But, the same Psalmist tells us, those who take refuge in God have no cause for fear, for God is with them always, watching over them, that no evil may befall them. Absolute trust and confidence in God is the best shield against fear. "The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?" "The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" "Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear." This intense faith carries the Psalmist safely through all danger and affliction. He is surrounded with an aura which transforms all darkness into light, before which the thought of peril and danger take wing.

Face to face with dire want, the thought of starvation does not appall him. He wards off this fear by affirming in all confidence, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." Confronted by death, his faith does not fail him, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me."

The author of Proverbs likewise finds that reliance upon God is the best protection against fear : "Be not afraid of sudden terror . . . for the Lord will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being caught."

Faith in God, we see thus, is given as the antidote to fear. This faith must be genuine; it must be felt as sincerely as did the Psalmist. God must be conceived as the vitalizing force of all reality, as the essence of all existence. He is the soul of the world, and permeates every particle of its substance. He is therefore the soul of every being; He is the very soul of man. And the fact that He resides in man, is the best assurance that man is protected against the invasion of forces hostile and destructive to his existence. God dwells in man, His presence is a tower of strength and a shield to guard him from all ill. Man must realize