Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

viz AhAhANs anu liiIO lilC DdS
by mans moral and intellect
Worry, which is always detri-
mental, mounts alaImingly in war
time. II is a national menace
because II decreases our efficiency.
II Saps the energy OF brain and
hand. Worry Is far more damag-
ing than fatigue. Every school
boy knows that if he is worried
about an examination, no matter
what preparation he has made
he does not do as well as when
quiet and confident.
This is equally true of every
type OF business and professional
life. Even the creative power OF
genius has been blunted by worry
about bare, physical necessities OF
life Schubert was often starving
until publisher gave him 10
cents a copy for songs that to-
day are immortal,
Worry destroys our poise and
serenity. What a distressing sight
TO see people who are constantly
in state Of apprehension! Gen
orally they are overmuch preoc-
cupied with themselves. Much of
modern worry is due 10 selfish
ness. IL wonder what Ia going
tn happen TO me-" Our finger is
constantly on our mental or
spiritual pulse. In contrast with
fretted and anxious and fevered
lives. II is a relief TO meet some
one who can move from task
10 task with confidence and undis-
turbed calm Jesus was always
like that -- unhuFried, unruffled.
with the strength Of serenity and
inner peace. --
Amid the uncertainties OF ms
q art h Y ninistry-uncertainties
that were increased by the in
Stability of his friends and the
hatred and malignity of his enc
mieS--Jesus was always unworried
because he left the future in the
hands Of God
When we put self out of the
center OF our Ives and let God
in then worries begin 10 disap-
pear. The more Self-centered We
are. the more anxious we are 90
ing 10 he about ourselves and
those dear 20 US
pECENTLY ! read a medical
~ textbook which cited a sur
priSing number Of specific i'll
neSSeS as products OF worry. A
healthy person may be trans
formed into an invalid in A matter
OF months by worry alone.
How then may we gain emanci-
patton from this dread curse that
rests upon the human race? Some
people suggest an attitude of re-
fiance We should challenge fate
10 do It's worst and al the end our
heads viii remain Bloody but
Unbowed But that pagan philos-
ophy seldom works. II didn [
work even IN the case of Henley,
for the author OF 'Invictus" t"I
Am Captain'of My Soul') died by
his own hand
Others develop a superficial
kind OF cheerfulness and gaiety
They 90 about singing Pack UP
Your Troubles IN Your Old Kit
Bag and Smile. Smile. Smile"
Certainly a smile is always prefer
able 20 a froWn But even a smile
may become wooden and meehan-
ical, like the grin OF gargoyle
perched on a cathedral tower
This is inevitable unless we have
reason within US for good cheer.
always springs from
within; II can never be imposed
from without
'DHERE is only one way 10 face
Il this problem realistically and
that Is not TO apply superficial
remedies but 10 deal with IT as
Jesus did
BE not therefore anxious for
the morroW; for the novroW WfH
be anxious for i,seH. Sufficient
unto the doy is the eUH thereof"
Jesus not only taught this pre-
cept. hut ne lived il. His depend
ence upon God was unceaSing. and
divine aid sustained him, amid the
of his earthly minis
try. That is why in the hour Of
his trial he was the only calm per-
son IN Pilates judgment hall The
faith bv which he lived vas that
by which he died, for ms last
words were Father. into thy
hands l commend my spirit" "
One prominent Christian layman