The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-11
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.


Topic For the Week Beginning Dec.
13-COmment by Rev. $. ii. Doyle.
Topic.-An antiworry meeting. xiv,
1-3l.
We are living in an age when worry
and its pernicious effects are most prev
alent The contest for place and power
and the strife of competition at time
when so much stress is laid upon ma
terial things are so great that the lives
of many are filled with undue anxiety
concerning the things of life. In addi-
ton to this, there are many other
causes that produce worry-the affiic-
tions, sorrows and bereavements of life
as well as it's duties and unnatural am
billions
But worry is anti-Christian. Jesus
Christ, the ''author and finisher of our
faith was an optimist and not a pes
simist. He recognized the fact thai
there were sorrows adversities and
tribulations in life, but in spite of them
all He preached the gospel of good
cheer. To the paralytic He said, BE Of
good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
To the disciples on the stormy Galilee
He said, BE of good cheer it is |; be
not afraid" To them again when
about to leave them in the world a
parting word was, "In the world We
have tribulation, but be of good cheer
for l have overcome the world Tc
Paul, face to face with shipwreck in
the Mediterranean sea, He appeared at
night with the comforting words, Pear
not, Paul" So ii was continually iii
the life of the Master. Recognizing the
sorrows of life, He vet preached cheer
fitness and warned His disciples
against undue anxiety about the things
of this life. And where do we find a
better illustration of this truth than In
the instance before u. where when
about to leave His disciples in The
world He said, 'Iet.n your heart be
troubled; We believe in God. believe
also in AIe?"
Christs practice and teaching make
worry wrong for the Christian II is a
manifestation of doubt of God. 1t is
an expression of lack of faith in Christ
LANttls SsNllhiAt lttilli III OOh anu III
Jesus Christ as the Son of God and
our Saviour should exclude worry from
our lives, and worry INDUCED in be.
comes a sin.
But worry is worthless as we'll as
wrong. 1t improves nothing. Ii makes
bad worse instead of better. Nothing
in the midst Of trouble is more harmful
than worry over it, Cheerfulness
strengthens and encourages us. it helps
us to endure, but worry weakens us at
every point and makes us all the less
able to stand against the trouble thaf
assails us.
II not worry, what then? Trust
trust in God, trust in Jesus Christ. "Ya
believe in God, believe also in Me-
That Christ declares should be our All
titude toward the troubles and adveI.-
stiles of life. We are not TO fear. but
believe; we are not to worry, but to
trust Christ Himself is the basis of
Christian cheerfulness which should
supplant worry BE of good cheer. it
is /, He said to the disciples, and again,
In the world We have tribulations. but
be of good cheer, for l have overcome
the world" Christ has overcome. and
in His name and power we can over
come. Therefore "let not your heart
be troubled, neither let it be afraid"
BIBLE READINGS.
Josh. i, Z; Isa. ri. 21-31; Ps. ri. IL: xvi,
Ill; xiii; XXXvii, 10; XVI, II; Mark
vi, 45-51 John xvi. 80; Acts xvii.
21-25.