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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"HOLY WAR"
An address by the celestial messenger 'Zodiac' (the
unnamed scribe of the Bible and a teacher in the Temple
of Jerusalem at the time of Christ), through the mediumship
of Miss Winifred Moyes in the earlier part of the twentieth
century
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"MOST loving Father, send down Thy power and grant
that this, Thy child, may be able to so contact with
the great Spirit force which is all around that she
may feel free indeed. Grant, O tender Saviour, that
Thy great Love may lift us all up, not only out of
weariness but into the strength which is of Thee; and
thus charged with the power of the Spirit we may carry
this evening through; fulfilling that which has been
laid down as the work for these quiet hours of meditation
and communion.
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"O most merciful Father, give unto us all that
greater understanding; grant that the clouds which
veil bright tomorrow may be dispersed never to return
again; that Thy little children, centred in the sunshine
of Thy Presence, may indeed not only feel the warmth
of Thy Love penetrating into heart and mind, but may
in turn distribute something of the brightness which
is their own.
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"So much we ask - it seems to us - so little we
do to prepare ourselves so that Thy blessing may indeed
rest upon us. Yet, being our Father, it would not be
Thy will that this thought should find a permanent
hold on the minds of any of the children of the earth.
Thou delightest to give; and Thy little ones, according
to their capacity, make an offering in return - sometimes
of service and sometimes of love - and when these two
are combined, then indeed is joy in Thy Heart, because
Father and child are as one.
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"Tonight once more we commend ourselves to Thee,
and turn to our task bravely and with determination;
yet forgetting not that faith must be there, in order
that the power may be as freely used as it is freely
given. Amen.
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..."MY children, we start a little tired tonight
(8.30 p.m.)
and I must ask you to give out as much vitality as
you can, because there are several things about which
I would speak to you - and it would be a terrible waste
of time and opportunity if God's purpose was not achieved.
I think you understand. I cannot make up for serious
lack on the physical side in a moment's space of time,
yet in this room there is spiritual power of an amazing
kind - it is gifted to us without restriction - and
drawing on that bountiful supply, so we go on and so
we conquer that which would hold us back.
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"My children, in regard to the campaign which
is before all those who wish to spread the Light, I
have one or two things to say, and I hope they will
be helpful, not only to the children of the inner circle
of my love, but also to those who would not class themselves
as belonging to me at all, yet know the truth in part,
if not in full.
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"Before us all there is something which is in
the nature of a Holy War; and yet in using the word
'war' I would not have you gain a false impression.
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"In the world, right down the ages, there has
been strife, there has been bitterness indeed; and
wars carried on in an atmosphere of hatred are destructive
in many ways, in addition to those which are there
for all to see. Yet, dear children, I would have you
remember that the most gigantic war which could be
conceived has been going on from the time when humanity
turned to the darkness away from the Light. This war
is a Holy War; this war is between those who would
build and those who would destroy; and this war must
be waged until the unity between Father-Spirit and
child-Spirit is complete. It is to this Holy War that
I would turn your attention.
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"You must remember, dear children, that ever since
man began to think for himself there have been those
same great souls who, in taking on their many experiences,
have managed to keep in touch with God; and these,
oftimes solitary ones, have ever fought against the
multitude and, in some cases, have prevailed.
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"Religion, or religions, have survived many a
shock and many a pitfall; and because in the world
there are many expressions of religion it merely shows
that the children of the earth, being children in a
spiritual sense, have found it impossible to combine
one with the other, in praising their Creator. I use
the term 'children' because if you watch the little
ones at play you get illustrations again and again
of what has been the case with those grown to man's
and woman's estate. In the beginning the little ones
play quite happily together, but as time goes on a
clash of will and of desire is almost inevitable because
of the different characters, the different temperaments
possessed by the children. Most mothers know that the
one with the strongest will, the one with the most
dominating desire gets the advantage for the time being;
yet that advantage is, in reality, a disadvantage to
the child himself, because next time he is not chosen
as a playmate, as the love is absent which would make
his presence welcome.
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"Children, carry that idea on a little further;
expand it, put it into its right environment and you
will find that it applies to those who, in the beginning,
were linked together by their love for the Master.
These are disunited now, not for a spiritual reason,
but entirely for those same reasons of desire, of opinion
and of power.
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"Yet I want you to take the spiritual point of
view in regard to this; to recall my words as to 'charity',
as to tolerance, as to the necessity for those who
are linked to the things of God to stand shoulder to
shoulder against the enemy which is attacking.
When you all come here you will find no difficulty
in sinking your differences in 'service.'
That is the key which opens the door of Peace and of
Unity between religion and religion upon your little
earth.
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"Children, it has been said - and justly - that
miniature wars - rather fierce battles - take place
between those who call themselves Christians, those
who are wishful to do God's work; and tonight I am
anxious to impress upon you that in the future you
are called upon to stand aside both from criticism
and from estrangement in regard to those who view the
Truth in a different way. It is most important that
you should keep this thought ever in your mind: That
this war is a Holy War; that it is not against those
who wish to do the Master's work - even though they
may be hindered sometimes by the shadows - but your
war is against the destroyers, those who have banded
themselves together to keep the Light from penetrating
into the hearts and minds of God's children.
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"This then must be your attitude: That while you
proclaim the Truth with all the force of which you
are capable, yet ever you remember where your real
enemies lie, and where your chief work has to be carried
on.
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"Children, last week I reminded one
(Miss Owen)
that she was to go forward with the staff of faith,
not with a sword; and tonight I want to enlarge upon
that a little as we go along. I want you to realise
that, in power, faith is far stronger than any sword
could be; I want you to realise Who is directing you,
and something of the army which is around you; I want
you to watch your speech - to be careful that in trying
to convince others you do not betray that which is
of God within.
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"Look at the subject how you may, of necessity
God's work must be done with His tools; and His tools,
as you know, are Love and Service to others. Yes, very
often it is difficult to keep back the quick words
and the quicker thoughts of criticism; but I want all
those who read these records to have a clear statement
as to the campaign which is before us and the methods
which we intend to adopt, directed by the Spirit.
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"Children, in every-day life you will find - sometimes
in the home and if not there, in a wider circle - those
who are the Constructors and those who are the Despoilers.
It is a curious thing, and it has been noted by many
thoughtful people, that the fiercest criticism comes,
as a rule, from those who have no desire, or aptitude,
to build themselves.
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"Creative work is regarded, in the Spirit, as
something precious; and I want to make it quite clear
that when these artists - perhaps of trivial or mundane
things - feel that they have failed to produce what
was in their mind, and yet have done their best - I
want these to understand that what appears as second-best
on earth is not only classed but is turned into the
very best in the Realms of the Spirit.
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"Children, you can all be artists; you can all
create, if you will. And tonight there is a little
point which it is necessary that I should drive home:
In order to create, power is required; and that power
- although you know it not - is indeed of the Spirit.
Therefore, dear children, harvest those powers which
are your own. Never allow yourselves to be a despoiler
of the creation of another - be a builder yourself.
Perhaps I have not made this quite plain; yet, dear
children, I am trying to show you that criticism of
the efforts of others is not only non-creative, but
indeed is a diversion of the power which each one requires
so badly in order to build themselves.
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"I take you from that thought to those many religions
to which I have referred already. You see what I mean.
Never say one word which is calculated to destroy the
faith of another - nay, I go farther than that: which
is calculated to destroy the carefully-built-up thoughts
of another.
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"Yet you will say to me: 'If I follow this plan
how would anyone be convinced?' It is a little difficult
to the inexperienced, but the method itself is simple,
as everything relating to God.
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"In regard to religious differences try and adopt
this attitude: of seeking in each one those beliefs
which are in harmony with your own. You will find,
in the main, that however wide afield you may go that
there is a God - a God who is good, who is worshipped
and obeyed. Then, to come a little nearer home - and
I am thinking of those many 'sects' which we have talked
a little about before - with these you have more in
common. They believe in God the Father, they believe
in the Saviour of the world and they believe in the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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"You see, dear children, apart from anything else
what an enormous lot you have in common with each other.
All the essentials are there - the foundations are
the same - and in talking to them bear in mind that
it is directly playing into the hands of the shadows
to enter into argument on those points on which you
cannot agree. Rather, in conversation, go to the other
extreme. You have got your fundamentals: talk about
the ties which link you together; and if you pursue
this course, dear children - I mean if you take the
opposite attitude from that which is common today -
if you discuss the things in which you are in agreement,
leaving those many disputable points untouched, you
will find that you are able to build up a friendship
of opinion which, as you know each other better, will
indeed grow stronger and more expressive of that brotherhood
and sisterhood which should be between you all.
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"I want to labour this point a little; I want
you to realise - all who read these records - I want
all to realise that they, and we are as soldiers of
Christ: not out to battle against our own kind but
to battle against those terrific forces of evil which
indeed tax all our resources; because in our own ranks
there are those who as yet are but faint-hearted in
their efforts.
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"Yes, dear children, when you are trying to show
others the hope and the revelation which even now is
being made your own, bear in mind always that in endeavouring
to bring Light, indeed must you use only those weapons
which are in perfect harmony with the Light of the
World and the Love which He represents.
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"Never forget to be a builder; and never forget
that in building you must start from the earth, or
beneath it; and that you must commence with one brick
at a time, and these must be added singly, with precision
and with an eye to the future if your erection is going
to be of utility in the days to come.
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"There are many thoughts which will arise from
my words tonight, and I want the thinkers to, as it
were, hand themselves over to the guidance of the Spirit,
so that the messengers - working under the direction
of God - may lead their thoughts into the channels
which are of Him: on to that broad, unbounded plane
of realisation when they too will see the necessity
of sinking their differences and of working and striving
and battling together, so that Right may prevail and
Love be established for all time.
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"And then, dear children, I have a few words to
say to those who have been troubled by many doubts
in regard to this further revelation of the Truth.
There are those gathered into the outer circle of my
love whose hearts and minds are devoted to the service
of the Master; yet it has been their lot that many
doubts and questionings have arisen in regard to the
enormous responsibility attached to the handling and
to the spreading of this Truth.
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"Children, for such as these I have a word of
comfort and I give it tonight by God's injunction:
Those who are pure of heart and mind shall see that
God's ways are not man's ways and that even the doubts
of their mind shall be used for the furtherance of
His great work. I tell them this: That because they
have suffered and because they must suffer before this
fuller revelation can become their own, so in turn,
by the knowledge of the doubts and the questionings
which assail the human mind, power shall be given to
them to lend just the right influence at the right
moment to dispel the misgivings of others.
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"I speak not of this little life; my vision is
far, far wider than that. I tell them that through
the uncountable time to come indeed shall they see
that God, taking the very doubts which assailed them
- because their hearts and minds were pure - uses them
for His unlimited purpose, turns that which might seem
as loss into gain, into that which shall grow in strength
and in beauty as the years go on. Yes, it is used again
and again by the Father to bring Light to those who
as yet wander in the twilight of understanding, sensing
God and His purpose but not seeing face to face.
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"Then, dear children, tonight I must say another
word or two in regard to Faith. Is it not true that
all things which are worth having have to be striven
for, have to be paid for by effort and by thought?
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"You, my little children - and many, many others
- could have been saved much suffering, many chills
of the heart and mind if only you could have believed
in the good intentions of the Father towards you, individually,
during your daily life.
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"Yet, again, I have words of hope and cheer. I
say that because there have been those among you who
have desired that larger faith with all their hearts
and yet have found that it escaped them - these shall
see that God has used the waiting also in order to
perfect the plan, to make more beautiful that which
He has prepared with so much Love and understanding
to be their own.
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"Yes, there are those who, if they could have
believed in that which came only by the power of the
Holy Spirit - if they could have believed - much suffering,
much much misunderstanding would have been avoided
and the enemy despatched over the border never to return
again. But I must convey the Father's Mind and the
Father's view: Because the desire was there and yet
the obstacles were too great, God will restore the
years the locusts have eaten; and not only restore
but show - yes, lay it out before their very sight
- what that time of waiting, of sadness, of unwilling
doubt has produced in the garden of the mind, because
- and only because - they wished with all their heart
they could have done better, that they could have held
on to faith undismayed, could have shown their faith
without hesitation or misgiving.
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"Children, the things which are worth having have
to be worked for, and they have got to be prized when
they have been made your own. The plant of faith needs
careful watching and much replenishing in the way of
soil; it requires ever that the sunshine of God's Love
should have an opportunity of shining directly upon
it; that the pure fresh breeze of the Spirit should
strengthen its stems: and then being watered by Service
- by those waters which have been described as 'Life-everlasting'
- your beautiful plant should not only survive the
experience of change of season but ever expand its
branches, ever add new beauty to its blossoms, ever
more send out sweeter and sweeter fragrance so that
those who pass by are forced to stop and admire . .
. Yes, that faith shall be your own because the desire
has been there, because the work and the effort has
not been missing and because - though heart and mind
fainted at the process - the patience held out until
the Light was made your own.
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"And now, my children, I will leave you for a
little while. There are messages which must be got
in tonight and I call upon your attention and sympathy,
which I know will be there for the use of those who
speak.
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"Just one word for my little secretary (Dorrie), and Zodiac speaks to her direct because of this:
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"Child, never forget, although the strain of these
evenings may be great, that this task will be shown
to you in the days to come - nay! not when physical
life is laid aside but in the days to come - as the
most important thing in your life: as a task so spiritual
that indeed you will turn back and marvel that God
was able to use you in such a measure and for such
a great and glorious purpose. Think not lightly of
it; and yet think not too seriously of the tax it entails...I
see beyond the present; but your eyes are bound: yet
trust in the Love of the Father and trust in my love
as well..."
©GWCSA
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