Heaven

A grandmother describes her experience in progressing from the third sphere into the Celestial Heavens...

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, and 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.

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

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 Love, I progressed to the Fifth Sphere and 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 are not so happy as are those who have received the Great Love of the Father, for they gave their thoughts and works to things that pertain more 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 Love was manifested by the numerous spirits who had received this 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. And many of these spirits of great intellectual development are still there, pursuing their studies of laws that have to do solely with things that relate to the operations of spiritual laws, and to 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, and to the causes of the development of the souls of those with whom they come in contact who are so much more beautiful and happy than 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, through obtaining the Divine Love, there 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 men 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, or, as I may say, a quality of the soul which, as the soul develops in the Divine Love, the mind must necessarily also develop.

Philosophy is a thing which is merely the conclusions of minds that have given thought and investigation to the subject matter of that philosophy. And when philosophy 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 Truths. And, in this spirit life, among these men 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.

But, 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, but 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, and 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 MEN 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 OF THE DIVINE LOVE INTO THEIR SOULS.

I could tell you many wonderful things to illustrate these propositions if I had the time to do so, but I have not now. But, sometime, I will go more in detail on this subject, and 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 and learned there 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, and no spirit who has not this Great Love could possibly be happy there. But, 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 sphere there. And I was also told that there was a Way to get into this Celestial Sphere, and a Way so easy that the mere statement of it caused doubt. But I prayed for faith and the Divine Love, and, on an occasion, my faith brought the Divine Love into my soul in such abundance that I progressed to the First Celestial Sphere where I am now.

The Book of Revelation in the Bible, in its most extravagant description of the New Jerusalem, gives no true conception of what the beauties and magnificence of this sphere are; and I will not attempt to describe them, for I cannot. But a man, 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, and 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, and am told that faith and prayer for the inflowing of the Divine Love into my soul are the only instrumentalities that will enable me to do so. My prayers are constant and my faith is growing. And 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 and feel that I must stop now, as I need to leave the earth’s atmosphere for a while.

A Celestial spirit speaks to her soulmate about her experiences in the Heavens...

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

(Do you have a nice home?)

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

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

(Do you still like to sing?)

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

(Do you have food to eat?)

Yes, we eat fruit and nuts but do not do so because we are hungry, but more because we enjoy the flavors so much. And we drink water, pure and sweet, as it makes us feel so refreshed when we are a little tired. Our fruit is not of the earthly kind. It is so much more delightful that I am unable to describe it to you. And the nuts are different also. The water is purer than what you have and is more refreshing.

(Do you have any musical instruments to play like pianos and violins?)

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

(Are you free to leave me at any time you wish?)

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

(You know that I have always loved you.)

Yes, I know. But I sometimes fear that you may forget to think of me as I want you to.

(Is your home a permanent structure?)

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

(Have you reserved a nice home for me?)

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

(Will we always be together?)

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

(Will we also have our parents and children to love?)

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

(Are you also praying to progress?)

Yes, I am trying to progress into the higher planes, and hope to do so as rapidly as is possible. But you may rest assured that, no matter what plane I may be in, my love for you will not lessen, and I will not cease to be with you as I now am. The life in the higher spheres without you would not be complete, for you are necessary to my complete happiness. God has decreed that two soulmates are intended to make one complete whole. This must be in order for soulmates to be wholly happy and to fulfill the laws of God's Love, and live together forever as one.

(I have been told that I can begin to progress while still living on earth.)

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

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

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

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

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

HE IS NOT WILLING THAT ONE OF HIS CHILDREN SHOULD PERISH. WHEN THEY GO ASTRAY, HIS GREAT HEART OF LOVE YEARNS FOR THEM TO RETURN AND PARTAKE OF HIS BOUNTIES AND BLESSINGS. YOU MUST TRY WITH ALL YOUR HEART TO REALIZE THIS TRUTH, FOR IT IS A TRUTH. AND IT IS THE GREATEST TRUTH TAUGHT TO US BY JESUS WHO IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TEACHERS. MAKE YOUR DAILY LIFE ONE OF PRAYER AND ASPIRATIONS, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU IS NOT ONLY TRUE BUT THAT YOU CAN ALSO MAKE IT A PART OF YOURSELF. YOU HAVE ONLY TO LET YOUR DESIRES TURN TOWARDS GOD AND HE WILL MEET YOU MORE THAN HALF WAY, FOR HE NEVER SLEEPS OR CLOSES HIS EAR TO THE SUPPLICATIONS OF HIS CHILDREN. AND THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT HIM WITH AN EARNEST AND REPENTANT WISH AND LONGING DESIRE OF THE SOUL KNOW THAT HE HAS ALWAYS RESPONDED TO THEIR CALL.

You are now in the Way to obtain these blessings and I pray that you may continue, for you cannot find true happiness in any other way. THIS IS WHAT JESUS MEANT WHEN HE SAID,"I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE." HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY TO OBTAIN THE FATHER'S LOVE, AND THAT IS THROUGH THE NEW BIRTH, WHICH IS MERELY THE FLOWING OF THE LOVE OF GOD INTO THE SOUL OF A MAN TO THE EXTENT OF ERADICATING ALL DESIRES AND TASTES FOR THINGS WHICH ARE NOT IN HARMONY WITH GOD'S LAWS AND LOVE.

You must give your thoughts more to this vital consideration of the Economy of God's Being. It is not a question of what church you belong to, or what particular faith you may have, or who your preacher may be, or what duties you owe to the church or to the ceremony of baptism according to the church's dogmas, but whether you have sought God in spirit and in truth and have received His Favor and Love.

This is an individual matter, and no man can be saved by the sufferings or progress of another. Each soul is a complete unit when joined with its mate, and the spiritual condition of each soul towards God determines what its place and happiness will be in the spirit world. So, do not let the thought that it is necessary to believe in a special church dogma, or any ceremony, keep you from seeking the New Birth. This is the fundamental principle that operates in the At-onement of man with God, and all other doctrines are merely secondary and need to be believed only as they may lead to a belief in this foundation.

I am writing at the dictation of your grandmother, for she knows. I, of course, would not be able to write in this way purely of my own thoughts and experience. She says that you must try to get in condition so that the Master may write. That which he shall say will show to mankind the everlasting Truths of God's Kingdom and Laws. She is a mere tyro in the knowledge and ability to explain God's Truths that Jesus will teach you. So, try to become more spiritual so that you may learn the wonderful teachings of God's Love and Truth that he will give to you.

A Celestial spirit speaks to her son about her experiences in the Second Celestial Sphere (Heaven)...

Well, my darling son, I am so happy to be with you and tell you that I am now in the Second Celestial Sphere where everything is so beautiful, and happiness exists to a degree that I cannot portray to you. I am in my own home and I can scarcely describe what it is, for you have no words which are adequate to give you an idea of what I mean in attempting to describe the glories of this sphere.

My home is of a material that you have no faint counterpart of on earth, and it is furnished with everything that is suited to make me happy and more thankful to the Father for His Love and Kindness.

I am living alone, but I have many visitors; and Love is the ruling sentiment among all its inhabitants. No spirit who is not filled with this Divine Love of which I have so often told you can possibly live in this sphere. The spirit who has all the most wonderful intellectual acquirements and is without this Love cannot enter this sphere. Nor can the mere natural love of mortals or of spirits fit the spirit for inhabitancy here. Only the Divine Love of the Father can make a spirit so at-one with all the surroundings and atmosphere of Love that exists here.

When I left the First Celestial Sphere, I was taken in charge by a most beautiful and glorified spirit, and carried from my home in the First Celestial Sphere up to the entrance of the Second Celestial Sphere where many other beautiful spirits were waiting to give me welcome. And I never thought that such a welcome could be extended to a spirit who is progressing. But I was received with all the love and affection and evidence of joy that the spirits of this sphere have for a spirit who has progressed from the lower one. Oh, I tell you that my happiness was certainly beyond any conception of what I had in the home which I had just left!

I thought that the beauty and grandeur of the First Celestial Sphere could not possibly be surpassed. But when I tell you that the comparison cannot be made between the beauty of the two places, it is the best that I can do.

My home was all ready for me, and I was carried to it by a whole host of spirits and told that it was for me, and that God had prepared it for my happiness and joy. It certainly is beyond description, and it would be useless for me to try to describe it.

The spirits here are so much more beautiful than those of any other sphere. They are more ethereal and their garments are all shining and white, and not one little speck reminds one of the earth or of the grosser spheres of the spirit world.

And the music here is entirely Divine and of such great variety—all telling of the Great Love of God, and sung in His praise and adoration. I have not yet seen all the beauties of this sphere, and I may later give you a more complete description of it.

(Have you found any spirits there whom you were acquainted with on earth?)

Yes, I met some spirits whom I knew on earth, but not many. I have also met some of the truly Christian men and women who lived and loved and worshiped God, and who passed over long before I did.

My own dear mother and father have progressed to this sphere, and they were ready to receive me. And how glad they were to welcome me and take me to their arms of love!

Well, I must not write more tonight, as you are not in condition for extended writing.

So, with all my love, which is so much greater than when I last wrote you, I am

A Celestial spirit further speaks to her grandson about her experiences in the Second Celestial Sphere (Heaven) and reports that her soulmate is presently progressing in the fifth spiritual sphere...

I come tonight to tell you that I am very happy to see that you are in such good condition and so free from worries and cares. So, you must try to keep your mind and thoughts free until you have no occasion for worry.

I want to tell you of my beautiful home in the Second Celestial Sphere, and what happiness we have in enjoying its beauties and grandeur. It is not possible for me to describe its appearance, only to say that its beauty is beyond any conception that you may have, or any ability I may have to describe it.

Everything that the heart may wish for is contained in it, and everything you can conceive of as being necessary to make a home beautiful is there. I am in a great degree of happiness, and have so many bright and beautiful spirits for companions, and never get tired of listening to the grand and angelic music.

We—I mean your mother, wife, and myself—are with one another very frequently, although our homes are different and not very close together. Of course, my home is in a higher plane in that sphere than those of your mother or wife, but there is nothing to prevent our having constant intercourse and companionship.

(Where is grandfather?)

He is in the Fifth Sphere still, although he is progressing and is so very anxious to get with me. But he has not Love and faith sufficient to be with me in my home. I know that you are anxious that we be together and that you pray for such a consummation of our desires. Your prayers will be answered before a great while, for my faith is so strong that I know that my prayers will soon be answered by the Father.

(Do you think that you can progress to the Third Celestial Sphere?)

Yes, I will go to the Third Celestial Sphere where many bright spirits are—spirits who have the Love of God in their souls to an extent that fits them for such a life.

(I imagine that, unlike the lower spheres of the spirit world, there are no spheres in the Celestial Heavens which are predominantly intellectual in nature.)

You are right. There are no purely intellectual spheres in the Celestial Heavens. All the spheres are soul spheres where the Love of the Father is possessed by all the spirit inhabitants to such an extent that intellectual development is merely a secondary condition.

I would like to write you a long letter tonight on spiritual matters, but I do not think you are quite in condition to take such a message. I will postpone it until a later time.

Your wife is here. After a little while, she will write to you and tell you of her happiness and peace in the Father's Love. So, I will not write more tonight, but will only repeat that I love you with all my heart and soul.

A Celestial spirit further speaks to her grandson about her experiences in the Second Celestial Sphere (Heaven) and states that she has passed beyond the "second death"...

I want to tell you tonight of my experience in my new home among the redeemed spirits who have entered this Kingdom.

I am living in the Second Celestial Sphere, as I told you, and am surrounded by everything that makes me happy and in unison with the Father. I am also in close attachment with the Master, although he lives in a much higher sphere in the Celestial Heavens, and which, he tells me, is close to the Fountainhead of God's Love.

I have with me a great number of spirits who have received the Great Love of the Father in great abundance, and who are so good and beautiful that they are as of the Father. And here I must tell you that all the angels in His Kingdom, which is ruled over by Jesus, are the spirits of mortals who once lived on earth, and not what the Old Testament refers to as angels. I am informed that there are beings who never had the experience of living in the flesh. I have never seen any of these angels, and I don't know where they live; but Jesus says that they are a distinct class of God's Creation, and are separated from the heavens that he rules in. I have often wished to see some of these angels, but it does not appear that they ever come to our Celestial Heavens.

So, when you hear us speak of angels, we mean only those who were mortals, and who have been redeemed by the Love of the Father, and who are living in the higher spheres of our own Celestial Heavens.

Of course, I don't know whether these other angels will ever know anything about our Heavens or not. But, if they ever should, I doubt that they will ever realize the full meaning of a soul redeemed, because only those who have gone through the experience of living in the flesh, having had all the sorrows of mortals and the redemption from their condition of sin and error by the Love of the Father, can ever fully understand what redemption means.

So, I believe that no angel without this experience can ever enjoy the happiness that we, who have become inhabitants of Christ's Kingdom, enjoy. I may be mistaken in this, but this is my belief.

All ministering angels are spirits who once inhabited the physical body. Only such, it seems to me, can have that sympathy and love which fits them to understand and be able to sympathize with the sufferings of humanity. Why, if you will think for a moment, you will remember that even Jesus was not fitted to perform his great mission, and to declare the Love of the Father, until he had entered the physical body so that he could understand fully all the frailties and sufferings and longings of mortals.

At any rate, no angel that comes to mortal to minister is other than the spirit of one who has passed through these sufferings and sins of the mortal.

Well, as I have said, I am surrounded by many of these beautiful redeemed spirits, and they are all happy beyond conception by you who live on earth.

I am in a state of perfect happiness myself, and want for nothing that is necessary to make me realize that God is my Father of Love and Mercy. Yet, I desire the progression that will take me to the higher spheres—not on account of any discontent on my part, but because I am told that there are homes awaiting me and my companions in these higher spheres that are so much more beautiful than those which we now have. And, besides, the Law of Progression is constantly working here, and never are we permitted to cease our longings for the higher life and the greater abundance of the Divine Love that our Father promises us will be ours if we desire and seek for It. But you must never forget that, while we strive to progress, we are never dissatisfied with what our Father has provided for us, and what we possess.

My home here is a part of the Celestial Kingdom, and we who live in this sphere are all immortal in the sense that that word has been explained to you. We are greater in our attributes and qualities than were the first parents at the time of their creation. We can never die again, and have passed beyond the "second death," as it is written. For our Love is now so abundant that we are all partakers of the Father's Divinity to such an extent that It can never be taken from us—no, not in all eternity.

And, yet, with all this knowledge and consolation that it brings to us, we still have our love for those living on earth who have not yet acquired this Great Gift of the Father. And our work is trying to help mortals is a joy to us and never anything but a labor of love.

I will not tell you how much our interest centers in the work that the Master is doing for the salvation of mankind at this time, but will only say that his love for man and his desire for their redemption are greater than they were when he was on earth. And his followers—all who are in the Celestial Heavens as well as those who are in the spirit spheres—are working in unison with him to accomplish this great work to its fullest extent.

Many mortals are inspired by him and by his spirit followers to assist in this work, and to make known to mankind the Truths of his teachings and the wonderful Love of the Father which passeth all understanding.

So, while the dogmas and teachings of many of the churches are not in accord with the Truth, yet, the teachings of the spiritual Truths of Christ's mission, and of the Gifts of the Father, are now being bestowed upon mankind. And they are the causes of many a soul being turned to God's Love and thereby securing their own salvation.

False beliefs and false doctrines, as taught in most of the churches, do much harm, retard the soul's progress, and keep many souls from the Light while on earth as well as in the spirit world. Yet, with all these false teachings are mingled some Truths of the soul's qualities for progress, and of the Way in which it may find the entrance of God's Love into the soul and into His Kingdom.

I know that many men die with these false beliefs and retain them for a more or less longer time after they become spirits. Yet, the fact that they have the faith in God's Love and in Jesus' teachings as a part of their beliefs will help them to grasp the real Truth, and to progress more rapidly after they have gotten rid of these false beliefs.

So, while you must pity the followers of most of these orthodox churches because they are living in the security, as they think, of these false ideas, yet, you would not be justified in attempting to do anything to abolish these churches in toto, because there is nothing to supply their places. The Truths which they teach would be destroyed, and there would be nothing left to serve the soul's interests.

BUT I TELL YOU THAT THE TIME IS COMING WHEN THE CHURCHES WILL TEACH THE REAL TRUTHS OF GOD'S LOVE AND OF JESUS' MISSION, AND THE WAY TO MAN'S SALVATION. THEN, HUMANITY WILL BE HAPPIER, AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WILL EXIST ON EARTH AS IT DOES IN OUR CELESTIAL HEAVENS. THE TIME IS NOW RIPE FOR THESE CHURCHES TO RECEIVE THESE TRUTHS, AND MEN'S LONGINGS FOR LIGHT AND HAPPINESS WILL DEMAND THAT THE TRUE GOSPEL BE PREACHED, AND IT WILL BE.

So, my dear son, you see the necessity for providing the means by which these Truths may be conveyed to mortals. The Bible is losing its hold on many—not only the students but the common people as well—and the Truths which were intended that that book should contain must be brought to the knowledge and consciousness of men and women.

For many years, the powers of the spirit world have been making efforts to have these Truths communicated to men, but with very indifferent success. Now, I believe that I can see before me, as a vision, that many good men and women will develop their psychic powers to such an extent that they can be used as mediums of communication. And they will be so honest and earnest in their work that men will believe the communications and learn the real Truths that the Master is striving to teach.

I must stop now, as I have written a long time and you must rest awhile before you continue to write.

Your loving grandmother