PS 3507 .036 W5 1913 Dodson ''!!M;- i iii!!!!!! Book >6 l& WS " GopyiigtitN?. 1313 COPYRIGHT DEPOSnV WITHIN THE SHRINE [C3 ^ NEW YORK BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS mMS^J^^)- Copyright, 191S BY BARSE & HOPKINS THE wise man finds fault neither with himself nor with any one else. ENTER— Right. Exit— Wrong. THE good is all that has life ; the evil, all that lives not. OH! 'Tis joy to wake up in the morning ! To work, to love, and the world ; To rise with the bright sun at dawning, And see the earth's tent- flaps unfurled! D OING is good, but being is better. * PERFECTION in every part insures a complete whole. THE poorest man in the world is the one who has most of himself. SET free from fear— from anger and desire, On wings of air, man rises — higher and higher ; Above the starry heights — far, far from earth's dull sod, He finds the path that leads to Heaven and God. ' 9 5 0/ rpiHE amateur carpenter ^, X builds for himself; the ^1 successful architect is kept S) busy building for others. Y OU sit still and look pleasant while the pho- tographer takes your picture ^qS — why not be just as calm and S agreeable while sitting to the >^S world. 10 x^^^^^^r^T^r^^ ^o^.^^f?^ So, !-^I:S:^^^J^::/^ ■i THE idea of the efFect causes the will— some- times unconsciously — to pro- cure the means, and thereby the effect itself. CHARACTER is coined in the mint of thought. i 11 THE ]Mozister Fear de- rives his Power from our Thought, ■^ WORK with enthusiasm, Wait with patience: Wonder at results ! HO gives what is good will get what is better. * THE very nature of knowledge assumes that I am not alone. * THE scientific thinker is a careful discriminator. He is a good judge of values. ::mis^^ NOTHING feared can equal fear. AFFIRMATION. Spirit is omnipotent. I am spirit, therefore, I can do more than I have ever believed. 14 1 ASKED: What sacii- fice will the true friend make for the sake of friend- ship?" One answered: "The best test will be a wil- lingness to lend. I shall con- sider him my friend who offers money when I am in need." Another said: "Whoever takes me into his circle of friends thus proves his friendship." A third gave this: "I most prize him who in my absence pleads my cause though others blame." But I say: "The True Friend is all these and — more." 15 r WHAT we notice in the }q^ world is the basis of h}t our knowledge, and is of ?^ prime importance. ^ m ONSCIOUSNESS is the man in another form. 0/ ^^^m^ S the note rhythmic? Then, sound it in your life. * UNLESS the thought will bear realization, do not think it. 17 '^S&^5M^ THINK of no evil, and no evil will think of you. STRONG and frequent im- pressions make a path through the brain, and the oftener the impression is re- peated, the deeper the path will be. If malicious thoughts are in- dulged in often enough to make a deep path, what is more natural than to expect ugly words and back-biting, on the slightest nervous im- pulse? UNLESS you have sue- ceeded in interpreting everything in its best terms you have missed the chief op- portunity of life. * EXPERIENCE is the everlasting proof of the value of ideals. 20 '^^i^m: YOURS is a vast and glorious heritage ! Time has stored much away for you — More precious gems than even Golconda's mines aiford! All yours — if you will but re- ceive. To-day is rich, and all to- morrows will be richer, if you but take, and liberally, of these most wondrous treas- ures ! n 10, >.^ 2^^ilM^ FROM the invisible ultra- red rays of the sun comes the most heat, and from the invisible mind of man emerge his greatest achievements. 4, w RJ T T thmg to see, ^1 there no eyes to see it? were 'foi 0^ ^WS^£S^. V^ ■I f THE greatest of ^r^a^ acts may be only short-lived, but the smallest of kind acts is sure to be immortal. ^ IFE is so largely a mat- ^.1< ter of little things! ^ T% yTONEY is by no means the measure of happi- MORTALS— Hear Ye! Hear Ye! This mes- sage from above: "Whoever would loved be, he first must love." FIVE Fragrant Forget- me-nots : God is omnipresent. Spirit is omnipotent. Truth is unchangeable. Love is eternal. God, All in All. :m^i^ FRO^I Materiality Through Mentality, to Spirituality. THE way is often through clouds and darkness, but no one can go astray who keeps his eyes on the light of truth which is always shining on the path. E ARNEST apprentice- ship means honest skill. D^^^ss: FEAR is infantile and hate is childish, and both are immature. BECKONING and luring us to the chase, Pleasure keeps always just a little ahead, and so can never be captured. THE man of least signifi- cance is one with the greatest and the best. SPECIFIC thought has served its purpose only when it has led us to Absolute Thought. A BOVE the disasters and ^ discrepancies of life is ^ the outhne of a Face radiant }gt with love — serene in the hi knowledge that, though it may ?^ not now so appear, all is eter- ^ nally right. DO not beat on the walls of your prison-like en- vironment, but with the key of thought open the door and walk out to freedom. o ^S^^^^ff^ ^ UGHT implies can— m Desire implies fulfill- ment. (0 S' .r<.-x-^<«j-i /ON 10. m i DEFINITE purpose is the seed of success; at- tainment is the flower. P^l>^. ^piT^^i:^ /-v«^^^— ^ CERTAINLY. What- ever we perceive exists, but in what sense ? NOTHING acts but the mind. Our thought is our action. I NDIVIDUALIZATION is negation. THE great grow greater on the battle-ground; They gain new strength from enemies hovering round : Even from defeat to farthest heights they soar — Leaders in brave men's hearts, forevermore! EVEN the dimmest con- ception of your actuality is a shining proof of your potentiality. H heart. ATE eats, and eats, and eats its way into the * THOUGHT is always ex- pressed but not always in words. You may be saying one thing while I know that you are thinking another. :^s^^@3l NEVER regretting; Often forgetting; Upward aspiring; All good desiring; This is my symphony. :sssgs^ liCi-^S^ >'< >, ^^IM^ HAT we desire — we pray for, w What we pray for — we get. ^ SINCE we are sure to get what we want, we should want what is high and noble. 34 :^^2f. ^\ ^^S3mM3 ■"I i >-.< i THINK only of the beau- tiful, and what is ugly and disagreeable will drop away from your life. 35 '^^iBM INTENSITY connects with the whole scheme of values in the universe. 4- o NLY by climbing can we reach the mountain top. OULD you develop your ability? Think. Would you widen your influ- ence? Think. Would you magnify your joys? Think. Would you increase your use- fulness? Think. Would you enlarge your world? Think. Would you sweeten your life? Think. Would you double your dili- gence? Think. Would you uplift your na- ture? Think. . Would you strengthen your purpose? Think. Would you raise your ideals? Think. 37 THE snakes on Medusa's head were not more ter- rible than the thoughts in some heads of the present day. ^ THE goal of all minds — The Palace of Goodness. ::^^^^ CREATION sang With one glad voice All nature rang ; The Sim rejoiced: The world to light, Again was born — And angels marvelled At the dawn I 39 :tCi'«2^ '-^B^^^^^m i I '^1 T^O what are you sensitive? f^ ^1 X What are your wishes? (^ w What do you believe? Out of 7,y aspiration and faith arise all of the things worth while. * WE love beauty — We seek reality. W', m - (ol I i^c^-^::;^ r " 1 % XCfo^g^^o; EITHER to use or to understand the things about us implies the possession of a matchless power. ^ DON'T wait for ability, but go ahead and do the work — You will never be able to do it until you have done it. 41 SsSSSSlSS § ;0]Sr'T find fault with the work, buv do it better. B E careful! What is done will stand! IF you could have one wish granted, perhaps you would choose wealth, or health, or beauty; or maybe your choice might rest on fame or power. Let me tell you what will include them all and more —The Truth. WHAT one thinks is what one is^ Be it high or low — History, science, and all else. Declare this so. 44 WHAT do you see in life? What do you make out of it? Study the world and it will be a revela- tion to you. 4; BECAUSE each is funda- mentally different the work of each must be differ- ent. 45 4 4 TOY and peace — the an- tJ gel's wares;" iP All through the world these ^^< words they cry : \^ "Joy and peace to the earth P§< we bring; ^ Naught is the price — to all we 7?^ sing. Joy and peace, w^ho'll buy? Who'll buy?" "Joy and peace — the angel's ^-^ wares;" One who was weary heard the cry; One who was ill, with no friend ^^^ near, g Heard the far-oiF message \^<- clear — ,^ "Joy and peace, who'll buy? ;q< "who'll buy?" \y\ 46 ^^s^Mi^ a *'Joy and peace — the angel's i^Qy wares," Guardian spirits ever nigh, f^ All are under His watchful ^ care ; §|) God's great love is every- where ; "Joy and peace is free. Who'll buy?" *'Joy and peace— the angel's wares." Was that a smothered, mournful sigh? "Love" is the answer — "God ® is might ; ^C His love shines through the f^ darkest night: j5) Joy and peace is yours, — ^ ^ Who'll buy?" ^ 3^^^¥1^^B^ ^Q REGRET eats into the best opportunities as a moth, into a garment. G ENERAL principles are worked out from special cases. FROM temptations away: The sweetest milk to-day — To-morrow may be whey. EVERY person is a mystic ambassador, but wholly outside of your control. Every circumstance is a magic opportunity — partly under your control. Every thought is a wonder- ful power, the control of which rests wholly with yourself. AFTER a man has learned how to think, what he is depends largely on himself. 50 I^^^^L QUESTION. Why should I refrain from worry ? Ans. Because it is unscien- tific. Ques. Why should I resist temptation? Ans. Because evil takes you far from your true self. Ques. Why should I not get angry? Ans. Because anger cre- ates a poison. Ques. Why should I not find fault? Ans. Thinking of faults is not thinking of the highest. 51 :ss^s^^ A CLEAR vision of what you are is but an ob- [j^' scure hint of what you may be. ^^' ^^e:^^^^m SHADOWS fall only in the brightness. 5^ ^Ss^Uss ^tfo'SMS ^'S^ 9 \ §1 Til 7HILE deciding which, w we might do both, HAT we are now is what we do next. * THE more intense the fear — the more sure its real- ization. THE gifts of love and sympathy are great, and they grow greater as they are given away. 53 1^ '^SS^lEsS A Perfect Life 1. Love God. 2. Love Man. IT requires energy, patience, perseverance, and toil to fit one to be a leader, but no other work is so sure to be twice paid — the good one gets from self-improvement, and the good one imparts to the world by showing this improvement to the world. How may I be sure that I need this experience? Because of its happening. ROMISE— Prayer — Praise. IT is often difficult to con- centrate on a desired sub- ject, on account of the strong tendency to drift along in cus- tomary channels, but an effort of the will soon settles that. LIFE is of the greatest value after it has been lived. TRUTH is the spirit of all existence. The content of truth is love, beauty, faith, and goodness. THE greatest minds are parts of all life and per- sonality. 56 EVERY diamond sparkles in one drop of dew; All the world's reflected when I look at you! Who so rich as I, With you near by? Isn't all the world here, too? WHO is the great man? He whose thought is great. Great thought-concep- tions are followed by great ex- ecution. He is the man whose influence will outlive his fame. 57 m T ONELY? 1^^ [^] I J Look. \f^ Lb J Listen; rgM Love — Live! p REACH to the world— and should it choose it will listen. Teach by ex- ^Q^ ample — and even the deaf can }^^ ^ see what they do not hear. fol '4 ^ M 58 ^^^^^:r^:);Z&y^^ ^^^gss^io 1^1 Your Fortune Teller, ^ '^T'OUR fortune is not your '^^ X worldly goods; nor is it your station in life — neither is it what you know, nor what you seem to be. Tell me what you want to be, what you want to know, and for what you are striving with heart and soul — and I de- Wi^ clare these, your ideals, to be S^ your fortune. i S9 sgM^^^ How may we experience our higher ideals now, and for all time ? By insisting on the sole occupancy of the right idea. Bind it with men- tal chains, and hold it until it fills the mind and leaves no room for anything else. Such concentration is a work of ef- fort, and often demands great exercise of will. Practice con- stantly, holding some desired thought, keep it alive, nourish it, and watch the result which infallible — the outward IS manifestation of mental picture. strong M IRACLES are all about : Look and listen ! ^ P^ Howdoes the sun shine? ^0< ^ i The dewdrop glisten? hi '^] How does the snowflake r^ g> Take such varied forms? [|^ Whence winter cold that freezes, And summer heat that warms ? Why does the daylight fade? Where are earth's bars? How does the dark night Nail up the stars? §j How hangs the rainbow in the M Ig sky? \W What is the smallest clod? lO) Who are you and who am I ? (^'^ |Sj Where is God? r] A FEW moments each day is often the only difference between an edu- cated and an ignorant man — because that few moments has been well-spent. 4* THE silence of good is louder than the roa?' of evil. :i^^^^ IF you believe that you can get something for noth- ing- — Try it. ^ MOCKERY is blind in one eye, but flattery is blind in both. 63 .01 1^] ^PI^ o^t better conditions [^ >^ as the spider spins its web, [Q 4* F AITH in the cause, and Fidehty in its prosecu- tion, insures Fortune in its development. 64 s^^^i^^^ a\ TT^ VEN the glorious, blazing ff] -Li morn W Would not be bright, ;t$J Without its sombre back- i^J ground — • jd) The darkness of the niffht. MISFORTUNE is good fortune upside down — the product of inverted think- ing. ^ T THOUGHT that yester- lgj X day was dead, ' t}i But in to-day Jjr I find its spirit working, pjs And know 'twill live alway. ^^ 01 [^SSSSl^Oj! WHAT is Impression, was Suggestion; and will he Expression. * THE more attentive a man is to his own business — the less attentive can he be to that of others. DON'T go grumblingly about ; Turn the question inside out; Stop your whining. Let it thunder e'er so loud — There was never any cloud Which inside had not its proud Silver lining. OF Life and Death, and Love and Hate, And Joy and Sorrow, tell- ing, These, one by one. Mind con- jures from Their Worlds of Mental dwelling. IN the perfect life there are no discontinued chapters, but every moment is a perfect whole. EARTH'S brightest joys are never those, Which for itself the soul would choose. FROM the smooth and grassy plains of igno- rance, a rough road leads to the pure, snow-white summits of knowledge. How to banish fear, REPEAT this sentence fifty times daily: "God is Omnipresent Love, and I am under His watchful care." sS31g^ WHILE you have ((;< strength, build your ^ mind into a strong tower, into U^ which you can go in times of ^ trouble. 70 <^B§^S^M^ SHOW love to others — not because they are lovely, but because you want to reflect ^^v love. \^ Ol So, /^ '■c::3ri:s:^::^:yi ■pgD^^P^ W- thought? f^^'l ^^^ What has it done? ^^' & wr^?^^.. " ^"""^ a 4. THE mind is positive, cre- ative, living. Man is most completely man when he pj thinks scientificall}^. [S 9 n h \^^^f§^^^P^ \*v 1AM sure that — My own will come to me, If I go out to meet it. I am sure that — Knowledge is power, If I use it. I am sure that — The best things of life are free : sunlight, air, water, love, truth, and honor. If I accept them. HO knows only good can never speak ill. SPIRITUAL thought frees us from natural law by raising us above it. i9i^^&: THE light of kindness shines so bright, That in its world there is no night. GREATER than any mythological transform- ation is the metamorphosis of a man into a single action. 74 i^^^^: :sss^^ I GET what I want because I want what I get. PROFESSOR PRAC- TICE is the greatest in- structor in Life's JJniversity. 75 ^p^W^^§^^ .0^ >5X< G ROWTH— O Flower- is thy looking-glass ! But action — O JNIan — is thine ! Ti ^ 76 i?®v;^ ?:51:MISS^ ml My Day-Song, FILL the mind with right- eous thoughts; Fill the lips with songs of praise ; Fill the heart with love and joy. And with trust, the hours and days. U A, WHAT others do say about you is their af- fair, — ^what they should say is yours. THE past is gone. The future is not yet come. Now is all the time there is — Now is eternity. THE greatest and most lasting of all work — Thinking righteousness. THE content of thought is being. THE man who has con- quered himself has con- quered all his enemies, and the whole world is at his feet. E NVIRONMENT is what has been attracted. # POWER is everywhere, and it is yours in propor- tion to your reahzation and ap- propriation. jb^^pSSSl SCENE— Everywhere. Time — Always. Actors — Everybody. — Voice — "Ho ye! Ho ye! Ho ye! Hear all men! Banish all hate, that ye may live. Know, O Souls, that ye are taking into your hearts your worst enemy — hate, and this is of all man's destroyers inost poison- ous." 81 ^^^M^^M w what we do. HAT we are concerns us much more than KNOWLEDGE is the magic light which scat- ters the shadows of ignorance. When this light shines on all the haunting spectres, we see the true principle permeating them — and fear no more. G -^\ ^Ss^SMS;^ a. OODNESS means glad- \§)\ ness, and the good will l^^ always be the glad. 3 sS^BSsass o NE mental link unites with all the best that has m been thought and said. 8$ ^^^^Q^fsr^^c^ ^\:_> :^i>^^.?J^^ AFTER the vision- Power. gj /CONSCIENCE is the ^'^ ^\ V^ most successful General in everyday battles. ALL religions stand as rep- resentations of one idea. f¥ nn RUTH is the fine princi- m S 1 pie of life. (J: ^' IF only one person in the world had the power to do good, how all the rest of the w^orld would envy him ! 4* CONCENTRATE most on what you most desire. STANDING on the street corner, two men were talking in an excited manner, while two angels looked inter- estedly on. "Let us stop them," said the Angel of Speech, "they do not know what they are saying. Their voices become louder and louder as each tries to out- talk the other." "No, by all means let them alone," said the Angel of Si- lence. "They will stop talk- ing when they hav'e tired them- selves out, and — then they will think." D ESP AIR and discontent INIean a life misspent. D O not utter the word un- less it be a song. 95 CONVERSATION turns upon what the mind rests. # CHARACTER shines brightest in adversity. A WELL-TILLED mind is a field -of prosperity. m iC^'^^s^ y^s^^^^M N W HY can we do one tiling better than we can do another? think we can. Because we i * EVIL is fallen — is fallen — because good has been exalted ! «^1 2j^?5^^g§o^ ;^ CJTUDY your own mind — r^ M iJ and all else will be re- g Sj vealed to you. 1 0/ E' ^ V^ERYTHING in the physical world is con- nected by gravitation; every- thing in the mental, by \*^l (y thought; and in 'the spiritual ^ ^) realm all is bound together by l^( W love. V^V 3 89 S ^5'^-i:*^ ^^^^I^-S^ THAT thought sometimes causes a change in ap- pearance is generally admitted by all, but that all thought is always outwardly expressed is just beginning to be under- stood. All thought is always out- wardly expressed either in form or action. But the thought may be allowed to fade away, in which case it remains the thought no longer — and this may happen before any ap- parent change has taken place. Disposing thoughts must not be entertained. The domi- nant image held firmly, will never fail to out-picture itself. 90 There is no thought without compression, WE are apt to forget that each thought has a tendency toward expression, and that since we do not drop all old emotions when we take up a new one, they all go on expressing together. Not only the present thought but all those which preceded it are clamoring for expression. There is an unconscious activ- ity — the result of thoughts which have been entertained, and which have their influence also. Select one thought, let the others be neglected, and this idea will awaken not only 01 its own impulses, but also those of associated ideas, and all these forces set to work to out-picture the compelling, all- engrossing thought. Choose, affirm, carry out — this is the normal process. The old na- ture is strong and it is often necessary to exert great will- power to change it. But ex- ert the will, choose the impel- ling idea, and so long as you bear this in mind, even you yourself can in no way prevent the effect. * 99 THROUGH the door of the mind one enters the treasure-house of knowledge. ATTENTION is one form of will. What we some- times consider extremely slight attention is will in an elemen- tary degree. THE thing* feared hap- pens. What could more positively prove that an image strongly held will be out-pic- tured ? 93 }o3s'i^S§o^»r \a\ Ta^^^^^ ^^ blinded by the fsS J Ili light of day. \t\ % ^ HE key-note of thought W ^\ M. is attention. cs * F KEEP your mind on the central, significant fact — and see how the little details fall in line of their own accord. THE test of religion is the life. .p. IT is impossible to empha- size too strongly the power (Oi of thought. [^' 94 SH^E^e^ Si JUL 29 1913