{"id":60603,"date":"2014-07-02T00:27:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T00:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=60603"},"modified":"2019-02-22T15:54:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T23:54:26","slug":"q957-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=60603","title":{"rendered":"Q957 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

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\nTo read the Annotated Tape Transcript, click here<\/a>.
\nTo read the Tape Transcript, click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3 (Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a>).<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue<\/strong> Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note:<\/strong> Labeled in part \u201c8\/20\/73\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong> Contents of tape consistent with identification note<\/p>\n

People named:<\/strong><\/p>\n

People in attendance at Peoples Temple service<\/em>
\nEugene Chaikin
\nArchie Ijames (speaks) <\/strong>
\nJoyce Rozynko
\nLarry Schacht (by reference)
\nTim Stoen
\nLee Ethel Younge<\/div>\n

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the Brown children
\nSister Grace
\nSister & Brother Morris
\nNussbaum
\nSister Paula
\nSister Wilson<\/div>\n

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Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nRichard Nixon, U.S. President
\nJohn F. Kennedy, assassinated U.S. President
\nEdmund \u201cPat\u201d Brown, governor of California<\/div>\n

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Martin Luther King, Jr., slain civil rights leader
\nMalcolm X, slain leader of Nation of Islam<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ralph Nader, consumer activist
\nFrederick J. Eikerenkoetter II (Reverend Ike)
\nOral Roberts<\/div>\n

Bible verses cited:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Editor’s note<\/strong>: The verses below appear in order of biblical reference, not as they appear in Jim Jones\u2019 address. For a complete scriptural index to the sermons of Jim Jones, click here<\/a>.)<\/i><\/p>\n

    \u201cYou can eat at our vine at any time you choose.\u201d (2 Kings 18:31, \u201cHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:\u201d; also Isaiah 36:16, Isaiah 37:30, Isaiah 65:21).<\/p>\n

    \u201cIf you don\u2019t believe we ought to run for safety to the rock that is higher than you, you ought to listen to this man\u2026 Then you tell me we don\u2019t have to run to the rock that is higher than you?\u201d (Psalm 61:2, \u201cFrom the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.\u201d)<\/p>\n

    \u201cIf you don\u2019t believe you should seek out the rock that we know to be a refuge in the time of storm\u2026 You don\u2019t have to find the shelter in the time of storm?\u201d (Isaiah 25:4, \u201cFor thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.\u201d)<\/p>\n

    \u201cBut the prophets lie, and the people would have it so.\u201d (Jeremiah 27).<\/p>\n

    \u201cI had a lot of doubtin\u2019 Thomases.\u201d (John 20:24-29).<\/p>\n

    \u201cAll these type of people reap what they sow.\u201d (Galatians 6:7, \u201cBe not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.\u201d).<\/p>\n

    \u201cYou have to work your way into a salvation. You have to work with fear and trembling.\u201d (Philippians 2:12, \u201cWherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.\u201d).<\/p>\n

    \u201cThat\u2019s the antichrist system, the love of money which is the root of all evil.\u201d (1 Timothy 6:10, \u201cFor the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.\u201d).<\/p>\n

    \u201c[S]omeone will get up and testify about making five hundred dollars a week and having a selfish wife, a Babylonish wife, a Jezebel for a wife\u2026 [Y]ou weren\u2019t selfish, \u2026 you weren\u2019t like that Jezebel I saw this morning on his program, that had to have fine jewels.\u201d (mainly in 1 Kings and 2 Kings, but greatest condemnation in Revelation 2:20-21, \u201cNotwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.\u201d)<\/ol>\n

    Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Recorded in Los Angeles in August 1973, this sermon is little more than Jim Jones\u2019 comparison between himself and Rev. Ike, a black evangelist whose national broadcasts urged listeners to send in donations in exchange for blessings and promises of prosperity.<\/p>\n

    The criticism of Rev. Ike is unrelenting throughout the tape. Jones refers to the man himself at one point as a \u201clying dog,\u201d and describes his ministry as \u201cthe greatest crime done to black people today.\u201d Not only does Ike take money from gullible people who believe they will get some benefit from their contributions, but the minister uses them to buys expensive cars and clothes and furnishings for both himself and his church. The worst past, Jones says more than once, is that the white man looks at the trappings of Rev. Ike\u2019s church and believes that blacks have made it in American society, that none of them need welfare or housing or educational assistance any longer. More than that, Jones says, Rev. Ike\u2019s ministry is part of a master plan against minorities and the poor in the US.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI believe that the Ku Klux Klan and activists of the militant right, of the far radical extreme right, the fanatics of bigotry, the fanatics of prejudice, I believe they put money in that outfit,\u201d Jones says. He expands upon the theme later in his address when he says Ike is a tool of big money, \u201cYou\u2019ll find racist money, big money, the kind of money that\u2019s killed [John] Kennedy, the kind of money that\u2019s killed Malcolm [X], the kind of money that\u2019s killed Martin [Luther King, Jr.]. You\u2019ll see it right behind him, that put these TV cameras and the big church, because if Ike had his way, he wouldn\u2019t give a crust of bread to a dying person.\u201d<\/p>\n

    In comparison, Peoples Temple has a ministry that reaches out to the people who have nothing and provides them with physical facilities and emotional support that they\u2019ll find no place else (and especially not with Rev. Ike). As for Jones himself, he owns only two pairs of pants and a few shirts, and everything else he receives, he gives away. \u201cWhat do I need with that stuff? \u2026 I don\u2019t want it, when I see people in hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The people in the congregations are different too; where those who follow Rev. Ike seek prosperity for themselves, the Temple has members who donate their own homes to the church so they it \u201ccould be shared by black and white alike.\u201d The people of Peoples Temple sacrifice their wealth \u201cto the cause of human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Moreover, Jones suggests that the people whom Rev. Ike calls out for success will fail. \u201c[Ike] said this man will prosper that\u2019s going into business this morning. That man\u2019s going to lose his shirt, \u2026 [he\u2019s] going to lose everything he\u2019s got.\u201d That\u2019s because \u201cto visualize<\/em> for selfish reasons is death<\/em>. Did you hear what I said? If you visualize to be selfish, you\u2019re gonna die<\/em>, because those that are selfish always end up losing.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Near the end of the recording, Jones predicts that Rev. Ike will have troubles of his own because of the Temple leader\u2019s meditations on him. \u201cI did not think on him unto death, but I thought on him long enough, that there\u2019ll be some problems for him in a matter of hours.\u201d As the applause dies down, he adds, \u201cI did not intend to do so. I\u2019m sorry that I had<\/em> to do so.\u201d The remark is reminiscent of one made by Father Divine in the aftermath of a 1932 trial in which a jury convicted the black religious leader of disturbing the peace. The jury recommended leniency in his sentencing, but the judge denounced Father Divine as a fraud and \u201cmenace to society,\u201d and issued the maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $500 fine. When the judge died of a heart attack four days later, Father Divine was reported to have commented, \u201cI hated to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The only other subject Jones spends any time on in the service is a story of a miracle he performed the previous Thanksgiving. The Temple provided chicken dinners for everyone in the church, but when the kitchen started to run out of food, Jones manifested extra chickens at the expense of a farmer in Mississippi who was a member of the KKK. \u201cI would rather you did not make me work that way,\u201d Jones explains in a light tone as his congregation cheers. \u201cLeast I thought I\u2019ll kill two birds with one stone, I looked over at Mississippi, and I said, I need some chicken. \u2026 More chicken came, just like that, \u2026 [and] there\u2019s a man still crazy in Mississippi, \u2018cause his chickens went flyin\u2019 by him.\u201d<\/p>\n

    FBI Summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Date of transcription: 7\/3\/79<\/p>\n

    In connection with the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s investigation into the assassination of U.S. Congressman LEO J. RYAN at Port Kaituma, Guyana, South America, on November 18, 1978, a tape recording was obtained. This tape recording was located in Jonestown, Guyana, South America, and was turned over to U.S. Officials in Guyana and subsequently transported to the United States.<\/p>\n

    On June 22, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B110-21. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

    A sermon and rally led by JIM JONES in California in which JONES belittles the Reverend IKE consiting [consisting] of approximately 27 tape minutes. The remaining portion of the tape is blank.<\/p>\n

    Differences with FBI Summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Except for the fact that the sermon is closer to 47 minutes, the summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n

    Tape originally posted July 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you. To return to the Tape Index, click here. To read the Annotated Tape Transcript, click here. To read the Tape Transcript, click here. Listen to MP3 (Part 1, Part 2). FBI Catalogue Jones Speaking FBI preliminary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60603","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60603"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86072,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60603\/revisions\/86072"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}