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Continued from How To Stay UP! part one - 1938-1941 |
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January
1, 1942, the United Nations was formed by 26 nations at war with the
Axis.
Central and South American nations joined next; only Chile and Argentina maintained friendly relations with the Axis. Japan attacked in all directions in the Pacific. Manila, Philippines, fell January 2. |
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January 4, 1942 Seattle, WA My Most Dearly Beloved: Another week — and this makes two since a Sunday letter — gone into that bourne of things past. We open a new Cycle of Service, which bids fair to be the greatest Cycle that we have ever given in Service together. Let us determine now, this very instant, to make it the greatest Year of "togetherness" — Oneness in Purpose, Oneness in Heart, Oneness in Mind — that we’ve ever lived. The Keynote for the Year is "Get Together." Do things together: Share Praise and Credits with each other. Seek to love everyone else more than anyone else. Be determined to give more Praise to everyone. Be determined to get closer, further into the Heart of all others. Increase your love-capacity every day the whole year through. We can make this Year one of Shining Glory. All we need is more love — all we need is more Praise of and for the Master. Let’s make all we see the Master. Let’s see only the Master AS ALL. Let’s look only for the Master in everyone, everywhere and in everything. Get Together AS ONE. This is ALL, THE ALL of God — we call it Unity — but you can’t have it without first getting TOGETHER on earth. My Love for you is so great. You must be able to feel it around you. It enfolds you like a warm garment. Love never "asks for your cloak." Love always gives you a nice, warm cloak of Light, which warms and lifts and makes safe. Can’t you feel this nice, new, shiny cloak of Love I’ve just now given each of you? For my Love does make a Robe of Light around each of you. Say together now: "We are together now ONE." With all my love to you, your own, Edna Miriam
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January 5, 1942 Seattle, WA Beloved Friends: First, I want to thank all of you for all your letters and cards and as fast as possible I shall write each one of you, whom I love with a deepness and a devotion you know not at present. Secondly, I’m freezing in Seattle! Not boasting about any "salubrious climate" this year! We’ve no snow — deep frost every morning and brilliant sunshine day after day — but cold — down to 20° at night several times. This house is the warmest place I’ve ever lived in — the furnace a honey, every nook warm. Really rather remarkable. Haven’t heard from Russell "in person." But the head of the mining syndicate heard one week ago today that "all was well." The mine and smelter is somewhere about 20 miles North and East of Baguio, about 190 miles North of Manila and 45 miles up from the beach on the East, with a private road to their own dock. Anyway, they are still running the mine "up to." Am so proud of all of you and love you all dearly, please remember that. Also, a million thanks for the extra three dollars! It came this morning! Looks like a thousand! Had plenty for Christmas and New Year’s from my Christmas Gifts. However, we had creamed tuna New Year’s — no turkey for Christmas or New Year’s! But we had good meals. Anyway, this carries my love to all of you and shall close. All my love to you, my dears. Your own, Edna Miriam
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January 7, 1942 Seattle, WA My Precious Friends and Elect of God: Do you know that today is a wonderful Day of Days? Yes, another Day of Days. For, until we each open our eyes in the morning as if it were a special Surprise Day, we have not touched even the outer fringes of true Joy. "Thy Kingdom is come today." Where? How? To last how long? The answers to these questions set the pace for our coming week. "Thy Kingdom" is perfect, whole, complete here and now. In my affairs, in my home, in my business, in my life, in the world. How? By letting the perfect Law of His Kingdom use us, by letting go of yesterday, by looking forward to our high Goal, by holding fast each precious hour in the Chalice of our Heart and Mind, to extract from it the very last drop of Joy. To know Joy is born from above, the Logos; when it uses us, it moves through us, we must move onward and upward toward that great Destiny God has waiting for each who will accept. I love you so. I miss you so. "This, too, shall pass," and when I look into your eyes I want to see your conscious knowing that you have lived to your highest desire for perfection through these weeks when we are apart. With all my deep love and devotion to you, my so-dear ones. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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January 12, 1942 Seattle, WA My So-Precious Ones: It is just going on toward midnight here, but I spent midnight with you in the East. We’re still holding. The main thing is the work we do consciously, day by day, to lift more than we’ve ever done before, to hold earth itself for Light. Darkness could win even now, except for the Elect! It is not our business to know how many others are doing the same thing but to be sure, certain that we are working day and night. Everyone who prays helps to lift this karma. The one who consciously knows what he is doing and why he is doing it is, of course, able to do a greater work, unless that one gets cocky — then he’s doing exactly nothing, except to exalt the little self for self-satisfaction. Watch and pray. Praise in Joy. Love and Honor God above all else. Love each other. Declare each other perfect now. Only AS ONE can we do this mighty work now required of us. For this one thing have we been prepared. Many have been called. We few have declared for standing so we are become the "Chosen Ones." Therefore, let us resolve that no matter how many groups of the Elect there may be, only one idea possesses us: to be found standing steadfast loving one another. Remember, I love you deeply, dearly and with a devotion you know not of even now. Let your "Light so Shine!" Be those perfect "ensamples" you’ve been trained to BE. Make Praise your Password to High and Heavenly Places. Be the Master’s aids. Be Servants of All the Power, for a ten thousandfold of the full Power of Light is released to all those whose minds are stayed on God. My deep, deep love to my so-faithful, beloved of God. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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January 13, 1942 Seattle, WA My Precious Friends and Loved Ones: Everyone has asked me if I’ve heard from my son, Russell. No. Went in today to see the Head Resident Engineer of the Syndicate this afternoon. They’ve had no word. They say that the Staff of Engineers will either be interned by the Japs, or used to run the mine, or perhaps they’ve sneaked through the lines to join the fighting forces of General MacArthur. No way of hearing. And I’ve had no personal word. I know he is all right, in God’s arms wherever he is and whatever he is doing, and I’m very close to him. This is a glorious Day. A "day the Lord hath made" for us to use and to live. We’ve no time to look backward or to falter about anything or over anything personal. We’ve a certain duty to do: to lift darkness every moment of our lives. "Greater works" we must do now, believing it is so that we can do the greater works by greater surrender of self. The Keynote of the week is: "I Surrender. I now surrender more of self that I may be used by more Light and more Power. I now surrender all of self to be the complete servant of all the Power." I’m always with you, close. Holding you in love, lifting you in Light, praising you because your goodness and your faithfulness are so great. I love you always deeply and dearly, Your own, Edna Miriam |
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January 20, 1942 Seattle, WA Edna Beloved: Your $2 is my "all" for this week. If someone in Great Falls hadn’t sent stamps, well it would be just too bad. Yet, I’ve two new ideas for two books to submit to a publishing company. And I think they’ll sell. One, my old Fairy Tale coming through new. And another in the form of a Diary [Welcome, My Son]. Had the idea for 20 years but no practical way to present it. No plot or hook, if you get me. Now I’ve been given that. My last chapter done for publishing. Now, TIME! That’s all I need. Getting these off by May! SURE, CERTAIN. Caps mean a Vow! Pray, my dear. Keep Silence. And go to thanking the Father. Praise, praise, praise. Yet, I’ve never been so close, nor so confident, nor so assured of touching the hem of real outer success! So stand with me. We’ll release all the inner Power They need in the Heart of the Silence of God. I’ve got so much to tell you. Must hasten to city Post Office to get this letter off, two hour job. How I love you. Deep love, Edna Miriam |
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January 20, 1942 Seattle, WA My Beloved: At last we have a warm sun. It begins to look and feel as it did last year at this time. The wind is still sharp but not as it has been since my return. Today the Christmas Box I sent to Russell was returned. No more mail received for Philippine Islands. Anyway, it isn’t on the bottom of the ocean! No word of any kind. The Army is much better. No news is good news. You do hear if anything is wrong. Civilians just suffer it out. There was a staff of 20 at Lepanto Mine — Russell was one of the 5 Mining Engineers. The Power is almost overwhelming at times, yet it isn’t enough! The work now is heavy, more so every day. When just one person directs Power to any spot, then the Father can direct all Power from prayers all over the world. General prayers, like "Send Love out to lift the world. Let darkness everywhere be lifted" are all Love-Substance to work with but must still be directed to a specific spot. This can be done if one person or group speaks the specific word or direction and control to a specific spot. This we have done. Let us do more. Speak words to send it into the minutest corner of the earth. Our motto for the week: "The Righteous shall prevail." Don’t you like that? I do. To prevail is to conquer, to triumph, to be victorious. Say, "Even now am I determined to be the surrendered Servant of all the new Power released in Glory, that it may use me unto the utmost and in no wise shall I try to use the full Power of God. I am the Servant of all new Power now." I’ve so much new work coming through that I’m at a loss for time in which to get it down on paper. Think! I’ll be with you either Palm Sunday or Easter. All my love to my so-dear ones. Ever your own, Edna Miriam |
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January 20, 1942 Seattle, WA My Beloved Friends and Followers of the Master: Are you as happy as I am? Do you know how good God really is to us here and now? Do you realize that He has opened His Kingdom to us completely and our only admission fee is effort? Is this too great a price for us to pay for the privilege of using His joy, love, faith, wisdom and understanding? Just the small amount of effort we put into our Love for others? Our Faith of God expressed as confidence in His ability to perform Miracle upon Miracle? Our joy over having all His Life to use every hour of every day? Isn’t it amazing how much God really does on earth when you realize that He has to depend upon our puny efforts at Being and Doing? Our weakness in truly living our best every hour? The number of times we forget God is "closer than breathing," nearer than hands and feet? The times we wander away from Joy? Poor God. If only He could depend on our constant Joy every moment, our constant loving of everyone, our Faith of God unconquerable in our emotions and our imagination. These are ours to use NOW. Let’s go forth this noontime unconquerable in our desire for the Faith of God, with the flame of Love Unquenchable in our hearts right now and forever. Let us just see how much Joy we can radiate this coming week. It is our Magic Wand. Let’s use it together in Love. I love you entirely and forever. I’ll soon be with you. How I love YOU! Your own, Edna Miriam |
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January 26, 1942 Seattle, WA My Beloved Ones: I do enjoy your letters more than I can ever tell you. Plans are being made now for my trip East. I must have at least two weeks in Buffalo and two weeks in Cleveland pre-Easter work. So, that would mean I’d leave here near March first, either just before or right after. Then I can stay on for as long as necessary to get everything humming. You see, I’m here for two things: Balance in the West — to hold everything. And the Tacoma Group! Both important. If they had not come through, I’d have been free on February 10th, for then we’d have to do all the "holding" from the East. It seemed that it was hopeless, even for two weeks, after my return. Then, suddenly, it changed, just the Thursday before 12th Night, and there they are, eager for more. All meeting in the afternoon only. They’ll have special meetings while I’m away, and it seems now as if that will be most of the time, although I have to keep these four active Groups going. Here in Tacoma, Great Falls, Buffalo and Cleveland. I’m quite puzzled at times, although so very much is coming through. Nothing from Russell. Glad you are hearing from your "boys." Something tells me that there is a third reason for being kept out here! "I smell it’s a mice!" Something is cooking! Watch. That must be held. Now. I’m so full of a number of things, but can’t write. Easter is going to be glorious and I still feel it is to be spent in Buffalo this time. Remember how deeply and dearly I do love you right now and ever. Blessings and Love. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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January 28, 1942 Seattle, WA My Beloved and Chosen of the Lord: Another Day the Lord hath made. Another Day of Love. Another Day of Praise. Another Day of Glory and Light. Have you used your share of Life this week? Have you used your share of Love this week? Have you collected smiles this week? You can, you know. It makes the grandest "hobby." Just to see how many brand new smiles you can create on grouchy faces. Ever tried it? Well, this is your motto for the week: "I am a Creator of Miles of Smiles." I’ll bet you’ve all created miles of frowns, because it is so easy to create a frown on someone’s face. (I can see you all looking "sweet and innocent" over this one!) So this week we’ll create "miles of smiles" when things go "dead wrong." We’ll make them "alive right" by smiling. Even a mechanical smile of tense lips does something for the muscles and causes a whole body relaxation. Try it. A smile is the opening gun for Praise. Look up and smile at God at least once every hour! We shall have Miracle after Miracle and Miracle upon Miracle this coming week. I am with you now and shall be in person in four weeks, I hope! Can’t walk! Love from your own, Edna Miriam |
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February 1, 1942 Seattle, WA My Special and Glorious Friends: This is a day of such fullness of Joy that surely some of it is spilling over to YOU, all of you! I’m S––—O Happy! Wish I could say it hard enough! Am thrilled over "orders" to "get my house here in order" and for "an indefinite stay." So, shall leave here Ash Wednesday — queer, but it must have something to do with "taking the Light from the West to the East" again. I’ll open in Cleveland on March 1st — Buffalo on the 8th. So, if I’ve been busy before, watch me now! I’m going exactly 17 hours a day, really busy and active. Am working part-time on house-cleaning and part-time on my files, which have been some mess. Letters and writing! Lessons from now on will be "peeled!" Down to the barest essential work. For when I arrive begins the Dynamite! Get ready. I’m opening up in a review on all work — in one Class of and on "Relationship of Law." Tell everyone about it — Tuesday night. Plan Monday evenings through Lent. I love you all deeply and dearly and forever. Pray, pray, pray. Praise, Praise, Praise. Forever your own, Edna Miriam |
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February 4, 1942 Seattle, WA My Beloved Ones: Just exactly three weeks from today I shall be leaving for the East. If you could see all that I must accomplish before then, you’d know it couldn’t be done. Yet it must. So, I’ll do the work and, in this instance, you all do the praying. Our motto for this week is: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the Light and Shekinah Glory shall descend and fill me to overflowing with Life, Light, Strength and Joy." This may seem long but it will really give you an overpowering sense of strength and Lightness if you use it. Use the first phrase a thousand times a day. Just try it and see if it does not lift your mind, your heart and your body into a greater sense of Lightness, in "color" and in "weight." Remember how deeply I love all of you. Your own in devotion, Edna Miriam |
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February 8, 1942 Seattle, WA My deeply loved Ones: Am more than thrilled over seeing you so soon. We are going to have a marvelous time together. It seems that all our work has been toward this one thing, that we might ride out on Glory as "One" together. Hold everything High. Hold all close. This is an important time, until I get there. We could lose what we’ve gained the past few months. A crucial time. Stand in love, enfolded by it. Love in Joy, filled to overflowing with it. Let Unconquerable Faith use you hard. Let Unquenchable Love BE and DO AS YOU! We’re winning, but it is close to the top of the grade, and we dare not stop to rest for a second, not even one. We must lift, boost in fact, sort o’ heave ho! Remember, I love you! Every plan will come through. This is so. Stand. Know. Love. Do. Let. BE the Servant of all the Power. I am with you, in love, Edna Miriam |
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February 10, 1942 Seattle, WA Beloved and most dear to my heart: The days are flying fast now, probably because I have a thousand things to do and complete before I leave. I’ll spare you details! You all know what house-cleaning, sorting the final unpacking and storing away is like. And the days cannot go too fast for Edna Miriam. I’ve missed you all more than ever before. This time I did not "leave a piece" of my heart. I only brought a tiny piece with me, so you can see what a state I’m in! Our week’s motto is: "God now works to add and multiply all good in my life. God now works to add and multiply all good in our lives. God now works to add and multiply all good in your life." This means all, not half or a quarter of good but ALL. Use it. It will not do you any good to just "think about it." Say it a thousand times a day! If you start to say it a thousand times, you may at least remember to say it three times! If you’d really use it a thousand times, you’d have a Miracle a day. So our words are: "A Miracle a Day, 365 days a year." Think of it! Try it. It might work. Remember, I’ll soon be looking at you and saying "Is you been good?" Better get prayed UP! All my deep love my dears, Edna Miriam |
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February 14, 1942 Seattle, WA My Beloved and Precious Ones: Your check arrived yesterday and nearly floored me! I can report, however, that my heart has withstood the unexpected shock of actually having personal funds to cover about — well, if you, every one of you, suddenly received $45 where you absolutely had to have $25, how many times would you figure out just where to use it to cover the most territory? Well, that’s what I’ve been doing! You should see the lists, made and revised. It’s been a Glory to my Soul. Thank you, more than you know and I can promise you I’ll do my best for you at all times. You shall not be sorry for aiding me, nor for having me with you. We shall do a great work together. I’ve my class work all lined out. "Foundation Principles" I am calling it. No fuss, no feathers, no frills. Just plain Law! I know it is exactly what you desire. And you know that I can do it! It will be only a breath or two now before I’m with you, so get all prayed up, so we can go right forward and no delay. Keep in mind that I must find a place to live where I can cover my expenses, near enough downtown so folks won’t cry, "It’s too far, I can’t make it." And it must be private. All my typewriter writing has to be done after 10:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.! Not hours anyone else can stand. So my room and bath must be where it will not annoy anyone else. Because I cannot change my hours. In order to cover my personal expenses, every hour a day must be filled. Pray over this with me. I know the right place is waiting. Remember, I am thrilled. The way you are digging in now will most surely bring great results. Now is the right time. This is the RIGHT TIME NOW. So, Let’s go! I’m all ready. With so many thanks, so much love and devotion, ever yours, Edna Miriam |
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February 14, 1942 Seattle, WA My Beloved Ones: Please accept my ‘thank you’ for the Money Order for $10. It was such a surprise — my heart has survived the shock, however! Believe it could stand many of a like nature! Anyway, it means so much to me. And I love you for making such sacrifices. A million Blessings until I arrive! Love and devotion, Edna Miriam |
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February 15, 1942 Seattle, WA Beloved Ones: Just ten more days until I leave, and I’ve about six months’ work still to do! But my papers are all in order after being "scratched" through when I needed something for over three years. My housecleaning is in a state where I can leave — not really done though! You’ll be on short rations until I get here but I’ll make up for it — so much new for you. Remember, I love you deeply and dearly, and I am with you always. Deep love and blessings, Edna Miriam |
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February 16, 1942 Seattle, WA My Beloved Group: Am thrilled beyond telling. My love for you flows forth in a living stream of life. Surely you can feel it. Surely you know how deep and true is my love and how I treasure each of you. My plans are fully made for three months with you, longer if everything we "Vision" together "comes to pass," and that, I’m positive, is only possible if we pray, praise and sing enough. Only Joy will bring this desire into outer fulfillment. Therefore, let Joy be our Aim and our Goal. To praise enough in Joy, to sing enough in Joy, to pray enough in Joy, to Love enough and then some more in Joy. Let’s smile at God, not only for God. So, "Let’s smile miles of smiles for God to see." It must be a relief to Him to watch a few smiles when there is so much of "man’s hatred for man" that He must watch. "I am steadfast in my smiles of Joy at all times. My smiles are from my heart. I now smile in Joy." Keep on: "A Miracle a Day." I love you, soon be with you in person. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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February 22, 1942 Seattle, WA My Dearest Ones: When you read this, I shall be upon the "high plains" of our precious country. I’ll also be with you. Words fail me to express to you how I feel and how deeply and dearly I love you. Two weeks from today I’ll be with you "in person." This is pure Joy to me. Anyway, my love to you, dears, all of you. Be seein’ you! Your own, Edna Miriam |
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February 22, 1942 Seattle, WA My Dearest Ones: When you read this, I shall be nearer you by over 2,000 miles! Seems fantastic, doesn’t it? Your motto for the week is: "Love wins NOW! Let Love win now!" Love has won, and it shall win. Darkness shall be overcome. I’m only a few miles in earth-distance from you as you read this. Am loving you and knowing Love wins all your hours of need. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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March 3, 1942 Cleveland, OH My Beloved: So near and yet so far! Love, love, love. That’s all we need. Plenty of love. More love. Love of God. Love of Honor. Love of Truth. Lift, love, hold. God’s Power shall use us in Justice, Honor, Love and for its own Glory. The Truth only shall stand. If everything were canceled, I’d probably give you the best Sermon of my life! Because I am God’s own Servant! Now. So, love shall win. Love has won! Love always will win! Love always wins. Love is the only Miracle. We win through Love. The Way is now open. I’ll be with you! I love you. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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March 25, 1942 Cleveland, OH My So beloved Ones: Have my ticket home! $77.50 = 775 = doubled Priestly Power and Freedom — 14 = choice — or 12 + 7 — or 19 = 1 + 9 = 10 = first step of earth’s commandments completed, opening again on the next spiritual phase. It surely is "separation" — from earth! And how! It is now 10:00 p.m. and I’ve had one meal today, at exactly noon. Have been busy, busy. Am thrilled at being with you so soon. Much news for you. Feel like "licking lions" again! Let’s go! How I love you all. Pray. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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April 24, 1942 Buffalo, NY My Very Dears: Saw the Editor today in Tonawanda and he is going to help me syndicate my column. Will have one to send you tomorrow. Please subscribe for it. After you have a dozen or so, pick some city paper and go to them and ask why they don’t print them every day! Leave big papers for syndication to sell later! [Edna Miriam’s columns, originally printed in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Tacoma News Tribune, are in Life in a Nutshell.] Anyway, this is it! I’m positive. Isn’t God good to us I’m just hanging on by the eyebrows, but I’m a hangin’ on! And one of these days I’ll have a million! Have to do 200 of these 200-word articles for the Syndicate before he can try for syndicating six months of them. Ask me, am I busy? Remember, I love you always! I’m with you ever, Edna Miriam |
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May 26, 1942 Cleveland, OH My so Beloved Group: I am missing you after just two days away. Go over ideas given these last weeks, pray over them. You are to pray and pray. Copy statements as given in last Saturday’s class and use them. Be "irresistibly, rapturously expectant." This is the time of fulfillment. You are next at the "window of fulfillment." Step up, accept your gifts of courage, strength, joy and love of Faith of God now. God is good to us. Someday we’ll know how good. Meantime, I am with you and I’m loving you and holding you safe and fast in the Heart of the Light. Stand with me for the fulfillment of all our desires for the world and each other. Always and ever your own, in deepest love and understanding, Edna Miriam P.S. Enclosed the sign for which we have waited [see clipping of an article in Cleveland News, below]. I’m having folks stop me in Hotel and on street — telling me they are sorry and thanking me for Gift! Which was taken out of ticket proceeds. Christine and Lotus have done marvels. It fusses me!
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June 4, 1942 Cleveland, OH Dearest Ones: Your letter with $18 in it was a shock. Am salting the $15 toward July’s expenses to Seattle. Under Orders to go to hold Pillar there. Gave up idea of Temple work in Cincinnati because time has been shortened again and everything moving on. West Coast must be held. But I love it and know I’ll be able even though it seemed from the outer that I’d be "flat" and bound here. However, I’ve never paid any attention to the outer in the past. Leave Buffalo July 8 for Cleveland. Leave Cleveland for Cincinnati July 14 in morning; leave in morning July 16 for Chicago, leave evening of the 16th for Tacoma. I haven’t paid on one obligation since coming here! And I’m using the $6 to pay on two, just a drop on two but the drop coming often enough shall cover a million obligations. So a mere "thank you" does not cover what’s in my heart at all but I’m writing it and you know its depth, breadth and its height without words. Your last letter thrilled me, for I do need your love. This is what it tells me, soul conquering at last! So, pray and stand as even with me, knowing this $15 shall grow into my full expenses West. Had to scratch this note to you, must hustle, still trying to do 150 more columns! Deepest of love always, Edna Miriam |
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decisive World War II Allied victory in the Battle of Midway (June 3-6,
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[The following is personal correspondence to a student. She could have written it to you!] July 3, 1942 Buffalo, NY Dear __ : At last! And this is the first time, since receiving your last two letters, that I’ve been allowed to get so far as getting out paper and pen. I knew that it was only a matter of time, if you continued in any way at the Temple, until your confusion of thinking and emotions would clear up. Time is such an excellent teacher. After so much Law is learned, then for a season applied, there always comes the ‘worldly mission’ where we must prove every step of Law we’ve thought about, let alone taught. Of course, many tragedies occur along the way, owing to intense egotistic leanings, or equally intense opinions and prejudices. Perhaps these last are worse to work out of than the former. Anyway, you and I have come through this ‘Red Sea’ of materialism, at least as far as we now are, and the supposition is that we have what it takes to climb the rest of the way. I’m leaving here on Tuesday morning, July 7th, for Cleveland — be there until Tuesday July 14th. Then to Cincinnati for two days — leave Chicago on the evening of the 16th for Seattle and my Ted. Sunday, the 12th, am knowing you can make it for the Service. We must build our new Vibrations. Be sure and call me. We also should get together this time without fail — personally and privately. There is much more to come through for you if you so desire now. I’m so happy over you and your unfoldment. Carry on. One day our ‘Golden’ Book of Life shall go into print. Will that day thrill us? My deep love, and a new mantle of Love over you Sincerely always, Edna Miriam |
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July 7, 1942 Cleveland, OH Dearest and Most Beloved Group: It is always with a deep pulling at my heartstrings that I leave you, especially this time. These few months have been truly glorious and every minute has been a joy. I’d planned so many hours to be with you for just pleasure and visiting, yet something interfered each time. I never have enough of you, even when we spend the better part of two days together. Wasn’t Sunday beautiful? Aren’t we happy? I’m positive that "all is well." I am going to work harder this year than ever before for the fulfillment of our dreams. Shall dig at my Column and know that release is now touching each one of us — all our dream-desires being fulfilled. Something great is here. Please watch everything closely and let me know, because when I write, I’ve no time to read! Just can’t do both simultaneously! Hold every point we’ve gained. Stand with me for our full Glory in outer expression. Pray with greater diligence and fervor. I love, love, love you always. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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July 9, 1942 Cleveland, OH My Precious Group: I can leave any place easier than you folks. Only Orders could cause me to do it. I love you all very deeply and very dearly. Remember, each of YOU is important to our nation and world at this hour. No one can ever know when one prayer may tip the scales for conquering. Let us be ever alert and pray without ceasing, for we cannot have as our own anything we do not give. Prayer does return to us as added things. It does come home. Strong prayers of faith are needed as never before. We can do this wherever we are working. Choose anew to be more fervent and steadfast, more faithful and more loving. A little more faith is possible. A little more love is possible and the duo is unbeatable. They create. So, we stand and DO. I love you so very dearly. Your very own, Edna Miriam |
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July 14, 1942 Cincinnati, OH Beloved Ones: Am getting this in Post Office and then praying you’ll receive it in time. Am so happy over everything. Watch closely between now and the 14th of August — something momentous is happening. More later. "I am now established in Joy." Pray — Praise — Singing in Joy will do it — anything. Deepest of love, Edna Miriam |
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July 15, 1942 Cincinnati, OH My Beloved Flock in Christ: There is but one way to live, one way to climb, one way to grow and unfold, one method to achieve: Prayer, Praise and Singing. When Joy sings its song in the heart, anything is possible, anything can be done. Where that Joy is released on song, it makes Miracle upon Miracle. It is only when there is no release of Joy as song that things get dark and we become bored with life. Forever and forever your ability can always equal your desires. Forever you can draw upon unknown strength to do things when your Desire is a Flame of Glory. It is your determination that equals X, the unknown quality of your achievement. Keep determination piped to your effort and you’ll win! Let X be your crossing out of indifference. Let X equal indifference and "let" determination equal desire. This can win. It shall win. All my deepest love, Edna Miriam |
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July 16, 1942 Chicago, IL Beloved Ones: Editor of Western Union weeklies likes my column. Said, "You’ve an idea, well presented, complete, compact, no waste words or space." Can’t pay much. Royalty. But I’m pretty sure he’ll take ‘em. Left him 57, to cover a year’s column. And, he gave me the name of Seattle Star Editor. Went there from his desk here! So, I am positive we’re off — anything will be better than nothing — and from here on we’ll GO! Remember I love you. Everything is beautiful. Writing soon. Love to all, Edna Miriam |
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July 20, 1942 Seattle, WA My extra-precious Ones: I miss you ever more each hour I’m away from you, but we can pray and sing and praise and be together at night. This is your time of acceptance and Glory. Full surrender and acceptance shall be a Glory and an Ascension. There is need for greater Ascension and surrender to achieve this Ascension. Accept in ever greater fullness your need to release more Power of Love. Accept your greater ability, even now, to do this. This acceptance of greater usefulness shall cause greater Power to flow through you in conquering all darkness. And it shall return to you to fill your creations with life. This shall be your Glory: that you have fulfilled Law and promises. This shall be your full exaltation and it comes to you even now. With all my love forever, Edna Miriam |
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July 27, 1942 Seattle, WA My dearest Friends: It seems longer than three weeks since I left you. In some ways it seems a year. I can understand "Joshua and the sun standing still." Time seems longer when much is accomplished and many things happen. Ted is getting partially filled up. He was one hungry boy. He’d been working too hard to do anything except open a ‘can.’ Not very satisfying after three months. Am in a dither of everything. Cooking for Ted tomorrow. Getting ready to go to Tacoma, up at 5:00 a.m.! And, all my letters, yesterday I spent from 3:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. just cleaning, unpacking and trying to squeeze things in — we’ve no chest of drawers and Ted hasn’t had tools or time to put shelves in clothes’ closets — none there when we came in, and that’s awful! Anyway, I’m busy, in case you wonder what I’m doing! It isn’t quite so hot today, and a good thing, because I’ve been struggling with another batch of "Column." To get into it again in a new environment is difficult for me. Can’t see ahead as to the "how" of doing all I must do before I return. But I’m just going to march steadily on, hour by hour, doing my best to fill each one full of tasks well done. Wish you could see "my" mountain. It looks exactly like the picture I had on a calendar, which I showed to some of you. It is 6:30 p.m. I have several letters to do, proofreading of eight columns, and a trip to Post Office — takes two hours any way I figure it. So, all my deep love, my dears. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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July 29, 1942 Seattle, WA My So dear and precious friends: To hold this Coast is about all we’ve done these weeks. The heavy work is holding the earth-disturbances back to keep from having it get out of hand and destroy the Elect, rather than the enemies of Truth. So, we must do all we have been doing, plus all we can crowd into every hour now coming. Pray, Praise and Sing through the Light, enough to really overcome the darkness. To be read at every meeting in August: By looking upward you shall receive great revelations. Yet, for every seeking and release of a Mystery of Wisdom, even a small one, you must assume ever higher responsibility to become perfect as your great Father is perfect. If you do not desire to be perfect or seek truth just to be wise, then a gate bars your progress into Wisdom. It is of Wisdom to know. It is of Love to understand. When Wisdom is greater than Love, then knowing is greater than understanding and there is no compassion to cover the transgressions of others. The desire to parade that knowing grows, wisely and unwisely, an intolerance for others and their knowledge, a coldness of intellect that bars the way. Intellect is that gate, put there not by the Father but by seeking greater Wisdom without giving enough Love for that Wisdom. Wisdom is God’s Bank. Forcing Wisdom is robbing God’s Bank, unless one has deposited plenty of Love. Put in the Love deposits: Love for God, Love for neighbor, Love for humanity, Love for the ways of others to lift self into soul responsibility. Manifold are the Loves to be deposited before you may lawfully withdraw Wisdom. Wisdom may be courted only by Love. It must be wooed as a jealous mistress. It brooks no doubts nor whys. To hold Wisdom fast and receive more, one must be constant in devotion, praise and the Joy of Prayer. Love is purchased with the great price of sacrifice of self, with full surrender of self. Only lifting self makes room to receive Wisdom. It may not be had for the asking only, nor for fevered, constant seeking. Only Love opens all doors, burns down all barriers, makes dark into Light and fulfills all Law. Make your sacrifice unto Love and Wisdom gives full knowledge of your fullness of responsibility. To seek Wisdom without lifting and being fully responsible deadens those delicate nerves and glands of the head until all that is left is the ability to seek and tell again that small portion of Wisdom yet retained, which, too, is finally given away in words until only seeking and no Wisdom is left. Look up, lift all up, hold all up high unto the Master and let him make it into the fullness of all Light. Remember how deeply I love you, each and all. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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August 3, 1942 Seattle, WA My Very Dearest Ones: This is for my extra-precious ones, each of you a treasure right now, right where you are "DOING." To have to leave you is hard and yet, if I did not leave, you never would exercise your own wings. And you must learn to use your own abilities for seeing and hearing. First of all, remember that you do both of these from the time you are conscious, after reaching earth. You do both whenever there is some unusual need for extra faculties — usually under fear or great stress, unexpected. With all of you, at the present time, it is a "sense of knowing." This is purely spiritual-intuition. For a while it remains like this, but as you continue "looking" and "listening," it reaches down into the actual physical nerves that function the "All Seeing Eye," and then, vaguely and dimly at first, gradually growing stronger, you begin to see the forms — "like unto a Son of Man." At this stage a "doubt" or "why" sort of scares it away! And you are always doing one of these two, or both. So, just "keep on keeping on" and someday, inevitably, you can’t avoid seeing and hearing. Just keep on. Remember, I love you, each one, deeply and dearly, and my arms are around you at all times. Your own in love, Edna Miriam |
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August 5, 1942 Seattle, WA Beloved and Most Perfect Ones: Words fail me to tell you of my deep love for you. Or how I miss each of you and your smiles and laughter. My heart needs you and enfolds you and lifts you very, very high. Am busy — trying to write. It just doesn’t mix so well with house-cleaning! I love both and enjoy doing both. Just wish again for more hours a day! Then I could make "hours" and "work" meet. "Love shall fulfill the Law of Glory for earth now. Love shall fulfill the Law of Glory for you now. Love shall fulfill the Law of Glory for me now." My love goes on and on forever. I’m lifting and knowing all Glory for each of you. Deepest love, Edna Miriam |
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August 12, 1942 Seattle, WA My dearest and most Beloved Friends: In the outer I miss you tremendously, but we are always together on the Inner and last night we certainly laughed in the Gardens. Never was there so beautiful a night spent. Everyone was through with Initiations — midsummer — and so very happy over gaining so much. Remember, Joy must be used as smiles, laughter and Praise of Songs. You can’t use enough this way. I’m loving you so very deeply and dearly, and know all is well. Everything each of us has ever asked, prayed or imagined is about to be made manifest on the outer. So, stand, hold, laugh, love and Praise. You do KNOW HOW — WHAT — WHY — WHERE AND WHEN. I love you all so very dearly. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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August 12, 1942 Seattle, WA My Glorious Ones: We are ONE with each other and we have WON new robes and crowns for our midsummer initiations. "Over there," we all know, and our freedom is complete. We have no "whys" and we do not "wonder" about anything. We serve and then we play and how we play! For the last five nights the laughter has been so beautiful, like laughing blue-bells and Madonna lilies, twinkling and exquisite with Joy. Carry on as if you could both see and hear every tiny thing you do at night. You are free to do both. It just takes definite time and effort to bring it through. It comes not on dull, serious intolerance or pride of attainment but on the Logos of Joy. Be more and more Joyous. I love you all very dearly, Edna Miriam P.S. I’m lonesome for you-all. |
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August 19, 1942 Seattle, WA Belovedest: I love you, I love you with all my heart. We’ve always been together and we always will be together. Hold fast to your "wishes." Allow nothing to cause you to let go of your Point of Contact, nothing. Take these heavenly gains from your lives and what have you left? Where would you go for assurance, confidence, strength and understanding? Hold all your gains. If by any chance something of the world does cause you to let go, just reach up again and grab hold of your live wire from your Source. Waste no time in vain self-condemnation or foolish grief. Just grieve enough to go to the Mercy Seat in repentance. Grieve properly for allowing any silly thing to cause you to lose a moment’s time but grieve while "praising up, looking up, lifting up and holding up." We can always climb back, but let’s just climb! Remember, I’m with you. I love you. I hold and understand you. Deep love to each of you. Am going to write each of you, special. Love and deep blessings, Edna Miriam |
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August 19, 1942 Seattle, WA My Dearest and Most Beloved: The weeks do fly by and hours, though crammed full, never finish everything. My desire is to write each one of you a special letter. It will come. This has nothing to do with my love, I mean, it is not the great measure of my love. That grows so very much deeper all the time. Please remember this — always. This afternoon’s paper tells of the Allied "Commandos" raid on France. They are getting ready. They’ve learned how. They are drawing out information about the strength or weakness of the Axis. From now on, the Allies will hold practically every line. The Nazis may gain a few short distances, but they’ll not gain enough to count. And they are not much better prepared for winter than before. Although, same. They expected to take over all Russia’s clothing factories long before this to supply their forces with winter garb! They can’t do much more than just hold all lines. The rest of 1942 and another four to six months of ‘43 will be used to "ferry" supplies of all kinds to strategic points. And one day we’ll do this same thing from South Africa, France — south point, Norway and Siberia, Manchuria, China, and all Islands from both Australia and India and Vladivostok north point. And, of course, Solomon Islands. We’ll hold those now. Hold all gains. Make all walled in Light. I love, love, love you most dearly. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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capital of the Solomon Islands, was occupied by the Japanese in World
War II, leading to an invasion by U.S. troops in August 1942. After fierce jungle fighting, the island was captured by the Allies in February 1943. |
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August 26, 1942 Seattle, WA Dearest Friends: The further we go, the greater our conviction is that Love is all there is to KNOW or to BE or to DO. Enough Love deposited means plenty of everything else to draw out. All we need to do is to love all barriers away. I’m waiting for "Orders." And if they are what I’m "feeling" now, they’ll be quite a shock — surprise for all of us. Last week I wrote about 21 letters. Thursday in Tacoma. This week, 17 Columns besides window-washing and "regular" housework and meals. Today letters again. So, I’m hustling right along. And "waiting on the Lord" — Orders — in the "High Place." Probably come through these next few days. Meantime, hold everything. Labor Day most important ever. Pray, enfold, lift. We must hold all gains. We are the ones to release the Power. We are the ones to hold and stand. We — all who pray, doing their part — have so far, made good. Let’s get into a "huddle" of Love and know Light through and know our own creations are gloriously good. "I am now gloriously irresistibly expectant and joyously, fervently knowing." All my deep love, Edna Miriam |
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August 31, 1942 Seattle, WA Dear hearts: Am writing you fully as to plans and ways and means. I’ve waited until last Thursday for any kind of Orders. Received nothing. Then Ted tells me that his Draft number is coming up within six weeks to two months and that he’s sure to be called, since they’ve taken 500 others right around him. And, he didn’t ask me to wait until I knew, but I knew at once my choice must be to wait here until then. For I couldn’t get back again in two months, just wouldn’t be able to raise enough money. So, the outer sensible thing to do would be to wait, so I can pack and rent or whatever and hold this house for Ted. After seeing this, I went for Orders. They came, hot and heavy. Also, exactly what I must do here. I was — am — needed on this Northwest Point. Also, I am to do something here in Seattle. So, I am staying on here; Buffalo and Cleveland can get on without my presence and I can make Ted’s last days at home lovely. It will be easy for outsiders to understand that I’d have to be with him as long as possible after losing Russell. Doesn’t God work it out beautifully? Meantime, I’ve slowly whipping my column into shape. And one of these days I’ll have that bringing in my large income. I know. I miss you so much! Your love and appreciation and standing means more to me than I can say in words. I love the fact that you do want to aid me if you can and I love it and appreciate it. You know this. Meantime, accept my love, my blessings, my holding and my lifting. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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September 2, 1942 Seattle, WA My So Dear and Precious Ones: To say, "I miss you" is so trite a phrase and it is so empty, but it is the only one to use for just this — I do miss every one of you more than I can say. Yet, I must stay here until Ted leaves. I left him when he was eleven to do God’s work as it has been given me to do, and then for years I had to be away from both boys. Russell is gone. I’ve only Ted, on the outer. And God is very good to me to allow me these weeks with him. His first reclassification papers came today. He wants to go, and I want him too, to do his share, but I know you will all understand my need to be here with him now, though I promised to come back on the 18th of this month. Remember how deeply I love you and that I am lifting you high into the Light, that my arms are about you in deep love, that we are all marching "Forward, onward, upward in Joy that is irresistible and expectant, in Love Unquenchable, in Faith Unconquerable." All my deep, deep love. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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September 2, 1942 Seattle, WA Beloved and dear, dear friends: Isn’t God good to me to allow me to be with Ted until this is settled? I do not see from here just how I could have stood being away from him these next few weeks. His first papers came today from the Draft Board on his reclassification. Plus Orders: Too dangerous about earthquakes here. Something "big" almost ready to pop! Not shown as yet. Just help release power for holding as is now. It must not be too soon. Both Coasts, harder than ever. Hold together in love as never before. More important from now until November 1st than at any time previous. Hold. Love. Stand. Let Faith be Unconquerable. Ted wants to go, so I want him to do his full share, regardless, only I’m so grateful to the Father, allowing me to be here for these weeks. Isn’t God good to me? To us? I love your love. I do miss you and we’ll have a real reunion this time, when I get there, won’t we? Remember, I love you. Be sure to pray hard and to love more and more. All we need now is more love and more Praise. With all my heart and love, your own, Edna Miriam |
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September 2, 1942 Seattle, WA Beloved and so sweet Ones: Pray and fast from outer things this week. So hard. It is so important and so necessary to have one Group which can stand together in absolute and in complete love — together and I know our love bears this great quality of "togetherness" for each other, and with all of us, in our love for and devotion to God. "Love shall fulfill the Law of Glory for earth now. Love shall fulfill the Law of Glory for you now. Love shall fulfill the Law of Glory for me now." Remember, I am with you in person NOW as you read this. I shall write each one! All my love, my dears, Edna Miriam |
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September 9, 1942 Seattle, WA My So Beloved Ones: My heart is with you as you open our "New" Cycle Vibration. It was about the hardest thing I ever did in following Orders last Spring, when they came through — "Move." We’d been so happy. Yet now that the "vision and text" for the Orders, now fulfilled and past, has come through, it is very clear. It had to be closed out — the "Old Cycle," in just this past way. Let’s move all our hearts, all our minds, all our bodies and affairs into our new building-mold. Let’s let our souls do our "hearing," our "seeing" and our "speaking." Let’s take the three little "monkeys" as our symbol for this Fall’s new work. Most of all, let’s build love between each other, love in which there is no criticism at all, no condemnation at all for either self or others. Let’s do our very best each moment and truly leave the rest to the Father. We must be free to follow Orders "whenever," "whatever" and "wherever!" That must be the greatest thing in our minds and hearts. Let’s never again ask "why" we are not an outer, popular group. Let’s go forward in Love, knowing that right now we are truly building the Great Foundation for our New Outer Temple, in due season and then not ask "when," but just let every word and sermon dig out old debris for the New Foundation. When we’ve done our work, we’ll have the new. We do know this. "I now use all the Joy my Father gives unto me, AS JOY. In this Joy lies my present strength." I shall be with you. You’ll feel me close. I love you deeply and ever. Your own, Edna Miriam |
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September 16, 1942 Seattle, WA Beloved of God: This is your Day of new choice. Whether you choose to "settle down" into the old ruts and places or whether you choose to "work up" into higher Light and Glories, our motto for the week is: "Wake up, oh my soul. Work up, oh my soul. Be ye exalted higher with an exceeding great Glory and be ye One with the Soul of God." I am |