The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
PRACTICAL VALUE OF
CONFIDENCE IN SELF.
BIZ DOCTOR ]. C. QUINN.

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Health, usefulness and success are mine,
I claim them" Keep on think the
thought. TO matter what happens, and ere
long these blessings will be yours.
( The law that underl!es this mental proc
I ess may he thus expressed: Desire will
falfl Itself" Nothing is impossible to
him ,hlt bsheveth." 10 use Biblical Ian
su1se.
We can achieve success and have health.
wealth and happiness. If we will persistent
" hold firmly to a desire for these things
and confidently believe in the realization
of our desire.
When apparent adversely comes be not
cast down. Make the best of II. Always
look forward to better things. for condi-
tons more prosperous.
BY daily holding yourself in this mental
attitude you will set in motion subtle. ST.
len; and irresistible forces that. sooner or
later. will actualize in material form that
which Is to-day simply an idea.
But let Il be understood that ideas pos
sezs occult power. and that ideas. when
uroperIv plarred and carefully tended, are
the seeds which ere long spring up as Ha-
teriaI conditions.
Avoid with the utmost care all worrying
and co~DIaintrg, and utilize the time that
would be given to this baneful habit, In
looking forward to and actualizinS the con-
dillon Won desire.
SF.--"-" LLE=BE4ltF y SOhA@EiI- SNC SSNA-
self mentally IN prosperous circumstances.
Keen ever affirming to yourself that you
! viii soon he in prosperous circumstances.
Affirm it calmly and quietly, but strongly
and confidently.
Believe it absolutely. Expect It, keep e
continually watered by strong. persistent
expectations. The poet observes:
TIE thing we lons for. that we ara.
Fer ere transcendent moment,
Ere the present. poor and bare.
Cen make its snrcring comment:
StiU through cur p1ltry stir AMI strife
CLOVIS own The wished ideal,
ArG longing mal1s he clay what Life
CeEges n TIE marble real.
Lowell.
Desire will fulfill itself. How? BY keep
ing up this habit Of thought you make your
self a magnet to attract TO yourself the
things you strongly desire. Don't be afraid
to suggest. TO affirm these things, for by SO
doing you put forth ideas which are bound
very soon TO clothe themselves in material
form. BY this process of mentation you are
utilizing among the most subtle and dy-
manic in the universe.
If you are specially DESTROYS for anything
that you regard as good and right to pos
sess. which will enlarge your life. or add TO
your usefulness. simply hold the thought
in mind. Thus at the risht time, in the
proper way and through the right instru-
mentality. there will come to you or there
will open up for you the way whereby you
can attain your desire. Faith. absolute
dogmatic faith, il the only law Of true sue
cess. When we recognize the fact that a
man carries with hin his success or fall
ure. and that II DOES not depend upon out
side conditions. we VIII come into the pos
session Of powers which will greatly change
outside conditions into AGENTS that make for
success. We VIII thus, like Napoleon, make
circumstance subssrr sut 70 orr interests.
When We come into this h!eher realization
and bring oar lives into complete harmony
with the higher laws. we will then be able
to focus and direct the wak5n interior
forces 50 that they VIII 20 out and return
laden with that for which they were sent.
We will then be great enough 10 attract
success which has so far been apparent
just a little ahead OF US I'm the race of life.
The philosophy Of this is not far to seek.
law OF attraction" works ever through
the universe. Like attracts like. God holds
an things in his hands FOR his children.
"All things are yours Such Is the be-
levers heritage, though we often fan to
realize it. through lack of faith.
Have absolute. confidence in your own
ability. 1t has been well said: 1.-THE men
and women VINO are successful in a worldly
way are those who have absolute conf
dence in their ability" Hold in your mind
the thought OF success. and You Will be suSr
cessfuL