Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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his will, and he works hard to overcome this spirit, until
to all external appearances, he becomes as meek as
Moses, until on one unlucky day, that Pride that always
goes before a fall, leads him headlong into the pit.
'Thus we might go on ad infinitum, enumerating the
snares and pitfalls that God's
children are subject to; and
all for the lack of one thing exprest by two little words,
MIND-CONTROL. For no adverse thought, no disease,
no trouble of any kind, can enter the dwelling of any
man, only thru the one door-the mind. When the man
or the woman has that door well guarded,
safe.
he or she is
But how guard it? That is the question of vital import-
In these days when the astral is full of warrings
ance.
and bickerings of every name and nature,. these foes enter
the mind almost before one is aware of it.
Indeed he
is only made aware of the fact of how far he has opened
his mind to adverse infiuences, when he begins to clean
his mental house.
But the answer does not come; even
the great Paul asked that he might have adversities sent
him that he could be tested in order that he might know
whether he had overcome the adversary. And David
prayed, "Try me, and know my thoughts: and see if
there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting. '
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So if we turn to the great spiritual souls of all the ages,
we shall find that they have had great mind-control for
no great spiritual soul has ever attained without mindcontrol.
But how did they get it, for they were all
made white, and then tried, to see if they could stand;
not as some would say tried and then made white. If
we look for instructions from great souls who have past
over the road, we find that they relied solely on God
for help. For no man, no matter how strong he is, can
get this mind-control of himself. These great souls