The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-02
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| January i1.-Pastor
T K! 4. Russell OF Brooklyn
~. Tabernacle address.
w ed a large congre.
CATION III the Brook.
SSssSEI En Academy OF
NJ Music this after.
In noon on the impor.
IN stnnce Of good cour-
nge for the New
Year, from the fol-
Rgas70P Rt0lssEiT lowing text:
eias.'.a iata1s<.ss 1919 Fear not, for I
&f have redeemed thee;
! have called thee by thy name; thou art
mine."-1saiah. Kill. 4. ~ j z, y y,
AS usual he had large audience
and the very closest attention. He
said In part:- t5l II < n
Fear Is a great calamity. 1t is close.
ly rented to NIL the sorrows Of life,
closely linked to, ;all the crimes Of the
world! One. Of the blessings Of true
Christianity IS the release It gives
from fear. But alas! true Chrlstiani.
IS, true Christian filth, and the pres.
nt.rewards Of these are not very COM
mon even in Chrlstendom. Few know
the meaning Of the Masters words,
Come unto me. allSye that labor and
IRE 'licdry linden, and will give you
rest" Few appreciate, tile assurance,
III. the Son shall make you free, yc
shall te free indeed 0iattl,ew II, IS;
John viii, 800. '2 ; 4, n
Fear has Its foundation III 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 oil of Adams
posterity, because Of the. general real
ization that "all are ,sinners.' God
md. his righteousness are. Agurative.
~. light, and the sInncr|and his sins
IRE. figuratirely, darkness. There Is no
compromise-the darkness shateth Top.
poseth) the light, the light scattereth
the, darkness. Love and reverence so
hand in hand, but love ,and fear are
opposites: We cannot love that which
we fear, wc,do not fear that which we
love. ..g5i-
Fear Worry, Sickness. Y
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 or these have drag,anchor
OF fear, which in the stress OF life
produces worry; worry produces indf
gestion, indigestion produces Insomnia
sand nervousness which lead on 10
every form of disease and unhappi.
ness. TO the extent, therefore. that
fear is removed, health aud happiness
are encouraged md aided. 4.er5sl
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
worrfsome ilnes-the rest cure, etc. j
It 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 ago? Have his
words proven untrue? Are his pro.
fcsscd followers amongst the most
anxious and troubled and oycrcharged
and sick and Borrowing and fearful of
our poor, grooming creation? II 50,
what is the explanation? We must
concede the inference. We must admit
that the four hundred millions Of pro.
fesscd Christians are much more un.
happy, much more fearful. much more
nervous, pcevish and sickly than the
twelve hundred millions outside Of
.Clrlstendom. a
The explanation Of this peculiar sit
uation Is that Christcndom Is mot
Christian; that the name Chrlstcndonl
Is a mlsnomer! Christ's Kingdom does
not prevail amongst the civilized one.
fourth Of humanity. For centuries
now Christendom has deceived itself,
and has seriously mlsreprcsentel
Christ his teachings and his promised
Kingdom OF Righteousness for, which
still we arc praying, "1'hy Kingdom
come, thy will be done on earth" Our
standing armies, prepared to destroy
each other; and our Drcadnaught na-
vies, prepared to blow each other to
atoms; and our submarines and our
flying machines. our great cannons anu
torpedocs--allprove the mistake OF call.
Ing human civilization Christ's King.
dom. -
I 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 Chrlstcndoni.;
We hold that the Good Physicians
remedy, for sin, corroding care, worry;
fear.,, Is just MS effective today as; !. It
Fas, eighteen and half centuries ago;
&eshold that tile real difficulty Is TINT
his prescription Inns not been fuitll.
fully followed. We urge that those
who now have ian eur to hear" his
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