Show dear friends everywhere As we reached the final week of the past month we came to a close of another year for those of us who nine ame forth from homes in various parts of this land and burned our bridges behind us in every sense of the word of this loyal and courageous group we still have six of the original members although the remainder of our present group came within the next few months and not one among them but has been here for more than fifteen months long enough to know just what it means to submit the last bit of self as well as of possessions and it so happens that of those who remain nearly all had bad a small or generous amount of material wealth to offer which they gave freely and with love in order to further the work some of these very ones are still living in the most simple manner with unfinished quarters or in temporary places until we can in some way provide more suitable habitation for or them this bespeaks loyalty to the nth degree and it is because we can speak of such devotion to a cause and a willingness to prepare the way for others to ome come that we HAVE progressed and accomplished so much up to this period of time all honor and credit is due this loyal band of pilgrims crid I 1 take this opportunity to sing their praises so to speak although I 1 give thanks daily FOR THEM as I 1 make contact with our heavenly father who watches over all and to the band of heavenly hosts who guide and protect us under the leadership of jesus the christ whose banner we are upholding now if more of those who had come in the early months had bad been as willing to believe in the messages which attracted them to this spot and to consider that there were as many promises of hardship as there were of spiritual sri ritual growth and more lovely times we would be much farther along the pathway of success in a material way As it is we have not only been retarded d in our building program but we have been compelled to make further sacrifice in every conceivable way to prove ourselves of such quality andl and timbre as will permit us to teach i THROUGH EXAMPLE rather than b by y word of mouth that we DO D BE LIEVE AND HAVE FAITH in the guidance we have chosen to follow I 1 I 1 have recently discovered that our master of nineteen hundred years ago i I 1 left with us a THIRD MENT although it is not emphasized in the four gospels or other writings I 1 of those who followed him in those days it is c barly aly written in the aquarian gospel however on page the ath and ath verses of chapter wherein we are told that just as he gave his life for men so must we we suggest to our readers who are familiar with this great book of truthful utterances as it wan wa called in a recent message to read the entire chapter as well as the two which f follow for we are now receiving some very enlightening interpretations of these chapters and they will be used in our evening classes as we enter upon our fall period of study there are many words of truth also in the references made to the manner in which the so called chosen ones of those days did utterly forsake our master in his time of great need al thi though ough they were very boastful of their love for him as t they bey met him and discussed him with others other 9 so i is history repeating itself in these jays days when so many who pledged allegiance all to our decoi recorded ded messages in words but came here with little or no desire to prove true to their promises therefore 13 it to be b wondered that I 1 give thanks and r rejoice as we enter third year for the few HAVE REMAINED FAITHFUL AND TRUE on these ROCKS we shall build a firm foundation and as we turn the rages of our new calendar year we hall say sav it is finished in so far as the file bax past year vear is concern concerned d for WP we have 6 1 va az completed feted another year of loyal service IN HIS NAME As you will read these thes e lines kaw kaw that we who are gathered here send out thoughts thought of love as well to all 0 friends rii ends in the outer world who are with us in thought word and deed and remember also that ac according to the help you extend so may we res and by the same token so will you find the happiness we have found in giving and doing in order that this holy and sacred spot may resolve into a REAL KINGDOM as time advances lovingly yours 0 aft offus offu s |