The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-01-03

have redeemed thee;
have called thee by thy name; thou art
mine. ."--lsaiah Kill. l.
AS usunl he had large audience
and the very closest attention. He
said In part:-
Fear Is great calamity. 1t is close
ly related to al. 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 Christiani-
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 ye that labor and
are heavy laden, and l will give you
rest" Few appreciate the assurance.
elf the Son shall make you free, We
shall be free indeed" (Matthew xi. 2S;
John viii. 36).
Fear has Its foundation In Nsin. 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. figurativey, darkness. There is no
c0mpromise-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, ind 'gestion 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-
GELS 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 1t 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 ago2 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, groanlng creation? If 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 un-
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 misnomer! Chriat'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 Christs King
dom.
Similarly. the worry. fear. strife,
nervousness, ETC., of ChrlsteDdom 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 "an ear to hear" his
message should accept 1t 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
q hn 10 "a
Of the Lords Word, and which has tie
senl Of ''the precious blood"
The Masters Teachings Perverted.
NJ During the Dark Ages superstltious
fear was encouraged. all will conctde