The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-10
THE POTENCY OF PSYCHOLOGY

tcopyright, 1907. by Joseph B. Bowics'
 Psychology is the most potent ihiia ence known to man. No thought ever lost. As Henry Wood has so wen expressed it: There Is not thousn. but has it's due influence. The every idle word for which men shall be 'uas ed. when rightly interpreted, is star'-- ling psychological truth.
 AS A man thinketh in his heart SC is he" Not the conscious thought oi the moment makes him what ne ls' p"t the sum total of his previous thousn's.
 Thought is, indeed the motive powe, of the universe. and psychoios'o thought the most potent DO not eon found the terms psychology ana hsp notism. We frequently hear one say ..oh. he has hypnotized you instead of saving: He has psychological you.
 A certain historian says of Napoleon; Among his associates in the army III the councils of the nation his woro was law A look, motion, iew quietly uttered words were sumcient to command obedience. All felt the mys- tic spell of his power. Note the III stance when Marshal Ney had been sent by Louis XVIII. to arrest the emperor on his return from Elba. No sooner did the marshal come within the spell or Napoleons powerful suggestive genius than he, himself surrendered to Na- poleon. and the combined forces march- ed against the king. In reading the history of France I have sometimes im- apined fcontjuues the historian) that Napoleon must have hynotized the en- tire French nation and then died with out removing the spell of his genius A suggestion of his spirit still broods over the land
 Although hypnotism is suggestion. suggestion Is not necessarily hypno- tisnl. In the case of Napoleon It was his personal magnetism and psycholoR- ical power that were evidenced in Iook' word and movement.
 The New Thought people are. many of them. extremists and quite extrav- agant in their ideas of tine attractive power of thought. The New Thought Is not always right thought; nor is It.. in reality new thought but, rather, the old thought revived.
 Nearly twenty centuries ago the gteat naturalist, Pliny. declared: There surely exists iii man a certain power of changing. attracting and blinding whatever he desires or wills to attract. change. bind or impede"
 am a firm believer in thought vi bration and know. by experience, that the psychological power thus exercised has a most potent influence whether 1t Is used in drawing things unto ones self or in projecting a spirit of help fitness and success to others
 Reason, however. steps in and says: Thus far and no farther. 'Tis true All things come to him who will but wait'--if he hustles while he waits
 The New Thought apostles say that you can sit in the silence and attract anything you desire---horses. carriages. flowers, etc. I believe tiff you sit long enough in tho silence: but I also believe that the horses. carriages and flowers will be those that come to your funeral.
 You may sit with folded arms and. Micawber like, expect something to turn up. but you will find that 1t will facilitate matters very much if you go out and turn 1t up.
 On the other hand, 1t is not the nerv- ous, restless. excitably active person who accomplishes most. True energy displays itself far more impressvely in repose than in action. Napoleon. with his arms crossed over his breast. is more expressive. of power than the fa- nous Hercules beating the air with his athletic fists.
 Applied Psychology.
 Any theory to be a remarkable the ory must have a workable basis. Psychology is nothing if not practical. or what benefits is the soul-power with it's wonderful intuitive intelligence If we cannot make use of it in the every day affairs of life? It is for that pur- pose that I desire to call your atten- tion to the following eight psycnolog- ical principles, the combination of which, properly applied. will unlock the door of success to any line of bus- ness for which one has any natural ap- titude
 l. Confidence.
 ?. Concentration.
 2. Passivity
 4. Unloading
 ,. Positiveness.
 G. Impulsion.
 :. Clinch your thought.
 s. Control conditions.