loving mother, he observes that every time he gets his feet wet the sore-throat is sure to appear. The truth about it is, that while his conscious mind had no longer any recollection, of the mother's admonitions, the subconscious mind is still carrying out the ideas given to it in years long past, and will continue to do so until the erroneous thoughts are cast out and replaced with thoughts of truth. Thus we see that the statement, “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he" refers to the thoughts which are deeply hidden in the subconsciousness. That is the reason why we are frequently so different from our thoughts. It is because, while we are consciously thinking one thing, the subconsciousness has not as yet become so thoroughly impressed by the conscious mind as to change the thought-current, but continues to carry out the ideas given to it by the conscious mind years before.

It was to correct this condition of things that Jesus the Christ came into the world. Man believed error, taught it to his children, who in turn taught it to their children, and so generation after generation built it into the subconscious thought of the race, and it began to operate adversely to man, and with such force and intensity, that he was unable to change it. Jesus came, and taught man the truth about God, and man's true relation to him, impressing the consciousness of the race with a power and intelligence that was able to change the thought-currents of the conscious mind. Jesus knew the Divine Law and his thoughts had force and power to destroy the error-thoughts of men and establish in their place ideas of truth and righteousness.

It was because man failed to maintain connection between the conscious and superconscious realms of mind that he became lost in the wilderness of superstition and ignorance. He would never have lost his first estate, seeing that he had the creative power of thought within himself, had he drawn his thoughts from the inexhaust

ible store-house of the superconscious or Christ mind, and had not become involved in the manifestations of his own creative imagery. Had he imaged nothing but the thoughts of Divine Mind, he could never have become the victim of sinful thoughts, but would have retained the consciousness of his Divine perfection, and could have manifested nothing else.

Jesus said: "And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent." Knowledge of God and of his Son, the Christ or superconscious mind, is the way to man's regaining his lost inheritance, through the bringing of his consciousness into at-one-ment with his superconscious and subconscious minds. Jesus was the Wayshower into the realm of Perfect Ideas, and demonstrated practically, for all time, man's ability to bring into visible manifestation the perfect expression of Divine Ideas.

When this quickening power of the Spirit of Truth penetrates and permeates man's subconsciousness, it breaks the shackles of superstition and ignorance with which he has imprisoned himself, and teaches him, through right thinking, to bring himself into an environment of harmony with Divine Law.

But each must bring out these Divine Ideas in his own consciousness, through the power of thought and meditation. We must think God's thoughts, if we would bring God's Ideas into visibility, keeping in mind the important distinction between Christ, the man of Ideas, and Jesus, the manifestation of those ideas.

Among the Ideas in the superconscious or Christ mind, are Life, Substance, Intelligence, Love, Power, Strength, and Order.

We build Life into our bodies by consciously thinking thoughts of Life; by realizing its inexhaustible source, and its everywhere and at-all-times presence; that it is not here today and somewhere else (gone) tomorrow; that it is now, always has been, and always will

be present in all its fulness and completeness, but that our realization of this omnipresent Life will only be in proportion to our faithfulness in thought and word in laying hold of these Divine Ideas, and refusing to countenance in any way thoughts which imply any limitation or localization of the Spirit of Life. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." A limited thought of Life will express itself in a limited manifestation of it.

In the same way we establish in our consciousness the Idea of Substance, by thinking thoughts of truth about Substance as Spirit, the perfect realization of which destroys all belief in and reliance on materiality. In our daily experiences we see seeming lack of life and intelligence in what we call matter, because we do not discern the one true spiritual Substance which permeates all things. To the senses our bodies seem to be material until we realize that Spirit, Mind, is the creator of all that exists, and that the creature must express the qualities of that from which it is evolved. If we would overcome this sense of seeming material life, we should constantly think and affirm that there is no absence of Life, Substance, or Intelligence anywhere. The same understanding that there is no lack of Substance anywhere, overcomes the belief of poverty and its limitations in all our affairs.

Because God is omnipresent, Intelligence, which is an attribute of God, must be always and everywhere present, therefore we should recognize this Intelligence as being at all times with us, and in us and everyone else, as the off-spring of Infinite Wisdom-the One Mind.

And in such manner thoughts of Love free man from the tendency to be self-centered and absorbed in personal love, through the transforming power of the Universal Christ Love, embracing within its folds all mankind, and making a reality of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of man.

So also is a consciousness of mastery and dominion

built up in man by thinking thoughts of Power and Strength as being everywhere and at all times present, overcoming appearances of weakness and helplessness.

Reflecting upon the Idea of Order as having its rightful place in man's thought, his mind, body, and affairs are brought into harmonious relationship according to the Divine Idea of Order in omnipresent Mind.

In the Scripture the subconscious mind is always referred to as "the heart." "And thou Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts." I Chron. 28:9; "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts." Col. 3:15;. "Who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts." II Cor. 1:2. The subconscious being a store-house of all man's thoughts and experiences has perfect memory, and is that part of his consciousness in closest touch with the Divine Mind. "For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." I Jno. 3:20.

The command is: "Be still and know that I am God," for it is only when we are still that we have the power to draw from the superconscious ideas with which to feed the conscious and that ultimately find lodgment in the subconscious. Kepler, the astronomer, must have had some conception of this in mind when he wrote, "I thank thee O God, that I think thy thoughts after thee," and of the Psalmist, "In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul." "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me." Vain ignorant thoughts can no longer stay with us if we are thinking God-thoughts. The command again is, "Let the unrighteous man forsake his thoughts," and this can only be accomplished by being still, going into the silence, and thinking God's thoughts after him, and when these righteous, or God-thoughts become subconscious, the en

tire mentality becomes established in righteousness, and the visible manifestation must appear in the Divine Order. When we engage in silent thoughts of prayer and meditation, we are then writing on our hearts the Law of Being, by impressing the subconscious with the Word of Truth. If we consciously do our part in thinking only right thoughts, we may rest assured that the subconscious will faithfully carry out the ideas which through the conscious mind we pour into it.

This great truth was thoroughly understood by the earlier prophets, so that we can now understand Jeremiah when he wrote, "I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they shall be my people."

Right thought sets right the action, and the action in turn establishes the right thought. By committing our works unto the Lord, carrying out the right thought, by doing the right thing, the thoughts will become fixed. (established) in the subconscious, and we will without effort on our part, do what we know to be right, and ultimately "bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ."

"Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thought shall be established." Prov. 26:23; "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you." Ezek. 36:26.

The prophets we need are those who encourage all efforts and talk little about what cannot be done. The one who reaches for something with persistence may get something better than he thought, as Columbus discovered America though he set out for the Indies.

-A. C. DOLBEAR.

Humanity is the solid foundation of all the virtues. -Confucius.