Page 145 (Ageless Truth in speeches from half century ago)

Although True Father has spoken a lot about his early days as a single man, responding to God’s call and taking on the initial struggles of his messianic mission, he has said surprisingly little about his personal experience since the Holy Wedding of True Parents in 1960. Much of what he has said in the past fifty years has been to explain the providence and guide members. None of True Father’s speeches from 1960 have been officially translated into English. We are pleased to offer these excerpts from what he said throughout that formative year. All of the events mentioned took place at the old Headquarters Church in Cheongpadong, Seoul. This is the twenty-eighth installment in this series.

Third forty-day workshop for witnessing leaders 

December 21, 1959 to January 30, 1960 (those who attended just in the evenings continued for seventy days, until March 16); 164 members completed the course 

What is important is that we invest our whole mind, to give everything for the will, to dedicate ourselves fully. You must do this whether you are asleep or awake. God wants to uphold those who do this in front of Satan and to say proudly, My sons and daughters did this. 

Until now we have been fighting to defend ourselves. However, from this year on we cannot take that position. So far we could not help taking a defensive position, because there was no one who could stand as Heavenly Father’s representative and fight on His behalf. Now the times are changing and I must give the order to charge forward. In giving this order, matters of the heart are important. You must feel in your heart that even if Heaven and Earth disappear, your relationship with Heavenly Father cannot be changed. With that kind of heart, you finish the battle and become glorious sons and daughters of the Father. You must receive what belongs to Heavenly Father and fight against Satan. All you workshop participants must inherit Heavenly Father’s great achievements of heart. You must go out, inheriting all that belongs to the Heavenly Father and also his great accomplishment. You must fight as his representatives. 

Because He had no one He could give this task to, He has been accused by Satan. Now this is our time, we must think that we cannot tolerate Satan any longer. If we go out with such an attitude, we will be able to conquer any mountain with ease. Only if we do so will we be able to establish our honor in front of Heaven. 

Fifth anniversary of the Seongwha Youth Association 

February 21, 1960 

Today, we are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Seongwha Youth Association. The fact that five years have passed corresponds to the moment in God’s creation when the fifth day of creation was concluded and the sixth day, when God created human beings, was about to begin. 

What is it that we should feel to our bones? First, you must be equipped with a heart that says, “I am not the same as all of you” and “You cannot accomplish this? Well, I can!” You must always have this spirit. 

Under any difficult circumstance you must be able to say, “I am not the same as you in any respect—not from the viewpoint of history, or of the current age, historically or horizontally.” You must be determined to take action whenever difficulties occur. You must act in a way that will worry Satan. 

Speech just before forty-day summer witnessing condition 

July 17, 1960 

When I hear members who have gone out witnessing say upon their return that they were insulted by others, on one hand I feel mortified but on the other hand I feel happy and offer a prayer. Why? It is because the member who was insulted has formed a strong relationship in his heart, not with the heart of a person, but with the sorrowful heart of God. There will come a time when those members will feel proud of that. 

Today, with new resolve in our hearts, we are meant to pour out every passion we have as representatives of all the world’s people. With heavenly sorrow harbored in our bodies, we need to explode in hell, shedding our blood. I believe that when we do this, the tower of victory will be erected at that very place.

Prayer: I hope that at the end of the fortyday course You have entrusted to us, we will meet again and hold hands with one another and share our experiences and talk about how much we were persecuted by the people, and how much we have wept for them. If members have cause for sorrow and lamentation, I pray that they will cry out “Father!” and wish nothing but blessings for the people, and then return with living proof in their hearts that they have done nothing but love the people. Heavenly Father, I beseech You to help us feel this way.