THE BROTHERHOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1915, Page 6

THE BROTHERHOOD.

THE POWER OF TIIOUCHT. There was a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the Brotherhood yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. Healy presided. * ''The Power of Thought" was the subject of the address which was given by Mr. Mofflin. Thought, said the speaker, was a most potent power, speech being but thought crystallised. A man was as ho thought. Tlieir habits were the result of their thought, or what was often termed want of thought. This want of thought should be remedied, for its effects were far-reaching. Thought should be cultivated, and was much benefited by a course of reading, but such reading should be carefully considered and read in a proper manTier. The effect of thought could be seen in the power of one strong man in a community to sway many others. Socialism was the result of thought, but want of thought led to a wrong definition of this movement being understood. Want of thought again was responsible for the labor troubles in the Old Country which had threatened the Kmpire's ammunition supply iu the present war. Thought had, however, intervened, and the difficulty was past. All the various religions, political, and such like bodies were the result of definite lines of thought. Man was not only created, but solely guided by thought, which they should always endeavor to control and concentrate. People wore too apt to allow their thoughts to wander listlessly and in a haphazard manner, and were too parrot-like. Thought could not be cultivated by reading alone. A good plan was to read five minutes and then think for ten minutes. It was by thinking that the power of thought grew and expanded and, under proper instruction, became a great power for good.