Religion: Cosmic Lubritorium

In due time, the word came to Father Divine, self-proclaimed God-in-the-flesh: Philadelphia was going to have a visitation by Detroit's Prophet Jones, Dominion Ruler of the Church of the Universal Triumph, who has established a lien on divinity himself. Forth from Father Divine's headquarters in Philadelphia went a cordial invitation: Would the Prophet attend the consecration of the Father's new 73-acre heaven in swank suburban Montgomery County?

Prompt and courtly was the Prophet Jones's reply: "Your Godliness ... I ... know the chassis of your mind has been carried up into a divine cosmic lubritorium. I herewith graciously, humbly and sincerely,...

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