Evening star., 1909-06-27

When Jesus Christ was In this world He
opened the eyes OF the blind. He healed
the paralytic and the leper. and in our
amazement and Joy in the presence Of the
mastery of Jesus over the Ills Of the body
we are liable to forget that He showed
an equal supremacy over mental and
spiritual ills. Jesus not only said to the
paralytic, Arise. take up thy bed and
walk" but also to those who were dis
tracted to the verge OF insanity with
this worlds crushing burden OF cares. He
said: "Consider the lilies Of the field how
they grow: they toll not. neither do they
spin, yet ] say unto you that even Sol
omon. in all his glory. was not arrayed
like one of these" ''But II God 80 ciothe
the grass of the field. which today Is and
tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he
not much more clothe you. oh ye OF little
faith? Be not therefore distracted. saying
What shall we eat? Or what shall we
drink? Or wherewithal shall we be
clothed? For after all these things. DO the
Gentiles seek: but your heavenly father
knoweth that We have need Of all these
things" The text is the echo OF this
wonderful teaching of our Savior from
the hard experience Of the apostle Paui.
In nothing be anxious: but IN every
ksgiving. let your requests be known
unto God. And the peace OF God tnat
passeth all understanding shall guard
your hearts and minds In Christ Jesus.
Jesus Christ brought blessed ana won
derful ministry to this world. when He
said to the leper be thou healed. and 70
the paralytic arise and walk. but He was
the author of q larger and more blessed
ministry when He spoke With ene au-
thority of heaven the message OF tne
plague OF consuming care and racxinx
distractions. I verify believe that Tor
every one person whose race Is scanned
with smallpox there are hundred whose
faces are wrinkled and nRrred with anx-
iety: for every person whose body Is con.
sumed with typhoid fever. thare are a
hundred whose bodies and souls are De-
ing consumed with the fever OF worry
and distraction.
humanity and see SO much hair prema.
turely gray: SO many hollow eyes and
sunken cheeks, languid expressions and
hopeless lives. this tragedy IN human
paralysis or any other physical afisicticn.
The dominant element In this calamity Is
signified in the text. Men and women
worry, fret, are distracted, ana under !ne
sway Of this feverish. consuming. morbid
teelnS. the nalr Idlis' ~ s8ft1s otoI s1.S
face wrinkles. the cheeks become sunken.
the lungs lose their elasticity. the hearts
becomes sluggish and the sun OF life dis
appears behind the clouds. when he
should be enjoying his noontide glory
The text represents the true and Eodiy
attitude in which every true man an9
woman should face. all the problems OF
life. I'm nothing be distracted. but In
everything let your requests be known
unto God" II there ever has been q
time when this appealing. beseechins
command Of God was pertinent ana op- P
crease our asylums (to sufficient capac-
ity) for the insane. for the increasing
numbers of inebriates. and all kinds OF
victims Of nervous collapse.
We are overwhelmed at the prevalence
OF dishonesty and crime, not only among
and most favored classes OF society. We
are astonished at the excesees and ex.
tremes OF luxury and indulgence toward
which our age is tending In the gratinca.
ton Of vanity and for the satisfaction OF
Unsuitable longing and desire: we are ap-
in suicides; these are only the surface In
dications, the quickened pulse and In
creased temperature that indicate the
raging fever of worry, fretting and ais
traction that is threatening the peace ana
happiness and very existence OF our gen
eration.
I venture to say that never has there
been an age Of keener conpetition: never
an age Of more excessive Indulgence; |;
never an age when the average man
worked under greater pressure. The Sim
pie life Is outside OF the realm OF our
life with vengeance. Tho conditions
are eminently favorable for anxiety and
destruction. This plague Is devourtng our
generation. God In mercy is prescribing