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Help and Healing Series 
 
 HAND BOOK 
 
 OF 
 
 Instructions for Healing and 
 Helping Others 
 
 Containing Scriptural, Psycho-Therapeutic, 
 Psychological and Optimistic Principles, 
 Simply Stated and Thoroughly Tested 
 
 DR. C. F. WINBIGLER 
 
 Author of "How to Heal and Help 
 One's Self; or a New Outlook 
 on Life;" "Suggestion: Its Law 
 and Application;" "Christian 
 Science: Its Facts and Fallacies;" 
 "This Age and the Young People 
 for It," etc., etc. 
 
 1916 
 
 Commercial Printing House 
 
 Los Angeles, California 
 
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 Copyright 1916 
 By Charles F. Winbigler 
 
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 AUG 21 1916 
 
 5CI.A437311 
 
HOW TO USE THIS HANDBOOK 
 
 Read the instructions carefully in the body of 
 the work. Familiarize yourself with the Scrip- 
 tures referred to in the whole book. Memorize 
 many of the affirmations. Use some or any of 
 them as a prayer. Study carefully and thought- 
 fully the prayers and special instructions. Have 
 confidence in yourself that you can be instru- 
 mental in helping and healing those in need. 
 The principles presented have been tried and 
 proven effective. You may not help and heal all 
 for efficiency comes from practice and realizing 
 your oneness with the source of all Love, Wis- 
 dom, Life and Power — which is God. A vital 
 relationship with Him, consciously realized, will 
 make you a great channel of power and help to 
 others. Live a pure, noble, crystalline life and 
 be filled with the Spirit and let Him work 
 through you. 
 
 "All these worketh the one and the same Spirit, 
 dividing to each one severally even as he will." 
 (John 1 :16.) "Of His fullness have all we re- 
 ceived." "All things are possible to him that be- 
 lieveth." 
 
LIST OF BOOKS THAT 
 
 CAN BE USED WITH 
 
 HANDBOOK 
 
 Suggestion: Its Law and Ap- 
 plication; or The Principle and 
 Practice of Psycho-Therapeu- 
 
 How to Help and Heal One's 
 Self; or, A New Outlook on 
 Life. 
 
 Christian Science and Kindred 
 Subjects; Their Facts and Fal- 
 lacies. 
 
 These can be secured from 
 the Author. 
 
Healing and Help 
 
 A Handbook of Instructions for Healing and 
 Helping Others 
 
 Many persons seem to think that the matter of 
 healing is confined to a few individuals who have 
 peculiar endowments and qualifications and that 
 the matter of helpfulness ought to be the duty of 
 those having time, means, and opportunity. It 
 may be a surprise to learn that everybody may be 
 able to heal if they know how and that all are 
 under obligation to help those in need if oppor- 
 tunity presents. "No one liveth unto himself," but 
 each is responsible for the talent he has. 
 
 Persons Differ 
 
 That certain persons have a forceful and 
 magnetic personality cannot be doubted and that 
 some are philanthropically inclined none will 
 dispute, but all have these qualities in greater 
 or lesser degree and God requires us to exercise 
 our ability and He holds us responsible for doing 
 what we know and can know and what we are 
 able to do. 
 
8 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Talents 
 
 The man with five talents doubles the number 
 and receives the commendation of his Lord; the 
 man with two talents doubles the number and 
 receives the same commendation, while the man 
 with one talent hides his and receives condemna- 
 tion. God does not require the man with one 
 talent to increase it to five, nor the man with two 
 talents to multiply them to ten, but He does 
 require a man to use the talent he pos- 
 sesses. God does not require anyone to do what 
 he does not know or is not able to do, but He 
 does require every man to do what he knows he 
 ought to do and what he is able to do. 
 
 Certain Principles 
 
 There are certain principles that can be effect- 
 ively used in recovering the worried, depressed, 
 and the ailing from those conditions and there are 
 certain things that can be done for those who 
 need some personal help. This work and the 
 Manual of the League of Healing and Helpful 
 Service go together, and is intended as 
 a handbook for Christian workers. There will be 
 further instruction in my two larger books — 
 "How to Help and Heal One's Self and Others; 
 or, A New Outlook on Life," and in the advanced 
 work that covers the philosophy and psychology 
 of the great principle utilized in all healing, self- 
 help, and self-development — "Suggestion : Its 
 
GOD THE SOURCE OF LIFE 9 
 
 Law and Application ; or, The Principle and 
 Practice of Psycho-Therapeutics." 
 
 The Personal Life 
 
 The noblest, purest, and most consecrated per- 
 son, all other things being equal, will be the most 
 efficient in helping and healing others of their 
 troubles, ailments, and illnesses. There is a pecu- 
 liar magnetism about goodness and purity, truth 
 and honesty that may be felt but not described. 
 He who possesses those characteristics and is 
 loyal to the Christ and science will be most suc- 
 cessful in bringing relief to his fellowmen. Many 
 persons may do very remarkable things seemingly 
 but permanent and effective work is done by 
 those having faith in, and vital relation to, God. 
 
 God the Source of Our Life 
 
 Since God is the source of our life we must be 
 open channels to let that wonderful life manifest 
 itself through us to those who may come to us or 
 to whom we may go to carry helping and healing 
 power. Conscious communion with and relation 
 to God is all essential to the personal workers in 
 the League of Healing and Helpful Service. This 
 condition of mind and life will establish spiritual 
 harmony, unity, and oneness with the Infinite 
 Spirit. Whatever else one may possess as to 
 talent, magnetism, personality, and knowledge, all 
 good in their place, the condition referred to and 
 
10 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 emphasized is a prerequisite and the first require- 
 ment in order to help permanently and make one 
 efficient in his work. 
 
 God Working in 
 and Through Us 
 
 This condition will make health, harmony, hap- 
 piness, and heaven a positive and permanent real- 
 ity to one's self and others. The failures of re- 
 formers, individuals, and organizations, that have 
 sought to relieve sufferings, transform society, 
 and redeem mankind from sin, suffering, and sick- 
 ness can be traced back to lack of conscious com- 
 munion with and definite relation to God. No 
 substitute can take His place. Ethical culture, 
 theosophy, Christian Science, evolution and mul- 
 titudes of other teachings and schemes have been 
 tried and have failed and will fail to the end of 
 time. The Holy Spirit must be embodied, Divine 
 power must work through us, the human life 
 must be transformed and man made fully and 
 completely again in God's image and brought into 
 complete oneness with Him. 
 
 The Method 
 
 The life of Christ illustrates how we become 
 fully sons of God. The overshadowing of the 
 Holy Spirit, a surrendered will, and a new birth 
 are the preliminary steps, with a vision of one's 
 mission. 
 
THE METHOD ILLUSTRATED 11 
 
 The Three Temptations 
 
 Further steps are illustrated by the tempta- 
 tions of Christ and His victory over them. His 
 first temptation was through the physical senses. 
 It was the call of hunger and desire. Christ does 
 not deny the senses, but their claim of supremacy, 
 and He thus gains the victory. In His second 
 temptation the appeal was to His psychic power 
 for self-preservation. He discerns the subtlety 
 of this temptation and refuses to employ super- 
 natural powers for any such purpose. Whilst in 
 the third temptation He, a spiritual being, is 
 asked to worship Satan and is promised the whole 
 world as a reward. He realized His spiritual 
 union with the Father and refused to give such 
 homage. He triumphed over self and Satan, re- 
 alized His oneness with God, and returned from 
 the field of battle victorious in power, wisdom, 
 and love. "As He was in the world so are we" 
 to be in our relation to, and supremely victorious 
 through, our Heavenly Father. 
 
 The Method Illustrated 
 
 There is a story about a teacher and a boy, who 
 was hereditarily bad. He would steal when there 
 was no reason for it except the pleasure that he 
 seemed to derive from it. The teacher taught him 
 the Commandments and emphasized especially 
 the one against stealing. He loved the boy, and 
 the bov's weakness seemed to cause the teacher's 
 
12 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 love to be increased, and this led the boy to love 
 the teacher more and made him desire to do right. 
 The boy promised that he would not steal. The 
 habit was too strong, however, and he yielded. 
 He was caught and put into jail. The teacher 
 came and paid his fine and took the boy home. 
 The boy was sorry for what he had done, asked 
 forgiveness, and again promised not to steal. 
 The teacher forgave him, but talked to him 
 strongly because he realized that the boy had not 
 the power to resist the temptation unless his mind 
 was fortified with good suggestions. He said to 
 the boy, "I am not tempted to steal. If you are 
 willing I will take possession of your will and 
 work through your mind and heart and help you 
 with my mind and will. The only way that I 
 can do this is for you to surrender yourself to me 
 and obey my voice when you hear me speaking 
 to you from within. If you do this the power of 
 this temptation will be broken and the very desire 
 to steal will pass away." 
 
 The boy was interested, but mystified, and asked 
 how the teacher could do this. He answered, 
 "Never mind about the how. Will you trust me 
 to do this and promise me to be faithful and quick 
 in heeding the promptings of the inner voice?" 
 The boy promised and. by mental suggestion the 
 teacher transformed and awakened will power in 
 the boy and the latter became peculiarly aware 
 of a new force or will power acting within him. 
 
CHRIST IN US AND SUCCESS 13 
 
 When he was tempted to steal he would hear a 
 voice saying, "I am honest.. I will not take what 
 is not mine. I am strong and I do not and will 
 not have to yield to this temptation. The tempta- 
 tion has no power over me. I will not steal. 
 I am master and I will not do wrong." It was 
 not long until another character was enwrought 
 in the boy's personality — incarnated in himself. 
 The boy's personality was corrected, changed, 
 and transformed by the teacher's suggestions. 
 
 Ourselves and Christ 
 
 This is a parable of ourselves and Christ's deal- 
 ing with us, changing us, dwelling in us, and ex- 
 orcising that which is sinful and wrong. His 
 love for us leads Him to deal thus with us and 
 bring us under His dominion, power, and love in 
 order that we may show these things in our life 
 and character. Our redemption and transforma- 
 tion are not affected by accepting a creed, doc- 
 trine, ethical culture, or any such expedients, but 
 by loving Him because He first loved us, being 
 controlled by His will, embodying His personal- 
 ity, incorporating His spirit. It is not the evolu- 
 tion of the natural man but a transformation pro- 
 duced by the incarnation of the Spirit which is 
 the real and eternal life. 
 
 Christ in Us and Success 
 
 In Jesus on the human side of His life and in 
 
14 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Christ on the divine side we see what we are to 
 be and do by obedience, submission, and trans- 
 formation so that we shall be like Him in charac- 
 ter, conduct, and conquest. There is no guess- 
 work in being a true, sincere Christian and doing 
 what the Lord and Master asks and requires. In 
 Him we see what we should be, and will be, when 
 God's plan is completed in our lives. Christ was 
 a perfect example to all mankind, a true and per- 
 fect type of humanity redeemed. Christ in us is 
 the hope of glory and also the hope of those 
 whom we can help and heal. God's love-life was 
 manifested in and through Jesus Christ and it 
 must be manifested through us if the world is to 
 receive the benefit and blessing. Sacrifice is a 
 manifestation of love and if we are to help and 
 heal mankind we must sacrifice because we love. 
 No success is possible in any field of genuine serv- 
 ice without sacrifice and the measure of our love 
 will be the measure of our sacrifice and that will 
 measure our success in every respect. The char- 
 acter and divinity revealed in Jesus, the Christ, 
 are the character and divinity that are to be re- 
 vealed in and manifested by every man when the 
 incarnation — Christ in us — is effected by the Holy 
 Spirit. This is done by the manifestation of the 
 Infinite Spirit in regenerating power and indwell- 
 ing energy, not by human devices, schemes, and 
 designs. When this occurs then real spiritual 
 power will be manifested in such a way that men 
 
SCIENCE NECESSARY 15 
 
 will know that God dwells in us and we in Him, 
 and then our every word, look, and act will help 
 those in need and heal those that are sick. Christ 
 in us then will be life, health, and power. 
 
 Two Great Things in Life 
 
 One needs self-control if he is to be helpful to 
 others. If this is lacking- people will lose respect 
 for the one who professes to help and heal. One's 
 life must be righteous. These two characteristics 
 will bring out unselfish love to God and man and 
 will produce the soil from which will spring flow- 
 ers of joy. fruit trees that will bear fruit to satisfy 
 the hunger of many. Self-control and righteous- 
 ness will overcome selfishness, conquer lust, de- 
 stroy fear, banish worry, exorcise vanity, restrain 
 sensitiveness, and master undesirable traits in 
 one's own life and in others. 
 
 Science Necessary 
 
 Science is the handmaid of religion and is the 
 safeguard against superstition and erratic think- 
 ing and acting. So much passes for science today 
 that is pure speculation and mystical vaporizing. 
 Theories that do not stand the test of scientific 
 scrutiny, sound reasoning, and common sense can 
 be safely rejected and ought to be. He who re- 
 fuses to observe the laws of physiology and hy- 
 giene, the laws of right living and honest dealing 
 with his fellowmen, no difference what else may 
 
16 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 be mentally held, there will be physical ill health, 
 mental strain and tension. He who neglects to 
 bathe, eat good nourishing food, breathe good 
 pure air, exercise judiciously, think good pure 
 thoughts, and perform noble deeds will suffer 
 sooner or later. We ought to learn all we can 
 from science, observe its laws and utilize its prin- 
 ciples so that we may get the best out of our 
 lives in this environment and put the best into 
 them. We have a body, the most wonderful piece 
 of mechanism ever formed, a mind capable of 
 the most wonderful development and manifesta- 
 tion, and a spiritual nature which relates us to 
 the Infinite and which is capable of the most 
 remarkable unfoldment. This spiritual unfold- 
 ment is subject to certain laws which men have 
 discovered by experiment, observation, and rea- 
 soning, and it is the sheerest kind of insanity to 
 disregard them and call down punishment, dis- 
 ease, and untimely death because of ignorance 
 or non-observance. 
 
 Other Characteristics 
 
 He that would help and heal his fellowmen will 
 become proficient in the measure of his consecra- 
 tion to Christ and in using all reasonable helps in 
 perfecting himself in knowledge and action. Let 
 me illustrate what I mean by using all reasonable 
 helps. Personal appearance has a tendency to 
 impress a sick or nervous person favorably or 
 
SELF AND OTHER HEALING 17 
 
 unfavorably. Carelessness in dress, uncleanliness 
 of skin, habits that are offensive, and general de- 
 meanor will all affect the sick one unfavorably. 
 A harsh voice, a nervous manner, jerky move- 
 ments, and impatience have a tendency to nullify 
 anything that the one trying to help may say 
 or do. 
 
 A dignified demeanor, courteous treatment, a 
 true Christian spirit are all essential characteris- 
 tics for one who endeavors to help and heal those 
 that are depressed and ailing. 
 
 Certain Things That Ought to be Known 
 
 Self and Other Healing 
 
 1. There are two forms of mental work as 
 related to health and its conditions; viz., self- 
 healing and the action of one mind upon another. 
 The former is the vis naturae medicatriz, the heal- 
 ing power of nature, and tends to health and a 
 normal condition unless interfered with. Wrong 
 thinking is the first step in producing an abnormal 
 condition of the body from which people suffer. 
 Worry, fear, depression, and unhappiness need 
 healing helpful thoughts and mental change, just 
 as much as physical diseases need good nursing, 
 hygienic measures, and new power. Probably 
 more so, because those mental conditions may 
 freojuently lead to physical diseases. Anyone can 
 change his mental attitude toward adverse men- 
 tal conditions if he knows how, and if he does not, 
 
18 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 he can be helped by some one who does know. 
 Self-knowledge and self-healing in the last anal- 
 ysis are the forces that can change the wrong 
 thinking and incite all the bodily functions to do 
 their work normally. That assistance can be 
 secured from another is not questioned but ad- 
 mitted, but that help must be manifested through 
 the mental power of the one who needs help. 
 
 Faith 
 
 2. Faith is a supreme condition by which help 
 is received and manifested. Faith is the power 
 that opens the way to health and recovery from 
 weakness, sickness, and adverse mental condi- 
 tions. Jesus healed and helped the people through 
 their faith and He could not help them fully with- 
 out it. In one place He failed to do mighty 
 works because of the unbelief of the people. 
 (Mark 6:5, 6.) Faith is made up of knowledge, 
 assent and trust, and the person who has faith 
 exercises these three characteristics. Faith is the 
 same today that it has ever been as to these three 
 conditions. 
 
 Faith Unchanging 
 
 P'aith is at the foundation of all cures whether 
 mental, spiritual, or physical. Faith gives effi- 
 cient power to the means employed whether med- 
 icine, suggestion, or other mental processes are 
 used. Thought without faith will accomplish 
 
WHAT FAITH DOES 19 
 
 very little ; with faith it can work wonders and 
 produce almost infinite results. If one is to be 
 permanently helped and cured of sickness and 
 have a change of mind in his thinking - , it will be 
 secured through faith either in himself or in 
 some one else, who will assist him in the trans- 
 formation of his thought or in the substitution of 
 forceful suggestions for those that are in his 
 mind, which have produced the adverse and ab- 
 normal conditions. 
 
 What Faith Does 
 
 Faith opens the door of the mind to receive the 
 suggestions given and when received they have a 
 tendency to stimulate all the bodily functions, 
 awaken latent energies, increase mental and bod- 
 ily activity, and bring into the mind a vivid pic- 
 ture of one's relationship to God, the source of all 
 life, power, and health. These effects result from 
 the kind of suggestions made by the operator or 
 by one's self. Faith is also a channel for receiving 
 knowledge, divine power, and peace, and cor- 
 responding effects in the mental and spiritual life. 
 
 A Photograph Gallery 
 
 Hebrews, the eleventh chapter, is a photograph 
 gallery of the heroes of faith, what it is, what it 
 does, and what it secures. No piece of literature 
 in the world presents the subject of faith in all 
 its phases in a more graphic and concrete form. 
 
20 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Great Effects of Faith 
 
 Many of the great names of the Old Testa- 
 ment, with a definite statement of work done and 
 blessings received, are presented. Moses, Abra- 
 ham, and multitudes of others are held up as a 
 cloud of witnesses, who sympathize with and are 
 interested in, the race we are running and the 
 work we are doing. It is a fact of history and a 
 truth of human effort that no great thing is ac- 
 complished and no great blessing ever received 
 without faith. Jesus Himself told the people that 
 "according to thy faith be it unto thee." He em- 
 phasized the necessity of faith for receiving heal- 
 ing and help. He said, "Thy faith hath made thee 
 whole." "Believe only and she shall be made 
 whole." "Thy faith hath saved thee." He also 
 reproved His disciples for their lack of faith and 
 also the generation to whom He spake. 
 
 Faith and Doubt Contrasted 
 
 Faith and doubt are opposites. Faith is posi- 
 tive; doubt negative. Faith believes; doubt re- 
 jects. Faith abides in confidence; doubt fears 
 and questions. Faith opens the doors to all bless- 
 ings, possibility, and achievement ; doubt closes 
 the doors against all these things. Faith awak- 
 ens all the dormant energies of our spiritual and 
 mental natures ; doubt represses, puts them to 
 sleep, and holds up the picture of inability. Faith 
 calls our creative force and energy; doubt lulls 
 
INTUITION AND FAITH 21 
 
 them into quietness and locks the door of the 
 subconscious life like a jailor. Faith is the open 
 channel through which God pours into man's 
 life all blessings such as love, peace, purity, and 
 power ; doubt is the effort to close the channel 
 and shut out God and blessings. Faith brings us 
 into definite actual relationship with the Infinite 
 Power, limitless resources, and mighty possibil- 
 ities ; doubt closes the way and shuts out all of 
 these things. The measure of one's attainment, 
 the great things one does, and the power realized 
 in one's life are all measured by one's faith. 
 "Where there is Faith there is Love, 
 Where there is Love there is Peace, 
 Where there is Peace there is God. 
 Where there is God there is no need." 
 
 Intuition and Faith 
 
 If you are instrumental in helping and healing 
 others the supreme manifestation will be found 
 to be faith in yourself, in the power of God, and in 
 your fellowmen. Faith and intuition are inti- 
 mately related, so that when men accomplish 
 great things they see the possibility and glimpse 
 an interior power that they possess and then be- 
 lieve that they can realize what has been ideal- 
 ized or seen in vision. They knew, they believed, 
 they did. Veni, vidi, vici. "I came, I saw, I 
 conquered." Intuition and faith are the two great 
 facts of our mental and spiritual life which bring 
 
22 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 us into vital relationship with God and make it 
 possible to do great things, receive untold bless- 
 ings, and see visions to be realized in one's own 
 life and in other lives. 
 
 How? 
 
 Ask an artist how he painted his wonderful 
 picture and he will tell you he does not know. 
 But he knew that it was possible intuitively, and 
 believed that he could do it and he did. This is 
 equally true of the orator, sculptor, author, 
 preacher, teacher, and others who have accom- 
 plished some great work. They saw, believed, 
 and did it. 
 
 What Faith Does 
 
 Faith stimulates faculties, awakens mental en- 
 ergies, calls into activity the deepest powers of 
 the human mind and soul and leads these pow- 
 ers to concentrate on work, thought, or vision and 
 calls into action the quiescent mental forces to 
 accomplish the work and realize the result. Faith 
 may lead or intuition may direct, but both have a 
 part in all permanent work performed whether 
 it is healing, helping, or subduing nature. Hope 
 has also a place in the form of desire and expecta- 
 tion and in a certain stage of mental activity be- 
 comes a great handmaid to faith. 
 
FAITH IN LAW AND ORDER 23 
 
 Strength and Weakness 
 
 When we are "In Tune with the Infinite," 
 when we are right with God and our fellowmen, 
 then faith in the divine order of things and per- 
 sons never changes. It is only when we are out 
 of harmony with these things that doubt asserts 
 itself and saps our strength mentally, spiritually, 
 and physically. The greatest things that have 
 been accomplished have been performed by men 
 who have had faith in God and man. The skeptic, 
 the parasite, the pessimist have neither faith nor 
 enthusiasm, which faith encourages, none of the 
 force that carries the man of faith through deep 
 floods and over high mountains of trial and trou- 
 ble to conquest and victory. 
 
 Faith in Law and Order 
 
 Faith in God and His reign in the universe, in 
 universal order and divine law is a necessity for 
 man's peace, harmony, and plenty, and only doubt 
 can destroy that faith and cause man to be an 
 eternal wanderer. 
 
 Paul— Wesley— Luther 
 
 There are great difficulties to be surmounted, 
 discouragements to be overcome, afflictions to be 
 remedied, and new inventions to be brought forth. 
 and the men of faith are the ones to do these 
 things and they will do them because they be- 
 lieve in God who rules all, and who overrules 
 
24 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 the wrath of man, and inspires him to noble 
 deeds. John has been called the Apostle of Love, 
 but Paul was the Apostle of Faith. Look at his 
 history and work. At one time it seemed that the 
 Roman Empire was determined to defeat and 
 end his work. He heard the call of Macedonia 
 and started the mighty missionary work of Eu- 
 rope. He has given the world some of its most 
 valuable literature and doctrines ; he established 
 churches, wrote letters, gave addresses that shall 
 live in influence and power throughout the ages. 
 Faith was the inspiring motive in it all. John 
 Wesley and his co-laborers by faith changed the 
 religious condition of England and influenced the 
 whole world spiritually. Martin Luther by faith 
 made the Roman Church tremble and started a 
 reformation the influence of which in Bible dis- 
 tribution, true spiritual worship, and new hope 
 cannot be told nor measured. 
 
 Faith and Righteousness 
 
 This universe is governed by righteousness, and 
 faith in this, is the cause of so much charitable, 
 spiritual, and moral work in the world by men 
 who believe in righteousness. Faith gives new 
 vision, new motives, new inspiration, and new 
 activity, all of which leads to success. When one 
 loses faith in God, in himself, and in his fellow- 
 men he is started for the land of failure, hope- 
 lessness and death. 
 
OBJECT OF LIFE 25 
 
 Changes Wrought by Faith 
 
 Faith inspires every mental and spiritual pow- 
 er, turns defeat into victory, fear into courage, 
 depression into enthusiasm, it tunnels mountains, 
 bridges streams, and wins battles against wrong 
 and unrighteousness. 
 
 Object of Life 
 
 Every person is created for a purpose and mis- 
 sion and a positive faith in one's mission means 
 success. To believe that one is put here to fulfil 
 God's purpose and plan puts zeal and enthusiasm 
 into one's life and work. Nothing could stop 
 Columbus and success came to him. Nothing 
 could stop Luther and the Reformation became a 
 fact. Nothing could stop Lincoln and the eman- 
 cipation of slaves became a fact in history. These 
 persons, and all others, who have accomplished 
 great things believed that God had a purpose to 
 be wrought by their lives. 
 
 Faith Is a Real Force 
 
 Faith is as real a force as electricity or magnet- 
 ism. It is the force that keeps society together, 
 gives confidence in the business world, and makes 
 the home a place of love and safety. Faith is the 
 binding link between God and man, between man 
 and man, between man and his Savior. Faith 
 cheers us in life, helps us in service, and comforts 
 us in death. 
 
26 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Three Things Related 
 
 3. There are three things that are related be- 
 cause they are somewhat alike. They are called 
 magnetism, suggestion, and mental healing. They 
 are really one in which suggestion covers them 
 all. The first is tactile or pass suggestion in 
 which there may be something of a vital element 
 transferred to another, and the latter — mental 
 healing — is the use of suggestion to awaken the 
 mind to new possibilities, and by telepathic pow- 
 er aid in substituting good, pure, and spiritual 
 thought in the mind of the one in need for the 
 depressing fear-thought that has wrought such 
 havoc in life. Mental healing embraces the use of 
 every form of suggestion and leads to health of 
 mind and body. A healthy mind is cheerful, hope- 
 ful, and optimistic, and is in right relation to God ; 
 a healthy body is free from pain, with a normal 
 circulation of blood, normal nerve impulses, and 
 strong magnetic energy. 
 
 Avoid Extremes of Thought 
 
 4. It is unwise to think one's self a weakling 
 or a god. However, when a man sees his limita- 
 tions he has a right, by virtue of his creation and 
 privilege, to lay hold upon the Infinite Resources 
 at hand and all about him, for "he lives and moves 
 and has his being in God." We cannot stand 
 alone, although we are made in God's image, but 
 we can stand with God through faith in Him, and 
 
TEACHINGS OF SOME CULTS 27 
 
 manifest His life, health, peace, and joy. We are 
 not gods that we can do all things of ourselves. 
 
 Mind and Body 
 
 5. It is generally admitted by all students of 
 human life that the mind has wonderful power 
 over the body and that the condition of the body 
 has an effect upon the mind by a process known 
 as reaction. It is almost impossible to cure and 
 help one who is possessed with the thought that 
 he is going to die. If one desires to help and 
 heal others he must know something of the power 
 of the mind over the body and the effect of nerve 
 reaction on the mind. (See my book on "Sug- 
 gestion'' for a full discussion of this.) 
 
 Teachings of Some Cults 
 
 6. There are things taught by certain cults 
 to-day that cannot be reasonably and safely ac- 
 cepted by any logical thinker. Here are four 
 statements at least that must be changed to har- 
 monize with reality, common sense, and reason. 
 (I) God is a principle. (2) The wrong use of the 
 words "I Am." (3) The statement that all is 
 good and there is no evil. (4) The statement that 
 all is spirit and there is no matter. 
 
 Belief and Actions. 
 Inconsistencies. 
 
 These statements are the great obstacles in the 
 way of a general and widespread acceptance of 
 
28 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 the teachings of some forms of Mental Science. 
 There is no process of reasoning that can ever 
 make those four statements acceptable generally 
 and it is only by a process of hypnotization that 
 any class can accept them without question. Peo- 
 ple who discard the teachings of science, logic, 
 and common sense, and who are so gripped by 
 the suggestions referred to that they will not hear, 
 read, or accept anything else may contend that 
 those things are true, and yet by their actions 
 prove that they do not believe in them. They act 
 as though they believed in matter. Will they butt 
 their heads against a large rock and say there is 
 no pain? Will they not try to swim in a flood 
 to save themselves from drowning? Will they 
 take material money for their mental treatment? 
 Do they not build houses out of matter in which 
 they expect to protect their material bodies from 
 material elements? Do they not have their 
 thoughts expressed by material type on material 
 paper? It makes no difference whatever as to 
 their statements as to what matter seems to be, 
 and that it is only the result of slow mind vibra- 
 tion. They act reasonably and yet in theory and 
 statement contradict their sensible action. If they 
 think, as they also say, that all is good and there 
 is no evil, why do they treat people who are dis- 
 eased, depressed, and infirm? If they believe 
 their statement, they can see "mortal thought," — 
 a phrase to conjure with and a key to unlock the 
 
FOUR PRINCIPLES EXAMINED 29 
 
 doors of so many mysteries to them, — in opera- 
 tion in hospitals, leper colonies, in robbery, mur- 
 der, suicides, and in other abnormal conditions. 
 It makes no difference as to their explanation as 
 to what evil is in their philosophy, yet they take 
 due precautions against it by locking their doors 
 to keep out thieves, watching their pocket-books, 
 and jewels, and guarding against "evil" — "mali- 
 cious animal magnetism,"' a bogey of a certain 
 leader down to her grave. This philosophy ad- 
 vocated by several cults is idealism run to seed 
 and Berkeleyism revamped. Let us examine these 
 four statements a little more carefully so that we 
 shall not be deluded by them. 
 
 The Four Principles Examined 
 
 1. The statement that God is a principle 
 makes Him an impersonal God. A principle can- 
 not love, is not good or bad, and cannot direct or 
 determine its acts. A principle is a course of ac- 
 tion or correlation in relation to personality or 
 life. The people who say God is a principle 
 either misrepresent or do not understand what 
 personality is. Personality does not necessarily 
 imply bodily existence. Personality is the pecu- 
 liar characteristic of the spiritual and mental 
 nature. The body is only an instrument of man- 
 ifestation, it is not the person. Personality im- 
 plies self-consciousness, self-determination, intel- 
 lect, affection, and volition. There are other 
 
30 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 things also but these are basic and essential to 
 personality. Such characteristics may be limited 
 or unlimited, finite or infinite. The Infinite is 
 Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient. Our 
 fathers believed in, and all who know God as 
 Father believe in God's personality. 
 
 Warning 
 
 It is high time that we, who profess to believe 
 God's word and in Jesus Christ, His son, raise 
 our voices against the intellectual vandalism that 
 is going on in certain circles to the injury morally 
 and spiritually of hundreds of people in our nation 
 and in the world. 
 
 "I Am" 
 
 2. The second statement is another perversion 
 of the truth and of language. This may be called 
 the I Am theory. Some people go so far as to 
 say that "I am God (Good) therefore I am all 
 powerful and nothing in all creation can with- 
 stand me, and all things are mine." The partial 
 truths in these statements make the statements 
 false. I concede that these suggestions may re- 
 inforce the mind to grip large problems and solve 
 them, meet great emergencies and conquer them, 
 call into play certain forces, and gain success and 
 means, but the implication is that this can be 
 done all the time, when the statement is not true. 
 A mental-religious frenzy is quite powerful and 
 
MAN AND GOD 31 
 
 at times is contagious but it dies down and event- 
 ually leaves the life like an ebbing tide and only 
 the sediment remains. That every one has a 
 spiritual nature which potentially has in it God's 
 image I do not doubt, but that does not make man 
 the "I Am." 
 
 Man and Cod 
 
 That ineffable and incommunicable name never 
 has been and never will be given to man and for 
 him to assume it is to play the fool and pervert 
 language and thought. A child is not his father 
 and man is not God. Man is the child of God and 
 not God Himself. 
 
 Man's Possibility 
 
 Man by virtue of his creation and potential 
 spiritual existence can develop and grow more 
 perfect continually, can increase in power and 
 glory, but he never will become God and there- 
 fore he is not the "I Am." It is time to call a 
 halt to this kind of assumption that is unreason- 
 able, unscriptural and unphilosophical. 
 
 All Good; No Evil 
 
 3. "All is good and there is no evil" is another 
 theory that becomes a blindfold for selfishness 
 and produces mental astigmatism. Besides the 
 reference above that has been made, let me add 
 that there is evil, although it may be a "shadow" 
 
32 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 as some say. The power of mind may be able to 
 turn it to good account although we may not 
 always see how. 
 
 Questions and Contradictions 
 
 The Charleston, Messina, and San Francisco 
 earthquakes were not primarily good, but good 
 indirectly has come out of them in better cities, 
 and in hearts made better through the manifesta- 
 tion of sympathy and love and help for the suf- 
 ferers. Take the slum and red light sections of 
 our cities, young lives living in squalor and filth, 
 the spirit of greed in business, the spirit of grind- 
 ing in money lenders, the cry of poverty and the 
 suffering of the innocent, the destruction in war, 
 the suffering of the wounded, those bereaved, 
 and the destruction of property as illustrations, 
 and then let the purblind teachers of the theory 
 say, "All is good and there is no evil." What a 
 reflection it is on their reason, their commonsense, 
 and their mental perception. These things may 
 be overruled, for God can overrule the wrath and 
 wickedness of man and "make the remainder of 
 wrath to praise Him." They say, "All is good 
 (God) and there is no evil." Let them explain 
 how this can be harmonized with the facts of 
 history and actual conditions. 
 
 Positive and Negative 
 
 It is more reasonable to assume that there are 
 
EVIL WILL GO DOWN 33 
 
 positive and negative conditions and both exist — 
 the one because God causes them and the other 
 because God permits them. The good things are 
 positive and the evil, negative. To assert that 
 the negative conditions do not exist is to stultify 
 actual facts which is not wise. Call evil things 
 shadows, unreality, good in the making, whatever 
 you please, yet the facts remain and will until 
 negative things are made positive and Christ be- 
 comes actual King in this world. Evil does exist 
 and so does good and out of evil good may come. 
 The how we do not know but God knows. 
 
 Evil Will Go Down 
 
 I concede that evil is not only negative, but that 
 a negative condition of mind produces evils and 
 when all people become positive in mental atti- 
 tude many evils will cease to exist or manifest 
 themselves. This is true of liquor selling and 
 drinking, unchastity, all impurity in thought and 
 act, profanity, selfishness, and all other evils — 
 they will cease when men become right with God 
 and positive in their mental activity. 
 
 Calling God "good" does not change the con- 
 ditions of evil manifestation and only as we see 
 I lim as a personal Being — loving, just, and merci- 
 ful, having all power, wisdom, and knowledge, 
 working in man to produce a positive as against 
 a negative attitude of mind and life, will evil be 
 conquered and good be established in this world. 
 
34 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Good Will Triumph 
 
 The I Am theory is an arrogant assumption 
 and illogical, and the "all good and no evil" 
 theory is a metaphysical hoodoo that changes 
 things reasonable and actual into a self-satis- 
 fied condition of mind that leads to self-right- 
 eousness and lack of interest in and help for man- 
 kind in its sorrow and cry for aid. 
 
 Matter and No Matter 
 
 4. The "no matter and all is spirit" theory 
 does not remove the actual facts concerning, and 
 manifestation of, what we call matter. That mat- 
 ter may be permeated with spirit, ether, or a 
 subtle force we do not question, but it is matter 
 nevertheless and is subject to certain laws. It 
 may be slow vibration of spirit or mind or force, 
 but in its manifestation it is matter. The people 
 accepting this theory know this, act reasonably 
 concerning it, consider it as a fact and act ac- 
 cordingly. They do not stand on the street in 
 the middle of a street car track or sit down on a 
 rail and just spiritually will to go miles away. 
 No, they get on the car and ride to their desti- 
 nation. 
 
 Certain Forms of Matter 
 
 Certain forms of matter have a greater amount 
 of spiritual power than others. For instance the 
 human body has more of spirit than a stone or 
 
MIND CAN ACT ON MIND 35 
 
 a house, but the human body holds it a shorter 
 time, and then the body dissolves into dust, and 
 gradually into certain chemical elements and 
 gases. The spirit has gone somewhere. 
 
 One Mind Can 
 Act on Another 
 
 That one mind can act on and influence an- 
 other mind is unquestioned by psychologists and 
 persons that have had anything to do with other 
 people in helping and healing them. Those, thus 
 dealing with people, ought to instruct them also 
 in the power of one's own mind to restore one 
 if he is sick, informing the student or patient as 
 to how he can use auto-suggestion and hygienic 
 measures in restoring the health. No power is 
 so great in one's self as auto-suggestion and per- 
 sonal methods by which one can carry on ef- 
 ficiently self-development, recover health, and 
 prevent sickness. Ninety per cent of the cases 
 of ordinary sickness would recover without a 
 doctor because nature tends to the normal and if 
 there is proper care and good nursing recovery 
 is assured. Mental healers and others get numer- 
 ous cases where the doctors have failed to help 
 or they did not know how to make suggestions 
 effectively or how to direct the auto-suggestion of 
 the sick one. Those persons by proper instruc- 
 tion and response to the healer's word, thought, 
 or act recovered. He simply used the law that 
 
36 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 one mind can influence and direct and act on an- 
 other mind under favorable conditions. Every 
 function of the body is consciously or uncon- 
 sciously under the influence of the mind and cer- 
 tain remarkable results follow the proper direc- 
 tion of suggestions so that the recipient's mind 
 under the power of suggestion will work and re- 
 cover him from the ailment. It is utilizing the 
 law of suggestion in its power through the sub- 
 conscious manifestation of mind. 
 
 Mental Conditions May 
 Produce Serious Effects 
 
 The nerves which control the circulation of 
 blood by carrying the impulses started by the 
 commands of another's mind or one's own mind 
 can increase or decrease the blood flow. Some- 
 times a conscious manifestation of mind may in- 
 crease or decrease the circulation, as in the flush- 
 ing or paling of the face, under the power of 
 certain emotions. Sudden fear, shock, joy, or 
 sorrow may produce these effects and may also 
 cause death. 
 
 For example, some doctors blindfolded a crim- 
 inal's eyes, took a sponge and filled it with warm 
 water, put a basin under his arm, and allowed 
 warm water to trickle down the arm after they 
 had scratched it. They told him that they had 
 lanced it. They suggested that the blood was 
 flowing away rapidly and that the man was 
 
METHOD AND RESULTS 37 
 
 growing pale and weak. His mind under the 
 power of imagination by inhibition slowed down 
 every vital process and he died. 
 
 Method and Results 
 
 The healer usually talks quietly to the patient 
 and he may or may not introduce mental heal- 
 ing, but the patient, because he has come, settles 
 into a receptive condition mentally and is desirous 
 of receiving information or help. Patient and 
 healer sit silently for a time and each may have 
 his eyes closed or covered with the hand and 
 each, especially the healer, concentrates on the 
 desired result and to a certain extent on the 
 processes leading up to the result. Different 
 methods are used by different schools. What 
 occurs? A power within and without works to- 
 gether for recovery and uplift of the patient. 
 Call this power evolutionary tendency, mental 
 co-operation, or God — it is there, and it mani- 
 fests goodness, truth, and love and tends to a 
 normal condition in both healer and the one who 
 needs help. Inasmuch as all life and mind are 
 one, under certain favorable conditions, this 
 mighty force impels toward a normal, healthy, 
 and optimistic condition. The normal condition 
 and tendency in human life is toward health 
 and action and interference with that condition of 
 normal tendency will produce mental and physi- 
 cal suffering. 
 
38 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 The Force at Work 
 
 No one knows the great strength of this force 
 in its operation and power of restoration, but 
 one thing often occurs which astounds the 
 friends of the sufferer, that is, that intense suf- 
 fering yields quickly and marvelously when the 
 opposition is removed so that the force may be 
 allowed perfect freedom of action. There have 
 been many instantaneous cures wrought in this 
 way, but in the ordinary cases the mind must do 
 its work more gradually. Opposition to this 
 force is fatal and will prevent a cure, while un- 
 belief will interfere with the working of this 
 force and will prevent favorable results until it 
 is overcome or removed. 
 
 Telepathy, Law of 
 Agreement and Results 
 
 The one who practices mental healing must 
 give some instructions to the patient and thus 
 prepare him or her for what is to be done. One 
 very important matter is that the mind of the 
 patient shall be quiet and shall think of health 
 and a normal condition. The quiet talk of the 
 healer prepares for this and when that is finished 
 the patient is requested to be quiet and think of 
 nothing particularly, and relax as much as pos- 
 sible. He can lie on a couch, or bed, or sit in an 
 easy chair and close his eyes. The healer holds 
 in his mind a picture of the patient in a normal 
 
VISUALIZATION WITH THOUGHT 39 
 
 condition. This picture or condition is held with 
 tenacity and persistency for ten or fifteen min- 
 utes. He sees the patient as he should be. This 
 image by thought transference is impressed on 
 the sick one's mind as a possibility. The strong 
 desire of the patient seizes and reproduces the 
 picture as an actuality. He may be quite uncon- 
 scious of doing anything for himself and when he 
 recovers he will probably give the credit to the 
 healer. The change is wrought by the life-giving 
 force which two wills with desire set into opera- 
 tion. These two wills and the desire of each per- 
 son work in harmony. This is perfect action in 
 correspondence with the law of agreement. (See 
 Matthew 18:19.) "If two of you shall agree on 
 earth as touching anything that they shall ask, 
 it shall be done for them of my Father who is 
 in Heaven." 
 
 The sick man could not have wrought the 
 change alone, nor by simply willing in response 
 to a spoken command by the healer. But the 
 silent thought which is swifter and more power- 
 ful than electricity was projected into the sub- 
 conscious mind of the ailing one and it worked 
 a radical change in his mental attitude towards 
 the divine power which can alone make him 
 whole. This is the secret of all faith cures that 
 are authentic. The Scriptures teach entire re- 
 liance on a Divine Power which may be invoked 
 by faith and which can cure and help. There are 
 
40 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 recorded cases where some invalids, having a 
 strong faith in God, have brought into operation 
 this restorative influence by a deliberate sugges- 
 tion and act of the conscious mind, in accord 
 with the action of the subconscious mind, which 
 is similar to that performed by the healer for a 
 patient. He who desires to be well and receives 
 the thought or picture of health held in the mind 
 of the healer, or in his own conscious mind, 
 and strongly accepts the same, will often get 
 the result. The act is the result of the belief in 
 the teachings of the Bible and suggestions given 
 and made plain by spiritual intuition, rather than 
 by any scientific knowledge. 
 
 Duty 
 
 We all live on different planes, under different 
 conditions, with different responsibilities, and 
 therefore there is a different viewpoint from 
 which we look at these and other things. But 
 on each plane we ought to be harmonious with, 
 and work out the Divine purpose by. conscious 
 co-operation with the highest laws. 
 
 Causes of Sickness 
 
 The real causes of sickness are the violations 
 of the laws of our nature, sin, ignorance, and en- 
 vironmental conditions. The causes produce 
 corresponding results and as the causes are re- 
 moved the effects are decreased and will sooner 
 
TRUTH AND EVIL 41 
 
 or later vanish. Sickness and trouble, etc., call 
 a halt in our activities and often bring a great 
 change in our spiritual thinking and inner life. 
 So that faith in this Spiritual power — healing, 
 helping, and restoring — works a great change in 
 the life, and finally it dawns upon us as a scien- 
 tific fact that such a power exists and can be 
 used. 
 
 Some Invalids 
 
 Some invalids become "sour and fretful" under 
 affliction. They rebel against the lesson to be 
 learned and before healing can come there must 
 be spiritual regeneration and other changes in 
 disposition and life. 
 
 Truth and Evil 
 
 The skillful healer will study the causes of the 
 conditions and lead the patient to understand and 
 overcome those causes. Evolution is a process 
 of unfoldment and man must co-operate with it. 
 It is the knowledge of good and evil that brings 
 conflict and man's power to choose between them 
 leads him to co-operate with the divine law and 
 fight against the evil. Recognizing evil inten- 
 tionally and loving it, leads to low standards and 
 inhibition against the unfolding and manifesta- 
 tion of the best part of one's nature. Lack of 
 harmony with the Divine Law leads to suffering 
 and the only sure relief is to establish our proper 
 
42 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 relation to this law and the mighty forces which 
 play in the personality. Ideals held down, mean 
 ideals not realized. The power that can free our 
 ideals is truth, which alone can make us free. We 
 must learn the laws of our being and the truth- 
 ful use of these laws will bring to us the secret 
 of properly governing our lives. 
 
 Mental Causation 
 
 Physical, mental, and spiritual effects are pro- 
 duced by mental and spiritual states. The emo- 
 tions acting through the nervous system produce 
 immediate chemical changes in the body and 
 they are reflected upon the outward features, 
 form, and face. 
 
 Mental Attitude 
 
 The possibility of mental healing depends on 
 the mental attitude. Correcting the mental at- 
 titude will cure disease and keeping that attitude 
 always correct and right will prevent disease. 
 People quickly and easily influenced mentally are 
 easy subjects of contagion. Nine-tenths of all 
 diseases originate primarily in the mind or re- 
 sult from sin, using sin as not always an act but 
 also a mental state, and lack of harmony with the 
 Divine Law. 
 
 Faith and Using 
 Auto-Suggestion 
 
 Physicians recognize a mental cause in many 
 
VIOLATION OF MORAL LAW 43 
 
 cases of sickness and other ailments, and rec- 
 ommend a change of scene, or that the patient 
 should stop worrying, or that he should do some- 
 thing to take the mind off of his condition and 
 not be introspective. Many physicians say "the 
 people are living too fast" and "that worry and 
 not work is killing thousands." They also rec- 
 ognize that persons with strong constitutions, 
 those with great recuperative powers, with a 
 strong desire to be healthy, these conditions can 
 speedily bring many of them back to health. 
 The truth about it is that the faith of patients 
 in the doctor cures more people than the medi- 
 cines given. It is a well known law that by 
 using auto-suggestion many persons may be re- 
 covered from their ailments. Let me illustrate. 
 If you frequently tell the stomach that its juices 
 are sufficient to do the work needed in digesting 
 the food and command it to secrete these juices 
 freely and encourage it to do so, the result will 
 be surprising to one afflicted with stomach 
 trouble. There ought to be an observance of the 
 laws of mastication and proper care of the stom- 
 ach so that there will be a co-operation with the 
 suggestions. This is also true of other organs. 
 
 Violation of Moral Law 
 
 It is hardly necessary that it should be said 
 that a violation of moral law will bring serious 
 physical consequences and lashings of conscience. 
 
44 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 The drunkard, the licentious, the defamer of 
 character, and other persons illustrate what I 
 mean, and also persons doing less terrible things 
 reap what they sow. The sinful thought pre- 
 cedes the sinful act. The thought is worse than 
 the act because it shows a condition of mind 
 and indicates a mental habit. The only cure, 
 therefore, for sinful acts is to change the mind 
 habit, and fill the mind with pure, elevat- 
 ing thoughts. Making a man feel that he 
 is a hardened, hopeless sinner will not help 
 him. But leading him to turn from sin, 
 change his mind (repentance), and turn to God 
 with the positive intention of doing His will, 
 leading a pure life and becoming victor over 
 wrong will start him on the right road and keep 
 him there. When one thinks and believes that 
 he is powerless to help himself or find help the 
 battle is lost. 
 
 Consequences of 
 Wrong Doing — Fear 
 
 Some teachers say the soul is perfect and 
 needs no healing, that it is made in God's image 
 and therefore has all things necessary for health, 
 perfection, and sinlessness. Jesus said, "They 
 that be whole need no physician, but they that 
 are sick." We are potentially perfect, made in 
 God's image, and "live and move and have our 
 being in Him," but we may become prodigals; 
 
WRONG THINKING 45 
 
 but as we return repentant and renew our vital 
 union with and in the Infinite Source of Life, we 
 are awakened to our possibilities and potential 
 wholeness and can go on to perfection. Yielding 
 to wrong thought and doing wrong things will 
 produce a feeling of inharmony with God, bring 
 a feeling of alienation, guilt, despondency, and 
 anxiety, and these things undermine the health 
 and produce adverse conditions in one's life and 
 in the lives of others. Fear is an emotion that 
 very speedily interferes with the normal work- 
 ing of the bodily functions and makes one liable 
 to all kinds of evil. Fear of contagion renders 
 one susceptible to it, creates all kinds of imag- 
 inary and real disease, and weakens one mentally 
 and physically. Imaginary diseases and troubles 
 are numerous. Mental suspiciousness of coming 
 calamities, troubles, and losses can be made to 
 disappear by changing the mental attitude, by 
 getting the mental thought right as regards one's 
 relation to God and righteousness. That change 
 will remove those adverse thoughts and bring 
 peace into the mind. "As a man thinketh in his 
 heart, so is he." 
 
 Nurses do not ordinarily take diseases because 
 they keep their minds free from fear and observe 
 hygienic laws. Many of them are great inspira- 
 tions to patients and they radiate health, hope, 
 
46 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 and happiness. Such nurses are a blessing. The 
 gloomy, pessimistic, and hopeless sort are pests 
 and always fail. 
 
 Thought 
 
 Each one of us carries his own mental atmos- 
 phere. If good, it is helpful ; if bad, it is hurtful. 
 Wise, good, and harmonious thoughts definitely 
 concentrated and disseminated always help to 
 make this world better. Thought is a mighty 
 power, shaping and molding the whole of human 
 life with its joys and sorrows, sickness and health. 
 Good thoughts are positive, health-giving, up- 
 lifting, whilst bad thoughts are negative, health- 
 destroying, and depressing. Have only the for- 
 mer, never have or cultivate the latter ! 
 
 Certain Psychic Powers 
 
 There are certain psychic powers possessed by 
 all persons, and they can be used under certain 
 conditions to aid one in his recovery from illness 
 and trouble. They can also assist in bringing 
 certain things into the mind and also cause the 
 mind to perform some very remarkable feats. 
 Will power, intense desire, spiritual perception, 
 intuition, faith, telepathy, lucidity (generally 
 called clairvoyance), kinetic power, etc., are some 
 of these powers which show the remarkable abil- 
 ity of the mind. Each characteristic named has a 
 special manifestation for a very definite purpose. 
 
TELEPATHY 47 
 
 Let me enlarge on the one psychic power known 
 as telepathy. There are hundreds of illustrations 
 of these powers and cases given in works like 
 "Phantasms of the Living," which are the reports 
 of the Psychical Research Society of London, in 
 Meyer's books, in Sidgewick's writings, in Pod- 
 more's works, and others. Telepathy is the trans- 
 mission of a message or help from one mind to 
 another without the ordinary use of means. A 
 good illustration is the account in the New Testa- 
 ment of the curing of the centurion's son by Jesus. 
 (John 4:46-53.) Here Jesus spake the word and 
 it was done. Here was a telepathic cure. 
 
 Telepathy 
 
 Telepathy is the normal means of communica- 
 tion between two minds in thorough accord. The 
 probable chief means of communication between 
 animals is telepathic and man uses this power in 
 controlling animals. Intuition also plays a large 
 part in the mental life of man. It corresponds to 
 instinct in animals. Whilst we cannot reason with 
 an animal, we can command and control it by 
 the will. This is the secret of the power of horse 
 trainers and animal trainers. They are usually 
 men and women of strong wills; they mentally 
 assert their power and animals submit. 
 
 What follows here is very important and the 
 student should memorize it. 
 
48 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 A Law — Faith 
 
 Thought transference or telepathy in healing is 
 used to bring the patient's mind into a right atti- 
 tude in order to secure the quickest and best 
 results by the operation of the healing forces of 
 his body and the power of his mind. Distance is 
 no barrier if the patient's mind is receptive and 
 not antagonistic. If in the latter condition telep- 
 athy will have no effect or very little and the 
 results will be very meager, if at all noticeable. 
 Faith is the doorkeeper of the subconscious mind 
 and nothing can fully and influentially enter that 
 mind unless faith opens the door and approves. 
 Faith hears by repetition and becomes interested 
 by seeing benefits promised and responds to re- 
 peated suggestions from the healer or from one's 
 conscious mind. 
 
 Patient and Healer 
 
 The patient must offer a similar or the same 
 prayer consciously or unconsciously, in the same 
 spirit with the healer or have the same desires in 
 order to be positively and permanently benefited. 
 His heart must be right in the sight of God and 
 his physical conditions must begin to conform 
 themselves to the inward harmony of mind. 
 
 A General Law 
 
 Mental healing is helpful in all cases of sick- 
 ness, for the reason that a spiritual force is called 
 
THE GREAT FORCE IN US 49 
 
 into operation in greater activity under favorable 
 mental exercise. That force is increased or di- 
 minished under favorable or unfavorable mental 
 manifestation. If any infirmity is healed at all, it 
 is alleviated by this force, ^Ye may use artificial 
 means, we may try to upbuild the physical sys- 
 tem, but the vital process of the body brings 
 healing and help to those that are sick and needy. 
 
 If a splinter is run into the hand the vital forces 
 work to force it out; if we eat something that 
 does not agree with us, this force tries to throw it 
 out; if we break a bone, the vital forces of the 
 body will knit it together if it is set, and if not, 
 it will work anyhow doing the best it can to help 
 and heal the abnormal condition. 
 
 The Great Force in Us 
 
 This great vital force will first find its way to 
 abnormal conditions and under the direction of 
 the subconscious mind will try to adjust and 
 correct those conditions. Mental antagonism, 
 doubt, worry, fear, and wrong doing will hinder 
 and interfere with this force doing what it could 
 and would otherwise do. Nature tends to the 
 normal, and the helpful mental attitude operating 
 through tlii^ vital force, will accomplish wonders 
 in recovering one from disease and ailments as 
 well as from other things. All abnormal condi- 
 
50 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 tions, all forms of disease can be greatly modified 
 and helped by psychic power. There are some 
 persons so constituted that they must have a 
 soothing application of some kind applied to help 
 their faith and thus secure what others get by 
 simply exercising the mental power in order to 
 recover from the ailment. 
 
 Faith Essential 
 
 Faith is essential in all methods of treatment 
 and in the recovery of the patient. If it is touch- 
 ing a relic like the bones of saints, the holy coat 
 of Treaves, or kissing an altar, faith is essential 
 in order to get any therapeutic benefit. This is 
 true also concerning the atonement of Christ ; 
 faith in what He has done is the one essential in 
 order that one may be reconciled to God. 
 
 Faith in the healer is usually essential in order 
 to get the best results for the patient. The re- 
 sults may not be the same in each patient, but the 
 essential thing — faith — is the same. This great 
 force — mysterious as it is — is accepted by all 
 psychologists and physiologists and reverently 
 believed in. "According to thy faith be it unto 
 you" is a hint of the mighty working of that 
 force under the power of the mind exercising 
 faith. 
 
FAITH DEVELOPED 51 
 
 Faith Developed 
 
 Whilst some methods of treatment do not de- 
 mand faith at the start, such as Mental Science, 
 Christian Science, and hypnotic treatment, yet 
 they develop faith by suggestion and use effects 
 tellingly before the patient is conscious that he 
 possesses faith. Excitement is thus avoided and 
 possible adverse reactions prevented after relig- 
 ious exaltation. 
 
 Unbelief is a great obstacle which prevents the 
 patient himself from securing good results. That 
 unbelief may be in the patient's mind, in the 
 minds of those who know him, or possibly in the 
 mind of the healer as a mere doubt. 
 
 Hindrances 
 
 To get the best results it is necessary that the 
 healer should have the implicit confidence of the 
 patient, should know his character, and in a meas- 
 ure something of his thoughts and habits in order 
 to bring the patient permanent help. It is pos- 
 sible that the influence of those associated with 
 the patient, their doubts and fears, may counter- 
 act all the beneficent suggestion of the healer. 
 This can be counteracted, in a large measure, by 
 the patient if he can keep the work that is being 
 done for him a secret. If one fails to be healed and 
 helped by prayer, suggestion, telepathy, or by any 
 
52 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 other psychic method it simply proves that some- 
 thing counteracted the manifestation of the mind 
 through the vital force of the body. 
 
 Differences in Healers 
 
 Some healers succeed when others fail. There 
 are many reasons why this is so. Each one has 
 his own personality and it appeals to the patient 
 attractively or otherwise, and if the patient does 
 not feel that he can place his confidence in the 
 healer, very little, if any effect will result. Then, 
 too, there may be conditions that do not and will 
 not yield except by vigorous measures, but these 
 and many other causes make one successful and 
 another non-successful. 
 
 Jesus and the Lad 
 
 Jesus came from the Mount of Transfiguration 
 down to the valley of service and found a lad that 
 the disciples failed to cure. In His explanation 
 He said, "This kind (of spirit) goeth not out but 
 by fasting and prayer" — letting go of earth and 
 taking hold of heaven — vigorous measures. 
 (Matt. 17:21.) 
 
 Spiritual Must Be 
 Supreme 
 
 Let me remark here that spirituality is essential 
 to a successful healer. There must be a genuine, 
 complete supremacy of the spiritual over the ani- 
 mal nature. Jesus was not an ascetic, but He was 
 
PRAYER AND WHAT IT IS 53 
 
 the most spiritual being that ever walked on this 
 earth. His teachings are ideally far beyond the 
 reach of the human race after twenty centuries 
 of study and testing. 
 
 A certain woman was rapidly tending to a 
 condition of nervous prostration caused by over- 
 strain and dissipation in social engagements. She 
 left home for awhile and attended'a religious con- 
 vention determined to regain the beautiful and 
 peaceful inner life which she had lost. When she 
 became quiet and passive to God a comfortable, 
 peaceful rest came into her mind and God seemed 
 to speak to her. After her experiences she re- 
 turned home free from nervous prostration and 
 full of life and peace. When we give our higher 
 nature its rightful supremacy, splendid results 
 will follow. (Rom. 8:1-6.) 
 
 Prayer and What It Is 
 
 A further brief discussion of prayer will help 
 to make some matters plain that have only been 
 hinted at. Man has been called "a praying ani- 
 mal." He realizes in his best moments, and in a 
 degree at all times, that he sustains a vital rela- 
 tionship with a Being who is Spirit, upon whom 
 he is dependent for his life and to whom he is 
 responsible for his actions. No difference what 
 his state of mind may be, how far he may seem 
 
54 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 to get away from that relationship, he never en- 
 tirely loses the thought of it. All truth is har- 
 monious and never contradictory, so if we do not 
 see just how we may harmonize prayer with the 
 known laws of nature, yet in our better moments 
 and reasoning we feel that below the sense of 
 perception there is harmony, for the same Being 
 that made nature made the soul of man and there- 
 fore they cannot be contradictory. Possibly the 
 answer to the question, "What is prayer?" may 
 make the harmony clearer. Prayer is not words 
 however beautiful they may be. In fact, true 
 prayer may not be couched in words. "Prayer is 
 the soul's sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed." 
 God knows and reads the thoughts and the life. 
 He is intelligence, goodness, love, and will ; and 
 He can hear, understand, and help us. 
 
 Many answers to prayers may be explained by 
 coincidences, hallucinations, and with the very 
 credulous may be accepted as direct answers from 
 God. There are many prayers that are definite 
 answers from our Heavenly Father. Facts have 
 been gathered from all over the world and there 
 is no other logical conclusion that can be reached 
 except that God has answered the prayers. We 
 cannot go into the psychology of this here, but 
 will in a later book on Spiritual Therapeutics. It 
 is not only logical to conclude that definite an- 
 
THE DIVINE LAW 55 
 
 swers have been given to prayer — whether tele- 
 pathically or in coming in contact with definite 
 laws that God has established which may be 
 reached through prayer, or as a direct answer to 
 the prayer offered — but the facts are so specific 
 and unanswerable that prayer is answered, that 
 the very conditions can be stated, complied with 
 and answers secured. 
 
 Mental and 
 Spiritual Healing 
 
 The phenomena of mental and spiritual healing 
 proves also that prayer is answered, and a com- 
 pliance with the laws governing the same will 
 bring the same results. Unbelieving prayers are 
 not answered, but the prayer of acknowledge- 
 ment, thanksgiving, and faith brings the answer 
 and fills the soul with new life and power. 
 (Phil. 4:6.) 
 
 Divine Law 
 
 The concentration of healing and helpful 
 thoughts, holding in the mind a picture of the 
 wholeness of the patient by the healer is a prayer 
 m mental action which uses a law of divine ap- 
 pointment. Prayer is a definite appeal of human 
 thought to the Divine life and power. "The still, 
 small voice," "soul silence," and open-mindedness 
 bring us into relation with God. "They that wait 
 on the Lord shall renew their strength." (Is. 40: 
 last two verses.) 
 
56 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Result of Waiting 
 
 The result of this waiting is that selfishness 
 goes down, the mind concentrates its thought and 
 desire on the Infinite Spirit, and a longing to have 
 a fullness of His life, power, love, and health leads 
 to the appropriation of the same with wonderful 
 results. 
 
 An Effective Healer 
 
 The desire and thought must be in harmony 
 with the Divine Will. Hence the most success- 
 ful healer is he who can most readily and per- 
 fectly enter into "soul silence" and concentrate 
 his thought on the strongest and best desires with 
 complete confidence of realization. He must live 
 in the spiritual part of his nature and believe im- 
 plicitly with his whole soul in God upon whom he 
 depends. He must see God as an overflowing 
 fountain of love and good will toward mankind 
 and that he can bring the soul by loving mental 
 influence into relationship with this love and 
 good will, so as to change the nature of the one 
 coming for help. Whilst great intellectuality may 
 not be a necessity for the work, yet it is, if prop- 
 erly directed, a great help. 
 
 Preparation 
 
 Personality, power to win the confidence of the 
 one to be helped, and inspiring faith towards him- 
 self are necessary to efficiency in healing others. 
 
UNITY OF MIND AND GOD 57 
 
 If you as a worker, a healer, want to be success- 
 ful, commune in silence with your Heavenly Fa- 
 ther, pray much, seek wisdom from above, and 
 do as Jesus did. If you would be inspired with 
 new thoughts and inspire others by their utter- 
 ance, take time from duties less important, to 
 draw from the only true source of inspiration. 
 Nothing will be lost, but much will be gained, 
 and Christ will be glorified in your life and in the 
 lives of others that you may try to help and heal. 
 
 Unity of Mind and God 
 
 When the conscious and subconscious mani- 
 festations of mind work harmoniously a master- 
 piece of genius will result. The ordinary sub- 
 conscious conditions are healthy, recuperative, 
 and inspirational, and produce a corresponding 
 effect on the personality. Hence the eccentrici- 
 ties of genius are not due to the overactivity of 
 the subconscious manifestation of mind, but to 
 the inability on the part of the conscious mind to 
 work in perfect union with the subconscious. 
 The more subconscious activity in the mental life, 
 the more normal, healthy, and powerful we shall 
 be. Prayer, the consolations of religion, the ex- 
 ercise of faith, definite and real relations to God 
 produce that effect in one's life. God is a reality 
 in this universe, and the soul does have a vital 
 relation to Him and receives what lie has to 
 rive. When the mind sees this and realizes this, 
 
58 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 wonderful results will follow. Telepathy is a 
 method by which one mind influences another to 
 become positive instead of negative, to throw off 
 worry, fear, trouble, sickness, and adverse condi- 
 tions. It is also a method by which the mind of 
 God can help man in his whole life and give him 
 relief from all adverse and harmful conditions. 
 
 Jesus and Prayer — Sea- 
 sons and Conditions 
 
 It is a good thing to have frequent seasons of 
 prayer in order to develop strength and vigor of 
 intellect and heart. This kind of an atmosphere 
 gives spiritual oxygen and produces vigorous 
 spiritual breathing and health. Jesus dwelt in 
 this atmosphere and manifested the most perfect 
 and vigorous spiritual health ever found in any- 
 one. Prayer is not only asking of and waiting on 
 the Lord, but it prepares one to be receptive and 
 watchful towards the Lord. There is no record 
 of Jesus ever being sick, but living as He did in 
 the spiritual side of His life and in prayerful rela- 
 tion to God it prevented His getting sick. He 
 observed times of prayer to and communion with 
 the Father. When seemingly busiest, when most 
 pressed by the multitudes, when demands upon 
 His heart were greatest, He frequently went aside 
 for a season of prayer. The result of this prayer- 
 ful spirit was an unruffled life, an unshaken calm 
 confidence, and a positive assurance that the Fa- 
 
SECRET OF PRAYER 59 
 
 ther's will was definitely to be revealed. Prayer 
 and communion were great channels of strength 
 and assurance to Him and will be to all persons 
 who sincerely use them. "There is a strength 
 which comes in solitude from that shadowy awful 
 Presence that frivolous crowds repel. 7 ' "As He 
 was in the world so are we" to be. There is a 
 great gain to those who take time to pray and do 
 God's will. 
 
 Secret 
 
 Our prayers are too often only a form and we 
 really do not expect answers to them and strength 
 from them. If poets, orators, artists, and musi- 
 cians need time to wait quietly for inspiration in 
 order to do their work well, why do not men who 
 want to glorify God in' helping their fellow men 
 and healing soul and body by the use of the 
 truth, need time for prayer, communion, and in- 
 spiration also? 
 
 Conditions 
 
 Quietness, change of thought may bring just 
 what we need to help ourselves and others. Bus- 
 iness, hurry, worry, flurry prevents prayer and 
 quietness being exercised so that men and women 
 today, who ought to be masters of themselves and 
 their work, victors over anxiety and its brood of 
 worries, conquerors over wrong and its manifold 
 guilt, are simply overpowered by these things, are 
 
60 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 left helpless and in many cases hopeless. When 
 called upon to help others they are too weak to 
 help themselves. This is true of teaching also and 
 a number of other things that I need not mention. 
 
 Intuition and 
 Spiritual Perception 
 
 Intuition and spiritual perception are not active 
 in masterly manifestation when one's nerves are 
 on edge. There is no one thing that can bring the 
 nerves and soul powers into victorious activity 
 like a half-hour of quietness and silence toward 
 God, daily looking to Him in expectation of being 
 filled and guided by His spirit. (James 1:5-8). 
 The peace referred to is that which James also 
 describes in the third chapter, seventeenth and 
 eighteenth verses. 
 
 When anyone gets into a prayerful spirit and 
 conscious communion with God, he will lay aside 
 selfishness and receive what God will give of in- 
 ppiration, love, and power, whether he is a simple 
 follower, a teacher, a preacher, a healer, a hearer, 
 a learner, or a patient. God's blessings, "Thus 
 saith the Lord," wisdom, and all help is condi- 
 tioned by His love, power, and presence and they 
 who are ready to receive these things realize their 
 incoming into their lives. 
 
LAW OF SUGGESTION USED 61 
 
 Secrets 
 
 The world makes some advancement by the 
 use of scientific knowledge, but much more by a 
 development of spiritual consciousness in waves 
 of aspiration, enthusiasm, and compassion which 
 is God's inspiration working through men chosen 
 to do great things. They become enthusiasts, 
 dead to self and alive to God and follow their 
 intuitions and throw the whole weight of their 
 personality into the influence and work of their 
 lives. Jesus Christ is the highest, noblest, and 
 best example of this truth. Believing in Him, 
 following Him, developing soul power by inti- 
 macy with Him is a method of preparation for 
 effectively helping and healing mankind. 
 
 Power Comes Gradually 
 
 This power does not come at once, but usually 
 comes slowly. If we truly desire it with unself- 
 ishness, and if we are longing and eagerly wait- 
 ing for it, then we shall receive it and glorify God 
 in its use to help and heal our fellowmen. 
 
 The Great Law of 
 Suggestion Used 
 
 The same principle of healing is used by dif- 
 ferent schools, sects, or churches in their effort to 
 heal disease. Different teachings may be advo- 
 cated and seemingly different methods may be 
 used, but the same principle effectively applied is 
 suggestion, which controls the subconscious 
 
62 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 mind, and that mind controls and works through 
 the vital functions of the body. Some claim that 
 the healing is effected by Divine Power and say 
 that genuine spiritual regeneration is necessary 
 in securing permanent results. Faith in Christ, 
 therefore, is a requirement on the part of the 
 afflicted. Some claim that faith is necessary at 
 the outset, some declare that it is necessary to 
 have faith to secure any results, and some say 
 that it is not necessary to have it at all. 
 
 States of Receiving 
 Suggestions 
 
 Faith is the channel, suggestion is the method, 
 the power of God is the force that heals and helps 
 the needy. The best results are secured to the 
 patient from the healer when the patient's con- 
 scious mind is quiescent. There are many phases 
 of quiescence in patients which favor the accept- 
 ance of the suggestions given. The phases extend 
 from mere passive acceptance to deep sleep with 
 the healer en rapport, and each phase has some 
 advantages according to the condition of the pa- 
 tient. Some healers contend that in ordinary 
 sleep the best results are secured and they there- 
 fore usually treat in that state. Others prefer 
 hypnotic sleep. Whilst others say they can get 
 their best results when the patient is calm and 
 receptive to their quiet and telepathic visualiza- 
 tion and suggestion. The last is the best and 
 easiest method to follow. 
 
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION 63 
 
 Prayer Uplifting 
 
 Where prayer, which is more or less subcon- 
 scious, is used there is an uplifting effect on the 
 mind with a corresponding effect on the body. 
 Outward things and bodily feelings are often 
 forgotten when prayer is used, either silent or 
 audible, and the soul surrenders to the highest 
 and best influences it is capable of receiving. 
 "Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, the Chris- 
 tian's native air." 
 
 Source of Inspiration 
 
 If one truly believes in God and rests in Him, 
 the poet's words are true for the soul and body. 
 As true prayer is more or less subconscious, so 
 is the inspiration of the true poet, artist, and mu- 
 sician. The soul projects the pictures or the 
 rhythm, and the conscious mind seizes and in- 
 terprets these things, so the world can have 
 them. The greatest poetry, the most splendid 
 works of art, the masterpieces of music were 
 born in the subconscious before they took out- 
 ward form, and those who have done the work 
 cannot tell how it was done. 
 
 Faith Developed 
 
 Unconscious faith may be developed by 
 thought transference from the healer to the pa- 
 tient. The patient submits because of his desire 
 to be helped and healed, and as the healer leads 
 
64 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 in silent or audible prayer the patient uncon- 
 sciously follows and faith is produced and exer- 
 cised in the audible or silent suggestions given 
 and visualizations performed and corresponding 
 results follow. God has established the law, and 
 it is by using this power, by doing what is re- 
 quired, giving up wrong doing, confessing or 
 throwing out sins committed, and resting in the 
 promises of God's word that we come to peace, 
 joy, and happiness, and these are favorable to 
 the restoration of health. (See John 1 :9.) 
 
 How the Healing Is 
 Done and Received 
 
 At first the healer has faith for two and hold- 
 ing that faith strongly influences the patient and 
 changes his mental attitude and establishes an 
 agreement between the healer and the patient 
 (the law of agreement.) As the thoughts of Di- 
 vine Power are awakened in the mind of the one 
 to be helped, he reverently and consciously be- 
 lieves with beneficial effects. One great element 
 of the permanence of the cure wrought depends 
 on the possibility of self-help for the future. The 
 healed one seems to be lifted temporarily to a 
 higher spiritual plane of living through his faith 
 and hope. If he stays there it will be a constant 
 help and a happy experience, if he relapses into 
 the old life, he gets back the old effects and 
 sometimes in an augmented degree. The greater 
 
SELF MASTERY AND PREPARATION 65 
 
 light brings greater responsibility and should 
 bring greater enthusiasm. In many cases it does, 
 in some it does not which is their loss. Divine 
 assistance is at hand, but it must be appropriated 
 according to the laws which God has established. 
 
 Self-Discipline 
 
 Self-discipline must be carried out but it is a 
 long gradual process of education. Growth and 
 results are necessary in the development of one's 
 powers to make his life a force and to secure 
 self-poise, a good mental and spiritual balance. 
 This condition will help us to do more work, en- 
 dure greater fatigue, bear bravely the severest 
 trials and through all our experiences keep a 
 youthful look and power and a sweet content- 
 ment of mind. An inner illumination comes 
 through a right relation to God, high and holy 
 thinking, then there will be an exhilarating exer- 
 cise, and spiritual and physical control will be 
 manifested in the life. "Seek first the kingdom 
 of God and His righteousness and all these 
 (necessary) things will be added unto you." 
 
 Self Mastery and Personal 
 Preparation Condition of Success 
 
 Self-treatment is good and beneficial, but must 
 be forgotten in treating others in order that the 
 mind shall be concentrated on one thing and on 
 the one to be helped. Self-mastery of the mental 
 and physical life, contemplation of pure ideals 
 
66 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 and the realization of these ideals in the life, with 
 the cleansing of the affections, all lead to efficien- 
 cy in helping and healing others. The Church's 
 work is to do those things by presenting the 
 highest and noblest truths and leading the soul 
 to appropriate those truths and manifest them in 
 the life. We are to fill our consciousness with 
 the highest ideals, crowd out low thoughts and 
 hurtful fleshly impulses and actions, "pray with- 
 out ceasing" in pure sweet living, and living our 
 life "hid with Christ in God" in order that we 
 shall help the Church do the wonderful work of 
 healing and helping others. 
 
 High Standard 
 
 You may say that this is a high standard. It 
 is and one that is presented to us in the New 
 Testament. "As He was in the world," so are 
 we to be. This ideal self-consciousness is lost in 
 Christ-Consciousness, the life expresses the di- 
 vine purpose, God's will becomes ours, and all 
 the infinite treasures are ours. "All things are 
 yours." The world needs such lives and the Holy 
 Spirit through the truth can produce them. 
 
 Soul Cure First, 
 Not Denials 
 
 Socrates uttered a great truth when he said, 
 "If the head and body are to be well, you must 
 begin by curing the soul." The Church is set to 
 do this. Has she done it? She has tried. The 
 
CULTS AND ADHERENTS 67 
 
 early Church did this work, but the secret has 
 seemingly been lost. The Church will gradually 
 get back to her real work of helping the whole 
 man spiritually, mentally, and physically, and one 
 great element in the helpfulness will be the heal- 
 ing of man's ailments by changing his mental 
 attitude and bringing him into vital relation with 
 Jesus the Christ who has given laws to be ob- 
 served and conditions to be utilized in recovering 
 and perfecting man in every part of his nature. 
 Many cults like Christian Science, New Thought, 
 and other smaller organizations use one great 
 element of power in bringing the mind into pos- 
 itive healthful manifestation and into vital rela- 
 tion with the Infinite Spirit — and that is sugges- 
 tion. One serious difficulty is that some of them 
 teach so many things that have no vital connec- 
 tion with the effort to change the life, recover 
 the health, and bring the power of the Spirit into 
 a conscious realization of the individual person- 
 ality. For instance, the denial of matter, pain, 
 sin, sickness, and death are not essential in order 
 to establish a normal and perfect relation to God 
 mentally, spiritually, and physically. 
 
 Cults and Adherents 
 
 Disease can be and has been cured, the soul 
 can be and has been awakened to new possibil- 
 ities and realizations, the spiritual nature can be 
 aroused to lay hold of spiritual truth and life and 
 
68 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 manifest them without such denials and contra- 
 dictions of the Scriptural teachings, and perver- 
 sion of the truth for the sake of giving a sem- 
 blance of authority to false teachings. The 
 church is the best institution in the world, not- 
 withstanding the imperfection of its members. 
 Imperfect as they may be, they will stand a com- 
 parison with the members of some other cults 
 whose only recommendation is that they are pro- 
 gressive (?) and whose practice is little less than 
 refined selfishness. They refuse to lift a hand 
 to help those in need and condemn them because 
 they need charity. They say those people ought 
 to help themselves. They do not consider the 
 conditions over which the needy have not com- 
 plete control. Then, too, it is deplorable that 
 some of these cults have preyed on the Church 
 and stolen her members by a species of proselyt- 
 ing and piracy, and then they turn about and 
 condemn the Church and boast of victory over 
 it. It is a fact that nine-tenths of the people be- 
 longing to the Christian Science organization 
 have been members or attendants of Churches. 
 Many of them became cold, indifferent and ir- 
 regular in attendance at Church and out of curi- 
 osity were led to attend some Christian Science 
 meetings or lectures. Their curiosity was fur- 
 ther aroused and by accepting and practicing 
 optimistic suggestion and giving up the medi- 
 cine bottle and ceasing to talk about themselves 
 
CHURCH BACK TO CHRIST 69 
 
 continually, they commenced to think about 
 ' something else. A change of mental attitude oc- 
 curred from a negative to a positive condition 
 and they believed that it came from understand- 
 ing and demonstrating (?) Christian Science 
 teaching and hence joined that organization. 
 They become so obsessed and hypnotized by 
 those teachings that they will not hear, read, or 
 think about anything else that may seem to be 
 opposite to or unlike their teachings which they 
 accept. 
 
 Church Back to Christ 
 
 The church must become more spiritual and 
 less materialistic in thought and expression. She 
 must get back to Christ and the teachings of the 
 New Testament and carry them out in order to 
 fulfill her mission and do the work that Christ 
 intended her to do. She is to go into all the 
 world and preach the gospel, disciple all nations, 
 heal the sick, bring life to the spiritually dead, 
 and restore man to his Lost Paradise of immedi- 
 ate communion with and relationship to God. 
 
 Causes of Disease 
 and Accidents 
 
 Disease and trouble result from disordered 
 mental states, ignorance, or wilful violation of 
 the laws of mind and nature, partial knowledge 
 unwisely applied, inharmony in one's self or with 
 others, and wrong habits. The change of these 
 
70 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 conditions will help to establish health, harmony, 
 and happiness. Suggestion in its manifold form 
 (See "Suggestion: Its Law and Application", 
 under classification) will change those conditions 
 and secure a normal manifestation of life. Causes 
 must be removed before effects will cease and 
 effects will positively disappear when the causes 
 are removed. Healing is an effect. The causes 
 referred to above can be removed. A new men- 
 tal, positive attitude is essential in removing ab- 
 normal conditions when there is a mental ele- 
 ment producing them. In accidents resulting in 
 breaking or fracturing bones, rupturing muscles, 
 or producing sprains or similar conditions, there 
 must be a setting or binding and proper care so 
 that nature through the vital forces of the body 
 can heal and repair. There must be an exercise 
 of good common sense in all abnormal conditions 
 so that the proper care and use of means shall 
 help to recover the sick, ailing or those in any 
 abnormal condition. 
 
 Practical Suggestions 
 
 1. Mental attitude. A positive mental atti- 
 tude is essential for both healer and patient. As 
 a usual thing the latter lacks this. It is essential 
 to the re-establishment of his health. One great 
 principle which is central in all of Rousseau's 
 writings, especially his educational contentions is 
 that people ought to "return to nature". He did 
 
MAN DEPENDENT 71 
 
 not mean to barbarism, but to obedience to law 
 in its highest and lowest application. He recog- 
 nized, as does all philosophy, that man is self- 
 conscious and that he has a freedom of will in 
 the choice of his conduct. 
 
 Man Dependent 
 
 Man realizes that he cannot live apart from 
 God and that he is accountable to Him for his 
 talents, time, and influence. A favorable and 
 right attitude of mind will help him to live and 
 act according to the highest laws that God has 
 established for his thinking, loving and acting. 
 "Our wills are ours, we know not how, 
 Our wills are ours, to make them Thine." 
 
 Conditions Helped 
 
 We can unite our lives with God's life, pur- 
 poses and thoughts and thus fulfill His plans and 
 purposes in and through us. A positive attitude 
 of mind gives control over self-consciousness, 
 over sleeplesness, conditions in which we cannot 
 forget ourselves ; over nervousness, which is fre- 
 quently the result of loss of oneness with the 
 great calm life of Nature and God. This men- 
 tal attitude will permit at times mental non- 
 resistance which will lead to relaxation and rest. 
 When we cease fighting evil impulses and yield 
 to good ones we commence to grow spiritually 
 and in this condition God is waiting to help us. 
 
72 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 The Secret of the Lord 
 
 When we quietly turn in a positive way to 
 God we open our hearts and believe, desire and. 
 know Him. Then the Holy Spirit enters the life, 
 speaks to us and through us, and reveals His will 
 in us. Hence relaxation of body and mind is a 
 condition of waiting, listening, and learning the 
 secret of the Lord. 
 
 Conditions Producing Change 
 
 The nervous and self-confident may say and 
 feel that it is impossible for them to relax. But 
 discouragement, failure, and sickness will con- 
 vince them that this must be done and when it 
 is, a wonderful change will occur. Thoughts of 
 possible help will enter the mind, and a quiet 
 waiting, listening state will occur. Then it will 
 seem as though they are listening to distant mu- 
 sic and the change of mind will change the con- 
 dition of the whole life and work a health trans- 
 forming change in the body. Realize this in your- 
 self and you will find rest of the mind and of the 
 body ; enjoy it and then lead others to do the 
 same and great blessings will come to you and 
 to them. 
 
 Holy Spirit Will Enter, 
 Harmony Results 
 
 The beneficial effect of the change wrought by 
 the positive mental attitude is far-reaching. A 
 good and profitable exercise is to sit for a half 
 
PRIVILEGE AND RELATION 73 
 
 hour or longer, if you have the time, in a quiet, 
 peaceful position, open the life and invite the 
 Holy Spirit to come in. The results from doing 
 this cannot be told. These results come to every 
 part of the life. This leads to true worship 
 which is conscious harmonizing of one's thoughts 
 with the Divine thought. Our thoughts when in 
 perfect harmony with God's lead us to ask for 
 what we need and our desires both in heart and 
 expression harmonize with the Infinite Will and 
 that becomes an answered prayer. All thoughts 
 out of harmony with God's law are destructive 
 and unworshipful. Putting forth an effort to 
 force the answer is a wrong and unwise method 
 and is opposed to perfect trust in God. 
 
 Privileges and 
 Mutual Relation 
 
 Relaxation is good and sometimes a strong 
 self-assertion may be required to call forth a 
 definite surrender of the life to God. The rea- 
 son for this may be found in the divine right, as 
 a son of God, to come boldly into God's pres- 
 ence and claim the answer to His promise. There 
 may be times when a positive denial may assist 
 one. This may lead the mind to assert itself and 
 drop the thought of pain, so that when we be- 
 come silent, relaxation may occur and a quiet 
 restful feeling may steal over the mind. Then 
 we realize that God is revealing His mind to us 
 and in us. 
 
74 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Soul and Body 
 
 We must not forget that the body is not the 
 person, but only a refractory servant which we 
 must discipline. Knowing this and what it means 
 we must make it obey. If the soul becomes obe- 
 dient to the Divine Will, so that the Will may be 
 expressed, the body can be brought into obedi- 
 ence to the soul and express health, happiness, 
 and harmony. All Omnipotence is back of you 
 and will work through you if you are in har- 
 mony with God. 
 
 Headache Formula 
 
 Take a headache as an illustration. One can 
 ask God to take it away. If it does not go in 
 answer to that request, then he may conclude 
 that God is not willing to do so. But is it not 
 better to conclude that he somehow resists God 
 or that the lower self is resisting the higher self? 
 Sit or lie down quietly and relax every muscle 
 of the body and repeat these words believing 
 what you say : "This headache is not in accord 
 with God's will. I command the blood to go 
 down from the brain to my hands and feet, which 
 are cold. I insist and command this in the name 
 of the Divine Will and it is done." If you be- 
 lieve and make these suggestions forcibly in a 
 quiet or audible form the treatment will be effec- 
 tive and the hands and feet will become warm 
 and the head cool. Hold a picture of this also. 
 
HEADACHE 75 
 
 The Purpose of the Treat- 
 ment and Another Form 
 
 One can deny that he has a headache and for 
 that matter a head, as some may, but there is no 
 necessity for this. What is to be done is to 
 equalize the circulation, get a good venous drain- 
 age from the brain, equalize the nervous im- 
 pulses and thus relieve the overworked centers 
 and the headache will disappear. The healer 
 ought to teach the patient how to relax and 
 quietly hold the thought that the venous blood 
 is flowing down out of the brain, that the ar- 
 terial blood is flowing up into the brain, that the 
 whole circulation is being equalized, that the 
 headache is subsiding, and that sleep will follow. 
 This is a simple matter, but most effective. The 
 other series of suggestions given above can be 
 supplemented by these: "This pain in my head 
 is nothing but recuperative force at work setting 
 right some disturbance; I will not resist the 
 force, nor listen to the complaints of my nerves 
 which tell me that the work is not agreeable. It 
 is doing only good, and if I make no resistance, 
 the pain will subside, the circulation and nerve 
 force will equalize, a quiet, calm feeling will 
 result, and sleep may follow. Non-resistance 
 will remove the fear of pain and all the force of 
 the body will work to remove the pain. The 
 calm condition will let the mind turn quietly to 
 the source of all life and help. By quiet and deep 
 
76 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 breathing and by opening the life the Infinite 
 Spirit will come in fully and I will abide in 'the 
 secret place of the Most High and under the 
 shadow of the Almighty.' " 
 
 A Good Method With 
 the Nervous 
 
 There are so many people who are nervous. 
 This condition seems to be growing at a rapid 
 rate in this nation. The people are living at a 
 fearful speed and the nervous system cannot 
 stand the strain, so nervous wrecks are found in 
 every walk of life. How to change that condi- 
 tion and recover many of these cases is a great 
 problem with physicians and healers today. It 
 is hardly necessary to say that those in that con- 
 dition must stop and rest a while or calamity 
 will befall them. This is axiomatic. What to 
 do with some of these cases is a puzzling prob- 
 lem. The insane asylums and sanitariums are 
 full of such cases, some getting better and some 
 growing worse. Some of them can be helped 
 and cured by physical and mental treatment, 
 which will consist in making adjustments physi- 
 cally and relieving tension on the physical organ- 
 ism, and putting the mind in a positive attitude 
 and bringing back the sick one into conscious 
 realization of his vital relation to God. Some 
 who are religious can be helped remarkably by 
 good religious suggestions and prayer and by 
 
THINGS TO BE CHANGED 77 
 
 getting a change of mental attitude in reference 
 to many things. One good method to pursue is 
 as follows : Have the patient enter the silence 
 or lie down quietly for fifteen or thirty minutes 
 twice a day. Tell him to think about God, His 
 love, His presence, His enfolding peace, and to 
 see these things entering the life and enwrapping 
 him. Teach him how to get a picture of the 
 soothing, quieting effect which this will have on 
 the entire body and mental life. Teach him to 
 think of God's presence until he can hold that 
 thought for five or ten minutes. Teach him to 
 think of this with joy and thankfulness believing 
 that victory will come, and all nervousness will 
 subside. Have him do this until he thoroughly 
 relaxes every part of the body and breathes 
 deeply. The whole being will expand and glow 
 with a soothing influence pervading the whole 
 nature. Nervousness will fade away and a quiet 
 indescribable peace will take possession of the 
 whole personality. 
 
 Things to Be Changed 
 
 Daily cares, sorrow, trouble, fear and worry 
 can be conquered in like manner. Strength and 
 victory coming in this way will abide in the life 
 and annoyances will have no power to fret one. 
 The serenity and quietness in such a one will 
 have an effect on those associated with him or 
 her and fewer disagreeable things will annoy and 
 
78 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 disturb. The spiritual side of this truth and its 
 application is the most important. For instance 
 healing the soul will often lead to healing of the 
 body. Cleansing the mind of all wrong think- 
 ing and feeling will lift the whole body to a 
 higher plane of life and action. 
 
 Avoid Introspection — Have 
 the Best Uppermost 
 
 Morbid introspection lowers the higher thought 
 and feeling and thus brings weakness, disap- 
 pointment, and nervousness. It ought to be 
 guardedly avoided. An honest look into one's 
 life to learn its real condition, and to see things 
 just as they are in relationship, is wholesome 
 and helpful, but when that is done, the forces 
 and helps are then to be used to make the life as 
 it should be. Looking forward and not back- 
 ward is to be cultivated. The best way to sup- 
 plant evil is to do good, and to have goodness 
 rule in the life ; the best way to get rid of dark- 
 ness is to let in a flood of light. See your best 
 self in the ascendancy, your noblest acts, best 
 thoughts, and purest feelings occupying the 
 whole manifestation and realm of your mind. 
 Hold these things as supremely essential, dwell 
 upon them mentally, and you will shortly notice 
 a wonderful change in your whole life. Read 
 biography, study the noblest characters you 
 know, cultivate the highest virtues which you see 
 in others, and be content with nothing that is not 
 high and good. 
 
THE BEST EXAMPLE 79 
 
 The Best Example 
 
 The highest and best example to follow is Je- 
 sus, the Christ. Put your ideals by His life and 
 see how inferior yours are. Then by faith in 
 Him, by studying His life and manifesting in 
 your life His virtues, the results will be simply 
 marvelous. Get a good ideal photograph of 
 Christ and look at it, put it where you can see 
 it when you awaken in the morning. These 
 things will help you and prove uplifting and 
 profitable to you spiritually, mentally and physi- 
 cally. 
 
 The Healer's Thought 
 
 The healer's mind and thought have a great 
 influence on the patient's mind. Newness of de- 
 sire and thought are the beginning of a radical 
 change in the patient's life. His thinking will be 
 modified and his physical health will be restored 
 if it has been lost. 
 
 Children and Parents 
 
 Children are quickly affected telepathically. 
 This has been demonstrated again and again. 
 They are telepathically en rapport with their 
 parents and parents are also in the same condi- 
 tion with them through love. The condition of 
 the mind of the parents is often reflected by the 
 children, inasmuch as this is so, if parents do 
 not want their children to have a disease they 
 
80 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 must not fear it or think about it. If a child- is 
 sick and one wants it to recover speedily, a fear 
 thought must not be held over it and worrying 
 about the child being sick must be dismissed. A 
 picture, as one holds the child in his arms, that 
 God enfolds both in "His Everlasting Arms" will 
 quiet and help. Seeing the Father helping and 
 doing all He can to soothe and quiet the child, 
 so that the great forces and powers which are 
 manifested may have free course in its recovery, 
 will assist greatly. A physician may thus help 
 and bless in his words, tenderness, and assist- 
 ance. 
 
 Infinite Strength 
 
 Remember that God's strength is infinite, all- 
 present, all-knowing, and always the same, and 
 it may be made one's own as soon as he trusts it. 
 When that is done life will have a new meaning 
 and God's glory will be a realization in the whole 
 personality. 
 
 Specific Methods 
 
 This manual of treating the sick and those 
 needing help will contain further instructions on 
 specific methods of treating different kinds of 
 troubles. 
 
 God and Man 
 
 God is the source of all life, love, wisdom, 
 power, and health. Jesus came to reveal God 
 and show man how he may have all these things 
 
GOD AND MAN 81 
 
 in manifestation. Alan is a spiritual being mani- 
 festing his spiritual and mental character 
 through a physical organization by which he is 
 adapted to his present environment. The three- 
 fold manifestation of his mental life is supra- 
 conscious, subconscious, and conscious, corre- 
 sponding to his spirit, soul, and body. The spir- 
 itual nature is one as is the mind, but these man- 
 ifestations deal with man's life as manifested in 
 different or overlapping spheres or planes of ac- 
 tivity. The highest form of activity is the spir- 
 itual, or supraconscious, where the spiritual na- 
 ture sees, knows, and is vitally related to God 
 or the Infinite Spirit. In this sphere there is a 
 full and complete revelation of God's life, love, 
 wisdom, power, and health which man's spirit- 
 ual nature may intuitively and by spiritual re- 
 ceptivity receive, appropriate, and pass on to 
 others. The power and possibility of this part 
 of man's nature is illimitable in manifestation be- 
 cause the source of supply is infinite and its po- 
 tentiality is unbounded because it is from God's 
 nature and therefore God's image in man. The 
 soul or subconscious manifestation has similar 
 characteristics because it is an outgrowth of the 
 supraconscious in man. There are some extra- 
 ordinary powers or characteristics found in the 
 subconscious by which man gains knowledge, 
 carries on his physical functions, intellectual 
 processes, and involuntary activities, and mani- 
 
82 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 fests at times remarkable phenomena. The con- 
 scious operations of man's physical nature con- 
 trols all voluntary bodily activity, conscious 
 processes of reasoning, conscious affection, and 
 conscious volition, and interprets many things 
 that help man to adapt himself to this environ- 
 ment in order to be comfortable, happy, and 
 healthly. A time will come when man shall not 
 need this manifestation because the environ- 
 ment will be different. Man's highest psychical 
 and spiritual nature has in it all the powers and 
 characteristics necessary for his eternal exist- 
 ence, love, wisdom, happiness, health, and power. 
 Alan, as to his essential nature, that is, the na- 
 ture that survives all change, is an expression of 
 God and one with Him in life, intellect, and vo- 
 lition. Man is not and cannot be in this life nor 
 in the life to come independent of God. 
 
 Harmony — Fear Is Disharmony 
 
 Harmony comes into the life and in all the 
 things that are Godlike in us, when our nature 
 is co-ordinated with God ; that is, when the spir- 
 itual or supraconscious, and the psychical or sub- 
 conscious, and the conscious life and mind are 
 open channels for the expression of God's life, 
 love, wisdom, power and health. Disharmony re- 
 sults when the channels are partially closed by 
 selfishness and carnality, a wrong spiritual and 
 mental attitude and perversion of will power. 
 
THE WORD MADE FLESH 83 
 
 God always desires open channels for the reve- 
 lation and manifestation of His life, nature, and 
 purposes. God has never given the spirit of 
 fear, anxiety, and hatred. These are results of 
 inharmony. God offers perfect love which casts 
 these things out of the nature. He even sent 
 Jesus to show the life and power of harmony, 
 to show how man can get into that state and 
 manifest it continually. 
 
 Affirmations 
 
 Man can impress his mind with those things of 
 God's nature in such a way as to bring a realiza- 
 tion of them into his life. He can say, "I am love, 
 for God is love and dwells in me. I am under- 
 standing, for God is understanding and reveals 
 Himself to me. I am peace, for God is peace and 
 abides in me. I am health, for God is health and 
 gives Himself to me." To affirm and claim these 
 and other things mentally and spiritually brings a 
 realization of them into the very center of the life 
 and establishes a positive activity that brings 
 harmony into the whole personality. 
 
 The Word Made Flesh 
 
 Perfect spirit, perfect mind, and perfect being 
 are infinite and claiming the same brings harmony 
 of life, affection, thought, and conduct into man's 
 life. Then I have nothing to fear because I come 
 into contact with and am filled with the life of 
 
84 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 God which is perfect love. So of pain, disease, 
 weakness, ignorance, — all are met by His perfec- 
 tion of comfort, health, strength, knowledge. 
 "God's word" stands for God's idea, for the word 
 holds the idea that becomes power in so many 
 ways. There is no magic power in a word to 
 bring harmony between the soul and God, but 
 there is power in the idea, the mental force, the 
 truth which the word expresses. To stop with 
 the word is to exercise a spirit of superstition. 
 As the spirit of man gets the idea that God reveals 
 and then expresses it, his words will be powerful 
 for good and helpful to others. The Word of 
 God — the Bible — contains God's ideas, a spiritual 
 force and the truth, whilst Jesus, the "Word made 
 flesh," expresses and manifests God. "He is the 
 way, the truth, the life." The latter shows us 
 God in action, as well as in thinking, the former 
 shows us God in thinking, and in His purposes. 
 Both are necessary and supplement each other in 
 order to make a permanent revelation with 
 authority and presenting principles which can be 
 proven true in the lives of men and women. 
 
 Healing Taught in 
 God's Word 
 
 Take the matter of healing as an illustration. 
 God has promised to heal and to deliver from 
 evil. The idea, the spiritual force, and the truth 
 manifested are found also in the promise. His 
 
MEANS 85 
 
 omnipotence, omnipresence, and His omniscience 
 — His all-power, His all-presence, His all-know- 
 ledge can make His promises true and are the 
 basis of all help for man. Jesus comes as the 
 expressed "Word of God" in the flesh, teaching 
 the same thing with authority and carrying out 
 God's idea, spiritual force and His truth as an 
 actual realization in His own life and in the lives 
 of others. That is why He commanded His dis- 
 ciples and others to heal the sick and bring help 
 to the needy. There is no statement in the Scrip- 
 tures that healing should be discontinued. The 
 same God, the same spiritual, mental, and phys- 
 ical constitution in man, the same necessity in the 
 world, the same enabling Spirit, the same princi- 
 ples for use, and the same power to help are all 
 arguments against the abrogation of these teach- 
 ings and commands of Christ. 
 
 The efforts to heal disease by the use of spir- 
 itual and mental principles and teachings, by the 
 use of the more recent teachings of psychology, 
 and by the use of means that are being more and 
 more recognized, such as sanitation, the empha- 
 sis laid on optimistic thought and principles as a 
 help to vital activity in the organs of the body 
 through a more vigorous circulation and nerve 
 activity, and the many verified cases of healing 
 resulting from the use of these principles and 
 
86 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 teachings lead many progressive preachers, stu- 
 dents and Bible readers to the conviction that the 
 command of Christ to heal the sick is just as 
 binding today as in the time when He lived on 
 earth. 
 
 Measures Most Effective 
 
 Hygienic measures and at times the use of me- 
 chanical and manipulative methods may be useful, 
 and with the use of the various forms of mental 
 and spiritual suggestion may be efficiently and 
 effectively used. Spiritual teachings and sugges- 
 tions are the most powerful, if they call into play 
 the supra- and subconscious manifestations of the 
 mind, by which the whole personality is reached 
 and affected. Jesus used means at times, prob- 
 ably to help the faith of those to be healed, but as 
 a usual rule He used spiritual suggestions bring- 
 ing the soul into relation with the Infinite Source 
 of life and health. Faith, love, hope, and accep- 
 tance of the truth may all be used as means of 
 bringing the one needing healing into definite 
 relation with God and allowing His energy and 
 health to become the life and health of the afflict- 
 ed one. 
 
 Conditions and Results 
 
 A positive consciousness of God's presence in- 
 dwelling the spirit of man, and man's spirit dwell- 
 ing in God, the silence that permits a complete 
 
ATTITUDE OF MIND 87 
 
 relaxation, and quietly listening and waiting; the 
 realization through the exercise of faith toward 
 God and claiming the fulfilment of His promises 
 and the revelation of Himself will produce results 
 in man's spiritual, mental, and physical nature 
 that almost look like miracles. The results come 
 from the use of laws which Jesus knew perfectly 
 and gave in His teachings, laws by which He ac- 
 complished His wonderful results in healing and 
 helping the people. 
 
 Attitude of Mind 
 
 One thing must be emphasized over and over 
 again, that is, that God is the ultimate source of 
 all life, mind, love, help, and strength. We must 
 acknowledge this and manifest our gratitude to 
 Him for these and all other things that we pos- 
 sess, use, and enjoy. We ought to be receptive 
 and active in the manifestation of our gratitude, 
 for what we accept and what we do will influence 
 our lives and the lives of others. Our mental 
 power through the vital forces controls all the 
 organs and functions of our bodily organism and 
 the mental attitude which we hold and the sug- 
 gestions which we receive and carry out will 
 determine our condition mentally, physically, and 
 spiritually. This attitude of mind will also de- 
 termine our relation to God and His manifesta- 
 tion in and through us on other lives. These 
 things must be remembered and practiced in or- 
 
88 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 cler that one shall be able to heal and help others. 
 Christ enters the life through faith ; expresses 
 Himself, helps, and heals others through faith. 
 These things are vital, essential, and verifiable. 
 
 Health 
 
 One's individual power is to be used as an in- 
 strument through which God works and one's 
 personality is an agent to impart instruction and 
 help to the afflicted and those in need. The possi- 
 bility of health is in everyone by virtue of his 
 creation and it will work out if hindrances are re- 
 moved. Nature and the soul must have a chance 
 to assert themselves. Health, like salvation, is to 
 be worked out because God works in. Jesus said, 
 "Of myself I can do nothing," "The Father works 
 and I work," and when the wisdom, power, and 
 health of the Spirit are manifested from one to 
 another or in one's self there will be a normal, 
 healthy, happy, victorious life. 
 
 Reality — Truth — Jesus 
 Did Not Make Denials — 
 Effects Not Causes 
 
 No human being can heal the diseased, but each 
 one can use the truth which is the instrument of 
 healing. Faith in God, belief of the truth, and 
 using it will bring healing and health to the sick 
 and those in need. So many persons are governed 
 by appearances and feelings, and as these things 
 vary, so will be the condition of those persons. 
 
KNOW AND PRACTICE TRUTH 89 
 
 There is a truth of stability, of an essential, un- 
 changing life that we must see and deal with, 
 allowing appearances and feelings to vary as they 
 may. One must know and practice truth in order 
 to reach the real life and hold it in unchanging 
 reality. The practicing of the truth makes one 
 truthful and assists in the recovery of the sick and 
 needy. Speaking, living, and showing the truth 
 makes one expert in the use of the truth. Whilst 
 evil is not a reality like good, yet it is an actuality 
 that must be dealt with by us in this environ- 
 ment. We cannot deny it away, but we can resist, 
 master, and through suffering put it away. A 
 denial does not destroy or annihilate the thing 
 denied, but in affirmation we substitute some- 
 thing better. Jesus did not deny evil, but substi- 
 tuted something better; He resisted it, mastered 
 it, and put it away through suffering. He did not 
 deny sickness, sin, or death, but met these things 
 with health, holiness, and life. When people talk 
 about the all-good they forget that "good" has a 
 "better" and a "best," hence the word "good" 
 does not mean God any more than sunlight means 
 the sun. The sun is the cause of sunlight and 
 God is the cause of good, but the effects are not 
 the causes. It is a perversion of language to say 
 Good is God because God is good. It is not true 
 and we want to know the truth, do the truth, and 
 have fellowship with the truth. 
 
90 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Important Statements 
 
 God is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient. 
 I exist; I live; I have a vital relation to God. I 
 can know Him and the truth and that knowledge 
 brings me in vital relation with the one life of this 
 universe. That life is eternal, changeless, per- 
 fect, for it is the life of God. 
 
 Personality of God 
 
 Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life," 
 and knowing Him in His revelation of God is to 
 know the truth, wisdom, health, and power of 
 God spiritually, mentally, and physically. God is 
 a personal being; self-conscious, self-determina- 
 tive, knowing, loving, and acting in the most per- 
 fect way and offering life, health, and goodness to 
 all. God is spirit and I am a spirit because He 
 made me. The spirit has a body through which 
 it manifests. That body may and does get out 
 of order and by certain processes physical, men- 
 tal, and spiritual it can be brought into harmony 
 with the spiritual part of our nature and be 
 restored into harmony of action which results in 
 health. 
 
 Sciences Useful 
 
 The therapeutic principles of Scripture, psy- 
 chology, the sciences of anatomy, physiology 
 and hygiene, the teachings of the best phil- 
 osophy are of untold value to humanity and 
 
NEW TESTAMENT CASES 91 
 
 ought to be used and applied in order to secure 
 the best results for the whole personality. 
 
 Some New Testament Cases 
 
 Some Instances of Healing in the New Testament 
 There are many notable cases of healing by 
 Jesus given in the New Testament. He healed 
 leprosy (Luke XVII;11-19); deformity (Luke 
 XIII;11-17); fever (Luke IV:38-39); blindness 
 (Matt. IX:27-31) ; hemorrhage (Matt. IX :20-22) ; 
 violence and insanity (Mark V :l-20) ; dropsy 
 (Luke XIV:2-4); epilepsy (Mark IXT4-29). 
 These are a few cases given in the Gospels, but 
 are typical of the healings which Jesus performed. 
 
 Dead Raised 
 
 Jesus also raised the dead : Jairus' daughter 
 (Luke VIII :41-56) ; the widow's son (Luke VII : 
 11-15) ; Lazarus, dead four days, (John XI;l-44). 
 He did this work by touch and by command. 
 
 Disciples' Works 
 
 The disciples wrought many signs and won- 
 ders (Acts V:12) ; Peter healed a lame man (Acts 
 III :2-8) ; he also healed Aeneas of paralysis 
 (Acts IX :32-35) ; he raised Dorcas from death 
 (Acts IX:36-41); Paul healed a cripple (Acts 
 XIV:8-10); he healed Publius' father of fever 
 (Acts XXVIII :8) ; he raised Eutychus to life 
 (Acts XX :9-12) ; he healed himself of the bite of 
 the poisonous serpent (Acts XXVIII :3-6). Phil- 
 
92 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 ip healed insanity, paralysis, and lameness (Acts 
 VIII :7). The seventy told Jesus that "even the 
 devils are subject unto us through Thy name." 
 
 Different Methods 
 
 There are twenty-six accounts of healing, re- 
 corded in the Gospels, which were performed by 
 Jesus. Some give the account without stating 
 what He said or did, as in the cases of the de- 
 moniac at Capernaum, the dropsical man at Jeru- 
 salem, and the healing of the blind demoniac in 
 Galilee. Some He healed at a distance — telepath- 
 ically — as the nobleman's son, the Syrophoeni- 
 cian's daughter, and the centurion's servant. He 
 spoke to some, as the woman with the issue of 
 blood. He commanded some to do something, as 
 the blind man that He told to go to the Pool of 
 Siloam and wash. Some He talked with before 
 healing them. Some He spoke to and touched, 
 as blind men and lepers. He sometimes uttered a 
 command to the disease or demons as in the case 
 of the child at the foot of the Mount of Transfig- 
 uration. Sometimes He commanded and touched, 
 as the deaf and dumb, the man of Decapolis, and 
 some of the dead whom He raised. 
 
 Deductions. 1. Some of the cases cured repre- 
 sented nervous troubles. Jesus talked to them 
 without mentioning the trouble, whilst on others 
 He laid His hands. 
 
LAW OF SUGGESTION 93 
 
 2. Jesus uttered words and touched the blind 
 eyes. 
 
 3. In demon possession Jesus uttered a direct 
 command to the disease. 
 
 4. In severe, dangerous, and fatal cases Jesus 
 used a terse, forceful method of speaking, e. g., 
 "Talithi Cuum," "Lazarus, hither come!" 
 
 The Law of Suggestion 
 and Its Use 
 
 Jesus healed and restored by word, look, com- 
 mand, touch, laying on of hands, and suggestion. 
 The last term takes in all of the others, for those 
 who were helped, healed, and restored accepted 
 the suggestion, interpreted it aright, and recov- 
 ered. Suggestion was the main thing carrying 
 the power of the personality, the method of giv- 
 ing it was incidental. Jesus used no one formula 
 nor parrotlike words, as though no others would 
 do, but used the words and acts that were perti- 
 nent to the case. In serious and fatal illness Jesus 
 emphasized, by the power of His voice and touch, 
 the suggestion given. He had a consciousness of 
 the Father's presence and that the Father was 
 working through Him. That power was mani- 
 fested through the suggestion, the touch, or com- 
 mand. It is a recognized law of mind that if a 
 therapeutic suggestion is effectively lodged in the 
 mind, which controls the vital functions of the 
 body, that there will be a recovery to a normal, 
 and healthy condition, if an abnormal state ob- 
 
94 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 tains. The exercise of faith on the part of the 
 afflicted is also an aid to a more rapid recovery. 
 The more perfect this confidence and faith, the 
 more speedy the restoration. Some persons can 
 more effectively make suggestions than others. 
 Jesus, being perfect, had this remarkable faculty 
 perfectly manifested in His life. Those follow- 
 ing Him sincerely, living pure lives, and loving 
 humanity sincerely can greatly help their fellow- 
 men. John Wesley, George Whitefield, Charles 
 Spurgeon, Moody, and many others are illustra- 
 tions of this. If the healer is good, true, and pure, 
 he will have great power and accomplish more 
 by his suggestions than otherwise. 
 
 A Psychic Force 
 
 There is a psychic force or influence in every- 
 one, latent in many, but potentially under the 
 control of the will. It is an immanent, intelligent 
 force which can be used in helping those in need. 
 One with a strong will, which he can concentrate 
 quickly and forcibly, in a measure controls this 
 psychic force and makes the most perfect healer. 
 
 Jesus the Healer 
 
 Jesus was the ideal of all because His confi- 
 dence in God was unshaken and undisturbed ; His 
 concentration unhindered by distraction or inter- 
 ference, and His control of the psychic force un- 
 limited. 
 
CHRIST'S HEALING METHOD 95 
 
 Ideal Patient 
 
 The ideal patient is one who desires help and 
 has an open and receptive mind and is free from 
 adverse or antagonistic suggestions from his own 
 mind or the minds of others. 
 
 Scripture References 
 
 The testimony of Luke 6:19 is quite suggest- 
 ive. "And all the multitude sought to touch Him 
 for power (dynamis, force) came from Him and 
 healed them all." Also Luke 8:46. "Some one 
 did touch me, for I perceive that power (dynamis, 
 force) had gone forth from me." Luke 5 :\7. 
 "And the power (dynamis, force) of the Lord was 
 with Him to heal." There are fifteen detailed 
 accounts recorded in the Gospels of direct heal- 
 ing of physical infirmities, of which eleven show 
 physical contact or touch in various forms. Other 
 cases were cured telepathically. This faith in 
 Jesus by the afflicted or by those near to the 
 afflicted in relation or sympathy wrought the 
 cure. "According to thy faith." Christ healed 
 through faith in Him. 
 
 Disciples' Failure 
 
 Jesus was en rapport with the source of all 
 power as all may be if they will. He was a perfect 
 embodiment and manifestation of this relation- 
 ship, which no man is in this environment. The 
 
96 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 failure of His disciples was due to a lack of im- 
 plicit confidence in this vital relation and not us- 
 ing the psychic force implicitly as a fact. There 
 was lack of faith, open-mindedness, not letting go 
 of the earthly or material thought, and not taking 
 hold of heaven. This is illustrated by fasting 
 and prayer. If the healing costs you nothing to 
 give it, it is worth very little to the afflicted one. 
 One's life in vital relation to the Infinite Spirit 
 is the most effective condition for preaching, 
 teaching, helping, and healing. 
 
 Affirmations Helpful 
 
 Affirmations are a great help to the mind in 
 realizing strength for the whole personality. 
 They ought to be reasonable, spiritual, and defi- 
 nite. The following affirmations are examples 
 and they can be modified, changed, or substituted 
 by others which may be just as effective and bet- 
 ter adapted to the condition of the healer and 
 the one to be helped. 
 
 Affirmations 
 I am a spiritual being with a body, through 
 which I can express myself. I will manifest love, 
 wisdom, power, purity, and truth for these are 
 Godlike characteristics. I am love, understand- 
 ing, power, life, and the likeness of God. I am 
 fearless, healthy, and full of peace. I will exer- 
 cise positive conditions and I will have a good 
 
AFFIRMATIONS 97 
 
 feeling for everybody. All negative states like 
 worry, fear, sickness, weakness will leave me 
 now. I am peaceful and well. I am strong. I 
 am at peace with God and man. "I can do all 
 things through Christ who strengthened me." 
 God works in and through me to do His will. I 
 am free, "for the law of the Spirit of life in 
 Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of 
 sin and death." 
 
 I am free from weakness and fear. 
 
 I am free from selfishness and desire to do 
 wrong. 
 
 I am free from sin, sickness, and death through 
 
 Christ Jesus. 
 I am free from doubt and uncertainty for the 
 
 truth makes me free. 
 Love is the truth in me in manifestation. 
 Health is the truth in me in holiness. 
 Strength is the truth in me in power. 
 Peace is the truth in me in quietness and rest. 
 Knowledge of God's word is the truth in me 
 
 for help and helping others. 
 Freedom is the truth in me because Christ is 
 
 in me. 
 I live and shall live because Christ lives in me. 
 I shall never die because Christ has arisen 
 
 from the dead. 
 
} HEALING AND HELP 
 
 I am immortal. 
 
 I am made in God's image and have person- 
 ality. 
 
 I am an expression of God, but desire to be 
 that perfectly. 
 
 I desire to be harmonious in my whole nature. 
 
 There is but one mind and I am an expression 
 of that. 
 
 There is but one life and I am part of that. 
 
 There is but one truth and I desire to know 
 and show that. 
 
 There is but one God and Father of all, who 
 is above all, and through all, and in all. 
 
 I am conscious of God's indwelling presence, 
 and I have peace, purity, and power. 
 
 God fills my whole personality with Himself. 
 
 One Affirmation Only 
 at a Time 
 
 These affirmations are useful in times of quiet 
 meditation. Use only one at each time of medi- 
 tation, and repeat it over and over, hold it in 
 your mind and affirm its power and influence in 
 your life. When it is gripped by and gets into 
 your soul and spirit, great results will follow and 
 you will be prepared to help others. 
 
REALIZATION OF POWER 99 
 
 They Unify Thought 
 And Are Prayers 
 
 Affirmations may be and can be made prayers. 
 They must be given in a positive and determined 
 conviction that they will be realized in the whole 
 personality. They can be given audibly or men- 
 tally. Those affirmations given above are only 
 examples. You can frame some of your own, 
 or if you find in articles or books some that ap- 
 peal to you, take them and use them. Do not 
 use more than one at a time unless they carry 
 the same thought. Unifying the thought causes 
 it to grip the mind and to be gripped by it. The 
 mind, the subconscious phase of it, will not 
 work on two contrary thoughts. If you want to 
 get the best results in realization, therapeuti- 
 cally, spiritually, and mentally, have only one 
 subject or thought and bring everything into rela- 
 tion to that and concentrate the mind on that. 
 
 Realization of 
 Power Illustrated 
 
 Take the thought and desire to have a reali- 
 zation of power, as an illustration. There is 
 power in yourself because God has placed it in 
 you, then there is power all about you because 
 He is present with you. You can use the power 
 within and without because you are in vital re- 
 lation with Him. You can manifest the power 
 by obeying the law of right thinking, right 
 speaking and right acting. You can govern your 
 
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 thoughts, your words, your actions. You can have 
 all the power you can use aright. Recognizing this 
 power, using it aright brings a realization of it. 
 "I can do all things through Christ who strength- 
 ened me." Bad habits, abnormal conditions, 
 wrong thinking, and wrong acting can be 
 changed by using this power wisely, lovingly, 
 and positively. The power within and without 
 is perfect, and if there is failure — there need not 
 be — it is due to the imperfect manifestation of 
 the power or lack of faith in the one through 
 whom the power works. 
 
 Appearances and Feelings Vary; 
 Truth Abides 
 
 The realization of power does not depend on 
 certain appearances, nor on one's feelings, nor 
 on what others say or think, but on an openness 
 of the mind to the truth through which power is 
 manifested. Falseness, weakness, and insincer- 
 ity all close the mind and hinder the realization 
 and manifestation of power. A frog in a water 
 pipe stopped the flow in the house, and the things 
 referred to above will as certainly stop the in- 
 coming of power. The life must be true, open and 
 sincere. Jesus had the fullness of the Spirit and 
 that is why He could do what He did. The more 
 spiritual you are the greater will be your power 
 in making effective suggestions and living the 
 life of helpfulness. 
 
SPECIAL GIFTS 101 
 
 Here are some Scriptures which may be help- 
 fully used when talking- to the ailing and those 
 needing help. It will be well to have these writ- 
 ten out in a little book, so that you can refer to 
 them at once with the references. 
 
 Strength 
 
 Ps. 18:1-2. Ps. 20:1-2. Ps. 37:39. Ps. 41:2-3. 
 Isa. 26:3-4. Isa. 40:28-31. Job 17:9. Ps. 93:1, 
 Ps. 96:6. Ps. 118:14. Daniel 10:18-19. Ps. 
 138:3. Phil. 4:13. Ps. 84:5-7. Isa. 26:4. Ps. 
 103:1-5. 
 
 Peace 
 
 Ps. 29:11. Isa. 26:3; 32:17, 18-19. Ps. 34:14, 
 37; 11,37:37. Ps. 147:14. Col. 3:15. Lev. 26:6. 
 Rom. 14:17-19. John 14:27. John 16:33. Ps. 
 119:165. Phil. 4:7: Ps. 1:1-2. Ps. 2:12. Ps. 
 32:1-2. Ps. 84:4-5. Ps. 106:3. Ps. 119:1-2. Use 
 the word "happy" for the word "blessed," for 
 that is what it is in the original. Ps. 128:1. Ps. 
 146:5. John 13:17. Prov. 16:20, 8 :32-35. Prov. 
 15:13, 15:15, 3:13, 17:22. Ps. 144:15. Matt. 5:3-9. 
 Jas. 5:11. Prov. 29:18. Rev. 22:14. 
 
 Special Gifts by the Spirit 
 
 I Cor. 12:7-11. Each one is given the mani- 
 festation of the Spirit to profit withal. 
 To one is given the word of wisdom. 
 To another is given the word of knowledge. 
 
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 To another, faith. 
 
 To another, gifts of healing. 
 
 To another, workings of powers. 
 
 To another, discerning of spirits. 
 
 To another, different kinds of tongues. 
 
 To another, the interpretation of tongues. 
 
 Healing 
 
 Old Testament Accounts 
 
 References given here can be verified in the 
 Scriptures and will make a profitable study on 
 healing before Jesus' time on earth. 
 
 Prayer and Healing 
 
 Gen. 20:17. — God heals through agencies. 
 Exodus IS :26. — Forgetfulness of God leads us 
 to reap as we sow according to His laws. Exo- 
 dus 23 :25. — Obedience to God's laws of health 
 will bring health, disobedience will bring 
 sickness, sorrow and death. I Kings 13 :4-6. — 
 The withered hand cured. Jesus also cured one. 
 2 Kings 5 :1-14. — Obedience required. 2 Kings 
 20:5.— Hezekiah healed. 2 Chron. 16:11-13.— 
 King Asa went to the wrong person, v. 13. 1 
 Kings 17:17-24. 2 Kings 4:18-37. Elijah and 
 Elisha raised the dead. These are all Old Testa- 
 ment records of healing presenting the source, 
 agencies, and methods. Read and study them 
 carefully and prayerfully with New Testament 
 cases. 
 
TRUTH ALWAYS THE SAME 103 
 
 Important New Testament 
 Scripture 
 
 Scriptures that can be used for the purpose of 
 realizing what we pray for are Mark 11 :24 (Rev. 
 Ver.) and 1 John 5:14-15. Memorize and medi- 
 tate on these verses as they are very important. 
 Realize the truth of them. 
 
 Truth Always the Same 
 
 Truth is always the same and will be so eter- 
 nally. It corresponds to reality which belongs 
 to God's nature and which is eternal and change- 
 less. So, also, is truth. Some people talk and 
 act as though their affirmations and denials could 
 make or destroy truth. This cannot be done. 
 Reality, like truth, is permanent. 2 Cor. 4:18. 
 "For the things which are seen are temporal ; 
 but the things which are not seen are eternal." 
 Truth is related to the unseen and the eternal. 
 therefore is real. The truth of everything is God. 
 He is the one and only Presence, Reality, Sub- 
 stance, Truth, Life, Love, and Mind. Can one's 
 belief, thought, opinion, or statements destroy or 
 change God? No, neither can they change those 
 things that belong to God's nature. The Scrip- 
 tural method then is not to seek things that 
 change, but the unchanging things and God Him- 
 self. "Seek first the kingdom of God and His 
 righteousness and all necessary things shall be 
 added unto you." Hence the secret of continued 
 
104 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 health, happiness, success, and all things neces- 
 sary to one for time and eternity is to have a 
 consciousness of oneness with God. 
 
 Faith Vitally Connects 
 Us With Christ 
 
 Two paths are open to this experience. The 
 first is faith which brings one into vital connec- 
 tion with Jesus Christ. This is made plainer 
 from a Scriptural point of view by taking the 
 words "Believe on" and read "Believe into." For 
 example, John 3:16 — "Whosoever believeth on 
 (into) Him" etc. Also John 1:12 and 3:36. 
 1 John 5:10 — Jesus Christ was the way, the 
 truth, and the life concretely presented before 
 the world for acceptance. He is not only our ex- 
 ample but the hope of glory in us and through 
 us to others and we establish and come into vital 
 relation with Him through faith. 
 
 Prayer 
 
 The second path is prayer. That may include 
 affirmations, aspirations, and practicing the 
 truth. These lead to understanding and realiz- 
 ing our relation to God. This brings inspiration 
 and power, harmony and a realization of God 
 working in us and through us. 
 
 Conditions 
 
 Practicing God's Presence 
 
 1. Contemplation of God prepares one to pray 
 
PRAYER 105 
 
 in accord with His will and thus secure an an- 
 swer. Brother Lawrence, who "practiced the 
 Presence of God," reached a high degree of spir- 
 itual power in this way. This was also true of 
 St. Francis of Assisi and others. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 2. Meditation on God is another spiritual ex- 
 ercise which is neglected today. Contemplation 
 is "looking attentively" at God; meditation is 
 "considering thoroughly" God and His love. 
 This leads to "life eternal" which is to know the 
 only true God and Jesus Christ whom He has 
 sent. (John 17:3.) 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 3. Affirmation of the truth, claiming spirit- 
 uality and freedom from sin, sickness, worry, 
 fear, and trouble through Christ. 
 
 Prayer 
 
 4. Prayer, audible or silent, in which one 
 holds to the answer received. "All things what- 
 soever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye have 
 received them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 
 11:24. Rev. Ver.) 
 
 Prayer — What It Does 
 
 "More things are wrought by prayer than this 
 world dreams of." The realization of our one- 
 ness with God's will (1 John 5:14-15) leads to a 
 
106 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 complete consecration to God in which there is 
 a conscious knowing- that we live in Him and He 
 in us. We get above the material and see and 
 know the spiritual realities. We live, act, under- 
 stand, and feel in the realization of this spiritual 
 reality. Robert Browning says : 
 
 "I knew, I felt — what God is, what we are, 
 What life is — how God tastes an infinite joy 
 In infinite ways — one everlasting bliss, 
 From whom all being emanates, all power 
 Proceeds; in whom is life evermore." 
 
 Suggestion 
 
 The prayers and affirmations which follow are 
 brief and can be used as they are, or others may 
 be substituted or framed to meet the necessities 
 of the case to be helped. Silent prayer is always 
 very quieting to the nervous and is very help- 
 ful to many persons. Use it frequently with 
 mental suggestion that the needy one will re- 
 cover and visualize a normal condition as you 
 silently suggest health and pray. Hold the pic- 
 ture of health in your mind vividly until the sub- 
 ject gets the thought in his or her mind. 
 
 With Thee My God 
 
 "I would commune with Thee, my God ; 
 E'en to Thy seat I come ; 
 I leave my joys, I leave my cares, 
 And seek in Thee my home. 
 
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 "I stand upon the mount of God, 
 With sunlight in my soul ; 
 I hear the storms in vales beneath, 
 I hear the thunders roll. 
 
 "But I am calm with Thee, my God, 
 Beneath these glorious skies ; 
 And to the height on which I stand 
 Nor storms nor clouds can rise. 
 
 "Oh, this is life; Oh! this is joy! 
 My God, to find Thee so! 
 Thy face to see, Thy voice to hear ; 
 And all Thy love to know. 
 
 PRAYERS 
 
 For Faith 
 
 We know Thee, O Lord, we believe Thee, we 
 trust Thee implicitly, and taking Thee at Thy 
 word, we are kept by Thy power through faith 
 unto salvation. Our faith is tried, but it holds 
 because anchored in the Rock of Ages. No 
 storms can break the cable or anchor, and this 
 leads us to rejoice with joy unspeakable. In- 
 crease our faith more and more. We are saved 
 by grace through faith and we rejoice that it is 
 not by works, lest we boast. May Christ dwell 
 in our hearts by faith. He has reconciled us to 
 God and with joy unspeakable we praise His 
 name. Our Father, may we remain steadfast un- 
 
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 to the end of life so that when we fall asleep in 
 Jesus it shall be to awaken in His likeness. 
 
 Meditation and Affirmations 
 
 "Say to them that are of a fearful heart, be 
 strong, fear not." "I am one with God through 
 faith in Christ. I love God with all my heart." 
 (Isa. 35:4.) Perfect love casteth out (all) fear. 
 I am strong, fearless, and courageous. Nothing 
 can separate me from the Love of God. I am 
 victorious, masterful, and free from all fear 
 through faith in Christ. I believe, realize, and 
 manifest truth in my life and in all my actions. 
 My faith is strong, uplifting, victorious. 
 
 A Prayer of Realization 
 
 "God is my help in every need, 
 God does my every hunger feed. 
 God walks beside me, guides my way, 
 Through every moment of this day. 
 I now am wise, I now am true, 
 Patient, kind, and loving, too ; 
 All things I am, can do, and be, 
 Through Christ, the truth that is in me. 
 Christ healeth me if I be sick, 
 Christ is my strength, unfailing, quick; 
 Christ is my all, I know no fear, 
 Since Love, and Truth, and Peace are here" 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
WISDOM 109 
 
 For Wisdom 
 
 We thank Thee, Our Father, for Thy word 
 and its teaching. If we lack wisdom, if we ask 
 of Thee, Thou wilt give it liberally and upbraid 
 not. We need it, we desire it, Thou hast prom- 
 ised it, and we claim it. Help us to hold the 
 promise in mind, picture it as a present posses- 
 sion, and realize it as an actual fact. Give us 
 that wisdom which is at first pure, then peace- 
 able, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of 
 mercy and good fruits, without partiality and 
 without hypocrisy. Help us to use our Knowl- 
 edge aright, which is wisdom in action. Fill us 
 with the knowledge of Thy will in all wisdom 
 and spiritual understanding. May we in all our 
 getting get wisdom and understanding. We ask 
 these things in the name of Jesus Christ, our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "The mouth of the righteous speaketh wis- 
 dom." (Ps. 37:30.) Wisdom is the right use of 
 knowledge and the truth. Righteousness is 
 thinking, speaking, and acting right. The Spirit 
 helps and leads into all truth and helps us to 
 think, speak, and act righteously. Folly is the 
 foolishness of ignorance ; wisdom is the right 
 use and product of the truth. If the heart is pure 
 and right and the mind thinks righteously then 
 our lives will be filled with wisdom and our acts 
 will be an index of our lives. 
 
110 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 I am pure in heart, my thoughts are true, and 
 my words and actions are wise and noble. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Joy 
 
 Our Father, may our joy be full because we 
 have received Jesus Christ as our life. Help us 
 to serve Thee with joyfulness and gladness of 
 heart. May we rejoice evermore and give thanks 
 unto Thee for everything. Make us cheerful be- 
 cause of Thy presence. Help us to lift up our 
 hearts to Thee in joyous praise and manifest 
 Thine indwelling presence, like sunlight, so that 
 others may feel the warmth and tenderness of 
 Thy joy within us. May this gladness make the 
 sorrowing and depressed rejoice with us and for- 
 get those things in Thy love for Jesus' sake. 
 
 Meditation and Affirmation 
 
 Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to your- 
 selves in psalms and spiritual songs, singing and 
 making melody in your heart to the Lord. (Eph. 
 5:18-19.) I keep my heart open for the infilling 
 of the Infinite Spirit. He imparts the nature of 
 God which is love from which comes joy, peace, 
 long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 
 meekness, self-control, and these are the fruit 
 of the Spirit, I am thinking of God and I shall 
 
FORGETTING THE PAST 111 
 
 think of Him in every relation of life, for He is 
 the great Reality. My meditation of Him shall 
 be sweet and great joy I have in this contempla- 
 tion of Him, His love and goodness. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Forgetting the Things Behind 
 
 Our Father, we would forget the things that 
 are behind and press toward the mark of our high 
 calling which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord, and 
 look unto Him who is the author and finisher of 
 our faith. We need to forget our sins, because 
 Thou dost not remember them against us, and 
 Thou hast cast them into the depths of the sea 
 of oblivion, so help us to let them remain there. 
 Make us perfect to do Thy will and seek those 
 things which are above for Thy name sake. 
 Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "I am He that blotteth out thy transgressions 
 for my own sake, and will not remember Thy 
 sins." God forgives and so must we by for- 
 getting. I do forgive and forget injuries, false 
 things said against me, and unpleasant things 
 that have come to me. I am made free from sin, 
 worry, fear, and have my fruit unto holiness. I 
 forgive and forget in order to have forgiveness 
 and go forward free and happy into the future to 
 help and bless others. 
 
112 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 God helps, forgives, and blesses, and I shall do 
 the same, because I love Him and desire to do 
 His will. I will try and develop a Christlike dis- 
 position by loving all persons and doing good to 
 them, I will always tell the good things I know 
 of others and never the bad ones. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Peace 
 
 Our Father, Thou art a God of peace. Thou 
 art merciful toward our faults and war-like na- 
 tures. Thou art slow to anger and full of kind- 
 ness. Being justified by faith, we have peace 
 with Thee through Jesus Christ, our Lord. May 
 the work of Thy will in us bring perfect peace 
 to those whose minds are stayed on Thee be- 
 cause they trust in Thee. Help us to be peace- 
 ful in every relation of life, and be peacemakers 
 that we may be called the children of God. May 
 Thy peace which passeth all understanding keep 
 our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ, unto 
 whom be glory and honor forever. Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "Great peace have they that keep Thy law." 
 God's law is God's will expressed. I know His 
 will from His word. "I have hid Thy law in my 
 heart that I might not sin against Thee" and keep 
 
FOR LIGHT 113 
 
 Thy law that I may have peace. I accept Jesus 
 Christ, the Prince of Peace, and He dwells in me 
 richly, filling my life with boundless peace. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 I have sweet peace, the gift of God's love, fill- 
 ing my whole personality and radiating out of 
 my life to others. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Light 
 
 O God, Thou art the Father of light with 
 whom there is no variableness nor shadow of 
 turning. Do Thou be our light. Thy light is 
 everywhere but we have been blind. Open Thou 
 our eyes to behold Thy beauty and to be 
 charmed with Thy effulgence. Give us the light 
 of the knowledge of glory in the face of Jesus 
 Christ. May we reflect as in a mirror the glory 
 of the Lord and be transformed into the same 
 image from glory to glory even as from the 
 Spirit of the Lord. Thou art the blessed Lord, 
 the light of the world ; because we are Thine 
 make us lights in the world. Help us to let our 
 light shine before men, that they may see our 
 good works and glorify our Father which is in 
 Heaven. Amen. 
 
114 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "He that doeth truth cometh to the light." To 
 do the truth I must be made free by the truth. 
 I am free from fear, doubt, superstition, and shall 
 follow the spiritual mind wherever truth leads 
 me, so that I shall come to and clearly see by the 
 Light. I shall see untrue things quickly and 
 avoid them. I shall follow the inward light and 
 the voice of the Spirit, and my intentions and 
 motives shall be true, pure, and good since God's 
 will is revealed in me. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 I shall be careful about judging by appear- 
 ances which may deceive, but shall depend on 
 my intuitions directed by the light of the In- 
 finite Mind that shows me the truth concerning 
 myself and all things. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Work 
 
 Our Father, may we work because Thou dost 
 work through us to accomplish Thine own will 
 and purpose in us. Thou dost work and we must 
 be laborers together with Thee. Help us to 
 work the works of Him who has sent us into 
 the world to do His will. May we do with our 
 might what our hands find to do. We have been 
 chosen unto good works and may we produce 
 
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 them in sincerity of spirit and in blessing to our 
 fellowmen. Help us not to be slothful in busi- 
 ness, but burning in spirit, serving the Lord and 
 doing good for Jesus sake. Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "For we are His workmanship, created in 
 Christ Jesus unto good works." "Being fruitful 
 in every good work, and increasing in the knowl- 
 edge of God." I am abiding in the true vine and 
 the life of the vine abides in me and I can bring 
 forth much fruit. "The works that I do shall ye 
 do," said Jesus, and I therefore must do the Fa- 
 ther's will because I am commanded to by my 
 Lord. Faith without works is dead, but my 
 faith is a living, working, faith. Whatsoever I 
 do in word or deed, I do in the name of the Lord 
 Jesus. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 God makes all grace abound in me so that hav- 
 ing all sufficiency in all things I abound unto 
 every good work. I talk health and happiness 
 and realize them in my life and keep my thoughts 
 pure and good, so that I speak only the truth 
 in sincerity and love. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For a Holy Life 
 Our Father may wc know, love, and obey 
 
116 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Thee and do good in this world. We would wor- 
 ship Thee in sincerity and in truth and be conse- 
 crated completely unto Thee. We would give 
 Thee our whole life and be wholly Thine that 
 we may be holy in Thy sight and before our fel- 
 lowmen. We thank Thee that Thou hast made 
 us heirs of Thine and joint heirs with Jesus 
 Christ to a wonderful inheritance with the saints 
 of light. I live and move and have my being in 
 Thee and Thou dost manifest Thyself in and 
 through me. Help me to be holy so that Thou 
 canst do Thy will in and through me towards 
 others in the world. For the sake of Him who 
 came to do Thy will. Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "Be ye healthy (holy), for I am holy." Whole- 
 ness or health and holiness come from the same 
 root word and the quotation from the Bible ex- 
 presses the thought of the Scripture writer ex- 
 actly. The relation of holiness and health is 
 very intimate. I desire to be holy in order to be 
 healthy. To be holy implies consecration to God, 
 service to Him and lending help to those in need. 
 I live because He liveth in me. I now open my 
 life fully so that the Holy Spirit may enter, 
 abide in, and work through me. I do this defi- 
 nitely, intentionally, and conscientiously this 
 very moment. I am holy because Christ liveth 
 
FOR PARDON 117 
 
 in me and works through me, and I realize this 
 now. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Pardon 
 
 We thank Thee, our Father, for the Lamb of 
 God that lifteth up and carrieth away the sins of 
 the world. Who is God like unto Thee that 
 pardoneth iniquity. We praise Thee that we are 
 fully forgiven because we have confessed our 
 sin and inasmuch as we have, it will be remem- 
 bered against us no more forever. Jesus is our 
 peace and He has reconciled us to Thee, O God, 
 by His cross. We thank Thee for the promise 
 that if the wicked will forsake his way and the 
 unrighteous man his thoughts and will return 
 unto the Lord, he shall be abundantly pardoned. 
 Again we have been told that if we turn from all 
 our sins and keep Thy statutes, that we shall 
 live and our transgressions shall not be men- 
 tioned unto us. We praise Thee that condemna- 
 tion has been lifted and we have peace and for- 
 giveness through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Give 
 us a complete realization of this faith in Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "Be ye kind to one another, tender hearted, 
 forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's 
 sake hath forgiven you." 1 will forgive all who 
 
118 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 have done me wrong, for it will do me no good, 
 but harm if I do not do so. The measure of my 
 forgiveness is the measure of Christ's forgive- 
 ness to me. I will be kind and tender-hearted 
 to the erring and do what I can to help them. I 
 will think no evil, I will hear no evil, I will 
 speak no evil, I will keep sweet under provoca- 
 tion and do all I can to glorify Christ because of 
 what He has done for me. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 I will forgive and forget wrongs done against 
 me. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Comfort 
 
 We praise Thee, O God, for the comforting 
 promises of Thy word. Blessed are they that 
 mourn for they shall be comforted. If we mourn 
 on account of our sins, mistakes, afflictions, sor- 
 rows, we claim the fulfillment of Thy precious 
 promise. Having been tempted in all points as 
 we are tempted Thou knowest, O Blessed High 
 Priest, how to succor. We thank Thee, our Fa- 
 ther, for Thy pity and mercy. Jesus had com- 
 passion on the multitude and healed the sick, 
 opened blind eyes, unstopped deaf ears, un- 
 loosed dumb tongues, made the lame to walk, 
 healed the leper, and comforted the sorrowing, 
 showing how Thou dost work and feel towards 
 
FOR HEALTH 119 
 
 the needy. May Thy comfort come to every 
 heart in need for His sake. Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith the 
 Lord." The need is the basis of this command. 
 I will do all I can to carry out this command in 
 my relation to men and women in need of com- 
 fort. My heart has been sad and disconsolate 
 and some came and spoke kindly to me and I 
 was helped. I will do the same for the sake of 
 my Master who set me the example of doing 
 good and comforting those in need. "As He was 
 in the world," so am I to be as His follower. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 I am comforted that I may comfort some one 
 else, I will do this in Christ's name. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Health 
 
 We thank Thee, our Father, that Thou art a 
 God of health, for Thou art holy. Help us to 
 come into such conscious relation to Thee that 
 Thy health and holiness shall be ours and we 
 shall manifest this condition day by day. If we 
 are sick, Thou canst cure us, for hast Thou not 
 said, "I. will restore health unto thee, and I will 
 heal thee of thy wounds." The prayer of faith 
 
120 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 shall save and Thou shalt answer it by raising 
 us up. Help us to realize that this work can 
 be done according to our faith, for all things are 
 possible to him that believeth. Make health con- 
 tagious, we pray Thee, so that we shall be able 
 to do that which will bring holiness into all lives 
 and get glory unto Thy name. Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "The tongue of the wise is health." (Prov. 
 12:18.) Thought ought always to precede speech. 
 "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Then 
 I will think health, talk health, for this will help 
 to establish the real and natural condition that 
 ought always to obtain in life. Sickness is due 
 to the violation of some law. I will avoid read- 
 ing or talking or thinking about disease, its 
 symptoms, and its effects. I shall talk health 
 and only health, and try to get others to do the 
 same. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 I am healthy, strong, and well. I breathe in 
 the health of the Infinite Spirit. I am "in tune 
 with the Infinite" and His life and health are 
 mine. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Grace 
 
 For Thy great grace we thank Thee, our Fa- 
 
FOR GRACE 121 
 
 ther, and pray for its continuance. It is by grace 
 that we are saved through faith in Christ Jesus, 
 our Lord. Thy life is manifested by grace and 
 Thy love is the supreme heart of that favor. Help 
 us to show grace unto others as we ourselves 
 have received so that they shall be brought to 
 know Thee whom to know aright is life eternal. 
 We ask it for His sake who was full of grace and 
 truth. Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "Let your speech be always with grace, sea- 
 soned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought 
 to answer every man." (Col. 4:6.) God's grace 
 has been manifested toward me, bringing me sal- 
 vation for my sin, and life eternal. His love 
 prompted the grace to be shown and I rejoice 
 in it. I can come, and will, to realize that grace 
 and love in my life and show it unto others. It 
 makes me glad, unselfish, and true in my life and 
 I desire to become fully surrendered to His will 
 that I may become a channel for His love and 
 grace to flow unto others. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 I am a channel for God's will, love, and grace, 
 so that other lives shall be enriched as well as 
 my own. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
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 For Love 
 
 We thank Thee, O Father, for Thy great love 
 and we would love Thee with all our hearts, with 
 all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our 
 strength. We would love our neighbors as our- 
 selves, and prove that we have passed from 
 death unto life because we love the brethren. If 
 we love one another, we know that God dwelleth 
 in us, and that His love is perfect in us. Help 
 us not to love in word only, but in deed and in 
 truth. There is no fear in love and we are taught 
 also that perfect love casteth out fear. We may 
 have all things, but without love they are noth- 
 ing. If we have Thee dwelling in us then shall 
 we be rich and masterful and think no evil. Give 
 us the fruit of the Spirit, which is love. We ask 
 all this for the sake of Him who loved us and 
 gave himself for us. Amen. 
 
 Meditation 
 
 "Speaking the truth in love, may we grow up 
 into Him in all things, which is the head, even 
 Christ." (Eph. 4:15.) Speaking in love, knowing 
 and speaking the truth in love, will increase my 
 love for God and man. I am in a great ocean 
 of love, for I am in God, and His love pours in- 
 to my whole being so that my intellect, sensi- 
 bilities, and will are all controlled by His love. 
 I see myself living, moving, and having my being 
 
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 in Him, and I will try to do only those things 
 that are well-pleasing unto Him. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 God's love fills me, keeps me, and manifests 
 through me. 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 Giving a Treatment 
 
 Relaxation 
 
 1. Have the one to be helped to lie down on 
 a bed or couch or sit in an easy chair and relax. 
 Have every part of the body relaxed so that the 
 circulation and nerve force may be equalized 
 over the whole body. Lift the hand and if it 
 falls limp the relaxation is a fact ; if not, go 
 over each part of the body and suggest relaxa- 
 tion, rest, and a quiet feeling with no desire to 
 move or think. 
 
 Visualization 
 
 2. Get very still and have a picture in your 
 mind of the one needing help being perfectly 
 normal and well in his spiritual nature and that 
 God's spirit is completely entering the whole 
 personality and working for a complete, normal, 
 harmonious, and complete manifestation of 
 health. With the picture in mind determine that 
 the patient shall receive it; also make your men- 
 
124 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 tal affirmation and declare the truth of God's ex- 
 pression in the spirit, soul, and body of the af- 
 flicted one or the one needing help. Get away 
 mentally from the appearance, the ill feeling, or 
 the abnormal condition. You are to awaken and 
 quicken into new activity the great physical and 
 spiritual forces in the personality and set them 
 going to establish right relations to God and an 
 expression of His life in the individual to be 
 helped. 
 
 God's Presence 
 
 3. Get a picture and hold it graphically of 
 God's presence as good and powerful in healing, 
 recovering, and enriching the life. Know that 
 it imparts life, knowledge, love and joy, and fills 
 the whole person with these things and with per- 
 fect health. This is God expressing Himself in 
 and through the needy one. 
 
 Declaration 
 
 4. Mentally declare that this will be seen and 
 realized in the one you try to help, and hold the 
 thought of complete and speedy recovery. 
 
 Avoid Denials 
 
 5. Avoid denials of illness by mentioning the 
 name of the ailment, for that will only mentally 
 cause the patient to think of it. Your purpose must 
 be to replace that by a picture of wholeness, per- 
 
RESULTS ARE GOD'S 125 
 
 fection, and harmony. When this becomes ef- 
 fective your healing work has been done. 
 
 Pray 
 
 6. Pray silently, then audibly if so impressed, 
 expressing thanks for the blessings given and af- 
 ter that meditate on the peace, love, and health 
 that God gives to the needy one. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 7. Then affirm silently and audibly in the 
 name of Christ that the work is done, that recov- 
 ery has commenced, that the circulation has been 
 greatly increased, that the nerve force has been 
 greatly quickened, and that the patient will real- 
 ize that God is working in him to keep him 
 whole, in perfect harmony and health throughout 
 his whole nature. 
 
 8. Realize this in yourself and then in him 
 and hold the picture until you feel that it is an 
 assured fact. 
 
 Results Are God's 
 
 9. Your work now is done and you have noth- 
 ing to do with the consequences. You are to 
 seek the truth, speak the truth with authority and 
 confidence. You should use the law, have a right 
 mental and spiritual attitude, live the truth and 
 be right with him who alone can heal. Your duty 
 
126 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 is to see God perfectly expressing Himself and 
 trust the law of His wholeness, harmony, and 
 health manifesting in the needy, and the results 
 will show in due season. 
 
 Recognize God Always 
 
 10. Recognize God when you commence the 
 treatment, follow that by silently or audibly de- 
 claring the truths that God has given and apply 
 these truths to the individual life and end by 
 giving thanks and praise to Him "who doeth 
 the works." 
 
 The prayers, meditations, and affirmations 
 may help but the realization is very essential in 
 bringing God and the needy together. 
 
 A Briefer Form 
 
 Relaxation 
 
 1. Get the afflicted or needy one thoroughly 
 relaxed. Then pray silently or audibly. 
 
 Meditation and 
 Realization 
 
 2. Then meditate and visualize using any 
 mental words or thoughts you may desire or that 
 come to you at the time. Picture a normal, 
 healthy condition. Hold it until the thought 
 and picture seems to grip the patient's mind. 
 
 Affirmation 
 
 3. Affirm health, harmony, and happiness and 
 
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 hold the affirmation mentally until the ailing one 
 seems to realize it as a possibility. 
 
 Avoid Certain Things 
 
 4. Do not pronounce him cured ; let that be 
 done by him. And do not talk to him about his 
 ailment and ask him not to talk about it to any- 
 one. 
 
 Ocean of Health 
 
 5. Tell him to picture himself being in a great 
 ocean of health and harmony and that he is 
 breathing these things into his whole nature for 
 he lives and moves and has his being in God and 
 God fills him with health, harmony, and happi- 
 ness, and that he should praise God for all these 
 things. 
 
 Realization 
 
 6. Tell him how to realize all these things in 
 his life by living as God wants him to live and 
 as Christ has shown him how to live in this 
 world. Read Phil. 4:6-7. 
 
 Another Form of Treatment 
 
 Some people will yield to a very simple form 
 of treatment which may be called a simple sug- 
 gestive form. 
 
 Relaxation and Breathing 
 
 Have the person relax as in the other forms 
 
128 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 and breathe deeply for a few moments with eyes 
 closed. 
 
 Suggestions 
 
 Then quietly suggest that the whole body is 
 relaxed, the circulation and nerve forces are 
 equalized and a quiet restful feeling is present, 
 and in that condition suggest that the rest will 
 recuperate the body and the mind will relax its 
 thinking and receive fully all the suggestions 
 given. Say : The venous blood is flowing down 
 out of the brain and the brain is quiet and rest- 
 ful and will do its work perfectly. The arterial 
 blood is flowing freely into the brain and is nour- 
 ishing it and stimulating it to new activity. The 
 arterial blood is flowing freely to all the organs 
 of the body — stomach, liver, spleen, intestines, 
 lungs, heart, kidneys, nourishing, stimulating and 
 reinforcing for new activity and health. (Sug- 
 gest positive, not negative conditions.) 
 
 Suggestions Continued 
 
 Suggest that all fear, worry, adverse anticipa- 
 tion are passing away and courage, optimism, and 
 a positive mental attitude are asserting and mani- 
 festing themselves. Suggest hopefulness, cheer- 
 fulness, happiness, health, and success. 
 
 Suggest the incoming of the Holy Spirit bring- 
 ing hope, peace, prosperity, power, joy, and all 
 the fruits of His own life. Speak slowly, em- 
 
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER 129 
 
 phatically, and monotonously. Hold the picture 
 of help to the needy one and help him to realize 
 the truth of what you say. 
 
 Quiet Talk 
 
 Sometimes a quiet talk about taking Jesus as 
 a Savior and receiving Him into the life may 
 bring peace to a troubled soul. A short prayer 
 for, and a quiet meditation with, and a positive 
 affirmation of, the patient like this one will help : 
 "I do now take Jesus as my Savior and Lord and 
 will do His will as I see it." 
 
 These forms of treatment and help can be mod- 
 ified according to conditions. 
 
 Important Things To Remember 
 
 Affirmations 
 
 1. Affirmations — "to make firm" — are consent 
 to and an acceptance of the validity or truth of 
 something. They have to do particularly with 
 the truth and one's relation to it. When we de- 
 clare or affirm something it is for the purpose 
 of realizing the truth of it in ourselves, so that 
 we may become conscious of it in its fullest 
 measure. 
 
 Denials 
 
 2. Denial deals with appearances, the sense 
 life, and passing and changeable feelings, with 
 temporal, visible, and changeable conditions, not 
 
130 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 with the permanent and real. It deals with actu- 
 ality, but not with reality, with things and con- 
 ditions that may change any time. Denials usu- 
 ally cause one to repeat the names of disease or 
 sickness or conditions which one wants to get 
 rid of. If you can avoid the use of denials, do so, 
 and forget conditions. Christ said, "I am the 
 way, the truth, the life", and that is positive and 
 not negative. I know the truth and it makes me 
 free ; I see the way and I walk in it ; I behold 
 the life and accept and manifest it. 
 
 3. Every mental impression strives for expres- 
 sion and every mental image strives for realiza- 
 tion. So be careful of your mental act, thought, 
 and impression as it will be caught by the sub- 
 conscious, the storehouse of the mental life where 
 thought-images and experiences are recorded. If 
 the subconscious has good, pure pictures or 
 images it will respond to your call and come as 
 an aid in your need. So watch against the en- 
 trance of things not good, impure, untrue, in- 
 harmonious, and imperfect into the subconscious 
 as those things will come up unexpectedly to 
 cloud your vision and prevent the realization of 
 the best, the highest, and noblest things in life. 
 
 Thoughts Are Pictures 
 
 4. Your thoughts are images, pictures, so put 
 
THOUGHTS ARE PICTURES 131 
 
 the most beautiful constructive ones into the 
 mental life ; images which you will be glad to 
 look at any time and have anyone else do so and 
 not be ashamed. There is not very much value 
 or power in denial, so avoid it. Thoughts of 
 good, truth, and love do not mix with images of 
 evil, falsehood and hatred any more than you can 
 mix oil and water. 
 
 Positive and Negative 
 
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox states the matter well 
 in the following verses : 
 
 "If we talk of the good that the world contains, 
 
 And try our best to add to it, 
 The evil will die of neglect by and by — 
 
 'Tis the very best way to undo it. 
 
 "We preach too much and we dwell too long 
 On sin and sorrow and trouble ; 
 
 We help them to live by the thoughts we give 
 Their spite and might to redouble. 
 
 "For the earth is fair and the people are kind. 
 If once you look for their kindness; 
 
 When the world seems sad and its denizens bad, 
 It is only your own soul's blindness. 
 
 "And I say if we search for the good and pure, 
 And give no thought to the evil, 
 
 Our labors are worth far more to the earth 
 Than when we are chasing the devil." 
 
 Formulas for treatments given here are only 
 examples. They can be used silently or audibly. 
 
132 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 Any thoughtful person can form, modify, re- 
 fashion, or make new ones according to the re- 
 quirements. 
 
 Suggest that all fear, worry, and adverse antici- 
 pation are passing away and courage, optimism, 
 and a positive mental attitude are asserting and 
 manifesting themselves. Suggest hopefulness, 
 happiness, health, and success. 
 
 The healer if he desires to do so can lay his 
 hand on the forehead of the patient suggesting 
 that new power is entering the brain and pass- 
 ing over all the nerves to every organ of the 
 body. This is tactile suggestion and to some 
 persons it is very helpful and they recover very 
 rapidly. It may be helpful to some to put the 
 right hand on the forehead and the left on the 
 back of the head and suggest strength, help, 
 health. You can use audible or silent sugges- 
 tions, holding a picture of the person in a nor- 
 mal, healthy condition. Certain persons will re- 
 spond more rapidly if the right hand is placed on 
 the spine or the lower part of the brain or below 
 the occiput and the left hand on the stomach, 
 heart, liver or other organs, and suggest recov- 
 ery if any organ is affected. The hands can also 
 be reversed and one or the other can be placed 
 along the spine and the other on the organ af- 
 fected to which the corresponding nerves go to 
 innervate the organ. A knowledge of anatomy 
 is required for this work. In my book on Sug- 
 
PREPARATION 133 
 
 gestion will be found other suggestions concern- 
 ing treatment. The mental and spiritual treat- 
 ment is the best and the one most emphasized in 
 this book. Be sure and thoroughly study the 
 methods and conscientiously use them. 
 
 Preparation and the Way 
 
 Follow the form given to prepare the person for 
 treatment and talk quietly about your desire to 
 help him to a normal condition in which he will 
 become well, love God, and his fellowmen, and 
 find a conscious oneness with God who is "All 
 in All." Show him that his wrong thinking and 
 acting have brought on the abnormal condition 
 and that changing them will establish a normal, 
 healthy, and happy condition. Letting in the 
 light drives out the darkness, accepting the truth 
 and practicing it will put down falsehood and 
 wrong. Whilst you make no new truth by 
 thought, yet holding the thought steadfast to 
 and in the truth, the false and wrong images may 
 be destroyed and the real, essential, permanent, 
 and normal life will be released and established. 
 Show him that the way to realization is prayer 
 and meditation, aspiration, affirmation, and prac- 
 ticing the truth by which he comes into con- 
 scious and definite oneness with God through 
 Christ. He must not think more of the gifts than 
 the Giver and oneness with God includes all 
 other things. 
 
134 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 FOR VARIOUS DISEASES 
 
 Nervousness and Fear 
 
 Suggest relaxation, deep breathing, quiet and 
 rest. Quote "God hath not given us a spirit of 
 fear, but of love, and of power, and of a sound 
 mind." (2 Tim. 1 :7.) "Perfect love casteth out 
 all fear," power conquers it, and a sound mind 
 masters it. God does not give us a spirit of fear; 
 you will open your heart to receive the Spirit 
 and He gives freedom from fear, courage, love, 
 power, and peace and you can claim them now. 
 Fear and nervousness develop in the sense life, 
 but in the deepest part of your nature there is no 
 consciousness or feeling of fear. Your mental 
 attitude is wrong and that can be and will be 
 changed at once. God is in you, for you trust 
 Him, and all fear will disappear and nervousness 
 will subside. You will meet all things cour- 
 ageously and "as thy days so shall thy strength 
 be." Christ in you is the hope of glory, and vic- 
 tory with complete mastery over all fear and 
 nervousness. You will now have a conscious 
 realization of God's presence with you and in 
 you. There is nothing to fear or to become ner- 
 vous over. Accepting with all your heart the per- 
 fect mind of Christ, which is light and love, you 
 will fear no evil and be composed in your men- 
 tal and physical life. There is but one supreme 
 Presence and Power and that is God, hence there 
 
FEVERS AND DISTRESS 135 
 
 is nothing for you to fear or resist or be nervous 
 about. 
 
 Fevers and Distress of Different Kinds 
 
 Use whatever is suitable in the preceding treat- 
 ment and in quiet meditation hold the picture of 
 the patient in a normal and healthy condition. 
 Mentally assert harmony, strength, and peace in 
 the mind and body of the afflicted one. Affirm 
 direct and open relation between God and the pa- 
 tient and hold that thought. Declare an equali- 
 zation of nerve force and of the circulation over 
 the whole body. You can suggest audibly these 
 things if you desire and mentally intend that 
 they shall be realized in the person fully. Sug- 
 gest that the fever will subside and the distress 
 — whether pain, fright, or adverse anticipation 
 will be banished. Hold the thought that the spir- 
 itual nature is perfect for God has made it so 
 and through that nature each one is directly re- 
 lated to God and through faith in Him all 
 health, help, and strength flow into his life. 
 Claim the healing presence and the power to 
 overcome all abnormal conditions. God's mind 
 gives rest and comfort, power and love, and 
 produces peace and victory in man's mind and 
 self. "Come unto me and I will give you rest." 
 The coming is a mental act and the rest is a gift. 
 God dwells in you and produces a peaceful mind 
 and a strong, healthy body. Affirm peace, ease, 
 
136 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 and rest of mind and body for him. The fever 
 subsides, the circulation is equalized, the nerve 
 forces are equalized and are working normally 
 and a normal condition of mind and body is 
 manifested now and will continue. All distress 
 is leaving and you are now master of yourself. 
 
 Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and Pain Generally 
 
 Suggest thorough relaxation of every part of 
 the body and mind, equalization of the circu- 
 lation and nerve force, greater activity of all the 
 eliminating organs, and a free movement of 
 all the muscles and limbs, and that the pain is 
 subsiding. You can suggest silently these things, 
 holding a picture in your mind of relief and a 
 normal condition in the patient. Hold the pic- 
 ture until the patient relaxes thoroughly. De- 
 termining that the picture you hold shall grip 
 the patient's mind as that will establish hope 
 and bring a realization of help. Then suggest 
 audibly or silently, strength, health, and peace 
 with relief from the painful conditions. Those 
 blessings come from God and you can make them 
 yours by seeing them present in the patient's 
 mind and realizing that they are a present pos- 
 session. It is ungodlike to be sick and in pain, 
 for God gives health and relief. Harmony with 
 His mind brings harmony of mind and body. Say 
 to the sick one, "You are feeling better because 
 
DISTURBANCES 137 
 
 all the physical functions are doing their work 
 well and normally and your mind is at peace 
 with God and man. God is in you and He works 
 through you to establish health by relief from 
 abnormal conditions and producing normal cir- 
 culation and equalization of nerve forces. Be- 
 lieve, receive, act accordingly, and claim the 
 healing." 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize. 
 
 For Disturbances of Different Organs 
 
 Indigestion, congestions, and inflammations 
 are all due to lack of nerve innervation and dis- 
 turbed circulation. Any method that will pro- 
 duce normal circulation and normal nerve inner- 
 vation will correct the trouble and establish a 
 normal condition. Causes ought to be looked 
 after and corrected. Nature tends to the normal 
 and if these abnormal conditions are corrected 
 nature or the vital forces of the body under the 
 power of the mind will produce a healthy condi- 
 tion. Mental habits of worry, fear, and wrong 
 thinking, in general, will produce a depressing 
 effect on the nerves and then they will produce a 
 corresponding effect on certain organs and the 
 venous drainage becoming slow will permit con- 
 gestion and inflammation and adverse conditions 
 which will make themselves felt in the whole 
 body. If there is an added stimulation to any or- 
 gan there will be an increased activity asserting 
 
138 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 itself. If there is a depressing condition there 
 will be a slowing down ; if a drastic effect, every 
 cell will work more rapidly to throw that out. 
 
 The mental work is to reinforce the mind with 
 renewed activity, and thus increase the nerve 
 energy by mental power and also quicken the 
 circulation by renewed nerve force. Suggest to 
 yourself: We are vitally related to the Supreme 
 Mind of this universe and it is healthy, harmoni- 
 ous, and normal and I claim its manifestation in 
 me and in the one afflicted. Suggest to him 
 either audibly or silently : In essential nature 
 you are one with the One Will, Life, and Sub- 
 stance, and as this Life enters your life fully in- 
 creased activity manifests itself in every organ 
 of your body and produces a normal condition. 
 Your food will thoroughly digest and agree with 
 you. Changes in the atmosphere will not affect 
 you. You will love all persons, and all things 
 work together for good to you in your whole 
 personality. Oneness with Him brings peace, 
 joy, happiness, and these conditions have an ex- 
 hilarating effect on every organ in your body, and 
 health is your inheritance. 
 
 You are one with God and His life and health 
 enters your whole personality and all abnormal 
 conditions are changing into normal and healthy 
 manifestation. All congestion, inflammation, and 
 distress are passing away. 
 
REST AND SLEEP 139 
 
 For Rest and Sleep — Insomnia, Etc. 
 
 Tell the patient to watch against hurry, worry, 
 flurry during the day, for these things produce 
 tension on the body and its organs and they in- 
 terfere with the venous circulation from, and the 
 arterial circulation to, the brain. Have in your 
 mind the consciousness of rest and when you sit 
 down relax and remove tension and suggest, with 
 eyes closed a few minutes, that you will sleep 
 and rest that night. Make your suggestions with 
 determination and desire that they will be real- 
 ized. When in bed relax, breathe deeply, and 
 suggest that "He giveth His beloved sleep." Get 
 a picture in your mind of being sleepy. Hold 
 it and act it out. See yourself enfolded in the 
 Infinite Mind where there is perfect rest and 
 hold quiet, sweet communion with that Mind, 
 feeling that you are one with it. Accept the rest 
 given, the love bestowed, and the refreshment 
 afforded. Repeat the Twenty-third Psalm. Say : 
 "I rest in Him." Say to the patient: If insom- 
 nia has bothered you don't resist but say, "I 
 don't care if I sleep or not. I am resting in Him 
 and He gives me strength, love, quietness, and 
 perfect health. God's presence is all I need, and 
 I am resting in Him." Say to the patient: When 
 you are getting ready for bed, or near that time, 
 sit, or lie down in a comfortable position and af- 
 firm that you are at peace with all men, and that 
 your mind is not disturbed by anything of the 
 
140 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 day. Be charitable in your judgment concern- 
 ing things that occurred during the day and see 
 by faith the enwrapping Presence of your Father 
 and affirm that His rest is yours now, both in 
 mind and body, and will be through the night. 
 Your soul is at rest and is still in His presence. 
 All fear has gone out of your mind — fear of fail- 
 ure, fear of foes, of sleeping — because you per- 
 fectly love Him. "When thou liest down thou 
 shalt not be afraid. Yea, thou shalt lie down and 
 thy sleep shall be sweet." You will rest in God 
 and you are perfectly satisfied every hour. 
 
 Relief and Help for Accidents 
 
 Say : We are in a world governed by law and 
 order because God is the ruler, law-giver, and di- 
 rector. In His kingdom there are no accidents; 
 He is everywhere present, and things that come 
 to us He overrules for our good and for His 
 glory. In this conviction you can rest and in 
 it you can realize His presence and help just 
 now. There is but one power, one will, one law 
 ruling over all things and you can rest in that 
 and find consolation, love, mastery, and peace. 
 Looking to Him, and yourself as vitally related 
 to Him, that which comes to you can and will 
 be overruled for good. You know Him and your 
 real self manifested through your body, and they 
 govern your body and control all pain. No fear 
 can alarm you, no harm can befall you, for God 
 
NEURASTHENIA 141 
 
 fills you with Himself and you are master and 
 shall quickly recover. You will dismiss the be- 
 lief of disorder, pain, inflammation and weak- 
 ness, for you are resting in the love of God and 
 you are confident of His power and healing. 
 
 Neurasthenia and Allied Conditions 
 
 The nervous system is the connecting link be- 
 tween the mind and body and is similar to the 
 telegraph wires in carrying messages between 
 the sender and the receiver. The nerves are 
 easily interfered with by abnormal conditions. 
 Being plastic, pressure by a slipped vertebrae or 
 contracted muscle may prevent the nerve carry- 
 ing the full impulse or energy of the mind. There 
 might be such pressure so that nearly all the im- 
 pulse or energy might be prevented from reach- 
 ing an organ or organs, and produce almost a 
 state of paralysis. The organs innervated by 
 nerves thus interfered with would slow down 
 their processes and a condition of auto-intoxica- 
 tion would be produced. That state continued 
 for awhile would produce neurasthenia, nervous 
 prostration, and similar conditions described by 
 physicians. The permanent method of cure will 
 be to relieve the primary causes or to somehow 
 augment the nerve impulses. Physical adjust- 
 ment and manipulation can very readily give re- 
 lief for the physical interference and mental stim- 
 ulation can greatly help towards augmenting 
 
142 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 nerve impulses. The nerves, if interfered with 
 in the manner referred to above, will in a measure 
 somehow in time increase their carrying power. 
 Nature seems to help reinforce the power to 
 overcome the interference and tries to remedy 
 the trouble so that persons affected nervously, 
 under good care and nursing, come to a state of 
 recovery. The mental attitude that is cheerful, 
 optimistic, and positive greatly assists in the re- 
 covery. Such a mental state has a tendency to 
 increase the nerve force and the blood flow and 
 thus establish a normal condition. Neurasthenia 
 covers numerous nerve conditions and these all 
 can be controlled and made normal by specific 
 treatment. The diet, deep breathing, complete 
 physical relaxation, bathing, and plenty of sleep 
 with outdoor life will do much to aid in establish- 
 ing a normal, healthy nerve condition. 
 
 The following mental and spiritual treatment 
 will lead to complete recovery. Say to the pa- 
 ient: You are united to God through your mind 
 by faith. His life, health and power are yours. 
 You can truly use the words of Jesus when He 
 spoke to the storm, "Peace, be still," and the 
 nerves will quiet and your mental life will be still 
 and in peace. 
 
 You live, move, and have your being in Him 
 all the time, and you can be consciously certain 
 of this as you make it a matter of realization. 
 Your thought is centered and rests in God now 
 
INTEMPERANCE 143 
 
 and the truth gives you freedom from all adverse 
 conditions. Your fear is gone and perfect confi- 
 dence manifests itself and there is peace in your 
 whole being. 
 
 Every nerve center is in perfect health and the 
 power of love acts normally and pervades your 
 whole personality and gives restful sensations 
 throughout the body and in the mind. Every 
 nerve is an avenue of strength and carries the 
 consciousness, feeling, and sensation of peace 
 throughout the whole body. You find blessed 
 rest, new spiritual energy and mental impulse by 
 the indwelling of God in your life, so that you 
 find health in His holiness and you are obedient 
 to His command — "Be ye healthy for I am 
 Holy." You may claim recovery, peace, health, 
 power in the name of Christ. 
 
 Intemperance and Other Sins 
 
 Say: "Be ye clean" is a command of God and 
 we are made clean through the word of God. Sin 
 may be many things but it is certainly one thing 
 — uncleanness. You can quench your thirst with 
 the water of life and you can find cleansing from 
 all sin in what Jesus Christ has done and can 
 do. "If we confess our sin, He is faithful and 
 just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all 
 unrighteousness." The indwelling Spirit of God 
 working through the truth can purify your heart 
 and life and take away the desire for drink and 
 
144 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 wrong doing. He does so work in your life now 
 and you believe and claim the victory and act ac- 
 cordingly. You may open your life and be filled 
 with the fullness of God. You will do so now, 
 claiming the blessing and act it out and realize 
 it in your whole person. Every night when you 
 retire you will claim the victory and also before 
 and after you arise, you will claim it and assert 
 it many times during the day. 
 
 For Special and Specific Physical Troubles 
 
 Say to the patient: Claiming freedom of mind, 
 spirit, and the physical system through the truth 
 will establish an equalization of nerve force and 
 blood circulation in the body. Your organs are 
 being re-enforced with new nerve energy and 
 blood and they are doing their work well and 
 normally. You are untrammeled in body, 
 thought, and mind. Nature tends to the normal 
 and God works through nature or law in you and 
 you are consciously at peace. You are hopeful 
 and optimistic and every vital organ feels the im- 
 pact of new power which gives it new activity. 
 The kidneys are being strengthened, the heart 
 re-enforced, the lungs augmented in power, the 
 peristaltic action of the bowels is normal and 
 every organ is performing its work normally. 
 Hold your picture of a normal condition and nor- 
 mal workings for all the organs. (This treat- 
 ment can be used for each organ at any time 
 according to the need.) 
 
CHRONIC CONDITIONS 145 
 
 Chronic Conditions. 
 
 Some acute diseases and conditions have a tend- 
 ency to become chronic in form. This is true of 
 rheumatism, kidney and heart troubles, and other 
 well known ailments. One's mind will accept the 
 suggestions of doctors and other persons that 
 they are incurable and as a result there is 
 a mental let-up in doing anything to remedy 
 the condition and a resignation to one's fate. 
 "Wherever there is life there is hope" of a change 
 and an amelioration of the condition. Adverse 
 suggestions and their effects are not easily over- 
 come but there is wonderful power in one's 
 psychical nature and omnipotent power in the In- 
 finite Mind everywhere present, so that if these 
 forces are united there is no telling what may be 
 done in overcoming chronic and abnormal condi- 
 tions and in the establishment of a healthy and 
 comfortable state of mind and body. If one's 
 mind is controlled by the suggestion of inability 
 to do anything and a feeling of hopelessness there 
 will be a continual chronic state of ill-feeling 
 manifested in the mind and body. The bodily 
 condition depends very largely on the mental 
 condition. Urge an observance of the laws of 
 hygiene, deep breathing, and exercise and then 
 give a thorough mental treatment. This can be 
 done silently or audibly or both with good re- 
 sults. 
 
146 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 This form may help : There is one Perfect 
 Mind filling all places and it is absolute in power. 
 This Life and Mind are the source of all power 
 and health, and as they enter your life fully and 
 work in it the old chronic conditions are changed 
 and the nerve energy is agumented and the cir- 
 culations — venous, arterial, and lymph — are in- 
 creased and all the organs of your body are in- 
 creased in activity and elimination and a new 
 condition of health is established. (Each organ 
 or condition can be thus mentally treated effect- 
 ively.) 
 
 You are not in bondage to any circumstances, 
 you are free, you are not affected by external 
 things like climate, what is said, or by disappoint- 
 ments or rebuffs. You have perfect peace in the 
 depths of your real self and no external storms 
 can affect that deep stream of peace that flows 
 in your life because your mind is stayed on God 
 and your trust is in Him. You are one with the 
 Mind of Wisdom and Power and you receive 
 what that Mind so freely gives and you make it 
 your own. You recognize your dependence on 
 that Mind and independence of things and per- 
 sons about you. You are a changeless being in 
 your real self and pure in substance because the 
 Infinite Spirit fills you with His life, nature, and 
 substance. You are overcoming the chronic con- 
 ditions and you see yourself as master and vic- 
 torious with a new mental attitude, normal sen- 
 
ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENTS 147 
 
 sations, and complete relief. You will hold a 
 picture of normal health and act it out with suc- 
 cess, renewed vigor, and strength. You do this 
 in His name. 
 
 Growths and Other Abnormal Developments. 
 
 The works of God are good and perfect. Ab- 
 normal conditions are the result of interference 
 with those works. Many forms of interference 
 are found in the world and in the human body, 
 producing serious consequences in certain realms 
 of manifestation. Man's spiritual nature natur- 
 ally seeks to maintain a vital relation with the 
 Infinite. Selfishness, wrong thinking, and choos- 
 ing a wrong course of conduct interfere with a 
 conscious realization of power, love, wisdom, and 
 the manifestation of the Spirit in the life of man. 
 
 The mind will work and perfectly manifest 
 itself through the body if not interfered with. 
 Interferences are manifold and as a result certain 
 physical manifestations occur that are called 
 growths, tumors, etc. As in other physical ail- 
 ments so in these there must be established a 
 good normal nerve energy and a good blood and 
 lymph circulation. Especially must there be a 
 good venous drainage. Exercise, deep breathing, 
 drinking plenty of water, and other physical aux- 
 iliaries will greatly assist and in some cases may 
 remedy these conditions. The knife is sometimes 
 required. The mental side of treatment is rather 
 
148 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 important as that lies back of a renewal of pow- 
 er required to produce normal physical results. 
 
 An open channel for the spiritual power to 
 work through will produce most amazing results. 
 The mind must be impressed with the thought of 
 strength, renewed energy, and power to assist 
 and augment the vital forces in breaking through 
 the interferences that do not permit a normal 
 manifestation. Say to the patient : God works 
 through your mind and body. His power re- 
 moves all hindrance to the perfect circulation of 
 blood and nerve action. The elimination be- 
 comes perfect and health is re-established. Love 
 is a "consuming fire" and burns away false and 
 abnormal conditions. It purifies the mind and 
 cleanses the body and because you love God 
 supremely He dwells in you fully and every part 
 of your mind and body are permeated by His 
 presence and all abnormal conditions change into 
 a normal state. You will hold a picture of perfect 
 relief and a normal condition and see that the One 
 Life and Substance fills your whole life and re- 
 moves the abnormal. All excitement, fretting, 
 and mental disturbances will be relieved and a 
 deep inward quietness will possess the whole 
 personality. You will picture and assert quiet- 
 ness, health, and victory. 
 
 Pray — mediate — realize — and manifest. 
 
PRIVILEGE AND SUCCESS 149 
 
 Acute Diseases. 
 
 A peculiar condition of fear usually awakens in 
 acute diseases and it has a very depressing effect 
 on the minds of friends and on the mind of the 
 patient. That fear and its consequences have a 
 tendency to interfere with the functions of the 
 body is undisputed. More serious results may 
 follow than would under other circumstances. 
 Bathing in warm water will be helpful in some 
 acute conditions and relaxation of the whole body 
 will have a tendency to equalize the nerve en- 
 ergy and the circulation. Suggesting sleep, 
 quietness, and ease, either audibly or silently, 
 may produce a comfortable feeling and bring 
 some immediate relief. A thorough mental treat- 
 ment as in other cases will hasten recovery and 
 re-establish the health. Affirm ease, peace, and 
 comfort, freedom from every feeling and appear- 
 ance of disease, wholeness now and relief at 
 once. (Use fear treatment to establish a quiet, 
 relieved condition of mind. Separate diseases 
 may be treated in the above manner with most 
 remarkable results.) 
 
 Realization of Privilege, Inheritance, and Success 
 Talk to the patient thus: Get a strong belief 
 in the presence of the Universal Spirit with 
 whom you are vitally connected. He can pour 
 into your whole personality all of his possessions. 
 Know that "the Law of the Spirit of Life . . . 
 
150 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 hath made you free from the law of sin and 
 death." The Spirit's working is everywhere and 
 in Him is perfect order which is made evident 
 to you by right thinking, right speaking, and 
 right acting. The opposite condition in you will 
 produce disorder, disobedience to the highest law, 
 and suffering will follow. Obedience to the Law 
 of the Spirit brings one into relation to every 
 promise, blessing, and inheritance. Disobedience 
 severs such relation and deprives one of his free- 
 dom and interferes with a conscious apprecia- 
 tion of the things secured by obedience. Your 
 inheritance is perfect life, peace, and health with 
 freedom and possession of all things necessary. 
 "All things are yours." Your privilege is to 
 know consciously the Spirit's indwelling and His 
 enriching power through the truth and realiza- 
 tion of all your inheritance in Christ. You have 
 the mind of success and hence the thought, 
 words, and deeds of success. "God worketh in 
 you." You are encouraged as all things are 
 working together for good to you. You are pa- 
 tient, thankful, satisfied. Success and prosperity 
 will come now in fullness to you. Claim, real- 
 ize and manifest them. You are not anxious, but 
 you trust Christ fully and you co-operate with 
 Him. (This form of treatment can be used for 
 adults or children, for success and prosperity, for 
 idealization and realization, for contagion and 
 fear, and other conditions in which help is 
 needed.) 
 
COLDS AND LA GRIPPE 151 
 
 Colds, La Grippe, and Similar Conditions 
 
 La grippe, colds, etc., are due to a decrease in 
 vital activity in the body. The causes of colds 
 are worry, anger, fear or mental disturbance, 
 over-eating, eating the wrong kind of food or 
 wrong combinations ; sluggish circulation due to 
 lack of exercise; devitalized blood from lack of 
 fresh air, sunshine and earth radiance ; inactive 
 skin, caused by heavy clothing or wrong cloth- 
 ing, which shuts out electricity and magnetism 
 from the sun, air and earth ; over-work, dissipa- 
 tion and any condition which lowers vital resist- 
 ance. Drugs, serums and other abnormal things 
 have a tendency to clog the circulation, interfere 
 with and burden the organs of elimination. These 
 are some of the causes which produce and aug- 
 ment colds, la grippe and similar conditions. 
 Slowing down of nerve activity and the circula- 
 tion are the primary causes of these conditions. 
 As long as these conditions obtain the work of 
 the bacteria can be carried on with correspond- 
 ing ill effects. The mental power can be aug- 
 mented and corresponding vital activity and 
 elimination can be increased so that an end may 
 occur to the abnormal condition very speedily. 
 Bathing, rest, eating sparingly and thorough 
 elimination by water drinking and enemas are 
 good auxiliaries and should be utilized when first 
 symptoms assert themselves. Relieve excessive 
 accumulations by increasing the activity of the 
 
152 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 cleansing organs of the body. Have the patient 
 drink freely of hot water, bathe in it and drink 
 also plentifully of cold water. If there is fever 
 have him stop eating and use fruit juices. When 
 the fever is broken and the appetite returns, have 
 him eat fruits, raw or steamed vegetables. Have 
 him exercise in the open air or in a well venti- 
 lated room, breathing deeply and exercising, by 
 voluntary contractions and expansion, the ab- 
 dominal and chest muscles. 
 
 An assertion that the mind will manifest new 
 power and work more strongly through the 
 nerves, circulation, and organs of the body, will 
 help. When relaxed and quietly breathing deeply 
 affirm the consciousness of the Spirit's indwell- 
 ing and complete filling of the whole personality 
 with strength, health, and life. Say to the pa- 
 tient : Your body is the manifestation of life and 
 Christ came that you might have more abundant 
 life. Perfect life-action is manifesting itself in 
 every part of your body. Your mind is pure in 
 thought, your body is feeling the power of the 
 Spirit's manifestation and the fever is subsiding, 
 the organs are doing their work normally, and 
 you are free from la grippe and cold. Life ac- 
 tion is all powerful in every part of your body. 
 You have the mind and consciousness of health 
 and express perfect health in thought and in your 
 whole body. You will now have a picture of per- 
 fect health and you will think the thought and 
 
FEAR AND SORROW 153 
 
 speak the word. (The treatment can be given 
 silently or audibly or both.) 
 
 Fear and Sorrow and Similar States 
 
 There is an intimate relation between these 
 characteristics of the human soul. One leads 
 easily to the other and all have produced most 
 serious consequences in life. They each have 
 their particular sphere of manifestation and are 
 largely conditioned on the attitude of mind and 
 state of the body. A self-poisoned state of the 
 latter and wrong thinking of the former will 
 produce an abnormal condition of fear and sor- 
 row whatever may be their primary causes. An 
 excessive, unnerving sorrow is sinful and should 
 be conquered ; an inordinate fear should be mas- 
 tered and exorcised from the mind. Looking at 
 things reasonably will assist in preventing an un- 
 due amount of either. Sorrow for the loss of 
 loved ones should be tempered by the thought 
 that they and ourselves are always in God's pres- 
 ence and we cannot be separated in thought, life, 
 love, but only in change of place. Resting in the 
 Wisdom, Love, and Life of God unites us with 
 them and when our eyes are opened as are theirs 
 we shall see them. The Omnipresence of God 
 and our vital relation to Him takes away sorrow 
 and also fear as to those who have passed out of 
 our touch for a little time. All life, visible and 
 invisible, is one and no power can sever it. The 
 
154 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 spiritual nature is the Holy of Holies of the hu- 
 man personality, and when the Shekinah mani- 
 fests His light therein there is "Comfort for sor- 
 row and love for fear." "A thread of our life, 
 without a break, is ever unwound from His." In 
 His life is all truth, peace, love, joy, and comfort. 
 Let in the light and darkness will vanish. Let in 
 love and hate and fear will pass away. Let in 
 comfort and peace and sorrow will cease. You 
 are living in Him and your belief in God and in 
 Christ, who reveals God, will bring comfort and 
 peace and deliverance from fear. Get a picture 
 of God's indwelling and see yourself abiding in 
 Him and receiving all things from Him. Repeat 
 some Scriptures like the following: "Let not 
 your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid." 
 "Sorrow not as those who have no hope." "Per- 
 fect love casteth out fear." 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize and manifest. 
 
 (This treatment can be used silently or aud- 
 ibly.) 
 
 Realization of Ideals and the Truth 
 
 Say to the patient : There is one very import- 
 ant principle presented in a two-fold form that 
 everyone ought to understand. It may be stated 
 as follows : Every mental impression strives for 
 expression and every mental picture strives for 
 realization. This is really one of the most im- 
 
IDEALIZATION AND REALIZATION 155 
 
 portant laws of psychology. Its far-reaching ap- 
 plication no one can understand until he has 
 thought and worked it out. The highest ideals 
 have a tendency to call into play all of the finer 
 forces of the spiritual nature and they lead to the 
 most effective realization in the whole personal- 
 ity. The essential power of those forces is the 
 truth. Hence freedom, love, peace, joy and deep- 
 est satisfaction grow out of the operation of the 
 truth through these forces. The truth also leads 
 to sincerity and purity of heart in which there 
 comes a vision of God to the spirit of man. The 
 vision transforms, renews, and uplifts. The high- 
 est ideal that any man can find in literature, art, 
 life and history, is Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, 
 and the Son of God. To know the truth and to 
 realize it in one's life is to know Him, believe 
 into Him, and follow Him. He brings eternal 
 life and deepest satisfaction. A picture of Him 
 placed where you can see it often and the mental 
 picture held as graphically as possible will 
 greatly aid one who desires to become like Christ. 
 Seeing one's self enwrapped in His love, power, 
 peace, and joy, seeing one's self "living, mov- 
 ing, and having one's being in God" and allowing 
 the truthful manifestation of the Spirit's indwell- 
 ing life to show in thought, speech, and act will 
 bring a realization of the highest ideals more 
 speedily than in any other way. Asserting com- 
 
156 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 plete freedom from doubt, fear, and blindness 
 and the manifestation of wisdom, love, and 
 power are very helpful. Claiming the fullness 
 of God through Christ and complete victory over 
 adverse conditions, and a realization of all that is 
 highest and noblest will help you to know God, 
 see Him in Christ, and realize Him in the Holy 
 Spirit. Say to patient also : 
 
 Pray — meditate — realize and manifest in your 
 whole life. 
 
 A Time of Silence and Meditation 
 
 Say to the patient : Take time for this when 
 you will probably not be bothered by anyone 
 intruding. Go into a quiet room, sit in an easy 
 chair, or lie down on a couch or bed. Relax every 
 muscle of your body and relax your mind. Have 
 a definite subject or object before you upon 
 which you will concentrate your attention. Shut 
 out other thoughts and in a quiet but definite 
 way see the one thing you are to meditate on and 
 try to see all sides and especially the truth of the 
 subject, and hold yourself to your task until you 
 feel that you are master of it. Open your mind 
 to the Spirit who can lead you into all truth, and 
 let Him make the subject plain, and also make 
 plain your duty in regard to it. When you leave 
 the room do your duty with all your might. Real- 
 ize that you drop worry, care, fear when you go 
 
CONDITIONS OF THE PATIENT 157 
 
 into the quiet place. It will also be a help to 
 make a positive statement either silently or aud- 
 ibly or both. This form of statement is a good 
 one: "God is here. He is my life. Christ lives 
 in me and reveals the Divine Love to me and in 
 me. I live and move and have my being in God." 
 Make these statements until you become thor- 
 oughly conscious of their truth and realize the 
 one Supreme Presence filling your whole nature. 
 The untold blessings you will not be able to 
 enumerate when you come into this realization. 
 
 Pray — meditate- — realize. 
 
 Instruction Concerning Conditions of the Pa- 
 tient Under Treatment 
 
 He must relax mentally and physically, holding 
 the thoughts : "I am relaxed, quiet, and peaceful." 
 "Peace fills my whole being," and mentally in- 
 tending and seeing that it does. Having an open 
 and receptive mind. Forgetting the ailments and 
 thinking of health, peace and strength ; thinking 
 all that is good, true, and beautiful; expecting a 
 realization of these things in the whole personal- 
 ity. Expecting a clearer view of the truth and 
 mentally laying hold of the truth will greatly 
 help. Being ready to receive is a better attitude 
 than mentally reaching out after what the healer 
 gives, as that mental state will have a tendency 
 to make one anxious and tense. This condition 
 
158 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 will cause all kinds of thoughts in the mind of 
 the patient and interference with the work to be 
 done. Holding the thought of complete recov- 
 ery, renewal of spiritual power, and a full reali- 
 zation of the presence of God will help in the 
 work. Having confidence in what is being done 
 and obeying directions. Refraining from thinking 
 about his ailments and refusing utterly to talk 
 about his sickness to his friends. Health is what 
 is wanted and the way to get it is to think, talk, 
 dream, and mentally picture it to one's self and 
 others. This is and ought to be also the healer's 
 attitude and will be if he is to succeed in his 
 work. If the patient talks the opposite he is un- 
 doing all the help the healer is giving, rejecting 
 all thoughts of health which he is sending and 
 undoing all that the patient can help to do for 
 himself. 
 
 Tell the patient to act out health, for that im- 
 presses the mental life and strengthens it and 
 causes it to think positively of recovery. Be reg- 
 ular in taking your treatments. Expect the best 
 and co-operate as fully as possible in order to get 
 all possible physical health, mental strength, and 
 spiritual power. Be thankful for every indication 
 of improvement and thank God for it. (Phil. 4:6.) 
 
MORNING AND NIGHT THOUGHTS 159 
 Morning Thoughts Before Rising 
 
 For All 
 
 I am thankful to God for sleep, rest, and 
 strength. I awake to righteousness — right think- 
 ing, right acting — which I shall carry out today. 
 I shall do everything today for the glory of God 
 and for good to my fellowmen and myself. I 
 shall take pleasure in my work and be happy in 
 doing it. "I shall be fervent in spirit, serving 
 the Lord." I shall be successful in everything 
 that I undertake that is right. God gives me this 
 day and my daily bread. He feeds my soul on 
 spiritual food and gives strength and desire to 
 do His will. I shall think good of all persons and 
 try to do good unto all for the Master's sake. 
 
 Night Thoughts After Retiring 
 
 I have had a good day and shall sleep soundly 
 tonight. I carry no memory of hatred and I have 
 a good feeling for everybody. I have no con- 
 demnation hanging over me, because I am in 
 Christ Jesus and I confess my sins unto God 
 who is faithful and just to forgive my sins and 
 He cleanses me from all unrighteousness. I have 
 eternal life and that life is in Christ. He lives in 
 me and I manifest that life. I have given up 
 anxiety and I lay all my burdens down at Jesus' 
 feet. "He giveth His beloved sleep" and my rest 
 shall be sweet and helpful to my body and mind. 
 All in His Name. 
 
160 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 How to Go Into the Silence 
 
 1. Retire to a quiet room or place daily for 
 one-half hour or longer if possible. Get away from 
 everybody and everything and alone with God, 
 your Heavenly Father. 
 
 2. Take a restful position, relax your body 
 and mind, breathe deeply and rapidly for a few 
 moments and in the last expulsions of breath 
 make them complete. Then breathe in quietly 
 and deeply, with the thought held as graphically 
 as possible that you are breathing in the Infin- 
 ite Spirit. 
 
 3. Shut out daily thoughts and cares, anxi- 
 eties and worries. Become perfectly quiet and 
 mentally dismiss bodily, mental and moral im- 
 perfections and get a picture of yourself as God's 
 child and see yourself enwrapped in His pres- 
 ence, Love, Wisdom and Power, and these things 
 filling your whole personality. 
 
 4. Take one affirmation, or two having in 
 them the same thought, and hold in your mind, 
 excluding as far as possible all other thoughts, 
 and give yourself up to the thought and let it 
 grip you. Try to realize its full import and 
 power in your life. 
 
 Here are a few more affirmations that may be 
 used : 
 
 Thy Eternal Life is my life. 
 Thy Infinite Wisdom guides me. 
 
PRACTICAL RELIGION 161 
 
 Thy Wondrous Intelligence illumines my 
 mind. 
 
 Thy Perfect Health is revealed in me and is 
 mine. 
 
 Thy Infinite Power upholds me. 
 
 Thy Almighty Strength is my support. 
 
 Thy Unchanging Love surrounds and fills me. 
 
 Thy Eternal Truth has made me free. 
 
 Thy Perfect Peace broods over me and fills my 
 life. 
 
 5. Do not tense the muscles of the body 
 when thinking, but let your affirmations pulsate 
 through your whole personality. Be so relaxed 
 that you will have a delightful feeling of rest 
 over the whole body. See the Infinite Spirit 
 taking complete possession and vibrating 
 through you, the Infinite Mind thinking through 
 you and Infinite Love filling you until you feel 
 a oneness of life, love and mind with God. Re- 
 alize that He reaches out through you to help 
 others in thought, feeling and action. 
 
 6. Use the same thought and affirmation 
 daily until you realize it in the very depths of 
 your nature. After that take another until you 
 realize fully its meaning and power. The power 
 of a suggestion is realized by repetition. The de- 
 velopment of your psychical nature, the revela- 
 tions received, the unfolding of your spiritual 
 life, and the mental comprehension depends on 
 concentration and unifying your thought. Put 
 
162 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 away all idea of discouragement or fear from 
 your mind. 
 
 7. Make Christ a living, spiritual power in 
 your life. Be specific in this and let Him be 
 what He ought to be to you, a real, actual, essen- 
 tial and glorious life in you and living through 
 you to bless, help, heal and comfort others. 
 
 8. Memorize and repeat the following three 
 times after each meditation and affirmation : 
 
 My heart is filled with God's Love, my mind 
 is filled with His Wisdom, my spiritual nature is 
 filled with His Power and my whole being is 
 filled with His Health and Holiness. I put out 
 of my mind all thought of discord, discontent, 
 wrong desire and disease, and shall cultivate 
 the thought and spirit of harmony, happiness, 
 health and heaven. 
 
 In order to get the best out of the silent medi- 
 tation there ought to be a regular time and place, 
 preparation and a thoughtful spirit at the close 
 to deepen the impressions. No one can under- 
 stand the helpfulness and spiritual, mental and 
 physical benefit that can come from these simple 
 exercises carried out in this time of silence and 
 meditation. 
 
A WONDERFUL PSALM 163 
 
 TWENTY-THIRD PSALM 
 
 and New Testament Explanation 
 
 Some one has found a beautiful fulfillment of 
 the Twenty-third Psalm in the words of Jesus. 
 With a little rearrangement it is reproduced 
 here. 
 
 "The Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want." 
 "I am the Good Shepherd." 
 
 I shall not want rest: "Pie maketh me to lie 
 
 down in green pastures." 
 
 "Come unto me all ye that labor and are 
 heavy laden, and I will give you rest." 
 
 I shall not want drink: "He leadeth me beside 
 the still waters." 
 
 "If any man thirst, let him come unto me 
 
 and drink." 
 
 I shall not want forgiveness: "He restoreth my 
 soul." 
 
 "The Son of man hath power on earth to 
 
 forgive sins." 
 
 I shall not want guidance: "He leadeth me in 
 the paths of righteousness for his name's sake." 
 
 "I am the way, and the truth, and the life." 
 
 "Follow me." 
 
 I shall not want companionship: "Yea, though 
 I walk through the valley of the shadow of 
 death, I will Fear no evil; for thou art with me." 
 
164 HEALING AND HELP 
 
 "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the 
 end of the world." 
 
 I shall not want comfort: "Thy rod and thy 
 staff they comfort me." 
 
 "I will not leave you comfortless. Ye are 
 
 in me, and I in you." 
 
 I shall not want food: "Thou preparest a table 
 before me in the presence of mine enemies." 
 
 "I am the bread of life; he that cometh to 
 
 me shall not hunger." 
 
 I shall not want joy: "Thou hast anointed my 
 head with oil." 
 
 "That my joy may be in you, and that your 
 
 joy may be filled full." 
 
 I shall not want anything: "My cup runneth 
 
 over." 
 
 "If ye shall ask any thing of the Father in 
 my name, He will give it to you." 
 
 I shall not want anything in this life: "Surely 
 goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days 
 of my life." 
 
 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his 
 righteousness, and all these things shall be 
 added unto you." 
 
 I shall not want anything in eternity: "For I will 
 dwell in the house of the Lord forever." 
 
 "Whither I go thou shalt follow * * * 
 That where I am, there ye may be also." 
 
Help and Healing Series 
 
 MANUAL 
 
 OF THE 
 
 League or Class of Healing 
 and Helpful Service 
 
 Plans and Purposes of the Organization 
 
 as an Assistant to the Pastor 
 
 and the Church 
 
 Originated and Organized by 
 
 DR. C. F. WINBIGLER 
 
 Author of "Healing and 
 Helpful Series of Books;" 
 "Suggestion: its Law and 
 Application," etc., etc. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 
 
Copyright 1916 
 By Charles F. Winbigler 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 The League or Class for Healing and Helpful 
 Service may be an organization or may be made 
 a part of an already formed class or organization 
 in the Church. The objects for such work, as is 
 planned for this League or Class, are very defi- 
 nite. The objects are : 
 
 1. To assist the pastor and Church. 
 
 2. To assist Churches in carrying out Christ's 
 command to "heal the sick" and to disseminate 
 spiritual and scientific principles in order to help 
 those in need and those who desire to realize all 
 that is highest and best in life. 
 
 3. To help individually by giving healing 
 treatments, advice and comfort. 
 
 4. To emphasize the laws of healing found in 
 the Scriptures and especially in the New Testa- 
 ment, and the utilization of the latest discovered 
 principles of psychology, hygiene and optimistic 
 philosophy in caring for the body, soul and spirit. 
 
 5. To show how these principles can be used 
 to develop and keep in prime condition the phys- 
 ical, mental and spiritual life. 
 
4 MANUAL 
 
 6. To show the unreasonableness of denying 
 the testimony of the senses and one's best judg- 
 ment. 
 
 7. To develop and make efficient and practical 
 helpers in the Church, assisting the pastor by vis- 
 iting and helping the sick and infirm, encourag- 
 ing the discouraged and hopeless ones, and thus 
 make practical the whole gospel of Christ. 
 
 8. To conserve the interests of the Church by 
 holding those interested in these healing and 
 helpful principles in the church and giving them 
 an opportunity to help others and bring them to 
 Christ and into the Church. 
 
HELP AND HEALING LEAGUE 
 
 Officers 
 
 1. President 
 
 2. Vice-President 
 
 3. Secretary 
 
 4. Treasurer 
 
 5. Teacher 
 
 6. Executive and Advisory Committee 
 
 1 _ : 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 The Pastor is ex officio overseer and advisor of 
 the organization. 
 
 Constitution and By-Laws 
 
 This organization shall be called The League or 
 Class of Healing and Helpful Service of the 
 
 Church or organization. 
 
 Every person who is willing to prepare himself 
 or herself by study to utilize the principles in the 
 books of instruction gotten up for this organiza- 
 tion shall be admitted as a member by recommen- 
 dation of the pastor and a vote of the League. 
 
6 MANUAL 
 
 Motto and Duties 
 
 The duties of the members shall be to do all the 
 good they can, in all the ways they can, to all the 
 people they can, and in all the places they can. 
 They will be given certain names of persons that 
 they may visit and treat by the principles which 
 they have learned from the Scriptures, from the 
 books of instruction, from psychotherapeutics, 
 and from optimistic philosophy. They shall be 
 encouraged to visit any people outside of the 
 church or in the church in need of their services, 
 advice, and ministry ; doing all they reasonably 
 can to lead those unsaved to Christ as a Savior, 
 and comforting and helping those in distress who 
 are Christians. Their special helpfulness to those 
 out of the church shall be to administer help, 
 healing, and comfort to them and by teaching and 
 invitation lead them to trust in Christ for salva- 
 tion. 
 
 They must live exemplary lives and show by 
 life and action that they know Christ as Savior 
 and Lord. He only can take to others what he 
 himself has received. 
 
 Duties of Officers 
 
 Section 1. President. The very best person, 
 qualified by knowledge and life, shall be chosen 
 for this position and shall preside at the meetings, 
 outline the work with the executive and advisory 
 
DUTIES OF OFFICERS 7 
 
 committee, and become acquainted with and learn 
 the qualification of those who are to do active 
 work in the League. 
 
 He shall appoint all committees unless other- 
 wise provided for ; shall construe all laws of the 
 League, decide all questions arising, and perform 
 all the customary duties of such an officer. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Vice-President shall perform the 
 duties of the President in the latter's absence. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Secretary shall keep a complete 
 record of the meetings held, send to any mem- 
 ber names of persons to be visited and helped, 
 and give information received to the President 
 and pastor. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive and ac- 
 count for all moneys coming into the treasury of 
 the League and shall disburse the same by order 
 of the President and Secretary. He shall render 
 a report to the League every three months. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Teacher shall be as thoroughly 
 equipped as possible in Scriptural knowledge 
 from the books of instruction, in the principles of 
 psychology and psychotherapeutics, and optimis- 
 tic philosophy. The teacher ought to be thor- 
 oughly good, spiritual and thoughtful, and filled 
 with the Holy Spirit. 
 
 Sec. 6. The executive and advisory commit- 
 
8 MANUAL 
 
 tee shall take the oversight of the work in gen- 
 eral, and with the President shall direct the or- 
 ganization in such a manner as to accomplish 
 the highest results and reach the largest number 
 of people. They shall, through the Secretary, 
 request those helped by workers to come to the 
 prayer meeting and give testimony concerning 
 help received and urge them to join the League 
 and do what they can to advance the work of 
 the same. 
 
 Sec. 7. The officers shall be elected by ballot 
 at an annual meeting and shall hold office until 
 successors are elected. The executive and ad- 
 visory committee shall be appointed by the of- 
 ficers with the approval of the pastor. 
 
 The Reason for This Organization 
 
 The needs of a league or class of the character 
 named in this manual is almost self-evident. Cer- 
 tain cults are taking out of our churches numbers 
 of people who would be glad to work in the 
 churches if they knew what they could do along 
 the line of assisting the church in restoring the 
 sick to health, the despondent to joy, the ob- 
 sessed to their right mind, and the fearful to a 
 condition of peace and quietness. Some of these 
 principles have been advocated in magazines and 
 papers, in books and lectures, so that many are 
 
NAME 9 
 
 getting ideas which they feel could be effectually 
 used to help those in need. Having no oppor- 
 tunity or encouragement to do what they could 
 to help others by the use of these principles, or, 
 if they try to do so, being immediately accused 
 of belonging to certain cults — these people go 
 where they feel that they will not be misunder- 
 stood and find sympathetic companions believing 
 and practicing what they believe. The churches 
 ought to hold these people and put them to work, 
 thus securing the benefits of the help which they 
 can give. The truth which Christ taught covers 
 the spiritual and physical needs of mankind. 
 
 Name 
 
 "The League or Class of Healing and Helpful 
 Service" is a name that exactly expresses what 
 is intended by this new organization. It is in- 
 tended to utilize all sane and reasonable prin- 
 ciples of truth, to recover the ailing and to bring 
 help to all that are in need. 
 
 Principles Used 
 
 The principles of the New Testament and the 
 whole Scriptures, psychology, psycho-therapeu- 
 tics, optimistic philosophy, and the knowledge in 
 the special books of instruction, will be utilized 
 and applied by those who are prepared to use 
 these principles. 
 
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 Preparation 
 
 Some training will be necessary for those who 
 have never made a special study of these prin- 
 ciples and in the books of instruction will be 
 found many teachings which if practically ap- 
 plied will accomplish remarkable results in recov- 
 ering those who are sick, fearful, disconsolate, 
 disappointed, depressed and helpless, from the 
 state and condition which they are in to an op- 
 posite and normal condition in which they will 
 find joy, happiness and success. There is no rea- 
 son why all these agencies referred to shall not 
 be utilized in order to bring out of life all the 
 finest elements it possesses and bring to those in 
 need of physical, mental, and spiritual help the 
 very things that make for comfort, strength, 
 power and salvation. 
 
 The Church's Work 
 
 The church is not only to lead a soul to sal- 
 vation but is to edify and build that soul into a 
 spiritual temple. To change the figures, the 
 Church is to develop the life of its membership 
 so that there shall be a complete unfolding of the 
 whole man physically, mentally, and spiritually. 
 Hence there is to be definite work which only 
 can be performed by utilizing definite principles. 
 
 Time Ripe for This Work 
 
 The time has come for the church to take up 
 the matter of specific help for the sick, worried 
 
CULTS USE SUGGESTION 11 
 
 and fearful, and do the work by the utilization of 
 sane and scientific principles and thus stop the 
 loss of membership to cults that are practically 
 denying the fundamental teachings of Chris- 
 tianity. 
 
 Cults Use Suggestion 
 
 Different cults are simply utilizing certain 
 forms of suggestion in an effective manner and 
 yet they positively deny using it. Any one who 
 knows anything about suggestion and its law 
 knows that their denial gives those cults the 
 falsehood or else brands them with ignorance. 
 It makes no difference whence the suggestions 
 may come, whether from physical sensation, 
 mental causation, or spiritual origination it is 
 suggestion. There are antidotes for poisons and 
 there are antidotes for things that are wrong. 
 Truth is the antidote for error and as we sug- 
 gest the truth and use it effectively we conquer 
 error and put it down. 
 
 Mortal Mind — Dilemma 
 
 It is utterly senseless to deny error, sin, sick- 
 ness, and death. Christ did not deny them and 
 why should we? The "mortal mind" is a thing 
 these cults conjure with and a mere assumption 
 without any reason. If they mean the conscious 
 mind then they must act differently in order to 
 make such assertions about it or else they must 
 
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 cease following its leadings and cease doing what 
 seems to be very reasonable. To be consistent 
 they must cease to eat, to wear clothing, to carry 
 an umbrella when it rains, stay in the house 
 when it is cold, be utterly indifferent to all the 
 laws of health. The conscious mind leads to 
 reasonable action. These people act reasonably 
 but talk very unreasonably. 
 
 Consistency 
 
 If the followers of these cults will say "we 
 assume the existence of mortal mind in order to 
 have a straw man to knock over and make our 
 denials of matter, sin, sickness, and death in order 
 to hold up our unreasonable philosophy" then we 
 have nothing more to say. 
 
 No Harmony Between Their Teach- 
 ings and the Master's 
 
 To claim that these things are in accordance 
 with the teachings of Christ and the Bible is to 
 claim what is not true and to misrepresent our 
 Lord and His word. There is no possibility of 
 making their negations to accord with the teach- 
 ings of Christ and the Bible, except by perverting 
 the Scriptures, misinterpreting them, and giving 
 a specialized and unreasonable meaning to them. 
 This is done by "Science and Health," and other 
 books by these cults. The Bible is a book of life 
 and its principles are to be interpreted in a rea- 
 sonable, scientific, and simple way so that "the 
 
SCIENTIFIC AGENCIES 13 
 
 wayfarer" and "he that runs" may read and un- 
 derstand them. 
 
 Scientific and Reasonable 
 Therapeutic Agencies 
 
 The Scriptures present certain laws and prin- 
 ciples which if obeyed and used will secure spir- 
 itual, mental, and physical health. Psycho-ther- 
 apeutics and mental healing bring to us formu- 
 lated laws that may be used in recovering man 
 from worries, fears, physical, mental, and spirit- 
 ual darkness and disease. Optimistic philosophy, 
 based on the utilization of the Law of Sugges- 
 tion, will bring most remarkable results to the 
 human being that obeys its principles and laws. 
 
 Denial of Senses 
 
 It is not necessary to stultify our conscience, 
 dethrone our reason, act contrary to our best 
 judgment, and deny our sense life in order to get 
 helpful, healthful, and splendid results in our 
 lives. We can keep ourselves in a normal condi- 
 tion, act consistently with the highest and most 
 reasonable philosophy and not deny the most evi- 
 dent experiences of our lives. 
 
 Power of Mind 
 Over Matter 
 
 Sin. sickness, pain, death, and matter are things 
 to be reckoned with in our present environment. 
 No legerdemain of words or silence can success- 
 
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 fully deny them. They can, however, be mastered 
 and controlled by spiritual and mental forces 
 brought into proper relationship to the life of 
 man ; their power will become ineffective because 
 man's mind will then be superior to them and can 
 conquer them. A Christian Scientist said, when I 
 made this statement, "Why, that is what we be- 
 lieve." I answered, "Why don't you say so?" 
 We shall take those things for granted and go to 
 work and control them and become master of 
 them. 
 
 Real Work of the Church 
 
 The teachings and practice of Christ and His 
 apostles concerning healing, optimism, and help 
 as well as salvation are plainly given in the New 
 Testament. The Church has gotten away from 
 those teachings, but she will gradually return to 
 them and then she will do the work that the Mas- 
 ter gave her to do in its completeness. 
 
 Prevention Better Than Cure 
 
 It is far better by a sysem of education and 
 training to prevent nervous breakdowns and ab- 
 normal conditions than to permit them to occur 
 and then try to cure them. 
 
 Testimonies 
 
 Dr. Robert McDonald says that "healing the 
 sick must be made a regular, recognized depart- 
 ment of Church work." Dr. Elwood Worcester, 
 
HEALING WORK OF CHURCH 15 
 
 one of the leaders in the Immanuel Movement, 
 says : "The healing work of the Church in the 
 early centuries of the Christian era had a most 
 powerful influence on Church life and custom and 
 was an influential factor in the Christian propa- 
 ganda." 
 
 Principles Success- 
 fully Tested 
 
 The Emmanuel Church of Boston, and Bishop 
 Fallows in his Church in Chicago, and one or two 
 Churches in New York and other cities have tried 
 out these principles most effectively and have 
 proven their efficiency in helping people out of 
 their grief, fear, worry, disappointment, selfish- 
 ness, sickness, and all kinds of nervous condi- 
 tions. 
 
 Nature of Treatment 
 
 Their treatment is very simple but very effect- 
 ive. It consists of a plain talk which leads to a 
 statement of the causes of disturbance in temper- 
 ament, character, and circumstances ; directions 
 are given to be followed faithfully according to 
 the specific needs ; waking suggestions are re- 
 peated over and over again, and the treatment 
 ends with prayer and good wishes. At times, by 
 these simple exercises, almost miraculous results 
 are obtained in the lives of the people who come 
 for help. 
 
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 Many Different Cases Helped 
 
 A large variety of cases can be helped : those 
 who have given up the battle of life ; the victims 
 of overpowering fear and distrust ; the afflicted, 
 suffering from religious depression, which threat- 
 ens to destroy reason ; those who suffer mentally 
 until they are down to the very verge of suicide ; 
 the physically ailing, the worried — all receive 
 great help from persons who know how to use 
 effectually the principles of the New Testament, 
 suggestion, and optimism. Neurasthenia, with all 
 its attending ills, surmises, fears, and suspicions, 
 has been relieved and a normal condition has been 
 established. 
 
 Results Obtained 
 
 Self-surrender and self-control can be taught ; 
 religion can be made a real and not a theoretical 
 matter; the emotions can be controlled; the will 
 can be re-enforced and set in operation ; the mind 
 can be impressed and directed ; the vital forces 
 can be mentally augmented in action ; the phys- 
 ical, mental, and spiritual life can be quickened 
 by the utilization of the principles referred to in 
 the fourfold classification given. These princi- 
 ples apply to and work in every department of 
 life and why should the Church not use them 
 effectively in helping every member and bringing 
 the personality and individuality of each into a 
 perfect stature and condition in Christ Jesus. 
 
RELIGION AND SCIENCE 17 
 
 Harmony of Religion 
 and Science 
 
 Religion and science are handmaids to help, 
 bless, and perfect humanity. The clergyman and 
 physician can work together, and trained helpers 
 can do most splendid work in the name of the 
 Master, thus helping to establish the Kingdom of 
 God in the hearts of men and women. 
 
 Remedy for Present-Day 
 Nervous Conditions 
 
 Nervous conditions, due to the rapid rate of 
 living and the abnormal conditions of life, are de- 
 veloping rapidly in this nation, and threaten its 
 peace, health, and spiritual life as never before in 
 its history. Infectious and contagious diseases 
 have been controlled, thus preventing an epi- 
 demic manifestation as in the past, and so we 
 expect that the nervous conditions arising from 
 physical, mental, moral, and spiritual causes can 
 be relieved by the positive utilization of the prin- 
 ciples of the New Testament, psychotherapy, and 
 optimism, etc. The conditions are becoming ap- 
 palling and the remedy is at hand to be applied 
 for prevention and recovery. It is not in any 
 sense another cult, but simply the using of forces 
 and methods that are at hand to secure the best 
 for mankind in thinking, feeling, and willing, thus 
 glorifying God and realizing His will. 
 
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 Main Object of the League 
 
 The great object in the organization of this 
 League or class is to fix in the minds of the ail- 
 ing ideas of health and holiness. It is to aid in 
 right thinking, spiritual discipline, and the estab- 
 lishment of right mental and spiritual habits to 
 help the church and glorify Christ. 
 
 Powerful Remedial Agencies 
 
 Instruction, testimony, and prayer, will be util- 
 ized by the workers to recover the ailing and 
 those in distress of mind or body. It is a well- 
 known fact that prayer and tactile suggestion 
 with oil or without may lead to recovery and 
 therefore may be used as a therapeutic agency. 
 
 The books of instruction entitled "How to Help 
 and Heal One's Self," and "How to Heal and 
 Help Others" are ready for publication and they 
 with the large work for advanced students can be 
 secured from the author. The title of the advanced 
 work is "Suggestion : Its Law and Application ; 
 or, The Principle and Practice of Psycho-Thera- 
 apeutics." It has 472 pages and covers the whole 
 field of psycho-therapeutics and optimistic phil- 
 osophy. 
 
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