The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-06-05
SCIENCE OF PRAYER
III Thou canst Believe, All THINGS
Are Possible to Him That
Believeth."

Prayer and the answer to prayer are
governed by the law of action and re
action. impression and response. Cal
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; | 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-
bic OF response. This medium has
been found to be the fundamental SUBJ
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 comes 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 worldi 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. y
The creative energy, the holy spirit,
begins to manifest Immediately, after
he likeness and in accordance with the
character of the image formed in the
mind. Therefore say unto you that
things We desire when We
pray believe that We receive them and
ge shall have them" That is, when
anything has been formulated by the
operation of mind, through the process
II thinking or prayer, it has already
become a fact in existence, and, in due
ime, 1t will appear in manifested
orm, in accordance with its kind and
nature: If not neutralized or destroyed
~ doubt, which would cause the mind
o act adversely to it by creating
bought in opposition and thus hinder
IS manifestation in answer to the
rayer. IF thou canst believe, all
hings are possible to him that be-
ieveth." For verify say unto you
hat whatsoever shall say unto this
BE thou removed, and be
hou cast into the sea-, and shall not
oubt in his heart, but shall believe
hat those things which he saith shall
ONE to pass, he shall have whatso-
yer he SAITH
Minds Attitude important.
In order to work effectively in Gre
ting that which is wanted, through
rayer or speaking the word, the mind
hould be in calm, clear, passive
ate, SO that the mental image formed
e clear-cut and well-defined, after
hich care should be taken to keep
lie mind in an attitude of quiet and
,nfident expectation. l sometimes
link and speak of this attitude Of ex-
ectancy as pulling on the rope Of
,pectation. A gentle, steady mental
Ill is maintained until the thing is
avn into visibility. The thing is
rmulated in mind, then drawn into
by a lively faith, belief
its coming, expectation and desire.
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