Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-07

NJ age for the New
Year, from the fol-
ossioo eI)sSEf lowing text
kktsEzszke4ssfSssSB ee.ssssSfSSasSsSB Fear not. for
have redeemed thee
have called thee by thy name: thou art
mine."-Isalah xiii. 1.
As usual he had a large audience
and the very closest attention. he
said In part
Fear Is a great calamity. 1t Is close
~ 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 Christiani-
ty. true Christian faith, and the pres.
ent rewards Of these Gre not very com
mon even In Chrlstendom Few know
the meaning Of the Master's words,
Come unto me. all ye that labor and
are heavy laden. and ! will give you
rest" Few appreciate the assurance,
''If the Son shall make yon free, ye
shall be tree indeed" Matthew xl. 28;
John viii. 36l
Fear has Its foundation In sim 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. lgurative-
ly, HOht. and the sinner and his sins
are, dguradyely. darkness There is no
compromise the darkness hateth Top
posethl 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 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 aud happiness
are encouraged and aided.
All physicians recognize the fact
that fear is closely related to disease
Hence the wlse physician always coun.
sells cheerful surroundings for the sick,
cheerful conversation. diversion OF the
mind the avoidance Of thought along
worrisome llnes--the rest cure, etc.
II may he asked, Why is II that the
Masters cure Is little considered to.
dayl Why are so few pointed to
Christ the Great Physician. for the
rest and peace nnd comfort and 10Y
which he promised to his followers
eighteen centuries agO2 Have his
words proven untrue2 Are his pro.
fessed followers amongst the most
anxious and troubled and overharged
and sick and Sorrowlng and fearful OF
our poor. groanlng creation? II so,
what Is the explanationP We must
concede the Inference, We must admit
that the four hundred millions OF pro.
fessed Christians are much more nm.
happy. much more fearful, much more
nervous. peevish and slckly than the
twelve hundred millions outside Of
ChrlstendOm,
The explanation Of this peculiar sit.
nation Is that Christendom is not
Christian; that the name ChrIstendom
Is misnomer! Chrlst's Kingdom does
not prevail amongst the civilized one.
fourth OF humanity For centuries
now ChriStendC'A has deceived itself
and has seriously mlsrepresented
Christ his teachings and his promised
Kingdom OF Righteousness for which
SIN we are praying, "Thy Kingdom
come, thy will be done on earth" Our
standing armies, prepared to destroy
each Other; and our Dreadnaught mn.
vles prepared to blow each other TO
atoms: aud our submarines and our
hylng machines. our great cannons ana
torpedoeS--all prove the mistake of call.
ing human civilization Chrlsts kim.
som,
similarly, the worry, fear. strife.
nervousness, etc. OF Chrlstendom nll
prove thar the Great Teachers anti.
dcte for fear and worry has not been
taken by the masses Of Christcndom
We hold that the Good Physicians
remedy for sin, corroding care worry
rear ~ lust as effective TODAY os n
was eighteen and a half centuries ogo,
we hold that the real dtnculty il that
nus prescription has moi been falth
iuliy followed We urge that thosa
WI" now have IAN ear to hear" his
meSSaee should accept il fa,thfrllv
ana thai they should not accept n, ,hn
nHndS ~ anybody uuo,her nreser,n
'."n' said to be 'iuSt as good We
sh"nld make sure thal we 20, rho
remedy which hears the endorsement,
q ,he Lord'S Word ana which has tho
seal " the precious blood
The Masters Teachings Perverted.
During the DARK Ages superstltions
lear was enrouraGed al viii conrada