Frn m gl a r lt n e fi fi t n

Eg h
i t

T h e a h a te am

I f g o o d h a b i t s o f l i f e yo u w o u l d wi n ,
F u
o rc e y o u rs e l f t o h o l d p u re t h o g h t s w i t h i n ;

G o o d i n t e rn a l t h o u g h t s d o a l way s ari s e
Wh e n G o d i s k e p t b e f o re th e i n w a rd e ye s .

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If n ot so ld by l o cal d e al e r th e b o o k w i ll b e se n t p o s t

p aid c
t o a n y a d d re s s u p o n re e i p t o f p ri e so c t s c . by
G i l f o rd R e e d W i l so n , A m ari ll o , T e x as
 P REF A C E .

T he end sought and the motive prompting

7
these l i nes was , , to he l p those wh o fe l t they needed
more light ,
on the subj ect of faith and grace and ,

how to atta i n them . S p i ritual light and l ove ; or

faith and grace ; can become the spiritual property

of every on e wh o desires it ; by going t o the L ord
Jesus C hrist direct f or it and by outwar d ly
, ,
re

fu s i ng to bre ak H i s commands .

To understand the spirit and meaning of th se e

l i nes read them when

, , y ou can r i d the mind of
earth l y c ares ,
if poss i ble ; and th i nk of the qua l ity
or substan c e composing the wi l l and understand
i ng of Jesus C hr i st and ask yourse l f where d i d H e ,

get His des i res op i nions thoughts and deeds from

, , ,

whence were Hi s spir i tua l endowments ; wh o did

He think f rom and speak from . He tel l s y u
o from
div i ne lo v e( the —
F ather ) then ask yoursel f ,

whose O pin i ons doc trines , or teach i ngs you are

,

thinking and living f rom —

6 m y ou of Paul Apol ,

l os ,
Cal v in , L uther , Wesley , Campbell or Jesus
Christ ;
)
Go in thought to Jesus Christ ; think of Him
as a divine living being and ask H is div i ne aid to
, ,

help you understand , spiritual thoughts ,

when
p resented in a natural language ; then watch the
magical eff ect of the ideas of this book , upon
y our mind . This book is dedicated to the onl y ,

man who ever l i ved a p r f ect l i fe on this earth ;

,
e
,

and He be i ng the mouth pi ece , and the divine

’
spiritual thought from the divine Father s will
, ,

could while in the flesh overcome inherited i n

,

c l i n at i on s to falsity and evil acquired from H is

mother ; and prepare a fit human temple for the
divine mind to dwe ll in on earth in time and in ,

H eaven to etern i ty . On account of my gratitude ,

f or that wh i ch H e has done in and for me ; for

assistance rendered i n this work ; an d on account
of the great l ove I hold f or Him ; I a ff ectionatel y
,

dedicate th i s my first b oo k t o the One

, , I love above
a l l others the L ord Jesus Christ
, .

Aff ectionately the Author ,

G R W IL S O N
. . .
 Pr am Q ar kn rs z tn Io i g lrt

7
T h r 112“ Io i ftc fl

N in e t e e n h u n d re d y e a rs ag o ;
an d i
n ne

T h e d a rk e s t a n d c o ld e s t m e n t a l n i g h t

T h at e ve r e x i s t e d h e re b e l ow ;
A b a by wa s b o rn o f H e a v e n s l i g h t
’
.
,

Th e H e ave n ’
s we re d an d b owe d t o t h e e art h
op e n e ,

C re at o r m e t c re at e d i n l o vin g e m b ra c e
,

Go d s m il e d ; a V i rg i n c o n c e iv e d a n d s oon g av e b i rt h , ,

T o t h e b l e s s e d s a vi o u r o f t h e h u m an ra c e .

N e v e r wa s child c ra dl e d s o l o wly ;
N e v e r did m a n g e r c o n t a i n s u ch li f e g i vi n g fo o d b e fo re
,

T hi s was b re a d divi n e a n d s o H o ly ;
, ,

L ik e wi s e d ri n k an i m m o rt a l c o rdi a l f o r t h e p o or
, .

A fe e d t ro ug h c e iv e d H i m s ym b o lic o f t h i n g s
re ,

Wh e n i n s we e t un i o n wi t h F at h e r o ur K i n g of K i n gs , ,

Wo u ld re c e iv e a n d c o n t a i n t h ro ug h m e ri t a l on e ,

A l l t h e di v i n e i n hi m s e l f a n d s hi n e fro m H i s T h ron e .

Go d no w in h is h u m an , is al l an d in al l ,

A n d t o wo o an d to wi n us , f rom t e m p t at i o n s fa ll ,

Se n ds H i s o i i t o f l o v e a n d li gh t
wn sp r , ,

T h at we m i gh t h a v e H i m o ur b at t l e s figh t .
6 FR O M D A R KN E S S T O LI GHT

T his b ab e fro m ab o v e v e ry P rin c e o f li g h t

, ,

T o s a v e H i s child re n fr o m e t e rn a l n i g h t ,

A n d r e s t o re t h e b ro k e n im a g e s o f h um an c re at i o n ;

D e gr a d e d H i m s e lf k n e w s o rro w a n d b l e d f o r t h e i r s a l v a t i o n
,
.

0! h o u l d d e l u d e d m o rt a l p e r s i s t
wh y s ,

I n wa l k i n g i n d a rk n e s b y l o ok i n g a wa y
, ,

F ro m a li gh t s hin i n g a s b ri g h t ly a s t hi s ;
S e v e n f o ld s b ri g h t e r t h a n t h e s un ni e s t d ay
,
.

A n d wh y h o ul d t h e s p i ri t o f m o rta l p e rs i s t
s

In h o ldi n g t o t h a t which i s n o t f o r t h e b e s t ;

O r wh y s h oul d h e c o n t i n u e s e rvi n g t h e d e vil

Kn o wi n g full we ll t h e d e s t ru c t i v e n e s s o f e vi l .

He c am e in th e lik e n e s s of s i n f ul fl e s h ,

Th e d a rk n e s s t o m e e t
p o we r of a n d c r us h ;

0 h o w w e s h o u ld l o v e H i m an d d o ,
H i s w ill ,

F o r wh a t H e h a s d o n e a n d i s d o i n g St ill .

T hi n k of th e a gon y en d u re d ,
wh e n na il e d to th e c ro s s of
wo o d ;
Of H i s li f e l o n g s u ff e ri n g a n d s w e a t i n g o f b l o o d i f , yo u on ly
c o u ld ;
A n d H e did i t a l l f ro m a l o v e divi n e ,

T h a t H e m i gh t p l an t i n e a rt h a s a vi n g v i n e .

O H e a v e n ly m u s e s fro m t h e i n m o s t s p h e r e s ab o v e
, ,

Wi n g t o m y s o ul y o u r t e n d e re s t ch o rd s o f li v i n g l o v e
, ,

T h a t we m a y s o j us t ly s in g of T ru t h fr o m Go o d ,

O ur Go d i n C h ri s t m ay b e fu lly u n d e rs t o o d .
 OR T H E VE I L LI FT E D 7
En d c a u s e an d e ffe c t t h e re fl e c t in g m i n d s an s e e
, ,

I s lik e F at h e r S o n a n d S p i ri t i n u n i t y ;
,

T h e e n d i n t h e c a u s e an d b ot h i n t h e e fi e c t we fin d ,

Lo v e i n t ru t h an d b o t h p ro d u ci n g t h e n e w b o rn m i n d .

O ur S avi o u r wa s Go d an d m an , He h as o ft e n sa id ,

A n d h ad al l by t h e H o ly S p i ri t wi t hi n ;
h i s p o we r,

T o s a v e t h e s i n n e r h e a l t h e s ic k a n d ra i s e t h e d e a d ;
,

T h e fl e s h o n ly u s e fu l f o r t h e D ivi n e t o a p p e ar i n , .

Le t us c o n t in u e i n t h e cl o u d o f t h e l e t t e r
n ot ,

F o r t h e g l o ry o f t h e s p i r i t i s s o m u ch b e t t e r ;

Le t us li ft t h e v e il b y k n o wi n g t h e L o rd a ri g h t
A n d b a n i s h t h e d a rk n e s s b y l e t t i n g i n t h e li g h t .

S e lf i gh t e o u s n e s s an d t h at o f C h ri s t fro m di ff e re n t s o ur c e s
r ,

a ri s e ,

O n e a wo rldly p ro d u c t t h e o t h e r o f t h e L o r d f ro m t h e s k i e s
,

T h e m i n d o f t h e fo rm e r l o o k s t o t h e We s t f ro m d e fe c t ive ,

e y e s i ght

T h a t o f t h e l at t e r i s t u rn e d t o t h e E a s t f o r li fe i n t h e li gh t .

0 ! D ivi n el o v e c re a t i o n s p o t e n cy wh e re d we l l e s t t h o u ?
,
’
,

A re y o u we dd e d t o D i v i n e T ru t h ? Will y o u a n s we r n ow ?

Yo u s e e m t o b e t h e li f e a n d m o vi n g fo rc e e v e ry wh e re ;
M o re hidd e n t h a n a u ra i n t h e e t h e r a n d t h e a i r .

No re s p o n s e to th e q ue s t ion
il e n c e d e e p e r t h a n t h e g ra v e ;
, s

Et e rn a l s t illn e s s ; n o t e v e n a n e t h e ri a l wa v e

B ri n g s h o p e o f a n s we r f ro m t hi s hidd e n O n e :
,

T h e wo rd a n s we r s s e e k di v i n e l o v e i n t h e S o n
,
.
 FR O M DA
I'
K
R N EIS S
'
TO LI GHT

H ow i n att e n t i v e we a re t o t h at wh i ch we h av e h e ard
, ,

F o r i t i s wri t t e n a n d we h a v e s e e n i t i n t h e wo r d ;

No m an h at h s e e n Go d t h e F a t h e r s a v e o n ly t h e S o n
“
.
,

L ov e i s t h e e s s e n c e i n wi s d o m s fo rm t h e y t wa i n m ak e o n e , .

L o v e lik e h e a t i s n e v e r s e e n b ut o n ly f e l t ; ,

B o t h are g re a t fo rc e s a n d e a ch a bl e t o m e l t
,

T h e h ard e s t s u b s t a n c e s i f o n ly a p p li e d ri g h t
, ,

I n t h e i r d i fi e re n t m an i f e s t i n g fo rm s o f li g h t .

Th e e vi l an d th e fal s e wi t hi n , a he l l dot h m ak e ;
S u ch as th u ra l wo rd l y li fe fi rs t i n us ;
e n at ,

T h e g o o d a n d t h e t ru t h wi t hi n f ro m h e ll d o t h , t ak e ,

B y re b i rt h i n t o t h e s p i ri t o f C h ri s t J e s u s .

To be h am
as e d o f C h r i s t y o u hid e o u s s h a m e fu l t hi n g
, ,

Y o u r t h o ug h t s a re s ug a r c o at e d an d e a ch h as a wic k e d ,

s t in g ;

Yo u d we ll i n i g n o ra n c e wi t h o u t a n d e m p t i n e s s wi t hi n ;
,

Yo u s e e m t o b e g o o d b ut y o u a re t ru ly a f o rm o f s i n
, .

Q uite i m p o s s i bl e i t i s an o t h e r g ra c e t o s e e
, ,

Wh e n t o t h at s t at e o f l o v e we a re a t o t a l s t ra n g e r
, ,

I n s u ch c a s e s il e n c e wo u ld b e g o ld e n s a y s ch a ri t y ; ,

T o hi d e o ur s h am e a n d p l a c e o ur fa m e i n f a r l e s s d a n g e r , .

F a l s i t y an d e vil are t h e ru d d e r a n d c o m p a s s o f t h e l o s t ;
T h o ugh a p p are n t l y s i n c e re an d ju s t t h e y a re n o t wh a t ,

the y s e e m ;
T h e y a re a s a b ark wi t h ou t a n ch o r u p on a ro ugh s e a
t os s e d ,

S a i l i n g o n t h e wa t e rs o f d e at h i n a n e v e r l as t i n g d re a m .
 O R T H E VEI L LI F T EE
D 9

O S l ugg a r d i
ar s e , wh y l
s eep an y lon ge r ,

Th e h arv e s t awa i t s y o u t h e s u m m e r i s n e ar
, ,

De l a y a n d i n d i ffe re n c e o n ly h o ld s y o u t h e s t ron g e r
,

I n t h e s l e e p t h a t e n d a n g e r s y o u r s o u l s o d e ar .

Th e u n r e g e n e ra t e d in h e art an d m in d ,

A re lik e a wild e rn e s s cli m e

in a t ro p ic a l ,

Gi v i n g p as t u re t o wi ld b e as t s o f e v e ry k i n d ,

A n d livi n g i n d a rk n e s s n o t d e e m i n g i t a c ri m e
, .

0! i
s nner we u rn from y o u r f e a rfu l c o n d i t i on
b e g yo u t ,

R e p e n t b e li e v e a n d at t a i n a h e a lt h fu l c o n t ri t i on
,

T h e re i s n o o t h e r way t o f re e t h e m i n d an d h e art fro m ,

s e rvi t u d e t o s i n ,

A n d s e c u re a h o l i e r k i n d o f b i rd s a n d b e as t s t o f i l l t h e ,

world wi t hi n .

O ur d e e d s wh e t h e r b o rn of fa i t h or d on e f or a pp e a ran c e
s ak e

A re e sta b li s h e d b y th e i n wa rd f o rm o ur m o t i v e s t ak e
T h e re f o re l e t us wa t ch t h e fo rm an d so u rc e of e v e ry in
war d b i rd ,

A n d e n t e rt a i n n on e at al l , sa v e t h o s e wi t h p a s s p o rt s f ro m
t h e wo r d .

O ur S av i or wa s a Go d m an
-
, He h as o ft e n id
sa ,

A nd th e po we r i n H i m wa s D ivi n e , wh i ch H e o p e ra t e d

fro m ;
To sa ve th i
h e al t h e s i c k an d ra i s e t h e d e a d
e s n n e r,

Th e fl e s h wa s Go d s t e m p l e H e m a d e D i v i n e
’
an d ,
no w
H i s s t ro n g ri g h t a rm .
10 FR O M DA R KNES S T O LI GHT

0! wh y wa i t d e a t h t o l i ft t h e v e i l
for ,

A n d l e t e vil an d d a rk n e s s p re v a i l ;
Wh e n o i l i s s o ch e ap an d f o r s a l e o n ly h e re ;
T a rry n o l on g e r f o r t h e B rid e g room i s n e ar
, .

0 P ro di g a l s on , wh y n ot re t u rn h o m e t hi s Ne w Y e ar ,

To y o u r H e a v e n ly F a t h e r t o wh o m yo u a re s o d e ar ;
,

T h e fa t t e d c a l f a wa i t s y o u t o g iv e h e a rt y g o o d ch e e r
,

T h e re wi ll b e re j o ici n g i f y o u re t u rn h a v e n o fe ar , .

T h re e d ay s i n th e wh al e wa s J on a hs p li gh t ,

S i gn i fi c an t of o ur S a vi o u r, e n t o om e d in th e e art h;
U n t il h e a ro s e , t o t ak e H i s fl i g h t ,

A nd sen d t o us , t h e sp r i it of H e ave n l y j oy an d m i rt h .

T h e s e li n e s we re p ro m p t e d by l o v e f o r t h e n e i g hb o r ;
T h e t i m e g iv e n t h e m wa s i n n o s e n s e l a b o r ;
,

F o r e v e ry wo rk o f l o v e i s l i k e a h o lid a y , ,

A n d t i s s we e t t o p e rf o rm a s child wo rk d on e i n pl a y
’
.
,

O ur Savi o u r wa s in th e e a rt h , He h ad m ad e , t hi rt y t h re e
-

y e a rs ;
H i s vi s i t wa s o f e xt re m e s uff e ri n g s o rro w a n d t e a rs ; ,

H e a cc o m p li s h e d H i s p u rp o s e a n d i s a b l e t o s a v e t h e e

T h e s e v e rs e s c on c e rn i n g H i m a re e n d e d an d ju s t t h i rt y ,

t h re e .
 OR T H E V E IL LI ET E D 11

I t is right and ought t o be the d es i re of

, ,

everyone to secure the greatest poss i ble measure

,

or j oy and ha p p i ness for himself and de p endent ,

ones in this life and i f there i s a way an inf al l ib l e

, , ,

way of arriving at the state of mind where a l l is

, ,

peace j oy and gladness ; that way shou l d be sought

,

at any cost Jesu s says. I am the way the

,
“
,
”
truth and he life K ind reader if you desire
.

to know beyond a doubt who Jesu s Christ i s and ,

from whose mind the H oly Bible e m i n at e d ; and

whether or not you can be lead out of a life of
,

—
sin j ust follow prayerful l y and earnestly the ,

ideas given you in this book ; by one who asked

, ,

and received ; sought and found ; knocked and it

was opened unto him And you will also receive .
,

find and the way will be opened unto y ou in this

, ,

possess rationality and liberty to will ,

and think about the divine one or not j u st as you ,

please This i s indisputable ) This possessi on is

.

God given and di ff erentiates man from the lower

-
,

order of animals ) There would be no need of

.

preaching ; sewing the seed of divine truth if there ,

was no rational soil or good ground f or the seed ,

to fall upon I f you have not d e stroyed the r e

.

mains of innocence implanted in you while a child , ,

by a life of sin and false opinions ; and if you have

any des ire whatever to know whether or not the ,

s oul was made for life eterna l ; and that there i s -

12 FR O M D A R K NE S S TO LI GHT

a future life for every one ; either blessed or n u

happy ; you can undoubtedly find the way to that ,

certain knowledge by being willing to sell all yo ur

,

p ossessions of self derived thoughts and o p ini ons

, ,
’
s o dear to you and by tak i ng the L ord s words a s
, ,

to how to be saved T his book will point the way

.
,

fr om the L ord s own words and not from t h e

’
,

—
i
dogmas of man I C or 21 22 i F or since by m an ‘
.

came death by man came also the resurrection

,

of the dead For as in Adam a l l die even so i n

.
,

Chris t shall all be made f from the fall ,

or lapse of your forefathers

, are dead as a , ,

s tock or st one and do not know the diff erenc e b e

,

—
tween good and evil and cannot hear or be aff e ct
ed ; nor be made to understand the L ord s word s ’
,
“
which are spirit and life ; if that was real l y true
y ou would be an i di ot and have no rati onality nor ,

freedom of mind to be acted upon ; you could not

,

even lo ok to the L ord for help and therefore not ,

responsible ; for where no law i s known no —

obedience could be expected but my friends Jesu s, ,

Christ came into the world t o redeem mankind ; to

save sinners and to save us all from id i oc y and
eternal death ; to put hell under better control and ,

to reform and re g e n rat e our wills and under

s tandings to free us from unrighteou sness and
-
,

im p lant His righteou sness within u s while we live

here .
 OR T HE VE IL LI ET ED 13

On account of the weakness of the flesh the ,

law was not able to do for u s what Christ could

do ; and was a schoolmaster to bring the world up
to a life of grace or love by faith in the divine
,

one Now it i s by gra c e or l ove through the means

.

of faith that we are saved Eph 2 8

,
— — F or by .
-
“

grace ye are saved through faith ; and that not

,

”
of yourselves ; it is the gi f t of God I t i s not .

suffi cient for y ou to be l ieve in Chr i st s merit and ’

riches of grace and for you to expect H i m to i m

,

pute i t to y ou hereafter on account of your faith

alone in Him whi l e you c ontinu e l i v i ng in sin
,

and unrighteousness ; f or the dev i ls believe in

Christ being righteou s and they have fa i th with ,

out the grace and tremble because of their own

—
unrighteousness H e came to u s to bring the
water of li f e to u s but we must drink
,
H e can t .
’

drink for u s we mu st partake of it or our souls

, ,

will peri sh . Now wh i le we are under the l aw of

,

love that does n ot free u s from keeping the ten

,

c ommandments ; though it does free u s f rom keep

ing the old Jewi sh ceremonia l laws for a righteous ,

li f e embraces the keep i ng of the words of Christ

f rom a love f o r them— N ow if we have a dead
f a i th ; W ithout the li f e of faith which i s a love,

in us f or keeping Christ s word s, we really do not

’

believe in Him nor H i s words f or un l ess we keep

, ,

—
H i s words we are none of H i s What i s Christ s ’
 FR O M D A R KNE S S T O LJI GlH T
' ‘
14

?
written mind but the word the whole wor d ,

T e l l me you believe in Christ and do n ot believe ,

in H i s thoughts and H is expressed wi l l which i s ,

—
the word spiritua lly understood I f you do not
keep Christ s words it shows y ou do not love them
’
,

and do n ot have any faith in them ; you neither

have faith n or l o v e if y o u are living a l i fe con
,

t rary t o H i s wor d s f or He says : ( He that hath

“
,

my commandments and keepeth them he it i s, ,

that loveth me 1 4 2 1 and a g ain He says

-

H e that l oveth me n ot k eepeth not my saying s

“

and the word which ye hear i s n ot mine but the

F ather s wh i ch sent m e Eh ow n g that the words
’ ”
,
i

of di vi ne truth ; were e m m at i n g from divine love

He c ame t o u s to save us from a life of sin and
unrighteou sness and i f by believing in H im and
,

H i s way of living to the extent He can take up

, ,

Hi s abode in u s ; that is if by f aith in H im Hi s ,

spir i t of grace enter us H e in us can keep H is own

,

words even if we are giv en to feel that we are

,

doing the works as of ourselves When by grace .

or love through faith you are saved from doin g

,

evils in your lives remember you are acting from

,

His spirit in you and that you do not keep Hi s

words from any power of your own independent
of Hi s spirit of grace in you — but you can kee p
every commandment of Christ provi ded you have ,

His spirit in you to act from and while you live

,
 OR T H E VE IL '

LI F T EiD 15

from the new heart love or grace which y ou r e

, ,

c e i ve from Chr i st by regeneration you cannot ,

cla i m merit for keeping the words of Chri st ; for

it i s the s p irit of Christ in you doing the works ,

and in su c h a way you seem to be doing it as of

your own proper power Without re v elation ; .

without the word ; we would never have known

—
the spirit or mind of G od Chr i st was born of the
’ ’
H o l y sp i rit of God H e was G od s sp i rit or G od s
,

—
mind o f truth with us and i f H i s spirit be i n
us and lead u s verily are we the sons of God and
, , ,

—
led of God Now G race and truth come by Jesus
,
“

Chr i st to us to be ours t o be in us an d to save us

, ,

from our sins For the law was given by Moses

,
“
,

but gra c e and truth came by Jesus Chri st : John

1 17
-
.

All the word i s the spirit of Christ and it ,

was gi v en for as is said in I I T im 3 1 6 7

,
All .
- -
.
“

scripture i s given by insp i ration of G od and is ,

profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction, , ,

for instruction in righteou sness That the man “

of God may be perfect thoroughly f urnished unto ,

a l l good works What would have been the use

.

’
of God s giving us any know l edge of Himse l f ,

thr o ugh the written word of the old Testament ,

and through His word made flesh in the New

Testament ; were it not for the fact that H e desired
to change our hearts from a too dominat i ng l ove
16 FR O M DA R K NE S S TO LI GHT

of self and the riches and honors of this world ;

and give us better des ires and aspirations ; more
inte lli gen c e and wisdom ; and the better to fit u s
f or soc i ety on earth and t o prepare us whi l e here
,

with the capac i ty O f receiving the l ight and heat

of H eaven . And t o save u s f rom moulding our
souls i nto sp i r i tua l forms of he ll by be i ng left t o ,

oursel v es i n the un f ortunate a ff e ct i ons which we

,

receive d by i nheritance from our forefathers who

d amaged themselves and u s by the abuse of the i r ,

God g iv en free d om wh i ch was e i ther t o love God

, , ,

a s t o turn the i r a f e c t i ons f r om Go d and place

f
,

them up on themse l ves whi c h they did t o o ur

, ,

s orrow a n d su ff er i ng ; and made necessary the

great su er i ng o our lor d Jesus C hrist wh o
ff f —
had t o come i nto the wor l d t o mend the breech
made by the fa ll of our de l uded ancestors .

J
F or s i nce by man came death by man came
“

, ,

a l s o the resurre ct i on of the dead 1 C or 1 5 2 1 , .

-

Now the death here has reference t o the death of

o f the soul through s i n f or i t is the soul which i s
,

dead in trespasses and s i ns which is resurrected ,

t o newness of l i f e and t o l i fe eterna l

, T he second .

d eath i s here a ll uded t o and n ot t o the removal

,

of the mort a l c oil f or i t was ne v er intended that

,

we shoul d be loaded down with the ph y sical body

to a ll eternity Pau l te ll s u s in 1 Cor 4 4 4 7— I t i s
— .
-
“

so wn a natura l body ; it i s rai sed a spiritua l body ! .

 OR T H E V E IL LI FT ED 17

T here i s a natural body and there i s a spiritual ,

bod y .And so it i s written T he first man Adam ,

was made a liv i ng sou l ; the last Adam was made

made a quickeni ng S pirit H owbeit that was not .

first wh i ch is sp i r i tual but that which is at ural

,

and afterward that wh i ch i s spiritual T he first .

man is of the ear t h earth l y ; the second man is

,
”
the L ord from Heaven an ot h e r verse from the ,
r

same chapter says And as we have borne the

,
“

image of the earthly we sh all also bear the image,

of the H eaven l y here on e a rth by the re f i e wi n g

of our lives by puttin g o n Christ s spirit in our

’
,

d aily l i ves ; if n ot we are none of H is an d we ,

st i l l be a r the im age of the earthly ; b y living after

the flesh or earthly opinion s and desires of the
, ,

ol d man which was supposed t o have died when

, ,

b y faith through grace we put on the newness of

li f e of the last Adam which was made a quicken
,

ing spirit Christ says : my words are spirit and

.
“

”
they are life John 6 6 3
. I t i s the spirit that -
.

quickeneth the flesh p rofit e t h nothing ; the words

,

that I speak unto y ou they are spirit and they , ,

are life . Peter told our Saviour Thou hast the ,

“

”
words of eternal life Chri st said He s p ake from
,

the Father that He came out of the bosom of the

,

—
Father Hence as God i s love itself then the
, ,

spirit of divine truth Christ came from the d i vine ,

—
love as there can be no truth e xcept from love ,
18 FR O M D A R K NE SS TO LI GHT

as —
its source L ove and truth d i vine i s Father ,

—
and Son from eternity T here can be no thought
except from s ome desire even in u s — there can
,

be no words without sound ; there can be no eff ect

without cau se ; n o saving faith without charit y ; no
S on w i thout F ather theref ore we can understand
,

the omn i present spir i t of Christ flowing out and ,

—
into our minds and hearts Much as the heat and
,

l i ght of the natura l sun above u s ; heat and li ght

of the natural sun is the spirit of the sun which
,

enlightens ou r eyes ; and divine love and truth

flowing out of Jesus Chri st n ow i s the sp i rit that ,

warms ou r hearts and gives the l i ght of divine

intelligence to o ur understandings Whom the ,
“

lord loveth He chasteneth and I bel i eve H e qu ick

en eth and H e loves those who love to do His
, ,

will f or they are the ones wh o lo v e H i m and know

, ,

Him , H e that saith I know Him and keepeth

“
, ,

n ot Hi s commandments i s a liar and the truth

, ,

i s ot in him
n
”
,
—
John 2 4 1 would advi se my -

readers t o stop and turn t o the zud and 3 r d chap

ters of 1 s t John and read them prayerfully then ,

proc eed with these l i nes This book i s written for

.

the purpose of help i ng y ou from darkness to light .

To turn you from a trust in the trad i tions of

m e n t o a trust in the s p irit of divine truth .

“
L ittle chi l dren l et n o man deceive you ; he that
,

doeth righteousness is righteou s even as he is ,

 OR T HE VE IL
'
DI F T ElD
'

19

r i ghteous H e that c om m i t e t h s i n is of the

.

dev il ; for the devil sinneth from the beginning .

For this purpose the S on of God was man i f ested

that he might destroy the w orks of the dev il .

—
I John 3 78 T he word is from God and i s d i vine
- -

truth in natura l symbo l s it has li f e and light ’

,

giving power in it F or it i s the power of God unto

,
”
salvation to every one that believeth ;
,
Romans
1 16
- The word is God s power to show you what
.
’

is the state of your mind and heart and if it does ,

not move y o u to see your ev i l state or condition of

heart and m i nd i t must be becau se it has not
, ,

been taught you in its simplicit y and its truth ; ,

for t o sh uffle off the the mortal coil while liv i ng in

’
one s sins i s a thing too horrible for contempla
,

tion My friend if you are living in sin and n u

.
,

righteou sness let me beg of you to come out of it ;

,

—
for an eternity of misery awaits y ou B y la y ing
down a false life ; and as you la y it off you are ,

p utting on a charmed existence even here in this

life by swapping the lu sts of the flesh f or the
, ,

life in the divine truth I t i s n ot so di fficult to

.
“

live the life that leads to Heaven as i s commonl y

”
su p posed God expects you to love yourself and
.

the riches and honors of the world ; but not to a

sinful degree He wants you to love Him and
.

your ne i ghbor to such an extent that you will not

,

break the commandments to get worldly riches

20 FR O M D A R K N E S S T O L I GH T

for self He wants you p osses sed of all the con

.

v e n i e n c e s of l i fe and he does n ot want you to live a

,

sorrowfu l life in the physical body B ut he wants .

you t o l ove j usti c e and j udgment goodness and ,

t ruth mer c y and f org iv eness honor and right p u

, , ,

rity and innocence f or the sake of themselves b e ,

ing your very own l i fe from free choice an d i n war d

l y in y ou rather than outward l y assumed f or p ol
,

i c y s sake whi l e inward l y y ou cherish oppos i te f eel

’
,

ings Go d asks nothing unreasonable of his children

.

but every command is given because they are the ,

very laws of l ife and happiness ; su ch as an earth

l y Father should lay down f or the gui dan c e of his ,

children f or the sake of their welfare

, Shun evils .

as sins against the L ord and as against the sound ,

ness health and welfare of y our own s oul here

, ,

and hereafter S i nner if you only could realize

.
,

what the death of your s ou l meant you would ,

stop and think and endeavor t o break the shackles

,

of evil which enslav e you and cau se you to rend

, ,

er allegiance t o hell through your se l f love l u sts

,
-
,

and appetites b l in dl y f ollowed There is n o p ower

, .

t o save y ou but the spir i t of Jesus Christ— seek it

—
in his H oly word B e guided by the divine truth .

Take the very wo rds of the S aviou r as they fell

form H i s l i ps y o u will find them in the gospels
,

M atthew Mark L uke and John L et the L ord s

, , .
’

words be true and listen t o n o suggestion that

,
 OR T H E ! B I L LI F T EiD 21

ma y arise in yo ur mind aga i nst them ; for any

thought idea or evi l des i re that may arise in your
,

mind aga i nst the L ord s words you may know ’

,

—
from whence it came i t i s a thought or a s ug g e s
—
tion from the evil on e Make all men l i ars be f ore
Jesus Christ ; for He was the only man who was
without spot or blemish throughout his ent i re ,

earth life I n order to l i ve the true Heavenly li f e

.
,

you are not expe cted to l ive out of the busy a ff airs
of the world neither are y ou expected to live a
,

melancholy life ; n or on e spent in continual and

everlasting piou s me di tations about G od ; n or in
avoiding business an d money making where it is
, ,

done through d i ligent honest and sincere work ;

,

neither is it expected of y ou to spend all y our ,

tim e in prayer and t h e read i ng of pi ous books and

meditating continu ally about your so uls welfare ,

to the damage of your earthl y business What .

He wants i s to implant H i s spiritua l l ife as the

, ,

motive power in your c i v i l and moral life

, What .

He wants i s j oyous soul forming and l i f e giving

,

heart beats put in moti on by the gentle zephyrs

, ,

wafted from divine l oves own domain to fan the ,

fires of rea l l i fe upon the altars of your hearts ;

,

n ow dead cold and l if e l ess in trespasses and s i ns .

To live the life of sincerity and j ustice from a b e ,

lief i n the divine being and from a love in the

heart f or divine sin c er i ty an d j u sti c e and out of
 FR O M DA R KNE S S TO LI GHT

regard f or the di vi ne l aws as we ll as out of

,

regar d f o r the c iv i l an d mora l l aws i s t o ,

li ve the sp i r i tua l l i f e
. The l aws of spir i tual life ,

ci v i l l i f e and moral l i fe are al l i nc l uded i n the ten

,

commandments of the deca l ogue Externa ll y the

.
,

wicked can f or appearance sake keep the com

, ,

m an d m e n t s ,
when in heart they do not b e
l ie v e them they c an e v en become church
men and from memory and the external mind
, ,

go through all the forms of w orship without ,

hav i ng any rea l love f or God i n their hearts , .

I t i s di ff erent w i th the spiritual mind and heart ,

which is made alive by the indwelling spirit of

,

Jesus Christ .Now dear reader whose servant ,

are we ?

We are comp elled to serve the spirit or the

flesh ; God or the devil Heaven or hell ; go od or
,

evil which shall it be the good book says, ,

“
Whom ye yield yourselves s ervants to obe y h i s
”
servants ye are whom ye obey again ; Cho ose “

”
ye this day whom ye will serve God or the d evi l, .

I t is a matter of eternal life or eternal death ,

?
which shall it be God made y ou free H e will not .

disturb your freedom of will in order to save y ou .

I t is for you to choose There is no immediat e

.

mercy than can save y ou after the death of the

bod y . There never was an angry God onl y in ,

the mind of a sinner God never had to be recon

,
 O R T H E vE I L -
LI FT ED 23

ciled to His erring c h i ldr en but He came into the

,

World to reconc i le the world to Himself I f God .

could by imputation through immediate merc y

s ave a man after the death Of the body who had

lived a wicked l i fe all through hi s earthly ex i st

,

ence He would save every soul for He i s good

, ,

e nough ; but God has to reach and save you from

the eff ect of evil and sin b y reforming and re g e n e

,

rating y ou while i n the flesh y m ou ld in thi s life , ,

for after this life in the ph y sical body i s over

, ,

then your spirit is fixed i n the form of your lifes

love and can not be changed without annihila
tion— and God will merciful l y p ermit you to f ol
low your hell bent desires to all eternit y before He
will exterminate entirely one of His creatures
L et u s think spiritually there i s but one L ord ;
,

from eternity to eternit y the same and unchan g e ,

able God
, . All changes are made in the creature
and the created things God i s life itself and the
, ,

life of every created form in the universe .

By the l apse of our f ore f athers man had ,

gotten so lifeless and ignorant it ne c essitated our

,

God to manifest himself to the children of men

, .

He could n ot come in the fullness of Hi s glor y ,

without our destruction ; hence He had to send or

embody himself or Hi s e fli ue n t spirit of truth the ,

divine sphere e m i n at i n g from Him and wh i ch ,

is Hi s omnipresence— T his divine spirit operated

94 FR O M DA R KNE S S TO LI GH T

within the blood and s ubstance of M ary t ook u p on ,

itse l f a material b ody was the star of B ethlehem

, ,

whose l i ght b ecame gr e ater and g r e ater as the

—
ch i ld waxed stronger in sp i r i t T he spiritual
p resence of Jehovah in the man Christ did n ot ,

prevent H i s b e i ng everywhere else at the same

time ; but i t wa s Jehovah doing the work in the
,

man Chri st Jesus ; C h rist sa i d s o all the t i me

There was a gre at b a ttle g o ing on i n Chri s t s
,

Hum a nity between H i s God li fe and al l the forc e s ,

of he l l a d mitted i n t o the n atural humanity t o b e

overcome f or r e d e mptive purposes I t was God .

being m an i f ested in the flesh ; and when the work

was fin i shed and the di v ine spirit of truth called
,

the S on was reunite d i n full with the divine love ,

called the Father i n the divinely glor i ous person

,

Jesu s Christ ; then God the di vi ne love dwelt fu lly

on e omnipotent omnipresent and om m s c i e n t being
, ,

in Hi s natural h uman i ty wh i ch He assumed par

t i a l l y in the world and more ful l y as the man put
, ,

on the divine by laying o ff the fl esh and the w i ll of

, ,

t h e fl e s h ; unt il the last combat against the wi ll

of the flesh or hell ; which was that of the d e ath
,

of His mater i al part when all was finished Jesus

, ,

Chri st in that final act be came fully God as to

,

mind and soul and God b ec ame fully a divin e man ,

and the union was that of so ul and b ody formin g ,

—
the God man and the union was n ot as b etwee n
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 O R T HE VE IL LI FT ED 25

two p ersons at all but as between a man fitted to

,

receive as H is life infinite love and wisdom i n

, , ,

stead of a finite share of love an d wisdom Christ —

said H e had not the s p irit of the infin i te by meas
,

ure but i n fii n t e l y that means a ll

,
Now our e l der
,
.

brother inherited G od w i th al l that expression , ,

means Now who should we pray to for s p iritual

.
,

riches but the one who possesses it all

,
.

Now how can we go to God except through

God s body ; how could I go to you your sou l ex
’
, ,

cept through your body your ears or eyes Christ , .

says Verily veril y I say unto y ou He that

“
, , ,

entereth not by the door into the sheep fold but ,

climbeth up some other way the same is a thief ,

and a robber H e says I am the vm e ye are

-
,

the branches He that abideth in me and I i n him

, , ,

the same bringeth forth mu c h fru i t ; f or without

”
me ye can do nothing .

Now the omnipresent sp i rit of Jesu s Chr i st

is the vine ; are we in the vine ? N ow the sp i r i t ,

of the devil is another vine ; are we in that v i ne ?

We are in on e or the other T here are only two .

sources of life T he life flow i ng out of Jesus

.

C hrist called good and truth or the oppos i te l ife

, , ,

flowing out of hel l called evil and false— We must

,

love and live from one or the other sources— Our

freedom between good and evil resu l ts from the ,

two sources of l i f e T o ascend or d escend n ot.

,
26 F R O M DA R KNE S S TO LI GH T

through space but thr ough degrees of soul l ife

, ,

unfold i ng Heavenly or hell i sh l i f e within the sour ,

.

“
B ehold the kingdom of God is with i n you — L uk e
1 72 1 — Or the k i ngdom of fa l se notions and evil
-

des ires is with i n you

,
.

D ear r e ader the k ngdom which i s ruling

,
i

with i n your soul i s at the same time form in g

,

you r soul into i ts own l i keness I s your s oul form

.

ing f or H ea v en and eternal happiness or f or eter ,

nal n i ght in a state of hell ? Stop thi nk f or y ou , ,

know n ot the hour when the silver cord of life may

be lo osed ; T hen shal l the dus t return t o the e art h
“

as it was ; and the spirit shall return unto God who

”
ga v e it . L isten t o th e wooing of the H eavenl y
d ove . T h i s same sp i r i t of Christ back in the time
of I s i ah — the self same Christ sp i r i t wh i ch was
made flesh and dwelt among us ; H o every on e
“
,

that th i rsteth come ye t o the waters ( D i vine

, ,

truths ) an d he that hath n o money ; come ye buy ,

and eat ; yea come buy w i ne and m i lk ( spir i tual

, ,

drink ) without money and w i thout price

, .

Wherefore d o ye spen d money f or th at wh i ch i s

n ot br e ad ? and your lab or f or that wh i ch sat i s
fie t h n ot ? H arken dili g e nt l y unto me and e a t ,

ye that wh ic h is good an d l et your soul de l ight

,

”
itse l f in f atness Sp ir i tu al go od i s the H eaven
.
,

l y bread ; spiritual wine and m i lk i s H e avenl y ,

drink ; wine is deeper d i vine t r uths mi lk i s e asier ,

 O R T H E V EII L LI F T HD 27

divine truths— Jesus Chr i st i s the we ll which ,

c ontains liv i ng waters f or our minds All are .

inv i ted to feed upon H is body and H i s blood

Divine good and truth Why w i ll ye be sat i sfied
.

with wor ldl y i deas and thought on l y when ,

th i s life is on l y a sem i nary t o prepare

us for eternity Now l et us enter i nto the
.

thoughts which will tend t o unfold the percepti on

, ,

or cl ear view of the unity or oneness ex i st i ng in

God the L ord Jesu s Chr i st I t i s hard f or the un
.

regenerate d or natural mind to understand how

,

the one only spiritual be i ng Go d cou l d come into,

a physi c a l body an d s o g l orify that body by de

, ,

grees that i t c ould be c ome an e v er l ast i ng abode

,

for H i mse l f i n H i s h i gher an d f u ll est degree of

—
existence God is a sp i ritua l be i ng and it re ,

quires a sp i ritual m i nd t o f o rm any j ust c on

,

c e p t i o n whatever o f the un i on of div i ne l ove and

,

w i sdom i n the person of our L or d Jes us C hr s t

, i .

The word is wr i tten i n a natura l l an g uage ; but

within that natura l l angu age i s a s p i r i t ua l sense ,

n ot perceived at a l l by the unregenerate mind It .

must be sp i ritually discerne d t o be understoo d

even partia l ly T he L ord had t o speak i n para
.

bles and in a natural language but in su c h a

, ,

way that as H i s children obeyed H is words they

, ,

would by l ov i ng h i s words an d th i nking them ,

have thei r un d erstandings opened by the l ight

 F R OIM DA R
‘
K NE S S TO LI GHT

from H is words that the y would begin to see the

,

s p iritual or Heavenl y sense contained in them .

I t i s only to the man in Chri st who sees and r e ,

c e i ve s spiritual meat and drink from H i s words

,

What I mean by the man in Christ i s the man ,

who i s in Heavenly light from the word ; derived ,

from beli eving that Christ was divine truth or ,

God s divine sp i r i t or God s thoughts op

’
,
’
,

e rat i n g in the human i ty born of Go d as F ather , ,

and Mary as Mother which i s now the humanit y ,

o r l iving temple containing the entire m i nd of

,

—
Go d and un i ted to the on e and only God as body ,

and s oul ; and further der i ved b y l i ving a life of

obedi ence to H i s d i v i ne c ommands which are laws ,

of spiritual life— T h i s believe and do an d your ,

understanding will be opened to see wonderful

things i n God s word ’
L i ght and new life will be
.

formed within you .

I f on e cou l d but realize that he lives not from

himself but from life from God flowing into hi s
,

inmost soul beyond consciousness ; and the i n

,

fl ue n t l i fe from God i s changed or modified b y

the a ffectional or inmost form of the man as it ,

—
enters T herefore every being man i fests the life ,

which i s in him di ff erent l y from every other per

,

s on on account of a diff erence of inner soul form

, ,

o r mould T he same living b eing wh o i s life its

.
,

self flows into all created forms mineral ve g e

, , ,
 OR T HE V EIL LI FT ED 29

table animal and man and furn i shes the life

,

wh ic h each dwells in and man i f ests according to ,

i ts form and use A roc k a tree or an animal

.
, ,

can not change their natures or inmost forms ; it

i s left for man alone to p ossess that ability
,

Man hav i ng been made in God s image and like ’

ness with rationa l ity and l i berty ; so perfectly

,

made ; that he seems and feels that he lives from

.
,

himself instead of from God ; and it i s hard for

h i m to c omprehend that God alone i s the only
man or being who lives from Himself— T o live
, ,

from one self i s to be God ; that was wh y Jesu s

Christ said that it was g l ve n H i m to have life
, ,

of Himself ; becau se H e was d 1vm e love s omni ’

’
present truth or God s thou g ht living in the world ,

and made flesh and dwelt among us .

Divine love in div i ne wisdom i s n ow the

divine essence or life effluent out of God— Man
, , ,

and i n fl ue n t into all created forms T here i s .

nothing in ex i stence but the creator and the creat

ed forms t o manifest H i s li f e in the f orms and ao ,

cording to the inmost forms of each L ife i s the .

force exhibiting itself in created forms which ,

l i fe itself or God put into existence Now as I .

said before man i s the only animal or created

,

form of life so created that he can change hi s

, ,

—
very inmost character Ou account of hi s bein g
made a rati onal free thinking being ; he possess
, ,
30 FR O M D A R K NE S S T O LI GH T

es the ability to think with God or against God

H e can do as God commands or n ot j ust as he ,

pleases He can force himself even to outwardly

.

obey God s commands when he would rather in

’

—
his heart do the o pp osite Ou account of hi s abil
ity to rationally com p rehend the laws of life lai d
,

down in God s book and his ability to see that

’
, ,

to obey them would be best ; therefore man is re

,

sp onsible f or h i s lifes conduct and w i ll be j udged ,

according to the deeds done in the bod y God s .

’

thought of an apple tree with its trunk branches

, , ,

leaves and fruit is the l i ving principle wrapped

up in every apple seed and i t when planted and i s
grown can n ot p ossib l y express any other thou g ht
than that wh i ch was enclosed in the seed .

Jesus Chri st when the unborn babe in his

,

mother s womb was the seed of Jeho v ah God and

’

as H e grew up H e could manifest nothing but

what was in Him and when fully matured and
,

ascended t o Hi s eternal kingdom He was the full ,

express i on 01 the on e God wh o was in Him at

birth and constant l y increasing in G o d s statue
,
’

until He became the ful l grown body of Jehovah

God T he Pr i nce of Peace was the spirit of
.
,

p eace on earth ; but fina l ly H e inherited all peace ,

a l l knowledge al l wisdom all love all the divine

, , , ,

and became the f ulness of the God head bodil y ; -

all p ower in Heaven and earth ; and became kin g

 OR T H E VE IL '
, LI ET ED 31

if kings and lord of lords ; the Alpha and t h e

Omega ; the first and the last ; the beginning and
the end ; the bright and morning star ; the lion of
the tribe of Juda our one a n d on l y God and Sav
i our Jesu s Chri st T he first man of Heaven and
.

earth . The one and onl y exalted ru l er of t h e

—
universe The G reat High P riest of Heaven and
—
earth Our only God Li ttle c hildren should y ou
.
,

be ashamed of your Heavenly F ather ; T he rem

nant of the house of I sreal behold your Jehovah , ,

and you can well aff ord to accept Him as He tru ly

is the K ing of the Jews His kin g dom will y et be
.

fully set up in earth and the church w i ll then be

, ,

known as the New J eru salem Read about it in .

the book of Revelation .

The c i r c um c 1s 10n of the heart i s the best ,

circumcisi on and that of the flesh was merely an

,

outward sign l i ke Baptism to s i gnify the change

, ,

of the state of the w il l or heart and an induction

, ,

into the fami l y or household o f God — T he se c ond

—
coming of our Jehovah G od who i s the L ord ,

—
Jesu s Christ wi ll be by the opening of the spir i t
,

—
ua l meaning of the d i vi ne word where He will be
seen in the clou d of the letter of the word ; and as
the kin g dom o f —
God is with i n you H e wi l l come
next to your conscious and rational understanding
of Him and you will be conscious of His presence
,

with you and in you I know what I am talking

.
32 FR O M DA R K N ES S T O LI GHT

about .You can repent and make ready a high ,

way f or the b l essed spirit of the Master or you ,

can continue in your sinful lives that hell ma y

abound j ust as y ou please ; but f or all that the
, ,

hour is n ot far distant when you will pay the

penalty of you r thoughtlessness and folly by a , ,

life in a spiritua l state of darkness and torment to

etern i ty I feel like John felt when trying to
.
,

p repare a way f or our God s first entrance into the ’

world and can say Repent ye ; f or the kin g dom

,
“

”
of H e aven is at hand .

Now i s the time you can know your G od ,

more perfectly Now i s the time you can ration

.

ally understand H i s word Now is the time to .

s e ek Him whi l e H e may yet be found ere it be

, , ,
“
too late ; ere The silver cord be loosed or the ,

golden bowl be broken or the pitcher be broken ,

at the fountain or the wheel broken at the ,

cistern .

T he golden bowl my f riend i s your will , ,

which is the seat of a l l your a ff e cti ons des i res and ,

emotions and i s called the heart as there is a

, ,

correspondence between the w i ll or emoti onal

heart and the physical bod i ly heart
, One is the .

minds heart the other the body s heart

, Your ’
.

thought world is located in that part of the brain

, ,

called the cerebrum ; your will the seat of your

aff ections desires and emotions is located in that
, ,
 OR T H E
‘

V E IL LI FT ED 33

part of the brain called the cerebellum But it .

takes both the cerebrum and the cerebe l lum

,

to make one mind in one person with one head ; ,

likewise with the understanding and wi l l Now .

this book with its thoughts carries to you my

, ,
’
thoughts ; and I am thinking thoughts from God s
word . You cannot take from my thoughts the
spirit prompting them I do not l ose my thoughts
,

b y sending them to you ; I mere l y s h are the hap

p i n e s s of thinking with you provided they,have
the same e ff ect upon your mind as upon mine .

Yo u can see clear l y that if these words are

from Christ Jesus and are H is truths in me ; H e
, ,

I and you are in the spirit of them and living ,

them ; I received what I could get from Chri st and ,

received them because of a love for them and ,

pass them on to you i n order that you may be in

,

the same thoughts of truth and that you and I ,

may be in the spirit of them ; therefore if they are

’
divine truths God s divine truths in u s both ; then
,

are we not to that extent in God and God in us, .

You can see the same thing I n Chri st s words ’

,

when He speaks about being the divine truth of

—
God God in Him and He in God and He in u s and ,

we in Him . Now according to the same reason

,

— ’
ing Can t the one Jehovah s mind or spirit ’
,

be sent out like ours and even more perfectly

, .

Jehovah sent a book the divine word of the old

,
34 FR O M DA R KN E S S T O LI GHT

Testament to us — D id He loose from His mind ,

what he sent is it n ot Hi s mind with u s writ t en

,
’
in the language of a lower order of being s who are
natural and hence had t o be written in their lan
guage ; but in such a manner that H is higher ,

thoughts could be clothed in the expressions or

—
form of lower thoughts A living spiritual
thought in the lan g uage of mortal natural
,

thou ght . When you catch the spiritual meaning

of the word and God s words have an abode in
,
’

you from a love f or them in any measure you

, ,

have the sp i rit of Go d in y ou t o the extent that

they abide in y ou from an a ffection f or them
, ,

f or are they n ot l i ving i n your wi l l or heart from

c h oice and causing y ou t o live diff erently from
what you di d before you found them and before
y o u loved them D on t y ou s ee h ow that if God s
.
’
,
’

words abide in us being s p irit and l i fe they

, ,

cau se or move u s t o live their way if we believe ,

and trust in them ; and does n ot Go d lead u s there

by ; you can see if y ou will —h ow Jehovah being
,

on e eternal mind can feed all minds and He doe s ;

, ,

but as life His li f e fl ows into us beyond consci ou s

, ,

ness ; we be i ng from inheritance in an inverted ,

mis shapen state of condition of sou l ; receive

the i n fl owi n g life from God into broken s oul
images and likenesses ; caused by the turning
awa y from God by our misgu ided and deluded
,
 O R T H E VE IL LI FT E D 35

ancestors ; who were once such s oul f orm s as were

true and perfect images and likenesses of God .

A S all the trouble mistakes and unfortunate hor

ror s of this li f e with the misery and unhapp i ness

entailed here and hereafter sprang from the c on

,

duct teach i ngs and l ives l ived by our an c estors ;

, ,

from being l ed by blind leaders of the blind and ,

by being fool i sh enough to take and live and be ,

guided by the traditi ons of their Fathers ; d o y ou

b l ame me for going to the one only man i n whom , ,

I felt assured was the divine truth and was Him ,

self the divine truth ; f or my gu i dance and f or ,

the true d oc trines of fa i th and l i fe —i nstead of

abiding confidentl y in a man made creed or written
articles of faith —
,formu l ated in the dark ages of
Christianity . I hold to no creed but Christs own
,

words for my doctrine ; they are sufficient

, I do .

not shape God s word to suit any c reed but I

’

shape my creed by what the L ord Himself says

in the books Matthew Mark L uke and John — N0
, ,

higher criticism can e ff ect you if you abide in

, ,

His words and Hi s words abide i n you for you will

have the convincing evidence within you Speak .

ing about the higher criticism ; how can a person

criticise the Holy word from a knowled g e of the
sense of the letter any more than he c ould j udge
the quality of pecans or Eng l ish walnuts who had ,

never tasted the kernels of those two nuts but had ,

36 E R O M DA R KNE S s TO I
E GH T

only seen the shells from which the kernels had

been removed ; or how could one criticise or
j udge anything until he possessed a knowled g e
of its entire quality from inmost to out m os t s .

’
Now I tell you that God s word is a living book ; ,

onl y understood and appreciated b y those who

have had the faith born of love in the will ; where
they have loved and lived the truths forming
their faith ; to such an extent that they have
obeyed the divine truths from a sincere a ff ection
for them — That is they have lived from love the
.
, ,

life of truth ( or Christ ) formed within them the

hope of glory Now those know divine laws who
.
,

love and live them and who put Chr i st or the

, ,

divine truth into loving O bed i ence

, F o l low the .

teachings of spirit and then you will be able to

know that the higher cr i tics are se l f deluded
, , ,

and blinded by their own se l f derived O p i n i ons ;

,

and were yo u t o li sten t o them ; y ou wou l d soon

begin t o think that y ou c ould l earn a ll about
Jehovah God by j u st going t o Harv ard or Yale ;
,

and learning t o play tennis footba ll base ball and , ,

golf . T he higher c rit i cism i s higher blindness ,

and folly yo u may rest assured ; and if y ou de

,

s ire to prove it ; j ust take Jesu s Chri st at Hi s

word fo l low H im by loving obedience in your
,

lives ; and if you are n ot reminded of high school

,

folly and ignorance pretty soo n after ado p ting

 O R T H E VE I L LI FT ED 37

the L ord Jesus Christ as your onl y God and , ,

Saviour and t e acher ; then I am certain y ou di d

,

not di spose of a ll your own se l f derived rich e s of

precious knowledge ; but you like the higher
critics persist in thinking it p ossible to arrive at
,

a knowledge of God without Revelation through

mans learning fr om hum an reasoning ; which i s

as impossible as it would be for water to run u p
,

hill . The word of God is spiritu al meat and ,

drink to a finite mind b orn of God ; to one bor n ,

of the spirit The word is spiritual has its

.
,

sp i ritua l sense written in the words which are

,

natural ; but in such a manner that the spiritual

truth or the th i ngs of the spirit are not discern e d
, ,

by the unbel iever who is carnal minded , To .

substantiate and confirm the above let us note ,

what i s sai d in I C or 2 1 4 1 3 — But the natura l

.
- - -
“

man recei v eth n ot the things of the spirit of God

f or they are foo li shness unto him ; ne i ther can he
know th e m becau se they are spiritually dis
cerned Again Whi c h things also we speak
,
“
,

not i n the words whi c h man s wisdom teacheth ’

,

but wh i c h the H oly G host teacheth ; comparing

”
S p i rt ua l things with spiritual Again I Cor 2 .
, .

12 Now we have rece i ved n ot the spirit of

“
.
,

the wor l d but the spirit which is of God ; that we

,

might know the th i ngs that are freely given to us

Aga i n in same chapter from 4 to 7
”
o f Go d .
38 FR OM D A R KNES S T O E IG H T

verses inclu sive And m y speech and m y

’
p reaching was not with enticing words of man s
wi s dom b ut in demonstration of the spirit and of
,

p ower : That your faith should not stand in the

Wi sdom of men but 1n the p ower of God
,
H ow .

beit we s p eak wisdom amon g them that are p er

f e c t : y et not the wisdom of this world nor of the ,

princes of this wor l d that come to naught : But

,

we speak the wisdom of God in a m y ster y even ,

the hidden wisdom which God ordained bef ore t h e

,

world unto our g lory .

Now colleges can only turn out men educated

thorou g hl y in carnal m i n d n e s s and in the science s ,

an d kn owledges of the natural de g ree of the h u

man mind All spir i tual intelli g ence and s p irit

.

ual wisdom i s received from above b y the un ,

foldin g of the s p iritual degrees of the mind ; and

it i s not from a man who ma y be p ossessed of all
worldly knowledge who can lead you into Heaven
,

l y light but it i s f rom a man who i s born of the

spirit of God rather than one born into L atin
, ,

Greek Hebrew Mathematics Geology astronom y

, , , , ,

and ancient histo ry .

Ri g hteousness cometh by faith and g race ,

and that not of yourself it i s the g ift of God , ,

who is and ever will be the God man J e su s , ,

Christ . Get ri g hteousness not b y im p utation ,

but actually as your very own p osession to use

,
 OR T H E VE IL LI FT ED 39

h e re and hereafter b y asking Jesus Christ for it ,

,

an d b y believing that He is the po s sessor of all

things of the divine love the Father as well as

, ,

b e ing Himself the divine truth the Son ; for H e

i s now un i ted with the Father as soul and bod y
, .

And Jesus Chr ist i s God and man ; or God t h e

great spirit dwelling in h i s divine humanity ,

( called the S on )— Dwellin g in H i s tem p le n ot ,

made with hands but the one which He said if

, ,

you destroy I will raise up in three da y s

, One .

God in one person and His name one .

Go to Jesus Christ for all you need want or ,

desire a p proach Him in spirit and in truth ; b e

,

lieving that when you go to Him y ou go to God ;

and your pra y ers will be heard and answered ,

j u st as certa i n as you are avoi ding evils in your

life as sins against Him and His kingdom Pra y
,
—
to Him for the things of the Father within Him ;
,

do n ot pray to the Father as if the Father was

separate from Him for H is sake ; for you can
rece i ve nothing from the Father except the divine
truth the S on conveys it to y ou and moreover
, , ,

when y o u go to the Son you go to the F ather

,

also for divine truth the Son b y merit and right

,

e ous n e s s united Himself to the Father the divine ,

love and became the fulness of the God head

,
-

bodily Jesu s Christ now has all powe r i n

.

Heaven and earth H e i s the first and the l ast and

.
,
40 FR O M D A R K N ES S TO LI GH T

the onl y Crea tor Redee mer and Re g enerator to all

,

etern ity— Now Jesus Chr i st i s the I nfinite ; and

since the union to sa y J e sus Christ is the sam e
, , ,

—
as to say Jehovah God There has never been an y
God but one and that one t ook upon Himself a
natural humanit y and expelled all the natural b y
the p ower of the divine wi thi n it ; and now that
one God dwells in the divine natural human and ,

H is omnipresence is the omni p resent hol y s p irit

, ,

or the spirit of Jesus Chr ist our on e God contin

ua l l y with us — I f you doubt i t — Go to H im b e ,

liev i in g H im t o be a divine being and force you r ,

s elf t o keep H is words and avoi d evils as sins

,

against Him and y ou will find it j ust as written

i —
in th s book I d o n ot s p eak from man s wisdom ’
,

f or I am n ot overly pos sessed of i t— N ot having

been a college man puff ed up on account of world
,

l y mental possessions and full of self righteous

,

ness enough t o qu estion Holy truth ; or God s

,
’

divine ability to maintain His word in its purity

,

and power among the children of men t o whom ,

it was g iven . L et us n ot change from on e chu rch

t o another but rather change the church thought
, ,

where we find it n ot in accord with the divine

tru th the s p irit of Jesus Christ , L et us not de .

sire an y new sects n or add any to the list ; but

,

rather let us all s eek to become more unit e d

,

in the divine spi rit of hol y truth ever present ,

 OR T H E VE IL LI ET EiD 41

with u s if it i s not consciousl y present in us

, ,
.

The spirit that i s capable of leading u s into all

truth . Our God i s able to keep the holy word as it
was g iven to us ; for it is written in langu ages
permitted to become dead languages in order ,

that the word could ever be held in its purit y and

integrity— And it contains its own Heavenly light ,

or the spiritu al sense which can only be received

,

by those whom the L ord knows can be kept in it to

eternity ; for if the light of the word could be seen
an d understood by unregenerate minds the y ,

would not love nor obey the light ; but profane it

, ,

an d fix themselves in a worse cond i t ion by havin g

k nown it .I t is a law of divine providence not to

’
o p e n up to an y individual mind more of Heaven s

l i g ht tha on e can be b y divine providence held

, ,

i n it to eternity No one therefore can under

.

’
s t a nd God s holy word and absolutely hold the

p roof of i t s divinit y ; except the trul y re g enerated

will and understanding which i s in the spiritual
s ense of the hol y word For the spiritual sense
.

i s the light of the hol y word in which the angels

,

dwell and saints in the church on earth

, , An .

i nfidel can g e t no light from God s holy word ’

were he to memorize the book from Genesis to

Revelati on ; for it has to be spiritually discerned
or seen and that power is given through genuine
faith in the divinit y of Jesus Chri st The light .
42 FR O M DA R KNE S S TO LI GHT

of the hi g her mathematics is p roven onl y to those

who understand it ; and some p eo p le never know
li
i ts g ht from ,
i n c a p i c i t y to receiv e i t ; some fr om
n ot having the time and m eans to stu d y it ; som e

from not being willing to use the means of gettin g

S o it i s with G od s hol y word
‘
into its li g ht .
.

M en are not willing to follow the words wa y and ,

do God s will — submit to the conditions req uir e d

’

to enable them to come into the light of true

H eavenly wi sdom or the light which shines from
,

Jesus Chr ist as a Heavenl y sun

,
The g r ea t es t
.

earthly scientific and scholastic thought cannot

open to an y mind spiritual or H eavenly li g ht ;
’
nor can the y get it from God s word without ful ,

fillin g the conditions ; whi ch are the very thin g s

unregenerated scholars prefer not to do The y .

will not go and dispose of their s elf derived riche s

of the external mind and become as a l ittle child
, ,

an d believe the L ord s words as He stated them

’
,
’
and do the L ord s words The y p refer to g e t
.

up schemes of salvation of their own or of Cal ,

’
vin s Martin L uther s or some other man s ; b e
,
’
,
’

cause i t i s easier to accept Very few really b e

.

lieve that all p ower in Heaven and earth is in the

L ord Jesus Christ for if they did they would
,

thoroughly believe that H e was r eall y God and the

—
onl y God whether they understood the D ivin e
—
Trinit y in Him or n ot For the Divine Trinity
 OR T H E VE IL ‘

LI F T EID 43

is in Him and He i s the fullness of the God head

,
-

—
bodil y ever since the union or glorification of ,

His divine human I f we only realized that our

.

thoughts come from being cons ociated internall y , ,

i n our aff ections with the angels of Heaven or

,

devils of hell ; we would not make the good we do

meritoriou s by thinking it was from and of us ; i n
,

stead of from and of the L ord through our guard

, ,

ian or attendant angels

,
And we would not i m
.

p ute evil to ourselves for we would know its

,

s ource — and we would be more likel y to shun it .

Grasp the thou g ht if y ou will and it may hel p y ou

,

to understand your own p ossibilities ; think of

y our external mind as an image of the extern al
(

world and a form capable of receiving a ll scientific ,

e a rthl y and worldl y knowled g e ; then a g ain think

of p ossessing an internal mind the form and image

of the S piritual world ; ca p able of being opened b y
’
the li g ht of Heaven s S on Jesu s Christ who i s
, ,

the lam p of Heaven and is the lam p of the ap oca

l yp t i c New Jeru salem— There is in Jesu s Christ
toda y infinite divine wisdom from Hi s infinite
divine love . The same divine human that wa s ,

l aid in a manger in B ethlehem— the lowliest crib

,

—
that ever contained a baby S i g n i fic an t Symbol
placed in a feed trough after Hi s birth ; because
that glorified humanit y was to contain for ever
—
infinite divine love and wisdom H e was to con
44 FR O M D A R K NE SS TO LIGHT

tain as a feed trough every p article of soul food

, , ,

an y an g el or saint subsisted u p on after the g lo r i

—
ficat i on of that human nature H e sa y s s o al l
thr ough the word— H e was and is the divine
— —
word The divine truth H e sa y s we must eat ,

His fl esh — divine g oo d and drink His bl oo d

, , ,

—
divine truth J uo 6 5 3 5 4 5 6 — .Then Jesus said
- -
“

unto them verily veril y I sa y unto you exce p t y e

, ,

eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink hi s ,

” “
bloo d y e have no life in you
, Whoso eateth my .

flesh and drinketh m y blood hath eternal life ;

, ,

and I will raise him u p at the last day For m y .

m y flesh is meat indeed and m y blood i s drink i n ,

” “
deed . He that eateth m y flesh and drinketh
”
m y blo od dwelleth in me and I in him
, J no , . .

“
6 63
-
. I t is the spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh
p ro fit e t h nothing ; the words that I s p eak unto
”
y ou they are spirit and they are life
, The .

divine love or divine good i s sym b oliz e d by bread ,

divine good is symbolized by the bread and the

divine truth by the wine—B ody and blood like
,

wise . Now touching our minds and souls the y ,

mu st feed and do feed continually either upon

, ,

the b ody and blood of the New Testament Jesu s

Christ ; or they feed upon the bod y and blood of
the devil ; or self and the world which is the sam e ,

thin g Which do y ou reli sh

.
—which do you f ee d ,

up on in y ou r daily life ? D o y ou believe and thi n k

 OR T HE V E I L LIF T Ei D
L
45

of Jesu s Christ as y our God ? D o y ou love and

study Hi s m i nd as delivered to us in H i s hol y
b o ok ? Do you love H im with all y our mind soul
and strength ? Do you l ove to keep His
word i n your daily l i f e ? D O you l ove to
study and talk about Him ? U p on the answer to
these quest i ons depen d s your eterna l we l fare .

Are we living from a ff ections or moti v es Heaven

?
born or do we listen to the promptings of hell
,

Are we gu ided in our intercourse w i th our fell ow

men by the w il l of the spirit or the will of the
,

flesh ? “
I t is the spir i t that quickeneth the flesh
”
p ro f e t e t h n ot h,i n g t owa r d s opening u p Heavenl y
life within us . My friends shall we live con
,

s oc i at e d in our hearts with angels or devils while ,

we are on earth and forming our aff ectional

nature ? That is the question tha t should con
cern us right now . There i s no doubt in my mind ,

that we are internally consociated with a societ y ,

either of angels or devils and were we to die we

,

would g ravitate to that ver y society .Now we can

change our internal or inmost aff ections b y faith ,

and the li f e of faith which is grace ; and by going

,

to our L ord God Jesus Christ for both as they ,

are the g i f t of God and He is God . T hen do y ou

not suppose your inward a ff ecti ons or spiritual ,

companions or c on s c i oat i on s are changed ; after

,

H e places guardian angels over us lest our feet ,

46 FR O M DA R KNE S S T O LIGHT

dash a g ainst a stone D o y ou not su p pose when

.

we are p laced in com p any with an g els inwardl y , ,

that we are removed from the societ y of devils

,
—
within or dark a ffections D o you n ot know ,

from the word that the kingdom of G od is within

,

you ; or the reverse the kingdom of the evil,

o uc Chr i st s or God s kingdom i s the kingdom of

h -
’ ’

light an d life ? T he Prince of peace the Noblest ,

P otentate n ot only of a few square miles ; but

,

—
of a ll existence all creation was laid in a manger
,

a f eed trough No wonder the Jew i sh High Priests

.
,

vain prou d and ign orant did n ot take to Him

, , .

P oor I sre a l was bl i nd and led by blind leaders

,

of the b li nd or they would have known the spirit

,

of Jehovah was upon H im ; who now is the divine

human Ark transferred to the courts above and

, ,

i s the tabernacle or most h ol y body and person of

—
Jehovah God T he Alpha and the Omega ; the
—
beginning and the end ; T he first and the last now
K ing of K i ngs and L ord of L ord s
’
The one and .

only God Our L ord and Saviour Jesu s Christ

. .

Paul on e of the most enlightened and i n t e l l i

gent of the Jews S ince the time of Moses and the
old I sreal fathers ; says in Romans 1 1 26 There
,
-
“

shall come out of ! i on the deliverer and shall ,

turn away ungodliness from Jacob — You will

”

notice in I siah of the Old Testament 5 9 20 And -

“

the Redeemer shall come to ! ion and unto them

 OR T H E V E IL LI FT ED 47

that turn from t rn s g re s s i on in Jac ob I t would .

be profitable to com p are those two chapters b y ,

careful reading and it ,

1s my desire to bring to
y our notice for comparison some scripture reading
from the old and the new Testaments to S how
that there never has been but one God and that ,

Jehovah God of the old book sa i d that He was the

on l y creator redeemer and regenerator
,
— and the
f —
New T estament reaf irms the same As Christ al
ways said that i t was the F ather in H im that did
the works As we say when we do any good ; that
.
,

Christ moveth us ; or that we act from H is spirit .

I sa 9 6 U nto u s a child i s born unto us

“
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. .
,

a son i s given and the Government sha l l be u p on

,

his shoulders ; and His name shall be called won

d e rf ul Councillor God the Mighty Father of
, , ,

eternit y Prince of P eace

, .

I sa 71 4 A Vi rgin shall conceive and bear

.
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a son and H is name shall be called God with us

, .

Jer 23 5 6 also 23 1 5 and 1 6

.
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Behold the
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,

days shall come that I will raise up unto David a

,

j ust branch who shall reign a K in g ; and this is

,

His name which they shall call Him Jehovah our

, ,

j ustice .

I sa 25 9 Then shall it be said in that day

.
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,

10 thi s i s our God whom we have waited for that

, ,

He may save u s ; thi s is Jeho v ah whom we have

48 FR O M D A R K NE S S To LI GHT

waited for ; let us rej oice and be g lad in His salva

tion .

I sa 4 5 1 4 1 5
. Only in thee i s God and there
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. ,

is no God besi des ; verily thou art a God that ,

hidest th y self O God of I sreal the Saviour, , .

I sa 4 5 21 and 22 Am not I Jehovah and

.
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.

there is no God el se besides me a j ust God and a ,

Savi our there i s none besides me

,
.

Gen 4 3 1 1 I am Jehovah and besides me

.
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.
,

there is no Saviour .

I sa 4 3 1 1
. I am Jehovah and besides me
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.
,

there is no Saviour .

H os 13 4 I Jehovah am thy God and

.
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.
,

throu sha l t acknowledge no God besides me and ,

there i s no Saviour besides me .

Has 6 2 1 6 Thou O Jehovah art ou r Father

.
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,

our redeemer thy name i s from everlastin g , .

I sa 4 4 6 .T hus said the K ing of I srael and

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His redeemer Jehovah ! ebaoth I am the first , ,

and I am the last and besides me there i s no God .

I sa 4 8 1 7 Thus said Jehovah th y redeemer

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.
,

the Holy one of I sreal I am Jehovah th y God , .

I sa 4 9 26 6 0 1 6
. T hat all flesh may know
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.

that I Jehovah am th y Saviour and thy redeemer ,

the mighty one of Jacob and elsewhere in the old

—
Bible I sa 4 2 1 1 and 1 2— I sa 4 3 1 4 9 — Jer 1 5
.
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.
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.

20 and 2 1 — Hos 1 3 4 14— P s 3 1 5 — P s 44 26 4 9 .

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1 5 5 5 1 76 9 1 8 and in fact man y hundred other

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—
p assages going to show that Jehovah God was
creator— redeemer and re g enerator and that H e
is identified as the divine truth the Messiah that ,

came—Now we will read passages to show that

,

the God of the old is i dentical with the God of the

New T estament .

John ! 1 1 4 ? He that seeth me seeth H im

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that sent me .

John 1 6 1 5- All thin g s that the Father h ath

.

are mine .

John 1 3 3 -
That the Father hath given all
.

thi n g s into His hands .

Matthew 28 1 8 All power i s given unto me

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in Heaven and earth .

John 1 4 1 3 and 12 Whatsoever ye S hall ask

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.

I n my name thi s I shall do and a g ain He sa y s , .

“
I will do it .

John 1 6 1 3 1 4
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The s p irit of truth shall n ot
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.

s p eak from h I m s e l f but he shall receive of mine

, ,

and declare it unto y ou .

John ! V 5 -
He that abideth in me and I in
.

him the same bringeth forth much fruit ; for

,

without me you can do n othing .

John 1 721 23 26
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For them I sanctify m y
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.

self that they also may be sanctified through the

—
truth that they all may be one as thou Father , , ,

art in me and I in thee ; I in them and they in me .

L uke 1 3 0 3 5
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And the angels said unto
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her f e ar not Mary ; for thou hast found favor with

,

God And behold thou shalt conceive in th y

.
, ,

w omb and bring forth a son and shalt call his

, ,

nam e Jesu s H e shall be gr eat and shall be call

.
,

e d the S on of the Highest ; and the L ord God shall

give into him the throne of h i s father Davi d .

And he shall reign over the hou se of Jacob for

e ver ; and of hi s kingdom there shall be no end .

Then said Mary unto the an g els how shall this be , ,

seeing I know n ot a man And the angel answer

?

ed and said unto her the Holy Ghost shall come

,

upon thee and the power of the Highest shall

,

overshadow thee ; therefore also that holy thin g

w h i ch shall be born of thee shall be called the Son
of God .

Why the Jews di d believe that Jehovah talk

e d with Moses from within the g olden arranged

and divinely prepar e d ark and not believe H e ,

could come in an human ark I was never able to ,

understand .

A few more passages from John 1 to 1 4 In .

t h beginning was the word and the word was with ,

G od and the word was God

, The same was in .

t h e beginning with God All things were made

.

b y Him ; and without him was n ot an ything made

t hat was made I n him was life ; and the life
.

was the light of men And the light shineth in

.

d arkness ; and the darkness comprehended it

 O R T H E VE I L LIF T EiD 51

not . There was a man sent from G od , whose

name was John . The same came for a witness ,

to bear witness of the li g ht that all men through ,

him might believe . That was the true light ,

which lighteneth every man that cometh into the

world . He was in the world and the world was
made by him and the world knew him not
,
He .

came unto hi s own and his own rece i ved him not .

B ut as m an y as received him to them gave he ,

power to become the sons of God even to them ,

that believe on his name : Which were born not ,

of blood n or of t h e will of the flesh nor of the will ,

of man but of God , And the word was made .

flesh and dwelt among us ( and we beheld his glory ,

the glory as of the only begotten of the F ather )

full of grace and truth .

J uo 1 0 3 0 Jesu s Christ saith

.
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. I and my ,
“
Father are one T hen the Jews took up stones
.

a g ain to stone him Becau se that thou being .

“
,

a man makest thyself God ”

— J no 1 2 44 4 6 He .
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.
“

that believeth on me believeth not on me but on ,

” “
him that sent me I am come a light in t o the
.

world that whosoever believeth on m e should not

,

”
abide in darkness Jno 1 4 6 Jesus saith unto
. .
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“

him I am the way and the truth and the life ;

, , ,

no man cometh unto the Father but by me If , .

y e had known me ye should have known m y ,

 2 FR O M D A R KN E S S To LI GHT

F ather also ; and from henceforth ye know

h i m and have seen him Philip saith unto him , .

L ord , show us the Father , and it s uffic i t h u s .

Jesus saith unto him have I been so long time

,

w ith you and yet hast thou not known me Philip

,
?
,

he that has seen me has seen the Father ; and how

s ayest th ou then show u s the Father ? B elievest
,

t hou not that I am in the Father and the Father ,

in me the word I speak unto y ou I speak not of

?

myself ; but the Father that dwelleth in me h e ,

doeth the works Now shall I m ul i t p l y words to

.

impress the main facts of this book that Jesu s ,

Christ was the Father speaking to u s from the

human ark or temple which the Father assumed
,

in time for redemptive and saving purp oses ; and

,

t hat the holy spirit or God s sp i rit was the mov

’

ing principle in the divine natural called the

,

S on . The unseen life or controlling mind in

J esus Christ was that of Jehovah God
, Now can .

y ou not understand that the spirit of Jehovah

came to the children of men and was as He said ,

their only Creator R e d e m m e r and Regenerator .

There i s no God but the one J e h h ovah who i s

, , ,

w as and ever will be our only God— The L ord

Jesu s Christ Go to Jesus Chri st in prayer and
.

and you go to the only God D o His will Force

. .

y ou rself to outwardly keep His commands and ,

a s k H im to give you the desire or l ove for them

 OR T H E V E IL LI FT E D 53

and He will wash you inwardly and remove y ou ,

from the society of the devils within you and lead

, ,

y ou up into and among angels I n a higher sphere ,

of life within you while you l i ve on earth without

, ,

y our knowledge of what has taken place But .

y ou r a ff ectionate nature or inward wi ll pr i nciple ,

will have undergone a change Y ou will pass f rom.

s piritual death unto sp i ritual life You will have .

been born again ; thi s is the spir i tual birth You .

will bec ome a new creature in the sp i rit of our

G od. You wi l l then mind the things of the spirit ,

more than the thin g s of the flesh Your con .

trolling will or desires will then e m i n at e from

, ,

God instead of from the devil You wi l l think .

from the L ord instead of from hell

, You will .

want the L ords will done in earth as it is in ,

Heaven according to the L ord s prayer m y ’

,

dear reader catch the spirit of Christ Jesus and

, ,

the veil of darknes s will be lifted and y ou will ,

have passed from darkness to light I might say .

catch the spirit of Jehovah God for it is the same ,

identical thing under diff erent verbage or names

, , .

There is only one God and H is name is the L ord

Jesu s Christ L et me beg of you to go to the
.

L ord and supplicate Him to remove your inmost

,

s oul from the s ociety of hell whi c h you ma y be

, ,

in ; and place y ou in a society of the Heavenly

—
ones and He will do it provided you be l ieve He
 4 FR O M D A R K N E SS TO LI GHT

is God and can he l p you ; and provided further

,

more that y ou will force yourself to kee p H i s

commands whether y ou would like to or not ; you
can know y ou will never want to as lon g as the ,

devils are your inmost associates and heart com

panions I t will be like go i ng against your ver y
.

life at first ; but you will find the y oke 1 s easy and
the burden light ; and a little later you will find
—
that there i s no yoke at all that the real y oke
was what y ou t ook off when p artin g compan y
with evil a ff e cti on s ; and comin g up into the liber
t y of spiritual life in Christ Jesus and inward ,

consociation with angels of light with whom you ,

will find peace and ecstatic j oy and hap p ines s

never dreamed of before ; while y ou were inwardl y
consociated with devils or evil aff ect i ons .

The man who is grounded in the faith that

Jesu s Christ was and is the divine being looks to ,

the divine being when he believes in Hi s exist

ence and no one believes in the divine bein g wh o
,

is not willing to be led b y Him .

There are two kinds of mental or soul li g ht ,

natural light p rocured b y natural sciences fro m

the world and spiritual li g ht p rocured from t h e
,

d ivine word understood Tru e intelligence and

.

wi sdom comes from p rocuring divine truths from

the word and living according to th em— To see
,

truths within y ourself from their light and to p er

 OR T H E V E IL LI FT ED 55

c e i vethat it i s truth i s to be in some deg ree of

,

wisdom I f y ou would see that divine truth i s

.

light to the understanding and that the under

,

s tanding is only i n the vine Jesus Christ when ,

it is in the d ivine li g ht which He came into the

,

world to bring and which He alluded to so often

,

as bein g the light of the world ! you can more

readily understand how the divine truth can be
in u s and we in it Now within the divine truth
.
,

the son i s divine love the Father as its sub

,

—
stance and life S o he that hath the Son hath the
—
Father also As there i s no light exce p t it has
—
heat in i t L ight i s the form of heat its sub
stance and neither can exist without the other .

Focu s the ra y s of light from the sun even in winter

u pon your hand and you will find heat S o i s it the .

same with divine truth Heavens l i g h t i s never with

,

out love in it . You would be astonished at the

degree of li g ht one can enter by coming into it ,

through the opening of the interior degree of the

soul which i s done b y Christ Heaven s powerful
, ,
’

—
ligh t Simply b y recognizing Him as the divine
being and turnin g to Him in outward obedience
, .

The interiors of the mind are formed by lookin g

to Jesu s Christ as the divine bein g He claimed
to be and by no other means can g race be pro
,

cured I f poor sinners only knew what i s act

.

ual l y possible to achieve by making the test the y ,

56 FR O M D A R K N E SS TO LI GHT

would never remain in the darkness and slave s ,

to hellish p assions ; which causes all their trouble s

and sorrows ; and dooms them to eternal ni g ht and
gloom to say the least True wisdom and i n t e l l i
,
.

g ence consists in the p ower of p erceiving t h e

comparative diff erence between the g o od and t ru e ,

from the evil and the false by intu ition or i n ,

t e r i or perce p tion ; cons e quentl y when b y kee p in g

the L ord s words y ou come into interior li g ht
’
,

which increases your spiritual di scernment or

s ight y ou become a tru e witness for the divin e
,

—
truth the same as P eter or Paul ; provi ded you
became p ossessed of the light of the divine truth
to the same degree Coming into the light of t h e
.

divine truth or Christ i s like coming into a clea r

,

sunlit sky after having been under a dark cloud

,

’
always Wh y should we not crave Heaven s
.

light even more than the li g ht of an earthly college

education ; when there is b as ol ut e l y no compariso n
between the two y et we spend much time and
,

money for worldl y lore Get D i vi n e wisdom an d

.

understanding i s what Solomon meant— and to

,

get it brings the kin g dom of Heaven within you

, ,

and light alwa y s e x p e l l s darkness Shall we con .

tin n e in darkness ? What fearful consequence s

“
follow And thi s i s the condemnation that
.
,

light i s come unto the world and men loved dark ,

ness rather than light becau se their deeds w ere,

 O R T H E VE IL Ll F T ElD 57
‘
‘

—
evil Jo h n 3 19 Turn your hearts away from
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.

evil and believe in the light and you will come i n

,

to the light and y ou wil l love the light

,
Remain .

a life time in the dark and your internal spir i t ,

ua l yes or discern i ng faculties will become so

,

u sed to the darkness that you will become a spirit,

u al bat or b i rd of the n i ght ; and could not stand

the light of Heaven or be able to see in its light
were you permitted the privilege of go i ng there
after your l ife i s en d ed on earth T o change you .

a f ter you leave the ear l mou l ds wou l d be to , ,

annihilate you You would n ot be the same ident

.

ity Were i t possib l e t o gi v e u s li ght and H eaven

.

without preparation f o r i t in th i s l i fe it would n ot ,

have been neces s ary f or the divine light to have

come in the flesh and su ff ered the agony of sweat
,

ing blood for our sakes I f Jesus Christ could .

endure the c ross to br i ng the light t o us it does ,

seem we might be willing to ac c ept it and enj oy ,

it —instead of hugging evil to our breasts c on ,

tin n in g i n sin and sorrow in order t o secure t h e

, ,

devil T o enj oy sin f or a season of three score

.

and ten years does n ot end there but settles u s

,

for eternity and an etern i ty in misery shame

, , ,

sorrow and su ff ering Who wants t o trust t o .

sins route ? S olomon says T he foo l i n his heart “

,

”
saith there i s no God .

The reason people abide in darkness is b e , ,

58 F R O M DA R KN ES S TO LI GHT

cau se they d o n ot believe that all p ower in H e ave n

and earth i s n ow in Jesus Christ
“
But they have .

not all obeyed the gospel F or E s i as saith L ord

.
, ,
”
who has beli eved our report ? Ro 1 0 1 6 I f we .
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.

choose darknes s in thi s life we choose i t to e t e rn

,

ity . Which shall it be ? That is the qu estion .

I f you say the churches are in darkness that doe s ,

n ot ex c us e y o u G et the l i ght and g o into some

.
,

church and let your l i ght shine

,
T hese lines are .

n ot in the interest of any on e denomination but ,

in the interest and the name of the l ght Jesu s i ,

C hr i st t o whom they are lovingly ded i cated .

T en per c ent of the proceeds from the sale of thi s

book will g o t o form a permanent fun d t o g o to
the support of Rescu e H omes anywhere i n the ,

U nited States I trust the little book may be

.

the means of causing many poor m i sgui ded little

girls t o come into the l i ght of Jesus Chri st the ,

—
divine tr uth T hereby becoming new creatures
and fitted f or the kingdom of l i ght eternal in the
H eavens I als o tru st the little book may be the
.
,

means of lifting the veil of darkness f rom man y

minds by cau sing many t o desire the l i ght t o the
, , ,

extent that they will sear c h and make the n e c e s ,

sary e ff ort t o acquire it A l l that i s necessar y

.
,

i s t o turn t o Jesu s Christ belie v e that a l l D ivine

, ,

power i s vested in H im in Heaven and ,

earth and that He is God man ; and the one to

,
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whom prayer should be d i rected and H e should ,

be in your m i nd as our F ather i n Heaven when

, ,

y ou p ray the L ord s prayer or an y prayer

’
, You .

g o to the well when y o u want water — When you

go to Jesus Christ you w i ll find in H i m both the , ,

well and the water ; f or divine truth or the word , ,

is the Son in whom is the d iv i ne gra c e or love the ,

Father . T he scr i pt ure quoted in thi s book is to ,

to confirm that fact R e read it and consult the

.
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,

entire word f or further confirmat i on T here is .

but one great light shin i ng from div i ne love in

, ,

the Heavens above and that light is sufficient to

,

light up a ll fin i te understand i ngs and to warm

u p all finite hearts i n H eaven and the church on
,

earth to all eternity .

Jesu s Christ our Heaven l y Father the crea t ,

ive Divine D 1V1n e Redeemer i n time and whose

, ,

D i v i ne spir i t is the Regenerator t o eternity i s on ,

h i gh and shining down i nto al l the m i nds of

angels in Heaven and into all the regenerated
minds on —
earth T he church— And the divine love
and light flowing down i nto our regenerated
d —
hearts and min s Cau s i ng consciou s light in ,

our understan d ings i n H i s divi ne presence w i th

,

u s and is Hi s Ho l y spir i t into whi c h we are bap

,

t i s e d —And i s that which is spoken of by some

,

new thought writers as the over soul Hi s spirit ,

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i s our over soul and the over soul— i s the king -
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60

—
dom of Heaven within us and when we h av e
p assed from death unto life we have passed fro m ,

the kingdom of the evil one into the kin g dom of

Jesu s Christ ; from the kingdom of darkne s s int o
the kin g dom of light ; from c on s c i at i on with evi l
aff ections from hell into g ood a ff ections from
,

H eaven actually and not i deall y

,
There 1s no .

man or woman so steeped in sin but that can b e ,

renewed and made a new creature entirel y b y

, ,

—
putting on the new life in Chr i st J e s us T he life
of conforming their wi l ls to the will of the blessed
master T he wages of sin i s spiritual death death
.
—
of the soul the wages of faith and obed
,

i e n c e i s everlasting j oy and happiness in the life

of the over soul I t i s becoming in
-
. Tune with ,
“

”
the I nfinite here in this life ; with all the honor
, ,

r i ghteousness c haracter
, purity innocence
, ,

light life respectab i lity j oy ha p piness and ever y

, , , ,

blessedness known u p on earth to the human heart ,

and hereafter our passport to eternal blessednes s

in Heaven above .

Now the obj ect of this book i s t o ai d you to

’
understand God s H oly word better by giving
you the benefit of the thoughts wh i ch the writer ,

discovered would have been beneficial t o h i mself

had some on e placed such thoughts before him ,

when he was a y on ug man or even when a child .

What anyone needs most who really desires ,

 O R T H E VE I L LI F T ElD 61

Heavenl y knowledge or wisdom ; i s to have som e

,

one of mature spiritual discernment to correct

some of the mi staken natural views touchin g
spiritual life natural life and our own ph y sical
,

organization . T here are spiritual thoughts to an

i n fii n i t e extent concea l ed in God s Hol y word ;
’

and they cannot be discerned to any greater de

gree or any sooner than a soul i s prepared to
, ,

rece i ve them . God only opens u p the light exce p t

to the extent H e knows it will be loved and lived ;
for otherw i se it were better you had not known it .

For to see and n ot love is to stab by turnin g , ,

away from it I f you desire the light determine

.
,

in y ourself that y ou will obey it and follow it as , ,

the L ord reveals himself to you — While ye have “

li g ht believe in the light that ye may be the child

”
ren of li g ht J n o 12 8 6 Now I wish you to
-
.

understand that there are two kinds of mental

,

or soul light One natura l and enlightens the

.

natural externa l mind the other i s spiritua l

, ,

Heavenly and f or your internal mind as the i n ,

ternal is opened in you by the L ord through r e ,

birth and regeneration When the internal i s

.

opened this sp i r i tual li ght gives you a far better

,

natural i ntellect T h i s spiritual l i ght i s the

.

l i ght from divine truth or divine wisdom or the

, ,

Ho l y spirit or Jesus Christ ; whichever you ma y

,

term Heaven light ; it w ill be yours to enj oy and ,

62 F R OM D A R KN E S S TO LI GHT

use No amount of natural wisdom fl e s h l y or

. ,

carnal education can prod uce or furnish this li g ht .

“
And Simon P eter answered and said thou art ,

the Chri st the son of the livin g God And Jesus .

answered and said unto him Blessed art thou

— —
Simon B ar J ona ; For flesh and blood hath
not revealed it unto thee but m y Father which is ,

in Heaven Mat 1 6 1 71 8
. .
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.

T here i s a soul light or a degree of wisdom

enj oyed by God s children ; ( and what I mean b y
’

God s chi l dren are those who kee p Hi s words from

’

faith and love for them to the extent of livin g ,

them ) that i s not known or experienced by the

unregenerated Turn to y our B ible concordance
.

and read the passages under the word li g ht It .

will help you The unit y of Father Son and Hol y

.
,

Spirit i s discerned more clearly as you come into

,

the light spiritual T here is but one God and to

.
,

know Him aright i s life everlasting .

No wisdom truth light love aff ection or

, , , ,

any thought has ever been added to God or will

be from eternity to eternity
, H e is the same un .

changeable God and this fact will loom u p to y ou

, ,

when you get into the light of the spirit and can ,

have the word opened up to y our discernment b y ,

’
keeping the L ord s words and goin g di rect to ,

Jesu s Chri st as to one vested with all power in

,

Heaven and earth I desire to im p ress this fact

. .
 O R T H E V E LL
'
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That you cannot get the li g ht or the Son by goin g ,

to the Father direct for the Son ( the D ivin e

Truth ) but you can get the Father by going to
,

the Son .
—
When you pray our Father in Heave n
-
i t w i l l help you very much to let your mind
se i ze the idea and fact that Jesus Christ is that ,

Father in Heaven and when you get Hi s ears ,

and mind you get the Fathers also and at the

,
“
same time f or they are one God
, Whosoever .

denieth the Son the same hath not the Father ;

,

he that acknowledges the Son hath the F athe r ,

also , J no . H e that hath the Son hath

“
,

life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath ,

not life . Now remember life itself i s G od God .

is divine love and divine love is l ife and div i ne ,

truth is the Messiah or the divine light that mani

f e s t e d t h e Li fe or D i vi n e l ove t h e F a t h e r in this
, ,

world He that hath the Son divine truth hath

.
, ,

life ( the divine love or Father also ) And we .

“

know that the Son of God i s come and hath given ,

us an un d e rs t an di n g that we may know H i m that

,

i s tr ue ; and we are in H im that i s t rue even in ,

His Son Jesu s Christ T h i s i s t h e true God and

.

”
eternal life J n o 5 20 , .
-
.

And please remember the f act that Philip ,

was told when he asked to be shown the Father

, ,

that when he saw Him he saw the Father als o .

And no man has ever seen the Father but the Son , ,
64 F R O M DA R K N ES S To LI GHT

and never will you ever see the Father save when
y ou see the Son . We could no more see the Father
D ivine L ove except as we see Jesus Chri st ; than
,

we could see each others souls W 1t h our natural

eyes . When you see the temple a soul dwells in , ,

with y ou r natural eyes y ou say I have seen t h e

,

person . When you get to Heaven n o doubt you ,

will see our God the L ord Jesu s Christ and yo u

, ,

will see so much more of Hi s divine glor y in look

ing upon H im than Phili p saw that you will not ,

ask to see more of God T he natural mind i n

.
,

deed finds i t hard to think a spiritual thought b e ,

cause i t cannot rid itse l f of or in thought rise ,

above space and time which enables one to think

,

more abstractedly But thi s power comes with

.

the light of the spirit Another point I w ould

.

call to your attention is the fact that the natural

, ,

mind dwells in the notion that we have l i fe from,

ou rselves as our very own separate from the pres ,

ence of God with us Now the truth i s that we

.

only received from our earth l y F ather a soul the , ,

first and purest form receptive of i n fl ue n t life ,

from ever present God And that soul form re

.
,

c e i ve d from our earthl y Father was clothed upon ,

with a bod y from the mother Now life itself i s

.
,

what abhors a vacuum and there i s no fo rm but

,

what has its life from ever present God ; and the
life of ever y form is according to the nature of
 OR T H E V E IL LI FT ED
‘

its i nmost f orm Every ange l man de vil beast

.
, , , ,

vegetab l e or mineral form has its life from the ,

ever present l i fe of God as an influx into itself

,

and the i n fl ue n t life i s changed in the receptive

form according to i ts inmost form As in Adam
,
.
,

all d i ed so in Christ are all changed back to living

,

images and l i kenes s of God No animal but man .

could fall or change the order of its l i fe from that ,

in wh i ch it was created at first Our forefathers .

by d i sobed i ence and turning away from the light ,

or D ivine T ruth caused a l l the mental darkness

, ,

and al l our troub l e and sorrows ,God manifest .

ed Himself i n the vessel born of Mary called the ,

Ho l y thing because the soul of Jesus Christ was

,

God s own h i dden spirit or the Divine T ruth

’
,

( which is ca l led s on ) wh i ch came in the flesh ; but

remember d i v i ne l ove ( the F ather ) was mani
f e s t e d by the s on ( Divine T ruth ) For Christ .

was the manifestation of God L et me i l lustrate .

Thi s book carries to you my words the statements ,

are truths as I see them and understand the sub

,

j e c t and am able to portray my m i nd to you ; as

hu rried l y as I am doing Now this book is m y
.

creature son or my light going to you manifesting

, ,

my soul or spirit which sou l or spirit I could not

,

have had ; nor sent to y ou ; but for the love or

Father of it in me prompting or creating the
work . T he real man in every one is His love ,
 6 FR O M DA R K N ES S T O LI GH T

’
and the will is the seat of man s love as the un ,

d e rs t an d i n g is the seat of the thought Now m y .

love causes me to have the thoughts and my love , ,

( my real sel f ) is manifested to you through the

thought ( my S on ) I sen d out to you in not a ,

finely bound book but the book i s the creatu re of

,

the printer ( the mother ) who clothes the thought

,

( my Son ) which manifests my love for you ( the

Father ) Now while the book i s be i ng read b y
.

you is not my spirit or the spi rit of my s on oper

,

ating upon your mind or spirit so you can see ,

h ow Divine L ove ( Father ) i s in Divine T ruth

( Christ ) and D ivine Truth ( Christ ) in u s and we ,

are all in the self same spirit God in Chri st and ,

Christ in u s .

T he end in the cause and both in eff ect L ove .

in Truth and both in u s God all and in all

. An .

other thought which i t is important to remember

and know . I t i s a doctrine of the church com ,

m on l y known and taught ; that all good is o f God

’

and all evil from the dev i l H ow it would help

.

on e if he r e a l l y b e l i e ve d that a ll good flowed in

from God an d all evil from the devi l which i s trul y ,

the c ase . There i s on e Fountain of L ife which i s ,

the source of all life the L ord and this i s the

,
-
,

first and only sour c e of all life ; even hel l receive s

l ife into the he lli sh forms of the devils in he ll ; and
,

it is the reception of life into broken and discord

,
 OR T H E
'
VEI L ‘
LI F T ElD 6?

ant forms that changes the life of God into that

,

of the devil as it flows in and is received i n the

,

devils and satans composing hell We are und e r .

the influences of either good or evil ; God or the

devil ; Heaven or hell ; and we are free between
the two forces One a force c onstructive the oth
.
,

er only a force to destroy One is light the other.

,

darkness .One has a tendency to pull you up

ward ( not i n space ) into a purer state or quality
—
of sou l life and the other d own into a l ower state
or quality of mind an d h e a rt We do not notice
'

it because the influx is beyond consciousness ; but

, ,

since the natural degree of life has been corrupted

by the fall of our forefathers and is entirely out
of the divine order in which we were created ,

and a hell was created by thi s broken order by a ,

disobedient ancestry We have had to be under

.

the influ ence of hell by being born into thi s de

,

p r ave d natural so we are under the influence of

,

hell in the natural mind warrin g against the ,

spirit of God in our internal or spiritual mind .

Happy are we if the life of the spiritual mind

wins control over the natural or carnal mind in
us . The matter mu st be decided by ourselves by ,
’
each one s own free choice as to which shall rule ,

over us the flesh or the spirit the natural mind

, ,

or the s p iritual mind One i s the devil and the

.

other is God warring in your soul for the supre

 FR O M DA R K NE S S T o LI GH T ‘

68

mac y .The battle ground is your soul and life

the time i s during your life on earth The i m .

portant question with you is which shall gain the ,

supremacy and rule in you You must be the .

one to deci de the fight T he fi ght i s made to a p

.

p ear as your own so you must choose between the

,

two . You remember the passage already qu oted

in this b ook about whose servant you become
,

b y obedience Choose ye this day whom ye will

.

serve God or the devil

,
By your choice y ou are
.

engrafted into the vine of D ivine Truth or you ,

rema i n I n the vine of the corrupt natural falsity ,

and evil Will you pull with the good or the evil
.
,

will you live a righteous obedient life or an , ,

unrighteous disobedient l i fe ? Will you pull

with the white horse or the black horse ? You
have your equi l ibrium or f reedom of will between
them F or God or for the devil I n Heaven s
’
. .

light or remain in the dark natural light .

By b e coming spiritual and having the light ,

of tru e wisdom t o rule in y o u y o u d o n ot l ose ,

any happiness y ou only become possessed of a

,

more rationa l orderly natural life ; when the

,

victory i s gained by the spiritual over the

natural l ife y ou do n ot loose natura l life and
, ,

enj oyment o f you r natural mind while on earth ,

you only become free of the control of hel l while in

your earthly bodily life You are the g ainer in
.
 o n T H E V EI L 1.1m m) 69

ever y conceivable way Hell life is a snare and a

.

delusi on I t i s serv i tude despicable

. You c an .

get out of it if you on l y wi ll T he L ord i s ever .

ready and waiting with outstretched arms to re

c e i ve you and free you from the yoke of hell ; but

you will not look to Him and live You prefer .

the crooked discordant perverted evil and fals e

, ,

life of the natura l will ; the carnal fl e s h l y rule ;

tru sting to its rule and guidance in this life T o .

the rule of the ri g hteous happ y orderly life in , ,

the spirit in this life

,
Do not continue in your
.

deep sleep thi nk ing the L ord can help y ou after

,

you die as to the bod y and go to Him in the

, ,

Heavens above He could not then change y ou

.

without destroying you without an n i h i l at i on g,

you . For then you will be the form of y our de

sires and mind formed in the life of the body and
, ,

to change that wou l d be like changing a bat into a

dove . You would not be the same fellow You .

would n ot know yourself You would be some .

one else and n ot yourself No my friend all .

,

changes ever wrought by God in you will have ,

t o be d one with your free choice in accept i ng ,

the changed c ondition while in the bodily moulds

, .

God is e v er ready and willing now to help y ou but ,

He wi l l n ot f orce y o u even here to change He i s .

wooing y ou now t o accept H im ere it is too l ate , .

God gi v es us three s c ore and ten years to work

70 F R OM DlA RlKNE
EtS S T O EIGH T
' ‘

back to the image and likeness of our first p arent s ,

at creation of the human race .

When you are born of the s p irit y ou are then ,

onl y a spiritual babe in Chri st You have to grow

.

i n g race in nurture and admonition ; and in spirit

,

ual statue formed as y ou feed u p on the divine

g ood and truth ; the bod y and blood of our L ord .

I f y ou could onl y see the form of y our s p irit b e ,

fore reform ation and re g e n rat i on you certainl y ,

would want to feed it upon some life g iving and -

reformin g substance D o not wait for death to

.

settle the matter . I t will th e n be too late You .

will be fixed by that time for everlasting life i n ,

an i nverted hellish d i scor d ant mi sshapen s oul

, ,

form ; that cannot receive within itself life in

p urit y innocence peace refinement j o y and ha p
, , , ,

p i n e s
, s but only the reverse and you will
, be di s
p ossessed of your external outward seem i n g or
d e rl y life ; and become the form and life of your
l eadin g a ffection or controlling love For who .

soever hath to him shall be g iven and he S hall

, ,

have more abundance ; but whosoever hath not ,

”
from him shall be taken awa y even that he hath , .

That does n ot off er much consolation to a man

living in unrighteousness and in a P h ari s oc i al
,

life here on earth out of Christ does it

,
? The ,

spirit of div i ne truth woos us to accept a life in

the li g ht of truth . I s not truth better than falsity
 OR T H E VE IL LI FT E D

for any soul to be in We seek natural truths i n

?

ou r colleges for nat ural light How much more .

important it is for the soul to become lit up b y

S p iritual truths and spiritual truth to the extent
,

of light i s not acqu ired outside of a life of obed

,

i e n c e to the L ord s words ; and a loving obedience

’

at that if you w i sh to abound in great light

,
Wh y .

S hould we not desire to be ruled and guided by

divine wisdom ? Wh y should we not desire that

H i s wi ll should be our w i ll in the matter i s how it
,

best for u s to l i ve Do you sup p ose that you could

.

l ive in Heaven c ontrary to God s will ? D o y ou ’

suppose you would desire to live accord i ng to His

will in Heaven after refu sing to do s o during all
,

you r earthly career ? Remember that all y our

life is composed of the desires of y our will and
the thoughts in your understanding each day you ,

live here on earth The only di ff erence between

.

angels in H eaven and those in he l l is a diff erence ,

in what they w i ll and think — o r what they de s ire

,

and think T hose in Heaven are moved by neigh

.

borly l ov e towar d each other i n thought and ac

tion whi l e those in hell are moved by selfishness
, .

hate lust and c on c up i s c e n s e s of every foul nature

, , .

They could n ot stand H eaven i f permitted to go

there ; ne i ther could the angels stand hel l So .

there is a great gulf fixed natura l ly between them .

T here i s n o argument f or a hellish life at all ; but

72 FRO M DARKN ES S To LIGH T

those who are inclined to the love of self an d the

riche s and honors of thi s world to the extent they
“
will do evil to get them ; L ove darkness rather , ,
”
than light because their deeds are evil It i s .

j u st a matter of choice or taste as to the life one

will live B oth are set before u s
. We will have .

no excu se when we face the bar of j ud g ement and

j ustice on our crossing over the river and the book
of our lives are opened and we are j udged Every .

deed i s faithfull y recorded in ou r m m d s and

hea rts with the motives p rompting each d e ed
, .

U nless we g e t a change of wil l or heart while ,

here ; chan g e our a ffecti ons and therefore our

lives and cease to be what we have been and
, ,

are now M y friends the change cannot be made

.
,

too soon for our good and best interests Our .

eternal ha p piness depends upon not making any

mistake in this life Simple matter
. Ju st g o to .

Jesus Christ and believe Hi s words and do them

, .

Your reasonable s e rvI c e .

( Now to sum up the thoughts we desire to i m

—
press The first i s to study the word and let the
,

words of Jesu s Christ be y our doctrine of faith ,

as they are recorded in the four Gospels : Mat ,

thew Mark L uke and John

, , L et the L ord s .
’

words be true before all others

, Study the whole .

word .Remember that there is only one L ord ,

one faith and one baptism

, Jesus Christ the .
,
 O R T H E VE IL LI F T EID 73

one L ord faith in H im and baptism into Him

,
.

It does not matter so much as to which external

s ociety of the church you are connected ( this i s ,

m y own view ) so long as y ou form a part of the

,

Church U niversal and have the kin g dom of God

,

within you D ivine Truth which constitutes the

.
,

vine is Jesus Christ and He is the church in the

, ,

h i g hest sense God in Christ and Chri st in us

.

an d we in Him Christ the vine we the branches

.
,

an d the D ivine L ove the life in all

)
Again remember when our lips say one God
.

t h e idea of the mind should think one or there ,

will b e a contradiction between the idea or

t ho ught and the tongue
, You will find in the .

Athan s r creed , which is received in the whole

.

C h ristian world these words , Althou g h our

L ord Jesus Chri st the Son of God is God and
, ,

m a n still the y are not two but on e Christ ; y ea

, ,

H e is altogether one He is one p erson Since

, .

a s the soul and the bod y make one man so God ,

”
an d man are one Chri st The y are not in two .

p ersons with two wills and understandin g s God .

—
man o n e God They are one the same as sou l
.
,

a n d body are one S o the divine human i s God s ’

.

h uman and must be approached in order that the

d ivine called the Father ma y be approached Go , .

to Christ in your idea of thought and worship of ,

—
God and y ou go to all and you have onl y the
,
74 FR O M D A R K NE SS T O LI GHT

i dea of on e God in your mind

No human being .

ca n form a conception of the Father out of Christ .

You cannot love and worship someth i ng you ca n

n ot form any i dea of When y ou thi nk of Jesu s
.

Chr i st think of Him a s the S upreme B ein g who

, ,

is an infinite man and the only man wh o h as l ife

,

from H imself and in Himself and that there i s ,

an e fl l ux of lif e out of H i m and an infl ux of His

‘
,

life i nto every cr eat e d f orm and that H e is all and ,

I n all An d that H is spirit of divine love and

.

truth fills every regenerat e d sou l with all the vi r

tu e an d wisdom they p osses s and i s the v irtue an d ,

wisdom i n them Th at H e fl ows unconsciousl y

.

into all but His life is rec eived by e ach accordi ng

, ,

t o the inward form or image of the soul That .

the evil m i nded on account of their p ervert e d

sta te or conditi on rec eive His i n fl owi n g life in t o
,

forms which reflect hell instea d of Hea ven Much .

as the di ff erenc e in mirrors refl e ct i ng the sun

light —
,
a poorly made or a sha t tered mirr or r e,

fl e c t s the opposite t o what it should reflect at ,

times We are s o create d that we r eflect when

.
,

we act n ot our true d esires either the l ife of ,

H eaven or he ll j ust the on e we l ook t o from l oving

,

b e st and believing in the most f or a go od t i me

, ,

i n thi s l ife We live the life we love bes t

. All .

ignorance is induced by lo ving self more than

God and the riches and the honors of th i s world ,
 OR T H E VE IL LI F T EU) 75

more than an honest S incere and j ust Heavenl y

,

life . T his love for se l f and the wor l d turns the ,

’
soul of man f rom wisdom s light or Christ who , ,

is love and wisdom i tsel f the heat and light of

,

all right e ous human lives And thi s self love

.

turns the soul of man to love and tru st himself

and the world for the all of life So the sinner .

i s bound down to darkness through his fa i th in ,

darkness He worships himself the creature i n

.
, ,

stead of the Creator He knows no God but mon

.

e y no world but th i s earth ; trust i ng to hi s own

,

prudence and not to the D ivine Providence b e ,

li eving in only what he sees with hi s natural

faculties and defective eye sight from a spiritual
aff ectional attitude of his soul in the direction of ,

—
darkness not deeming it a crime to live so care
lessly and indi ff erentl y Verily as ye sew so
.
, ,

s hall y e rea p How could one expect to stand

.

the glory of Heaven after thi s life if they hate

, ,

that which i s true good and innocent in this life

,
?

I f Peter James and John should p rostrate them

,

selves before the glory of the L ord when trans

fig ure d not able to endure the glory and bright
,

ness to the extent exhibited on that occasion as ,

was the same with John when in vision he beheld

the L ord in the midst of the seven g olden candle
sticks and fell prostrate on hi s face How then .

can we ex p ect to be in shape or form to receive

75 FR O M D A R K NES S To LI GH T

the light heat and innocence of Heaven in our

,

souls unless we are prepared in this world not

, ,

only to endure but be formed to enj oy the high

,

est pur est and best society in Heaven

,
H eavenly .

thoughts and a ff ect i ons t ruths and goods knowl ,

'

edges and desire s facts and fancies motives and

, ,

life wisdom and love faith and charity form

, , ,

the souls of ange l s in Heaven and saints on earth .

We need not tell you what forms the souls of

devils in he l l or on earth you know full well , .

Choose ye th i s day whom ye will serve remem ,

bering that To whom ye y ield yourselves serv

,

ants to obey Hi s servants ye are whom y e ,

obey Are you not convicted of s i n

.
? Shoul d
you not repent ? By turnin g away from and cea s
ing to do evil ? Should you not start y our re f or
mation and regeneration in order to j ustification ,

salvation and s an c t i fic at i on in the blessed state of

a Heavenly life here and hereafter What if you .

gain everything your heart should desire in thi s

short life at best and die i n a perverted miser
, , ,

able state of mind and soul ; dead and lost to every

sense of that which i s good true innocent beau , , ,

tiful sunshiny br i g ht j oyou s and happy in a h u

, , ,

man heart and life ; what p rofit e t h it ; what g ood

i s it to y ou to eternity ? We should turn to t h e
L ord our God learn of Him cease to do evil and
, ,

learn to do good .
 OR T H E VE IL LI FT ED

We should avoid evil as mortal soul p oison ,

whi ch it i s We s h a avoid bad company as a

.
,

cru el enemy .

We shou l d seek the company of the truest

and best as o i ntment to the s oul yea more de
, , ,

sirab l e than fine gold Read and heed the prov

.

erbs of So l omon Whi l e you live i n this wor l d a n d

.

“
Have the light believe i n the light that ye may
, ,
”
become the chi l dren of l i ght ; remember i ng that
if you desire it you can g e t it by fulfill i n g the
, ,

conditions set out in God s words all of which ’

,

are laws of H eavenly life B ut the l ight can not

.

be received only in proportion as you will it for

, ,

—
the sake of l i ving i t b y turning your obedience
away from the false and the evil ; y ou in that p ro
portion obey the tru e and the g ood
, and come ,
-

into the true and good .

When you start in your determination to

follow the L ord in your reformation and regenera
,

tion ; you wi ll find many and g re vi ous t e m p t a

ti ons and in those temptati ons it will seem to you
, ,

at t i mes that your Heavenly Father has deserted

you ; but remember that i s on l y an appearance
superinduced by the evil on e Overcome and you .
,

will find seasons of rest all along ,I f you S hould .

be overcome in temptati on do n ot despair but g o , ,

to the L ord with more determination than ever ,

to succeed and overcome .

78 FR O M DA R KNE SS To LI GH T

Growth in g race or a life in the D ivine love

,

is not attained all at once it i s a g rowth until , ,

y o u become a full grown spiritu al man in Christ .

But if regenerati on is started in thi s life it will be ,

finished in the other if p revented here b y death ,

of the body .

Above all things necessary is the cleanliness , ,

of t h e i nternal man ; the inside of the cup and

p latter . D o not blindly believe that an external

life s uc h as going to chu rch ; helping to sup p ort
,

the c hurch ; outwardly walk i ng as a Christ i an ;

prayin g long prayers ; giv i ng a l ms t o b e seen of
men : an d a ct i ng s i n c erely and j ustly f or e x p e d
ie n e s ak e e r f or appearance sake ; will save you .

T he e i t t wa r d form without the inward substance

, ,

c c n s t i t ut e s a s i nful P h a r i s i c a l hypocrit i ca l l ife

, , ,

more so ul destroying than a life of open rebelli on

aga i nst Christ Thi s is fully p ointed out in the
.

Divine word The outward life should not be left

.

undone but should truly express the inward state

,

of mind and heart One i s shadow the other sub

.

stan c e . When in faith you will be in the light

from the heat of charity or love Now cha rity i s .

n ot the giving of alms unintelligently but it con ,

si sts in doing as truth directs ; doing the words

of the L ord L iving in charitable feelings toward
.

all mankind and especially so with y our n e i g h b e r

, ,

or brother in Christ Remember that Christ i s

.
 OR T HE VE IL LIE T EID 79

our nearest neighbor and those we see His spirit ,

i n are nearer neighbors than publicans and sin

, ,

ners . Our C ity C ounty State and Nation are our

, ,

neighbors also to be loved T hat which makes .

a ne i ghbor i s not nearness in S pace but nearnes s ,

in Spiritual State of heart and m i nd in goodnes s ,

and truth T hought brings presence but l ove

.
,

is the conj o i ning force T ruth brings love but .

,

love is the welding power Neither exist alone .

,

both essent i al to the existence of either F aith is .

in truths formed by and of truths ; but has n o

,

life unless the truths entering into it are filled ,

with grace or love which i s charity , Read the .

1 3 Chap 1 s t Cor and you will see what a dead

. .

thing fa i th i s without its substance char i ty which

, ,

i s the force in welding souls into beautiful

,

Heavenly forms and into a union or consociation

, ,

of angels in H e ave n an d Saints in earth ,

L et u s .

not think of ourselves as animals and have a soul ;

but rather as souls and have a body L et us think .

of ourselves as immortal souls whi c h can be re ,

born into the spirit of the living and eternal God ;

,

that within u s resi des a new world of thought and

a ffection that can be opened up in us that when
, ,

opened consociates u s with the angels of Heaven

,

in our i nmost aff e c tional nature and brings us i n

to new a ff ections and motives which are superior ,

to any whi c h we ever dreamed we would ever

, ,
80 FR O M DARKNE S S To LI GHT

know or realize I n this life S inner y ou do not .

,

real i ze or know the possibilities of your own soul

and life ; you sleep in y our un b e l e i f a Heaven of ,

happiness away yet all the time blindl y seeking

,

happiness as the goal of life Happiness p eace and .

,

j oy y ou will never know except through regenera

,

ti on you awake to a knowledge of Heavenly wis

dom in Christ our God the light of Heaven and
, ,

earth . T here are three degrees of Heavenly light ,

spiritu a l natural s p iritual and celestial

, Take .

them all . T here are three degre e s in the Spirit

ual Natural three i n the Spir i tual and three in
,

the C elestial . You know Paul alluded to the third ,

Heaven in on e of his epistles So we have author .

ity to speak of the de g rees in Heaven— o r Heaven

l y l i fe and its form T he S piritual i s the L ord s
’
.

—
Regal K ingdom T he Celestial His Priestly K ing
dom . B rother take the deg rees B ecome a noble .

workman for the Master He invites you now

. .

You sa y you are bound down by the inmost i n

fl ue n c e of hell that y ou are dead in trespasses and
,

s ins. L ook to Christ ; our God in His Huma n , .

H e can raise you from the dead and fill you with ,

a new and better life .

The natural human temple taken from the

Virgin Mary was builded into a livin g taber
,

n ac l e , for our one and only God to occupy e ter '

nally for our sakes ; in order that He might reach

 OR T HE V E IL LI FT ED 81

down to us in our low estate to free u s from b ond ,

age to hell to redeem u s from hells increased

, ,

p ower and to hold u s in Hi s Heavenly arms to

,

all eternity . I am not dealing I n pictures of fanc y ,

as the natural de a d soul may th i nk ; but am tellin g

you of real substantial states of mind no devil in ,

hell or in earth has ever rea l ized or known

, ,
F or ,
.

they are spiritually discerned ; but free to all who

will go to the Fountain and partake of the water ,

of li f e freely All are invited

. All can who will .
,

to become the children of light rece i ve it ; but

” ’
none can l i ft the ve i l except ! ion s Deliverer “
.

Jesu s Chr i st our triune God God tabernacling in

, .
,

( n ot n ow the flesh as when on earth which w a s ,

made by Him ) but in the natural human made

, ,

—
a D ivine Natural Human body S o God became
a man and a man became God in that U nion of ,

the D ivine and Natural T hat union is hard to be

.

comprehended in a small degree even by the , ,

initiated into s p i rt ual life consequ ently not com ,

prehended at all by the unaided natural mind To .

know Him aright means life everlasting , I have .

heard some sa y — D on t spiritualize the B ible

“ ’ ”
.

To all those I wish to sa y you can t spiritualize ,

’

the B ook but the B ook can spiritu alize you if

, ,

you permit it to have an abiding place in you .

The natu ral can never enter the spiritual but the ,

spi ritual can enter the natural Natural i n t e l l i .

82 FR OM DARKN ES S To LI GHT

gence i s as a vess el or vessels to conta m s p irit

, ,

ual light I nmost things fl ow into out m os t b ut n e ve r

.
,

reverse T he word tells us that G od i s a spiritual

.
,

b eing and must be worshipped in spirit and in

,

truth . We are first born natural then become ra ,

t i on al by ed u cation and mental growth after wh i ch

it i s poss ib l e to be reborn into the spiritu al mind ,

heart and life ; and become as i t were actually , ,

a new creature or bein g — You can never know

except by experience ; and regeneration i s the one
t hin g needful to save a human being from eternal
’
misery and woe I n our Saviour s time on earth
.
,

he found people abscessed mind and body with ,

evil spirits or devils He s eemed to have done

.

away with outward ob s c e s s i on s ; but it seems now ,

t hat inward ob s c e s s i on still prevails in the world ;

,

for the christian world today seems to be concern ,

ed more with numbers in church membershi p ,

than with the quality of the life in the church , .

More effort to prevent outward temptations and ,

to remove them ; than to administer the inward

salve necessary to heal the inward desi res and
, ,

weaknesses . We might by rigid laws fix men ,

so that it would be dangerou s to life and liberty

to sin ; but keeping men from evil b y force does , ,

n ot remove their hearts from a state of evil The .

evil may be hidden and not permitted to come

,

to the surface but j u st as lon g as the evil desires

,
 OR T H E VE IL LI FT ED 83

remain the soul i s bound in hell

,
The p ower we .

need is the two edged sword of divine t ruth so

, ,

we i l d e d that sinners m ay become convicted of

their sinful and fearful state ; and may be shown
a true way out and a sure wa y out of their de
,

p r a ve d ,
servitude to the devil I t i s well enough .

to remove the temptations but were one fixed so ,

he could never be tempted he would never know ,

the latent wickedness in his own heart For we .

never know how wicked we are nor how weak ,

we are unt il tempted ; and without temptat i ons

,

to overcome there wou l d be no growth i n

,

sp i ritual gra c e and strength .

I f we follow the directions laid down in

—
God s word we can get out of the spirit of the
’

devil and into the s p r I t of Jesus Christ We are

I —
living today in one or the other no matter how ,

we may hide or disgu i s e the fact by our outward ,

moral conduct T he human heart i s i n love with

.

Jesus Christ or the devil and i s in the spirit of

,

one or the other I f we love ourselves more than

.

we love Christ ; the devil has control of our i n

—
most soul If we love the riches and honors of
thi s world to the extent that we would cheat
, , ,

defraud lie steal or act insincerel y and unj ustl y

, ,

toward our fellow men or our country to get them ;

,

old satan has control of ou r inmost souls It .

behoves u s to examine ourselves and see how we

84 F R O M DARKNES S TO LIGHT

s tand For our eternal welfare i s at stake

. The .

ve i l of darkness can be lifted from your under

’
standings and the light of Heaven be y our s in ,

p lace of that darkness ; if you will learn that Jesu s

Christ was God operating in the man Christ Jesus ,

for the redemption and salvation of the human

race ; and y ou can know it to be a fact if you b e
lieve his report and force y ou rself for His sake
, , ,

to remove some of y our evil desires b y repent ,

ance and forcing you rs elf to keep some one of

,

H i s commandments simpl y for Hi s sake You —

will find He will enter y ou with Hi s blessed spirit ,

to the cleansing of your inmost soul from the ,

stai ns of hell and H e will remove your inward

,

enemies and place you with angels of li g ht and

l ove while here in the natural body
,
Y our will .

or heart will be filled b y an entirel y di fferent

,
—
class of desire aff ections and motives Your life ,

will become peaceful j oyous and happy ,Now .

—
thi s is no idle speculation You will be able to
verify it y ourself You will have the witness.

within though you might not be able to convince

,

a devil in this world or the other

, A devil i s .

any person without the knowledge of Christ ;

,

t hat i s a person out of H is spirit livin g in this ,

world or the other T o be out of Christ is to be

.
,

lost and it is to be only in natural life The one .

is Heaven the other hell ; no matter how conceal

,
 OR T H E VE IL LI FT E D 85

ed or disgu ised We are first natural then spirit

.
, ,

ual here in this life provided the s p iritual degree

, ,

is ever opened by the sp i rit of Jesu s Christ while

we live in earth My friends I on l y wi sh I had
.
,

the power of i mpressing yo u with the importance ,

of finding out the possibi l it i es of your own souls

—
.

Ere it is too late T he who l e of H eaven would

be rej oiced to know that you had determined in ,

y our own soul to flee the wrath to come and

, ,

that you were inviting the L ord of light into ,

your dark soul to save you from the e ff ect of that

,

very co l d and dark state of mind and hea rt Evil .

and false lives were the result of disobed i ence to

God and they can only be restored i n u s by a l i fe
,

of obedience to our God Without faith we will .

,

never obey ; and without repentance we will never ,

have a saving faith from the heart ; and without

,

we are convicted of sin by the truth we will ,

never repent ; and if we are indiff erent and listen ,

to the dev i l we will never read God s word

, We ’
.

S incerely tru st some of the thoughts expressed in

,

thi s little book may be seed that will find lodge

,

ment in many minds with soil in wh i ch they may

, ,

germinate to the awakening of many souls to the

,

blessed light which it has been the desire and

,

purpose of the writer to try through these pages , ,

to reflect that the k i ngdom of light might be e n

,

l a rg e d and many poor souls blessed thereby

, .
86 FR O M DARKN E S S To LI GHT

There is great natural education and learning

wh i ch is not wisdom at all though socalled in thi s
,

world natural breadth of learning i s only s e ien

,

t i fic natural learning which may be termed genius ;

but intelligence sp i r i tua l and wisdom celestial are
t wo higher mental capacities or degrees of higher
,

light f or the s oul . I ntelligence and wi sdom ,

spir i tu al and ce l estial is the spirit of God within

,

the human soul . When you get in t o spiritu al i n

t e l l i g e n c e y ou are in the second H eaven or you ,

have the light of the second H eaven as the ligh t

of your life and y o u will love to be guided by it
,

and to live in it . When you arrive at a point in

your regeneration or growth in grace that you ,

love good or that you love Jesus better then your

, ,

—
self T he word Jesu s stands f or D ivine Goo d
—
it means savi our D ivine L ove as good is of love
, ,

and truth i s of wisdom ; Chri st stands for or

—
means divine truth or light Jesu s Christ means
—
Good D ivine and Truth D ivine Father and son in
— —
one Excu se the digression Or when you love
good better than truth ; Or when y our motives
entering into y our every action in life are prom p t ,

ed by a will formed of goo d ; then you will have

,

entered more deepl y into God and you will b e

ruled b y D ivine Good more than as before when , ,

you were moved by your love of the divine truth .

When the last enemy in y ou i s conquered b y divin e

 OR T H E VE IL LI FT ED 87

truth then the divine good ( the F ather ) rules in

y ou .

You will find also the word states than when

Chri st has put all his e n e m i s e under his feet ; he
will deliver the kingdom or the rule up to the
—
Father D ivine truth rules in one christ i an or in ,

all until every enemy to the soul is conquered in

,

the one individ ual or in the whole earth

, I f one .

christian reaches the regenerated state to the de

gree that divine love can occupy his heart to the
—
extent that God is loved better than self then the
r ule in him is from divine l o v e rather than
from D iv i ne truth ; so i t w il l be with the
entire earth when Christ the divine truth the ,

two edged sword has accompl i shed h i s work G od .

fights falsity and evil through H i s truth L ove

,
—
d oes not fight but when love prompts or rules it
,

is in and through wisdom ; and then Go d is all and

—
in a ll Examine l s t C or 1 5 Chap 22n d t o 28t h
. .

—
verses When we get into spi ritual intelligence
or wisdom we are ascending into God F or God
,
—
i s divine love in divine w i sdom they are the very
,

essence of God Whe n in that you are in God and

-

God is in y o u He that dwe l leth in love dwel l eth

.
“

in God for God is love so the good book says

, .

T herefore to be out of the spirit of G od s word is ’

,

to be out of God I am the Vine ye are the

.
“
,

branches He that abideth in me and I in him the

, , ,
88 FR O M D A R KN ElSS TO LI GHT

same bringeth forth mu ch fru it ; for without me y e

”
can do nothing J n o 15 5. I f ye abide in me
- -
,

and my words abide in you ye shall ask what y e ,

will and it shall be done unto you

,
J n o 15 7 . .
-
.

’
Thi s does not mean to have the L ord s literal
words abiding in your m e m e ory ; but the light of
their spiritua l sense or meaning abiding in y ou
, ,

as the light of your understanding from havin g ,

received the light through a belief from the heart ,

or will T he word says

. We believe from the
,
“

heart unto salvati on That i s from a love in the

will for them to the extent that we will and do the
L ord s words ; put them into ou r lives from a
’

S incere love for them sim p l y thi s and nothin g

,

less will save your understanding from eternal

,

darkness and your soul from hell Ye must be .

—
born again Ye must have a change of will or
heart and thereby a change of disposit i on or
, ,

—
life from a supreme rul e from the love of self ; ,

to the rule of loving God better than self and to

,
—
the rul e of the love for the neighbor better than ,

the love of riches and honors of thi s world You .

can love self and worldly hon ors and riches but ,

it is of hell to love self and the world better than

,

y ou do God and your neighbor .

You have simply to be turned by the L ord

from self and the world as your souls common
center to Him as the hearts common center
 OR T HE VE IL LI FT ED 89

And H e can t turn you against you r will at least

’
,

He w i ll not do s o— You will have to act with Him

freely and of your own choice ; as you are now
doin g with the heart turned freely away from
Him . He w i ll not break y our freedom to save
—
you because He c ould not without going against
one of the very laws of Hi s own divine providence
and one of the laws of your own bein g You will .

never go to hell or heaven except through your

own free choice Choose ye th i s day whom ye
.
“

”
will serve Whom ye yield yourselves servants
“

”
to obey his servants ye a r e who mye obey
,
As .

—
we have tr i e d to impres s a l l along H eaven or
H ell God or the D evi l l i ght or darkness is ours
, ,

to enj oy here an d h e r e af t e r wh i c h do we love the fi

best ? Which do we bel i eve in and are trusting ,

to the most now for happiness

, ,
? A person can
stand hell better i n thi s life than in the next f or , ,

here he l ives with the good and can act apparent l y ,

as good himsel f outwardly ; but hereafter he will

,

have that seeming good taken from him and c an

only act from his true nature and live with hi s ,

kind You remember what the divine word says

.

on that subj ect T o him that hath shall be

.
“

given but to him that hath not shall be taken from

him that he hath etc D o not remain out of the
, .

light even here on earth if you had no other l ife

, ,

than the one here it would pay you better to come

,
90 FR O M DARKN E S S TO LI GHT

i nto the divine spirit of truth for the sake of its

own good which is peace prosperity j oy ha p pi
, , , ,

ness an d every bless i ng the human soul i s heir to

—
in this li f e Not mentioning the riches glor y and , ,

everlasting sprin g t i me in the sunny clim e s of

divine love and tr uth hereafter Go t o the L ord .

Jesus Chr i st our God seek H im strenuou sly for

, ,

—
som e of the ri ches H e i nherited H e loves us
— —
all H e i s will i ng and able to help us H e is ca l l
ing y o u t o turn from being self and earth center
,

ed ; t o look in the direction of life light and j oy , ,

t o the d i rection i n which the lamb i s seen as the

l ight of l i fe Why wi l l y ou n ot look
.
? It i s be
caus e your deeds are evil that you love darkness
,

better than l i ght ? Y ou had b etter break the

chains the concupiscences binding you down in
, ,

darkness and depra v ing y ou of the li ght of life

,

in the Ho l y spirit and of H o l y divine truth flowing ,

down from the most exalted heights of supreme

— —
love itse l f I t i s easy L ook beli eve and obey , .

“
And I say unto y o u Ask and it S hall be given
,

y ou ; seek and ye shall find

,
— knock and it shall be
”
O pened unto y ou F or every on e that asketh
,

receiveth ; and he that seeketh fin d e t h ; and to him

”
that knocketh it shall be opened L uke 1 1 9 and ,
-

10 .

Now to those wh o may think that the life en

’
j oined by God s word i s impract i cal I wish to
, , ,
 OR T H E V EIL LI FT ED 91

sa y ; the writer of thi s book has been a traveling

,

man for 25 years and he has not found the spirit

, ,

ual i t y herein taught and practiced to have been ,

—
any draw back to himself in the least The writer
now sees that he would have fared better even in a
b us i n e s way had he been in possession of these
thoughts and the life of them sooner .

T rue christian life on l y demands a life of

truthfulness sincerit y and j u stice p racticed fr om
,

love of the true pure and good in life and conduct

, , ,

in dealing with y our fellow man ; and a belief

from the heart that Jesus Christ was the son of
God .

You w i ll fin d the di ff erence between the l i f e

in the will of the flesh and that from the new will
,

of the spirit to be as darkness to light or as b e

, ,

tween ignorance and folly w i sdom and j oy ,

God i s the creator of all the real ; man the creator

of all the unreal shadow y and seeming
, .

For the sake of your future ; f or the sake of

your children and your chi l dren s children ; f or
,
’

the sake of the h ap p i n e s of your fellow men on

earth who may come under your influ ence ; f or the
sake of the H eavens above ; f or the sake of your
becoming a fit companion for some lovely woman ,

as hu sband guide c ompanion and protector ; and

, ,

for the sake of your loving Heavenly father who ,

has done so much to save you from the tortures

92 FR O M DARKNE SS TO LI GHT

of an eternal hell of darkness night suff ering , , ,

woe torment and eternal death to all that i s goo d

,

true and b eautiful in lif e ; I would ask you to cut

loose from the evil which enslaves your inmost
,

heart and soul and cau ses y ou to be ignorant

,

enough n ot to know wh o Jesus Christ was i s and ,

—
e v er wi l l b e S o much s o that in your dark state
of mind and heart y ou are even ashamed of Him ,

and I would be like you had I no better nor , ,

higher i dea of H im than those who are ashamed

of Him T o know Him aright is life everlasting ;
.

and yet some are s o vi l e and weak the y are made , ,

by ol d Satan t o believe that t o seek H im an d love

,

Him would endanger their mental stren g th

, So .

long as the world the flesh and the devil control

,

y ou y o u may know you are already insane touch

,

—
ing a l l sp i ritual subj ects and you had better r e
frain from publicly express ing your opinions until
you can think as a man i n God s image and like ,
’

ness ; and know when you speak whether you are ,

speaking that which is tru e or false ; from Go d

or the devil F or you can never thi n k speak or
.
,

act save from on e or the other s ources an d pla c es

, .

Whatever a man loves he thinks is good ,

whether it is from an evil or a good origin and ,

generally finds an excuse f or hi s a cti ons — T here

is only on e true gu i de measure and yard stick , .
,

—
and that i s God s H ol y wor d I commend it to
’

o
 OR T H E VE IL LI FT ED 93

you but remember you will never get into a prope r

,

understanding of the word unt i l you have found ,

out that you are a sinner repented and hav e , ,

been somewhat reformed and regenerated b y a ,

loving faith and life in the word That you ma y .

come into the gloriou s light of the Gos p el to the ,

saving of your i mmortal soul and that the ve i l of ,

darkness may be lifted from you r understanding ,

and that you may receive the bapti sm of the water ,

of the Holy S pirit and of Fire ere y ou quit th i s

, ,

mortal life for your immortal home ; and that

,

y our fl i ght may not be in the winter of the soul is ,

t h e prayer of the writer of th i s l i tt l e b oo k .

T h e i n fi n i t e J e h o v ah b e f o re i n c a rn a t i o n , whil e
in h is su p re m e g l o r y o f s p i r i t ua l e s s e n c e a n d
,

f o r m ; c o uld n o t a pp r o a ch i n H i s n a k e d c e l e s t i a l
,

p o t e n c y an d e fi ul g e n c e o f g l o r i o u s li g h t h i s f all e n.

child r e n an y e a s i e r t h an t h e n a t ur a l s u n c o u ld a p
,

p r o a ch t h e e a r t h wi t h o ut d e s t r oy i n g e v e ry t h i n g
,
.

H i s child r e n i n t h e i r i g n o r a n t di s o r d e r e d s t a t e
,

of m i n d ,
h a d f all e n s o l o w i n m e n t a l d a r k n e s s t h e ,

o l d c e r e m o n i a l l a w h a d b e c o m e i n a d e g ua t e t o p e r

f o r m t h e u s e i t h a d s u b s er v e d an d f o r w hi ch i t wa s
g iv e n. T h e fi n i te m i n d ,b e i n g fi n i t e c a n ,
n e v e r

re a ch a c a p a ci t y which wo uld e n a bl e i t t o f o r m a
c o n c e p t i o n o f Go d i n H i s n a k e d s p i r i t u a l g l o r i o u s
b e i n g o ut of H i s d ivi n e n at ur al p e r so n a l f or m .

A n d n o o n e c an p os s ibl y b e c o n jo n e d b y l o v e t o
94 F R OM DARKNE SS To LI GHT

a no t h e r ,
un l e s s b e c a n f or m id e a o f t h a t o t h e r
an .

H o w c an o n e l o v e so m e t hi n g h e c an n ot f o r m a
,

t h o ug h t c o n c e r i n g i t ? No w t hi s Go d k n e w an d
, ,

k n e w t h e h o ur wo uld a r r i v e wh e n H e wo uld b e
c o m p e ll e d t o cl o t h e H i m s e l f w i t h t h e n a t u r al d e
g r ee s o f w i s d o m t o r e d e e m a n d s a v e H i s child r e n .

T hi s i s p o i n t e d o u t al l t h r o u g h t h e o l d T e s t a m e n t .

Go d f o r e k n ew f r o m t h e b e g i n n i n g w h en H e m a d e
m a n t h a t i t wo u ld n e c e s s i t e H i m t o p u t on a n at
,

u r a l m e n t a l g o wn o r o ve r a ll i n wh i ch t o d o H i s fin
,

a l w o r k a f t er H i s child r e n h a d b e c o m e l o we r
, dir ,

t i e r an d fil t h i e r H e k n ew H e c o uld n e v e r u n i t e u s
.

t o H i m s e l f t h ro ug h l o v e u n l e s s we c o uld f o r m s o m e
,

c o n c e p t i o n of H i m .S o H e m an i f e s t e d Hi m s e l f i n
a m anne r t h a t we c o u ld f o r m a c o n c e p t i o n o f H i m

a s o n e c o m pl e t e d i vi n e m a n ; t h e c e n t r a l m a n wh o ,

li v e d f r o m H i m s e l f a n d o n e t h a t al l o t h e r m e n
, ,

c o u ld g e t li f e f r o m H i s o m n i p r e s e n c e wi t h t h e m .

Go d h a s n e v er b e e n a way f r o m H i s child r e n b u t ,

t h e y t u r n e d a way f r o m H i m a n d l o s t t h e i r h i g h
,

s t a t e o f wi s d o m a n d l o v e whi ch o u r fi r s t p a r e n t s
,

e nj oy e d . A s i n A d a m al l d i e d t o a h i g h s t ate o f
,

s o u l li g h t a n d l i f e ; so i n t h e l a st A d a m G o d wo uld
,

a pp e ar t o t h e s a l v a t i o n o f H i s l o s t ch i ld r e n H ow .

a r e we l o s t ? A n d w h a t i s i t t h a t c a u s e s t h e so u l
t o b e d ead ? W e a r e l o s t t o t h at whi ch i s r e al li v ,

i n g s t a t e s of p ur i t y i nnoce n c e g o o d ne s s an d t r ut h
, ,

a s a c tu al p o s s e s s i on s ; by b e i n g i n h e art t urne d to
 OR T HE VE IL LI ET E D
-
5

th e n a t ur a l wo rld of r i ch e s a n d h o n o r s f o r s e l f s ,
’

u s e f o r a li m i t e d t i m e A n d t h e s o ul i s d e a d o n
.

a cc o un t o f i t s i n wa r d f o r m i n d uc e d b y i g n o r an t
aff e c t i o n s a n d f r o m i t s b e i n g
, t u r n e d a wa y f r o m
t h e s o ur c e o f i t s li f e T o i l l u s t ra t e
. h o w c o uld a
-

c o t t o n p l an t t h riv e i f p l a n t e d u n d e r a d e n s e s h a d e
of a g re at t re e ,
wh e r e i t wo uld b e s h ut o u t o r ,

t u r n e d a wa y f r o m t h e h e a t a n d li g h t o f t h e s u n ?

T h e s o u r c e o f i t s n a t u r a l li f e F u r t h e r h o w c o ul d
.
,

a j e wi s h child b e e x p e c t e d t o t u rn t o C h r i s t a s t h e ,

Go d wi t h al l p o we r i n H e a v e n a n d e a r t h a n d wo r
, ,

s hi p H i m a s t h e o n l y Di vi n e m a n a n d a s o u r o n l y
Go d a n d a s t h e o n l y c r e a t o r r e d e e m e r a n d r e
,

g e n e r a t o r ; w h e n t h e y a r e g r o w i n g u p u n d e r t h e

s h a d e i n fl ue n c e p r e j u dic e t e a ch i n g s a n d a t t i t ud e
, , ,

t o wa r d s o u r Go d o n t h e p ar t o f t h e i r p a r e n t s Is .

n o t t h e j e wi s h c hild g r o wi n g u p u n d e r t h e g r e a t
,

t r e e o f j e wi s h t h o u g h t a n d i n fl ue n c e ; a n d d o e s n o t
t h a t t ur n t h e child s m i n d f r o m C h r i s t ? A g a i n i s
’
,

n o t a n y f a l s e t e a chi n g a s h a d e t o t h e m i n d to s h ut ,

o u t t h e li g h t o f t r u t h ? T h e r e i s n ot h i n g b ut t r u t h
a n d f a l s i t y ; n a t u r al s p i r i t ua l a n d
,
c e l e s t i a l t r ut h ,

or t h e op p o s i t e d e g r e e s o f f al s i ty .Di vi n e t r u t h
i n i t s di ff e r e n t d e g r e e s s p ri n g s f r o m Di vi n e h e at
or l o v e ,
i n i t s d i ff e r e n t d e g r ee s o f h e a t o r aff e c ti o n
,
.

T h e un i t i o n b e twe e n t h e C h ri s t or t h e m a n , ,

Divi n e T r u t h ; an d t h e Di vi n e L o v e i n i t s s ur p e m e,

p o t e n c y t oo k pl a c e af te r o ur S a vi o r a s c e n d e d ( n o t
, ,
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in s p a c e ) b ut up i n t o t h e g r e a t e r l o v e a n d wi s d o m
,

c a ll e d t h e F a t h e r ; j u s t i n t o t h e s u p r e m e s t s t at e o f
Divi n e L o v e a n d W i s d o m N ow J e s u s C h r i s t i s
.
,

th e I n fin i t e P e r s o n . T h e wh o l e Go d M an -
A nd .

H e fi ll s H e a v e n a n d e a r t h wi t h H i s i n fl uen c e o r
s p i ri t '

I s n o t t h e H o l y S pi r i t C h r i s t s s p i ri t
,
’
,

t h a t we h a v e t o g e t i n t o t o b e i n t h e vi n e ? D i d
,

H e n o t s ay h e wo uld n o t l e a v e u s o r p h a n s t h a t H e ,

wo ul d s e n d t h e s pi r i t f r o m Divi n e l o v e t h e F a t h e r
, ,

af te r H e a s c e n d e d i n t o i t
?
A r e we n o t fi n i t e d e
g re e s o f o r fi n i t e c a p a ci t i e s t o r e c e i v e t h e l i g h t i n

a fi n i t e d e g r e e whi ch H e s a id H e c a m e t o b r i n g t o

us f ro m G od ? C h r i s t b e i n g t h e o n l y b e g o t t e n s on ,

wa s c a p a ci t a t e d b y i n wa r d so u l f o r m to fi n a ll y c o n
t ai n t h e Divi n e l o v e a n d wi s d o m I t s e l f i n i t s f ull
, ,

n es s ,
whil e we c a n n o t a pp r ox i m ate a n y s u ch d e
g ree t o a l l e t e r n ity
. W h e n w e d i e a s t o t h e b o d y ,

we l e a v e t h e t i m e wo r ld f o r a li f e i n t h e e t e r n i t y
,

wo r l d ; o r t h a t wo r l d wh e r e Di vi ne l o v e i s h e at an d
Di vi n e t r u t h i s li g h t i n wa r d a n d o u t wa r d o f s o u l
, ,

f or m s o r s p i r i t ua l H e a v e n l y fi n i t e b e i n g s
, Re .

re a d an d s t u dy t h e t h o u g h t s o f t h i s b o o k Y o u .

c an n o t g e t t h e li g h t h o we v e r un l e s s y o u d e t e r
,
,

m i n e y o u w ill li v e u p to i t a s y o u r e c e i v e i t f o r
, ,

G o d w ill n o t b e m oc k e d H e c an n o t b e d e c e iv e d
. .

H e w ill n o t per m i t y ou to g e t i t o n l y to ag ai n t urn

,

away f ro m i t a n d t h ere by p ro f ane i t to y ou r h ur

‘

T h e s e cre t of g et t i n g i t i s to b e willi n g to f o l l o w i t
,
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i n y o u r l if e F o l l o wi n g C h r i s t , i s d o i n g H i s will
. .

A n d h o w c a n yo u g e t t h e l i g h t wi t h o u t p r ay i n g t o
t h e r Ig h t s o urc e I n t h e a c t o f p r ay i n g t o t h e F a t
.

h e r a s o ut s ide of C h ri s t , Y o u
l oo k i n g t o t h e
ar e

i n v i s i bl e i n t h o ug h t a n d wh e n t h e p r a y e r i s e n d e d
,

Y o u t hi n k o f C h r i s t o n l y o n c e i n t h e wh o l e p r ay e r
,

a n d t h a t i s w h e n y o u s ay Do t hi s Fa t h e r f o r
“
, ,

C h r i s t s s ak e
’
. Yo u t h i n k o f C h r i s t t h e n N a t u r a l l y
a n d n o t s pi r i t ually W e re yo u t o g o t o C h r i s t i n
.

p ray e r y o u wo uld a p p r o a ch t h e wh o l e Go d Man

,
-
,

a n d y o u wo uld h a v e a vi s i bl e G o d M a n i n y ou r m i n d
-

i n s t e a d of n on e F o r no fi n i t e m i n d c a n f o r m a
.

c o n c e p t o f t h o ug h t a b o u t Go d a s H e e x i s t e d o u t o f
C h ri s t n i n e t e e n h u n d r e d a n d t e n y e a r s ag o a n d ,

p r e v i o us t o t h a t t i m e H e c a m e to m a k e H i m s e l f
.

k n o wn a n d t o a r r a n g e Hi m s e l f s o we c o uld b e
,

co n jo i n ed t o H i m t h r o ug h a k n o wl e d g e o f H i m a n d
, ,

a n aff e c t i o n f o r H i m W e a r e c o m m an d e d to l o v e
.

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,

p u t H i m s e l f wi t hi n t h e b o un d s o f o u r c a p a ci t y t o

u n d e r s t an d H i m T h e s t udy o f C h r i s t s h o uld b e
.
,

t h e m os t p o p ul ar s t udy o n e a r t h a s i t i s t h e m os t
,

i m p o r t an t f o r t h e s o ul s e t e r n al we l f a r e T h e re i s
.

o n e o r d e r ly way f o r t h e n a t ur a l d e g r ee s o f a m an s
’

m i n d t o b e c r e a t e d i n a n at u ra l b o dil y c o n t ai n i n g
,

ve s se l o r f orm .A n d t h a t i s to b e c r e a t e d fi r s t
th r o ug h t h e w i t h i n t o t h e o ut m o s t G o d i s al l a n d
.

i n al l i n t h e c re at i o n o f a m an o r a t r ee a n d H e
, ,
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wo rk s f ro m with in li f e o f e a ch t h o ug h ne i t h
, as th e

e r th e t re e n o r t h e m an
,
i s c o n s ci o u s o f wh a t i s
,

b e i n g d o n e wi t hi n S O C h ri s t ca m e i n t o t h e n a t
.

u ra l f r o m D i vi n e s e e d i n a n o r d e r ly g r o wt h f r o m
, ,

w i t hi n o u t No w di d H e c o m e i n H i s o wn N a m e ?
.

Did H e c o m e a s a s e l f l o v e r o r a l o v e r of t h e r i ch e s
a n d h o n o r s o f t hi s w o r ld ? Did H e n o t c o n d e u m
b o t h a s l o v e s t h a t i f p e r m i t t e d t o r ul e wo ul d d e
, , ,

s t r oy t h e s o ul ? T h e o r d e rly n a t u r a l l i f e wh e n ,

s u bj e c t t o t h e D i vi n e l a ws o f o r d e r l y li f e i n t h e .

n a t u r a l wo r ld ; i s t h e s we e t e s t b e s t a n d h a pp i e s t
n at u r a l li f e a h u m a n b e i n g
, c an li ve an d t h a t i s ,

wh a t we a t t ai n b y b e c o m i n g t r ue C h r i s t i an s God .

c a m e t o r e c o n cil e t h e wo rld h i s f all e n ch i ld r e n t o

, ,

Hi m s e l f. H e s o l e ve d h i s child r e n wh o we r e t urn .

e d a way f r o m H i m t h a t H e a t t h e p ro p e r t i m e al
, , ,

wa y s ex p e c t e d t o a rr a n g e i t s o H e c o uld s e n d H i s
li g h t o r D i vi n e t r u t h t o u s S O we c o uld g e t t h e
li g h t i n t o u s by t h e m e a n s o f b e l i e f a n d t r u s t or
,

f ai t h i n i t.

I f y o u e v e r re p e n t a n d b e li e v e y o u will g r ow i n ,

t o t r us t c o n fi d en c e a n d g re a t l o vi n g f a i t h ; b e l i e f
,

f r o m t h e h e a r t o r will ; t h a t J e s u s wa s t h e C h r i s t ,

t h e M e s s i a h t h e Go d wi t h u s
, P r i n c e of p e a c e o n
.
,

e a r t h whil e h e r e an d af t er t h e u n i o n a f t e r t h e
, ,

c o n j un c t i o n o f D i v i n e n a t ur al t r u t h t h e S o n an d
D i vi n e l o v e i t s e l f A f t e r t h e g l or i fi c a t i on o f t h e
.

D i vi n e n a t ur a l by b e i n g fi ll e d to t h e u t m os t wi t h
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th e i n fi n i t e D i vi n e l o v e i n t h e D i vi n e b o d y o f n a t
,

u ra l S p i r i t ua l a n d c e l e s t i a l t r u t h ; o r a f t e r H e c a m e
,

I n t o H i s i n h e r e t a n c e o f al l t h e t hi n g s c o n s t i t u t i n g
t h e F a t h e r ; d i d H e n o t t h e n b e c o m e o ur H e a v e n ly
F a t h e r ? A n d wh e n we p r ay s h o uld we n t t hi n k o

o f H i m ; a n d e n d t h e p r ay e r wi t h t h e r e q u e s t t h a t

H e d o i t f o r Hi s o wn d e a r s ak e o r t h a t t h e r e q ue s t
,

i s m a d e i n H i s N a m e a n d f o r H i s o wn s a k e o r f o r ,

t r u t h s s ak e ? A t l e a s t we s h o uld n o t i n i d e a t hi n k
’
.

o f t wo D i v i n e b e i n g s whi ch i s id o l a t r o u s
, In .

H e a v e n we wil l n o t b e d o ub l e m i n d e d a n d we c a n .

o n ly s p e a k o r u t t e r t h e id e a s a s we p o s s e s s t h e m
‘

S o i t i s s af e r a n d b e t t e r t o g o t o C h ri s t a s t h e
w h o l e a n d wh e n y o u g o t o H i m a s t h e H e a v e n l y
,

F a t h e r yo u g o t h r o ug h t h e d o o r i n t o t h e s h e e p f o ld ,

o r He av e n . I t i s h o n o r i n g t o C h ri s t t o d o s o a n d ,

H e i s yo ur Go d o r y o u h a v e n o n e ; f o r y o u k n o w o f
,

no n e o t h e r a n d i f H e i s Go d t h e r e i s n o n e o t h e r
, ,

a n d we d a r e n o t s ay t h e r e i s m o r e t h a n o n e A nd .

i f H e i s n o t t h a t o n e wh a t p a r t o f t h e o n e i s H e
,
?

Wh a t p a r t wa s H e wh e n o n e a r t h b ut t h e D i vi n e
t r ut h o r wo r d A n d t h e wo r d i s t h e c r e a t o r f o r
.
,

t h e fi r s t ch a p o f J o h n s ay s s o A n d He ca m e a s
‘

. .

t h e R e d e e m e r a n d S a vi o r No w i s n o t t h a t t h e
.

wh o l e ?
I t i s b y t h e m e an s of C h r i s t Di vi n e t r ut h a n d
,

f ai t h i n H i m ; t h a t we g e t s a vi n g g r a c e o r t h e ,

c h an g e o f o ur a fie c t i o n s by h a vi n g e vil t o g i v e
'

,
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pl a c e t o thg o d o f
e D iovi n e l o v e o r t h e F a t h e r i n u s .

T h e F a t h e r Di vi n e l o v e c a m e to u s i n D i vi n e t r u t h ,

t h e s on O t h e r wi s e i n w h a t way wa s t h e F a t h e r
.
, ,

m a n i fie s t e d ? W h a t di d t h e M e s s i a h m a n i f e s t b ut ,

D i vi n e t r u t h an d l o v e ? T h e D i vi n e t r u t h t h e s o n
m a n i f e s t e d Di vi n e l o v e t h e hid d en o n e t h e ,

Fa t h e r . N ow ne i th e r c an ex i s t wi t h o u t t h e
,

o t h er n o r e v er ex i s te d w i t h o ut t h e o t h er
, .

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n o t h a v e d e s i re i n i t o r o ri g n i at e d f r o m s o m e k i n d

of d e s i r e T h o ug h t i s a l wa y s o n o f s o m e d e s i r e a s
.

i t s F a t h er W o r d s s p o k e n a r e f or m s of s o un d
’
. .

T h e r e n e v e r wa s a n e ff e c t wi t h o u t a c au s e i n i t ,

which p r o d uc e d i t .

We s h o uld ere i t i s t oo l ate s e c ur e t h e o il of

, ,

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,
ove or c h a r
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.
,

wi t h ou t t h e s ub s t ance g ra c e ; f or i f we d o we w ill
, ,

m i s s t h e m ar k o f th e hi g h c alli n g o f a f ull g ro wn ,

m an i n J e s us C h r i s t t h e o n ly t ru e G o d
, .
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, ,

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, .

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C h ri s t wa s Go d i n t h e fl e s h n o t t wo p e rs o n s b ut on e
,

T h e re fo re wh o l o ok e t h t o t h e S o n l o ok e t h t o t h e wh o l e ;
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S o uL

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Th e wo rd s of Go d ; we a cc e p t e t h ;
“
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sp r

U n to h im ; p on d e r t h a t we l l i n y o u r l e i s u re .

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e ,

T o al l wh o wi l l p ro p e rly d ri n k an d e x e rci s e b e l i e f ;

T h e wo rd s o f C h ri s t a re t ru l y Go d s wo r d s s e n t ;
’

T h e b o d y o f C h ri s t Go d s n at u ra l t e n t
’
.

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d i v i n e t ru t h s e n t d own
is ,

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T hi s wa t e r i s t h e wi n e o f li f e t o al l s e n t fre e , ,

T o d riv e fro m t h e s o u l t h e p o i s o n o f E d e n s t re e
’
,

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F o r qu i t e a p l e a s u re i t g iv e s s o u l s f o r C h ri s t
, to wi n .

Wh e n o ur C h ri s t h a s p ut d o wn H i s l a s t e n e m y ,

A n d H e a v e n an d t h e ch u rch a re i n u n i t y .
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T he n will I h av e ju s t b e gu n t o b e i n t u n e s uffi ci e n t ly ,

T o s i n g a ju s t a p p re ci a t i o n o f wh a t H e h a s d o n e i n m e ;
Wh e n t h e re a re n o m o re s i n n e rs i n e a rt h t o ra i s e ,

I n H e a v e n l e t m e s i n g o ur S a vi o u r s p ra i s e
’

H e av e n is n ot in u ral s p a c e a b o v e
n at ,

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B ut by n e w i n wa r d l i f e g iv e n i n re g e n e ra t i o n .

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,

F o r H e a v e n i s up i n y o u i t i s a hi g h e r m e n t a l s t at e ;
.

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O n e o u t wa rd t h e o t h e r i n wa rd we fin d ;

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an , ,

I n a n y di re c t i o n a b i lli o n m i l e s a b o v e t h e a i r ;
Yo u o p e n up b y d e g re e s m e n t a l ly W i t hi n ;
H e a v e n i s a b o v e t h e n at u ra l m i n d o f s i n .

T h at wa s fi rs t which i s s p i ri t u a l
n ot ,

B ut t h a t ( i s fi rs t b o rn ) which i s n a t u ra l ,

A n d a ft e rwa rd s t h at wh i ch i s s pi ri t u a l ;
Ex c e p t m y f e w wo rd s t hi s i s s c ri p t u ra l
, .

A n d as we h a v e b o rn e th e i m ag e of th e hly
e a rt ,

We s h all a l s o h e ar t h e i m a g e o f t h e H e a v e n ly ;
W e are fi rs t a wil l o f t h e fl e s h which yo u s e e we
, tr us t ,

R e b orn i n t o a h i g h e r f ro m a l owe r m i n d o f d u s t
,
.
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Goo d i s l wa y s fo un d i n t ru e t h o ug ht
a ,

F o r t h o ug h t i s b y t h e o t h e r wro ug h t
A n d g o o d t h e t r u t h d o t h a l wa y s e x p re ss ,

L o vi n g i t s o wn c orr e s p o n di n g d re s s
’
.

E vil i n i t s o wn fa l s e will
v e r a p p e ar
, ne ,

F or t h e s o u n d o f i t s o wn v o ic e i t s e l f d o t h fe a r
I n b o rro we d ro b e s wi ll e v e r d we ll ,

S o l o n g as awa y fro m i t s h o m e i n h e l l .

M an y a g e m of sp ark l i n g wort h ,

H a s fo u n d t h e wa s t e b a s k e t o f a fo o l ,

T o g i v e p l a c e t o m a t t e rs o f e art h
A s b us in e s s o r a ga m e o f p o o l
, .

Th e l o s t s o u l a b rok e n lik e n e s s o f H e av e n
, ,

T h e li k e n e s s o f h e l l d ot h t ak e ;
A s a h e a vy cl o u d by a dv e rs e wi n d s d riv e n ,

O n l y m o vi n g s h ad ows m ak e .

Wo n d e rfu lly fo rm e d an d ju s t on ly t h i n k ,

M a n a b rok e n i m a g e b orn t h e wo rl d d o t h
, ap e ,

U n t i l re fo rm e d by s pi ri t u a l d ri n k ,

I n t o a n e w b e i n g o f A n g e lic s h ap e .

Th e o u t ward u al m i n d l o ok s d own t o t h i n g s o f e art h

sens ,

Tu rn e d wi t h l o v i n g at t i t u d e t o s e l f s i n c e i t s bi rt h ; ’

B y d e g re e s h i g h e r ch am b e rs o f t h e s o u l we e n t e r ,

U n t i l we b e h o l d J e s u s C h r i s t t h e c o m m o n c e n t e r .
1 04 F R O M DA R K N ES S TO LI GH T

Th e e a rt u p s i d e d own an d al l u n d on e
h is ,

P ra y i n g t o F at h e r a s o ut o f t h e S on ;
T o s ay o ur F at h e r i n H e a v e n we a re t a ug h t an d a ll owa bl e , ,

Wh e n Go d i n C h ri s t i s t h o ug h t o t h e rwi s e i t i s i n t o l e rabl e
, .

A re you i g r e a l s u b s t an c e f o r b e t t e r i n n e r h e a l t h
s e ek n , ,

O r o n l y ch as i n g s h a d ows f o r g re a t e r o u t wa rd we al t h ;
I t i s b e t t e r t o l ay u p t re a s u re i n H e a v e n we a re t o l d ,

T h an t o b e e v e r ch a s i n g ra i n b ows t o fin d a p o t o f go l d .

Le t g o t h e ol d s n ui f l l i f e wi t h , it
’
s m o t iv e s qu e e r ,

A s i
n o ses m ade , th d e p a rt i n g y e ar ;
e end of a

Le t i n t h e n e w li f e f ro m C h ri s t wi t h t h e s am e g oo d ch e e r
, ,

A n d d a rk n e s s will g iv e p l a c e t o li g h t i n y o u m y d e a r , .

Oh c om e , l e t usi g u n t o t h e L o rd ;
s n

L e t us m ak e a j o yfu l n o i s e t o t h e R o c k o f o ur S alv a t i o n ,

Le t us g l a dly b e i n o n e a cc o rd
B e f o re H i m i n p ra i s e a n d t h a n k s f o r a g r e at e rd e l e c t a t i o n
, , .

Th b o dy i s o n l y t h e c o v e ri n g o f t h e s pi ri t
e ,

A n d wh e n p ut o ff t h e n t h e r e a l m a n i s a s y o u s e e i t ;
,

B e fore re fo rm at i on i t wo u ld b e s e e n i n e vil s di re d e f o rm i t y
, ,

B ut a ft e r re g e n e ra t i o n a f orm o f i n e x p r e s s ab l e b e a u t y
, .

To h e n d t h e s t at e o f t h e Lo rd s g l o ri fi c a t i o n
a p p re
’
,

S t u dy i t a s i m a g e d i n m a n s r e g e n ra t i o n ;
’

M an b e f o re i s d o u b l e m i n d e d a ft e r on e n e w m i n d h a s h e
, ,

S o o ur L o rd i n e a rt h a p p e a re d b ut n o w o n e Go d i n g l o ry
, .
 OIR T H E VE I L LI FT E D 1 05

M us e s fro m th e i n m o s t s e rafic t h ron g

D ivi n e O n e
’
s ,

Tu n e o ur h a rp t o a cc or d wi t h hi g h e s t A n g e l ic s o n g ;
T h at we m a y d raw b y t e n d e r m e l o di e s o f t hi n e
, ,

M a n y f ro m t h e d a rk n e s s t o c o m p re h e n d t h e Vin e .

S i n n e r ! Go d i s k n o c k i n g d h e ar His vo i c
’
on t yo u e ?
,

Le t H i m i n t o s up wi t h you an d a l wa y s re j o i c e ;

He will c o m e i n a n d a s s i s t y o u t o a t o n e ,

A n d will g ra n t y o u t o s i t wi t h H i m i n H i s t h ro n e .

T h e wa y t o c o m e i n t o C h ri s t i s v e ry cl e ar,

R e a d H i s H o ly wo rd an d d o n o t fai l t o he ar ;

Wh e n yo u g et H i s i d e as an d be g in to d o H i s wi ll ,
Y o u wi ll b e a b ran c h of th e Vi n e a n d h a p p i e r s t ill .

W he n re a di n g t h e se ve rse s , do n ot d we ll i n t h e m e asu re of th e
li n e s ,

B u t c a t c h t h e t h o ug h t s u n l e ss you i n t e n d
, t o re a d v
t h e m s e e ra l
tim es ;

T h e y a re se n t i n t h e fo rm o f a s o n g o f l o v e ,

T o wo o yo u t o wo rs h i p t h e t rue G o d ab o ve .

Fa i t h is th e fo rm o f sa vi n g
c g ra e ,

I t t ak e s t he m b o t h t o wi n t h e ra c e ;
F o r fa i t h a l o n e s h a d o w o f l i fe l e s s n e s s a n d pai n
, ,

I s b u t t h e fo rm a n d m ark o f A b e l s b ro t he r C ai n
’
.
,

G rac e t h e livi n g s u b st an c e fro m t h e D ivi n e

, ,

Fash i o n s i t s o wn fo rm s i n wh i c h t o re cli n e ;
,

O u t o f t h e d e g re e s i n g ra c e m an d o t h t ake , ,

A G ran d M a n i n H e ave n t h e L o rd d o t h m ake ,

.
1 06 FR OM D A R K NE S S T O LI GH T

T hat o u r Lo rd J e su s C h ri s t i s t h e G o d o f H e ave n an d e art h

, ,

I s cl e a rl y s e e n i n t h e l i g h t o f t h e s p i ri t u al b i rt h ;
Whe n t h i s id e a o f t h e wo rd i s n o t p e rc e i ve d b y t h e m i n d
, ,

I t d we ll e t h i n n at u ra l d ark n e s s fro m b e i n g v e ry b li n d
, .

R e pe n t , p ray t o t h e Lo rd a n d H e wi ll be b e t t e r u n d e rs t o o d ;
,

T h i s i s v e ry e as y a n d c an b e d o n e i f yo u o n l y wo u ld
, ,

A n d l e a rn t h a t t h e p re c e p t s o f t h e d e ca l o g u e a re t h e W o rd s o f,

li f e ,

A c c o rdi n g t o wh ic h m e n m u s t live t o o v e r c o m e a he ll i s h
,

s t ri fe .

Fai t h a l o n e t h o u h ab i t at i o n o f d rag o n s ;
,

H o ld o f e ve ry u n cl e an b i rd ; o w l s c o m p an i o u s
Se e k y o u r m o u n t a i n s i n whi c h t o h o o t a n d re s t ;
,

Y o u are Esa u s was t e i n t h e wild e rn e ss

’

, .

If upo n u
f ai t h , w i t h o t t h e wo rk s
g c y o u of ra e s t an d ,

Y o ur h ou se i s o n ly u p o n t h e sa n d ;
e re c t e d

T h e ro c k s o f t rut h a m o rt e r o f l o ve re qu i re ,

T o b u i l d a s ou l f o r a wo rld t h at i s h i g h e r .

T h e y wh o b e l i e ve fro m t h e he art are t ru l y t h e save d ,

A n d o u r L o rd s H o ly W o rd s a re b y t h e m e v e r c rav e d ;
’

T he y s e e k t h e D ivi n e W i s d o m an d t h e D i vi n e Lo v e ,

A s livi n g N e c ta r a n d A m b ro s i a fro m a b o v e .

If th e li p s p ro cl ai m t hat G o d i s o n e ,

A n d t h e m i n d b e h o ld s H i m i n t h e s o n ;
N o c o n t ra d i c t i o n ca n a ri s e ,

B e t we e n th e li p s a n d c o n s ci o u s e y e s .
 o n T H E VEI L LI FT ED 1 01

U p o n u n i t y i n T ri n i t y we will d we ll ,

U n t i l a li t t l e c h i ld c an c o m p re he n d i t we ll ;
T o k n o w o u r G o d ari g ht e x am i n e H i s H o l y B o o k
, ,

F o r o u t o f C h ri s t i s d ark n e s s e v e rywhe re yo u l o o k
, .

T h e n wh y s upp lic at e th e D ivi n e ble

u n k n o wa ,

I n p re fe re n c e t o t h e D ivi n e C h ri s t c o g n i zab l e ;
Whe n yo u say Fat he r i n H e ave n t h i n k J e s u s C hri s t
, , , is H e ,
A n d y ou r p ray e r will re ac h t h e p e rso n o f t h e T ri n i t y .

P ray e r ho u ld b e o ffe re d t o C hri s t f o r H i s o wn d e ar sake

s ,

T he n t h e id e a o f y o u r t h o u g ht t h e U n i t y d oe s n o t b re ak ;
I f yo u will qu i t t h i n ki n g o f t h e D ivi n e O n e as t h re e ,

T h e d e vi l will c eas e m ak i n g h i s a b o d e i n t he e .

P rayi n g t o an i n vi s i b l e D ivi n e o n e ,

F o r t h e sak e o f t h e o n ly b e g o tt e n s o n
I s n o t g o i n g t h ro u g h t h e d o o r t o t h e s he e p fo ld ,

B ut a n o t h e r way y o u r m es s ag e t o u n fo ld .

T pp ro ac h t h e Fathe r i n an y o t h e r way
o a ,

T han b y g o i n g t h ro u g h t h e Lo rd i s hu rt f ul t he y
,
s ay ;

T h e b e s t p l a n i t s e e m s wo u ld s u re ly b e
, , ,

T o s t u dy t h e wo rd a n d l e t i t g u id e t he e .

T he b o dy an db l o o d u p o n wh ich we s ho u ld fe e d ,

T o g ro w s pi ri t ually m i n d e d i n d e e d ;
I s n o t t h at b o dy an d b l o o d f ro m t h e m o t h e r ,

B ut t h e D ivi n e g o o d an d t ru t h fro m t h at o t he r .
1 08 F R OM DA R KN E SS T O LI GHT

Ph il ip h ad i d e a t he re was an o the r
an

D i vi n e s e p ara t e fro m o ur Eld e r B ro t he r

, ,

A n d re qu e s t e d t o b e s h o wn t h e Fat he r t o o ;
T h e Lo rd s a n swe r t o h i m sh o u ld sa t i s fy yo u
’

, .

Y o u w ill have t o l e arn t o t hi n k G o d i s o n e , ,

O r ve ry s o o n yo u wi ll t h i n k t h e re i s n o n e ,

I f t h e m o u t h p ro cl ai m s G o d i s o n e
, ,

T h i n k i t o r Y o u wi ll b e al l u n d o n e
, .

Sh u n t h e vil i n cl i n e d b ad c o m p an y avo id
e , ,

I f yo u wo u ld firm ly ho ld y o u r fait h an d g ra c e u n all o y e d ;

T h e e vil an d fa l s e i n so ci e t y i s c o n t ag e o u s an d hu g e ,

B e t t e r i s t h e t rue d o c t ri n e o f C h r i s t t h e H o ly C i t y o f re fu g e
,
.

Is n o t o n e an d c
t h e sa m e e s s e n e , t h e sa m e o n e ?
”

Is I n fin i t e Lo ve an d W i s d o m t h e s o n ?
n ot

H i s e art h ly t ab e rn a cl e was m ad e div i n e ,

T o c o n ta i n t h e I n fin t e O n e fo r a l l t i m e
,
.

T hi s li t t l e b o o k i s s e n t as a li t t l e l e ave n ,

T o he l p e x t e n d o u r Savi o r s Ki n g d o m o f H e av e n ;
’

M ay t he s e H e ave n ly t ho u g ht s fa ll i n t o m u c h g o o d g ro u n d
, ,

A n d li ft t h e ve il fro m m an y t hat l i g h t m ay ab o u n d
,
.