and they seek to put it out of action, not asking whence it came nor whither it may go.

The reflective mind is not satisfied with this superficial way of dealing with such destructive agents. It asks their cause, but no answer is vouchsafed on the part of those who study them. Only the students of mind can answer the question of the origin of disease germs. Only in terms of mind can there be given a rational explanation of these minute life forms.

The Adam man, the intellect, is responsible for them. He gives character to all the ideas that exist--he "names" them. This process is intricate, and it may be explained and understood in its details only by metaphysicians of the deepest mental insight. It is summed up in what is commonly called thinking.

Thoughts Produce

Thoughts of health produce germs whose office it is to build up healthy organisms. Thoughts of disease produce germs of disorder and destruction. Here we have the connecting link between materia medica and metaphysics. The physician observes the ravages of the disease germ. The metaphysician stands in the factory of mind and sees thoughts poured into visibility as germs. This opens up a field of causes unlimited in extent. Every thought that