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heart and mind alive, and hold her
husbands love. Another chapter is
d devoted to the elucidation of this
. profound discovery. She tells the
faithful to sell their old clothes or
give them away. They are just as
rich as they think they are, and II
Ithey make over their clothes, thus
assuming the mental attitude OF
poverty, they will be poor always.
Ben Franklin wasn't New Thought
advocate, you see.
your spirit and mine are both a
part Of the Stupendous Cause" she
asserts I'VE have always been and
always will be. First in one form
and then in another"
The New Thoughter sits up in his
high chair and pours a little more
cream on the cereal. and fondly
dreams that IL viii stimulate
thought. Fond delusion: 1t stimu-
lates Imagination only. The plot
thickens; Eller has caught In the
New Thought the secret OF the six
best sellers. and you read on three
more chapters in further search of
those precious, but unexplained,
truths.
Evidently Eller has borrowed
something about the infinite intelli-
gence from Zoroaster, who ante
dated her some centuries and left
Jus the priceless legacy of Asia
Minors BRAND of civilization; only
she calls this THING, God. just as
some others, who also have taken
advantage of the expiration of ori-
entail copyrights, call by the name
of God this Intangible thing, they
describe as Principle. 1t avoids a
shock to the Puritan conscience. and
therein comedies something to the
error of mortal mind. There is
that much In a name. II is 50 much
easier to lead the mind astray as to
what God is. than to make the mind
believe there is no God.
This brings us down to something
older than breakfast foods and
Zoroaster.
Eat OF the fruit OF the tree OF
knowledge. advises the New Thought.
and you shall be as gods.
But what OF the future state? in
quires the anxious mortal.
Go to, let us build a tower, that
shall reach to heaven"
The New Thought is the modern
expression of the Adamic alteration
of the Ego, the doctrine OF mans
self-sufficiency. 1t was this that
laid Athens in the dust, and over
threw the Roman empire. AS So
cialism gathers to 1t those who have
little and know little, and makes
most rapid advances when 1t ap-
peals directly to cupidity and covet-
business; so New Thought finds a
welcome In the selfish hearts of
those, who lack inclination to give
of their talents and seek comfort in
having: and both prove that human
nature has not changed since man
was first born into conscious exist
ence away back yonder in the Gar
den of Eden.
Some have asserted that the New
Thought is a protest against the
mistaken Christian doctrine of hui
mility. II so, II lacks direction; for,
as we study the ethics of Christ, we
find that he did not teach humility,
but true nobility-the nobility of
service on earth and reward in
heaven. The New Thought says
think you are love and you will be
love. Christianity says squander
your love on your fellow man, and
don't think of yourself at all, and
you will gain love. New Thought
says set your heart and mind on the
Accomplishment of your purpose in
life and you will gain It: Chris
tianity says the fruit of selfish anu
bition will turn to ashes in your
mouth; devote your talents to
service of mankind and your re-
ward will be more than your lin
tied human vision could reckon.
Christianity is as broad as the uni
verse and as unlimited as eternity
in its possibilities of development.
The New Thought is human in its
limitations, and lacking the influ-
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unprotected human nature a prey to
the brute passions and instincts, and
history shows us that nations have
sunk into moral infamy and then
political decay. Devotees OF the cult
today are sustained by early train
ing and the restraint OF environ
ment. They can boast nothing for
themselves. But IL the self-satisfy-
ing theories they maintain ever be-
come adopted into the creed of our
leaders of action, woe be unto us;
for the cornerstone OF Democracy is
Christian liberty. Were the churches
destroyed, the preaching OF that re-
ligion prohibited, and the Moham-
medan faith, for instance, adopted
and enforced as the national reli-
gion, this would continue a CHRIS
tian nation, so long as our constitu-
tion exists and the Declaration OF
Independence continues the lamp of
our progress The principles of
christianity are embedded in their