We correct the mentality. We can begin to imprint a new picture. We can begin to change our thinking habits, and through that, our feeling habits. We begin to build a new pattern, and that pattern grows. As we saw last week, what you think on grows.
Today we have arrived at a stage where we have a fairly clear idea of the way the mind functions, both consciously and subconsciously, and now we come to what is probably the most important, the most dynamic element in any form of metaphysical or psychological therapeutic work. This great cornerstone is something you have often heard of. It is Faith. You have heard the word time and time again. Remember the quotation "Faith without works is dead", (James 11:26) Rather I would reverse it and say 'Work without Faith is dead.' Without faith nothing will work.
Today I have taken for our text one I think is the most beautiful of all given to us by Paul. You'll find it in Hebrews, Chapter 11, Verses 1 and 2: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report."
Faith, then, is the cornerstone of anything we want to do, whether we approach it from the metaphysical aspect or through the use of some materialistic outlet.
You cannot possibly do anything unless you have faith. I do not care what your religion may be, what manner of belief you may have, you have to believe in something. There is not a human being alive who has not a belief. They may tell you "I do not believe in God." They may not, as we know God, but they still believe.
Such people believe in Materialism. They believe in a physical awareness. They believe in a bank account, and so on, all the way down the scale. They belie ve at least in the outer picture..."To eat, drink and be merry, because tomorrow we die.." (G.J. White-Melville, "The Object of a Life".)
In metaphysics, we believe in God. We believe that with God all things are possible. We have certain definite beliefs. Faith is confidence in an idea, and there is not

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