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Henry Drummond, early New Thought leader, teacher, writer

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Henry Drummond's

Pax Vobiscum

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Pax Vobiscum - Effects Require Causes - What Yokes Are For - How Fruits Grow - The True Vine Contents


     There is no suggestion here that religion will absolve any man from bearing burdens. That would be to absolve him from living, since it is life itself that is the burden. What Christianity does propose is to make it tolerable. Christ's yoke is simply His secret for the alleviation of human life, His prescription for the best and happiest method of living. Men harness themselves to the work and stress of the world in clumsy and unnatural ways. The harness they put on is antiquated. A rough, ill-fitted collar at the best, they make its strain and friction past enduring, by placing it where the neck is most sensitive; and by mere continuous irritation this sensitiveness increases until the whole nature is quick and sore.

     This is the origin, among other things, of a disease called "touchiness" --- a disease which,

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