The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-02
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e "BE NOT ANXIOUS.
By CLAIBORNE GARRETT. r
Rector o. MARKS Church.
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fort as we choose 70 make II. Tne nesrt
must be right or everything aroun1 VIII
be out of sorts II is love thar Earn1cHfzes
the world with man. Get the fullness OF
love ia the heart and there will De no
place for care.
Thus. while we are justified in thinking
rightly about the future, while X " even
q duty 70 consider the health ana comioft
and happiness OF ourselves and others. our
sr~t d,.fv ~ All "a 70 have great faith IN
Ged. IL Is faith and this alone that VIII
sustain as amid the changes life Dfinss.
By faith Is meant the consciousness ina.
we are in fhia world for purpose tnd'
here we have a work 10 90 SOU -
.efop. All else must be sGhofuliaae. -
this. We must have soul eohsice Il.
that our God il a father. afo INA. -, .s
49,, s.,.,-ry,a oar knowledge He is leading
-. - an eternal destiny. That Is the
s,-hess faith. To feel sure that God has an
gv.sy,gfe purDose for our life. Sometimes
vol. doubt this You think God has moth
ing for you 10 do or be. You are even
tempted to stop believing in the good at
all. You are tired of the struggle which
has gone on SO hard against you and wish
90 lay down the burden of living at an
Here Is one who has always run up
against a wall. No matter what his aim
has been he has been baked in the EFFORT
10 get ahead Are we to say 10 this man:
Take no anxious thoughtr Are we 10
tell him TO believe still I'm Gods proyi-
dence? How can he help worrying by
taking an eternal view of life and by iiy-
ing in the Spirit. There Is nc life that
need to give up. no life 50 fraught with
misfortune that need to despair. Even
those whose troubles cannot be traced 10
their own wilifulness are stilf TO look up,
and pray and wait. The faith We all
want is faith that can measure Gods
providence not by the longest term OF
mortal life. but by the eternity beyond.
IL is faith that will make US cry:
,.Tnou wilt not leave US In the dust:
Thou madest man. he knows not why.
He thinks he was not made TO die
And Thou hast made him. Thou art just.
You look about you In this world of ours
and in spite of the conflict and pain and
evil you see the signs OF great power OF
love. IL is there. Man has marred II often
by his own rebellion, and mysteries there
are we cannot yet explain. but stiH We be-
hold In humanity. sin-stained and de-
meaned as II Is the elements of the d.
vine. Goodness. love and truth are
stronger even than sin. hatred and deceit.
And the EVIL Is finite: the good is eternal.
Herein we see the wisdom Of God. 1t is
God who is leading the world and every
soul In the world UP out of sin and pain
into holiness ana JOY. BciteSe THIS ana
YOU will believe what Jesus said about
the care given the fowls of the air and the
lilies of the field. Not that you are like
them and are 10 idly wait Gods favor not
that, but that as these perishable things
receive his care and grow without a
struggle and fulfill their part quietly and
as IL were with a certain faith. so must
you you with soul immortal. believe in
God and grow towards Him with perfect
confidence. Go on and use your powers as
best you can. Live braveiy and earnestly.
Take. each duty as IL comes each burden
as II falls. and remember all the while
that underneath are the everlasting arms.
that when things go wrong and the future
seems fearful. you are not to worry. Pray
from your heart. Faith will come. "A
beam in darkness. let IL grow" Do your
duty In the consciousness that you are
really Gods child. and then nothing ought
ever TO disturb you. There is no greater
comfort for a man than this: | have done
the best / could with my life and now IL
IL is what men call failure IL is not my
fault will rely on God for vlndication.
oh, rest assured that God will vndicate
Himself and redeem that disappointed life
with a victory eternal and complete. If
not here, then surely there. when the veil
Is lifted and we see him, and every mys-
terry, face to face.