Article October 31, 1936 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: True Religion and the Church

with contributions from Keith L. Brooks, W. C. Hartson, James Reid

[From the Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada]

Christianity is a religion of joy—the joy that comes from appreciating all that is good and beautiful. It is meant to be a happy religion, and the way to this happiness is marked by what it proclaims. Its Founder delighted and took joy in all that was good and beautiful. He loved the innocence of little children. He liked wandering in the cornfields enjoying what nature had provided. He loved the retreat of the quiet brook, he enjoyed the peace of the mountaintop. He took an interest in and derived pleasure from the birds and the flowers of the field. He was attracted by the beauty of the lily, by the spread of the mustard tree. His joy was the joy of thankfulness. ...

In those moments when we see and appreciate the good that is around us we enter into the joy of the spirit, the joy of the spirit of Christianity, if we only measure it aright and see it in the light Christ [Jesus] saw it when he introduced it to the world. It is a plain and simple religion appealing to the best in man, bringing out all the good that is in him—the religion of doing good and taking a joy in doing so, seeing the good and striving to shed the knowledge of good. When the good is seen there must come that feeling of thankfulness which means so much in bringing contentment.

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