The Colorado statesman., 1916-11-25
CAST CARE ON HIM
Christians Heart Should Not Be
Troubled by the Anxieties
of the World. !

If ever there was occasion for one
to find comfort in God, the immediate
present is'surely such an occasion. We
hear the psalmist crying in one Of
the 'broken-hearted psalms" 81 will
love thee, o Lord, my strength. The
Lord Is my rock, and my fortress, and
my deliverer; my God, my strong rock,
in him will / trust; my shield, and the
horn of my salvation, my high tower"
And again, "God is our hope and
strength, very present help in trou-
ble." If the psalmist's experience of
God is possible experience in our
time foolish is the man or woman who
leaves any step untaken, any stone un-
turned, that might result in such an
experience. Happy are they who can
now say out of the abundance of their
own experience, "This God is our God
for ever and sever; he shall be our
guide unto DEATH" Happy are they
who know in the depths of their hearts
that Peter knew whereof he spoke
when he set down the words of our
text: "Casting all your care upon
him; for he careth for you" Happy
and very desirable citizens of this
world are they who know by personal
experience the Eternal Caretaker, and
believe nightly in his eternal good
ness.
Living as the Fool Lives.
I feel it increasingly that we Chris
tians who are old enough to know bet
ter are careful in wrong sense and
troubled about far too many things;
that we are overcharged with the
cares of this life; that we are "doped"
with these cares; that much of the
best that is in us, which, if it lived till
1T came to the birth, would mean
blessedness here and blessedness for
ever is choked to death by the cares
of this world; and that hundreds and
thousands of those who profess and
call themselves Christians are living
and dying as the fool lives and dies
the fool who said to his soul, "Soul,
thou hast much goods laid up for many
years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and
be merry" but to whom God said,
"Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be
required of thee"-I feel 1t increasing
ly that many of us who are old enough
to know better, and to set a better ex-
ample to those who are coming after
us, are making an awful and altogeth-
er unnecessary, and it may be incor-
rigible, mistake.
Always In Our Fathers Care.
God is our Eternal Caretaker. In
our Fathers house are many man.
sions. This world is one of those
many mansions. God is our Care
taker while we are in this mansion.
But that is not enough-certainly not
enough for the human spirit that has
n passion for immortality-not enough
for the ascending spirit of man that
is never so much its great self as when
1t stands with one foot on this earth
and one foot on the sea of eternity.
Our God is, and 1t is his dear delight
to be, our Eternal Caretaker Not only
In this mansion in which we find our
selves today, but in that equally real
mansion in which we may find our
selves tomorrow, and in each and
every one of the innumerable mansions
into and through which it is to be a
part of our great experience to ven
ture, our God is to be our Omnipotent
Caretaker. And this being so, we
ought-ought we not?-to be ashamed
to let our hearts be overmuch trou-
bled by the cares and anxieties of this
world. ''He careth for u.s." That is
enough to know. Knowing that, one
can sing with Whittier in his hymn
on the Eternal Goodness:
And so beside the Silent Sea
l wait the muffled oar;
No harm from him can come to me
On ocean or on shore.
know not where his islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
only know I cannot drift
Beyond his love and care
Rev. Mercer G. Johnston.