Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
DESTROYING FEAR
A Marvellous Performance-It is Not
a Discovery-Something Must be
Secured to Perform such Magnifi-
cent Task A Hard Lesson to
Learn.
By WI. I. Williams.

BY w. T. Williams.
This is a marvellous performance as
we'll as a magnificent one. 1t is a
piece of work worthy of our deep and
lasting admiration, because, if our
modern way of thinking is reliable,
we may well believe that one cause
of our fretfulness and vexation must
come to an end-if not the paramount
one. War is waged on this demon
with might and main from all angles,
and that because we have ventufed to
believe that it is working against our
well-being in every particular. 1t has
been decided that it is not conducive
to strength and mastery, and since it
is the spirit of this age for one to
have dominion over ones self, fear
has been classed with the diabolical
tribe, and out it must go. Are we
not taught in this day and generation
that fear is the most destructive of
all the agencies of the Kingdom of
Darkness? Is it not advocated on
every hand that fear undermines our
chances by undermining our health ?
Has it not been told to us in unequivo-
cal language that only foolish and
shortsighted people allow it to root in
their systems? All this is true, and
then we are not to wonder at the large
number of plain folk who have given
this matter such unsparing attention.
It deserves place in the front rank
of our thoughts, when we are deter
mined to slay it. The time we give 1t
is not given in vain, when we are re-
solved to overthrow it, because 1T IS
difficult for us to turn question OF.
this nature in our minds without be-
ing thankful to the Eternal Father
the infinite source of all goodness.
His help to subdue fear has been
promised to US. In this we are fel-
low workers with the Most High.
This is not discovery. We fail
to see our way clear to accept this
part of it. We feel that our need
along this line is too real to depend
upon a discovery, for discoveries are
too liable to change with the coming
of each age. Judging by what we have
seen and heard, discoveries are not
steadfast enough to encourage re-
lance and peace. They are the works
of men, and, although sincere, men
change their minds too often. They
are leaving behind them certain things
all the while. We must have that
personal acquaintance with the One
who can not mislead US, Intentional
ly or otherwise. He is the One that
knows the ms and outs of our lives,
and our confidence in Him bears fruit.
It destroys fear, making US thereby
conquerors of ourselves. Faith In
Him is a reaper of quietude and JOY
unapproachable. When the Man from
Nazareth told His disciples one day:
"Fear not, only believe. Fear not
it is your Fathers good pleasure to
give you the Kinkdom! Are not five
sparrows sold for a penny? and yet
not one of them is thing forgotten
in Gods sight. But the very hairs
on your heads are all counted. Away
with fear; yVu are more precious than
d multitude of sparrows: He want
ed them to know the will of their
Father. He sought to make known
to them that the minuteness of His
providential care was inexhaustlble
and absolute. Is this not too sublime
to be called discovery? What is it
then? Unmistakably it is a revela-
tion-a revelation of the heart of the
Heavenly Father.
"And what / am beheld again
What is, and no man understands;
And out of darkness came the hands
That reach through nature, moulding
men,
This is a hard lesson for many peo-
pie to learn, including ourselves. But
this should not have any bearing on
this glorious fact, because when we
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we also find that we are at the same
moment trying to establish in its
stead that which has no comfort in
its veins. We know that such is the
case when we are at our best. Evolu-
tion written with a capital E, signi-
fes nothing. It is misnomer, delud-
ing the unwary. The words of DIR.
Charles r. Brown of Yale are very
much to the point: 'This promise
of PERSONAL, minute attention to
the needs of these myriads of human
lives staggers our belief. The mind is
not built on scale to readily ap-
prehend the full content of such an
affirmation. But the Heavenly Father
is the Infinite Father! The scale and
range of His boundless interest are
such as to demand literally an endless
array of objects upon which to spend
His love. There is with Him no sat.
uration-point of interest to be speedi
ly-passed by the increasing number OF
small concerns" These words are
true, but since they have come from
a theologian, listen again to the words
of that keen philosopher William
James of Harvard: "God has so in
exhaustible a capacity for love thai
His call and need is for a literally
endless accumulation of created lives
He can never faint nor grow weary
as we should under the increasing
supply. His scale is infinite in al
things. His sympathy can never know
safety and glut." Away with feal
then. We have Father who is abb,
and willing to be unto US all in all.
The end of another year has com,
around, and what better can we d,
than leave ourselves in His hands, be
lieving with large degree of assur
ance that His will has no harm il
store for US. Hewill not fail US. HI
is painfully anxious for US to plac
our answering trust in Him. Thi
is the way of composure in a worl,
like ours. It might be that we hav
been disappointed more than once dur
ing the last twelve months. 1t Nigh
be that we have not been SO success
full as we expected to be. 1t might b
that we have lost in death near rela
tives and fast friends. 1t might b
that we have been chagrined by tn
ways of ambitious men, losing conf
dence in them, being led by their ba
manners to the very verge of despair
But, we have The Father, who is s
suitable to our needs-who is longin
for more room to bless us more abun
dantly.
"What though the world deceitfr
prove,
And earthly friends and joys remove
With patient, uncomplaining love
Still would cling to Thee.
Though faith and hope may long b