Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1913 — DOUBT. [ARTICLE]

DOUBT.

You doubt, and you cannot bear up under doubt. 1 am not surprised. Doubt is torture, but do not argue and you will cease , to doubt. The shadows of a simple faith are very different from doubt. Its troubles bring their owq consolation and fruits. Vfter they have reduced a man they restore him and leave him in full peace. Doubt is the trouble of a soul left to itself, which wants to see what God hides from it and out of seif love seeks impossible securities. What have you sacrificed to God save your own judgment and self interest? —Fenelon.