Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-10
FEAR.

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nature in such an emphatic form, that
it seems almost inseparable from it.
There are different degrees of this pas
sion, exhibiting itself very moderately
in some characters, while in others it
may be expressed as dread or terror.
Many people are so constituted that
they pass the greater portion of their
lives under the influence of this morbid,
fanciful emotion called fear They ap-
pear easily affected by undue excite
menti very susceptible to the eXpecta-
ton of evil or apprehension of impend-
/ ing danger; distrustful and inclined to
imagine fear in its different and vary
ing appearances; forgetting that in
valor there is strength that will en-
noble man to encouter danger with
tirmneSs and fortltude, necessarily pro-
ducing courage and contentment of
mind. 1t seems formidable fact that
this anxiety cannot to greater extent
become eliminated, yet again, on the
other hand, and in more instances than
we realize, there is one fear that we
should be glad our hearts possessed and
that is the fear of God, for in this how
many evil thoughts, deeds and actions
are thwarted and driven from the
hearts and minds of many classes and
kinds of people, those who are easily
addicted to wrong doing, who by pos
sessing this solicitude to avoid the
wrath of God, and by this deep rever-
ence felt for Him, many hands have
been restrained from wickedness and
wrong doing Many hearts have be-
come softened, purified and better,
many minds grown nobler and greater
There are numberless worldly fears
that fall into our lot in this life, where
we leas. suspect them. There is the
cloud of fear that silently approaches,
invading and menacing our homes aud
country. We have many battles to
fight, many crosses to endure, many
victories to win. Adversely may have
overtaken our toiling steps, thereby
rendering our former good name and
confidence to become shaken in the
minds of our creditors, thus they may
deem it advisable to push us just little
harder for the claim they may hold
against us, giving great fear for its re-
suits, or again may our hearts be filled
with unrest and gloomy forbodings for
the welfare of distant frends, fear
ing news of dismal import. If
he numbers among the ranks of
some valiant army, how every
train that may possess tidings,
good or bad, is watched and waited for
with fear and trembling for results. If
it be some wayward son or brother, how
anxious we are for his future prosperity
and happiness, fearing that the life of
one whom we have loved, worked and
struggled for, might, through misfor-
tune -and recklessness, prove dark,
dismal blank Ancient history is filled
with accounts and records which are
known to have occurred, of rude, tur-
bulent and trying times, that filed the
hearts of all with fear and sadness. So
many examples of tried fear might be
repeated from the darkened annals of
the great in their history of mankind.
They spent more time planning and
waging war between the different great
branches of their families than any
thing else; where they might have lived
in peace and harmony, they seemed to
prefer and provoke war and commo-
ton, sacking and burning towns, raw
aging fruitful countries, allowing them
selves to do atrocious deeds of violence
of every sort, almost without number.
We read of the dreadful quarrel be-
tween the family of Edward the Third
the houses of York and Lancaster-for
the possession of the kingdom of Eng
land, that lasted more than one hun
dred years. Can we ever realize the
fear that must have filled every heart in
that country, causing the internal peace
of hundreds of families all over the land
to be destroyed for many generations?
Husbands were alienated from wives
and parents from children. Murders
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out of it. All arose from the fact that
the descendants of a certain king had
married and intermarried among each
other, in such complicated manner,
that for generations no one could tell
which of two different lines, were en-
titled to the throne. Do you not inn
agne that while this long question was
pending, ethat it kept the country and
] people in state of perpetual emotion
and fear? These two houses of York
and Lancaster, being so closely related,
what suffering and fear must have been
theirs? During that long struggle
families, Kingdoms, towns and villages
must have been divided and distracted
by this dreadful feud History repeats
itself;p our late conflicts, civil and for
eign, testify to the correctness of this
quotation If we cannot collectively
let MS individually educate ourselves to
be brave and fearless in the eyes of
man, feeling that True nobility is ex-
empt from fear Let us not forget
that in the eyes of our Creator we can
with all faith and confidence, believe
and say, j will fear no evil for Thou
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