Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-22
RELIGIOUS.

GOD GEAR NoT."-IIOw precious to th
Deilevlng soul, are the ''iear nots" of God. IA
corded n his holy Word Let us looI, al iben
for moment. '"e''
10 Abraham, the great father of the faitbfnl
G7d said
Fear not, Ahram; / am thy shield and IN,
exceeding great reward"
10 Jacob, at Beersheba, when he had arriv,
ed on his journey tn see his long lost ,Josenb
saying:
81 am God the God Of thy father; fear NOT +,
60 down Into Egypt for | will there make o
thee great nation" "
10 the trembling children of Israel. with III.
heu pea before them, and the host of Pharaot
pressing on behind Moses, as the ,uoutb-niaca
o' TOD, gave The cheering watch-word:
| "Fear ye not; stand STILL and seq tho saI,,.
| dav.p ~" w.
over Tue pages of Isaiah, there are scatterea
many asweet and precious "fear not.n UFear
sho'i not Tor am with thee; be not dismayed.
Tor am thy God" s'Fear not; [ will helm
| thee" "Fear moi, thou worm Jacob and yp
men OF Israel; will ielp thee, saith the Lord
and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel !;
rear not, ior l hav" redeemed thee | have
called thee by thy name; thon art mine. .Fear
not, Tor am wilh thee; will bring thv se.I
from the east, and gather thee from the west -,
reaI I, not, Jacob my servant and thou,
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pour water upon him that Is thirsty, ard Hoods
'lpo.' the dry ground "Fear We not ,he ,e.
proach OF men, neither be ye afraid of their ra.
wings "Fear not, for thnu shat not be pnt
TO shame; neither be thou c,nfounded: for thou
shalt not be put to shame"
'nieihian 100, has "fear nots ;" and Ez 4klel
apostate Israeli 's"'"s'
Fear them not, neither I've dismayed at THAR
looks though they he rebellious house"
10 Daniel, the "man greatly beloved" God
sent most precious ''iear not" by the hands
an angelic messenger.
"ftar not, Daniel; for from the first dav that
tho'l ulest sci thine heart TO understand, and TO
chasten thyself before God. INV wordS ,ra.e W.
heard and am come for thy words. >,
We now come to the New Testament and
mere all the "fear nos" are Jesus own. Fnr
Tue IeVlleu ahi slandared lac has one.
=, rear Them not, Tor there is nothing coyereJ
ihat shall not be revealed, and hid that shall
not be made known '"""
one: '' NV has
Fear not them that XIII the holy hut ara
not able TO kill the soul" ''' "'e
for the mourner, whose beloved one is even
now dead, he has one: 70 e'e'
made whole So ''' oe
.. for Little faith with his unbelieynp cry.
,d,n ne l-oru hath lbrsaken me, and my Lord |
halh forgotten me-, he has one.
"rear ye not, ye are of more value than many |
sparrows.'' ''''''' many
fIr the "liitle flock" which he loved with mn |
+, e,i,eriastlhs love. and Tor which he laid down
MS ne he has one, ooh, how precious1
rear not little dock; for II is your Fathers |
s"1H pleasure to give you the Kingdom
.,i,j 10 ai ~ ms lempesl-shatten.d bark, and
an'lu 'he howhng of Euroclydou lie had one:
Fear not, Paul thou must be broueht be.
iore caesar, and 10, God hath given thee ali
them that sail with thee = "''
And last, but not least, for the beloved John.
y, ~ lhe Isle of latmos, when overwhelmed by
Lhe eliulsence of his glory, he "el at his feet as
dead, /" he had one '' '''' ''e' 40
ne that liveth and was dead and behold. I am
Ave forever more. Anen.n