Article April 6, 1940 Issue

"Jubilate"

SIMON WIJNBERG

The joy and gratitude voiced in the Holy Scriptures have rung throughout the ages. They are the expression of those who trusted in God. One may think that those who admonish us lived in prosperous and peaceful conditions, but the record shows that this was not always so. Many mournful complaints, as well as songs of praise to God, are to be found in the Psalms. Discordant circumstances, however, did not prevent the Psalmist from expressing joy and hope in God, to whom he turned for comfort and release from difficulties. Hear his thankfulness to God and love for all mankind, when he writes, "Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul."

The words of Christ Jesus, the greatest expounder of Truth the world has ever known, must have sounded comfortingly in the ears of his disciples when he said, "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full."

Herein lies Jesus' rejoicing—that he knew the allness of Spirit and the nothingness of matter. He gave to those who listened to him a way of living which brought them into obedience to God's law and gave them spiritual happiness. Through healing all manner of disease and sin, Jesus proved the divine power, which supersedes every material law, and which, when rightly applied, overcomes every obstacle. Knowing that God provides for all His children's needs, Jesus fed the multitudes; knowing that God, Life, overrules all that is unlike Himself, he restored Lazarus. No wonder that the people who saw these things went on their way rejoicing and praising God!

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