The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-16

end no ono can fail to be benefittsd a
opt = hopeless pessinaiet. 1t is q w
helpful place to 60, and ybody no
wants to shake of the worry h,it u
made welcome. We try to Ee.ld OF
ali pretsncs iii our meetings, al urge
people not to say that they dot worry
il they do. Every meeting -kes dit
ferent turn. There Is atolutsly no
control exercised over II direction; IL
runs its own way. Or time IL taxes
an abstract question, nd another time
tho whole evening , devoted TO per
sonsl sxpsrienoss.
AT a recent n eting man appeared
who had never cen there before. He
VA. a man wi along in years and he
got up aud Aid be had beard Of the
Don't WorJ circlss and thought ho d
| cems to 20 il he could find u way to
kssp fren worrying. He won't on to
tell tn. he owned city real estate val.
| q, I'd at$200, 900 and that he worried all
tho tfne for fear tnat he should lose it.
I'd1iks $a00,0 900 mighty Will, bat I
vSuldn't take iC as & gift from that
Imam IL had to take HE feeling OF fear
with 1t, and b slisvs that all tho other
members OF our circle felt the same
way. Ho was convinced at that first
meeting thst money, whom it broupht
anything but happiness, wss more Of a
curse than a blessing He has been at
tsndipg tho meetings over since and
has como here to have several long
talks with me, aud be 10 winning = vic.
tory over worry, for now he only feels
that fear OF losing his property part Of
the time.
Another man got up At . meeting,
and to illustrate how he feels that
worry 10 au essential quality OF human
nature, told tho following story: L
own = handsome place out at Orange,
whore lived for some time. When
ever it rsined the cellar was noods'
and OF course that worried ns no end.
Finally found that it would bs more
convenient for me to live In the city, 10
I rented my Orange house.
"Shortly aftor was comfortably sat
tied In town and had my tenants also
comfortably fixed, a heavy three days
tin set in. After 1t had bsen coming
down for a day began to worry about
the cellar oat iu Orange. The longer
It rained tho more worried. could
see the water creeping up inch by inch
until finally the house was submerged
In my mind, the walls ready to fall, and
tho tenants packing up to move away
with q very poor opinion Of me-. A,
last I could staud it 20 longer, aod after
two days and nights Of utter wretched
ness went out to Orange. For som,
time I didn't dare face tho people in my
house. but finally plueksd up courag,
| aud rang the doorbell. The lady an
| swsrsd it herself, and was ~ smiling d
. Nay morning. "How's tho cellari'
mansged to gasp. AS dry r. ,
bsne," she answs sdsweetly. As sool
as We came here NV husband saw tina
| by laying pipe in = certain way al
Of The water could be carried of ant
the cellar kept perfectly free fron
dampL ess." Now, how was l to keel
from worrying about that esllsrr b
appealed to the circle, pathsticsily.
"'You ought TO have been able to z,
to Orange, nnd your cellar full of water
and still not worry retortsd = hrigh
member, and sho was right. Worry
| you know, wo lldn't bail the water on
Of . cellar. ia
ut 10 perfectly Astonishing" sontin
ued Mr.. Psntecost. 'how much oppc
sition there 10 to the idea Of not VERY
ing. The belief prevails that civiliza
tion p1ogressss through peoples wo,
rying. That 10 false, for the worr
habit rstards tho growth Of tho ind
vidual, AID whatever does that rstard
civilization. The don't worry idea 1
;hs basis Of all the religions In tn
world. That 10 what religion was q
tablisbsd for. to teach people not +
worry. Jesus said, "Taks no though
for your life. what ys shall eat, nsishs
for the body, what 70 shall put on. B.
that he meant for US not to worr
about things. Buddha sat under
tree, ate his little dish of dry rice, an
told the people not to worry.
"Ths Don't Worry Circle opens itsel
to attack, but the Don't Worry psopl
do not miad that. The cartoonist an
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