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...Ballard '39, B. F. Bart, Jr. '38, R. S. Bart '40, P. L. Bernstein '40, R. H. Bishop, 3d '38, H. L. Blackwell, Jr. '39, G. F. Bogardus '39, N. H. Brisson '39, J. J. Cabitor '38, E. L. Cherbonnier '39, J. R. Cooke '40, E. B. Crohn '40, J. H. Davis...
...Mighty I AM Presence is probably the only U. S. faith whose custodians travel in a cream-colored limousine with a concert harp hitched on the rear. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ballard and Son Donald-as their printed literature invariably refers to them-claim to be the "Accredited Messengers" of a group of spirits whom they call the "Ascended Masters." These include Christ and Moses, but their most articulate spokesman is one "Saint Germain." St. Germain, says Mr. Ballard, appeared to him on Mt. Shasta eight years ago, gave him a drink of "creamy liquid" of which "the electrical...
Since then St. Germain has revealed to Messenger Ballard-a grey-haired onetime mining engineer, today as well-fed as most cultists-a substantial body of thought which adepts of the Mighty I AM Presence may study, in books costing from $1 to $2.75 per copy. The Accredited Messengers claim 400,000 followers...
...Ballard and Son Donald sell their followers pins, I AM rings ($12), phonograph records of the discourses of the Accredited Messengers (also harp solos by Mrs. Ballard), and pictures in all sizes of St. Germain, of Jesus Christ...
...Ballard and Son Donald declined to accept money from people who attended. After they hit their stride holding I AM meetings, however, the meetings have burgeoned with ushers in white, microphones, colored charts and pictures to illustrate the theology of the I AM Presence. Mr. Ballard dresses nattily, Mrs. Ballard, a handsome blonde, wears jewels and evening dress. They now hand out envelopes labeled I AM, Love Gift, and explain that they no longer deny to their followers the right to make contributions...