New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1922-01-02
BODILY ACTION
CAUSED BY MIND
Leader Of Community Bible Glass
Talks 4 Psychology

For a thousand years wc have
been saying TO the laay man, BE ip-
dus'rlous,' TO the salesman, BE tact
hl' and so ON, just as though IN
dusiry or tact were llic a suit Of
clothes that All a man hnl 90 do was
TO put them on and 90 out aud he a
success, i" sa!d Rev, John l.. Davis yes.
to-day morning in the frat Of a series
OF lectures on psychology 10 the
ENeryman's Bible class
To Start Earlier.
The cla'S, which started drive for
300 members in 1--WE months" seven
weeks ago, has reached member
snip now OF i26 or moro in tho sew.
cnth week NJ the drive. RGsing the
fact that the famous BartholoU
class, In Mount Vernon. n. y. has
Loco members in a city Of less than
10000 people, officers OF New Brit
AIMS class now expect 10 have n mem
be"ship Of 1000 before the expiration
OF the year 1922. at the meeting yes
terday morning there were 39a mon
present, representing nearly all walks
OF life, including city officials, bank
ors. Businessmen, manufacturer, ctc
The interest in the lecture was so pro-
nounced that the class took a vote
and decided 10 commence NJ $50 n
m. instead OF GAS henceforth. There
are TWO reasons for this. One Is ia
permit its members more leeway 10
attend their respective churches and
the other is to permit Rev. Mr. Davis
more time. The sessions will close AT
90 o.
VIII start at sos every Sunday morn
ing allowing 25 minutes for opening
exercises
Other Realm to Conquer.
Yesterdays topic was on "Psychol-
ogy and Achievement" The speaker
referred 10 the creation as an achieve
ment of Gods and said the turning
over OF the earth to man put the re-
sPonslhlllty up to man to take posses-
son OF his "lnpossessed possessions
ioday,' he said, man has conquered
the earth. the sea and the air. There
Is still one realm which he has NOT |
conquered. The man OF tomorrow
must conquer the world OF his own |
thought, lie must cononer the snir-
itual realm
i""u''fs Oh success,
y lot OF people advertise ladders of |
success where all a man has TO do ia
TO work hard, show perseverance. in
onstry honesty, tact, truthfulness |
etc" and climb right up to the ton
where he can stop and say, Now I'm
m but | never saw or heard of apv
such ladder in my life that would do |
the work.
Must Understand Machine.
ouve got to have an understand
ing OF your own mental machinery TO
see WHAT'S the matter Many a bust |
hesshan IS worrying himself into an
'&rN failure and an early grave.
"hon, If he could be shown the effect
81 his mental standards upon himself
ne would become a success. We
wont want to say to the ibertine
you shouldn't do that, it's wrong
we nave got to take him by the hand
ana say, Old man, you are out for
GOOD time, but you are not getting it
GU are not going after it The RICH;
way, For his own good you've got J
o show him it's better to be good, |
Controlled by the Mind.
All human achievement is the re- |.
ult of bodily activity. Poetry, re-
igion, theology, all are the result of
ome bodily action. II only the
Iction of the brain and the action re-
luired to commercializo them
All bodily activity is causesd or
controlled by the mind You can't
10 thing without the mind.
Cur bodies are made up of mil
ions of cells so minute that it takes
5000 to make an inch. Each cell is
possessed of a brain and nerve center
# its own. Each cell has a mind of
IS own. Ii You give food to a single
ell and it agrees with it. tomorrow
Will take more. But If you give it
God that is not good for it, tomorrow
will reject it.
Experiments as Proof.
THE will is the belief in the mind
hat a certain action is going to take
lace, Ask a group of people to
onCentrate on the letters b O O and
! few minutes you will see their
ps forming the letters. Rlndfold
ourself and have a friend put his
and on your shoulder. Then let
i'm concentrate his mind on an
bject in another room and he will
automatically guide you direct to that
biect. SEQ a man sucking a lemon
nd see if you can help puckerins