American mystic CHARLES FILLMORE (1854-1948) was a founder of Unity Church, part of the early "New Age" movement called New Thought that was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unity adheres to a "positive, practical Christianity," and this 1940 edition embodies that philosophy: it preaches that poverty is a sin, and that God wants us to be rich...a strain that has been picked up by some modern fundamentalist preachers in a way not entirely faithful to Fillmore"s beliefs. Fillmore"s lessons encompass... • Spiritual Substance, the Fundamental Basis of the Universe • Spiritual Mind, the Omnipresent Directive Principle of Prosperity • Faith in the Invisible Substance, the Key to Demonstration • Man, the Inlet and Outlet of Divine Mind • The Law That Governs the Manifestation of Supply • Wealth of Mind Expresses Itself in Riches • God Has Provided Prosperity for Every Home • God Will Pay Your Debts • Tithing, the Road to Prosperity • Right Giving, the Key to Abundant Receiving • Laying Up Treasures • Overcoming the Thought of Lack