Published in 1921 | 270 pages | PDF reader required
PREFACE
The surprise felt by the reader as he opens this book was experienced to the full by the three to whom the whole of the subject matter was given, and by the members of the Class in Spiritual Healing, at a meeting of which the Great Teacher first came, and at twelve subsequent meetings of which likewise he spoke. The undersigned cannot be said consciously to have experienced the coming of the presence, except for a few brief moments out of the many hours during which the messages were being given. His knowledge came mainly as that of the majority of mankind must come-from hearsay, when the records were read. To the two editors those hours of receiving the messages were thoroughly absorbing ones. The entire experience was, however, so natural, once the unusualness of the manifesting of such a personality was lost sight of in the realisation that it was but in fulfilment of a promise recorded in history, that surprise was swallowed up in joy of the message and of the presence.
It would seem to be unfortunate that the reader does not have the advantage that the hearers had, of coming to know the personality before being confronted with the announcement of his identity. For two and a half months did the Great Teacher speak and minister before he told who he was. He purposely refrained from that announcement, as he said, that he might make himself known before making known his name. The reader will not be so prepared; yet he will not fail to find, if he reads with an open mind, that during his reading the truth is attested to by his own inner consciousness.
However at variance the tremendous claim that this book makes may be with the reader's opinions, he owes it to himself not to repudiate that claim without thoughtfully reading the entire book.
FREDERICK A. WIGGIN
Brookline, Massachusetts
September, 1921
