David Barnes — Good evening everyone. It's good to see everybody and to have an hour together, letting minds and hearts be moved by spirit. It is particularly important to be together today, September 13th. On this day in 1932—ninety-four years ago—Uranda began to go through his awakening process over a three day period; but which he indicated was not fully complete until 1936. He said it took about four years, between 1932 and 1936 for his earthly consciousness to be fully absorbed into his heavenly consciousness, his identity in Eternal Being. Early on, he wrote: “I now manifest in the earth as the Naacal Sage of the New Age, according to the promise.” Of himself, he also wrote:
“My name, Uranda, is of the language of the Motherland, or the original Lemurian. I now manifest as an American Lemurian. The function of Uranda is to focalize and direct the response of all the Earnest Ones of the world to our Great Beloved Master, the LORD of the Sacred Seven, Whom the world knows as Jesus the Christ…” He counselled and suggested, “If someone asks you, ‘Who is Uranda?’ Answer simply after this wise: ‘Uranda is a teacher and writer who makes the Truths of Life so simple and plain that even a child can understand them, and he directs the attention through the indwelling Father, to Jesus Christ, Who is LORD of Lords.’”
Tonight, let’s spend a little time acknowledging some of what Uranda accomplished during his short life—accomplishment that has meant so much to us, and to many others who know nothing about him outwardly. Nonetheless, everyone on earth is participating in the Third Sacred School, which was opened by Uranda in this outer world in September 1932. So, Uranda, having been sent into the world in this current era and this current incarnation by the LORD of Lords, set to work. First, to acknowledge and clarify the work that the LORD did when He was on earth as Jesus; clarify the truth which had been grossly misunderstood, misrepresented and defiled in its interpretations and representations through Christian doctrines, and by all the religions of the world. We are thankful that some little knowing of the Lord of Love was kept alive in consciousness over the intervening years since He established the Victory Pattern in His living, and in His resurrection and ascension
I am certain that we have been here many times over the past 2,000 years, participating in the work of preparing the Way of the LORD. And more recently in this present era when the Archangelic Beings we knew as Uranda and Martin Cecil [Exeter] came again, and we came specifically to work with them, along with Lillian and Grace, and countless others that we knew and know. We came to generate fine pneumaplasm, through our own spiritual expression, spiritual substance that would bring into consciousness, understanding and manifestation the Divine Design of Man. What a wonderful thing, what a beautiful thing, to think back on, and to acknowledge, to participate in now, and to carry forward as our Ordained Commission—each one of us.
Both Uranda and Martin clearly stated that they were not here as part of this forming Body but to provide a focus for the Tone of the Christ Spirit which lets the Body take form, grow, develop and come to maturity of expression and Presence. Martin put it this way: “I have indicated that in a personal sense I'm not here to participate in this Body but rather to provide what is necessary to let the Body take form. There is no one else in this particular position.” Uranda said the same thing of himself.
Uranda indicated that the LORD of Lords came on earth to reveal the reality of the Father. However, mankind failed to understand the truth and the nature of the Father. So, Uranda said that part of his work was to clarify the Truth of Love and the nature of the Father as revealed through Jesus, the Lord of Love. But he also indicated that the Lord of Love came to introduce the Spirit of Truth and the Lord of Truth to humanity—to introduce “another Comforter.” First of all, Uranda came to reveal more of the true nature of the Father; and then to unveil the presence of the Lord of Truth—to present himself as a manifest representative of the Spirit of Truth incarnate on earth as the Lord of Truth in this cycle of regeneration.
Another aspect of Uranda’s work was to reveal the Spirit of Life, working with others to generate the pneumaplasm needed to draw forth a focus of the Spirit of Life in the one who had incarnated to bring a representation of the Lord of Life on earth—manifest in the person of Martin Cecil. And so, there was a successful movement over about 14 years to reach the point where Uranda and Martin were working together in leadership of the Third Sacred School, in leadership of the ministry of Emissaries of Divine Light, and providing a Spiritual Focus for the developing Christ Body, born into outer manifestation in 1946 through the Unit at Sunrise Ranch, and then later the Unit at 100 Mile House.
So a small Core began to develop, men and women who allowed the Body of the Son of God to take form around the manifestation and the expression of the Spirit of Love, the Spirit of Truth, and the Spirit of Life—the Body of God, a revelation of Love and Truth and Life in action on earth: Jehovah—the Spirit and the Body of God in action on earth through human beings. The Spirit of Love is the Father Spirit. The Spirit of Truth is the Mother Spirit. The Spirit of Life is the Spirit of the Children of God—the Sons and Daughters. The Sons and Daughters of God are charged with the responsibility of providing a Heavenly Home on earth for Father Love and Mother Truth—the dimensional home on earth for Father God, Father Love, the Lord of Love; and the dimensional home on earth for Mother God, and Mother Truth, the Lord of Truth; with Sons and Daughters of God at home on earth, caring for, protecting and revealing the Spirit and the substance of Father and the Mother—the Holy Family, Father, Mother, Child, Sons and Daughters, the Children of God. This is the Shekinah: Love, Truth and Life; and this is the Shekinah Pattern of Being on earth: Father, Mother—Man, Woman, Child, Sons and Daughters. Here is the beautiful pattern of the Truth of Love and Life that Uranda and Martin revealed in essence through their Archangelic Presence between 1932 and 1988.
Many wonderful things, beautiful things, were revealed and brought forth over the past 94 years; and it would be good to name a few more of them tonight, just touching on essences: an understanding of pneumaplasm; an opening of the Science of Mazzaroth; a revelation of the Four Forces in focalization and in action; setting the dominion of the Ordinances of heaven in the earth; a dawning understanding of our relationship here, in creative triangles, with Orion and the Pleiades, with Arcturus, with our Sun and the body of planets in our Solar System; a dawning consciousness of the Presence of all God Beings everywhere as evidence of the Presence of the One Who Dwells in the undimensional realms, in the Heaven of Heavens, and in the dimensional realms of heaven and earth.
Uranda brought forth the design of the Tabernacle, the Ark, the Holy of Holies, the Holy Place, the Outer Court and the Encampment—all to be made living flesh within the Body of God. Under their hand, the Body of Mother God began to manifest through the first of what would become Twelve Communities, representations of the Twelve Tribes with the LORD of Creation at the Apex, the Thirteenth One: a true representation of the Body of the Melchizedek Priesthood with the High Priest in the midst, tending and keeping the Garden Home for Mother God on earth, under the protective stewardship of the Sons and Daughters. Spiritual education was provided in prolific measure: six month Divine Design classes, attunement classes, countless seminars, assemblies, service centers, councils, books, audio and video tapes, making available millions upon millions of words which reveal the Living Word. And perhaps most important of all, the exemplification of the One Law in all phases of living, including the revelation of Man and Woman fused in the generation of Holy Substance through activation of all the Seven Seals opened by the LORD of Lords through His incarnation, life generations, and the reality of the ascension process which draws all substance, all men and women, into the Ascending Flame, and into the Central Flame of the Shekinah Pattern of Being operating throughout the Cosmos, brought to focus right here through the Body of the Lord of Love, the Lord of Truth and the Lord of Life. And That Is Us.
Could there be anything more Beautiful and Wonderful and Glorious than this? To provide the means by which the Kingdom Power and Glory is unveiled; the Fire of Love that Burns, the Light of Truth that Glows, and the Cloud of the Glory of Life. Our God did make the Earth a Home of Beauty Love and Light. Let your Light so shine before men—Emissaries of Divine Light. Martin at one time called this continuing emergence the Ever-Present Heavenly Event happening on earth. And so our times together are to continue this work, brought to remembrance in essence tonight. There has been quite a remarkable outpouring, I feel, over the last several months through various configurations of Angels, allowing the development of the Ark as it relates to the body and consciousness that we bring for this purpose, for the functions of the Ark made flesh through our being together in service, in prayer without ceasing. And in this vein, now Anne has something to share.
Anne Blaney — Well, I too would say that those of us here present are speaking to those in the body of mankind who are interested in keeping the Ark present, as Martin was doing. I think we all arrive to this place in time with great appreciation for those who have been and are concerned with the preservation of the Ark in themselves, and also in a collective way on earth.
Martin introduced us to the reality of spiritual essences. There's much that could be explored about dealing with essences, what that means, but suffice it to say that it's the intersection of the spirit of God with the highest and finest substance in our individual and collective consciousness and living. So, I think we have a general understanding of what essences are: what's really, truly important; that which corresponds with our highest spiritual values; and presumably we have learned how to live with an awareness of the importance of essences. This finds a focus in our individual meditations; in our relationship with the Most High, and in the nurturance of that intersection between us and the Most High—loving and knowing the ignition that happens in our soul when we combine with the Most High Spirit of God that magically can be known here by us. We know God by those finer levels of generation combined with the invisible spirit. This is pretty miraculous.
I was, and have always been, very keen to know and understand the “who and what” of this experience of God. I feel extremely privileged to have come to the place in my life where the essences of God are primary. It's an amazing way to live and, it has some very practical applications. I thought, being the Anniversary date, that we could listen together to an audio excerpt from The Preservation of Essences, words spoken by Martin on October 21, 1979 pm—so David, if you could play the tape please.
“We have been considering the Ark of Restoration. There has been the Ark of Survival in times past. These ancient arks were designed to preserve form. However, obviously, sooner or later something more than that would be required; for the form properly has a purpose. In the development of this ministry a form of some kind needed to be established so that there was a basis for the preservation of essences. The human approach gives considerable weight to form. There needed to be a change of consciousness which would allow for the weight to be given to the essences rather than to the form. Over the years there has always been a tendency to emphasize the forms, while we were actually in the business of establishing and preserving essences. So the Ark of Restoration is to provide a facility for the Preservation of Essences.
“The original Ark of the Covenant in the Tabernacle was simply a representation of what should emerge of a living form designed for the preservation of essences in the seasons of the Lord. Our concern is with essences, and this is the ark, the Living Ark, for which we carry responsibility as it appears on earth. This ark is not separate from ourselves. It makes available space which may be kept holy, space which is capable of holding safe the fine and beautiful substance in which the design of spirit is present. The space for this is at the level of the coarse substance of human consciousness. As there is space in this coarse substance out of which the human structures have been cast, then there is a Holy Place on earth, and in the midst of the Holy Place the Holy of Holies, and in the midst of the Holy of Holies the Ark.
“It is evident that the presence of the ark is dependent upon the Holy of Holies and the Holy Place, and these are in the midst of the Tabernacle. It is indicated that the Tabernacle of God is with men. There would be no Tabernacle without the ark. The Ark is the place in which there is the substance that allows for the presence of the spirit of God to be available on earth. It is the only way by which this fine substance in combination with the spirit may be present, the only way by which the Holy Ghost may come. So a Holy Place must be established within the coarse substance of human consciousness somehow. This has been the reason for this ministry: not to make some new form, some new and better form, but to provide space for the already existent fine and beautiful substance in which spirit is now present, so that this might be on earth within human consciousness. The ark permits spirit to be present in the substance in which it naturally appears; so here has been our concern. There has been much running to and fro in the Emissary world trying to accomplish this and achieve that, but it wasn’t really the purpose for which those who came were offered the opportunity of participation. At last it seems as though there are a few anyway who exhibit a willingness to participate in this true creative process, but is simply concerned to preserve a Holy Space in which the spirit of God may be present and in action through the essential spiritual substance.
“The Ark of the Covenant is relatively small when we bring into consideration the Tabernacle itself, and yet there is no genuine Tabernacle without the ark being on hand first. Then the Tabernacle takes form around the ark. The ark is the focus of spirit relative to what it is that is taking form. So there is a Tabernacle in which is a Holy Place, a Holy of Holies, and in the Holy of Holies is the ark. We noted this morning that there are many who have accepted the responsibility of moving in the current of the spirit at the level where they are, in the creative field that has been brought to them. Many of these have exhibited a dedication and a consistency which is truly remarkable. We see a culmination on the horizon, so to speak, which to all who went before was a long, long way off. We really have far more encouragement than anyone had in all the ages past. We find it at the doors, and that in itself is a tremendous blessing. If it is at the doors it is because there begins to be the evidence of this Living Ark of Restoration, the ark which preserves the reality of spirit in expression on earth. There is space for this.
“Individually it is necessary that those who participate in the living formation of this ark should have this space present within themselves where no human nature structures of control may trespass. This is kept safe individually speaking. Only when it is kept safe individually speaking does it become possible to keep a larger space sacred collectively speaking. There is the need for this larger space. As there begins to be this space, then the ark may begin to take form. But the form of the ark is entirely secondary to the essence of the ark, and that essence is kept safe within ourselves as individuals or there is no ark. This relates not only to hearing the Voice but doing. All doing must spring from this sacred space in the expression of the spirit of God. There will be no expression of the spirit of God unless the spirit of God has a resting place in you.
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“Build ye an Ark. I suppose it could be said that Uranda heard those words way back somewhere, perhaps not those exact words, but the sense of them anyway. I heard them too, and others have heard them, that there might be a safe place for essences within the range of the human consciousness. It can’t be done any other way. It can’t somehow be projected in, boring into human consciousness from some other realm. We have the privilege of knowing this much truth and we have the responsibility that goes with it; whether we like it or not it’s the fact of the matter. So we’re here to accept the fact, both of the privilege and of the responsibility, that this ark of preservation and of restoration may be a reality on earth.
“There are many, many people who are living in the expression of the spirit of God in the particular fields of their activity the world around. They’re already there, doing what they can do, and maybe doing it better than we have handled our responsibilities. But whatever they are doing, it all goes for nothing unless the ark is present, unless the facility which focalizes essences is present. Then it all comes together; it’s found to be one thing. Woe unto us if we have an exclusive attitude, imagining that we are high and mighty in some way and everyone else is beyond the pale. It isn’t so; it has never been so; we become keenly aware of the state of factual oneness. From the standpoint of the spirit of God there is oneness, there is wholeness. The peripheral state in which human beings exist, because it relates primarily to disintegration, is seen in terms of a scattering abroad: every man for himself.
“So we’re not here to do some great works according to the concepts of men but to provide something very simple, really, while we go about our daily affairs, not imagining that our daily affairs are the important thing; but the preservation of this sacred space is. This is primary. And we are delighted to participate in the formation of a Living Ark within which there is this sacred space consistently preserved. Out of the ark, through the Holy of Holies into the Holy Place, the glory of the Lord shines forth. The creative action of spirit is a reality within the consciousness of mankind, but first of all it’s within the consciousness of those who are already participating in the formation of the tabernacle already. They may not see consciously what it is that’s happening, at the moment at least, but there comes a surge of wonder. Something of glory begins to be experienced, attributed no doubt to the spirit of God. Yes, it is attributable to the spirit of God, but it didn’t just happen by chance. It happened because there was an ark; and it happens because there are those who have accepted the responsibility of composing that ark where essences are kept safe. When this is so, what we are here to do gets done.
“Our perspective relates to the whole or it is no perspective at all. If we participate in the composition of this Living Ark, then our outlook is from that point of focus which encompasses everything; and while we may not see everything in all its details—we certainly won’t; nobody does—we will see what we do see in its perspective relative to the whole, and we’ll never pick anything out as being some personal thing. Human consciousness can do nothing except wreak havoc trying to do something. It is the action of spirit that alone does anything, and who is going to lay personal claim to that? No, we stay humble.
“My attitude always is that those to whom I speak should be participating in the living formation of the ark. It may not always be so, but I have that attitude. Things will prove themselves out anyway. But insofar as I am concerned everybody is encompassed in that and all are welcome. But of course there is a Flaming Sword which turns every way, past which one necessarily has to move to participate in this living formation. We may provide that Flaming Sword, keeping safe the sacred place within ourselves individually and within the whole Living Ark collectively. Then the Lord has a place to lay His head and what needs to be done is done”
Anne Blaney — We see how man has taken this knowledge and used it for his own purposes.Right. Well, we certainly have seen that! We're seeing it all around us. As those angels who are on hand right now, just as there were angels in times past, like Noah, we remain on earth to allow for the Preservation of Essences, to be that Ark on earth. Uranda described it as: “The ark, the Holy City, the place of divine habitation, the new Jerusalem which comes down from God out of heaven—whatever symbolical term we may use—describes the fulfilments suggested by the symbolism of Noah's ark, and the Ark of the Covenant.” As in times past, there were angels present, and today we are those angels. We are those ones who have become aware of certain facts, and therefore we have a responsibility for providing a space for heavenly essences. A place where God and man meet and restore and co-create. Now I will play for us an excerpt from a 1953 class by Uranda titled, The Ark—Shekinah Fire.
“Man remembers the Shekinah Fire, dimly at least, but he has forgotten that that fire is supposed to appear in relationship to himself. The fire—evidence of the Presence of the LORD. The fire that burns forever in the creative field where the Law of God is clearly established; not just tablets of stone in a box, even though that box be covered with gold leaf, but the Law of God made evident in the living of life. We see in these things how man back through the ages has tended to get into a state of crystallization: where the wickedness of man is great in the earth, where there is violence, and the evil imaginations of men's hearts are made evident. That which does not conform with the crystallized patterns is conceived to be evil by those who are evil. That which is not of the divine design of God, being evil, conceives all things which do not conform to itself to be evil and foolish. The ark, the Holy City, the place of divine habitation, the new Jerusalem which comes down from God out of heaven—whatever symbolical term we may use—describes the fulfilments suggested by the symbolism of Noah's ark, and the Ark of the Covenant at the time of the children of Israel; but human beings today are inclined to feel that, as it is put in Peter's Epistle, ‘there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the foundation of the world.’
“Scoffers saying, ‘All things continue as they were. We have had this pattern of world activity a long time. There has been the rise and fall of empires; we have had birth and death, and suffering and misery; we have had times of prosperity and times of depression, times of peace and times of war. These things are natural and they'll just continue on that way. All things continue as they were.’ That is what they said in the days of Noah. It has been man's theme down through the centuries. But things do not continue as they were. We either move toward God, in the fulfilment of His will, or we move away from God toward oblivion. We need to be prepared for the flood of truth, for it is the flood of truth that shall cleanse and purify the world. And the fire shall be made evident, the fire of God's love. Do we welcome that fire and let it manifest between the cherubim? Or do we try to keep that fire of God's love, the evidence of His Presence, far away? Are you an Ark of the Covenant? Is your life, in its pattern, unfolding an ark wherein there is a window above, an ark that is capable of riding out the turbulence of the flood of truth? It was written by Daniel that in the latter days knowledge shall be increased and many shall run to and fro. What is the evidence of the coming of the flood of truth? The increase in knowledge. The very fact that knowledge is increased and human beings are running to and fro provides us evidence of the coming of the flood of truth. We see how man has taken this knowledge and used it to his own purposes.”
Anne Blaney — Uranda was speaking about the Ark of the Covenant, and the creation of an Ark, with acknowledgement of specific challenges we face, being in the world right now. We’ve read and heard about the challenges facing Noah in his times, which led him to the building of an Ark. Really, there’s no fundamental difference between Noah’s story and where we find ourselves in our work on the planet right now. I’d like to take a practical look at what it means to be providing this Ark Space and creating the reality of an Ark in our lives, and for our worlds; and to consider some specific factors that are involved, just as there were specific challenges for Noah.
In this recording, Uranda brought up something that is extremely pertinent now. He spoke of a flood, which those here would acknowledge is here now. “We need to be prepared for the flood of truth, for it is the flood of truth that shall cleanse and purify the world. And the fire shall be made evident, the fire of God's love.” And he followed, “It was written by Daniel that in the latter days knowledge shall be increased and many shall run to and fro. What is the evidence of the coming of the flood of truth? The increase in knowledge. The very fact that knowledge is increased and human beings are running to and fro provides us evidence of the coming of the flood of truth. We see how man has taken this knowledge and used it to his own purposes.” That is what we're seeing in this world. An incredible flood of knowledge that has come and swept into our world. I’d say that's good news and bad news. It's good news because it's indication that there is definite flood on the move. But we have to be reconciled with the implications of the pressure of Spirit Truth. I was thinking of the essential meanings contained in the Garden story about the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the instruction about not eating its fruit. Well, the fruit of that tree is being hungrily devoured right now, for the achievement of man's purposes, for self-centered manipulative creation. And currently there is a flood happening, and there is a feeding frenzy in motion.
But the tree of knowledge, of the knowledge of good and evil is not off limits for the correct use, just not eating its fruit. And that's where angels come in. And that's where essences come in, to be in position to be a holy habitation, and to discern what information, what knowledge, represents what is coming down from God out of heaven. And there is currently a flood of the waters of truth coming in, coming down—attempting to come in and cleanse, be lodged in us, and bring right design. So the ability to maintain oneself as a living Ark, to preserve that sacred space in ourselves, and yet to move and to be useful in the world, is something that could use some of our attention tonight. I think it's very relevant to this world right now.
A service Martin gave in 1979 was titled The Light of Illumination. It provides a wonderful meditation on what it means to see with the light of the living substance of the Ark, with the Shekinah Fire of the Ark, see by the light of our generations of who we are. As angels who are the Ark individually and together, we view our worlds in a different way than the average person—you might say because we are attuned to essences. These are what we are exclusively, primarily, first flush, interested in seeing. There is so much information, there's so much detail. But when there is the training, and the habit, knowing the supreme importance of what is central in one’s life, to see beyond all the detail and to be the Ark, be the Holy City, the place of divine habitation, the new Jerusalem which comes down from God out of heaven—whatever symbolical term we may use, to be at the meeting place of the divine coming into the world of man—that’s where we step in. This is a very focused and specific action. We cannot afford ADHD. Focus on true essences and living by them is how we see more. I couldn't emphasize enough how this ability and this value is so important to our worlds right now. The presence of the Ark is absolutely necessary for the existence of the Tabernacle, and for the existence of those in the larger body who may be attracted by the Ark. As builders and creators with God on earth, we have to be that presence on earth. And right now there's a lot of turbulence and the floods are high. Here are some words from Martin which I just loved. I know you will too.
“There is a question which each of us might well ask him or herself. What is the size and quality of my world? The size of the world for each one is based in the extent of vision, one's own vision. And the quality of one's world is dependent upon the quality of one's own living. The extent of vision will in turn depend upon the extent of the light that is shining. The intensity of that light. One may see in the light. If it's dark, you do not see very much. The quality of one's world is always filled with the quality of one's own living. If that is really seen, it might be accepted as cause for some careful thought. Always the quality of one's own personal living fills one's immediate world. If there is a lack of quality apparent in one's own view of one's own immediate world, one may know why.
“We only see on the basis of our own light. Someone else may inform us of what is present. We have a lot of that because the light of illumination is shining forth from that one. Being lazy in human nature there is a tendency then to say, ‘Yes I see that.’ But you don't; you merely have received a tradition, a more immediate tradition perhaps; but the only way one can actually see firsthand is by reason of one's own light. You never see firsthand by reason of someone else's light. What This present may be conveyed to you in words perhaps by someone else who sees, [like AI; or like Siri] but that doesn't cause you to see it, see it. It merely stimulates your imagination. And your imagination being stimulated, you say, ‘I see.’ Well, you see what is in your imagination. Yes. But on that basis you haven't seen what is actually present yet.
“There is only one way to see that and that is because the light is shining, with sufficient intensity, consequent upon the nature and quality of your own living. Then you begin to see what is present. And the things that you thought were present before begin to fade or recede in favor of the reality which becomes ever more plainly seen. It begins to stick out at you. [I would say what sticks out at you are the essences of truth]. There is only one way and that is to allow one's own light to shine. Let your light so shine. Then it illuminates your world and you are no longer fooled by the crazy notions that most people have on the basis of secondhand vision. You see firsthand what is actually present. And because you may then work with what is actually present, what you do is extremely effective.
“To try to exercise authority with respect to a field, an area, a world of imagination, is done of course by human beings. But it piles confusion upon confusion. True authority can only be known in the real world, and we must be aware of the fact of the real world before we can know true authority. We let the light shine. We see what is present. We find that we have authority in that situation. That is the way it works. There is no great struggle about it. We didn't have to make the real world be. It's there already. It's already built. It's already there.
“We may see this as it relates to a collective body responsible for letting the light shine. All share then in that greater illumination which then becomes possible, and the reality becomes that much more apparent. The more there are sharing in this the more apparent the reality becomes. Aha the kingdom is coming. It isn't really coming. It's emerging out of the mist. It's found to be present, and the things which obscured it are seen as being unreal, not worthy of very much consideration at all.
Behold, I make all things new. The things are there already. The kingdom is there already. That's one of those things. They become new or apparent in their reality, not having been known before by those who are letting the light shine now. And that's a wonderful experience cause for tremendous thanksgiving. The more this happens, the more constant is the thanksgiving. It's not a matter of getting up in the morning and saying, ‘Oh, well, I'm thankful for the new day.’ And then forgetting all about it for the rest of the day. Everything that happens reveals the reality that is there. When the light is shining. And one is responsible oneself for the shining of the light, nobody and one is responsible oneself for the shining of that light. Nobody else. When you let it shine, you know the reality that is there and you are thankful in consequence. You cannot help but be. If you are not thankful, you do not know the reality that is there. And if you do not know the reality that is there, your light is not shining. Proof. Let's not fool ourselves.
“Let your light so shine to the glory of God, revealing the truth, illuminating the truth, your world. And behold, the quality of your world changes. The quality of you and the quality of your world are found to be synonymous. And when the true quality of you is present, the true quality of your world will be found to be present too.”
I hope we all can hear what he's saying here, and live this way: to proceed through the illusions, the distractions, the false prophets, the false structures, our own crystallizations, to passionately love and therefore perceive the essences that we know are true of the divine, are true of the Lord's true values, what we love, what we're here for—for the preservation of those essences here amongst us, individually, and to enhance, nurture the true essences collectively, so that a greater light can shine. To know the Way. We are all one. So what angels who are the Ark, what we love and do, goes out into that oneness. But it comes to focus in the Ark. Without the Ark the rest of the Tabernacle can’t form in a true design. There may be formations of the eaters of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, but untrue design is not sustainable. It will pass away in the flood, in the intensity of the Fire that is lit by results of untrue design. Meanwhile the Priesthood who are the Ark are consumed by the Fire of Love.
I’m recognizing two aspects of the celebration of our anniversary: One is the understanding of the current responsibility for the Preservation of the Ark, knowing that individually and collectively we are participating in the only way possible for mankind to ride out the turbulence of the flood, and allow the true cleansing to proceed. The flood of the increased knowledge that is sweeping the whole planet, is also bringing the flood of truth, and because we are here to perceive the essences; we are here to live them. What a marvelous thing to celebrate this together on this day, and to make sure that those who have come before us are represented here now, because we are here—like it or not.
David Barnes — So, it is time to wrap things up. This has been a good meditation for tonight, and it carries us into this coming anniversary week with some very specific images and essences to consider. We'll be gathering again in various groupings, in services, to share and generate more substance through which these essences are being magnified and released. And so the work continues through the many venues that are available to us in daily life, and in differentiated group configurations, to let this wonderful work expand and have its influence in the world, so that our earth may be filled with the knowledge of the Glory of the LORD, knowledge of the Word, knowledge of the Ark. There is a right use for knowledge. There is a particular kind of Divine Knowledge that has been marginalized, and pushed aside, and forgotten by human beings, because a limited kind of knowledge, which has largely been destructive, has been dominant and used for nefarious purposes. But there is another kind of knowledge, which is Divine Knowledge and Divine Technology—a Holy Science we might say.
Essences. The Holy Science. The knowledge of the Glory of the LORD that is revealed through the Ark of Fire and Light and Glory that we are, in our true selves. So let's not have a fundamentally negative view of knowledge, because from the divine perspective knowledge is very important, and Angels are knowledgeable. They know and they know that they know. So here we are with this much that we do know, and we participate in the unveiling, the revelation of the Holy Science as we move together in our fine generations. And our high calling proceeds ; no matter who comes and who goes, there will be Angels on earth. We could say “unfallen angels” who have been drawn together, initially by Uranda and Martin who came to instruct us on how we are to live and serve in this fallen world. That is what Enoch did. He instructed the “unfallen ones” who incarnated into that fallen world when the great cataclysm was about to occur; and they needed to know how to conduct themselves in the Name of the LORD, in Shekinah. And Moses did the same, of course, and he brought forth the design of the Ark, and the Tabernacle, and the Twelve Tribes, and the Priesthood, and the High Priest. And the great work that Uranda and Martin did in this day was to bring that Ark-AngelicPattern forth again, and let it be a living thing, so that it wasn't just a wooden box lined with gold, and a bunch of people who really didn't know what itwas all about. But it becomes something living to us, living in our flesh and our consciousness—an Ark Made Flesh; a Tabernacle Made Flesh—so that the earth may be filled with the Holy Science of Attunement, the knowledge of the Glory of the LORD, as the substance of heaven fills the earth, and the Victory Pattern is certain. So, it's been a wonderful time to share this anniversary cycle with everybody. Love you all very much. Good night.
In the Biblical story outlining the events which followed the fall, one of the things mentioned is the development of a pattern of sacrifice, and it was with respect to this pattern of sacrifice that human inclinations, rebellions and hatreds came to such a violent point that one brother slew another—the first recorded blood blot on the pages of history. That pattern of sacrifice, which has continued down through the centuries in many different forms, was fundamentally symbolic. The institution of a symbol divinely ordained, the necessity for that which is symbolical, can be clearly seen when we recognize that in the fallen state there is a pattern through which man must of necessity emerge, a pattern which man must leave behind; but in leaving it behind there is a period of transition, a period of resurrection, a period of rebirth. It matters not by what name this phase of the outworking may be called, it is the same thing. In this period the individual is leaving one pattern behind: the pattern of degradation, the pattern of the unreal, the pattern of being subject to that which is false; for it is subjection to falsehood which causes miseries of all kinds, suffering and death. Subjection to the truth provides the means of transition back to a divine state, a state of health in body and mind and heart, a state of health in living, in action, where the meaningfulness of the individual may appear. During this period of transition the individual is leaving the old pattern behind. He has not yet reached a point where he is conforming to the new pattern. He is moving out of the old and he is not yet the manifestation of the new.
In this period of transition, resurrection, rebirth, it is necessary that one should recognize the correct principles of substitution. Many human beings are inclined to rebel at the idea of substitution. They say, “I will not accept anything less than the absolute perfection of the ultimate goal.” They are inclined to reject anything that comes in the sphere of substitution. I have emphasized over and over again the vital necessity of being honest, of being true to oneself, to God and to one's fellows, but all too often the human concept of what it means to be true and honest causes the individual to be subject to that which is false.
We might note that each one is, in every moment, subject either to that which is false or to that which is true, and the pattern in the individual, physically, mentally, emotionally, is almost without exception a combination, a situation in which there is in part subjection to that which is true and in part subjection to that which is false. This produces a state in which the individual is divided against himself, a state wherein there are internal conflicts which result in weakness and a sense of futility. It is impossible to move out of the old pattern into the new without a certain amount of this internal conflict, but to the degree that one is centered in absolute devotion to God's love and allegiance to His truth the process becomes reasonably painless. However when there is vacillation, turning from the pattern of subjection to the truth to the pattern of subjection to the false, violating the One Law, there is much internal hurt, most of it needless. But it is impossible to move instantaneouslyout of the old pattern into the new. We have recognized that one should be patient with oneself and with others, allowing for the time that is necessary to make this transition. No one should judge for himself or another what that period of time should be. If you, by attitude or in any expression, judge that another should have reached a point of perfection within a certain specified period of time, then by that attitude you establish a judgment on yourself, indicating that you should be required to be perfect in all respects within a certain specified period of time; and no one among you can afford to establish a fixed period of time with respect to your own period of transition.
That which is used to signify the ultimate during this period of transition is a symbol, a substitution. Every symbol is a substitution, and anyone who takes the attitude that he is not interested in symbols, in that which provides a substitution for that which is of the ultimate, might well be likened to a foolish person who, being at one point and desiring to be at another, refuses to take the steps necessary to cover the intervening space. You cannot move from one point to another without the process of movement, the steps by which that movement becomes possible, and you cannot in the interval have in manifestation or experience the fulness of that which is of the ultimate.
We can perhaps be misunderstood when we speak of the ultimate, for the ultimate is not with respect to that which shall be in some fixed form for eternitybut is only the point of completion with respect to the cycle of transition. Once that transition is complete the following steps will unfold naturally, but there will not be a sameness; there will be no basis for boredom; there will be a manifestation of that which is eternally new, eternally beautiful, eternally a joy to experience. The ultimate for you, in the sense of the completion of the cycle to true centering in God in an absolute sense, will not be a manifestation of that pattern which shall manifest through you when all the earthand all thosewho dwell thereinhave been changed into the new pattern of truth.
This point needs to be emphasized. That which is perfect for you now, in this present circumstance, under the conditions in which you now live, in relationship to those with whom you are associated, would not be perfect when we reach the point of the state of perfection for the whole world. That which is of the ultimate, in the sense of the whole world, would not be perfect in this present time. If you set for yourself a goal on the basis of your concept of what it would be like to be perfect when all the world is perfect, and if you try to establish that in relationship to the present, even though you might be right, it would be imperfection now. Even though that which you envision were the expression of perfection in that ultimate state, it would not be perfection now. Perfection in this present moment is the expression in action, in attitude, in life, which meets the present situation. When the situation changes, perfection will be that which functions correctly in that changed state. That which is perfect today may not be perfect next week. That which is perfect today may be a manifestation which would have been imperfect a week ago. Perfection is always relative to the situation, the circumstance in which one finds oneself. Perfection is right action, right function in any given moment, but two moments are never the same. That which was yesterday is gone forever and cannot be reproduced on the morrow. That which was perfect in one set of circumstances, in the circumstance of one given moment, cannot be arbitrarily imposed in another moment and called perfection. The variations may be small. They may be so small that the human visiondoes not immediately detect the difference. But in the application in life, in the expression of truth, in the release of God's love on earth, that which is right in one moment may very easily be wrong in another.
Perfection is not some fixed state which is eternally the same. Whether in this world or in the state of paradise, perfection is always, in all eternity, relative to the moment, the circumstance, the factors which come to focus moment by moment. Perfection in expression now is something which deals with the factors that are present in you, individually and collectively, something that meets the issue that is present now; but that perfection of this moment will never be reproduced, for the perfection of another moment will vary from the perfection of this moment. So let us remember that perfection is never, under any circumstance, a fixedquality or state. Perfection is always, now and throughout eternity, relative to the factors which are present in the moment. Perfection in right action meets the issues of the moment, deals with the problems of the moment, provides the living of the moment, but that cannot be crystallized into a fixed form and used for all moments; for the moment the perfection of this moment is allowed to crystallize, as if it were to apply to all time, it becomes imperfection. The perfection of any moment, whether in the fallen world state or paradise restored, which might be crystallized in order to use it in other moments would immediately become imperfection; it would not be perfect
So, with the varying vibratory factors, the varying circumstances and relationships of persons and patterns, perfection in any moment has an individual quality and character which can never be duplicated, and if it were duplicated in some fixed fashion at any other time it would not be perfection. If our Master Himself were to return to earth in this day, in this time, and attempt to live out His life on identically the same pattern which He did when He was here, and which was perfection, reimposing it in the world now in the same manner would not be perfection but it would be imperfection. So, remember that basic principle: Perfection in any moment is relative to the factors present in that moment, and perfection in our daily living now cannot, by any process in imagination, whether that imagination is right or not, be shaped according to that which shall be in some future time or place.
That which would be perfect when the world is restored,
imposed on the world now would not be perfection.
This pattern of outworking by which the transition is possible to you means that those things which are yet to be, in the absolute sense of the Divine Design, are not yet, and you cannot function as ifthey were a manifest fact. We cannot function now on the basis of the vibratory patterns which have no form. Our function in perfection must be in relationship to the vibratory patterns that do have form, no matter how far they may be from the absolute nature of the Divine Design. In this period of resurrection, transition and rebirth we have to use substitutions, and the substitute in any given moment is made manifest through the responsive form and substance which yield to the working of God's spirit in that moment. If anyone looks upon any moment and says, “This is what is to be always,” he is wrong. It is never to be so. The symbol is never the thing itself, but you cannot move from the old state to the thing itself without the symbol.
There are those who, on the basis of their intellectual concepts which show forth ignorance, attempt to reject all symbols; but they cannot do so, for they forget that every name is a symbol. The name by which an individual is called is a symbol. Every figure, every number in the numerical system, is a symbol. We use symbols every day and could not do without them. Symbols are absolutely essential. We should begin to be acquainted with the essential symbols which are required in this process of transition, and we should begin to use them as naturally as we use numerals in our daily circumstance or business. When you speak of ten chickens, that does not mean that the chickens are in hand. They may be in a crate, or they may be in a pen, or they may be somewhere else. The name and the numeral are both symbols of something.
Words are symbols. We speak of the sunset and it conveys an idea, but it is not the sunset itself. We speak of the sunrise and we think of a new day, but it is not the new day itself. The symbol is used as a substitute for the thing itself, or to convey an idea about the thing itself. Yet, in this vitally important process of movement through the old pattern to the new the human mind, without the government of Divine Wisdom, becomes confused, rejecting the essential symbols, complaining about them, and thereby defeats the individual's own progress. The symbolical patterns in religious service have taken many forms, and symbolism has all too often been accepted as the thing itself. For instance, we have spoken in time past of the symbol of man's concept of what “baptism” means, whether of sprinkling or immersion. The symbol has been accepted as if it were the thing itself, and it is not. There are many symbols which man, broadly speaking, in the religious world is using as if they were the thing, but they are not. Yet many of these symbols, if not all of them, are essential to the process of transition.
Our particular concern is with respect to substitute formswhich may be used as steps in movement toward the complete manifestation of the Divine Design. We might observe how this principle works out in the natural process of birth, growth and development to maturity in the individual human being. The babe is not the child; the child is not the youth; the youth is not the mature man or woman. But the babe cannot move from the state of babyhood to the state of maturity without passing through the state of the child and the state of the youth. The state of the babe symbolizes the state of the child; the state of the child symbolizes the state of the youth; the state of the youth symbolizes the state of the mature man or woman. The body of the child is the substitute pattern of expression while there is movement toward the state of the mature man or woman. If we attempt to treat the body of the child or the body of the youth as if it were the complete thing, that is, the body of the man or woman, we will spoil it or even destroy it. It will be stunted or distorted in some fashion, for the body during that growing period is changing and in any moment is simply a substitute pattern which makes possible movement toward the mature state, that in the mature state the individual may find fulfilment according to the reality of the Divine Design.
We hear a great deal about the idealist, an individual who sets for himself a high goal of some sort. He requires of himself arbitrarily, without respect to circumstance, conformity with his concept of what that goal may be, his own personally devised ideal. I am not suggesting that we should not use ideals, I am not suggesting that we should accept some goal which is unworthy of us; but I am suggesting that one cannot function prior to the state of fulfilment as if one were in that state of fulfilment. In the first place, “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man [or woman], the things which God hath prepared for them that love [and serve] him.” It is impossible for the human imagination to determine in advance what the goal shall be. Ideals, yes, a high goal in the sense of recognizing the fulfilment of the Law in the restoration to the Divine Estate; but to attempt with the human mind to figure out what one's place shall be, what one's state shall be in that ultimate goal, in that ultimate outworking, is to waste precious time in foolish and futile action. We may develop vision, see something of an outline of the future; sometimes there may be details which are reasonably clear because of their relationship to the Law, the patterns of truth and God's design; but in the interval, while we move toward that goal, however clearly it may be seen or however vaguely it may be comprehended, we must use the present circumstance, the present condition, the present facts as they manifest in form, as a substitute with respect to which we act in our movement toward the goal.
Sometimes human beings imagine that the substitute pattern should be thus and so for another, according to some personally developed idea. No one can properly arbitrarily determine what the substitute pattern shall be for another in this period of transition, but as you remain centered under the Law and let the spirit of God work through you, you develop that discretion, that wisdom, that sense of the fitness of things, by which you may use the present circumstances, the present facts in form, to advantage, so that all things, though they do not have to be so, are caused to work toward that perfection, that goal, which God's design has established for you and for all. Until we remember the means of maintaining that vision, a perspective recognition of the whole, we cannot possibly be alert to the impulses of the spirit which will allow discretion, a sense of the fitness of things in relationship to substitute patterns by which we may move from one circumstance to another.
The bridge by which we cross the chasm, the gorge below, the path by which we move from one point to another, must not be confused with the place to which we go. It is a substitute thing. We substitute that which is in fact the manifest situation in this moment for that which is of the ultimate goal. We look at those factors; we examine them. Under the direction of the spirit we determine how they must best be used in order to move toward the goal. But if we reject that which is present in this moment because it is not pleasing to us or because it does not conform to our idea of the ultimate goal, whether that idea is right or wrong, we then stand still.
It is futile and foolish to reject the facts of the present, to fight against them, to fume about them, to be disturbed by them, for if the facts of the present moment, no matter how unpleasant they may be, are allowed to become the controlling factor, the individual thereby identifies himself with and becomes subject to that which must be acted uponin order to change it into the pattern of the Divine Design. If in this present circumstance, regardless of any unpleasantness within one's own body or round about, one maintains his identity with God the Creator, the One who acts, and refuses to be subject to the circumstance, refuses to be moved by that which must be accepted as the substitute for the ultimate, he then is in position to share action which changes this thing into something else, which makes it possible to move from this point to another point. Thus, taking a step forward, the situation changes, a new pattern appears, a substitute pattern for the ultimate, and if we find fault with it, condemn it and reject it, we block our own progress. But if, seeing it for what it is and refusing to be subject to it, we use it as still another step, a means to move forward, we find that, step by step, we come under the pattern of Divine Wisdom, the sense of the fitness of things, Divine Discretion, Divine Power. We move from one point to another, step by step, toward the goal, utilizing every situation as it is focalized in any moment as the substitute, the symbol if you please, of that which shall ultimately be.
If there is that in the present symbol or the substitute which is not pleasing, which is not right, which must be changed, which is short of that which shall be, then that very fact gives us opportunity to share action with the Creator, if we are identified with that which acts. But if some unpleasant thing in the circumstance of the moment causes us to react to it, so that we become subject to it, we are refusing to use the symbol as a substitute for the ultimate; we are accepting the symbol as an ideal, becoming subject to it; we are establishing a situation where not only the symbol, the substitute, the incomplete situation, must be acted upon but being identified with it we require that webe acted upon.
God's action through you with respect to any circumstance will change you if you do need to be changed, but if you insist that you shall be the thing acted upon you can never be completely changed. You may be moved into a pattern where you can begin to function, you may experience some improvement, but it is not by placing yourself in the position of being the thing to be acted upon that you can experience the complete fulfilment or transition to health in any form or with respect to any phase of body or being. That perfection must come because you share the activity of the Creator, and the current of the Creator working through you to act upon circumstance, situation, form or person allows the movement of the power through you to bring you into that pattern where you may function in perfection with respect to any moment. It is the action through you with respect to that which must be acted upon that allows you to come to the point of being what you ought to be. You can never become the completed thing merely by being acted upon. God acted upon certain substance of the soil and formed man of the dust of the ground, but man in that state was not alive; he was merely a form, something that God Himself had acted upon. But having reached a certain point, God breathed the Breath of Life into man's nostrils, and man—the physical body with its capacities of mind and heart—became a living soul. Then that man, sharing God's action, began to be what he was supposed to be; but this physical body could not be a man or a woman until it shared the pattern of action. As long as it remained merely the thing acted upon it was merely a form.
Was that you? Your body with its capacities, formed of the dust of the ground, may be acted upon to a certain extent in bringing you to a certain point, but having reached that point, you must change from a thing acted upon and be a means by which Divine Action takes place on earth. That is what is meant by service. It is what is meant by God's givingness. It is what is meant by letting go to God and His spirit. Once you begin to share God's action so that God is acting in you and through you, upon circumstances around you, then you begin to be brought into conformity or harmony with the Divine Design that is established for you; you begin to be a living soul instead of a dying soul; you begin to know what it is to have the Breath of Life in your nostrils instead of the stench of death, the absence of life.
So the symbol, the substitute which is manifest in the moment, or which may be developed, must never be scorned; it must never be criticized; it must never be rejected. That which is at hand to be used must be accepted with thanksgiving to God, that we may use it as a substitute for that which shall be, a symbol of that which is yet to appear. And having accepted your body, your capacities, on this basis, with your centering in God under the Law, you can forevermore be identified with that which acts, so that you need not be identified with that which is acted upon. In such a state, remember that the perfection of your function in any given moment is, and must be, with respect to that which is the fact in that moment. Perfection is always a relative thing, relative to the circumstance of the moment. Perfect thought, perfect vision, perfect action, allow perfect function in the now, with respect to that which is, so that you do not reject that which is, while you bemoan the absence of that which is not. As long as you waste your time bemoaning the absence of that which is not, no matter how true to the ideal or vision of that which is not you might be, you defeat yourself. This that is present is that which we have to use; not an idle fancy, not a wishful dream, but the present facts in form, the present circumstance, the present situation; and to rebel against it is to reject that which should be the substitute for that which shall be, and rejecting, one refuses to take the step by which one may arrive at the goal.
In this period of transition from the old pattern to the new we cannot have at any point that which shall be. While you are moving through that period you are not what you were and you are not that which you shall be. You are neither this nor that, but you are what you are, and you are where you are with respect to the circumstances that exist, no matter how unreal they may be. The facts of the forms that are present must be recognized; the factors in every respect must be considered and none of them rejected, all of them used, no matter how wrong some of them might be; for it is in using what we have that we move forward to the larger fulfilment. So it is that all things, no matter how limited they may be in some respects, are caused to work together to perfection for those who love and serve the Lord.
He who rejects that which is at hand to use rejects his share in the fulfilments which are yet to be. Remember that, and use the substitute, but not as if it might be the thing which should always be. Use it as the thing itself for the moment, because such use constitutes perfection for the moment, and in such use you shall find that other moments yet to come will bring other substitutes which shall bring new focalizations of factors and formsby which you may move still nearer to the goal, until you become so attuned to God that the Breath of Life is flowing through you and you are a living soul, whether a man or a woman, a living soul acting in perfection in every circumstance, no matter how imperfect the circumstance may be.
Imperfect circumstances do not rightly provide excuse for imperfect function.
Until you can function perfectly in imperfect circumstances you are not a part of the Creator through which action appears by reason of which circumstances may be changed. In this you have opportunity to understand that which is vitally important to your progress, a point with respect to which most human beings falter, stumble and fall because they reject the substitute, or misuse the symbol, and identify themselves with that which must be acted upon. Until someone else identifies himself with that which acts, you, identified with that which must be acted upon, must wait for the action, when in fact you should be the means by which the action takes place, that the blessings of God may appear and that, gradually, forms around us may be caused to conform to the Divine Design. But that change, that transition, will not be accomplished in a moment. It is a cycle outworking in which you may share with the Creator in the creative process by which this that is may be acted upon to change it, step by step, into that which is to be. So shall you know the victory, the Victory of the Spirit of the Living Christ.
O LORD of Lords, I thank Thee for these blessed ones here gathered, for all who are with us in spirit, for all who are turning to Thee, that each and every one may begin more fully to share in the working of Thy will on earth as Thy will is done in heaven, that each may be a means by which Thy creative action appears on earth in relationship to the things that are, that that which is may be changed into the state of that which is to be; for Thine is the control, and the power, and the glory of fulfilment in victorious living, now and forever, in the Christ. Aumen.
“He that dwelleth in the Secret Place of the Most High shall abide under the Shadow”—the evidence of the Presence—“of the Almighty.” He that dwelleth in a state of being identified with the Creator shall abide in the continuing manifestation of the evidence of the Presence of the Almighty. Blessed are those who have awakened to the state where they are willing to be the means of God's action, no longer lethargically waiting to be acted upon. The evidence of the Presence of the Almighty is found in the reality of creative action. The thing produced upon its completion does not provide the evidence, at least not to the fallen human mind, because the human being will somehow rationalize and say, “This uplift happened by chance; this is merely a coincidence”—anything to deny the Creator.
It is not the completed thing that provides the real evidence of the Presence of the Almighty. If we were to accept such evidence as that, the mere fact that you are in the form of human beings, breathing, able to speak and hear, provides the evidence, and yet your lives heretofore have denied that evidence. It is the evidence of the reality of the creative act itself that counts, the evidence of the reality of God's creative expression by which that which now is, is changed, step by step, into that which it ought to be. In sharing in such creative action your own body and mind and heart are changed; but as long as you conceive yourself to be separate from the Creator, a thing merely to be acted upon, you cannot become what you ought to be.
As you become the instrument of action, you share the reality of God on earth and you begin to abide, to dwell, in the Secret Place of the Most High, under the Shadow of the Almighty; and there you come to know the perfection of each moment of eternity as it passes by; not demanding that some perfection of some past moment be reinstated in the present, not demanding that some perfection of some moment yet to be shall be projected into this moment, but content to use the perfection of this moment in the process of creative action, or outworking, by reason of which that which is yet to be may manifest—the beauty of God's truth, the fulness of His design. So shall the Garden which God has planted eastward in Eden take form and manifest in you, and around you, and through you, to the blessing of all who will receive. In this you are a branch of the Tree of Life, bringing forth fruit in its season by which others may know life on earth, life that is vibrant and real, life that is meaningful, to the glory of God and to the blessing of the children of men.
