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[[File:100519M-medres.jpg|thumb|upright|Clara Louise Kieninger as a young girl]] | [[File:100519M-medres.jpg|thumb|upright|Clara Louise Kieninger as a young girl]] | ||
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Clara Louise serves on the fourth ray of God’s purity, and her musical keynote is “Calm As the Night.” Her soul’s devotion to God is reflected in her prior embodiments. In the days of [[Lemuria]], she served in the central temple as a '''priestess at the altar of the Divine Mother''', and at the time of Jesus she was embodied as the '''apostle James'''. In her recent life, she often repeated to others the words of Jesus, “What is that to thee? follow thou me!”<ref>John 21:22.</ref> | |||
== Her life == | |||
Clara Louise Kieninger was born on September 16, 1883, in Junction City, Kansas, and spent a happy childhood in a large pioneer family. She started her career as a secretary and businesswoman, but finally persuaded her mother to let her follow the profession of her heart: nursing. | Clara Louise Kieninger was born on September 16, 1883, in Junction City, Kansas, and spent a happy childhood in a large pioneer family. She started her career as a secretary and businesswoman, but finally persuaded her mother to let her follow the profession of her heart: nursing. | ||
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In 1912 she graduated from the Lutheran Hospital Nursing School in St. Louis, Missouri. At this occasion she took her class motto, “Ich Dien” (I Serve), as the guiding principle of her life. Clara Louise quickly advanced to responsible positions, becoming assistant director and then director of schools of nursing. In 1917 she was sent to France as a chief nurse and served there until the end of the First World War. | In 1912 she graduated from the Lutheran Hospital Nursing School in St. Louis, Missouri. At this occasion she took her class motto, “Ich Dien” (I Serve), as the guiding principle of her life. Clara Louise quickly advanced to responsible positions, becoming assistant director and then director of schools of nursing. In 1917 she was sent to France as a chief nurse and served there until the end of the First World War. | ||
She served devotedly in the field of nursing for many years and established the first school of nursing in Brazil, in preparation for her work with the children of the incoming seventh root race destined to embody in South America. Through the profession of nursing, she served the body of God on earth with the same honor and love she would accord the Christ | She served devotedly in the field of nursing for many years and established the first school of nursing in Brazil, in preparation for her work with the children of the incoming [[seventh root race]] destined to embody in South America. Through the profession of nursing, she served the body of God on earth with the same honor and love she would accord the Christ. | ||
She was a very sweet and gracious woman. She made everyone comfortable in her presence and elevated the dignity and self worth of those who were in a room with her. | |||
Her memoirs are published in the book ''Ich Dien''. | |||
[[File:100517M-medres.jpg|thumb|upright|Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro (1943)]] | |||
== Her vigil for youth == | == Her vigil for youth == | ||