April 26

Born in 1880, George Baker was an ambitious man. Like many others when he hit his thirties, he apparently hit his stride; changing his name to Reverend General Jealous Divine and claimed to be God. Not a god, but God, with the capital G. In light-hearted, less formal moments, he referred to himself as The Messenger. When he felt the urge to be slightly more casual he would call himself Father Divine. Apparently, to prove that God was really just one of the boys, on the 26th in 1946, in Brooklyn, New York, Baker married Edna Rose Ritchings. This was truly a merging of two hearts and souls. The fact that Baker was 65 years old and Ritchings was only 21 had absolutely nothing to do with Baker’s, how shall I put it, more earthly motivations.