The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-01
A opoN,r WORRY" MOVEMENT.

IHIee w eehS - All IANOlullpl anu
Out growth Of Ethical Societies-Em-
phasizing Divine Immanence.
The Don't Worry movement is the
latest of the ethical developments.
That there is need for such a move
ment few can deny. 1t is matter for
surprise that the practice Of the pre-
cepts of Christianity has not given rise
to condition of feeling in the church.
es in which there would be no need for
such a movement. But it is an open
question whether church members are
any more free from the worry habit"
than are others. Such being the case,
it is gratifying to see the churches TAX
ing the initiative in forming Don't
Worry" circles.
The movement is little more than
three weeks old, but gives promise of
success. Don't Worry Circle No. l was
organized on the evening of November
g. in the residence of Miss G. l. S. An
drews, 81 West Thirty seventh street.
1t holds meetings on the first and third
Thursdays of each month at that ad-
dress. A few days afterwards Circle
No. 2 was organized on the West Side.
1t holds meetings every Wednesday
night in different residences, the meet
ings this week being held in the home
of Mrs. Percy Densmore, 319 West For
ty-fifth street. The third circle was
formed at a meeting in st. James Pro
testant Episcopal church, Seventy first
street and Madison avenue, on last
Tuesday evening. The meeting was
called to discuss the question, rs the
Church Too Narrow to Embrace Some
Modern Thinking on Religious CUES
tions?" 1t was presided over by the
Rev. Dr. E. Walpole Warren, the rector
of st. James, and addresses were de-
livered by Theodore F. Seward, tire
founder of the Don't Worry" move
| ment, Judge Rufus E. CoWing and 9th
ers. After the discussion of the ques-
ton an enthusiastic circle was formed
to be known as Don't Worry Circle No
8. 1t is to meet for the first time in the
| residence of Judge Cowing on Thursday
evening, Dec. 2.
When asked to-day as to the origin
| Seward said:
1.-THE idea of the Don't Worry Circles
| is an evolution-an outgroWth from {
| course of study of different ethical so
| cieties in connection with my work will
| the Brotherhood of Christian Unity
The motto of the last named society is
Love your neighbor and respect his be
liefs.' Its object is not to bring abou
organic church unity, but to draw
| Christians of all beliefs into closer sym
pathy. In my study in this connection
| of different movements outside thu
churches, such as Theosophy, Christian
| science, Mental science and the Societ.
of Ethical Culture, l became convinced
| that there are various ways of empha
| sizing the law of the Divine immanenc
| and Of universal providence, and mas
| much as the churches also now teacl
those truths, there was need of
movement which should lead to sucl
| emphasis being placed on them tina
church members would not feel the de
sire of joining any of those organiza
lions outside the church Finding tina
others in the church had the same feel
ing, the first Don't Worry Circle wa
1 ClSdllLeu anu LIE 'IIlOFS lusIlL LIDS SlllC
increased in a remarkable manner"
Mr.. Seward went on to give the fol
lowing rules for conquering the worr
habit:
| "RealiZe it as an enemy which de
stroys your happiness. Realize that
can be cured by persistent effort At
tack it definitely as something to b
overcome. Realize that it never ha
done and never can do the least gooC
| 1t wastes vitality and impairs the men
tai faculties. Consider what must b
involved in the truth that God is inf
mite and that you are a part of hi
plan. MemoriZe some of the scriptur
promises, and recall them when tn
| temptation to worry returns. Help an
comfort your neighbor. Forgive you
| enemies and conquer your diversions
Induce others to begin the work G
emancipation from the worry habit
While Mr.. Seward believes that tn
elimination Of the worry habit is tn
great specific for producing happines:
scientifically, that thought by no mean
gives the curriculum of the spiritual b
ology classes to be conducted by TIL
circles. The following are some of til
| suggested SuDJeClS LOT discussion
God as Ever-Present Life, Wisdom
Love and Benef1cent Activity" Th
Holy Ghost, as Reresenting God q
Work in the Universe and in the Hear
of Men" Christ as the Revelation {
the Eternal Principle of Self-Sacrific
and Self Giving" 1.-THE Christ Spir
as Expressed in Literature and til
Arts "The Christ Spirit in Scienc
and All Human Inventions" 9TH
Christ Spirit as the Basis, and the Onl
Basis, of a Science of Society"
The basis. in fact, of the Don
Worry" movement is what the Rev. D
David H. Greer calls ''The biological il
depreciation Of Christian Truth"
| Theodore +. Seward, the founder
this crusade against brain exhaustion
and nervous prostration, Is man {
perhaps fifty years He gives one til
impression Of being thoroughly in eal
nest in his wish to serve his age. |
diction, he savors of Drummond;
catholicity of belief, of thought, of Ia
Maclaren. He was born in Florid;
Orange county, N Y, the birthplace
William H. Seward, of whom he is
relative. He is a musician by profes
sion and until recently taught music i
the Teachers college, Twenty yeal
ago he collected m re than hundred
the slave songs of the south and az
| cOmpanied the Fisk Jubilee Singers q