The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-18

| llere In God. be.
leye also in Me"
/ lJohn xiv, ~.
AS II uat there
was a good crowd
EASLQ e y2USsEII and closest dtteD-
sf=7z:':;s..== ti0n given through
out The speaker said In part: -!
The world does well 20 keep aup. a
cheerful. outward darrlellnnr7 .drire
dulEcare away tothe bestIof Its abll;
| ity. Nevertheless. there is great force
and weight to st Pulls words to the
jefect that sthe whole creation is
| grooming and Travelling in putn' tegcth.
er. waiting for Messiah's Kingdom
| and long-promIstd blessings TO lIft
the curse OF sin and death and to re-
store to mankind the smile of the Fa'
4 Tiers favor. Reason though they may
that there is no personal tiod-that
!! there is merely q blind god Of nature.
an evolutionary force. etc., neVertle-
less. deep down in The heart. men be
Iieye that there Is q God. Almost un'
consciously the mind attributes to Him
Wisdom, Justice and power-but little
of Love or sympathy with humanity
and its frailties.
This very tntultive knowledge Of
God is closely associated with many
human troubles. As the root Of near.
! ly every trouble. perhaps deep below
the surface, is sin obedience to
recognized principles Of Righteousness,
and a fearful looking for Of retrlbu,
ton, and uncertainty Us to what It
win mean. This Is true. not only of
many Christians. but frequently true
also, of others who have made no pro-
fession. who hive taken upon them
no solemn VOWS Of obedience.
This troubled heart condition does
not always show upon the surface.
Sometimes the troubled heart is lin the
theatre to try. to forget its troubles.
Sometimes its owner is immersed In
sinful pleasure.seeklng. in endeayorto
drown some haunting grief. Some,
times relief IS sought through intoSi-
eating liquors or narcotics; sometimes
frE suiaide. Sometimes the troubled
bue Is or the stage. One cannot sure
" know thatthe merry'laugh and witty
Joke and CHEEKY song do not come from
troubled heart. We are sure that
they do, in many instances. for fire.
quently those who have been indulg-
ing in merriment have committed sui.
eide a few minutes thereafter. leaving
messages that their hearts had been
severely burdened, while outwardly
cheerful.
We have much sympathy with these
.sorrow.laden hearts. AS a race we
are walking through "the valley OF
the shadow Of DEATH" day BY day.
on every hand we have reminders OF
this-grief, disappointment, headache,
hcartache, etc. II we are ;rneasurabiy
free from pain ourselves. yet have
sympathy, we are pained in theltnter-
est Of others. II none Of our own
dear ones has recently died, the great
Enemy, Death, has laid hold npon tue
home Of neighbOr, u brother, and he
IS bereaved and reflex shadow falls
upon our hearts; and further. the
thought comes that our hume may be
invaded by the great Enemy which his
already swallowed up twenty thou
sand millions of our race-and that by
Divine permission, because we are sim
tlers-and because sinners are un-
worthy Of everlasting life.
The Fear Of the Lord.
In our troubles we, sooner or Inter.
realize the lack Of human sympathy
or, at least, its inpotency. Feeling
our helpTessness, we instinctlvely look
to our Creator Inthe hour Of trouble
remarkably few doubt the existence Of
God. AS Jesus said, aye believe IN
God" But ms we look to the Almighty
for protection and consider Divine
Justice and realize our own weakness
es and shortcomings the heart Of man
fails. How could he think that the
Omninotent One would have interest
Ga4e care for such worm Of the dust
IS he feels himself to be? How could
Divine Justice look with any sym
pathy upon the course Of seldshness
which he recognizes stretches out BIZ,
hind him in full view of the All'seelne
Eye?
4The fear Of the Lord is the begin.
ming Of wisdom" Is the inspired Mes
sage. Surely many have this begin
ming Of wisdom come to them at some
period in their LIES experience. But
sucha fear Is the start 70 .wisdomonly
when It Lends the fearful one to great
or carefuIness Of living and to 4 do
sire for the Heavenly Fathers approx
al If this be the lending Of the fear.
II Is indeed the precursor Of. the.
81 TO- wisdom. Aspr6per fear drrey.
erence for the Almighty comes In i
acts as a restfdintIpon sin. 1T tends
to make one more thoughtful, more
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