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167:6.1 That evening [[Jesus]]' [[message]] regarding [[marriage]] and the [[blessed]]ness of [[children]] spread all over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho], so that the next morning, long before [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]] [[prepared]] to leave, even before breakfast time, scores of [[mothers]] came to where [[Jesus]] lodged, bringing their [[children]] in their arms and leading them by their hands, and [[desired]] that he [[bless]] the little ones. When [[the apostles]] went out to view this assemblage of [[mothers]] with their [[children]], they endeavored to send them away, but these [[women]] refused to depart until [[the Master]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laying_on_of_hands laid his hands] on their children and [[blessed]] them. And when [[the apostles]] loudly [[rebuked]] these [[mothers]], Jesus, hearing the [[tumult]], came out and [[indignantly]] [[reprove]]d them, saying: " Suffer little [[children]] to come to me; forbid them not, for of such is [[the kingdom]] of heaven. Verily, verily, I say to you, whosoever [[receives]] not [[the kingdom]] of God as a little child shall hardly enter therein to grow up to the full [[Maturity|stature]] of [[spiritual]] [[manhood]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18]
167:6.2 And when [[the Master]] had [[spoken]] to his [[apostles]], he [[received]] all of the [[children]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laying_on_of_hands laying his hands on them], while he [[spoke]] [[words]] of [[courage]] and [[hope]] to their [[mothers]].
167:6.3 [[Jesus]] often talked to his [[apostles]] about the [[Mansion Worlds|celestial mansions]] and taught that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48 advancing children of God] must there grow up [[spiritually]] as children grow up [[physically]] on this world. And so does the [[sacred]] oftentimes [[appear]] to be the [[common]], as on this day these children and their [[mothers]] little [[realized]] that the onlooking [[intelligences]] of [[Nebadon]] beheld the children of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho] [[playing]] with the [[Master Son|Creator]] of a [[Nebadon|universe]].
167:6.4 [[Woman]]'s [[status]] in [[Palestine]] was much improved by [[Jesus]]' teaching; and so it would have been throughout the world if [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity his followers] had not departed so far from that which he painstakingly taught them.
167:6.5 It was also at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho], in connection with the [[discussion]] of the early [[religious]] [[training]] of children in [[habits]] of divine [[worship]], that [[Jesus]] impressed upon his [[apostles]] the great [[value]] of [[beauty]] as an [[influence]] leading to the urge to [[worship]], especially with children. [[The Master]] by precept and example taught the [[value]] of [[worshiping]] the [[Creator]] in the midst of the [[Nature|natural]] [[surroundings]] of [[creation]]. He preferred to [[commune]] with the [[Universal Father|heavenly Father]] amidst the trees and among the lowly [[creatures]] of the natural world. He rejoiced to [[contemplate]] [[the Father]] through the [[inspiring]] [[spectacle]] of the [[Sky|starry realms]] of the [[Creator Sons]].
167:6.6 When it is not possible to [[worship]] [[God]] in the tabernacles of [[nature]], men should do their best to provide houses of [[beauty]], sanctuaries of appealing [[simplicity]] and artistic embellishment, so that the highest of [[human]] [[emotions]] may be aroused in [[association]] with the [[intellectual]] approach to spiritual [[communion]] with [[God]]. [[Truth]], [[beauty]], and [[holiness]] are powerful and effective aids to true [[worship]]. But [[spirit]] [[communion]] is not promoted by mere massive ornateness and overmuch embellishment with man's elaborate and [[ostentatious]] [[art]]. [[Beauty]] is most [[religious]] when it is most [[simple]] and naturelike. How unfortunate that little [[children]] should have their first introduction to [[concepts]] of [[public]] [[worship]] in cold and barren rooms so devoid of the [[beauty]] [[appeal]] and so empty of all suggestion of [[good]] [[cheer]] and [[inspiring]] [[holiness]]! The child should be introduced to [[worship]] in [[nature]]'s outdoors and later accompany his [[parents]] to public houses of religious assembly which are at least as materially [[attractive]] and artistically [[beautiful]] as the [[home]] in which he is daily domiciled.
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[[Category:Paper 167 - The Visit to Philadelphia]]
167:6.1 That evening [[Jesus]]' [[message]] regarding [[marriage]] and the [[blessed]]ness of [[children]] spread all over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho], so that the next morning, long before [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]] [[prepared]] to leave, even before breakfast time, scores of [[mothers]] came to where [[Jesus]] lodged, bringing their [[children]] in their arms and leading them by their hands, and [[desired]] that he [[bless]] the little ones. When [[the apostles]] went out to view this assemblage of [[mothers]] with their [[children]], they endeavored to send them away, but these [[women]] refused to depart until [[the Master]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laying_on_of_hands laid his hands] on their children and [[blessed]] them. And when [[the apostles]] loudly [[rebuked]] these [[mothers]], Jesus, hearing the [[tumult]], came out and [[indignantly]] [[reprove]]d them, saying: " Suffer little [[children]] to come to me; forbid them not, for of such is [[the kingdom]] of heaven. Verily, verily, I say to you, whosoever [[receives]] not [[the kingdom]] of God as a little child shall hardly enter therein to grow up to the full [[Maturity|stature]] of [[spiritual]] [[manhood]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18]
167:6.2 And when [[the Master]] had [[spoken]] to his [[apostles]], he [[received]] all of the [[children]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laying_on_of_hands laying his hands on them], while he [[spoke]] [[words]] of [[courage]] and [[hope]] to their [[mothers]].
167:6.3 [[Jesus]] often talked to his [[apostles]] about the [[Mansion Worlds|celestial mansions]] and taught that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48 advancing children of God] must there grow up [[spiritually]] as children grow up [[physically]] on this world. And so does the [[sacred]] oftentimes [[appear]] to be the [[common]], as on this day these children and their [[mothers]] little [[realized]] that the onlooking [[intelligences]] of [[Nebadon]] beheld the children of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho] [[playing]] with the [[Master Son|Creator]] of a [[Nebadon|universe]].
167:6.4 [[Woman]]'s [[status]] in [[Palestine]] was much improved by [[Jesus]]' teaching; and so it would have been throughout the world if [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity his followers] had not departed so far from that which he painstakingly taught them.
167:6.5 It was also at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho], in connection with the [[discussion]] of the early [[religious]] [[training]] of children in [[habits]] of divine [[worship]], that [[Jesus]] impressed upon his [[apostles]] the great [[value]] of [[beauty]] as an [[influence]] leading to the urge to [[worship]], especially with children. [[The Master]] by precept and example taught the [[value]] of [[worshiping]] the [[Creator]] in the midst of the [[Nature|natural]] [[surroundings]] of [[creation]]. He preferred to [[commune]] with the [[Universal Father|heavenly Father]] amidst the trees and among the lowly [[creatures]] of the natural world. He rejoiced to [[contemplate]] [[the Father]] through the [[inspiring]] [[spectacle]] of the [[Sky|starry realms]] of the [[Creator Sons]].
167:6.6 When it is not possible to [[worship]] [[God]] in the tabernacles of [[nature]], men should do their best to provide houses of [[beauty]], sanctuaries of appealing [[simplicity]] and artistic embellishment, so that the highest of [[human]] [[emotions]] may be aroused in [[association]] with the [[intellectual]] approach to spiritual [[communion]] with [[God]]. [[Truth]], [[beauty]], and [[holiness]] are powerful and effective aids to true [[worship]]. But [[spirit]] [[communion]] is not promoted by mere massive ornateness and overmuch embellishment with man's elaborate and [[ostentatious]] [[art]]. [[Beauty]] is most [[religious]] when it is most [[simple]] and naturelike. How unfortunate that little [[children]] should have their first introduction to [[concepts]] of [[public]] [[worship]] in cold and barren rooms so devoid of the [[beauty]] [[appeal]] and so empty of all suggestion of [[good]] [[cheer]] and [[inspiring]] [[holiness]]! The child should be introduced to [[worship]] in [[nature]]'s outdoors and later accompany his [[parents]] to public houses of religious assembly which are at least as materially [[attractive]] and artistically [[beautiful]] as the [[home]] in which he is daily domiciled.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_167 Go to Paper 167]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 167 - The Visit to Philadelphia]]
