BROOKLYN, N.Y., DECEMBER 20TH, 1946

BROOKLYN, N.Y., DECEMBER 20TH, 1946

Beloved Brother, — I received your letter of the 16th inst. today. Thanks for all it contains. I recall the incident in Park Street, September 9th 1945, when the question as to impersonation was asked. The thought it conveyed to me was that the Lord could only be known through the Spirit. This is clearly in my mind, and I waited a little before replying. And I then expressed dissent as it came clearly to me that the Lord appeared to Paul (Acts 9) directly. This thought, as I remember, was enlarged on from Acts 1 and 1 Corinthians 15.

Thus the truth became worked out that the Lord, in making Himself known to His people, could not be said to be limited

^[p. 393] to the Spirit, although it was fully owned that in general it was by the Spirit.

As to the actual truth involved, what you quote in the separate sheet from ‘The Way’ I believe conveys the truth. The other quotations you make — from Vols. 130,135 and 162 — are not clear as to the corporeal side, but they cannot be fairly said to deny it. Indeed it would seem that I had not thought of that side definitely, but I believe that if any one had brought forward the corporeal appearing of the Lord to His own I should have agreed to it.

As the matter stands now, I think what you quote from ‘The Way’ is the truth and hence it should stand.

Affectionately yours in Christ,
James Taylor.