Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-02-05
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w. Rev, Junius 2. Remensnyder.
~ ~ rbe fowls of the air; for
D,I cow not. neither do they reap, nor
| .sor INTO barns, yet your Heavenlr-
sa'4 s.r feedeth them. Are We not
hotter than they MATTHEW vi,
~ ,o,,t the great teacher knew men
- +bpir weaknesses and their needs
WI, ,n,orkabIy shown by this counsel.
had noted the anxiety written in
u ~. faces Their duties, their bust
tho RESPONSIBILITIES weighed down
milf Of their hearts. And how
Yah more He would have observed
~ same aspect to-day. Life then was
-.e,o and free compared with the
-..onr Social conditions have grown
,o,nn)ax that it is hard to keep
s.,r heing under stress. If one looks
=. tho multitudes of persons he meets
onr streets, every one seems in a
,-,rr rs if bearing a strain. Life is
~ being lived easily and naturally,
IN under pressure-almost painful
y Even the faces of the young re-
anal this severe conception of life.
Nav. Christ considered this a dis
.,rred. needless and unhappy thing.
,n5 50 He calls men to look at the
freedom and blithesome joy of the
,ororfng birds so much wiser in their
tmpIjctty than they in all their anx-
,ms forethought and strain How,
tbar can we avoid this error and take
rfp easily and naturally?
Lave YOUR work Do not think that
arprr one else has an easier calling
fqn YOU have Most of us have found
tbe labor fitted to our hand, and, re-
Numbering that work is life's chief
Fasi0ess we should take delight in it.
Throw away all ambition beyond that
Of dong your days work we'll. Exer-
disc neighborliness, feel kindly to your
hotber man. show an interest in his
success. live and let live. Find pleas
ue in life and interest in others. 1t
q b our seIfshness that accounts for
much Of our stress. Were we satisfied
With our portion instead Of cherishing
4 grasplng spirit we would find life
far less thorny road. He who takes
tine to do kindly action lightens his
OWL task and illumes his own.
Again, have some innocent recrea-
ti0n 1t is the greatest error to con-
found religion and abstinence and aus
hrity The church has never made the
mistake of opposing harmless pleas
TgeS Those Christian people who have
done 50 have sadly misrepresented it.
Never worry over evils to come.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof Far more troubles are suf-
& tred in imaginations than in reality.
j Let us hope for the best instead Of
q dGeadng the worst. Never bear more
q tan one trouble at a time. Some peo-
& PIE bear three kinds-all they have
bad, all they have now, and all they
y expect to have. Let Us not, then, suf-
Ter from imaginary sorrows. And
) When troubles do come bear them pa
leltIy Patience is as a case Of ar
nor around the heart which deadens
j lie blows inflicted on it. Impatience
not only strips off the covering, but
q lays bare the very quick in all its SEN
auveness Of nerve. To bear evils with
I patience extracts from them their
aarIeSt thorns and gathers from them
4e sweetest graces of temper.
But the chief means of taking life
easily is thar to which the Master here
4 palS us. 1t is the lesson taught by
!. ue olFdS. They are by no means idle.
Iley work from morning until night
Out tler activity is without care.
tleF life is free, joyous, unburdened
" an1lety-a gladstone flight, cease
!. .FSs Song, and yet your Heavenly Faith
'eedeth them. Are We not much bet
ut tnan they? Let us then have faith
IL 0od Let US do our work and trust
. 'ae rest to Him.