ever be held before the mind. But as it is sometimes less easy to mount the supernal heights than at others, it is well to know of other methods, regarded as introductory to this. It is an aid, for example, to dismiss all care, remove all nervous tension, and quietly settle down into the living present, with no effort to attain or to aspire. One therefore reminds oneself that one cannot achieve all ends at once, that to become rounded-out means to take up one tendency after another and lead it into line. One endeavors to come to judgment in the moment of life that just now is. One frankly acknowledges what has been accomplished, what remains to be done. One makes no claims, one makes no promises. The plain, unvarnished truth is what one wishes.

It is important for every one to be able thus to discriminate the soul-regarded as essentially ideal, aspiring to be perfect from the conditions of its evolution. Then the past that one regrets, the memory that causes pain, the experience that causes shame, will be connected rather with the self which one used to be. For the very fact that regret and shame arise shows that the soul is already far more than once it was. Once there was only a dim consciousness of a better way, a well-nigh impotent awareness of an alternative. But now the weaker element has become the stronger; the higher alternatives have prevailed.

It is an entirely new thought to some people to reflect that there is a part of the self that is never ill, never sins. Yet one must believe this if one holds that the soul is a son of God, reared in love, sharing the divine life, never separated from the Father's care. To accept such a belief is to conclude that at heart the soul is pure, true, genuine, free, beautiful. That being so, one may very well give special thought to this conception of the soul. One will then see that what appeared to be an enveloping fear was relatively superficial. One

apparently gave way to doubt, but in deepest truth the soul remained at heart loyal, serene. The hours of pain that swept over the inner life seemed to carry everything before them, but, far within, the soul was at peace, inspired now and then by enticing glimpses through the mist of doubt. Hence one must judge, not by the experience, but by the inmost attitude. One must put together these profounder hints concerning the soul's real belief and take the erect, strong attitude which they suggest. After a time this ideal consciousness will be an ever-ready At first, this consciousness will be largely passive. But in due course it can be made aggressive, until finally it will be an ever-present strength.

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SELF-HEALING.

As mental healing became known, many ran to the healers, as they before hastened to the exponents of a new school of medicine. By degrees both teachers and patients discovered that the root of mental healing was self-healing.

Only teachers and healers are in a position to truly estimate the enormous difference this has made with the ones seeking. There are thousands today talking about the Science, the teachers and healers, and ridiculing everything connected with it, because the healers did not heal them or help them out of their difficulties. Some of them openly say, "I want to be healed; I do not want to heal myself.' Others say, "Jesus healed people. He did not ask them to heal themselves." In these latter cases it is absolutely useless to draw their attention to the fact that it was their faith with which he healed them, not his.

The Science of Being as presented in and by the Law of Expression, teaches from the first lesson to the last, that each one who is truly healed must heal himself. Another one may stand by with strong, sure, helpful soul, but if a cure is to be made, the individual must do it for himself. The same applies to any and every condition to be changed.

-ALMA GILLEN, in Expression.

IN THE BEGINNING.

BY JANE W. YARNALL.

By the story of Creation it has almost universally been believed that the world is only six thousand years old, but the spirit of investigation has taught us to think differently, at the same time to not dispute the statements of the book of Genesis. Every intelligent soul knows that we live in an age of progress, in an age of investigation and of interpretation which one hundred years ago was not tolerated at all. We live in an age of scientific exactness, or as nearly so as the mind of man will permit at the present stage of development, and we have learned that by the use of the God-given wisdom imparted to man, the human family began to reason on the subject of origin. It was considered necessary that the story of Creation should be written, and written by the inspiration of the Lord within, and we feel that it is wise to accept it in the spirit it was written.

In the first chapter of Genesis is an account of what God created day by day, and on the sixth day He said, "Let us make man in our image, and after our likeness." Why did He say us and our? Because of the multitude of aspects that are required to constitute God; the Life, the Truth, the Love, the Wisdom, the Joy, etc. Every eternal principle of good belongs in the category that constitutes God, and all He created is good, is spiritual and eternal, every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb before it grew, etc. After which the Lord God, which is the spiritual Man created in the image of God, formed a man out of the elements of earth, which is called the "dust of the ground," and breathed into him the breath of life, and man became a living soul, and was named Adam.

This man Adam was given a mind that was mortal like his body. He was given power to choose

between that which is good and that which is not good, and, as he was left without any teacher but experience, and according to the allegory, he very naturally chose to believe in the evidence of his senses, sight and hearing, and what he saw with the eyes he judged to be true. He knew nothing whatever of his spiritual origin, nor that he had within himself the power to dominate all things about him.

Now from this account, it is not a difficult matter for the mortal to realize that everyone who is born into the world must grow into knowing what they are and what their powers are. We all begin as Adams, perfectly ignorant; but we have the advantage of living in an age of better and higher knowledge than was possible for Adam. We absorb the knowledge of parents and teachers, and we know there is growth for everyone who will honestly endeavor to see the distinction between that which is ephemeral and that which is eternal; and when we understand that distinction we cannot help knowing that the I AM is that perfect image of God, endowed with powers like unto God, and that it is by holding the thought of perfection, and speaking it with understanding and trust, that we make our bodies respond to our thinking, and make them show forth a likeness of that perfection that we know is ours. Therefore let us cease to think or speak of the I AM as unworthy, or weak, or sick, or any suggestion of a negative condition. Remember that by our words we are justified or condemned.

Let us remember that nothing befalls us that is not of the nature of ourselves. There comes no adventure but wears to our soul the shape of our everyday thoughts, and deeds of heroism are but offered to those who for long years have been heroes in obscurity and silence.-MAETERLINCK.

Let man hold to his purpose as with the tug of gravitation. EMERSON.

SELF TREATMENT FOR CONSUMPTION.

BY ANNIE RIX MILITZ.

There is but one Will Power, the power of the Will of God. It has only Good in view, and never can work evil to anyone. Will Power is God. Will Power is Love. I am not afraid to use Will Power, for I am not afraid to use Love. I never use mortal will, for there is no such thing; neither can I be controlled by mortal will, for there is no such thing. My Will is Divine. My Will is one with the Holy Will of God. I will for Health and against disease, and no weakness can paralyze my Will. My determination and my resolution are for Life, Eternal Life, here and now, which is the Will of my God, and that Will cannot be overcome. God is on my side. My Will is His Will, for I do ever those things that please Him. I rise in my might and assert myself. I plant my feet, like hinds' feet, upon Mount Zion, and I cannot be moved. The battle is the Lord's. I stand and see God bring everything to pass. So be it. God is now filling me with His Health and His Life. I am vigorous and strong. I am not afraid of any earthly thing. Let the breeze blow, let the waters flow, let the earth give forth her vapors none of these things can harm me or make me to fear. The Will of my God folds me round in safety from every mortal belief. No foolish or weak thought in the invisible can move me, to weaken me or make me feel like giving up. I yield not one step. I am positive and firm for Health. I am Good - there is no evil in me and nothing can persuade me that I deserve sickness and death. I will not be deceived. I will to be well. I will show forth my Divine Nature. I am all-powerful, and what I will shall stand and nothing can overcome it. I am one with God now, and what I Will, He Wills, and what He Wills, I Will.-Amen.