The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-09

would say today,
don't worry" 1t means, as Cony
beare and Howson put 1t, "let no care
trouble you." A most surprising ex-
hortation when we think of the sin
within us; surprising when we think
Of the many painful experiences we
meet, the hard surroundings, the bit.
ter circumstances, the unexplained dis.
appointments; surprising when we
think of the constantly increasing diff
ficulties that strew our paths. Yet in
spite of all of these he says don't
worry" We need not worry, it Is
wicked to worry, 1t is against the les
sons of nature revelation and our
peace in the Lord. 1t is disobedience,
too, because it is the Lord himself who
says BE careful for nothing" 1t Is
well known that worry will kill where
work only makes strong. But how are
we to avoid that which Is so common
among us? The next sentence tells
us.
Simple Method.
"In everything by prayer and suppli-
cation with thanksgiving let your re-
quests be made known unto God"
Here is the simple method Of avoiding
the useless, wearying worry. Take
everything to God in prayer.
oh. what peace we often forfeit,
oh, what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry
Everything TO God in prayer.
The small things or the large are to
be taken to him, the joyous, glad
things as we'll as the sad and bitter
things, the simple things as we'll as the
difficult, the personal and private as
we'll as the public affairs-everything
Is to be carried unto the Lord. And
they are to be taken to him with
thankfulness. The thankfulness will
be there in the measure of our trust in
him. A little boy takes his broken toy
to his father After seeing it the ia.
Their said, "Ill fix it for you, SON." The
boy says, Thank you, daddy" and
goes off content because he trusts his
| fathers word. To the measure Of our
| trust in our Father when we bring our
affairs to him will be the measure of
our thankfulness. Only let us be as
children before him and the outcome
will be certain.
Sure Result.
"The peace Of God, which passeth
all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Jesus
Christ" The heart as fortress will
be guarded by the peace of God and
| the mind, the entrance to that fort
ress, will be kept by the same peace.
1t is the peace of God, not merely
peace with God. The latter Is for the
conscience and comes by faith in his
work; the former is for the heart and
mind and comes by faith In his word
and his presence. We cannot conceive
Of God being worried. Nothing can
overcome him, nothing the future
holds can ever take him by surprise.
No evil the past holds that the blood
cannot blot out, no distress Of the pres
emit that he cannot relieve, and no
darkness of the future that his pres
ence cannot tighten. And to the
measure of our trust will be the
measure of our peace. Unbelief and
an unsurrendered will are the two
great hindrances to the enjoyment OF
the peace of God which passeth all
understanding.
A child came close to his teachers side
His book tight clasped in his little hand
| Teacher" he said. with wistful eyes,
Were coming to words that 1 don't
| understand.
I'VE turned the pages over and over.
And the words are so big and they're al
so new,
When we come to the lessons where they
are put,
o teacher, don't know what I'll dov'
The teacher smiled at the troubled face,
| And tenderly stroked the curly head:
Before we reach them" 1 think you will
learn
The way to read them" she gently said;
"But IL you shouldn't, I'll help you then.
! And don't you think that tho wisest plan
| Is to learn the lesson that comes today,
And learn It the very best you can?'
| And II seems to me- Il Is so with us:
We look at the days that are still ahead.
The days that perchance may never
be ours
with pitile5s longing and a nameless
| dread.
But surely the Teacher who gives the
| task
VIII lovingly watch, as we try to read
| With faltering tongue and tear-dmmed
| eyes,
And will help his children in time OF
| need"
We are always complaining that our
days are few, and acting as though