The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-01-06

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have redeemed thee;
I have called thee by thy name; thou art
mine" Isaiah kill !.
AS usual he had a large audience
and the very closest attention. BE
said in part.-
Fear is a great calamity. II Is close
ly related to all the sorrows of life,
closely linked to all the crimes of the
world! One of the blessings of true
Christianity is the release 1t gives
from fear. But alas! true Chrfstiani-
ty, true Christian faith, and the pres
ent rewards of these are not very COM
mon even in Christendom. Few know
the meaning Of the Masters words,
"Come unto me, all We that labor and
are heavy laden, and l will give you
rest" Few appreciate the assurance,
"If the Son shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeed" (Matthew xi, %;
John viii, 36).
Fear has its foundation in sin. We
may be sure that the angels In heaven
know no fear. After Adam had dis
obeyed the Divine command in Eden,
he feared his Maker and hid from him.
Similarly, fear affects all of Adams
posterity, because of the general real
ization that "all are sinners" God
and his righteousness are, figurative-
ly, light, and the sinner and his sins
are, figuratively, darkness. There is no
compromise-the darkness hateth Top
poseth) the light, the light scattereth
the darkness. Love and reverence go
hand in hand, but love and fear are
opposites; we cannot love that which
we fear. we do not fear that which we
love.
Fear, Worry, Sickness.
Hope, pride and ambition encourage
the business man and the laborer, the
king and the peasant, the housewife
and the maid, the leaders of the social
set and the patient mother. Never
theless, all of these have a drag-anchor
of fear, which In the stress of life
produces worry; worry produces indi-
gestion, indigestion produces insomnia
and nervousness which lead on to
every form of disease and unhappi-
ness. To the extent therefore, that
fear is removed, health and happiness
are encouraged and aided.
All physicians recognize the fact
that fear is closely related to disease.
Hence the wise physician always coun-
sells cheerful surroundings for the sick,
cheerful conversation, diversion of the
mind, the avoidance Of thought along
worrisome lines-the rest cure, etc.
1t may be asked, Why is it that the
Masters cure is little considered to-
day? Why are so few pointed to
Christ, the Great Physician. for the
rest and peace and comfort and Joy
which he promised to his followers
eighteen centuries ago? Have his
words proven untrue? Are his pro-
fessed followers amongst the most
anxious and troubled and overcharged
and sick and sorrowing and fearful of
our poor. groaning creation? II so,
what is the explanation? We must
concede the inference. We must admit
that the four hundred millions of pro-
fessed Christians are much more I'M
happy. much more fearful, much more
nervous, peevish and sickly than the
twelve hundred millions outside of
Christendom.
The explanation of this peculiar sit
uation is that Christendom is not
Christian; that the name Christendom
is a misnomerI Christ's Kingdom does
not prevail amongst the civilized one
fourth of humanity. For centuries
now Christendom has deceived itself,
and has seriously misrepresented
Christ, his teachings and his promised
Kingdom of righteousness for which
still we are praying. Thy Kingdom
come, thy will be done on earth" Our
standing armies. prepared to destroy
each other: and our Dreadnaught ma
vies. prepared to blow each other to
atoms; and our submarines and our
flying machines. our great cannons and
torpedoes-all prove the mistake of cali
ing human civilization Christ's King
dom.
Similarly. the worry. fear, strife,
nervousness, etc. of Christendom all
prove that the Great Teachers anti
dote for fear and worry has not been
taken by the masses Of Christendom-
We hold that the Good Physicians
remedy for sin. corroding care. worry. |
fear. is just as effective today as II |
was eighteen and half centuries ago; |
we hold that the real difficulty is that /
his prescription has not been faith |
fully followed We urge that those |
who now have ian ear to hear" his /
message should accept II faithfully. !
and that they should not accept at the
hands of anybody another prescrip- /
ton. said to be -just as good" We
should make sure that we get the |
remedy which bears the endorsement /
Of the Lords Word. and which has the
seal Of ''the precious blood"
The Masters Teachings Perverted.
During the Dark Ages superstftious
fear was encouraged. all VIII concede-