The Penn's Grove record., 1915-05-14
SCIENCE OF PRAYER
"If Thou Canst Believe, All Things
Are Possible to Him That
BeIieveth."

Prayer and the answer to prayer are
governed by the law of action and re-
action, impression and response. Call
unto me, and l will answer thee, and
show thee great and mighty things,
which thou knowest not" "They shall
call on my name, and | will hear
them; l will say, it is my people; and
they shall say, the Lord is my God"
Vibration is produced by the impress
sion made through the act of prayer,
causing action and reaction in accord
ance with the nature of the impression
made.
This vibrating activity, which causes
action and reaction, presupposes some
thing to be acted upon which is capa-
BILE of response. This medium has
been found to be the fundamental sub
stance of the universe, the omnipres-
ent consciousness in which all live,
move and have their being. 1t is more
commonly known by the name OF spir-
it, the first great cause and creator
of all that is, ever has been, or ever
shall be.
This being, whom we name God, is
intelligent life and substance, filling
all space and all things. There is no
place where it is not. There is no vac
uum anywhere. 1t is a real, substan-
tial something, not nothing. 1t Is ever
present in each and all, never absent
or apart from any place, body or thing.
This truth must be realized in order
to become free from the false beliefs
in vacancy and nothingness and the
consequent results in lack and INSULT
cheney which follow.
Result of Faith and Prayer.
Through faith and prayer m the
perception of this interior presence
and reality, which is the origin and
foundation of all things, and of which
all things are made. Through faith
we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that
things which are een were not made
of things which do appear"
When this inner substance is recog-
nized it will respond and take form in
any tanner desired through the con-
centrated prayer or affirmative word
| spoken within it. The word is the idea
or thought image of the thing that is
desired and prayed for.
The creative energy, the holy spirit,
begins to manifest Immediately, after
the likeness and in accordance with the
character of the image formed in the
mind. Therefore l say unto you that
whatsoever things We desire when ye
pray believe that We receive them and
we shall have them" That is, when
anything has been formulated by the
operation of mind, through the process
Of thinking or prayer, it has already
become a fact in existence, and, in due
time, it will appear in manifested
form, in accordance with its kind and
nature; if not n~eutralized or destroyed
by doubt, which would cause the mind
to act adversely to it by creating
thought in opposition and thus hinder
it's manifestation in answer to the
prayer. IF thou canst believe, all
things are possible to him that be-
lieveth." For verify l say unto you
that %whosoever shall say unto this
mountain BE thou removed, and be
thou cast into the sea- and shall not
doubt in his heart, but shall believe
that those things which he saith shall
come to pass, he shall have whatso
ever he saith"
Minds Attitude Important.
In order to work effectively in Gre
ating that which is wanted, through
prayer or speaking the word. the mind
should be in a calm, clear, passive
state, SO that the mental image formed
be clear-cut and well-defined, after
which care should be taken to keep
the mind in an attitude of quiet and
confident expectation. l sometimes
think and speak of this attitude of ex.
pectancy as pulling on the rope OF
expectation. A gentle, steady mental
pull is maintained until the thing is
drawn into visibility. The thing is
formulated in mind, then drawn into
mdAlICoIdt1OH ny d lively ldlIug DC1ACA
in it's coming, expectation and desire.
When the law and process are
known, then a be clearly seer the
reason why steadfastness of purpose
and unchangeableness of mind must
be cultivated and maintained in order
to obtain perfect results through the
means of prayer and by speaking the
word. The prayer of faith steadfastly
maintained, when ~righteously used, is
answered and must necessarily be so.
as it acts according to an immutable
law. This law or principle is as fixed
and certain as the law of mathematics,
but the problem must be worked out
in accordance with the principle in
order to get correct answers. If the
answers are incorrect it is owing to
failure to understand the principle.
and n should apply oneself all the
more assiduously to the task of gaining
knowledge Of the principle involved
until it is understood and results OBJ.
tanned accordingly.
In the Dark.
Darkness does not mean disaster
not if we are the children of light