Treatment for Divine Love

 

One of the most beautiful and helpful treatments that Emmet Fox has left in this world is the one entitled "Treatment for Divine Love":

Rev. Harry Gaze

By his own report, Rev. Harry Gaze began lecturing on Practical Christianity in 1898, and through the years served in many Divine Science pulpits.  These included the Church of the Healing Christ in New York City after W. John Murray and before Emmet Fox, as well as the First Church of Divine Science in Denver in the mid-1940's before Irwin Gregg succeeded him.  Rev. Gaze wrote two well-known biographies of

The Knower within me guides ME.

God is Eternal Light, which is Eternal Life, and the more we realize that we ourselves are made of this Eternal Light, both in Soul and Body, the more we shall find God as a continual source of Light and Life in ourselves. This is why Jesus said,

First Find God in Yourself.

Remember Christ’s words,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is within you,”
 

Always get the vision before you begin to work.

Dr. Robert H. Bitzer ( 1896 - 1994) Founder and Spiritual Director of the Hollywood Church of Religious Science, wrote several books and gave hundreds of classes during his career. The Hollywood Church of Religious Science was the Hallmark Church in the Religious Science movement.

As Gaze wrote in ”My personal Recollections of Thomas Troward [1958]”: “Dr. Robert Bitzer, internationally known President of the International New Thought Alliance, also conducts a church in Hollywood, in the western section. Dr. Bitzer’s church has built a handsome building for the preaching and teaching activities, for the children, and for the social work of the church. Like all Religious Science organizations, this one also features the books of Thomas Troward, and when Dr. Bitzer gives a Troward class it is deservedly popular.”

From "Collected Essays " page 19: "No matter what you are attempting to do, always get the vision before you begin to work. See the completed demonstration. If you are buying a house, think of it as completely furnished and completely paid for. Even though you may take out a mortgage on it, treat that it is completely paid for. For the first property our church bought, we worked that way. Instead of waiting twenty years to pay off the mortgage, we did it in eight years."

From "Collected Essays" page 20: "As for money. I have never worked for money. I depend upon divine Principle. I have never experienced lack, because I know the source of my supply. I never depend upon the channel but only on the source. I am open to all avenues through which my good comes. I thank everyone who is an instrument and show my appreciation, because no one has to be a part of my demonstration. However, the source blesses and prospers everyone that it uses. Understanding this law, we are never imposed upon, nor can we impose upon someone else. Bless everyone through whom your good comes. I have always been governed by this law - long before I ever heard of metaphysics."

True marriage love comes from the minds of people who are in a married state.

One aspect of Swedenborg's writing that I’ve seen are his ideas on marriage. Swedenborg himself remained a bachelor all his life, but that did not hinder him from writing voluminously on the subject. His work on Marriage Love (Conjugial Love in older translations)(1768) was dedicated to this purpose.

A Means to Perpetual Life?

Doctor Cornwall Round was, like his name, quite round and plum. In his younger years he had been an officer in the army, and he sometimes wondered if some indulgences in his early years might have kept him from the full demonstration of the abundant life. He was knowledgeable of Hinduism. He accepted in principle the relationship of the subjective and objective minds, together with its power building and rebuilding the body but frequently made himself the exception to the rule. Dr. Cornwall Round was a physician and surgeon. A friend of both Harry Gaze and Thomas Troward, he was probably a student of both of their works. 

“I accept the idea of a physical as well as spiritual immortality, but please do not publicize me as Doctor or I may be ruled out of the medical profession.”

 At that time it was against the ethical code of the B. M. A. to use the tide of Doctor in connection with his personal opinions in the press. 

Round had experimented extensively with hypnotic subjects. Because some of his results were so full of interest and significance a series of experiments were arranged in his home. Thomas Troward, Harry Gaze, officers of the Psycho-Therapeutic Society[1] and most of the physicians who had accepted and practiced mental healing attended (Some had tested hypnosis for medical usage, sometimes as an anesthetic for the milder operations). ...

'There's no mystery about long life in the flesh – only ignorance.'

Harry (Thomas Henry) Gaze (1878 – 1959) was born in Thurlow, Suffolk, UK. He began his lecturing career in San Francisco in 1898, and was ordained by the Divine Science College in Denver in 1945. He married in 1932, and had two sons, one in 1935 and the other in 1940. His wife died in 1940. He had a son and a daughter from a previous marriage, and remarried in 1951.
Dr Gaze had written a book called How to Live Forever, which states, 'There's no mystery about long life in the flesh – only ignorance.' Well, Dr Gaze lectured frequently on his favourite subject – that is, living forever. In 1959 he agreed to give two lectures on physical immortality at Robert H Bitzer's Hollywood Church of Religious Science. He didn’t show up for the second lecture. The attendees were all waiting and wondering where their esteemed lecturer was. Unfortunately, there had been a motor vehicle accident, and Dr Gaze, who had been a passenger en route to the church, would die in the aftermath of that accident. He never gave that second lecture.

Gaze pointed out the lure of "Law of Attraction" to some New Thought proponents. It was a catch-22 situation for many. They were charged with commercialism if you make money and criticism when they fail and got into debt. Never the less, the use of Truth in the business world may bring great results and success when used in the love of being in service. Troward's view of this was "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you." "The Kingdom of Heaven is within vou." - first find God in yourself and you will find Him everywhere else," It is a case of "you press the button- and we do the rest." And, also, the masses love the practical side at the expense of the religious overtones. (Note: I’m still trying to determine when “law of attraction” became “Law of Attraction”.)
How to Live Forever, the Science and Practice (1904)
Life, Youth and Success, Constructive Psychology from A to Z, An Alphabet of Affirmation (1918)
Emmet Fox, the man and his work [1952]
An Thomas Troward Intimate Memoir of the Teacher and the Man[1958]
My Personal Recollections of Thomas Troward: One of the New World Thinkers and Teachers[1958]



How to Live Forever with Golden Rules for Successful Living 1904. In this handbook for living healthfully, youthfully and joyfully, Harry Gaze, minister, teacher and friend of Emmet Fox shows you how to harness all the power of your intelligence and energy to achieve complete rejuvenation. The book is systematically planned in order for you to obtain the maximum desired results. The chapters are composed of three parts: first, a general explanatory text; second, a set of Golden Rules for systematic application of text; third, a set of one months Daily Affirmations.
As a member of The World New Thought Federation Gaze was active in the conventions of 1910, 1912 and 1913. And later the INTA.

Health, Racquet Sports, Memory, Athletics, Diet, Ancient History and Classics.

Eustace Hamilton Miles (1868 – 1948) was a British real tennis player and all round athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

He lives, he wakes 'tis Death is dead, not he.

The Ven[1] Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce(Valentines Day 1914 – 1916), DD [Doctor of Divinity] was an Anglican priest and author[2] in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th.

Born in Winchester on Valentine’s day 1841 the younger son of Samuel Wilberforce(Soapy Sam)[3] and his wife Emily, he was educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1866. He was Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford and then held curacies at Cuddesdon, Seaton and Southsea. He was Rector of St Mary’s, Southampton from 1871 to 1894 when he became a canon of Westminster. He was appointed Chaplain of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1896 and Archdeacon of Westminster in 1900.
He was Canon of Westminster from 1894-1916 and lies buried in the north cloister of the Abbey. He died in post on 13 May 1916. The inscription on his gravestone reads:

"Charlotte the beloved wife of the Venble. Basil Wilberforce D.D. Archdeacon of Westminster. Born July 29 1841. Died May 15 1909. Peace, peace, she is not dead she doth not sleep, she hath awakened from the dream of life. The Venble. Basil Wilberforce D.D. Archdeacon of Westminster Born Feb 14 1841. Died May 13 1916. He lives, he wakes 'tis Death is dead, not he".
The quotes are from Shelley's poem Adonis, slightly altered.

Left - 1883 and Right - 1905

Thomas Troward and Archdeacon Wilberforce were great friends. Troward would speak of Wilberforce as a great man, Wilberforce would reply - "No, Mr. Troward is"a great man." They had a very warm friendship for each other. Wilberforce was the grateful and adept student. In a letter to Callow dated June 14 1916 Genevieve Behrend wrote of receiving a letter from Troward informing her of the passing of Wilberforce.

“I have always thought of you both as my two pupils and now that he has been removed to a higher sphere, you are now my only one, in a sense of . . .”.

Troward believed in reincarnation while Wilberforce abhorred the idea. Wilberforce did realize the Presence of God as Love and Life.
Wilberforce proposed the theory of reuniting with loved ones. As Gaze pointed out this cures separation by more separation thus creating a series of perpetual series of deaths and seperations. You die to meet someone who dies to meet someone who dies to meet someone. It defeats the purpose of realizing we are not separate from God.

Through Wilberforce the teachings of Judge Thomas Troward found a voice in the historic Westminster Abbey of the Church of England. Wilberforce wanted the form of metaphysical thinking to be the keynote of the church itself, not merely a separate movement or cult.

[1] In the Anglican Communion "The Venerable" (abbreviated as "the Ven") is the style given to an archdeacon.
[2] Books:
Spiritual consciousness (1913)
There Is No Death[1916]
[3] http://pvrguymale.blogspot.ca/2012/04/soapy-sam.html

Think affirmatively. Speak affirmatively, and Live affirmatively.

In reading any book. do not let even the appearance of negative prophecy overcome you Accent the good prophecies and reject any that to the slightest degree may appear negative. Commune with God and make good prophecies: get others to prophesy good with you. and make your thought and word power a living belt of light around the globe. And the good thing of which you foretell will surely come to pass sometime. somewhere.


Do not hesitate to read any teachings, and even the Bible, selectively, with the spiritual vision of true interpretation, and think affirmatively. speak affirmatively, and live affirmatively. Harry Gaze

‘That New Thought of YOURS’

The International New Thought Alliance (INTA) is a global organization dedicated to the spiritual enlightenment and transformation of the individual and the world since 1914. Its purpose is to promote cooperation, provide a basis for common effort of the various units of the New Thought world, promote those activities that cannot of their very nature be accomplished by each group or individual alone, disseminate and publish the good news of New Thought, and build a spiritual fellowship that will secure the respect of all human beings.

"The Master Christian"

Henry Victor Morgan was born in 1865. Henry Morgan was widely known as a metaphysical preacher of the early 20th century. Henry Morgan and his wife published "The Master Christian" from the early 1920s until his wife's death in 1931. After that it was published only intermittently. He was minister to the Church of the Healing Christ in Tacoma, Washington, until 1952. In 1912 Henry Victor Morgan took the pulpit. He changed the church allegiance from Universalist to Divine Science and the name of the church to Church of the Healing Christ. He died in 1952.

Park Universalist Church 1893-1925
at the present site 1904-1925
Church of the Healing Christ 1926-1979
Church of Religious Science Center for Spiritual Living 1980-Present

Rev. Victor Henry Morgan of Tacoma, Washington, a Universalist pastor in good standing, preaches from his pulpit the New Thought philosophy, and practises mental healing; but prefers to stay in the organization to which he belongs.
“A History of the New Thought Movement” by Horatio W. Dresser [1919].

"There comes to my heart more and more
This infinite spirit of trust,
That in spite of all earth-seeming wrongs,
The universe ever is just.
"No matter how heavy the load, nor how bitter
the trials we have known,
Though broken and crushed in the dust,
We are reaping just what we have sown.''
Henry Victor Morgan

The convention of 1912 was held in Los Angeles. Mr. Douglass, in sending out the call for this convention, stated that all New Thought societies were cordially invited to send delegates, pointing out that the invitation applied to all bodies holding similar views, "though they may not adopt the same name. . . . This is the first time that the East and the West come together in a mutual understanding and fellowship, for a larger and more aggressive propagandism; and marked results are looked for."
The meetings of the convention began June 25 and continued until June 30. The subjects for the chief sessions were, The Divine Man, The Resurrecting Power, Unity, Joy and Beauty, Peace; and the speakers included Myra G. Frenyear[1], William Farwell, Harriet Hale Rix, Alfred Tomson, Harry Gaze, Clinton A. Billig, Henry Frank, Mrs. M. E. T. Chapin, C. Josephine Barton, Anna. W. Mills, James Porter Mills, A. P. Barton, and Henry Victor Morgan.
A History of the New Thought Movement by Horatio W. Dresser [1919]

“Today on the heights I stand Above the sea of thought,
And look o’er the changing drift At the baubles for which men fought;
That slip through their clinging hands And ever remain uncaught,
Unchained through the drift of years They float o’er the surface clear;
And forever warm hands reach out As the illusions of draw near:
Till the weary hands reach out As the illusions of life draw near:
Toady on the heights I stand Where God’s winds sing lullaby,
And no more reach for the gleam Of the baubles for which men die –
For I reach to the heart of God And master of fate am I.”

~ HENRY VICTOR MORGAN

[1]

·         SAN DIEGO-House of Blessing, 2109 1nd. St., Myra G. Frenyear, Master Mind Magazine, April 1912 to September 1912  By Annie Rix Militz

House of Blessing (Higher Thought) — 2109 Second, Myra G. Frenyear, minister. Full text of "San Diego City and County Directory - 1911"  "San Diego City and County Directory - 1912"

·         Frenyear, Myra G Suite 2, 17 Durham St., Boston, Mass. Mass.) Universal peace congress (13th : 1904 : Boston. Official report of the thirteenth Universal peace congress, held at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., October third to eighth, 1904. Reported by William J. Rose, Boston. Ed. by the secretary of the congress . (page 39 of 41)

Frenyear, Miss Myra G., Associated Charities, Boston.  

Full text of "General exercises : of the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthropy, Chicago, June, 1893 ; together with a list of officers and members, programme and rules" 

 

How To Be and Have What You Want.

First, you should endeavor to learn to be as near the perfect reflection of your own idea of God as possible, in thought and action. It may seem impossible at first thought, to even approach such a goal, but reflection upon the thought that God made you out of Himself, because He wished to see and feel Himself in you, will help you to persevere. When you first began to learn to read, no doubt you felt in your childish way that it would be wonderful to read as well as the grown-ups could; you kept on trying and then you read. Perhaps you have a big desire which you would give your life to have fulfilled. In reality it is only necessary for you to give a few moments each day to earnest effort, in getting into the spirit of this idea of God and living in it every waking hour. Then endeavor to find the Spiritual Prototype for your desire. By this I mean inhibit all thought of the physical side of your desire.If you desire a true companion, close your mind entirely to all personality and physical being, and dwell in thought and feeling on the spirit of love and true comradeship, without reference to any physical person. The person is the instrument through which these particular qualities manifest, and not the qualities themselves, as we often learn too late.