The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-29
Present American Consul

lodge or your friends or your church
rnay drop you from acquaintanceship.
Deep down in your heart you know
that only the vainless of tribes and
tongues Of Birmingham or some pace
better uplift pleading hands to an i'm
aglnafy goo on a Dig White throne and
swear he is there when they know he is
not II is pitiable that the dead ashes
Of nan can ~ means Of creed make
manikins OF us WIG should be ma sters
communing with God.
Creed lovers are those who swear the
oattleship of todaJ Is the stick with
which Cain killed his brother But the
man who is fearless OF a creed is able to
Believe in the existence of an infinite
power of life and love and health and
wealth and beauty. And this infinite
power is the cause of all the physical
universe and is ever present in it, Not
only in it, but in humanity and the soul
of you az we'll
You and the Father are one. The
Kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of
God is within you. In Him YOU live and
move and have your being.
Remember that the mind of man is
great not because of the material Won
ders it has produced, such as the sub
marine, wireless telegraphy, and the
photograph. Orville Wright, Edison. Co
lumous and Marocni had wonderful brain
wins, pdl lHelI minus are not SPOKEN OF
as great because of what they have done.
Mind is great above all things sim
ply because it is the only place in a uni
verse of worlds where man can meet
with God. And God, being all there is
in the world of power and wisdom and
wealth and health and happiness, it is
only oy conscious connection with Him
IN the mind that wisdom and wealth and
health and happiness, or anything good,
can be rightly obtained
Ot course, people know nothing of God
become wealthy in this world in a ma
terial sense, but all wealth obtained by
force must be retained by force, and the
ignorant of God retain wealth only until
stronger takes it from them
But the wealth, and health, and
power, and wisdom, and beauty, COM
ing from God are eternal. When in
conscious contact with the great Crea-
tor Of all things, affirming our one
ness with Him, just as Christ said, 81
and the Father are one" then we par
take OF the Fathers bounty and no
one is able to deprive US of it.
So many people make the mistake
or praying to a god outside of them
Many call boisterously upon Him 70
relieve their sickness or their sadness
or to make them humble and MARTYR
IKE, and all the while God is within
them.
In the silence commune with Him,
Drop the motor car and moving pic
ture SHOWS and the marts of trade and
go to your closet where there will be
no one but you and God and "pray in
secret" Shut every door of the closet
close the eyes and ears to everything
and not only speak with Him but "be
still and know that He is God" to
such an extent that He will also speak
to you.
Get into comfortable position and
meet God in your mind AS quietly as
the leaf falls upon the water say
or wish or think my Father, care
not You and / one? Thy love is my
love; Thy health my health; Thy riches
my riches | am conscious that Thou
cost dwell in every fiber of my he
ing and | shall thus never lack any
good thing. l have an abundance of
power, and peace, and plenty. and
wisdom, and youth, and beauty, and
joy
~ Fhe longer we keep the tryst with
GOD in our minds tho more we realize
HIS infinite abundance Every great
teacher and leader who has broken
away from the false beliefs of his
Fellows and journeyed toward the
light has thus met God and thus me-
dated until the God-presence was
True prayer is never a supplication
to an outside deity, but for you and
for me 1t Is the recognition of per
lection and the acceptance of the good
which this recognition insures. The
life now in your body is the same
LIE which created IT. 1t is God. and
every desire of your heart is God
trying to make Himself manifest.
Drop everything but you and God
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masterful way to live. to feel. 10
think, to act You were created for
success. for that full and all compre
hending success of which health and
JOY and abundance and power are but
parts.
Masterful living Is normal to Won.
but as long as dead ashes do your
thinking you are not only losing your
talents but the napkin which contains
them as we'll
The key to life and heaven is in
your own heart. Not in Matthew.
Paul or Socrates, nor any modern de
nominational church official. 1t is in
you. The kingdom is there. And your
life is failure or success according
to your finding it,
Leave the wild rose alone and go
down into your heart for the cult
waited one; let Olympus have its gods.
but find yours within.