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INTERESTING
Lecture BY
COL. TAFT
"A Brief RsVieW Of tha Fulda.
mental Principles Of Mental
Healing" His Subject.

The monthly lecture Of the Metaphy-
the Metaphysical hall by Col Henry s
Taft. president Of the association. the
subject being "A Brief Review OF the
Fundamental Principles Of Mental Heal
ing" He said in part:
In order 10 gain a true knowledge and
understanding of the new life one must
have conception OF God which shall
embrace the great central truths Of His
being That He is the creator of all
things animate and inanimate I'm all His
universe Of worlds. As the giver Of life
from which not alone mankind but all
the material manifestation OF the works
OF his hands continually draw the potent
energies which constitute life and by
which they live and move. and have their
being-as the boundless reservoir OF love
surpa ssing human comprehension. which
ever flows out surrounds and ilumines
the hearts and lives of His children. As
the seat OF wisdom and knowledge from
which man may draw the most exalted
thought and holest aspirations whose
guidance is never withheld from any who
I'm perfect sincerity will invoke His aid
As the supreme source Of power, omnipo-
tent. unlimited and infinite. toward which
humanity is ever intuitivey drawn I'm
every great extremity and In every hour
OF need for protection and for strength
That he has established certain laws for
the guidance OF mankind. That through
compliance with these laws sickness and
disease I'm all it's forms is hanished. Crime
depravity and poverty have no place, and
man rises TO the perfection Of the Father
which is I'm heaven.
Everything points intuitively 10 the
great fact Of creator Every visible atom
In the animal. vegetable or mineral
kingdom attssts the claim that there
exists somewhere I'm thr vast universe
a being greater than man, who has created
all these material elements and vitalized
them with n living energy which is called
life. Man first upon whom has been be
slowed dominion over every living thing
upon the face OF the earth. IL is with
this being man. created in the image and
likeness Of the infinite and omnipotent
Father, In whom at this tine We are
most deeply concerned.
Man IA reality is a spiritual being and
IL II this ego or self that bears the like
ness OF God. Man possesses and uses.
or IL clothed, with n body Of flesh. that
he may he able to exemplify the power Of
the spirit while on this earthly plane of
existence. II is always the invisible be-
ing-that which II not potent 20 our
earthly vision-toward which attention is
directed. When once we como into close
relations with person We discern him
and the soul as expressed In the glance
OF the eye. IN the expression Of the coun-
tenance. In the tone Of the voice--in this
way We read the real man and know him
az he is--but not by the outer form or the
physical body.
No man IL created without this divine
attribute OF God. and ne is then a part of
God. Nothing can divest him OF this
divine instinct: II Il a spark latent within
every human soul. waiting the moment
and the hour when 10 shall arise 90 q
consciousness OF its relation to the source
OF its being God. when ~ shall unfold
and open 20 its divine self. as the rose
expands at the touch OF the rays Of the
morning sun and breathes its glorious
fragrance upon the glad earth
Being n part Of God. possessing as he
must some Of his attributes and powers
man soon discovers that these qualities
are 20 be exercised 90 create. govern and
control lie takes the initiative and