The Inner Life
THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE | JANUARY 1936
MENTAL CAUSES AND PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS
TYPHOID FEVER
“And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.”
“Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?”
“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”—Matthew 17:18, 19, 20.
St. Mark in the 23rd verse of the 11th chapter, states it as follows:
“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed and be cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”
THE DISCIPLES came to Jesus and asked to be told the secret of healing and He told them in plain simple language. But it was too simple for the masses or even the disciples to fully comprehend. The gap between the intellectual concept of this truth and a true understanding of just what He meant extends to a great chasm, which can be bridged only by deep study and an intelligently practiced faith.
There may be great danger in attempting to help another when we ourselves have only a superficial knowledge of the higher laws of mind.
Unless one has thoroughly convinced himself that mental action is the creative power and that it is constantly working, he had better not attempt healing; for he is but using blind faith, and the results will be uncertain. This law works in a very subtle manner. The Master did not fail to point this out to His disciples, and it has been available to us for a very long time.
He said, “And shall not doubt in his heart.”
Several years ago a farmer living in the country about five miles from my home, came to see me about his daughter. She
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