1/17/26 [
900]'s ltr. to EC [started
1/16/26]:
Dear Edgar:-
Trust everything is working out well with you. I surely
hope soon to have my manuscript in your hands. As given
in a dream interpretation, this is the child of my mind -
a beloved child that I give to the world in the name of the
Master whom I serve, and which brings me the inner exaltation
you told of in the introduction of a recent reading. I know
this child is doomed to suffer, for while bringing a message
of hope immortal, of light eternal, to the sensuous laden
mind and anxious heart, it will be subject to criticism,
sarcasm and condemnation of many. If I ever had any idea
of being acclaimed an intellectual light, I have long since
given it up. To the depressed, to the poor, to the
suffering, to the hopeless, to those sunken in the mud of
sin and despair, to the sick I'll carry the child and let it
bring comfort, hope, and love. To those who surround
themselves with the fence of their own intellectual pursuits,
with the pride of their own intellectual position, who prefer
the false cheers of the masses to the gratitude of the hearts
of Men, to those who engulf themselves in material
achievements and rely alone upon the gold of princes, to
those who can or choose to see no further than the pregnant
moment, will my child be as hateful and repellent as was the
Gospel of Christ to the Scribes, Priests, members of the
Sanhedrin, to the wealthy, aristocracy, and middle class
money seekers, and to the spineless hangers on to all of
those who were ashamed to acknowledge the Truth because of
the latter's peculiar appearance in physical eyes. These
live in our day under different names, as they did in
Christ's day. Would ye be a fisher of dollars? Then
fulfill the physical desires for wealth, fame and fortune,
and gain the envy, hatred and false friendship, the licking
of boots, but heart felt antagonism of those who worship thy
wealth, but hate thee for it, rejoice at thy misfortunes,
laugh at thy troubles, and give thee not one heart felt word
of love. No wonder those who rely upon riches for happiness
are in their hearts hungry for one real sincere friend that
loves for self and not for that possessed. No wonder the
rich man feels himself really a failure. But to be a Fisher
of Men - that is different. That is to find the people of
burden and lift it from their shoulders by assuming that
burden oneself. Not by paying their debts in cash, but by
giving them a knowledge of the real hope, real love, and
showing them the way that leads to real happiness and then
watch his heart, respond. Watch him pray to the Father for
and with you, watch him acknowledge you, follow you, bless
you, and if he can't acclaim you before the multitude, if he
can't acclaim you in newspapers, etc., he can give you his
heart's love and an undying affection, that makes you One
with Christ - God. Try and convince Mrs. [
139] I didn't
have a hand in her healing. I told her its her own faith in
her divine self that did it and she answered me: "I have
faith in you too [
900]," and when after watching the clock
all day, awaiting my coming, she greets me with, "I love you
- God bless you," I know it comes from the heart and it
seems as though she is kneeling and praying at the same
time. I worship her faith and as I talk to her, and I see
the seed take root as she replies: "I never knew so much
about myself - or that God was so close to me," I know the
Spirit Father has answered my prayers and I begin to feel
the grandeur and power of a kingdom of Love and devotion,
before which my physical mind quakes, before which the
Physical I seem small and not stable. They tell me this is
superstition, the outgrowth of an intellectual mind. The
latter, the Scribes and Sanhedrin told to our Master. The
former is the reaction of the many who misunderstood the
gospel and misapplied its teachings. Yet it all was
predicted by Christ - the wars, the suffering terrible deeds
committed in His name - all the evolutionary process of
Man's becoming conscious of the correct meaning of the
Gospel. It can't be learned by any other method than
Spiritual Evolution. "There be Eunuchs born who, etc." so
lives on Earth babies with a greater consciousness of real
life than 70 year old men - the spiritual Evolution of the
Soul manifesting its evolution in physical form, passing
through all these stages in human history and to-day on
earth we are still evolving some nearer, some farther from
the goal - the world in general nearer to expressing the
correct physical concept, yet the materialists going through
that material stage necessary to their own development, just
as may passed through the fanatical stages. Many who
evolved through the latter are now passing through the
material stage and will return to find or be allowed to
manifest their development to a knowledge of the Truth. But
how shall we know when we have arrived at the Truth and are
expressing a real or truthful concept of the gospel. "Ye
shall heal the sick, raise the dead ad perform deeds in my
Name, that all may know that I am the Lord."
There has come to me the first evidence that I am on the
right track, and so you see if you have healed where the
doctor has failed, you are performing as Christ did, and
all the sacrifice you have made in earthly comfort is little
in the light of the blessing you are bringing on your own
head. The glory of your life may also rest in the knowledge
of the wife you healed and that she, because she is your
wife, and your children because they are your children, and
I because through your services came I to open my eyes and
because many will have through you the same experience,
because all of us about you have willingly shared in
sacrificing physical achievement for spiritual gain,
because we have joined in serving and there found
resurrection of ourselves, rather than in seeking the
material glory of mammon, and for this that we serve in His
Name do we reap the blessings of the Father and shall be
glorified even as all about the Master, as well as the
Master, have been glorified.
If you think these are words, if you think these are not so
- if this does not give you and yours every inspiration to
perform the glorious God like work you are doing, in spite
of all difficulties, then I tell you my words are True, and
that which I write shall be. The whole thing seems to unfold
before my eyes and the clearer concept I gain of Christ, the
closer I come to "myself".
So my child shall not grow into the hearts and minds of Men
- not become respected and recognized by men until the next
generation, for even this I gained in vision. The next
generation shall study my child and take it seriously. Yet
God has always chosen to manifest His Truths in this manner.
None of His servants ever gave great Truths to the world that
were recognized at the time of giving. History proves this
and of course I don't put myself in the class of the great
philosophers of old, (Confucius, Plato, Socrates, Pythagoras,
Bruno, Pliny, Spinoza, Moses, Daniel, Ezekiel, Paul, Matthew,
etc., etc., and the mighty Master of all whom these had
heralded, Jesus Christ), but if in my little way I can show
people what these men meant, using terms to-day to do so,
and know I am on the right track by applying the best the
Master gave us to apply - then I need not be great as they,
for truly thee is but One Greatness which is God - and there
lies our Destiny.
So, the child of my mind, brought through His Grace to
the World (the first edition of it I mean) will soon be
in your hands and may God speed whatever message it may
contain into the fertile soil of the hearts and minds of
the faithful, and may He bless you and yours, for, through
your guidance alone was I able to be the means of this
child's creation.
Sincerely, [
900]
1/20/26 EC's ltr. to [
900]:
As for your letters of the 16th and 17th, I do not know how
to answer them, [
900], but I am sure, from these, you do
understand WHY the experiences that have come to me from
people thanking me for their physical health, and their
spiritual understanding of themselves, has meant much more
to me than dollars and cents, and you know WHY I have (at
least since I have been studying the phenomena seriously)
been wanting to give myself to the service of others. I
can only say, I thank you for expressing this as you have,
and I am sure that your message, this child of your brain,
though it may meet many oppositions, yet it will clarify
the religious thought of the WORLD, and be the leaven that
will gradually work in the hearts of men and women for many
ages to come! May you keep your health and your physical
strength, may you keep yourself on that even keel; not
becoming one-sided or lop-sided in any way, manner or form,
but here a little, then there a little, giving out that as
the Spirit gives you utterance, and future generations will
call you blessed! And not in tablets of silver, nor in
piles of stones, but in the hearts of men and women will
your memory, your service to mankind, be the monument of the
efforts, of the sacrifice, you expend in this physical plane.
Yes, I am sure the data we have gathered, and are gathering
from day to day, will sometime find a place, for if it is the
Lord's work, and IT IS, it is bound to find its place in the
hearts and lives of His representatives, Man, here on this
physical plane.
I certainly hope the folks are all getting along fine and
that you are feeling good. I'm certainly anxious to see the
copy of the data you are preparing. You know I will get at
this as soon as possible, for I'm bound to feel that this
will mean much to many peoples.
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