The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-10-14

1t was a privilege and a pleasure to
visit the personal home of Father Di-
vine. 1t was an experience that l shall
never forget, an experience that gave
me the facts from the co-yorkers and
about 400 followers of Father Divine.
Ringing the bell about s o'clock am,
we said good morning." to the elderly,
grav-haired gentleman who opened the
door He said Peace" What a saluta-
lion, | said to my friend who had ac-
companied me to this Home of Peace.
We told the gentleman we had writ
ten Father" we would be there, that
we would like to see some one in charge
who could assign us to our room. He
escorted us up stairs to the personal
paror of Fathers and went for the
housekeeper whose name is Miss Sun
shine For the first time in our lives
We felt we were really among the chos-
en- few. Such culture, such a welcome.
such couItesies that we received were
indeed something new. Miss Sunshine
also was lady Of middle age who ex-
planned to us, in the most beautiful
English, that only persons whom
Father" himself invited were able to
stop there, but that she would get ac-
"ommodatiOns for us at one of the ex-
tensions. She very sweetly and graci-
ously explained that the trip to Krum
Elbow would not be made that dav be-
cause Father was having a three dav
celebration at Rockland Palace begin
aIng that evening. She invited us into
the Ladies room to refresh ourselves
and to the dining room to our break
last. She was truly Miss Sunshine.
From the outside of these two man
lions, which had been converted into
"n. Palace, we could see that we were
IN what Is known as a section for the
Hnh or the aristocracy of New York.
Once we were inside that fact was
Drought out more wildly. The atmos-
nhrre, the furniture, all emphasized
culture. Peace, Love, Harmony, Sin
rerety Of purpose, kindness and Sun
shine were expressed throughout the
day. We were invited to stay to the
Banquet that is held there every dav
amt served by Father" to the co-work-
ers and we were shown the dining room
by Miss Sunshine, who explained to us
u we dad not wait we might not oct a
seat It was then about $50 am. We
had eaten our breakfast of hot coffee
scrambled eggs, hOminy, bread, butter,
tl1ed sausage, all for Is cents. Every
one who entered the dining room said
Peace and when the order was given
to the waitress, she said "Thank Won.
Rather We really felt we were Iiv-
ING IN a new world. We listened 70
men conversations, only words of
ilaISe and Love were expressed by all
Tor what Father" had done for them.
we began to feel grateful for that
breakfast that would have cost rs 40
cents any where else. We again went
't' TO have a conversation with Miss
Non'hme ana again she received us and
"aswered all of our questions. TELLING
Us we must not be too far from tbe
mann dining room when the waitress
opened the door.
That dining room must be seen.
though shall try to describe it. #
must be 100 feet or more in length
The table was set up for Is with a
shorter table at the head for Gather"
ihe daintiest linen, the most exquisite
silver, the thinest glasses, all looked as
II they had just come from the mann
LECTURERS and were on display for verv
select and rich buyers. When the door
was opened we were fortunate in that
we dld get seat while there were more
standing than could be seated by the
time Father" arrived. That was an
occasion for rejoicing, for all of us,
ne co-workers and followers reioiced
10 see the Body of God", we reioiced
10 see the Father Divine that we had
r'ad and heard so much about. The
happle>t greetings, applause. thanks