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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"WHAT MEDIUMSHIP HAS DONE FOR THE WORLD"
An Address given at Gosport Theatre, under the auspices
of St. Paul's Christian Spiritualist Church, Sunday,
1st March, 1936
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"Saviour Christ into Thy hands I commend the spirit
of this Thy child
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"It is my privilege to go up and down the
countryside speaking to the children of the earth,
passing on to them fragments of Divine Truth. Giving
them explanation and comforting their aching hearts.
Extend to me, a humble servant of Christ, a welcome,
knowing that we are comrades travelling towards our
God. Realising that although you are in the flesh and
I am free, yet we are one, linked together by our Father
and Mother God. We are part of a mighty play, being
tools of the Most High. If there are those gathered
in who say to me: 'You cannot include my life in that
statement; I do not believe that which you teach'.
Then I say, have patience just a little while and the
time will come when the light of the Holy Spirit will
stream through the mind and you will understand that
to those who are free, there can be no barriers, for
our love is strong and by the power of love we call
to the real self within you and we are not denied.
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"Following the direction of the One Who loves
us best, Jesus Christ, I am bidden to speak to you
on 'What Mediumship Has Done For The World'. First,
may l take your minds back to what you term ancient
history when men were used as instruments for the passing
on of Divine Truth. These were the Holy Prophets, but
there were others who desecrated their Divine Powers.
There were those who had the courage to stand before
authority and give out the word of truth that was so
unwelcome. Others fell victim to the world's way, who
accepted bribes, who falsified their sweet gifts and
who came to a miserable physical end.
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"So throughout the ages, the gift of mediumship
is demonstrated in many ways and for many ends. Those
who read the sacred records with a sincere mind admit
that the Power of the Holy Spirit was shown again and
again through humble people, those who were despised
by the rich and powerful, yet they were instruments
for the Most High. In regard to the so called story
of the Garden of Eden, you can see the battle going
on in the human heart and mind between so called good
and so called evil. Those who read this parable with
intelligence know that it shows plainly that man fell
through one fault and one fault alone, his love for
power, the wish to be as God and the desire to have
control over other forms of life.
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"In this very simple story, there was a message
from God for the ages yet to come.
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"Also in the past, many who rose to power stifled
the voice of conscience. They were instruments, but
who was it who used their minds? Who was it that had
forced an entry into the citadels of their hearts?
The answer comes; those who had been a spirit antagonistic
to God.
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"Yet I would not dwell on the sad side. I come
this day to show you the glorious side. A mighty mercy
is manifested by the Creator from the beginning of
life and will be throughout all time to come. Therefore,
when looking out on the turmoil of the world today,
when you wince from the sufferings of the poor and
shrink from the threat of war, can you not see that
mediumship is not reserved for one or two? It is a
gift of the masses, it is a gift for all, whether they
recognise the fact or not.
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"When dictators arise, when those with a lust
for power are willing to condemn thousands to a misery
that is profound, are these living according to the
Law of God? You know that it is in direct opposition
to Divine Law. You know that they are seized by the
desire to be
first
and they are willing that the innocent should pay the
price.
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"As you look at those who direct the destinies
of nations, you can see which way their mediumship
is being used. There are good kings, there are false
rulers, there are honest politicians and there are
those who seek only their own ends. There are the orators
who give out the popular cries; there are the workers
toiling away when sleep should claim them, out of their
love for humanity. The true doctors and nurses, many
are blessed in a way that no earthly words can express.
But there are some who do not regard their call to
duty in a holy light and they are building up sorrow
in time to come.
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"We look at this great subject just from the surface
point of view and we ask ourselves: 'What has mediumship
done for the world?' If there are those who in haste
say that the thought is too painful to dwell upon,
then I ask them to pause and ponder. In their own lives,
have there not been wonderful tools for God? In their
own homes, perchance there was a child who gladdened
the conditions; in the work place, was there not a
compassionate master, and what of the faithful worker
who sought to serve to the very best of their ability?
There are none who can say with truth that they have
not had a kindness shown. There are none who can say
with truth that they have not shown a kindness to another.
Are we, then, not drawing a little nearer to mediumship
in the God-way?
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"Think of the mothers. Think of the fathers. Think
of the men and women who search for work and find it
not. Yet they go back to the home, trying to smile,
trying to be cheerful, instilling faith for the tomorrow
of time. What are these but God's own tools?
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"There are many who exclaim with sorrow that they
cannot pierce the material conditions and see spirit
forms. There are many with sad hearts because they
wish to hear the music of another sphere, or the voices
of loved ones who have passed hence, but they cannot.
They pray, they go into the silence and ask that these
gifts may be made their own. Sometimes it seems as
if their prayers are not heard by God. To these I bring
comfort and say that the earth stage is so short a
span of life, assuring you that because you are denied
what you have desired now, you shall find, in the life
to come, those gifts enhanced by the sacrifice, purified
by the waiting.
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"Yet you cannot escape your mediumship here and
now. You are a child of God and within you is the Holy
Spirit. How far has it its freedom? How far is it imprisoned
by the baser self?
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"Remember, that when sleep claims you, you are
free from the restrictions of the earthly body. Then
your mediumship is shown in its true form. What did
the day hold? Perchance you say: 'I started with high
hopes. I prayed that I might be patient, that I might
be kind. But the tests were so many, everything seemed
to go wrong and at last I fell. The day ended with
grief in my heart, I wished that I could live it over
again.' Is this not the experience of all spiritually
released souls who wish to serve their God? You have
a Father and Mother God who understands. You are a
spiritual soul in the making, otherwise you would not
be here. You have to undertake this discipline of the
physical will, but the testing processes are purifying
your mediumship. When sleep claims you and a thousand
times more when transition takes place, you will be
able to follow the Light, and the Master shall trust
you with His Holy Mission.
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"You are free, yet you are bound. The great gift
of freewill represents on one side a mighty power for
good and on the other a terrible menace for mankind.
You may ask: 'But what has this to do with those who
have passed beyond the veil? I want the mediumship
which can link me up with them, I want my child, I
long for the voice of my husband.' Perchance the man
cries: 'If only I could see my wife again, I would
take up my cross unto the end'.
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"I know the hunger of your hearts and minds. I
know these pangs of love that seek for ever the one
who has gone before and the awful sense of loneliness
when you fail to connect. Because I know so well, I
speak to you regarding your own mediumship, your own
part in the Divine Plan, your Divine Inheritance which
one day must be taken up by you.
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"The one you love is not in some far off sphere,
centred in happiness, while you are mourning in this
dark world. Love seeks until it finds. But this grave
thought must be forced upon the consciousness of man.
When the dear one comes back into the home, links up
with you in thought, what do they find? Many shrink
from the responsibility that this represents. When
a little child comes dancing back into the home, do
they find peace there or do they see parents looking
at each other with cold eyes, wrestling in mind one
with the other? The happiness of that little one is
changed to sorrow. Can you also imagine the torture
of those whom you name Guides. They would give you
love in unstinted measure. But the shadows of the earth
have built up a wall between you, and you walk in the
shade while the sun of love burns on unspent.
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"So I ask you each to have mercy on the other.
You who are aged, have patience with the young, and
the young to seek to do their part so that the aged
may comfort them in turn.
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"You are all going through your training now for
some great purpose. You are mediums, everyone. You
cannot escape your mediumship because you are God's
children. I want to cheer you by the glorious gift
that this represents. Held, restricted, living an obscure
life, perchance you can become a medium second to none,
for with you is God, waiting for the release. Within
you is a mighty healing power, and your mind - what
it represents - has never been grasped by man. Only
a fragment of your powers are used at this same stage.
But the time will come when you feel your mental growth
taking place. The doors of the physical mind will swing
apart and the Light of the Holy Spirit will stream
in. The old problems that once vexed and tortured will
be made plain. The old sorrows will be healed, the
old misunderstanding will be no more. More than that,
by the Power of holy thought you shall set into being
those beauties which adorn the Spheres of Spirit, that
loveliness which no earth words can portray.
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"Why has God gifted these things to you? Because
He loves you. Because without your progression and
its ultimate completion, the Father and Mother Heart
is lonely. God is Love! If one fragment of Himself
is missing, then the Father suffers, as those who are
parents can understand in little part.
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"Therefore, in these days of toil, of tumult,
of injustice, of hatred, brother against brother, your
mediumship can be used in the God-way. As you read
daily of the wrong here and suffering there, send out
your thoughts of sympathy. Let mute prayer go forth
that such as these might be comforted and raised. When
you pass through the busy streets and notice a haggard
face of one person, or the look of obsession of another,
again your mediumship can be released. You can in your
own time be saviours of your world by linking up with
the Great Saviour of us all, Jesus the Christ, Who
has won us by love. We are meant to do our part.
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"Today, I beg you, with deep urgency from the
recesses of my being, to prepare yourselves so that
as the cloud intensifies you may stand in the light
of God; that you may be amongst the brave, amongst
the calm, so that when there are frightened sheep all
around you, you may raise your voice and say: 'Peace
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"Is there mediumship as fine as this? Oh to be
the one to instil faith where faith has fled. Oh to
be the one to pass on the courage to those who are
cowards at heart. Oh to be the one to take the road
up the steep hillside and call the others to follow
on.
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"Ponder upon these words. What has mediumship
done for the world? You may see the sorrow-side, but
you can see the joy-side as well. You notice that here
and there people are good. Those who care about the
plight of their neighbours. Those who tend the sick.
As you look, a renewed faith seizes your being and
you say: 'From now on I will be on God's side; I will
watch my thoughts; I will safeguard my actions so that
the world may not be dragged down because of me'.
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"Then think of the joy you give to those in other
realms, the peace which comes to the mother and father
who bore you when you come back into your home, or
walk along the busy streets. They know that you are
responding to their guidance, that you are a medium
through which they can express their love. There is
no joy like the joy of service. There is no torture
like the torture of the disembodied soul coming back
into earth plane to watch the dear ones and seeing
the brightness pushed aside for the darkness.
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"God's Will is being ignored for the furtherance
of their own base nature. Then there is nothing that
can comfort us except the thought that the time will
come when, spiritually, such as these will wake up.
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"For each and everyone, transition must take place.
You in your time will come back into the earth plane
seeking to influence others. So I beg you to have mercy
on the unseen, use your mediumship in the God-way.
Then in time you may come back and your guidance may
be taken up and the sweet joy may fill your soul as
well.
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"If only the earth language could express our
love for you. If only some term could be found to express
that greater love which Christ has for each and everyone,
whether they want it or not. But it cannot be! We seek
to give and those who are keyed into the spirit vibrations
can take. The ones who have had a hard life can take
far more easily than those who have had an easy time.
Even in this is shown God's Mighty Law of Compensation
at work. Truly as we live so we love, and truly as
we love so are our powers enhanced. As our powers grow
we are able to do God's work in greater measure. In
time to come, when men and women become fully aware
as to their gifts of holy mediumship, then wars will
be no more, poverty will be impossible. The body will
respond to the peace and the healing in the conditions
that abound. This is the future!
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"I bless you by the power of God as I take my
leave, entreating you not to push aside lightly these
simple words. I remind you how the Master turned to
the simple things of daily life and how He loved to
be amongst the poor, how He longed to minister to their
many needs. So I, as a servant of Christ, long to do
in little measure what He did in perfection. I call
you by the power of the Holy Spirit to love also, to
be servants of the Master, creators of the Eternal
Kingdom, for herein is your mediumship demonstrated
in holy form.
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"I bless the workers and I say unto each and everyone
that as they have shown their faith so their faith
has been justified. To those who have gathered in,
forsaking the comfort of their own homes, to each one
a blessing comes - 'Seek ye first the Kingdom of God
and all things shall be added unto you!' As you grow
ready to receive, blessings in the God-sense will be
yours. But the blessing which is the greatest there
could be is this: to hearken for the call and to respond,
saying with one of old: 'Speak Lord, for thy servant
heareth!' .
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"Farewell. In God's good time, we shall meet again."
©GWCSA
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