persisted in beholding the Unkillable Almighty, the High and Lofty One inhabiting Eternity, "who healeth all our diseases, who redeemeth our life from destruction, who crowneth us with loving-kindness and tender mercy?"

Gregory the Great attested that St. Fridian changed the bed of a river by his strength of inward viewing, or one-pointed gaze. Dr. Gentry tells of a man who caught eczema from a picture of eczema. Hot focus of inward viewing tangiblizes. This is the genesis of the axiom, "He that findeth me findeth life."

"Turn ye even to me with fasting -- and behold, the Lord will do great things." Fasting and circumcision, and the sign of the cross and sacrificing have ever been the outward ceremonies of mankind intended to signify putting aside the rigors of the law of cause and effect. Mankind everywhere vaguely senses his sinfulness, or darkly surmises himself in the wrong somehow, and therefore bound for punishment for the same. Why not, if his God is a punishing God and not the God who blotteth out transgressions?

Mankind has tried fasting from food and other normal goods in the hope of mayhap squaring his account with the great Lawgiver. Mankind has tried sacrificing his treasures of flocks and gold in the same hope. He has tried circumcision to set himself aside from human hordes, and seal himself to the God of his own description, still grovelling to placate the Lawgiver. Now and then one has boldly proclaimed that all these outward processes convey inward meanings, as that one should be circumcised from his heart's desires, or sacrifice himself for Principle, even to being burned at the stake or sawn asunder: "0 ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised of heart