Moses
comforted the children of Israel in words that have been rich in blessing to God's people through all the centuries, when he declared, "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
How common has been the belief that sickness has oftentimes been sent by God! People whose lives have been honorable, moral, wholesome, have believed that fallacy; and their doing so has tended to make disease more real to them, more a part of their earthly experience, and more difficult to heal.
There
is no doubt as to the longing common to mankind for assurance not only of the continuity of existence, but of the continuity of individual identity—for assurance of immortality for the individual.
Christianity!
How familiar we all are with the name! But when we think of the conduct at times of some of the nations which have embraced it or of many within these nations,—how they have defied its precepts, reversed its admonitions to follow after good, failed to obey the Golden Rule,—we are astounded at the extent of the divergence which has actually taken place at times between genuine Christianity, as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus, and its practice among men.
