Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10

GOu as the only power.
Worry is another "do-not-trust-God'
disease. 1t leans ito strangle," and
this is its action, for it kills all good
impulse. 1t is lack of confidence in
Gods power to govern. He is great
enough to bring forth Mazzaroth in
his season" and guide Arcturus with
his sons yet mortals do not trust him.
They trust t'-e steam engine to take
them across the continent; the screw to
propel them across the ocean; the dy-
namo to give them light; meat and
food to give them health; public opin-
ion for safety-everything and every
body but God.
Worry viii Destroy
Worry is talkative and assertive. 1t
produces mental poison which, if not
overcome, will de-troy. 1t is often the
one dark spot on an otherwise noble
character.
One of the peculiarities of this disease
is that the one possessed of this evil
seldom sees or acknowledges it as a
fault. but holds 1t virtue. He dwells
in an atmosphere of self justification
and considers himself martyr to
faithfulness and duty. There can be nc
greater enemy to a home, for 1t not
only makes the person thus afflicted
comes within touch of its poisonous ill.,
ffuence. Many times this condition of
mind will be reflected by other mem"
bers of the household, and the friction
thus occa stoned is the entering wedge
for a divided home. To overcome it,
we must return praise to God Tor wnat
we have. and cultivate the habit OF
praying for what we have not. Ike
nounce all power but Power Divine,
and with strong confidence lay hold
on it."
Hurry is also a "do-no-trust-God'
disease 1t comes from an ambition to
be or do something of ourselves. 1t is
the product of time, not eternity. 1t is
confusion, noise. 1t forgets dignity, and
that all things should be done 'decently
and in order" 1t pays no attention to
appearances or to the comfort of others.
1t has no time to be pitiful or courte-
Gus. All it has is speed. 1t often for
gets the object it had in view.
Jesus Not in a Hurry
1t is impossible for us to think of
Jesus as in hurry. When Mary and
Martha sent word to him of Lazarus
sickness, he was not long distance
away, but it was three days before he
reached them.
Confusion of mind inevitably results
from this false action. When our spir-
itual light is dim we can often trace
it to the fact that we have allowed
hurry to gain admittance. Paul got
where he could say. None of these
things move me-" The mind that is
seeking guidance from the One Mind
will reflect peace and order.
Greed must be named as "do-not-
trust-God" disease. 1t is a selfish de-
sire for the accumulation of matter,
the opposite of justice and equality.
Like the serpent which it represents,
it folds and stings all whom it reaches.
Those who are caught in it's tolls are
slowly stupefied by it's poison to all
sense of unselfish love. When self
grows large it brushes all. We read
that when Nebuchadnezzar was boast
ing of his city, kingdom and power,
giving no glory to God, he became in
sane, and it was not until he became
humble and kind to the poor that his
reason was restored to him. When the
human mind is entirely self-absorbed,
it obscures it's last ray of light and
drifts, like a ship at sea that has lost
its reckoning.
Greed Never Satisfied
Greed is never satisfied. The more
it has, the more it wants. Its victim
places all his confidence on the things
of this world. He knows not the steady
trust in the eternal verify, behind the
delusion of sense and time. When
tribulation and losses come upon him,
he is desolate. That in which he trust
ed has been tested and turned to dust.
He had not the real substance-Love.
The man who each day is proving God
can never be utterly desOlate and for
saken. The assurance of His COM
partnership is ever with him. If we
have not yet proven this, the Princi-
pie is perfect, and some day we shall
attain unto it. Trust is the strong
chain that binds us to the Infinite.
There is a voice which, when followed,
will always guide Alright.
We overcome greed by realizing the
nothingness of its gains. Then we be-
gin to do for our felIow-man. This
habit of doing, cultivated, will break
the self-mesmerism that holds us.
whether it has been the worship of
person or things. We shall manifest
mercy compassion and justice through
the brightness of His coming into our
lives.
Great Cause of Rottenness
Greed has brought into our nations
life much of prohigacy, sensuality and
assumption without quality-a class
that works for appearances. We
should have had our lessons in the his
tory of the nations that are dead.
Moral rottenness has always resulted
in oppression and extinction. 1t was
with good reason that God, through
Moses, commanded that the vineyard
and harvest We're not to be cleaned to
the last grape or grain, but something
was to be left for the poor.
We make our own troubles. A daily
asking God to supply our needs will
bring a childlike simplicity of doing
and living. When all gain this. we
shall become happy. The struggle
CONFUSION and despair that have come
from false living, pride and lust of
the flesh and eyes will go back to ma
tive nothingness. Our dependence on
God will become entire and absolute.
Fear is not the least of the "do-not-
trust-God' diseases.
We read in Isaiah 81 will trust and
not be afraid" Distrust is fear. Trust,
then, is the antidote for fear.
Mortals Do Not Trust
We mortals do not gain absolute
trust. We commence trusting the rel
atiVe good about us; have confidence
in our brother; then in our God. If
we trust not our brother whom We
have seen, how can we trust God whom
we have not seen? Paul said 10 the
NIdldtldllS, 1 nave COIlhuclltt III you
through the Lord" Temperance. hui
mility and purity have come through
the Lord. We can trust these quail
ties.
There is no human being but that has
i'm his consciousness ray of light. If
we encourage this it will become
brighter. A kind word has turned the
current of many life heavenward.
This does not mean that we can blind
our eyes to the attempts of a rogue to
rob Us Il such an one is SUCCESSFUL he