that is, by “seeking first his kingdom, and his righteousness.”

The rich aura that surrounds and fills each of us is the reflection of Divine Mind, and it contains all the elements of every expression of richness upon the face of the whole earth. Its thoughts of goodness are the reality back of gold; its consciousness of freedom lies back of silver; its purity is the substance of diamonds, and all its virtues are portrayed in the gems of the earth. Its life fructifies the very soil; its beauty and grace determine the forms of fruits and flowers.

SPIRITUALITY AND GOOD CROPS

As long as man looks outside himself for all the causes of his fortune or misfortune, he does not find the law of thought and feeling by which he may be prospered. In man’s attitude toward this rich mentality, which is in truth his Divine Mind, lies the clue to many an unusual experience in his life.

Certain habitual thoughts and feelings toward God and the spiritual life have, made one man’s fields

yield more richly than his neighbor's although in every other respect the soil and the seed were the same. Crops have been delivered from pests, and also protected so that blight or frost or some other enemy could not harm them. A story illustrating this truth was told the writer by a student about his father, who had some remarkable proof that a “praying man”