Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14
BANEFUl INFLUENCE OF FEAR.
1t Is the Greatest Enemy OF the
Human Race,
The greatest enemy to life is

| human naCcs
The greatest enemy to life is fear.
Fear is akin to death. 1t Is the
breath, influence, and forerunner o1
death. So it is to be fought at al
times with all ones might.
The effect Of fear on the body is in
furious. 1t will stop the process OF
digestion. 1t dries the juices and locks
up the normal secretions. 1t paralyzes
the circulatory system. The regular
flow Of blood through arteries, veins
and capillaries is essential to health
and fear plays havoc with the red
stream And we know how a fright
can turn the hair gray and can drive
the thinking brain into insanity.
Fear is the ally of every malady
Whatever illness besets a man Is twice
as bad If he is afraid; and if he laughs
at it one can carry about and live COM
fortably many a year with a deadly
disease. So that If a physician could
enter all his sickrooms and give some
physic to purge away anxiety he might
we'll lose his other medicines.
The most use a mother can be to her
child is to teach him not to be afraid
Fear is generally taught lesson. TIC
be unafraid is natural. Let parents aid
nature and prevent the fear hab!.
Imagination to Conquer Fear.
The imagination, which is commonly
prostituted to frighten little ones
might just as we'll be utilized tc
strengthen them. For instance, in
stead of telling them to be good and
not to cry lest the bogy man get them
or the vampires, goblins, and spooks
snatch them, 1t would be how conduc-
i've to their peace and happiness IL we
suggested to them that In all DARK
places are the good angels, and thal
the unseen powers that move Dy nlsn. ii.
are friendly, and that the world we live
in is crowded with invisible, kino
hearted helpers The child must i'm
agine something, and how much he has
gained if he is led to fill. his fancy
| world with friends and not enemies!
The child ought to learn that fear Is
| something to be ashamed OF. Quite
the contrary is too often the case. we
use fear as a means to inculcate NOR
ality. This is ignorant, unpsychologi-
cal, dangerous, and even wicked. NC
parent should play upon the fear mo-
tive. To develop 1t is to strengthen
that which is most destructive OF any
nobleness Of character.
To reward a youth for doing a thing
because he was afraid not to do 1t Is
to pay a premium on moral cowardice
To threaten a child ever and under
/ nj q pppc ia criminal
Say rather to your son: MY boy,
would rather you would defy even me
than to obey me because you fear me
I would rather see you double your
fist at me in indignation than to see
you fawn and cringe before me. For
you are going to live in world where
every living and dead thing conspires
to conquer the coward. -,
| Microbes will infest you, fevers Will
burn you, wounds will tester, women
will scorn you, men will impose upon
you, luck will turn against you, evil
spirits will torment you, good angels
will forsake you, horses will run away
with you, dogs will chase you, and
snakes will bite you-if you are afraid
of them.
| But If you have courage, and fear
not, and buck up against the universe
and it's habits, all and singular, why
then seas will divide before you, noun
tains fall, stars will work together for
YOU, and men, women, horses, spooks,
dogs, and angels will love you and
stand by you."
| True Aim of Training.
| The purpose of all training and edu-
cation, in family and school, ought to
be the subduing and banishment OF
fear. Manual training Is to get the
fear out of the hand so that one can
| strike the hammer and turn the lathe
and push with a sure motion. Piano
practice is to pound the hesitancy out
| of the fingers. Nine -tenths of learning
a foreign language Is to get into q
| frame of mind where we are not AFRAID
to speak it, mistakes or no mistakes
The master painters are they whose
touch is bold and happy hearted.
In the family fear brings sorrow. To
| fear your wife does not love you in
stills the hell of doubt into your heart
To fear the children will be bad or fall
goes a long way toward bringing to
pass the things you dread. TO rear
your friends are not sincere Is by and
by to lose all friends.
| Even religions main advantage is
that, properly used, it takes away the
fear Of the vast infinite, and makes US
feel the kindliness of that unseen
hand that pulls the strings of destiny.
| The most necessary thing to make
Of your boy Is an overcomer. Teach
him the luxury of bouncing out Of
bed betimes, and the loosening, vitiat-
ing effect of dawdling. Teach him the
joy of a plunge into a bathtub of ice
cold water, and the fine tingle Of bat
| tling through snow drifts to school,
and of tackling knotty problems.
We all want our children to be hap
Nv. but do we realize that the thing
which has caused more misery in child
| life than any other one thing is the
habit Of fear? 1t poisons their hours
of solitude, it estranges them from
mother and father, it unhinges their
will and moral purpose.
| All crimes, vice, wicked, unwhole-
some and disgraceful feelings and
deeds are due to fear. The weak cash.
ier steals because he is afraid to trust
the slow laws of honesty. The liar is
simply one who fears to rely upon
truth. The unclean man Is the man
who fears his passions instead Of mas
tering them. And all hypocrisy, dou-
BILE dealing, fawning other kind of evil
doing is simply due to the fact that the
soul dares not follow the lead of hon
esty, truth, honor, self-control and
/ purity.
In it's final analysis all wrong doing
is cowardice The drunkards, harlots,
thieves and thugs are the wretched
weaklings who never learned moral
courage. For it takes courage always
to be straight and 1t takes an artful
dodger and a coward to be crooked.
When you give up, therefore, and
weep, and worry, and want to go out in
the garden and eat worms, and wonder
why you live, and wish you were dead,
and are sorry for yourself, you not only
belong to the innumerable army of
failures, but you are a half brother to
all criminals. The first step to crime
| is self pity.
Jesus said, Turn the other cheek"
not because he was afraid, but because
he was not. The Christian religion is
not to make milksops, but heroes.-Dr.
Frank Crane in Chicago Tribune.