Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-08
Can God Save Woman From Worrying?
(By Emily Tolnan.

Il come near not goin' To meetin last
Sunday. knew t our minister warn i
a-eoin' to preach. and l was dreadful
tired. l really thought maybe twas
my duty to stay to home and rest
had a hard weeks work before me ana
a good many things to worry about
There was Aunt Susan comm to pay
visit. She isn't the easiest person t.
set along with, you know. and l kino
q dreaded it, The children had beer.
exposed to the measles, and ! was eX-
rectin' EN- to come down with ii any
time Then l had just heard that
father had had an i'll turn, and I felt a
good deal worried about him. There's
old Mr. Peters been bedridden thes,
three years. / felt as though father
might be the next.
When l stepped to the side door thu
air felt SO fresh an sWeetscented | be
gan to perk a little and | says to my
self: Sarah Ann Stebbins, you just
wait till afternoon before you begin T.
worry about tomorrow. and see what
you can get from the service this
mornin'.
Well the minister read a long chap
ter from Romans about sin and justifi-
cation by faith / never could under
stand Romans much and that was the
hlindest chapter of EN- all, And when
he began talkin about sin and how
dreadful twas and all that, | didn t
feel greatly impressed nor edited. OF
course / know I'm a sinner, but l look To
Christ for salvation. and | mean to de
the best l can. and l didn't feel in Il
mood to dwell on my sinfulness.
All at once the minister asked, just
as though every church goer WASH t
posted on that, What is Christ t.
save I know says he. what you
are all ready to answer-the soul: but
the Bible doesn't say so | could al
most have sworn it did, but I couldnt
quote any partic lar verse to prove it
lust then The preachers and the
hymns say SO. but you can't show me Il
place where Christ says it. You have
sinned You are to be saved, body,
mind and spirit.
"'Who Of you. he said is as strong.
mentally and physically, as you might
have been if you had always lived just
right And he went on tellin about
the vices Of bad men. and about the
love of God bein' equal to saVin' the
worst of EN- | felt truly thankful that
| had been brought up in a Christian
family and had been kept from such
terrible wickedness Then he went on
about some other things, which he said
were not called vices. but which were.
nevertheless. sinful and injurious to
body. mind and spirit, such as greed
for gold. envy, tearin' anger and need
less anxiety.
when he mentioned this last |
seemed to hear a voice sayin' loud huff
to be heard across the meetin' house,
Sarah Ann Stebbins. that means you,
and the question came tony mind. Can
God save a woman from Worryin p
The minister had made out that He
could save from any sin, even the
worst. Somehow, it hadn't never come
to me before that worryin' was a sin.
to be put alongside of anger and
covetousness. I'd always supposed
twas something that you couldn
helm. But that's what Mr.. b says
about gettin' drunk. and I never con-
sjdered it much of an excuse in his
ease DIN know but what the
rreacher's right about needless anxiety
bein' a sin.
Il cant tell you just what more he
said. only | know the words Where
sin abounded grace did much more