This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Edmonds'' home, 611 Pennsylvania Ave., Norfolk, Va., this 22nd day of December, 1935, requested by those present.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Minnie Barrett, Esther Wynne, Hannah Miller, Noah Miller, Florence Edmonds, Edith Edmonds, Frances Y. Morrow, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Helen Storey and Ruth LeNoir.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 3:15 to 3:40 P. M.
1. GC: You will have before you the Norfolk Study Group #1, members of which are present here, and their work on the lesson Glory. You will give a further discourse on this lesson, giving especially a Christmas message to the group as a whole, and answer questions.
2. EC: Yes, we have the group as gathered here; as a group, as individuals, and their work on the lesson Glory.
3. In considering the lesson at this time, Glory is that which is sought in the experience of each and every individual. It, Glory, is the natural expression also of every thing, condition, circumstance that gives to man and his mind a concept of Creative Forces as they manifest in materiality.
4. Hence this, then, is the natural seeking of man. Yet, as with EVERY phase of man's experience with conditions that deal with the fellow man, this may be turned into that which may become a stumblingblock to self or to others.
5. GLORY, then, in all its phases in man's experience, and as related to the Creative Forces in the manifestations in the earth, is to be studied.
6. That this particular Season brings to man the time when there is the expression of the Glory of the Father through the Son in the earth, is manifested in the experience of all present.
7. Then, we may find Glory in those activities, those expressions that may bring joy, peace, happiness, understanding, knowledge, wisdom, in the experience of all. These be the expressions of man in glorifying not self but that purpose, that ideal, for which the Season, the period stands in the experience of each that seeks to know the Glory of the Father.
8. For, as was given of old, the Glory of God shall be manifested among men; for He, God, hath spoken it, hath promised it to the sons of men.
9. Yet this Glory must become aware in the experience of
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each in the same order, the same manner, as every law of the Lord. They that would know God or His Glory must believe that He IS, and a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him.
10. If ye would know God, if ye would know His Glory, DO GOOD unto thy fellow man! Give expression of that love as the Son gave in His ministry among men; who went about doing good, giving praise and Glory. Not to self, not to a period, not to an ideal, but to God. For, as He gave, "Of myself I can do nothing, but that the Glory of God may be manifested among men - for this cause, for this purpose came I into the world."
11. Then, if ye would make this Glad Season of effect in thine own experience, show forth THAT LOVE in thy dealings, in thy relationships, in thine words, in thine acts.
12. For as He gave, "As ye do it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye do it unto me."
13. Not, then, that self may be well-spoken of. Not that there may be this or that of thine own convenience, of thine own satisfaction. But that the Glory of God may be manifested among the sons of men! In this manner, then, ye may know the Glory of the Father, of the Son, at this Glad Christmas Time.
14. For, "As ye abide in me and I in the Father, so may the Glory of the Father through thee be made manifest in the experience of thy brethren."
15. Ready for questions.
16. (Q) As I call each name, you will give an individual message for them relative to this lesson and their part in this group work. [413]: (A) Let the Glory of service to thy brother, in the Christ, show forth thy life, thy mind, thy heart; that the light of the whole body may be strengthened in Him.
17. (Q) [585]: (A) Let the Glory of the Father, through thy efforts in thine dealings with thy fellow man, bring thee joy, bring thee peace. For like begets like. As ye sow, so shall ye reap. Keep the faith that is set in Him, and press ON to the mark of the higher calling set BY Him.
18. (Q) [404]: (A) The Glory of the Father, of the Son, keep thee in the ways that thou shouldst go day by day. Realize in thine daily experience that indeed in Him ye have life, in Him ye move and have thy being.
19. (Q) [462]: (A) The Glory of the Father, of the Son, keep thy days, thy ways, that there may be no shadows, no faults, in thine
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inner self. For He is the light and He is the way. Follow where He leadeth thee.
20. (Q) [303]: (A) Let the Glory of the Father, of the Son, be as the light to thy feet, to thy ways. When the turmoils of life, the turmoils of associations trouble thee, look rather to Him who hath given, "Put thy burden on me - LEARN of me and thy burden will be light, and thy way will be straight."
21. (Q) [307]: (A) Let that Glory thou hast seen in thy service to thy fellow man strengthen thee in the way that He leadeth thee. For He faileth not those who put their trust in Him.
22. (Q) [379]: (A) Let that Glory of service, of understanding, be as WISDOM in thy dealings with thy fellow man. Not as knowledge alone but as wisdom, that giveth the manner, the way, the how, the when, to speak His name - in and before thy fellow man.
23. (Q) [560]: (A) The Glory of the Father, of the Son, shadow thee in all thy going in, thy coming out. Let the Voice as thou hast heard, as thou mayest hear calling, be as those experiences that make more and more aware of His abiding presence with thee. For whom the Lord loveth He directeth.
24. (Q) [993]: (A) The way of the Lord is not past finding out. And the Glory that thou hast had, thou mayest have in His presence, abides nigh unto thee. Glory, then, in the Father, in the Son; that His name, His promises, may be sure to the sons of men.
25. (Q) [295]: (A) Let the glory of the Lord abide with thee. Know that he that calleth but harkeneth not is as they who build their house on the sand. When He calls, answer - and give forth that which may be in glory for the purposes, for the service of the Son.
26. (Q) [288]: (A) Let the Glory of the Father, of the Son, suffice thee. Not what man thinketh, or what man sayeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart. Know that as thou hast purposed in thy heart is that which comes before the Glory of God, that may be manifested IN THEE - for as He abides in thee and in thy fellow man, then not to the Glory of self but to that spirit of love, of truth, that abides with Him.
27. (Q) [341]: (A) Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor evil. Cleave
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to good; that the Glory of the Son in the Father may - through thine efforts among the sons of men - be more and more glorious in the eyes of those that seek to know the way.
28. (Q) [294]: (A) Let the heart be not troubled. Let it be not afraid.
29. (Q) [538]: (A) Let the Glory of the Father EVER be before thee. For whom the Lord hath called, they will be borne upon those glories that may become as shining lights before men. Keep the faith that HIS ways may become more and more as the ways of those ye meet day by day. For with the measure ye mete, it will be measured to thee again - either unto the Glory of the Father or to thine own confusion. Let the Lord guide and direct thee.
30. (Q) [69]: (A) Let that thou hast held in thine heart keep thee ever. For the Glory of the Lord is nigh to those that seek Him. For He hath given, "If ye will be my children, I will be thy God." Let that seeking, then, be the Glory of thy purpose, of thy desire.
31. (Q) Is there a message for the group as a whole? (A) Keep the purposes thou hast been called to do. For as ye have purposed, then to that end will He bear thee up - if ye will but remain TRUE to the purposes in thy love for Him. Ye may indeed Glory, for ye have been called of Him.
32. We are through.