Then, let that love be in thee that was in Him when He gave,
"If ye love me, keep my commandments, that I may come and
abide with thee," not leaving thee to struggle against the
hardships, the things that make one afraid, the things that
make strife, turmoil and distress in the experience of all -
that are the fruits of the desire for self to be magnified
the more; but let Him have His way with thee.
For, He is humble - yet the Lord of all; gracious, yet to Him
all power is given; loving, yet to him do those in distress
and in power use oft His name in vain.
Let Him come and abide with thee. Open thine heart, thine
soul, to His ways.
May the meditation of the heart and the activity of the body,
mind and soul be in accord with those things He, the Christ,
the God, thy Father, would have thee do respecting self and
self's relationships with those that be in the earth in
divers places, that the glory of the Father may be made the
more aware in the lives and experiences of others.
Would ye have peace, make the life peaceful to those thou
lovest, to those that thou hast a grudge against, to those
thou carest not of in material ways; but if ye would have
love be lovely, even to those that show - in THINE own
understanding - disregard for His ways. For, the things of
life are the experiences and expression of a soul seeking -
seeking.
What in the experience of man can be more direful, more
dreadful, than to be lost yet seeking - seeking! Fear and
trembling assail thee, yet - yet - wilt thou but let Him in,
for His spirit maketh thy spirit and soul aware of the love
of the Father.
For, He is nigh unto thee. What meaneth toil and strife for
just a little while? He sweat the sweat of fear, the sphere
of the body ills, yet He gave that body to be bruised that ye
might know that He would and does prepare, and has prepared a
place according to the deeds done in thy body.
Was not He the builder of the earth, of the mind; yea, were
He not the builder of earthly habitations? What an example
to thee! What buildest thou? Those activities, those words,
those looks, those associations must bring that as He has
said, "Where I am there ye may be." What wilt thou build?
What art thou building?
Love the Lord thy God, for only in doing so may ye find rest
for your soul. In doing so may ye find peace in thine mind.
And what is the body but the shell? Yet this, too, may be
glorified in Him; for the mind builds. The body may become
purified as the temple of the living God. How keepest thou
thine body? Let Him come in - just now!
We are through.
Copy to Mrs. [255]
Copy to Ass'n file
BACKGROUND
See
378-44 on
5/21/34 in which EC's soul reasoned with soul
of Mr. [
378] who disappeared from his home on
4/18/34 leaving
a suicide note.
REPORTS
5/28/34 See wife's ltr. under
378-44, Par. R3 saying how
consoling to her the first paragraph in 378-45 is, to know
that [
378] is awakening a desire to make himself known in
body.
5/28/34 See
378-46.
6/08/34 She obtained Business Rdg.
255-13 on how to help
financially in supporting the family.



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