of the patient the idea of health, harmony, strength and vital power. This was conveyed not by merely holding the thought or by mantras or affirmations, but by a deep inner knowing, a transference of that knowledge by feeling rather than by thought.

The lady soon recovered, and entered college a few months later.

But now comes the sad part of the story.

Sometime later another daughter had Typhoid Fever. The mother had been giving much time to the study of metaphysics and had observed the handling of the other case. She decided to take care of it herself. She had all the general knowledge she the other case, but she failed to know the one essential. She was simply trying to cure her daughter.

You cannot experiment in the application of mental laws. In the accumulation of knowledge of physics experiments have led to progress. The trial and error methods have proven successful, but in the application of spiritual laws there must be no experimentation. This lady failed because of unbelief. She had doubt in her heart. The daughter died.

I had a similar occurrence in connection with a case of appendicitis. After the case with which I was associated reached a successful conclusion, a physician asked me just what I did. I tried to tell him. In fact he had been present—but was not allowed to do anything—nearly every day in connection with the case that culminated so perfectly. In a few months he had a similar case. He tried what he thought was the same methods. The boy died.

In both of the above cases it would have been much better to have called in regular physicians and used orthodox methods.

I refer to critical situations. However we can all understand and know how to use the perfect laws as taught by the Master. Until we do reach that understanding we can constantly stand guard at the door of our consciousness, as suggested in The Way Out, and in the degree that we hold in consciousness only positive, constructive thoughts and feelings will we manifest perfect health and prevent the manifestation of conditions that may lead to critical situations.