Title Page : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], THE SECRET DOOR TO SUCCESS BY FLORENCE SCOVEL SHINN New York: The Shinn Press [1941] Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-text.com, November 2007. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was not renewed...
The Secret Door To Success : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], THE SECRET DOOR TO SUCCESS "So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down fl...
The Long Arm Of God : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], THE LONG ARM OF GOD "The Eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms."--Deut. 33:27 In the bible, the arm of God always symbolizes protection. The writers of the bible knew the power of a symbol. It brings...
Look With Wonder : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], LOOK WITH WONDER "I will remember the works of the Lord; surely I will remember thy wonders of old."--Psalms 77:11 The words wonder and wonderful are used many times in the Bible. In the dictionary the word wonder is defined as, "...
I Shall Never Want : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], I SHALL NEVER WANT "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want." Psalms 23:1 The 23rd Psalm is the best known of all the Psalms--we might say that it is the keynote to the message of the Bible. It tells man he shall never want, when...
The Fork In The Road : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], THE FORK IN THE ROAD "Choose you this day whom ye will serve."--Josh. 24:15. Every day there is a necessity of choice (a fork in the road). "Shall I do this, or shall I do that? Shall I go, or shall I stay?" Many people do not know...
Crossing Your Red Sea : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], CROSSING YOUR RED SEA "Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward." Ex. 14:15 One of the most dramatic stories in the bible is the episode of the children of Israel crossing the Red Sea. Moses was leading them out...
What Do You Expect : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? According to your faith be it unto you.--Matt. 9:29 Faith is expectancy, "According to your faith, be it unto you." We might say, according to your expectancies be it done unto you; so, what are you expecting? We...
Catch Up With Your Good : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], CATCH UP WITH YOUR GOOD "And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer: and while they are yet speaking, I will hear." --Isaiah 65:24 Catch up with your good! This is a new way of saying, "Before they call, I will...
The Watchman At The Gate : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], THE WATCHMAN AT THE GATE "Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet."--Jeremiah 6:17? We must all have a watchman at the gate of our thoughts. The Watchman at the Gate is the superconscious mind. We...
And Five Of Them Were Wise : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], "AND FIVE OF THEM WERE WISE" "And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them"--Math. 25:2:3. My subject is the parable of the Wise and the Foolish Virgins. "...
Rivers In The Desert : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], RIVERS IN THE DESERT "Behold, I will do a new thing: now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert."--Isaiah 43:19. In this 43rd chapter of Isaiah, are many...
The Inner Meaning Of Snow White And The Seven : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], THE INNER MEANING OF SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS I have been asked to give a Metaphysical interpretation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, one of Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is amazing how this picture, a fairy story, swept...
Bricks Without Straw : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW "There shall no straw be given you, yet ye shall make bricks without straw."--Exodus 5:18. In the 5th chapter of Exodus, we have a picture of every day life, when giving a metaphysical interpretati...
The Way Of Abundance : * "The Secret Door to Success", by Florence Scovel Shinn, [1941], THE WAY OF ABUNDANCE "Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust."--Job 22:24 The way of abundance is a one-way street. As the old saying is, "there are no two ways about it." You are either heading for lack, or heading for abundance...
