The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-02-04
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CURE FOR TROUBLES.

BY Rev. JunluS d. CeueuSAy uel.
Behold the fowls of the air; for
they SOW not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns, yet your Heavenly
Father feedeth them. Are We not
much better than they MATTHEW VI,
.26.
That the great teacher knew men
well, their weaknesses and their needs,
1s remarkably shown by this counsel
He had noted the anxiety written IN
their faces. Their duties, their bust
ness, the responsibilities weighed down
the uplift of their hearts. And how
much more He would have observed
the same aspect today. Life then was
simple and free compared with the
present. Social conditions have grown
30 complex that it Is hard to keep
from being under stress. II one looks
at the multitudes Of persons he meets
on our streets, every one seems In a
Aurry, as If bearing strain. Life is
not being lived easily and naturally
but under pressure-almost painful
ly. Even the faces of the young re-
veal this severe conception Of life.
Now, Christ considered this a dis
torted, needless and unhappy thing
And 80 He calls men to look at the
freedom and blithesome Joy Of the
carolng birds so much wiser IN their
simplicity than they in all their anx-
ious forethought and strain How,
then, can we avoid this error and take
life easily and naturally?
Love your work Do not think that
every one else has an easier calling
than you have. Most of us have found
the labor fitted to our hand, and, re-
memberlng that work is life's chief
business, we should take delight in It,
Throw away all ambition beyond that
of doing your days work well. Exer-
else neighborliness, feel kindly to your
brother man, show an interest in his
success, live and let live. Find pleas
ure in life and interest In others. It
Is our selhshness that accounts for
much Of our stress. Were we satisfied
with our portion instead Of cherlshing
a grasping spirit we would find life
far less thorny road. He who takes
time to do kindly action lightens his
own task and illumes his own.
Again, have some innocent recrea-
ton. 1t Is the greatest error to con
found religion and abstinence and aus
terty. The church has never made the
mistake of opposing harmless pleas
ures. Those Christian people who have
done 50 have sadly misrepresented 1t.
Never worry over evils to come.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof Far more troubles are suf-
fered In imaginations than in reality.
Let us hope for the best instead Of
dreading the worst. Never bear more
than one trouble at a time. Some peo-
pie bear three kinds-all they have
had, all they have now, and all they
expect to have. Let IFS not, then, suf-
fer from imaginary sorrows And
when troubles do come bear them pa
tiently. Patience Is as case of ar
NOR around the heart which deadens
the blows inflicted on it. Impatience
not only strips off the covering. but
lays bare the very quick in all its SEN
sitiveness Of nerve. To bear evils with
patience extracts from them their
sharpest thorns and gathers from them
the sweetest graces Of temper
But the chief means of taking life
easily Is that to which the Master here
points US 1t IS the lesson taught by
the birds. They are by no means idle.
They work from morning until night.
But their activity is without care.
Their life is free, Joyous unburdened
by anxiety-a gladstone fight. cease
less song, and yet your Heavenly Faith
er feedeth them Are We not much bet
ter than they? Let us then have faith
IN God, Let us do our work and trust
the rest to Him.