I AM HERE. John Garner.
I am here to tell you that God is Love and that all mankind are His children and the object of His Bounty and Care. Not even the vilest sinner is beyond the boundaries of His Care and Love.
He is not a God who needs propitiation or sacrifice, but rather calls to all His children to come unto Him and partake freely of the great feast of Love which He has prepared for them, and to enjoy the happiness which His Presence gives.
So, my friend, do not think for a moment that the doors of Mercy, or the entrance into the delights of His Heavenly Home, are closed by the death of the body. For I tell you that the death of the body is a mere entrance into a higher life, with increased opportunities. But, notwithstanding what I say, the soul that seeks to obtain this Love while on earth has a great advantage in time over the one that waits until his spirit leaves the body before seeking for the Father's Love. The best time for mortals to aspire to attaining this Great Gift is the now, and no time is so propitious! God's Love is for the mortal, even if he has the passions and appetites which the flesh encumbers him with. And when a mortal fights against the temptations which these burdens impose, and overcomes them, when he enters the spirit world, he is stronger and more able to progress than when he puts off the great attempt until he becomes purely spirit.
So, while there is no such condition as probation terminated when the mortal enters the spirit world, yet, the probation on earth is the accepted time to seek the Great Prize.
I know I am writing like some of your camp meeting preachers, but what I say is a Truth nevertheless; and happy is the mortal who realizes this fact and acts in accordance with it.
Jesus is working among mortals now, as he did when on earth. And although they cannot see his physical form or hear his voice of love in tones of benediction and pleading, yet, the influence of his love is felt and the persuasion of his spirit voice is heard in the hearts of men.
He is still the savior of men, as he was on earth, and his mission will not cease until the closing of the Celestial Kingdom. It is also decreed that sin and error shall be eradicated from earth and from the spirit world. And man will be the triumpher and conqueror over sin and everything that tends to pervert him from that which is good and righteous.
Having only their natural love, men will be freed from all inharmony and live as brothers and friends in peace and happiness. And spirits having the Divine Love will become as the angels of God and will live forever the bliss of the Celestial Heavens.
So, I urge all men to seek the Divine Love of the Father and live in His Presence forever.
I must stop now. But, before I go, let me say that I am working with the Master in the great cause of encouraging men to seek this Love to make them at-one with the Father.
So, as your brother in Christ, I will say good night.
JOHN GARNER.
P.S. I was a Christian preacher of England in the time of the Reformation.