The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-05-15
SCIENCE OF PRAYER
IF Thou Canst Believe, All Things
Are Possible to Him That Believeth."

IF Thou Canst Believe, All Things
Prayer and the answer to prayer
are governed by the law of action
and reaction, impression and response.
"Call unto me, and | will answer thee,
and show thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not"
"They shall call on my name, and
will hear them; I will say, it is my
people; and they shall say, the Lord is
my God"
Vibration is produced by the i'm
preston made through the act of
prayer, causing action and reaction in
accordance with the nature of the inn
preston made.
This vibrating activity, which caus-
es action and reaction, presupposes
something to be acted upon which is
capable of response. This medium
has been found to be the fundamental
substance of the universe, the omni-
present consciousness in which all
live, move and have their being. 1t
is more commonly known by the name
of spirit, the first great cause and Gre
ator of all that is, eve 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 anywhere. 1t is a real,
substantial something, not nothing.
1t is ever present in each and all, new
er 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 moth
ingness and the consequent results in
lack and insuffieiency which follow.
Result of Faith and Prayer.
Through faith and prayer comes
the perception of this interior pres
ence 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 seen were not
made of things which do appear"
When this inner substance is recog-
nized it will respond and take form in
any manner 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 spir-
it, begins to manifest Immediately, af-
ter the likeness and in accordance
with the character of the image form
ed in the mind. Therefore I say
unto you that whatsoever things We
desire when We pray believe that ye
receive them and We shall have them
That is, when anything has been for
mulated by the operation of mind
through the process of thinking OF
prayer, it has already become a fact
in existence, and, in due time, it will
appear in manifested form, in accord
ance with its kind and nature; if not
neutralized or destroyed by doubt
which would cause the mind to act
adversely to it by creating thought
in opposition and thus hinder its
manifestation in answer to the prayer.
eff thou canst believe, all things are
possible to him that believeth." "For
verify say unto you that whatsoever
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 whatsoever he saith"
Minds Attitude Important.
In order to work effectively in Gre
ating that which is wanted, through
prayer or speaking the word, the mino
should be in a calm, clear, passive
state so that the mental image form
ed be clear-cut and well-defined, af-
ter which are should be taken to keep
the mind in an attitude of quiet ano
confident expectation. | sometimes
think and speak of this attitude of
expectancy 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
manifestation by a lively faith, belief
in its coming, expectation and desire.
When the law and process are
known, then can 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 IL dclS according 10 all lmInuCdDl
law. This law Of principle is as fixed
and certain as the law of mathemat-
les, but the problem must be worked
out in accordance with the principle
in order to get correct If
the answers are incorrect it is owing
to failure to understand the principle,
and one should apply oneself all the
more assiduously to the task of gain
ing knowledge of the principle invol-
we'd until it is understood and results
obtained accordingly.
In the Dark.