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movie star -- so I describe him, tell them interesting things
about him, and ask, was he a success, after all? Next, about rich
men I have known -- who followed the first six laws of success, but
not the seventh -- and THEY WERE NOT HAPPY, and their "success"
died with them -- it didn't last. All the time I am getting a
point across -- preparing their minds for THE TRUTH -- yet talking
THEIR LANGUAGE about things THEY are INTERESTED in.
I show them that "all accomplishment is not success."
Then comes "The first Law" -- not a word about religion, the Bible,
or Christ. Then an explanation of the 2nd, the 3rd, the 4th, the
5th, and the 6th Laws of Success -- and still no mention of
anything religious. Yet all the time the reader's mind is being
prepared for what is lacking.
Finally, page 52, the sub-head: "Still We Need Law #7.
"And notice how I lead the reader, who may never have had any
interest in the Bible, or Christ, into really SEEING and
UNDERSTANDING why he NEEDS Christ -- and the teaching of the
Bible.
This explanation of the 7th Law starts out: "But still,
these 'Successful' men I have described, followed these six
principles. They gained their goals. They made money. They
attained recognized status. They enjoyed the passing pleasures.
Still their lives were empty -- they were never satisfied -- they
were discontented, they never found lasting, permanent, enduring
happiness -- they did not take their acquisitions with them when
they died, and their fame died with them. What they lacked -- what
ALL lack who fail of REAL success, was the application of Success
Law #7 -- the most important law of all! That is the ingredient
that would have changed everything!
Finally I come to the IMPORTANT part of the book, in a
manner to banish prejudice, open their minds, and induce
willingness to CONSIDER what follows. I did it this way:
"When serious illness strikes, people call the doctor. It
is automatic for most to rely on human professional knowledge and
skill -- on material drugs, medicines and knives. But finally,
when the attending physician -- perhaps with specialists called in
collaboration -- gravely shakes his head and says there is no more
that medical science can do -- it is now in the hands of a higher
Power -- then, at last, most people cry out desperately to the
Creator God!"
That is the first mention of God -- on page 53. It is a
statement all must accept. Then the booklet continues:
"Is it possible that the living God might be a factor in
determining the success or failure of one's life? Few have thought
so. People will ignore all their lives any idea of divine guidance
and help -- yet if one should find himself on a foodless and
waterless raft after a shipwreck in mid-ocean, it is remarkable how
quickly he would begin to believe there really is a living God! In
last-resort desperation, most people will cry out to Him whom they
have ignored, disobeyed, and set at naught all their lives."