This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of March, 1939, in accordance with request by those present.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Ruth LeNoir, Frances Y. Morrow, Esther Wynne, Hannah Miller, Louise Dill, Florence R. Edmonds, Myrtle Demaio, Helen Ellington and Hugh Lynn Cayce.

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1. GC: You will have before you the Glad Helpers, members of which are present here, and others who are desirous of helping to carry on the work at this time. You will give them such guidance and counsel as needed at this time, and answer the questions which will be asked.
2. EC: Yes, we have the group as gathered here - the Glad Helpers; and their purposes, and their activities.
3. In considering that as may be given as a helpful force and influence for those gathered here:
4. Know, as has been given, ye have been chosen for a definite, purposeful work.
5. While you each have had your fears, your doubts, your uprisings, your downsittings, - yet in giving ye find rest and PEACE and comfort as He alone can give.
6. It is evident that changes have come in thy personnel, yet ye know in Whom she has believed, and ye know she [560] walks with Jesus. [See 281-40 Reports.]
7. Hence there should be the greater determination in thy OWN minds and hearts, that ye will carry on in His name that she has so well manifested among you.
8. Let that be then an incentive for each of you, in that love, in that strength, in that beauty of purpose which has been manifested. Let it then not be lost because of thy neglect, of thy sorrow.
9. For He, too, was a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief. He has promised that all tears would be wiped away, and they ARE for those who wholly put their trust in Him.
10. Ye have begun a helpful, hopeful work among thy fellow man. Be ye not weary, then, in well-doing; nor become negligent or unmindful of the little things that may bring to thy consciousness the spreading of the awareness of the Christ's love for each of you.
11. For He stands at the door of thy heart, of thy consciousness; and as He has given, "Ask in my name, believing, and it shall be done unto thee."
12. What greater promise, what greater blessing may come to any soul than to know that He cares! yea, that He is mindful of thy petitions, of thy aches, thy pains, thy disappointments, thy sorrows, thy joys, thy exultations.
13. Then, stand ye as true friends of Him who gave His life that YE might have life and have it more abundantly.
14. Have any among you ever taken thought as to what was the condition of the world when He made intercession IN the world for you? Would, COULD, life have remained in the earth without His having given His life for those who were seeking to know God! No! For in those days when it was necessary that the wickedness which had risen as a stench before the throne of God be eliminated from material manifestation, HE in that day offered Himself that ye here, now, might know the love the Father hath for the children of men!
15. With that knowledge, then, - will ye not - as chosen vessels, channels, brethren of His - stand in that place as He gave, - "My word I leave with thee - my promises that I will abide with thee!"
16. Will ye as those KNOWING this love, this promise then, put them aside because of the slights that may be expressed by those who know not? or the doubts by those who have only caught a glimpse? or the dejections of those who have sought and who seek rather to satisfy the desires of the flesh for a season?
17. Then look up, lift up thy hearts to Him. For He is thy guide, thy Lord, thy Christ.
18. Ready for questions.
19. (Q) Please give affirmations to be sent to those on our prayer list.
    The first: OUR FATHER OUR GOD! IN THY LOVE, IN THY MERCY, BE THOU NIGH UNTO US AS WE APPROACH THY THRONE SEEKING HELP AND AID FROM THE CARES OF EVERY SOUL IN THIS WORLD!
    The second: FATHER! IN THY PROMISES THROUGH JESUS THE CHRIST, WE RELY ON THY MERCY, THY BOUNTY. GIVE TO ME, NOW, THAT THOU SEEST THAT IS BEST FOR ME, THAT I MAY SERVE THEE BETTER.
    The third: OUR LORD, OUR GOD! TEACH ME TO PRAY. TEACH ME TO ASK FOR THAT WHICH THOU WOULD HAVE ME BE AND DO, AND BLESS ME IN THAT WAY AND MANNER AS JESUS HAS PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD.
    The fourth: OUR FATHER, OUR GOD! HELP THOU MY UNBELIEF! AWAKEN WITHIN ME THAT SPIRIT OF TRUTH TO SEEK THE LIGHT AS IS SHOWN IN THE CHRIST AND HIS LOVE. AND HEAL THOU MY BODY, MY MIND, FROM THE FEAR AND THE LUST OF THE FLESH.
    The fifth: OUR LORD, OUR GOD! BE MERCIFUL TO ME, - A SINNER, YET SEEKING GRACE AND FORGIVENESS IN THY SIGHT. AND LET ME LIVE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT MY BODY, MY MIND, MAY BE A GREATER CHANNEL OF BLESSINGS TO OTHERS.
    The sixth: OUR LORD, OUR GOD! BE THOU WITH ME NOW! I SEEK TO DO THY WILL. SHOW ME, O LORD, THE WAY! AND MAY MY CHOICES IN MY ASSOCIATIONS OF EVERY NATURE BE SUCH THAT I MAY BE LED TO BLESS THEE MORE.
    The seventh: OUR GOD, WHO ART IN HEAVEN! HALLOWED BE THY NAME! SHED THOU, O FATHER, THY LOVE UPON ME IN SUCH MEASURES AS TO BLOT OUT THAT AS WOULD MAKE ME AFRAID IN BODY AND IN MIND. GIVE ME TODAY, THAT WHICH IS BEST FOR ME. AND THY WILL BE DONE EVER!
    The eighth: OUR FATHER, OUR GOD! WE THANK THEE FOR THE GIVING OF THY SON, FOR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HAS COME TO US OF HIS WALKS AMONG MEN, FOR HIS GIVING OF HIS OWN BODY AND BLOOD THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A CLOSER TIE WITH THEE! THEN, O FATHER, GIVE ME STRENGTH TO LIVE, TO MOVE AND DO THAT THOU WOULD HAVE ME DO JUST NOW.
    The ninth: O GOD! I AM WEAK, I AM UNWORTHY - YET IN CHRIST THOU HAST PROMISED THAT WHAT WE ASK IN HIS NAME THAT YE WILL GRANT IN THIS BODY. GIVE ME LIFE, AND STRENGTH, AND THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE ARIGHT DAY BY DAY; TO DO, TO BE THE THINGS THAT THOU WOULD HAVE ME BE.
    The tenth: OUR LORD, OUR GOD! THOU ART GRACIOUS UNTO US ALL! AND WE GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO THEE FOR THE WONDROUS LOVE THOU BESTOWEST UPON EACH OF US. LET US THEN, EVERY ONE, SHOW A GREATER APPRECIATION IN OUR LIVES, IN OUR DEALINGS WITH OUR FELLOW MEN. KEEP US AWAY FROM THE PETTY JEALOUSIES, THE LITTLE HATES AND SPITES! AND FILL OUR HEARTS MORE WITH THE CHRIST LOVE!
    The eleventh: OUR LORD, OUR GOD! BE MERCIFUL TO ME, NOW. STRENGTHEN MY BODY, THAT IT MAY BE A CHANNEL OF BLESSING TO OTHERS FOR CHRIST'S NAMESAKE! The twelfth: O GOD OF MERCY AND LIGHT! WE GIVE THANKS TO THEE FOR THY SON, JESUS, THE CHRIST - AND FOR THE PROMISES HE HAS MADE KNOWN UNTO US! HELP US TO LIVE IN SUCH A WAY TOWARDS OTHERS THAT WE MAY SHOW FORTH THAT LOVE IN SUCH A MANNER THAT OTHERS, TOO, MAY KNOW IN THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS THAT JESUS HAS A CARE FOR THEM!
20. (Q) Please give the name of the one who should fill the vacancy of secretary.
    (A) There will be no filling. One may act for and with them. Edgar Cayce.
21. (Q) How should we present the Glad Helpers work to the Congress in June? Should we attempt to have a meditation period each day, - if so, what time would be best? We would appreciate any information as to how we could best present same to the Congress.
    (A) On the periods and the days that Readings are attempted, do it just before that period; presenting that activity of the Glad Helpers as a part of the whole, - asking all to join that will.
    For whosoever will may know, if they will but open their minds and hearts, that He will enter and abide with them also.
22. (Q) [993]: Last year while applying the Radio-Active Appliance to an individual there came to me the realization that there was a lesson I could learn from such that would be helpful in group meditation. I was told that when using the Radio-Active Appliance to select one of the discs to be used as the positive one, and to continue to use the same one each time while the individual was using the Appliance, to prevent cross currents. My interpretation was that a group coming together to meditate should also select one of the group to be the positive one to make the attunement for the group. Not that one was any better than the others in the group, but one should be chosen to be the positive one to avert cross currents coming into the meditation. Each member of the group could be chosen as a positive one for another group. Please clarify this experience and give enlightenment upon same.
    (A) The experience was correct, not only as to the manner of the application of the combination of elements that act with the magnetic currents of the body, but as to the shadow or the figure of a manner in which such an activity in a group may be made the more positive.
23. (Q) Why do I feel so strongly that Edgar Cayce and myself should work more in unison in meditation? Please explain.
    (A) This has been felt or expressed by many. Owing to those activities that have been indicated, these should then become positive in the further carrying on of the work.
24. (Q) How best can we do this?
    (A) There must be the regular periods that this is carried on, as the work of the group is made materially manifest in its distribution to others.
25. (Q) What type of booklet or pamphlet regarding our work would you recommend that we publish before the Congress in June?
    (A) Wait! Publish before the Congress in June a year. [See 281-45, Par. 12-A.]
26. (Q) As the names of those are called that are anxious to help carry on the Glad Helpers work, please give each a message that will help. First, [585].
    (A) Hold fast to the trust and hope and love thou hast for the work that enables thee to give to others a strength, a hope that ye as ye give - may receive.
27. (Q) [379]:
    (A) LET LOVE AND FAITH, AND HOPE, KEEP THEE. AS YE GIVE AND BRING SUCH TO THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS IT GROWS AND MAGNIFIES IN THINE OWN EXPERIENCE.
28. (Q) [603]:
    (A) Let not disappointments and disturbances alter thee in thy sincerity of purpose. Keep faith with thy promises, if ye would have His love, His promises keep faith with thee!
29. (Q) [307]:
    (A) Let thy disappointments and sorrows take wings. Let love and hope remain with thee. For they are as a matter of application in thine own thoughts, thine own words. For as ye give expression to same, they take form.
30. (Q) [404]:
    (A) Keep hold of the power in His name! For there is no other name given under heaven whereby men may be saved!
31. (Q) [[910]'s mother]:
    (A) Hold fast to the truth that is in His promises to thee. For as ye become aware of them being thine own and to thee, ye become more able, more strengthened in His love.
32. (Q) Louise Dill:
    (A) Let prayer be without ceasing. Hold fast to that which is good. STRENGTHEN thy brethren.
33. (Q) [993]:
    (A) HOLD FAST to Him! Let not fear enter in. For, surrounding thyself with His love, no doubt, no fear, COULD enter in.
34. (Q) [288]:
    (A) Keep the faith that enables thee to remove mountains of doubt and fear. Let love rule, and not hate nor doubt nor fear. For the strength of the Lord is in KEEPING happy at His work.
35. (Q) [294]:
    (A) Be faithful.
36. (Q) [540]:
    (A) Let thy heart be glad that thou art counted among those that show forth His love to others. Keep that faith, that love that casteth out fear; and ye will find peace.
37. (Q) [413]:
    (A) Let thy heart be glad. Let thy activities be in keeping with that thou believest. For He is able to keep that thou committest unto Him against any turmoil, any strifes. For even the elements obey Him. He IS thy might and thy strength!
38. (Q) We were told to divide the body into 12 major divisions -
    (A) (Interrupting) We are through.

BACKGROUND

1. Subject of 281-40 - "Glad Helpers."

REPORTS

1. 1/10/39 GD's letter to Mrs. [480] (whose mother died recently with cancer):
   "I am so sorry to be late in mailing the Reading [480-51], also in writing you. We have been dreadfully upset over the passing of our dear friend and group member, [560]. You remember I wrote to you about her, - she is the one who had cancer of the breast. They operated but it was no use.
   "This is another situation which is very hard for us to understand. She has been the leader of our prayer group [Glad Helpers] for seven years, being among the number one group that started out to study this Work with the new association. All the Readings will say is that she is only meeting self, and that we must learn to say 'Thy Will be done.' She and her sister [993] have lived alone since their mother's death about twenty years ago, and have been inseparable all their lives. It is hard to imagine one without the other. What we have to realize though is that THERE IS NO DEATH! It is the last step to be overcome, and we have been trying to get a realization of it in our lesson on SPIRIT which we've been studying for over a year.
   "Will you please phone Mrs. [1100]? She will remember [560], - she was well enough to be at the Congress meetings; but how she has suffered since then! We were all glad when she was released from such a tortured body, for she was conscious to the very last."
2. 1/23/39 EC's letter to sister [993]: "I know there is so little that can be put into words, yet wanted you to know how I feel... I know the earthly sorrow that is yours, the loneliness in part at least, but I know too the strength that you find in the Christ Consciousness. We are all with you in spirit and in love and may the strength of His love keep you just now."

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