yet been given to any mortal. If you will follow me, and live with me in Divine Love and Unison, you will be able to experience this Great Transformation, and become an inhabitant of my home, as I said.

Well you are a sinner, as you say. When I tell you of how you may become so Spiritual and good, you must believe me. I know whereof I speak, and speak in all earnestness and Truth.

Yes, I did. You called me to you by your earnest aspirations and prayers to the Father. What you then saw, in your imaginings, may very easily come True, except that I will never materialize again on Earth. The other portions of your daydreams may become realities. The happiness that you felt will be increased many folds. The thought that you have, as to fitting up a room, in the way you pictured, is one that should be carried into execution. Such a room would be very attractive to the Higher Spirits.  Would cause many of them to assemble, and give you many Truths of the Higher Spheres. I, of course, would do my writing there. It would be much easier for us both, for conditions would not be so mixed, as they necessarily are now. So when you get your home, carry out your ideas as to that room.

Yes, I have. It was one of the first times that I ever communicated with mortals. The conditions were good, both for the spirits, for Dr. Peebles, and his companion. Of course, I did not talk in any extended manner. The spirit who transmitted the communications was not in that degree of Spiritual Development that enabled us to teach the Higher Truths, in all their fullness and beauty. Dr. Peebles is a good human. Very highly developed Spiritually. But, he does not yet know The Way, the Truth, and the Life, as I taught them. He does not know the mystery of the New Birth, as I have taught it to you. He is resting in the belief, that if he Loves God, and his fellow human, in the Natural way, that is all that is necessary for his highest development and greatest happiness. Some day he will realize that only the Divine Love can give him of a Divine Nature. That no self-development, or cultivation of the Natural Love, to the greatest and most sublime extent, are sufficient to make him At-One with the Father, in the Divine Sense that I wrote of, which makes the spirit (or human) a partaker of this Divine Essence of the Father. So should you ever meet him, explain to him the difference between the two Loves, and what the New Birth means.

Well, as I have written you a long message, and as you want to hear from some of your band I will close.

Yes, he (Mr. Crowell) has realized the New Birth, and is teaching it to spirits. He seems very anxious to write more through you. He will very soon, as I tell your band that he is in a condition to not interfere with their rapport. So when he comes, listen to him. You will learn many Truths, which he has learned since he came over.

With my Truest Love, and best wishes and blessings, I am your own spirit brother and friend, Jesus.

March 24th, 1915

I am here, your Grandmother.

    Well, my son, what a beautiful and comforting letter you got from the Master.  He was so Loving, and so interested in your happiness that he seemed almost like a new relative.  I mean that in the human sense.  Of course, he is nearer to you in Love than any of us, because his capacity for Loving is so much greater.  He seemed so very human, in the sense of coming so close to you, and making you feel that you and he are True Brothers.  I doubt if he has ever come so close to any mortal before.  His Love for you seems to be a thing of no limitation or bounds.  He Loves you so much, that he even lets his Love do things, which he does not engage in among mortals.  I mean in interfering in their material things of their lives.  As he said, spirits of lesser greatness and development help mortals in their earthly affairs.  We all wonder that Jesus should make himself so humble, as we say, to do what he has done for you.  He knows what is best.  You should feel yourself among the most blessed of humans.  I know that you cannot understand this.  Neither can we.  He is the wisest of us all, and the most powerful.  When he tells you a thing, you may believe it.

    Of course, his Great Mission is to teach the Wonderful Truths of his Father.  He sees the best way to disseminate them among humankind.  You have been selected by him for this work.  You will do it with all your heart and soul, I know.  I know how you feel.  You will be able to carry out your desires, for he has decreed it.  It will be done.  So my dear son, consider yourself as one set aside for this great work.  Let all your ambitions and aspirations urge you to its performance.

    Well, he knows.  When he said it, he knew what your future would be.  It is certainly marvelous.  We all thank the Father that you have such wonderful promises.  Only pray, and have Faith.  You will realize these promises.

    Yes, I know that you are a very great sinner.  You know this Great Love of the Father was created, or rather, has always been for the Redemption of the vilest sinner who seeks and believes.

    Yes.  I was astonished at his answers.  They involve so much that you will not readily comprehend their full significance until you have progressed more in your Spiritual Development.  Know this, that such Love, as he expressed, is sufficient to help you in every time of trouble, and to make you a wonderfully bright and happy human, and spirit.  His Love is past finding out.

Neither do I now.  Someday, you will.  There will come such an avalanche of Happiness as will almost transport you to the Celestial Spheres.  Oh my dear boy, you have before you a wonderful future of Love and Happiness.  If you will only follow the Master's Teachings (as he writes them), and do his will, and reciprocate his Love.

Well dear, I must stop now, as others are here and want to write.

    I have met Garfield and have had a talk with him.  He is a spirit of wonderful intellect, but of not much Spiritual Development.  I told him of this Great Love, how it operates, and what results it brought to the believing spirits.  I think that he was somewhat impressed, is now thinking about the matter, and frequently talking to Mr. Riddle of the subject.  You will be surprised to learn how Mr. Riddle has progressed in Faith and Love, and is praying all the time for more Light and greater abundance of Divine Love.  He will soon be in the Fifth Sphere, where your father and Prof. Salyards are.  They will find congenial companionship.  He will soon write you a long letter telling of his progress.  He seems to Love you, with a very wonderful Love.  Is with you, very often, trying to help you and comfort you.

Well I must say goodnight.

Your Loving Grandmother.

March 24th, 1915

I am here, your own dear and Loving Helen.

Well, see how obedient I am. But it was a very great pleasure to obey you in that way, as you know.

Well sweetheart, you have had some wonderful messages tonight. I feel that they will help you very much in your moments of trouble and worry. I was so glad that the Master wrote you as he did. He was so very Loving and brotherly, and seemed to be so much interested in your welfare.

He is so Beautiful that we all stand and gaze at him, as you say on Earth. So Loving, that we feel that he is our Great Big Loving Brother. I tell you, that without him, this Spirit World would not be the place of happiness that it is to us who believe in him, Love him, and follow his teachings. So many spirits do not know him as their Loving Brother and Way Shower. They are left to their own thoughts to find happiness. So you see the great privilege and opportunity we who know him as the son of the Father have over those who know him not. Having eyes, they see not, and ears, they hear not. It seems so strange to me, but I tell you that it is True. The Master, with his great Love, wisdom and power, passes them by, and they see him not. I try so hard to teach many spirits what a knowledge of him means. But they seem so dull of comprehension, and so darkened in their souls development, that my work is often in vain. Yet I have hope, and continue my work, knowing that at some unexpected moment, a ray of Light may break in, and they commence to think that God Lives to give them His Great Love, and take them to His Care and Protection, in the way that we have told you of.

My heart yearns so for these blind spirits, and willful rejecters, of the Truth of the New Birth. Many of these spirits are very excellent moral people, and live lives of uprightness and Love for their fellow spirits. Work very hard to help the less enlightened to progress to conditions of comparative happiness. Yet they, themselves, will not listen to our teachings of the Greater Truths, which if understood, and obeyed, would carry them to conditions of inexpressible happiness.

Well, such is the work of spirits on Earth, as well as here. We are all trying to do the Work of the Father in helping to Redeem souls.

You are much better than when you came to your room tonight. I am so glad of it. Only trust in the Master's promises. You will not be disappointed.

I heard what he said about your progressing to a condition, even while on Earth, that would enable you to enter the Celestial Spheres when you come over. I believe it to be True. Now you must try to get this very Great Development, because when you come to me, I want you to come to my home to live. Won't that be joyful! Yes, my dear Ned, I know that you will try. I will help you so hard to accomplish it, so will all. But your great helper will be the Master, for you will be with him so much, that his Love will overshadow you, so that your soul will have to develop. So you see how you are blessed in all this. Try to do his work with all your heart and soul. You will succeed.

Yes, I heard. When the time comes, I will be with you to suggest and advise. You will have a beautiful room for your purpose. I know that we will have many joyous evenings together. We will bring heaven with us. You will live in it for minutes at a time. You will then hear our voices in talk and sing, and feel our presence so palpably that you will know that we are with you. I am so anxious for that time to come, as are all of us.

Yes, we will all try to help you get the home, and then you will be fixed for Life.

Well, wait until the time comes. You may change your mind. Of course, I would prefer that you should not, if your comfort and happiness could be provided for otherwise. I would rather have it as you suggest. But you will have to wait.

Well, sweetheart, you have written much, and must stop.

She is well, and a little troubled. It will soon disappear, as you will do what the Master said.

So with all my Love, and with many hugs and kisses, I am, your own True and Loving Helen.

March 26th, 1915

I am here, Jesus.

It is that degree of belief that enables you to know, as a Reality, that what presents itself to your consciousness as a Truth, is in fact a Truth, and an existing condition. It is not a mere intellectual belief, but a belief of the soul, which makes the belief a Reality.

I know that this Faith is the only one that can make you realize that I am who and what I declare myself to be. Let this Faith take possession of your soul. You will be a very happy and progressive human. I am not here tonight to discuss Spiritual subjects, merely to help you in your troubles over material things. When you get in proper condition to write my messages, then I will finish my last subject, which we left unfinished.

So my dear brother, and friend and worker, try to let these things leave your mind. Believe what I tell you, for I say again that they will come True.

Well, the devil is with you all the time. He is not a person as many think, but merely the evil suggestions that result from the operations of the thoughts of the unregenerate human. Every human has their devils who cling close to them, and can only be gotten rid of by the operations of the Holy Spirit. So do not think that the devil is something that has form, or independent personality, for he is not. You are the creator and nourisher of your own devil. Until you get into a state, which leaves no room for his presence, he will abide with you.

Well, the influences and suggestions that come from evil spirits would not have any effect, if a human were not in that condition of sympathy (mind) with such spirits, as enables them to become, as it were, a part of them. I know that many humans are possessed, or obsessed, by these evil spirits. But if they, the humans, would only seek the Higher Spiritual conditions, these evil spirits would not harm them.

Well, that is one of the subjects of my messages. I will delay to answer until I write that message. Yes, the time will soon come, when you will know these things.

I must stop now, as you are not in condition to write much more. Your wife wants to say a word.

So with my True and Brotherly Love, I am, Jesus.

March 29th, 1915

I am here, Laura Burroughs, your cousin.

Oh, my Dear Edward, you do something to help me. I am so unhappy, and need help so much. I am in such darkness and pain, that I can scarcely see the light of day. I mean the light that enables me to see my surroundings. I am also so lonely, and without Love or sympathy. I feel that you can help me, so pray do so.

Yes, I have seen several beautiful spirits. I did not believe that they had interest enough in me to help me, and so I turned aside from them. I do not understand why I am in this condition, and no one has explained it so far. I thought that maybe you might show me some way to get out of my awful condition. I thought so, because I saw other spirits writing to you who are in this darkness as I am. They said that you had helped them.

Why I see Aunt Nancy, your Mother, Helen, your Father, and others I don't know. How beautiful and happy they look to be. Why are they so beautiful? Of course, if I could only be like them. Tell me, Ed., why it is, tell me what made them so?

Yes, I will. She is calling me now. Oh, how glad that I came here, I feel better already. Dear Aunt Nancy, she will Love me I know. So will Cousin Ann and Helen. Oh, how glad I am. I am now going with them.

So, good-bye my dear Cousin.

March 29th, 1915

I am here, Syrick.

Let me say a word. I am your late friend and brother in Spiritualism. Yes, I am able to write some. Your wife told me to try, as she wishes me to get stronger and realize that I am living as a spirit.

Well, I am here, alive, and have my Rose with me. She is so very beautiful and Loving. I am very happy to be with her. But I have already learned that I am not suited to live with her, for she is so much Higher in her Spiritual Development than I am. She tells me that I can progress. I am going to try with all my might.

Well, old friend, the uncertain has become certain. I know now, that spirits can and do communicate with mortals. Let any doubts that you may have leave you, and believe with all your heart that you have received the messages from your band, and others, as you have been informed.

I can tell you this; that you have, as your wife and soulmate, the most beautiful of all the spirits that I have yet seen. I had no conception of what beauty was, until I came here and saw your wife, Rose, and Dr. Stone's Mary. She is very beautiful also, and Loves him, I know, with a very deep Love.

As this is my first attempt (to write), I am tired and must stop.

Well, I know no one whom I would rather that it should belong to than you, so keep it, and think of me sometimes.

So with my kindest regards and best wishes, I am, your True friend, Frank D. Syrick.

March 29th, 1915

I am here, Helen.

Well, you have received a letter from the Judge. He was so anxious to write, that we thought it would do him good to try, as it would make him realize more sensibly that he is now a spirit only, and also strengthen him.

Well, you may not think so, but it is a fact. With many spirits, when their surroundings are good, and much spirit help is given them, they can, almost as soon as they leave the body, overcome their functions of mind, and do things that you little expect. The Judge was prepared to some extent to understand this power of communication. When we all assisted him with our powers, he tried successfully to write to you. He is not yet very strong, but soon will be. Then I have no doubt he will want to write to you often. Of course, we cannot permit him to, because he is not in rapport with our band. He has not very much Spiritual Development, and the conditions that surround him are not such as would be in accord with our conditions. Hence, we will have to refuse to let him write very often. But he can communicate through some of us.

Well, he is dark in appearance, as he necessarily must be, until he gets more Enlightenment of soul. He will undoubtedly suffer because of the sins he committed when on Earth, and will pay the penalty, until he finds The True Way to God's Divine Love and Forgiveness. Of course, he has one advantage over many spirits who come over bringing the results of their Life on Earth. That is; that he has some idea as to The Way to Salvation. You and Dr. Stone told him, when on Earth, that he must turn his thoughts to Spiritual Things. While he did not understand just what you meant, yet, such advice had some influence on him, and will cause him to try to learn what was meant. Having Rose, and the rest of us, to enlighten him, he will progress more rapidly to these Higher Things. The more rapid his progress, the sooner his suffering will leave him.

He is now commencing to realize that; as he sowed, so must he reap. While Rose is with him a great deal, Loves him, and tries to help him. All that is not sufficient to prevent his memory from scourging him because of the Life he led on Earth.

We all pray for him and try to show him The Way. He is ready to believe, and is commencing already to pray to the Father.

So you see, you must all sooner or later face this great crises. The better prepared you are to meet it, the less will be your sufferings, and the more happiness you will experience.

Yes, it was Laura. She is very unhappy. I had never met her before. Your mother said that she had not either. You see in this world, family ties do not always bring spirits together. When the relationship is distant, the spirits loose interest in relations merely because they are relations, and find themselves attracted to spirits who have like qualities and relations.

This relationship counts for very little in the Spirit World of itself. When we meet our Loved ones of Earth before they come over, we stay with them for a while. Then if there are no other attractions than mere relationship, we gradually separate. This is the Law of Attraction. We are compelled to obey it. So that, when on Earth mortals sing of meeting again on the other shore to part no more, they will find that they are mistaken. They will meet, but unless conditions compel it, they will part again, and may never meet ever in the Spirit World.

Love is the thing, which determines the relationship, and place of living in this World. I mean similar loves existing between spirits. No spirit loves another after a little while, merely because that other is a mother, father, wife, or brother, but Loves it because that spirit has a similar Love of the beautiful and True that it has.

So you see, relationship, after the first meeting and living together a little while determines nothing.

Of course, while the child, father, mother, sister, or brother remains in the Earth Life, the spirit relative will Love them, and watch over them, and try to help them in every way. Especially will the mother, for ties among son or daughter, and this is in accordance with the Material Law of Love. But when that father or son too, becomes a spirit, then the Law of Love, as it were, changes. Like Loves like, be there a natural relationship or not. This, I know, seems contrary to what mortals usually believe, and accept as a fact, but it is True.

When my children come over, my Love for them will not be the same as it is now. Then they will find that their Love will probably after a time, turn elsewhere. It will be only, another in memory, for our loves may take entirely different directions. This Love, while for the moment, may take entirely different directions. This love, while for the moment may seem unnatural in its workings, yet it is not, for happiness comes with Love reciprocated, and Love comes only reciprocate of its own kind.

We do not think that you will be forever with your children, parents, or any other relative forever, for that may not be so. If that relative has like Attractions that you have, then you may be together as long as that Attraction lasts. But suppose that you make greater progress in your Spiritual, or even in your natural development, than the other spirit. It cannot be supposed for a moment that you will determine the results of your development in order to stay with that other spirit. No, that would be a violation of the Law of Progress. You could not, and would not, want to delay your upward movement.

So the idea that when we meet in the Spirit World, "we meet to part no more", is not correct, and is contrary to the Laws that determine the condition and place of habitation of spirits.

I know this of my own experience. My parents are in a lower sphere than I am, and have much less Spiritual Development. While I visit them sometimes, yet they have not the Attraction for me that other spirits to whom I have no relationship. Why is this? Not because I do not care for my parents as such, but because the objects, and extent, of their Loves, are different from mine. The main fact that they are my parents does not cause me to want to be with them all the time. I could not so desire, as you might say, if I wanted to. Love is the Attraction. Love must demand a likeness, in a Spiritual Sense, of the objects of its Love.

The time may come when I will never again see my parents, and may forget that they ever had an existence. I say may, but I hope not. For I desire that sometime they will progress, so that they may be a similar condition to my own in Spiritual Development. Then, of course, we will live in the same place, and necessarily will meet and enjoy one another's company. Not because we are parents and daughter, but because our Loves are similar, and our Attractions are like.

This is a matter that few mortals understand, it may well be that they do not. Because the Love existing between many a relative is a beautiful thing, one that causes much happiness and self-preservation. There is nothing on Earth like the Mother's Love. No provision of God's Blessings for mortals equals this Great Gift of Mother's Love, and so with the other Natural Loves, to a lesser degree.

As Jesus said, "He that doeth the Will of my Father, is my mother and brother and sister".

So you must realize, that what you, and the Natural Love of relations, is only for the Earth Life. and a short time afterwards. Each individual is, in and of them self, a complete unit, depending not on relationship to others. As such, must find their place in the Great Eternity, which must be determined by the Development and Progress of their own soul, in expectation of what may become of the souls of their Earth relations. They are Attracted, only by souls of similar Development, and will find their home in the company of such souls, irrespective of the question of Natural relationship.

I have written enough for tonight and must stop.

So with all my Love, I am, your own True and Loving Helen.

March 30th, 1915

I am here, your old partner.

I am very happy. I have progressed very much since I last wrote you, and have increased in my Faith and Knowledge of God and His Love. I am very near the Fifth Sphere. I hope to soon go there, and be with your father and Prof. Salyards, who have been there for quite a while, and who are so very happy and filled with the Father's Divine Love.

Well, I received the female spirit that you sent me last night. I tried very hard to show her The Way to Redemption and Freedom from her sufferings. She has such little soul development that it was a difficult undertaking to reach what little soul she has. But I struggled with her with all my powers of arguments, and also with all the influences of my Love, which I now possess. At last, she commenced to see the Light, and promised me to pray to the Father, and tries to believe in His Divine Love as standing ready to be bestowed on her and save her from her most unhappy condition. She was one of the most unloving and most unlovable spirits that I have ever met. Was literally, starved in her soul, no Love for anyone, not even for herself. In her strict ideas of what was right and wrong, she had sacrificed every sympathy and feeling of love to the building up of the intellect. So I had an uphill task from the beginning.

She said that you told her that she must come to me with an open mind, and a will free from all prejudice, and then I could help her. Well, she tried to assume that position. It was difficult for her to do so. She is a very strong minded women. Consequently, she was not easily convinced of those things, which did not appeal to her mind. She thought that the mind is the whole of spirit, as some Earth people teach. When I told her that spirit and mind are both only a part of the soul, and the mind the lesser part, she seemed astonished, and couldn't accept the assertion as True. She has no soul, that is; it is all dried up and dead for want of exercise. She has now some little Awakening. If she persists in prayer and Faith, she will finally become convinced that soul is what brings happiness and joy, and saves her from her torment. So, I will continue to help her, if she will permit me to. She now seems disposed to do so.

Well, you have had a great many communications since last I wrote you. Some of them were very wonderful in the information they conveyed.

The Master is so much interested in your welfare, that he visits you very often. You must not let your heart doubt that he comes to you, because he seems so brotherly and familiar. It is he, and his Love for you is very great. I know this, for he sometimes tells me of his great Love and interest in you. He has told you of certain things that will come to you in the future. I say to you, that you must believe him, for they will come True. He knows better than anyone what the future will bring, even though he may decline to acknowledge this great power. Only trust him, and you will not be disappointed.

I am now preparing a discourse on a subject that I desire to write you in a little while for your consideration, and I hope information. I will let you know before hand, so that you may prepare yourself to receive it. Well, I will not write more tonight.

Well, I think that Garfield is too much given to the things purely intellectual to accept our teachings of the New Birth. But I think that sooner or later he will think of it. When he does, he will not rest until he has found the Truth of the matter. Yes, he told me of his interview with your grandmother, and said that she had put to him some wonderful propositions, which he could not exactly understand, but which he has been considering very earnestly. He thinks that your grandmother is a very superior spirit, in her Knowledge of Spiritual Things, and in her beauty and goodness. He said there must be something in what she told him to account for her great beauty and power. She showed him such powers of soul and mind that he was astonished, and could only keep silent while she talked, and listened to what she said. He was impressed by her. I think, after a little while, he will visit her again and seek for further information. I want to say that she is a wonderful spirit in all things that pertain to the bigger things of Spirit Life.

Yes, I saw him (Syrick), and said a few words to him in the way of encouragement. He is not in a very good spiritual condition. But he has the advantage of having had his eyes opened to the fact that there is such a thing as Spiritual Development while on Earth. He is only fairly happy. As the new sensation of a new Life wears off, I think he will commence to suffer because of the errors of his Earth Life. His soulmate is with him a great deal and is helping him. So is your wife. She is a wonderful spirit and seems so full of the Divine Love and Goodness that her influence among spirits is marvelous. I tell you Padgett, that you are a fortunate man in having such a soulmate.

Well I must stop.

So goodnight, your old partner and brother, A. G. Riddle.

March 30th, 1915

I am here, Helen.

I will not write much tonight as you are tired. So let me tell you of a little incident that happened only yesterday. The spirits that you sent to me came. I had quite a long talk with them. I told them The Way to Light and Happiness. I tried to impress upon them the necessity of Faith and prayer. One said that he did not believe in prayer, and if that was the way out of his torments, he did not see much hope for him. The other said that he when a child used to pray, but that was so long ago that he had forgotten how. He thought it useless to try again. Well, I talked to them a while longer. There came to us a spirit that you had helped some months ago who had learned The Way, and was enjoying comparative happiness, because he had followed your advice. He heard what these two spirits said. At once told them that a short time ago his condition was worse than theirs was, and that he had sought your help. You told him of this Wonderful Love of the Father, and of prayer and faith. That he had told you that he did not believe in either God, or prayer, but that you became so insistent that you would not let him go, until he promised to pray and tried to believe, and that you literally tortured him in telling him of this Wonderful Love, and The Only Way to It. That he made the promise in order to get away from you, not intending to keep it. But that before you let him go, you told him how much you were interested in him, and how much you loved him, that his heart melted. When he left you, he determined to keep his promise. After that, he commenced to pray, as you had told him. That at night, you prayed for him, and called him to pray with you, and that as he prayed, The Light commenced to come to him. At last, some of the Wonderful Love that you had told him about, came to him. He found that as this Divine Love came into his soul, his sufferings and torture left him. So that now, he was a very happy spirit, but still a praying one, and a believing one.

When he had finished telling the two spirits of his experience, they commenced to ask him questions, and to think that there might be something, or some way, to relief, and after a little time, commenced to pray. The spirit who had told them his experience prayed with them. As they prayed, they commenced to feel strange sensations, as they said. After a little while, they said they felt better, and believed that there might be something in prayer and Faith.

They very soon thereafter left me, but said that they would continue to pray, and asked if I thought that you would pray for them, as you did for the other spirit. I told them that you had already prayed for them, and would do so at night before you retired. They said that they would be with you. Last night, as you prayed for them, they were there, and joined in your prayers. They are now praying continually. I know that soon they will see The Light, and commence to feel their sufferings and torments leaving them.

Oh, my dear, what a blessing it is to help the unfortunate and desponding souls. How you should thank God that he has given you the means to reach the hearts of these unfortunates, and the power to help them. They will always remember you with Love and thanks. You will feel the influence of your kind actions.

I must stop. So goodnight my own dear and Loving Ned, your own True and Loving Helen.

March 31st, 1915

I am here, your grandmother, Ann Rollins.

I came to write you about the Forgiveness and pardon of the Father, and to enlighten you upon this subject, which, is so little understood, since humans first commenced to distort the Teachings of the Master.

Forgiveness is that operation of the Divine Mind, which relieves human of the penalties of their sins that they have committed, and permits them to turn from their evil thoughts and deeds, and seek the Divine Love of the Father. If they earnestly seek, find the Happiness, which is waiting for them to obtain. It does not violate any Law that God has established to prevent human from avoiding the penalties of their violations of the Law of God controllingtheir conduct.

The Law of Compensation, that what a human sows, that shall they reap, is not set aside. But, in the particular case, where a human becomes penitent, and in all earnestness prays the Father to forgive them of their sins, and make a new human of them, the operation of another, and Greater Law, is called into activity. The old Law of Compensation is nullified, and as it were, swallowed up in the Power of this Law of Forgiveness and Divine Love. So you see, there is no setting aside of any of God's Laws. As in the physical world, certain lesser Laws are overcome by Greater Laws. So in the Spirit World, or in the operation of Spiritual Things, the Greater Laws must prevail over the lesser.

God's Laws never change! But the application of these Laws, to particular facts and conditions, do seem to change. When two Laws come into apparent conflict, the lesser must give away to the greater. The Spiritual Laws are just as fixed as are the physical laws that control the Material Universe. No Law, having application to the same condition of facts, ever is different in its operation, or in its effects.

The sun and planets in their movements are governed by fixed Laws. They operate with such exactness, that humans, who make a study of these Laws, and comprehend them, can with almost mathematical precision, foretell the movements of these heavenly bodies. This only means that as long as the sun and the planets remain as they are, surrounded by the same influences, and meet no Law operating in a manner contrary to the Laws, which usually control them, these planets and sun will repeat their movements year after year in the same way, and with like precision. But suppose that a more powerful and contrary Law should come into operation, and influence the movements of these bodies, do you suppose for a moment that they would pursue the same course as if such Greater Law had not intruded itself?

The effect of this, is not to set aside the lesser Law, or even to change it, but to subordinate it to the operations of the Greater Law. If these operations were removed, or ceased to act, the lesser Law would resume its operations on these planets again. They would move in accordance therewith. Just as if its power had never been affected by the Greater Law.

So, in the Spirit World, when a human has committed sins on Earth, the Law of Compensation demands that they must pay the penalty of these sins, until there has been a full expiation, or until the Law is satisfied. This Law does not change in its operations. No human can avoid, or run away from, the inexorable demands of the Law. They cannot, of them self, abate one jot or tittle of the penalties. Must pay, "to the last farthing" as the Master said. Hence, they cannot, of them self, hope to change the operations of this Law.

As the Creator of All Law has provided another and Higher Law, which under certain conditions may be brought into operation, and causes the former Law to cease to operate, human may experience the benefit of the workings of this Higher Law. So when God Forgives a human of their sins, and makes them a New Creature in His Divine Nature and Divine Love, He does not, for the particular case, annihilate the Law of Compensation, but removes that, upon which this Law may operate.

Sin is violation of God's Law (of Love and Harmony). The effect of sin, is the penalty which such violation imposes. A human's suffering for sins committed, are not the results of God's special condemnation in each particular case, but are the results of the workings, and scourging of their conscience, or recollections. As long as conscience works, they will suffer. The greater the sins committed, the greater will be the suffering. Now all this implies that a human's soul is filled, to a greater or lesser extent, with these memories, which for the time constitute their very existence. They live with these memories. The suffering and torment, which result from them, can never leave them, until the memories of these sins, or the result of them, cease to be a part of them self, and their constant companions. This is the inexorable Law of Compensation. Human, of them self, has no way of escaping this Law, except by their long expiation, which removes these memories, and satisfies the Law.

Human cannot change this Law. God Will not. So, as I say, the Law never changes. But remember this fact, that in order for the Law to operate, a human must have these memories, and they must be a part of their very existence.

Now, suppose that the Creator of this Law has Created another Law, which under certain conditions, and upon a human doing certain things, these memories are taken from them, and no longer constitute a part, or portion, of their existence. Then, I ask, what is there in, or of, that human, upon the Law of Compensation that can act or operate? The Law is not changed. It is not even set aside. But upon which it can operatem no longer exists. Consequently, there is no reason, or existence of facts, which call for its operation.

So I say; as do your scientists and philosophers, that God's Laws are fixed, and never change. I further say; which they fail to perceive, that certain conditions, which may, and do, call for the operations of these Laws today, tomorrow change, or cease to exist, so that the Laws are no longer effective.

So when the Truth of God's Forgiveness of sin is declared, many wise humans hold up their hands and shout, "God's Laws do not change. Even God Himself cannot change them. To effect a forgiveness of sins, the Great Law of Compensation must be violated. God works no such miracle, or gives special dispensation. No, human must pay the penalty of their evil deeds, until the Law is fulfilled."

How limited is the Knowledge of mortals, and of spirits as well, of the Power, Wisdom and Love of the Father. His Divine Love is the Greatest Thing in all the Universe. The Law of Divine Love is the Greatest Law. Every other Law is subordinate to It, and must work in unison with It. Love, Divine Love of the Father, when given to human, and they possess It, is the Fulfilling of All Law. This Divine Love frees a human from All Law, except the Law of its Own self. When a human possesses this Divine Love, they are slave to no Law, and is free indeed.

The Law of Compensation, and all Laws not in Harmony with the Law of Divine Love, has nothing upon which to operate, in that human's case. God's Laws are not changed, merely, as to this human, have no existence.

Now, let all humans, wise and unwise, know that God, in His Love and Wisdom, has provided a means, by which, a human, if they so will, may escape the unchanging Law of Compensation, and become no longer subject to its demands and penalties. These means are simple and easy, and within the comprehension and grasp of every living soul, be they saint or sinner, a wise human, or an ignorant one.

Intellect, in the sense of being learned, is not involved. The man who Knows that God exists, and provides them with food and raiment as the result of their daily toil, as well as the great intellectual scientist, or philosopher, may learn The Way to these Redeeming Truths. I do not mean that a human, by mere exercise of mental powers, may receive the benefit of this Great Provision for their Redemption. The soul must seek. It will find. The soul of the wise may not be as capable of receiving, as the soul of the ignorant.

God is Love. Human has a Natural Love. This Natural Love is not sufficient to enable them to find these Great Means that I speak of, only the Divine Love of the Father. He is willing that all humans should have this Divine Love. It is free, and waiting to be bestowed upon all humans. Strange as it may seem, God will not, and I might say, cannot, bestow this Divine Love, unless human seeks for It, and asks for It, in earnestness and Faith.

The will of human is a wonderful thing, and stands between them and this Divine Love, if they fail to exercise this will in seeking for it (the Divine Love). No human can secure it (the Divine Love) against their will. What a wonderful thing is human's will. How they should study and learn what a great part of their being it is.

The Divine Love of the Father comes only into a human's soul when they seek It in prayer and Faith. Of course, this implies that they will It to come to them. No human is ever refused this Divine Love, when they properly ask for It.

Now this Divine Love is a part of the Divine Essence (of the Soul of God). When a human possesses It, in sufficient abundance, they become a part of Divinity Itself. In the Divine, there is no sin or error. Consequently, when they become a part of this Divinity, no sin or error can form a part of their being.

Now, as I have said, human, who is without this Divine Love has their memories of sin and evil deeds. Under the Law of Compensation, must pay the penalties. Yet, when this Divine Love comes into their soul, it leaves no room for these memories. As they become more and more filled with this Divine Love, these memories disappear. Only the Divine Love inhabits their soul, as it were. Hence, there remains nothing in them, upon which this Law can operate. The human is no longer its slave, or subject. This Divine Love is sufficient of Itself to cleanse the soul from all sin and error, and make human One with the Father.

This is Forgiveness of sin, or rather the result of Forgiveness. When a human prays to the Father for this Forgiveness, He never turns a deaf ear. But says; in effect, "I will remove your sins and give you my Divine Love. I will not set aside, or change, My Law of Compensation, but I will remove from your soul everything upon which this Law can operate. As to you, it becomes as if it had no existence."

I know by your personal experience that this Forgiveness is a Real, Actual, Existing Thing. When the Father forgives, sin disappears, and Divine Love only exists. That Divine Love, in its fullness, is the Fulfilling of the Law.

So let humans know, that God does forgive sin. When He forgives, the penalty disappears. When they disappear as the result of such forgiveness, no Law of God is changed, or violated.

This was the Great Mission of Jesus when he came to Earth. Before he came and taught this Great Truth the forgiveness of sin was not understood. Even by the Hebrew teachers. Their doctrine was an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. The Divine Love, as I have feebly described was not known, or sought for. Only the care, protection and material benefits, that God might give to the Hebrews.

The Divine Love entering into, and taking possession of, the souls of humans, constitutes the New Birth. Without this, no human can see the Kingdom of God.

My dear son, I have written you a long, but imperfect communication. But there is sufficient in it, for humans to think of, and meditate upon. If they do so, and open their souls to the Divine Influence, they will know God can Forgive sin, and save humans from its penalties, so that they will not have to undergo the long period of expiation, which in their Natural state, the Law of Compensation ever demands.

So without writing further, I will say; that I Love you with all my heart and soul, and pray the Father to give you this Great Love in all its abundance.

Your Loving Grandmother, Ann Rollins.