Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-08-30
r. r0R. ANXIETY

BE FOR ANXIETY.
By Rev. Edward Judson.
70 NAV study to be QUIET.
ssaIonlans All.
n1jety involves extreme pain 1t
-. from the same root as anguish.
natn, however, is not physical, but
.ol and for that reason all the
rder to bear.
b. prevalent in society is this form
n,on+al pain. How infreQuent Is
+ranouiI face. Anxiety seems to be
lind Of hysteria to which Americans
grscenribIe. In suicide, at least, we
l., +o he In q fair way Of outstripping
- rnst Of the world. Some Hindus
+ Prof. James was showing about
81 ,rhridge remarked upon the strained
oog If Americans and their distorted
Obs IN contrast to Oriental placidity
~ grace. He said that It was the
.e+on Of Hindus to retire at certain
a. every day to relax their muscles
& Ia mediate on eternal things.
bias Christianity a cure for anxiety?
~ % Christian is tranquil as regards
sorrsioB for the future. He provides
IN the future, but without anxiety.
60 and over Christ bids His disciples !:
a not anxious This does not mean
sat we are not to work hard and lay
ID against a rainy day.
The Scriptures teach that righteous
as is the parent Of comfort. Seek
asst the kingdom of God, and His
righteousness; and all these things
AL be added unto you" The uni
serse is on the side Of the man who
fOes right. Exceptions to this are only
sbDarent. The life of the individual
ii too short for the principle to work
Ilself out completely, so that it stands
ID more clearly in the history Of a
hmly or of a nation.
1t is not only provision for the future
Dat is apt to make Us anxious. We
morry over our past. Now, the Chris
Ian revelation provides a drug for
ahese painful memories. We learn, like
81 Paul. to forget the things which are
mhInd We cannot change the past,
III we believe that all our sins are for
nyen Our very sins then become step
ing stones They prevent resumption.
hey I'll Us with sympathy for the err
lng. We love God, because He first
Ieyed US.
81 Our work, too, often makes us anx-
bus. We thirst for recognition or else
Re grIeVe over the meager and incon-
RiCuOus results Of all our efforts. But
ne value Of our work is determined not
u the bulk of the result achieved, but
y the spirit in which the work Is done
q IS only as we go deep into the work
NSeIf, without thought Of the conse-
auenceS, that we vitality affect the lives
81 others. Besides the chief value of
anr work Is that it promotes ample
Nnd symmetrical self-development. God
links more of q man than Of his work
inc work may be wood, hay or stubble,
g the end burned up, but the man Is
saved.
We are employed by our Great Mas
Rr to work by the day, not by the
plece Every day should have it's ritual
NJ 1t is more important to live by rule
nan to accomplish some great RESULT.
ms is the secret of Toll answered
On TranQuillity.'
s. The supreme crises Of life are an
ven more fruitful source of forebod-
Alg than our past or provision for the
Qtlre, This mind is infested with the
'gloughts OF bereavement and with pow
Try sickness and death and old age.
pere' again, the Christians eye is
aimed by faith in the love Of God.
providence is only another name for
kile love OF God which anticipates these
Uses 50 that when we arrive at them
r see The traces of the Fathers hand
.laI mas arranged them for US before
#"iu' either tightening the burden or
slrehsthening our shoulders to bear it.
HoSne OF these things we may never
I've 10 experience at all, and why
nouIo we allow ourselves to suffer
mem in imagination? We have no
lS"l 10 occupy the mind with unpleas-
~ 'hIhgS, The imagination has power
Z mass untowam events so as to pro-
noce the effect of their occurring stimuli
I""eouSI!. Real evils come TO us one by
- ana grace Is promised for each
PAYS need.