"I am here to tell you that God is love and that all mankind are His children and the object of His bounty and care. Not even the vilest sinner is beyond the boundaries of His care and love.
"He is not a God, who needs propitiation or sacrifice, but calls to all His children to come unto Him and partake freely of the great feast of love which He has prepared for them and enjoy the happiness which His presence gives.
"So my friend, do not for a moment think that the doors of mercy or the entrance into the delights of His heavenly home is closed by the death of the body, for I tell you that the death of the body is a mere entrance into a higher life with increased opportunities.
"But notwithstanding what I say, the soul that seeks to obtain this love while on earth has a great advantage in time over the one that waits until his spirit leaves the body before seeking for the Father’s love.
"The best time for mortals to aspire to attaining this great gift is the now, and no time is so propitious.
"God’s love is for the mortal even if he has the passions and appetites which the flesh encumbers him with, and when a mortal fights against the temptations which these burdens impose, and overcomes, he, when he enters the spirit world, is stronger and more able to progress, than when he puts off the great attempt until he becomes purely spirit.
"Jesus is working among mortals now as He did when on earth, and although they cannot see His physical form or hear His voice of love in tones of benediction and pleading, yet the influence of His love is felt and the persuasion of His spirit voice is heard in the hearts of men."
John Garner - Christian preacher of England in the time of the Reformation
From a message recorded by James Padgett - August 8th, 1915