Article February 3, 1940 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: The Quiet Mind

with contributions from A Correspondent, W. C. Hartson, Charles A. Platt, Thomas Hastwell

[A Correspondent, in the Times, London, England]

What blessing is there greater than a quiet mind? Unrest of soul disintegrates life, overshadows its activities, undermines health. Quietness of mind is now all the more everyone's need "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." Quietness of mind is of various types. At its lowest it is fatalism, with its concomitant apathy and blind resignation. . . .

Far different is the peace of mind offered by Christianity. Here, in the first place, is a peace born of dependence on God. Christianity teaches that the sources of spiritual strengh are not in man himself, but in fellowship with God. God waits to give His own life and power to all who will receive them. It teaches also that quietness of mind comes to those who, in forgetfulness of self, patiently and courageously bear their share in the common human burden. Here is no isolation or self-sufficiency, but a peace which bears upon it the marks of suffering and the scars of battle.

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