Article March 9, 1935 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from H. L. Hubbard, T. S. Roy, Winfred Rhoades, A Correspondent

[Rev. H. L. Hubbard, in the Christchurch Parish Review, Bournemouth, England]

Is it a sin to worry? No one can deny that it is a very widespread experience in these days. Its results are disastrous to body, mind, and spirit alike. It cripples action. It destroys usefulness and service. However inevitable it may seem to be, its fruits prove it to be an evil. It must be rooted out from the lives of all who would truly serve God and man. ...

We are too ready to judge men and affairs by their effect upon ourselves. It is almost as if we suppose that the world exists to minister to our needs. If things go contrary to our wishes, or seem to press heavily upon us, we are grieved and offended. We begin to worry. The first lesson we have to learn ... is that God and not ourselves is the center of the universe. We are here to serve and not to be served. As disciples we are "not above our Master," who "came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life." Our first task, then, is to dethrone self and enthrone God in our hearts. It is His will that must be served by us, not our wills by Him. "Not my will, but thine, be done." ...

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