The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-04-30

nj ,htnlare of fear. and nothing is dcnc
by mankind unless consciously or un.
consciously it is governed 10y an under
lying substratum Of fear. Mankind
fears accident. fears sickness. fears
old age: fears if it .,aS any money il
will lose it. and fears il ii nasn any
money it never Will have. and there
is your poverty, fears ii will die if
it eats. and sure il will die if it doesn't
eat; fears what ii calls the devil.
fears God, and fears death with the
utter hoplesness and helplessness of
abject slavery.
There is an old Arabian fable. ante
dating the Christian era by hundreds
of years. which bears very p%ertinently
on the question of fear. 1t relates
city that two spectres were met going
into a city by a man WHO stopped
them and asked their names. One OF
them SAID. MY name is Cholera and
the other said. My name is fear" He
asked them why they were going into
the city. and Cholera said. Il am GO
ing to kill n man. and Fear said.
Il will kill all the rest" As We read
in history the story OF the black
plague IN London, We learn that thou
sands died at the time, not because of
they had the plague. but because of
their fear o. ii.
There is no advancement. no hope
for man in fear of this kind, and we
may escape il by being obedient to
our Bible. ~andseeking first the king
dom of God that is within us. knowing
that it is true that we live. move and
have our being in God, who is Love.
Herein lies our freedom. for II Bible
teaches us that there is no fear in
Love, for perfect Love casteth out
fear"
If God put drugs on earth to pre-
serve and save the life of mankind,
why did Jesus. VINO came doing the
will of the Father, fail to use them
in the healing he accomplished? Je.
sus w did use anything for the
| healing of mankind from disease other
than the word of God. and that never
failed.
All. | hear some II say, but he
did use material remedies when he
put clay and spittle on the blind
mans eyes. | am going to tab to you
about this case. for. when understood,
it is one of the most wonderful les
sons i'm the whole Bible. DO you
believe that Jesus thought, when he
put the clay on the mans eyes. that
do believe that, then you believe that
there was an instance in which Jesus
failed to %fOreknow what would hal.
pen, for we know that the clay failed
to accomplish anything. Did the blind
man see while the clay was on his
eyes? No, Not until in obedience to
the command Of Jesus, he went to the
Pool of Sloan which, being interpret
ed, means. sent" and washed eff the
clay, did the blind man see.
And thus Jesus taught us that, as
We east one side all material rene
| dies, no matter o simple. and go in
the way of his appointing, hiindly
though it may be at first, our obedience
shall open the eyes that see not, and
We shall behold sac glory of God and
His son the living Christ. Now, do
any of YOU think this a farfetched eX.
PLANTATION of this story? Don't you
know hat this is one Of the few places
in the Bible wnere not only the word
but its meaning is given? go wash
in the pool of Sloan, which meal
sent was the command of Jesus
an | the man obcyrd, and when he had
washed he saw. We know it wasn't
the clay, We know it wasn't tn,
obedience to the Word Of God. as il
came to him through Jesus. that made
him whole.
Instantly our thought goes back tC
the story Of Naaman, one leper, VIII,
came to Elisha to be healed. The
prophet sent out word to him, telling
him to go and wash in the river Jor
dan. He was wroth, and said, "th'
waters Of my own country are hettel
than tn" waters of the Jordan HC
wanted it done his way, but he was
prevailed upon to be obedient to the
word Of God. as it came through the
prophet. and he went and bathcd il
the river Jordan, and came forth every
whit whole. When YOU and | are vii
ling to be obedient. as they wer,
Obedipnt. then there will be nOthina
that We cannot take to tn" foot OF tn,
cross. ana leave It there, coming away
free and untrammeled, praising Coo
for His wonderful goodness.
Before | close my lecture, let me
say those DESTROYS of knowing God
as Spirit, Principle, Mind; do not be