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Excerpts from
Instruction
BY BELOVED MASTER
JESUS
November 27, 1952
"...Do you remember the beautiful sunsets that
spread like fire across the Sea of Galilee when, after the people had
reluctantly retired to their homes, we sat in the quiet of the evening and
shared the peace of God? Do you recall the meadows deep in golden grain where we
walked together in enjoyment of the simple beauty of Nature's raiment? These are
the remembrances that rise with a man when the Presence at last calls him home.
I remember an Easter morning, when the Sun had
not yet dried the early dews, and some of you stood hoping... beside an empty
tomb. I remember too a more triumphant hour when the Fire of the Holy Spirit
swept through the earnest souls waiting to receive it and united their outer
consciousnesses with the powers they so earnestly desired. They went forth in
mastery... for a time. I have also a deep and lasting memory of upturned faces,
bewildered eyes and earnest hearts on a small hill beneath the noonday Sun,
when I must bid friends "goodbye" and answer my Father's call.
Ah, yes, of such sweet memories are eternal
friendships built and on the invisible rays of such heart-ties do the loves and
lights of other Realms enter into the hearts of men.... Blessed Communion! I
often think on that Thursday evening before my trial. The heat of the day was
over, the rushing of the energies of the great masses was stilled, when we
gathered together for our Passover Feast. We were a group of a few simple men in
a large and uncomprehending city, bound together by an individual bond of
spiritual attunement which is stronger than the insistent bonds of flesh and
blood... How eagerly I called that each of those present might know that
Communion which had been my strength, my sustenance, my very life through the
years! How deeply earnest was my prayer that all of them might drink of the Cup
of God's spiritual life! That prayer was answered by the mercy of his love.
Today again you share the Communion with the brothers and sisters who have
attained Immortality. The Cup in your midst is in commemoration of that
blessing...."