Article February 20, 1902 Issue

Fret Not

BY L. L. BOYD.

The Bible says, "Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity, For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good." Suppose your brother-man does not always act as you think is right, are you raising the standard of purity any by returning evil for evil? "The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God." Acts of violence accomplish very little good. A Christian's duty is to promote peace and harmony all the time. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you," are the words of our Master to his followers. There is power in peace, but it seems Christ's followers are a long time in learning the meaning of his words.

"Great peace have they that love thy law: and nothing shall offend them." If we love God's word and ponder Christ's teachings in our heart, we shall not be offended by the evil deeds of others. God's Truth is mighty and will finally prevail over every evil. If one continually thinks of the evil in the world it will undoubtedly become a mountain before him, mystery will mount upon mystery until he will be overcome with the burden of it all. But God's people are told to forsake evil and it will flee from you. Turn away from it, keep your gaze on good things, think more about goodness than evil, believe more in a good power than an evil power.

If all Christians remembered and practised the first commandment and acknowledged no other god but the one Good, God, sin would eventually become unknown. We would then also keep that other commandment, "Love thy neighbor as thyself." We would overcome evil with good. We would have no desire for wrong practice, and we would be so much happier that others, seeing our good deeds, would be influenced thereby.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

Presumption or Fact?