Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
ANAPPARENT LACK OF FAITH.

Casting all your care upon Him; for He
careth for you. LIST Peter, 81
Among all the words of the scripture
conveying consolation and hope there are
none which should afford more comfort
than these, "He careth for, you" That
the Christian not only can, but is urged
to cast all his care upon One who, he
processes to believe, is abundantly able
to perform all that He has promised
should raise Him above the level of I'M
believers, who have no such shelter or
rock of defense. In the worlds battle
field where the contending forces, good
and evil, are hourly striving for the mas
terry, we hear the leader of the right
cheering On his followers with the prom
Use, "He careth for you" Be not anx-
ious in the day of adversely, nor faint
hearted in the time of trial, but least all
your care on him." The forces of evil
have no tender words of comfort like
those, to make their hearts strong in the
hour that tries mems souls. Unaided,
they must carry their burden of cares
and perplexities. This fact should give
the Christian vast advantage over the
sinner, who must run the race of life
heavily handicapped. But if this is so,
why, as rule, do we find that unbe-
lievers are more quick to respond to the
calls of the needy and suffering, more
trustful of the future than the professor
of Christianity. Certainly, if this asser-
ton is true, "He careth for you," and
church members believe it they, of all
men, should be happy in the present with
a happiness reaching into eternity.
The cares of business, the perplexities of
professional life, the little vexations and
annoyance which beset the lot of all,
must have lost their sting for the man or
woman who can cast them all on some
one else. But says the preacher, that
passage must not be taken literally, il
means rather let the thought of Him
strengthen youjn your trials and cares.
The scripture says, Casting all your
care upon Him" Not thought but all
your care.
Throughout the bible are abundant
reasons given why he can bear the bur-
den of care for all who wish His aid. To
the poor he speaks of his wealth. The
gold and silver is his. He assures the
sick that the issues of life and death are
with him. To those appointed unto death
he whispers of glorious resurrection.
There is no form of sorrow or care but
He can assuage the one, and relieve the
other. Is not this the heritage of Christ
ians? Why then are they the most greedy
In the pursuit of wealth? Why do they
suffer themselves to be so harrassed by
the perplexities of business, and the ne
cessities of life as if they stood unaided
and alone and had no God to go to?
Is it any wonder that the sinner, seeing
the Christian devoting all his time and
thoughts to the things of this life which,
he processes to believe, is but vain
shadow, should have little faith in that
Christianity A bright example of one
who accepted the invitation of the text
and laid his burden on his Masters
shoulders instead of sinking with it into
dumb despair, was the deaf musician
Beethoven who, when sympathizine
friends murmured at his hard lot, replied
"there is an agreement between God and
me; suffer His will and He takes care OF
NEIL