Article September 28, 1899 Issue

Anxiety for To-morrow

BY HENRY D. NUNN

Denver Times

Of all the sayings of Jesus, that found in the sixth chapter of Matthew advising us to take no thought for the morrow is the most difficult for mortals to reconcile with reason. It seems like downright encouragement to us to be shiftless, regarded from the accepted standpoint of the world, namely, that life may not be sustained by bread alone, but that it cannot be sustained without it.

Notwithstanding the seeming lack of wisdom in this bit of advice, I have not the slightest doubt but that Jesus uttered it, and fully intended that those who followed his teachings should act upon it.

How is it possible for men nowadays to stop thinking of to-morrow when so few feel sure of an income one week ahead and must keep on the lookout continually? This is the question most of us have asked ourselves. If it were true that we "must keep on the lookout continually," then, of course, we cannot stop thinking of to-morrow, but it is not true that we must keep on the lookout.

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