Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1917 — WHEN WE LOOK FOR FEELING [ARTICLE]

WHEN WE LOOK FOR FEELING

A stumbling Block to the Christian Is to Worry Over Inner Emo- . . tlons. Feelings are a very delightful part of our experience- But they may be a very dangerous part. There are times when oiir fellowship with Christ floods US With an overwhelming feeling of fls power and presence. There are jther times when we feel dead and sold; all consciousness of his presence

is gone. Has he changed? Is he less loving or faithful to us? He is “the same yesterday and today, * yea and forever." Therefore we are to rejoice, always, not in our feelings, but in Christ. Dr. W. P. Mackay has spoken a needed word of warping: “I have had to do with many anxious inquirers, and I find the greatest stumbling block of all is this: They wish to be able to feel faith. Even the telephone cahufbt let us see a sound; it can let us hear a sound. You might os weir speak of Jiearing a sight as

feeling faith. ‘Faith Is the substance of things hpped for, the evidence of things not seen.”' So let us believe without feeling and without seeing, praisipg Cod that his perfect sufficiedcy in meeting all our needs all the time is not dependent upon what we feel, but upon What he says:—S. S. Times. v ' ’ !