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I got up at 8.30.
We had for breakfast eggs, bacon, cinnamon toast; and I ate an orange.
I sewed up a shirt for Von, as he had burned his other shirt. Von had been dropped off last night about 1.00 after pamphleting.
Beulah’s husband came and we left for the Temple service about 11.00 after getting all the children ready. The service had started when we arrived. Jim was on the podium at 12.15.
A tape of a former sermon was played.
Jim reviewed the present political situation. Last night all the black leaders of a certain group had to be moved to an urban center; more he could not say. When we go we’re going to take with us a little bit of America that belongs to us. Roy Wilkins of NAACP says there is no hope of avoiding a race war. Mayor Bradley is being framed; he told Jim so, though he hasn’t done that much. Jim told of the attempt to pin a drug charge on him last week, which he thwarted.
The offering was taken. Several paid their $1,000.
In a question period, (1) Jim first answered a question from a woman who, he was told, thought that what Jim preached seemed to be against the Bible. She was from the Apostolic Church. Jim quoted inconsistent statements in the Bible, read lies which are in the Bible. “You are saved by the foolishness of preaching.” It Is wrong to think devils can do miracles. He turned to the story of the ancestry of Jesus and the conflict in gospel stories about it.
(2) A man wanted to know what Jim meant by “I am the beginning and the end.” Jim answered that anyone can be what he thinks he is. The only judgment Jesus made was based on feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and so on,
(3) If Ford is sending troops to Angola, why doesn’t he send troops to South Africa and Rhodesia? Jim: The missionaries in South Africa took away the people’s freedom. In Angola the Americans are trying to back a racist regime like that of South Africa. The CIA is recruiting white men in England to fight in Angola.
(4) Is there eternal life? Answer: The soul is eternal; you can have immortal life. Jim referred to his bringing people back to life. But it we are not careful, the white man is going to get us to put heaven way out front and neglect the good life for people in the here and now.
There was a healing session.
Jim took a second offering.
Several were called by name to be admitted to the church.
The service was dismissed about 4.00.
I ate at the senior’s table.
The buses left Los Angeles about 3.30. I read Friday’s newspaper. After the offering was taken, I went to sleep.
We had a long break at Buttonwillow at 8.30. I ran. Rick Cordell came on the bus to take a special offering. He said that many who had pledged for the laser beam protective device for Jim had not kept their pledges, and Jim would not take the money from the general fund for the purpose. Rick appealed to us again. I gave an additional $5.00. I questioned Rick about the protection provided for Jim’s food and drink. He said investigations were being conducted of both inside and outside security.
The buses left Buttonwillow about 10.00.
At the rest stop about 1.30 we were all told to get off the buses. We learned that bus No. 10 back about eight miles had lost a wheel. Bus No. 12 went back to help, and the passengers on 12 boarded the other San Francisco buses. Children filled the aisle I held Billy, June Strain’s child, on my lap.
At the stop I did some running. I spoke to Rheaviana about moving to a commune, telling her that I was under a good deal of pressure on my job and didn’t have the time to dispose of my belongings. I asked her to mark my file, “Not Ready.” She said eighty-eight people were moving up from Los Angeles into communes.
Although I was somewhat cramped, I went to sleep again, as did Billy.
We arrived in San Francisco at 4.30. Rob Christian was waiting for us, took me with several others home.
I unpacked. I pressed clothes for an hour.