The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-09
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Disease.

fusing morbid activity into the cells Tha
result is torpid liver, a weak heart 4
sour stomach, nervous prostration ana
paralysis. These things follow 1ust az
surely as two and two make four. Cause
ana erect, mind and embodiment. ara
lnseparable. There can be no doubt that
.he only danger from epidemic diseases
hes IN the dread of them, either con-
sclouS or unconscious. The germ theory
OF disease Is being displaced bv a more
ranonal view, which regards the germs.
not as causes, but as friendly SUBSEQUENT
actIVHles that come in to bring a new
form of life to a condition that requires
thenl. It IS the morbid and fearful
thought that is fatal, not the germs
APPROPRIATENESS is causative in crin7a
as well as in physical disease. Many
man Is led to steal becauses he dres,ds
want or loss of social position. In politi-
cal economy is not apprehensiveness A
FACTOR also? Confidence is the life of
business. When 1t is weakened credits
are withdrawn. money is withheld from
circulation, industrial activity ceases: we
have hard times" What is more de-
structive to confidence than appreheu-
siveness? Poverty and crime are dis
eases, and apprehensiveness is a cause.
we have now considered cause and ef-
feet. What shall be the remedy? We
know that no remedy can be effectual
that does not deal with causes. The
cause must be eradicated at once and
forever. Many may question the posi-
bility Of human nature being free from
anxiety and apprehensiveness Can man
believe in an immanent God, an ever
present Help, an All-in-all and apply
TINS belief to everyday life? This is one
half the problem. Swedenberg says:
'Solieitude about futurity, confirmed BY
act, makes dull and retards the influx
of spiritual life; for they who are So
licitous attribute to themselves what is
OF the Divine Providence. and they who
do this oppose the influx Of life, and op-
pose the life Of good and truth" Here
in is suggested the other half-a belief
in ones self as a manifestation Of that
life, which, with the first, will make the
complete circle. First, then. a full re-
al!zation of Omnipresent spiritual reality.
an unchanging goodness of which the
universe is an expression; second, an adj
justment of all thought and all activity
to this great proposition and to its cor
ollary-that man, made in the image of
this supreme Spirit, is spiritual, and re-
ceiveS constantly an influx of -fe and
good and truth that will lead him on IT,
the fulhllment OF his highest destiny; this
is the mark. and we can answer une-
quivocally that it is universally attain
able.
of apprehensiveneSs is reduced thus to
a simple change of mind on our part,
to a different way of thinking, to a train
ing of our mental activities away from
ignorance and error. along the lines OF
cosmic truth, to include all that is good
and beautiful. Our thinking faculties are
our own, to uses as we will. Power is
born of desire. We may drop all anxiety
and apprehensiveness if we will. As we
train ourselves to accept that view OF
God and His universe which accords with
highest reason and science and intuition.
there will be no place for apprehensive
thoughts. AS these disappear. we become
more and more open to the influx Of all
that is true and wholesome and hopeful
in a word. of all that is divine. our fear
is turned into courage. our faith is trans
mittted into works. If God be for us.
who or what can be against US? Thus
we come to know the immanenL Life of
the world, the ever-creative Love. We
come to recognize ourselves as mani
festatiOns of this Life and Love through
the ideal manifestation that was in
Christ. This is life eternal, an ever
progressive. overwhelming and ever
deepening life, from now, henceforth. Tn
it perfect love casts out fear.