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Today, we celebrate James Edward Padgett’s success in bringing the truth of salvation to light after being lost, not once, but twice in the history of our species.

The truth was initially lost after the first parents chose independence from their Maker. Because of their fateful choice, the Father wisely withdrew the privilege of receiving the Divine Essence of Love. Across the millennia, only a glimmer of the strand of truth could be glimpsed through the veils of prophecy, myth, and legend. This unbreakable golden thread of God’s plan was further obscured as it navigated the warp and woof of countless societies that rose and fell through the ages.

Jesus of Nazareth’s incarnation brought the re-bestowal of God’s Divine Love and his earthly ministry brought the knowledge of how to receive it. Jesus recovered and wove this Divine throughline into a beautiful, world-saving tapestry nearly two thousand years ago. But within a few decades of his untimely death, his exquisite blueprint for abundant life was tattered and torn apart by the cross-currents of human error. Still, the incorruptible and eternal thread of God’s Love continued to weave a course through the distortions and illusions of human history.

After finding its way through more than fifteen centuries of institutional ignorance and oppression, the filament of God’s Desire once again saw the light of day. The glowing fiber of divine truth revealed itself to humankind a third time through the divinely-developed instrumentality of James Edward Padgett.

Through him, humankind received knowledge of the Creator’s Unconditional Love and the way of soul transformation. May we devote ourselves so that the truth of Divine Love may never again be lost to the ravages of human delusion.

On this anniversary of the successful completion of James Edward Padgett’s earthly work, we give thanks for the truths transmitted through him with such clarity and effectiveness that we who gather here today know with absolute certainty the way to experience divine soul rebirth. Without Mr. Padgett’s faithfulness to his divinely-appointed purpose, we would not be here now. We would be lost.

And may we also remember that we would have no knowledge of the way to abundant life and immortality were it not for the dedicated efforts of others – our Heavenly Father, Jesus-Master of the Celestial Heavens, the Celestial Angels, Helen Heyde Padgett, Ann Rollins, Dr. Leslie Rippon Stone, and a great host of known and unknown souls.

May their Divinely-orchestrated collaboration inspire us to advance together in common purpose. Let us follow their example and serve together in humility and harmony so that the Father’s plan might be realized through us.

The tireless efforts of multitudes over millennia have given us an unshakable launching pad for our unique and individual spiritual journeys. May we contribute our best to the growing movement these dedicated souls have made possible. May we be selfless servants in a diverse, harmonious, and peaceful global community that brings hope and healing to our troubled world.

We who know the way of soul salvation need each other more than ever. May we trust God to knit us together with flexible, yet unbreakable cords of love as stronger souls and growing structures of light are needed to counteract the compounding returns of humanity’s long-standing investments in fear, ignorance, and arrogance. May we be one in God’s Love and work together so all may be inspired to choose divine soul transformation in this life and the next.

Today, we express our heartfelt gratitude to James Padgett and all who gave us access to the truth he received by rededicating ourselves to fully embodying God’s Divine Love every moment of our lives. As we strive for this ideal, we will bear witness to the Holy One’s birthing of a new humanity and a new Earth – a burgeoning, resplendent, multidimensional, superconscious reality of awakening souls enfolded and tenderly embraced within the eternal, incorruptible, and expansive fabric of God’s Divine Love. May it be so for us all.

[Speech delivered by Bill Frase on the centenary of James Edward Padgett’s transition into the spirit world on March 17, 1923.]