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Copyright, 1907By R. F. Fbnno & Company

Ths Path to Prosperity

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CONTENTSThe Lesson of Evil . . . .11The World a Reflex of Mental States 19The Way Out of Undersirable Condi-

tions 28The Silent Power of Thought : Control-

ling and Directing One's Forces . 46The Secret of Health, Success, andPower 59The Secret of Abounding Happiness . 75The Realization of Prosperity . .85


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FOREWORDI looked around upon the world, and saw

that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorchedby the fierce fires of suffering. And I lookedfor the cause. I looked around, but could notfind it ; I looked in books, but could not findit ; I looked within, and found there both thecause and the self-made nature of that cause.I looked again, and deeper, and found theremedy. I found one Law, the Law of Loveone Life, the Life of adjustment to that Law;one Truth, the Truth of a conquered mind and aquiet and obedient heart. And I dreamed ofwriting a book which should help men andwomen, whether rich or poor, learned or un-learned, worldly or unworldly, to find withinthemselves the source of all success, all happiness,all accomplishment, all truth. And the dreamremained with me, and at last became substantialand now I send it forth into the world on itsmission of healing and blessedness, knowing thatit cannot fail to reach the homes and hearts ofthose who are waiting and ready to receive it.

JAMES ALLEN.


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THE LESSON OF EVILUnrest and pain and sorrow are the sh

of life. There is no heart in all the world tha$has not felt the sting of pain, no mind thatnot been tossed upon the dark waters of trouble,no eye that has not wept the hot, blinding tearsof unspeakable anguish. There is no house-hold where the Great Destroyers, disease andeath, have not entered, severing heart fromheart, and casting over all the dark pall ofsorrow. In the strong, and apparently inde-structible meshes of evil all are more or le:fast caught, and pain, unhappiness, and misfotune wait upon mankind.With the object of escaping, or in some w,-os..v,

If you are one of those who are praying for,and looking forward to, a happier world beyondthe grave, here is a message of gladness for you,you may enter into and realize that happy worldnow ; it fills the whole universe, and it is withinyou, waiting for you to find, acknowledge, andpossess. Said one who knew the inner laws ofBeing, When men shall say lo here, or lo there,go not after them ; the kingdom of God is withihyou. What you have to do is to believe this,simply believe it with a mind unshadowed bydoubt, and them meditate upon it till you under-stand it. You will then begin to purify and tobuild your inner world, and as you proceed,passing from revelation to revelation, from realiza-

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26 The Path of Prosperitytion to realization, you will discover the utterpowerlessness of outward things beside the magicpotency of a self-governed soul.

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If thou would'st rightAnd banish all its evils an

Make its wild places.And its drear deserts blossom ai the rose,

Then right thyself. >If thou would'st turn the world

From its long, lone captivity in sin,Restore all broken hearts,

Slay grief, and let sweet consolation in,Turn thou thyself.

If thou would'st cure the worldOf its long sickness, end its grief and p

Bring in all-healing Joy,And give to the afflicted rest again,Then cure thyself.

If thou would'st wake the worldOut of its dream of death and dark'ning strife

Bring it to Love and Peace,And Light and brightness of immortal Life,Wake thou thyself.


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THE WAY OUT OF UNDESIRABLECONDITIONSHaving seen and realized that evil is but assing shadow thrown, by the intercepting self,

across the transcendent Form of the EternalGood, and that the world is a mirror in whicheach sees a reflection of himself, we now ascend.^y firm and easy steps, to that plane of percep-tion whereon is seen and realized the Vision of

' e Law. With this realization comes theknowledge that everything is included in aceaseless interaction of cause and effect, and thatnothing can possibly be divorced from law.\From the most trivial thought, word, or act of

n, up to the groupings of the celestial bodies,reigns supreme. No arbitrary condition can,

en for one moment, exist, for such a conditionwould be a denial and an annihilation of law.Every condition of life is, therefore, bound up inan orderly and harmonious sequence, and thesecret and cause of every condition is containedwithin itself. The law, Whatsoever a mansows that shall he also reap, is inscribed in

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The Way Out of Undesirable Conditions 29none can deny it, none can cheat it, none canescape it. He who puts his hand in the firemust suffer the burning until such time as it hasworked itself out, and neither curses nor prayerscan avail to alter it. And precisely the samelaw governs the realm of mind. Hatred, anger,jealousy, envy, lust, covetousness, all these arefires which burn, and whoever even so much astouches them must suffer the torments of burn-ing. All these conditions of mind are rightlycalled evil, for they are the efforts of the soulto subvert, in its ignorance, the law, and they,therefore, lead to chaos and confusion within, andare sooner or later actualized in the outward cir-cumstances as disease, failure, and 'misfortune,coupled with grief, pain, and despair. Wheea$

v love, gentleness, goodwill, purity, are coolingairs which breathe peace upon the soul thatwooes them, and, being in harmony with theEternal Law, they become actualized in theform of health, peaceful surroundings, and unde-viating success and good fortunefNA thorough understanding of mis Great Lawwhich permeates the universe leads to the ac-quirement of that state of mind known as obedi-ence. To know that justice, harmony, and loveare supreme in the universe is likewise to knowthat all adverse ancTpainful conditions are theresult of ouT~6wn disobedience to^KaTXaw.

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30 The Path of ProsperitySuch knowledge leads to strength and power,and it is upon such knowledge alone that a truelife and an enduring success and happiness canbe built. To be patient under all circumstances,and to accept all conditions as necessary factorsin your training, is to rise superior to all painfulconditions, and to overcome them with an over-coming which is sure, and which leaves no fearof their return, for by the power of obedience tolaw they are utterly slain. Such an obedientone is working in harmony with the law, has, infact, identified himself with the law, and whatso-ever he conquers he conquers forever; whatso-ever he builds can never be destroyed.The cause of all power, as of all weakness, iswithin: the secret of all happiness as of all

misery is likewise within. There is no prog-ress apart from unfoldment within, and no surefoothold of prosperity or peace except by orderlyadvancement in knowledge.You say you are chained by circumstances ;

you cry out for better opportunities, for a widerscope, for improved physical conditions, and per-haps you inwardly curse the fate that binds youhand and foot. It is for you that I write; it isto you that I speak. Listen, and let my wordsburn themselves into your heart, for that which Isay to you is truth : You may bring about thatimproved condition in your outward life wKich

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31he Way Out of Undesirable Conditionsyou desire, if you will unszvcrvingly resolMJ&.impr eJjm^j^Jer'lf^: f~fcfnoiJ : this pathwaylooks barrejvat its commencement (truth alwaysdoes, it is only error and delusion which are atfirst inviting and fascinating), but if you under-take to walk it ; if you perseveringly disciplineyour mind, eradicating your weaknesses, andallowing your soul-forces and spiritual powersunfold themselves, you will be astonished at themagical changes which will be brought about inyour outward life. As you proceed, golden op-portunities will be strevvn across-_y.QujLp.athj.andthe power and judgment to Ppejjy^j^tili^_themwill spring up within you. Genial friends willcome unbidden to you ; sympathetic souls willbe drawn to you as the needle is to the magnetand books and all outward aids that you require

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will come to you unsought.Perhaps the chains of poverty hang heavily

upon you, and you are friendless and alone, andyou long with an intense longing that your loadmay be lightened ; but the load continues, an$cyou seem to be enveloped in an ever-increasingdarkness. Perhaps you complain, you bewailyour lot; you blame your birth, your parents,your employer, or the unjust Powers who havebestowed upon you so undeservedly poverty and

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things which you blame are the*cause ofyour poverty ; the causefis Vfthin yourself, andwhere the cause is, there is the remedy. Thevery fact that you are a complainer, shows thatyou deserve your lot ; shows that you lack thatfaith which is the ground of all effort and prog-ress. There is no room for a complainer in auniverse^oF law, and worry is soul-suicide. Byyour very attitude ofrnirTfrymraTcstrengtheningthe chains which bind you, and are drawingabout you the darkness by which you are en-veloped. Alteryour outlook upon life, and youroutward life^yjlTaEerT^ Build yuuiself up 111 faitharHHknowledge, and make yourself worthy of

tter surroundings and wider opportunities. Besure, first of all, that you are making the best

what you have. Do not delude yourself intosupposing that you can step into greater advan-tages whilst overlooking smaller ones, for if youcould, the advantage would be impermanent andyou would quickly fall back again in order tolearn the lesson which you had neglected. Asthe child at school must master one standardbefore passing on to the next, so, before you canhave that greater good which you so desire,

ust you faithfully employ that which youalready possess. The parable of the talents is abeaulimTsTory^illustrative of this truth, for does itnot plainly show that if we misuse, neglect, or


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33degrade that which we possess, be it ever somean and insignificant, even that little will betaken from us, for, by our conduct we show thatwe are unworthy of it. ^Perhaps you are living in a small cottage, andare surrounded by unhealthy and vicious inrfluences. You desire a larger and more sanitary-residence. Then you must fit yourself for siica residence by first of all making your cottage asfar as possible a little paradise. Keep it spotlesslyclean. Make it look as pretty and sweet as ytfurlimited means will allow. Cook your plain foodwith all care, and arrange your humble table astastefully as you possibly can. If you cannotafford a carpet, let your rooms be carpeted withsmiles and welcomes, fastened down with thenails of kind words driven in with the hammerof patience. Such a carpet will not fade in thesun, and constant use will never wear it away.By so ennobling your present surroundings

you will rise above them, and above the need ofthem, and at the right time you will pass on intothe better house and surroundings which have allalong been waiting for you, and which you havefitted yourself to occupy. flfiWi Perhaps you desire more time for thoughtand effort, and feel that your hours of labare too hard and long. Then see to it that yon ~are utilizing to the fullest possible extent what\^


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you Have ; for you would only grow more indoIenTand indifferent.Even poverty and lack of time and leisure are

not the evils that you imagine they are, and ifthey hinder you in your progress, it is because youhave clothed them in your own weaknesses, and

e evil that you see in them is really in yourself.EndeaVor to fully and completely realize that in sofar as you shape and mould your mind, you arethe maker of your destiny, and as, by the trans-muting power of self-discipline you realize thismore and more, you will come to see that these

tigo-caJled evils may be converted into blessings.Yj^^willtHen utilize your poverty for the cul-' ation of patience, hope and courage ; and yourlack of time in the gaining of promptness ofactionand decision of mind, by seizing the preciousmoments as they present themselves for youracceptance. As in the rankest soil the mostbeautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil ofpoverty the choicest flowers of humanity havedeveloped and bloomed. Where there are dimViculties to cope with, and unsatisfactory conditions Ito overcome, there virtue most flourishes andjmanifests its glory.

It may be that you are in the employ of atyrannous master or mistress, and you feel that


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The Way Out of Undesirable Conditions 35you are harshly treated. Look upon this alsoas necessary to your training. J^ton^youremployer's unkindness with gentleness and for-givenessTyi. FraclTc e u1iiFe asTngly patience and self-control. Turn the disadvantage to account byutilizing it for the gaining of mental and spiritualstrength, and by your silent example and influenceyou will thus be teaching your employer, will behelping him to grow ashamed of his conduct, andwill, at the same time, be lifting yourself up tothat height of spiritual attainment by which youwill be enabled to step into new and more con-genial surroundings at the time when they arepresented to you. Do not complain that you area slave, but lift yourself up, by noble conduct,above the plane of slavery. Before complainingthat you are a slave to another, be sure thatyou are not a slave to self. Look within ; looksearchingly, and have no mercy upon yourself.You will find there, perchance, slavish thoughts,slavish desires, ajid in your daily life and conductslavish habits, yjonquer these ; cease to be a slaveto self, and no man will have the power to en-slave youj As^ou overcome self, y^qu will over-come all^adverse conlHlonsTlmire^^wiM fall before you. jj^y^Do not complain that you are oppressed bythe rich. Are you sure that ifyou gained richesyou would not be an oppressor-yourself? Re-


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Pathmember that there is the Eternal Law which isabsolutely just, and that he who oppresses'to-day

himself be oppressed to-morrow ; ami. fromthere is no way of escape. And perhapsesterday (in some former existence) werend an oppressor, and that you are now

ly paying off the debt which you owe toGreat Law. Practice, therefore, fortitude.faith. Dwell constantly in mind uponternal Justice, the Eternal Good. En-

deavor to lift yourself above the personal and thetransitory into the impersonal and permanent.Shake off the delusion that you are being injuredor oppressed by another, and try to realize, bya profounder comprehension of your inner life,and the laws which govern that life, that you areonly really injured by what is within you.

ere is no practice more degrading, debasing,and soul-destroying than that of self-pity. \ LastitTout from you. While such a canker rsleedingupon your heart you can never expect to growinlo a fuller life. Cease from the condemnationof others, and begin to condemn yourself. Con-done none of your acts, desires or thoughts that

ill not bear comparison with spotless purity, orensure the light of sinless good. By so doing youwill be building your house upon the rock of theEternal, and all that is required for your happinessand well-being will come to you in its own time.


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htilThe Way Out of Undesirable Conditions 3;There is positively no way of permanently

rising above poverty, or any undesirable con-dition, except by eradicating those selfish andnegative conditions within, of which these are thereflection, and by virtue of which they continue.The way to true riches is to enrich %e soul by ^the acquisition of virtue. Outside of real hea^ \virtue there is neither prosperity rj^gibwer,only the appearances of these, ^tfam aware thmen make money who have acquired no measureof virtue, and have little desire to do so ; butsuch money does not constitute true riches, andits possession is transitory and feverish. Here isDavid's testimony : For I was envious at thefoolish when I saw the prosperity of thewicked. . . . Their eyes stand out with fat-ness ; they have more than heart couldwish. . . . Verily I have cleansed my heartin vain, and washed my hands in inncency. . . . When I thought to know this itwas too painful for me ; until I went into thesanctuary of God, then understood I thei#/eftdl?JThe prosperity of the wicked was a greaitrlal w>David until he went into the sanctuary of God,and then he knew their end. You likewise ma7go into that sanctuary. It is within you. It isthat state of consciousness which remains when-:all that is sordid, and personal, and impermanentis risen above, and universal and eternal princi-


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38 The Path of Prosper itypies are realized. That is the God state of con-sciousness ; it is the sanctuary of the Most High.When, by long strife and self-discipline, youhave succeeded in entering the door of that holyTemple, you will perceive, with unobstructedvision, the end and fruit of all human thoughtand endeavor, both good and evil. You willthen no longer relax your faith when you seethe immoral man accumulating outward riches,for you will know that he must come again topoverty and degradation. The rich man who isbarren of virtue is, in reality, poor, and as surelyas the waters of the river are drifting to theocean, so surely is he, in the midst of all hisriches, drifting towards poverty and misfortuneand though he die rich, yet must he return toreap the bitter fruit of all his immorality. Andthough he become rich many times, yet as manytimes must he be thrown back into poverty,until, by long experience and suffering he con-quers the poverty within. But the man who isoutwardly poor, yet rich in virtue, is truly rich,and, in the midst of all his poverty, he is surelytraveling towards prosperity ; and aboundingjoy and bliss await his coming.

If you would become truly and permanently7 prosperous, you must first become virtuous. It

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V, TJie Way Out of Undesirable Conditions^ 3&greedily for it. To do this is to ultimatedefeat yourself. But rather aim at self-perfection,make useful and unselfish service the objectyour life, and ever reach out hands of faith to-wards the supreme and unalterable Good.You say you desire wealth, not for your

sake, but in order to do good with it, andbless others. If this is your real motive in desiring wealth, then wealth will come to youyou are strong and unselfish indeed if, itt^&Jmidst of riches, you are willing to look uponyourself as steward and not as owner. But ex-amine well your motive, for in the majorityôjînstances where money is desired for the adted object of blessing others, the real underlyimotive is a love of popularity, and a desire topose as a philanthropist or reformer. If you arct^not doing good with what little you have, de^-pend upon it the more money you got the moreselfish you would become, and all the good youappeared to do with your money, if you attempteto do any, would be so much insinuating self-laudation. If your real desire is to do good,there is no neecPto Walt for money before wMJde~ifrf*you ean do it nuWTrhis verymoment, andjust whejfr ynn arfa If you are really sounselfish as roiu^Deêve~-y4>urseTf J^L.h^yoiuîlshowTt by sacrificing yourself for othersNo matter hovFpoor you are, there is room-


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Path of Prosperityself-sacrifice, for did not the widow put her allinto the treasury ? The heart that truly desiresto do good does not wait for money before doingit, but comes to the altar of sacrifice, and, leav-ing there the unworthy elements of self, goesout and breathes upon neighbor and stranger,friend and enemy alike, the breath of blessed-ness.As the effect is related to the cause, so is pros-

perity and power related to the inward good, andpoverty and weakness to the inward evil.Money does not constitute true wealth, nor

position, nor power, and to rely upon it alone isstand upon a slippery place.Your true wealth is your stock of virtue, and

your true power the uses to which you put it.Rectify your heart, and you will rectify your life.Lust, hatred, anger, vanity, pride, covetousness,self-indulgence, self-seeking, obstinacy,all theseare poverty and weakness ; whereas, love, purity,gentleness, meekness, patience, compassion, gen-erosity, self-forgetfulness, and self-renunciation,all these are wealth and power.As the elements of poverty and weakness are

overcome, an irresistible and all-conqueringpower is evolved from within, and he who suc-ceeds in establishing himself in the highest virtue,brings the whole world to his feet.But the rich, as well as the poor, have their


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The Way On ons 41 J^undesirable concffio^^l feidk are frequentlyfarther removed from happiness than the poorAnd here we see how happiness depends, noupon outward aids or possessions, but upon theinward life. Perhaps you are an employer, andyou have endless trouble with those whom youemploy, and when you do get good and faithfujtservants they quickly leave you. As a resyou are beginning to lose, or have complet^llost, your faith in human nature. You try toremedy matters by giving better wages, and byallowing certain liberties, yet matters remain unaltered. Let me advise you. The secret of allyour trouble is not in your servants, it is in your-self; and if you look within, with a humble ansincere desire to discover and eradicate yoerror, you will, sooner or later, find the originall your unhappiness. It may be some selfisdesire, or lurking suspicion, or unkind attitudeof mind which sends out its poison upon thoseabout you, and reacts upon yourself, even thoughyou may not show it in your manner or speech.Think of your servants with kindness, considertheir happiness and comfort, and never demandof them that extremity of service whicfy youyourself would not care to perform were you intheir place. Rare and beautiful is that humilityof soul by which a servant entirely forgeti|:Jiim\self in his master's good; but far rarer, and.-


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42 The Path of Prosperitybeautiful with a divine beauty, is that nobilityof soul by which a man, forgetting his ownhappiness, seeks the happiness of those who areunder his authority, and who depend upon himfor their bodily sustenance. And such a man'shappiness is increased tenfold, nor does he needto complain of those whom he employs. Saida well-known and extensive employer of labor,who never needs to dismiss an employee : Ihave always had the happiest relations with myworkpeople. If you ask me how it is to beaca$^ted for, I can only say that it has beenmy aim from the first to do to them as I wouldwish to be done by. Herein lies the secret by

s-Jf, which all desirable conditions are secured, andall that are undesirable are overcome. Do yousay that you are loneiy-aftd unloved r-a^d-have not a friend in the world ? Then, I prayyou, foTThe sake^dT^oTtfJ^wn happiness, blamenobody but yourself. Be friendly towardsothers, aiid friends will soon flock round you. *Make yourself pure and lovable, and you will beloved by. all..Whatever conditions are rendering your life

^nffinsome, you may pass out of and beyondthem by developing and utilizing within you thetransforming power of self-purification andself-conquest. Be it the poverty which galls

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sighings, and complainings, and heartaches, andloneliness by coming out of yourself. Let theold tattered garment of your petty selfishnessfall from you, and put on the new garment of

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SILENT POWER OF THOUGHT:ONTROLLING AND DIRECTINGONE'S FORCES

he most powerful forces in the universe arethe silent forces ; and in accordance with the in-tensity of its power does a force become benefi-cent when rightly directed, and destructive whenw-fongly employed. This is common knowledgein regard to the mechanical forces, such as steam,electricity, etc., but few have yet learned to applythis knowledge to the realm of mind, where thethought-forces (most powerful of all) are contin-ually being generated and sent forth as currentsof salvation or destruction.At this stage of his evolution, man has entered

into the possession of these forces, and the wholetrend of his present advancement is their com-plete subjugation. All the wisdom possible toman on this material earth is to be found only incomplete self-mastery, and the command, Lovefour enemies, resolves itself into an exhortationo enter here and now, into the possession of thatsublime wisdom by taking hold of, mastering andtransmuting, those mind forces to which man is

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The Silent Power of Thought 47now slavishly subject, and by which he is help-lessly borne, like a straw on the stream, upon thecurrents of selfishness.The Hebrew prophets, with their perfect knowl-

edge of the Supreme Law, always related out-ward events to inward thought, and associatednational disaster or success with the thoughts anddesires that dominated the nation at the time.The knowledge of the causal power of thought isthe basis of all their prophecies, as it is the basisof all real wisdom and power. National eventsare simply the working out of the psychic forcesof the nation. Wars, plagues, and famines arethe meeting and clashing of wrongly-directedthought-forces, the culminating points at whichdestruction steps in as the agent of the Law. Itis foolish to ascribe war to the influence of oneman, or to one body of men. It is the crowninghorror of national selfishness.

It is the silent and conquering thought-forceswhich bring all things into manifestation. Theuniverse grew out of thought. Matter in its lastanalysis is found to be merely obtectivizedthought. All man's accomplishments were firstwrought out in thought, and then objectivized.The author, the inventor, the architect, first buildsup his work in thought, and having perfected itin all its parts as a complete and harmoniouswhole upon the thought-plane, he then com-


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^tj^-ial or sfcnse-plane. Wj^ flen thethought-forces arWairected in har-lony with '^heaver-ruling Law, they are up->uilding and ]weervative, but when subverted

ly become disintegrating and self-destructive.To adjust all your thoughts to a perfect and

unswerving faitfrfgfetfie omnipotence and suprem-acy of Good, is ro^>operate with that Good,

^d to realize within yourself the solution andftruction of all evil. Believe andye shall live.And here we have the true meaning of salvation

salvation from the darkness and negation of evil,entering into, and realizing the living light of

the Eternal Good.^Wherjsijthere is fear, worry, anxiety, doubt,trouble,'^chagrin, or disappointment, there is ig-norance and lack of faith. All these conditionsof mind are the direct outcome of selfishness, andare based upon an inherent belief in the powerand supremacy of evil ; they therefore constitute>ractical atheism ; and to live in, and becomesubject to, these negative and soul-destroyingconditions of mind is the only real atheism.

It is salvation from such conditions that the^ race needs, and let no man boast of salvation\ whilst he is their helpless and obedient slave.

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The Silent Power of Thought . 49 Alieves in the Eternal Justice, the OmnipotentGood, the Boundless Love ? To fear, to worry,to doubt, is to deny, to disbelieve. /C^^r

It is from such states of mind that all weak-ness and failure proceed, for they represent theannulling and disintegrating of the positivethought-forces which would otherwise speedytheir object with power, and bring about theirown beneficent results.To overcome these negative conditions is toenter into a life of power, is to cease to beslave, and to become a master, and there is onbone way by which they can be overcome, ancthat is by steady and persistent growth in inwardknowledge. To mentally deny evil is not suffi-cient ; it must, by daily practice, be risen aboveand understood. To mentally affirm the good isinadequate ; it must, by unswerving endeavor,be entered into and comprehended.The intelligent practice of self-control, quickly

leads to a knowledge of one's interior thought-forces, and, later on, to the acquisition of thatpower by which they are rightly employed anddirected. In the measure that you master self,that you control your mental forces instead ofbeing controlled by them, in just such measurewill you master affairs and outward circumstances.Show me a man under whose touch everythingcrumbles away, and who cannot retain success


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50 Me Path of Prosperityeven when it is placed in his hands, and I willshow you a man who dwells continually in thoseconditions of mind which are the very negationof power. To be forever wallowing in the bogsof doubt, to be drawn continually into the quick-sands of fear, or blown ceaselessly about by thewinds of anxiety, is to be a slave, and to live theife of a slave, even though success and influencebe forever knocking at your door seeking for ad-mittance. Such a man, being without faith andwithout self-government, is incapable of the rightgovernment of his affairs, and is a slave to cir-cumstances ; in reality a slave to himself. Suchare taught by affliction, and ultimately pass fromweakness to strength by the stress of bitter ex-perience.

Faith and purpose constitute the motive-powerof life. There is nothing that a strong faith andan unflinching purpose may not accomplish. Bythe daily exercise of silent faith, the thought-forces are gathered together, and by the dailystrengthening of silent purpose, those forces aredirected towards the object of accomplishment.Whatever your position in life may be, before

you can hope to enter into any measure of suc-cess, usefulness, and power, you must learn howto focus your thought-forces by cultivating calm-ness and repose. It may be that you are a busi-ness man, and you are suddenly confronted with

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some ovemhdming difficulty or probable dis-aster. You growi earful and anxious, and are atyour wit's end.^To persist in such a state ofmind would be fatal, for when anxiety steps irt, \ &jfw

realm. As mental harmony produces bodily,health, so it also leads to a harmonious sequence 'in the actual working out of one's plans. Ordyour thoughts and you will order your liPour the oil of tranquillity upon the turbulenwaters of the passions and prejudices, and tlurktempests of misfortune, howsoever they fliayVthreaten, will be powerless to wreck the barqueof your soul, as it threads its way across ^IfeJocean of life. And if that barque be pilotela cheerful and never-failing faith its cou^efvbe doubly sure, and many perils will pass ilwhich would otherwise attack it. By the potherof faith every enduring work is accomplished.Faith in the Supreme; faith in the over-rulingLaw ; faith in your work, and in your power toaccomplish that work,here is the rock uponwhich you must build if you would achieve, ifyou would stand and not fall. To follow, underall circumstances, the highest promptings withinyou ; to be always true to the divine self; to relyupon the inward Light, the inward Voice, andto pursue your purpose with a fearless and efo %^^xfuLheart, believing that the future will yield unto


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nd effort; know-se can never fail,

^iat yoM2Jfwn wiff^gftre back to you withjtii^matical exactitude, this is faith and the

Uytmg of faith. By the power of such a faith theark waters of uncertaintyare divided, everymoun-

i of difficulty crumbles away, and the believing1 passes on unharmed. Strive, O reader to

'quire, above everything, the priceless posses-sion of this dauntless faith, for it is the talisman

appiness, of success, of peace, of power, ofat makes life great and superior to suffering.. upon such a faith, and you build upon theof the Eternal, and with the materials of

Eternal, and the structure that you erect willneymf be dissolved, for it will transcend all the

umulations of material luxuries and riches, theof which is dust. Whether you are hurled

i^he depths of sorrow, or lifted upon theights of joy, ever retain your hold upon this

j^ever return to it as your rock of refuge, and^p your feet firmly planted upon its immortald immovable base. Centred in such a faith,

will become possessed of such a spiritualrjejfcgth as will shatter, like so many toys ofglass, all the forces of evil that are hurled against

u, and you will achieve a success such as themere striver after worldly gain can never knowor even dream of. If ye have faith, and doubt


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The Secret of Health, Success and Power 67not, ye shall not only do this, . . . but ifye shall say unto this mountain, be thou removedand be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done.

There are those to-day, men and women taber-nacled in flesh and blood, who have realized thisfaith, who live in it and by it day by day, andwho, having put it to the uttermost test, haveentered into the possession of its glory andpeace. Such have sent out the word of com-mand, and the mountains of sorrow and disap-pointment, of mental weariness and physical painhave passed from them, and have been cas^intothe sea of oblivion. v jC^S

If you will become possessed of\his fait)will not need to trouble about yoicess or failure, and success will come.^jnot need to become anxious about results, butwill work joyfully and peacefully, knowing thatright thoughts and right efforts will inevitably ^bring about right results.

I know a lady who has entered into mblissful satisfactions, and recently ar#tendmarked to her, Oh, how fortuna^You only have to wish for a thing, %x@$f')to you. And it did, indeed, appear so 'dffl-surface ; but in reality all the blesseddness thatentered into this woman's life/come of the inward state ofhas, throughout life, been culJR||S||


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4^Path of Prosperity

. Mere wishiing but disappointment; ltTs'TivTn]>rMie foolish wish^noT^gi'irtnble ; tae^ wis ) workAnd this woman had worked;

s noth-ratrtdls.

;>wait. i\na tms womanorked without and within, but especially within

heart and soul ; and with the invisiblehands of the spirit she had built up, with theprecious stones of faith, hope, joy, devotion, andve, a fair temple of light, whose glorifying ra-

diance was ever round about her. It beamed inJ eye; it shone through her countenance ; it

vibrated in her voice ; and all who came into herpresence felt its captivating spell.And as with her, so with you. Your success,c$rr failure, your influence, your whole life yourry about with you, for your dominant trendsthought are the determining factors in yourstiny. Se^4^dr1uvmg, StairrtessTft-ftd-happy . \joughts, and blessings will fall into your hands, ^ \d your table will be spread with the cloth of v y^ace. Send forth hateful, impure, and unhappy A ^oughts, and curses will rain down upon you, ./^

fear and unrest will wait upon your pillow.u are the unconditional maker of your fate, be

that fate what it may. Every moment you arending forth from you the influences which willke or mar your life. Let your heart grow

rge and loving and unselfish, and great andlasting will be your influence and success, even


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w i* w$. Powerhe Secret of Health^Jkthough you make little money. Confine it withinthe narrow limits of self-interest, and even thoughyou become a millionaire your influence andsuccess, at the final reckoning will be found to beutterly insignificant. (J

Cultivate, then, this pure and unselfish spirit, rjand combine with purity and faith,; singleness^ hrpurpose, and you are evolving Jr^m within tSi\^elements, not only of abounding health and en-during success, but of greatness and power, t

If your present position is distasteful to and your heart is not in your work, neverthelessperform your duties with scrupulous diligence,and whilst resting your mind in the idea that thebetter position and greater opportunities arewaiting for you ; ever keep an active mej^

so that when .*utlook for budding possibilitiesthe critical moment arrives, and the new channelpresents itself, you will step into it with yotmind fully prepared for the undertaking, awith that intelligence and foresight which isof mental discipline. zf> W v*Whatever your task may be, concentra^ ywlinTe^iminrl upon it, throw into \\ all the enerv

fi>nHnof whichjrou arej:ajgable. The faultless compltion of small tasks leads inevitably to la

. See to it that you rise by steady climbing,arTdr^yoiT will never Tall T And bereiil ltes tlletf

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JO Hie Path of Prosperitytice, how to husband your resources, and to con-centrate them, at any moment, upon a givenpoint. The foolish waste all their mental andspiritual energy in frivolity, foolish chatter, orselfish argument, not to mention wasteful physicalexcesses.

If you would acquire overcoming power youmust cultivate poise and passivity. You must beable to stand alone. All power is associatedwith immovability. The mountain, the massiverock, the storm-tried oak, all speak to us ofpower, because of their combined solitary gran-deur and defiant fixity ; while the shifting sand,the yielding twig, and the waving reed speak tous of weakness, because they are movable andnon-resistant, and are utterly useless when de-tached from their fellows. He is the man ofpower who, when all his fellows are swayed bysome emotion or passion, remains calm and un-moved.He only is fitted to command and control who

has succeeded in commanding and controllinghimself. The hysterical, the fearful, the thought-less and frivolous, let such seek company, orthey will fall for lack of support ; but the calm,the fearless, the thoughtful, and grave, let suchseek the solitude of the forest, the desert, and themountain-top, and to their power more powerwill be added, and they will more and more suc-


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The Secret of Healthy Success andcessfully stem the psychic currentspools which engulf mankind.

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ith of Prosperityit by practice, and the beginning of power islikewise the beginning of wisdom. You mustcommence by overcoming those purposelesstrivialities to which you have hitherto been awilling victim. Boisterous and uncontrolledlaughter, slander and idle talk, and joking merelyto raise a laugh, all these things must be put onone side as so much waste of valuable energy.

iLSlc. Paul never showed his wonderful insight intojtfye hidden laws of human progress to greateradvantage than when he warned the Ephesiansagainst Foolish talking and jesting which is notconvenient, for, to dwell habitually in such prac-tices-is to destroy all spiritual power and life. As

succeed in rendering yourself impervious tosuch mental dissipations you will begin to under-stand what true power is, and you will then com-mence to grapple with the more powerful desiresand appetites which hold your soul in bondage,and bar the way to power, and your further prog-ress will then be made clear.Above all, be of single aim ; have a legitimate

and useful purpose, and devote yourself unre-servedly to it. Let nothing draw you asideremember that V The double-minded man is un-; ^stable in all his ways.


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The Secret of Healthy Success andlible Voice, you îfiyP*S^*Jfem^(P^^Ltory, and will rise step by step to higher resting-places, and your ever-broadening outlook wigradually reveal to you the essential beautyâ^purpose of life. Self-purified, health wilk^yours ; faith-protected, success will be youself-governed, power will be yours, and all thayou do will prosper, for, ceasing to be a disjointedunit, self-enslaved, you will be in harmony withe Great Law, working no longer against,with, the universal Life, the Eternal Good. Andwhat health you gain it will remain withwhat success you achieve will be beyorM^human computation, and will never pass a\jw;ând what influence and power you wield wjll^rKtinue to increase throughout the ages, fof ibe a part of that unchangeable Principle ^lichjjsupports the universe.

This, then, is the secret of health, **&%$heart and a well-ordered mind ; this is the secretof success,an unfaltering faith, and a wisely-directed purpose ; and to rein in, with unfalter-ing will, the dark steed of desire, this is the S^cJof power.

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All ways are waiting for my feet to tread,The light and dark, the living and the c*ead,The broad and narrow way, the high an. low,The good and bad, and with quick step or slow,I now may enter any way I will,And find, by walking, which is good, which ill.And all good things my wandering feet await,If I but come, with vow inviolate,Unto the narrow, high and holy wayOf heart-born purity, and therein stay ;Walking, secure from him who taunts and scorns,To flowery meads, across the path of thorns.

lay stand where health, success, and powerty comirw, if, each fleeting hour,to love/>arid patience ; and abide

l^ess ; and never step asideitegrity ; so shall I see

of immortality.. r may seek and find ; I may achieve^Trnay not claim, but, losing, may retrieve.The Law bends not for me, but I must bendUnto the Law, if I would reach the end

my afflictions, if I would restorer^My souKf^pght and Life, and weep no more.

thVarrogant and selfish claimlings ; be mine the lowly aimfind, to know and comprehend,

wisdom-ward all holy footsteps wend.Nothinj^p^3*nje to claim or to command,

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THE SECRET OF ABOUNDING^HAPPINESSGreat is the thirst for happiness, and equ

great is the lack of happiness. The majorthe poor long for riches, believing thapossession would bring them supreme andhappiness. Many who are rich, having graftevery desire and whim, suffer from ennuirepletion, and are farther from the possessihappiness even than the very poor. If wefleet upon this state of things, it will ultima^flead us to a knowledge of the all-important truthat happiness is not derived from mere outwpossessions, nor misery from the lack of thefor if this were so, we should find the poccr al-ways miserable, and the rich always Jiajwhereas the reverse is frequently the case. >|f|l82^of the most wretched people whom I have k&^jajywere those who were surrounded with riches^luxury, whilst some of the brightest and happpeople I have met were possessed of onlybarest necessities of life. Many men who haaccumulated riches have confessed that the segratification which followed the acquisition

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riches has robbthey were never *

rospentyof its sweetness, and thatppy^^jjffijthe^ were

poor. ^ WsZ^What/ffien, is happiness^a^Fnow^s it to bejft^cured ? Is it a figment, a delusion, and is suf-

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The Se&Tt*oT^rfT&tfttofflite ^j&appiof joy, so long will you remain a prisoner in yourself-created purgatory. *> ~^^V;gHapîHP^^rn.? that irrward state of perfect safaction which is joy ancTpeace, ajgTrom.â]Ljd[e.sJxe^s_eliiniiiated. The satisfaction whichresults from gratified desire is brief and illus^Sjp^:ary, and is always followed by an increase^ tj^mand for gratification. Desire is as insatiable,the ocean, and clamors louder and louderdemands are attended to. It claims ever-inqing service from its deluded devotees, untlast they are struck down with physical or manguish, and are hurled into the purifying,of suffering. Desire is the region of hell^(ar|(âll torments are centred there. The givingjfiof desire is the realization of heaven, and alllights await the pilgrim there.

I sent my soul through the invisible,Some letter of that after life to spell,

And by and by my soul returned to me, NAnd whispered, I myself am heaven and ne

Heaven and hell are inward states. Sink iself and all its gratifications, and you sink ihell ; rise above self into that state of consciousness which is the utter denial arid lorgettulnof self, and you ~~enter neaven. Sen is biine^without judgm_ent l not possessed of true ToiOwfeedge, and always leads to suffering. Correct


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prosperityrceptron, unbiassed judgment, and true knowl-

edge belong only to1^ffi^?b state,'and only infar as you realize this divine consciousnessyou know what real happiness is. So long

you persist in selfishly seeking for your ownnaJLafeSSpiness, so long will happiness elude

u will be sowing the seeds ofetchednessTVLi so far as you succeed in losingrself in the scwice of others, in that measure

||^nappiness come to you, and you will reap ast of bliss. It is in loving, not in being loved,

The heart is blessed ;Fis in giving, not in seeking gifts,We find our quest.Whatever be thy longing or thy need,

That do thou give;So shall thy soul be fed, and thou indeed

Shalt truly live.

'ling to self, and you cling to sorrow ; re-u'sh self, and you enter into peace. To seek

is not only to lose happiness, but eveniich we believe to be the source of happi-See how the glutton is continually looking

about for a new delicacy wherewith to stimulatelis deadened appetite; and how, bloated, bur-dened, and diseased, scarcely any food at last iseaten with pleasure. Whereas, he who hasmastered his appetite, and not only does not

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The Secret of Abounding Happiness 79seek, but never thinks of gustatory pleasure,finds delight in the most frugal meal. The angel-form of happiness, which men, looking throughthe eyes of self, imagine they see in gratified de-sire, when clasped is always found to be theskeleton of misery. Truly, He that seeketh hislife shall lose it, and he that loseth his life shallfind it.Abiding happiness will come to you when,

ceasing to selfishly cling, you are willing to giveup. When you are willing to lose, unrejseryedly,that impermanent thing which is so dear to you,and which, whether you cling to it or ii5l^%illone day be snatched from you, then you willfind that that which seemed to you like a painfulloss, turns out to be a supreme gain. To giup in order to gain, than this there is no |*f%delusion, nor no more prolific source of miserbut to be willing to yield up and to suffer 1this is indeed the Way of Life.How is it possible to find real c Ha^iness>42r^Tcentring ourselves in those things which, bytheir very nature, musT ^ass~~away ? Abidingand real happiness can only be found by cen-tring ourselves ~iri that whichj-^; permanent.Rise, therefore, above the cTihging 'tcT^nd thecraving for impermanent things, and you willthen enter into a consciousness of the Eternal,and as, rising above self, and by growing more


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The Secret of Abounding Happiness 8their selfish searching, are shutting themselvesout from it.

I followed happiness to make her mine,Past towering oak and swinging ivy vine. ^She fled, I chased, o'er slanting hill and daO'er fields and meadows, in the purpling valePursuing rapidly o'er dashing stream,I scaled the dizzy cliffs where eagles screamI traversed swiftly every land and sea,But always happiness eluded me.

Exhausted, fainting, I pursued no moreBut sank to rest upon a barren shore.One came and asked for food, and one for al|^4I placed the bread and gold in bony palms^One came for sympathy, and one for rest ; (^I shared with every needy one my best ; **;When, lo sweet Happiness, with form dtvinStood by me, whispering softly, I am thine.'

These beautiful lines of Burleigh's express thesecret of all-abounding happiness. Sacrifice thepersonal and transient, and you rise at once intothe impersonal and permanent. Give up thatnarrow cramped self that seeks to render allthings subservient to its own petty interests, andyou will enter into the company of the angels,into the very heart and essence of universal Love.Forget yourself entirely in the sorrows of othersand in ministering to others, and divine happi-ness will emancipate you from all sorrow andsuffering. Taking the first step with a good


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n^J you also may enter into Paradise by pursu-g the same course. It is not beyond, it is here,

realized only by the unselfish. It is knowni a its fulness only to the pure in heart.

If you have not realized this unbounded happi-ss you may begin to actualize it by ever hold-before you the lofty ideal of unselfish love,

aspiring towards it. Aspiration or prayer ise turned upward. It is the soul turning to-

wards its Divine source, where alone permanentatisfaction can be found. By aspiration the de-tructive forces of desire are transmuted intodivine and all-preserving energy. To aspire isfo make an effort to shake off the trammels ofdesire ; it is the prodigal made wise by loneli-ess and suffering, returning to his Father's

Mansion.As you rise above the sordid self; as you

, one after another, the chains that bind, will you realize the joy of giving, as dis-

inguished from the misery of graspinggivingyour substance ; giving of your intellect ; giv-

ing of the love and light that are growing withinyou. You will then understand that it is indeed more blessed to give than to receive. But the

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\a?C^love is alhave giv^r, younot thanked or

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paper, know then that your gift ^wa^ prompti&dj/by vanity and not by love, aya^r^ were meretfj^||*giving in order to get ; w^ri^c^gr^ally giving^but grasping. 3^2a)Lose yourself in the welf&y^6thers ; forgetyourself in all that you do j^tl&s is the secret ofabounding happiness. Ever be on the watchguard against selfishness, and learn faithfully tdivine lessons of inward sacrifice ; so shall yclimb the highest heights of happiness, and sremain in the never-clouded sunshine of jatttr^versal joy, clothed in the shining garment ofimmortality. ^gis

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Are you searching for thfctetppiness that does not fade away ?tre you looking for the joythat lives, and leaves no grievous

rou panting for the waterbrooks of Love, and Life, and'eace ?

Then let all dark desires depart, and selfish seeking cease.ar^bt^ ling'ring in the paths of pain, grief-haunted, stricken

r ^ sore ?v\ie -you wanîuîg in the ways that wound your weary feet the

^ y more? ^îre you sighing for the Resting-Place where tears and sorrows

cease ? \Then sacrifice your selfish heart, and find the Heart of Peace.


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THE REALIZATION OF PROSPERITY)]It is granted only to the heart.4hat abou^s y-

with integrity, trust, generosity ano^aye toize true prosperity. The heart that is notsessed of these qualities cannot know prosperity, S^for prosperity, like happiness, is not an outwardpossession, but an inward realization. Thegreedy man may become a millionaire, butwill always be wretched, and mean, and poor,and will even consider himself outwardly poor solong as there is a man in the world who is richerthan himself, whilst the upright, the open-handand loving will realize a full and rich prosperity,even though their outward possessions may otf*]small. He is poor who is dissatisfied ; he is , ''$ylrich who is contented with what he has, and heis richer who is generous with what he hasijs%^ Hl7^When we contemplate the fact that tfoe/uniA^^^yverse is abounding in all good things, materialas well as spiritual, and compare it with man'sblind eagerness to secure a few gold coins, or aftvfew acres of dirt, it is then that we realize howdark and ignorant selfishness is ; it is then thatwe know that self-seeking is self-destruction.

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86 e Path of ProsperityNature gives all, without reservation, and loses

nothing; man, grasping all, loses everything.If you would realize true prosperity do not

down, as many have done, into the beliefyou do right everything will go wrong.Do not allow the word competition to shake

your faith in the supremacy of righteousness. Icare not what men may say about the laws ofcompetition, for do I not know the Unchange-able Law, which shall one day put them all torout, and which puts them to rout even nowin the heart and life of the righteous man ?And knowing this Law I can contemplate all dis-honesty with undisturbed repose, for I knowwhere certain destruction awaits it.

r** Under all circumstances do that which you be-lieve to be right', and trust the Law; trust the

ok Divine Power that is immanent in the universe,/ and it will never desert you, and you will alwaysH3e protected. By such a trust all your losseswill be converted into gains, and all curses whichthreaten will be transmuted into blessings.Never let go of integrity, generosity, and love,for these, coupled with energy, will lift you intothe truly prosperous state. Do not believe theworld when it tells you that you must always at-tend to number one first, and to others after-wards. To do this is not to think of others atall, but only of one's own comforts. To those


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who practice this the day will come when theywill be deserted by all, and when they cry out intheir loneliness and anguish there will be/*raf|HR^Ato hear and help them. To consider oneself hefore all others is to cramp and warp ancfchinevery noble and divine impulse. Let your sexpand, let your heart reach out to others in loving and generous warmth, and great and )0$fa%will be your joy, and all prosperity will come,you.

Those who have wandered from the highwayof righteousness guard themselves agains^cjSjJfpetition ; those who always pursue th^g^f*need not to trouble about such defense. /Thisno empty statement. There are men to-daywho, by the power of integrity and faith/%k^rfdefied all competition, and who, without sweing in the least from their methods, when com-peted with, have risen steadily into prosperity,whilst those who tried to undermine them havefallen back defeated.To possess those inward qualities which consti-

tute goodness is to be armored against all thepowers of evil, and to be doubly protected inevery time of trial ; and to build oneself up inthose qualities is to build up a success whichcannot be shaken, and to enter into a prosperitywhich will endure forever.


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The White Robe of the Heart InvisibleIs stained with sin and sorrow, grief and pain,

And all repentant pools and springs of prayerShall not avail to wash it white again.

While in the path of ignorance I walk,The stains of error will not cease to cling

Defilements mark the crooked path of self,Where anguish lurks and disappointments sting.owledge Ijtnd wisdom only can avail

*ft To purify and make my garment clean,For therein lie love's waters ; therein rests

Peace undisturbed, eternal, and serene.m ^n and repentance is the path of pain,Knowledge and wisdom is the path of Peace

By the near way of practice I will findWhere bliss begins, how pains and sorrows cease.

Self shall depart, and Truth shall take its place;hangeless One, the Indivisibleup his abode in me, and cleanse

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