I AM HERE. John.

I merely want to say that you will soon be well and in condition to receive some of our messages which we are anxiously waiting to impart.

The time is approaching when the book will have to be published, and it is very necessary that you get these messages in full so that you can complete the book. Of course, we want to incorporate any Truth that is necessary to communicate to mankind, and we will do so if you will only work faster.

(Mr. Padgett asked a question.)

Yes, I know him well,^[1] as he was the brother of Jesus, the real brother, having the same father and mother that Jesus had. And all speculations as to his having parents who were other than the parents of Jesus are erroneous. James was not an apostle of Jesus, but came to believe in him later in his career. And when, at last, he became convinced that Jesus was the true messenger, he became a very earnest and hardworking follower of Jesus, and also the first Christian bishop of Jerusalem.

I have no personal knowledge as to whether or not he wrote the epistles ascribed to him. But he has said that he wrote some parts of the first epistle and a portion of the second, but that he did not write the third. He has also said that, in each of these epistles, there are many assertions of “truth” which are wrong and which he did not teach. All the writings of the New Testament, as they now exist, contain so many things which the original writers did not write, and which they did not teach or believe in, that it is with difficulty that the mortal, even though a great student, can separate the true from the false. And that is one reason that enters into our purpose for writing a New Revelation of the Truth.

These Truths will be made plain, and you must not let the writings of the Bible influence you in your receiving a correct conception of these Truths.

I will not write more now. So, with my love, I will say good night.

JOHN.