They obey our commands when they become convinced that we are sincere and insistent, and then only.”

I am now fully convinced that all healing that is worth while must be the result of “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” And that all manifestation known as disease is the direct result of inharmonious ideas held in consciousness and constantly being emotionalized. That being true then the law always obtains that changing the mental convictions and the feelings that accompany them. Since I have become fully convinced of this, I find the law always works when the conditions are met. The less we interfere after complying and trust completely the automatic working of the law, the better results we obtain.

However in case of accidents or acute conditions we can by the use of our mental activity accelerate or step-up the process to work more rapidly. I quoted from the statement in the magazine and from Dr. Leavitt’s letter to show the method used in a rather interesting case I am about to relate. We must understand it is not a case of mind over so-called matter, but of greater intelligence over lesser intelligence. The consciousness of the central consciousness may directly affect the consciousness of the cell organism. However I believe this method should not be used except in emergencies.

I would not now use the method that was used in this case, but if we wish to learn the true laws of mental activity we must understand that there are definite laws in all phases of consciousness, and before we can use the higher states we must know something about the lower.

Students of truth may raise the question as to why the following related condition was allowed to occur. We do not care to discuss that at this time, but merely tell what occurred.

One Saturday evening I found myself feeling very disagreeable. All day the next day I continued to feel very uncomfortable. On Monday evening about 7 P. M. I was examined by a physician. My temperature was 104; severe headache, pains all over the body. The physician remarked, “By morning you will be nicely blossomed out with small-pox.” There were two other members of the family in bed with light cases of that disease. I had never accepted