The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-14
Bear rs One Another. B~dsn..

This Is very remarkable command from
one OF the most remarkable men who ever
lived. II is like all Bible theories-an EN-
bodiment OF wisdom andof universal appli-
cation. The figure included in it is that OF a
company oi travellers setting out on foot, as
Wsscohmon IN that time, on a long and
weailsome Journey, and each CARRYING his
.1au OF necessities, and We are to suppose
the command to be to them, that on the
Journey they are TO bear each Others bur
dens. Not that the willing are to carry the
burdens OF the idle forthe man who wrote the
sentence also wrote, "He who will not work
neither let him eat" But as some of the
travellers would be weak ana some strong,
AS some would break down on the tourney
as lameness and other misfortunes would
come TO some, then those who remained
Whoie ana well and strong were to take up
aEa carry the burdens of their unfortunate
ielloW.'raVelers. A more beautiful illustra-
uon OF human charity, fitted TO life with its
multiplied vicissitudes, cannot be imagined
Tor ON setting out on'a long tourney SO
many are the vicissitudes before the
travellers, so many are the unseen
events which may happen, that no one
traveller can safely assume that he will
reach the journeys end without breaking
down. The strong are as liable to sudden
disaster or exhausting fatigue as the weak
est ana We often see the weakest survive
.he perils OF aJonrney TO which the strongest
nave succnmbed, and hence the wisdom of
the injunction to such party Of travellers,
that they support each other ON the journey
oy bearing each others burdens We may
readily suppose party of travellers enter
lhg INTO solemn agreement that they
would bear each others burdens on the
journey, that they would stand by
each other, and that those who CHANGED to
be fortunate would aid those who should
cnance TO be unfortunate, and we should
say that such compact, in view of the un-
cerlslhties before them would be wise and
prudent and good policy. Now lust as such
party, oeeying this religious Injunction,
might enter into such solemn compact,
Just such compact the members OF the
IeXas Benevolent Association have made
ana are making with each other from mo
yves oil sound business policy, and there Is
always sound business principle involved in
Bible truth They are all ON Il long and
tedious Journey, the journey of life,
IN winch the vicssitudes are SO many, the
chances OF misfortune so threatening, and
The endurance of this one or the falling by
the wayslde of that one so uncertain, that
they mutually agree that the burden of the
| one who breaks down by accident or disease
shall be taken up by those who survive
for, leaving the figure, the burden of man
is the care and support of his family, and
the members of this association agree that
the care and support of the member who
falls shall become their care and their bur
den.
70 realize the wisdom and sound policy
of the Apostle Paul's injunction in all its
applications, let us suppose party setting
out on journey together with mutual
pledge to bear the burdens of one another,
and one who might join them, either from
short-sghted selfshness or carelessness
refusing to join them, md setting
ost alone in his own path. He might
arrive at his journeys and safely.
But would he be wise man to hazard
all for the little he would be required to
give in the company, namely, his pledge to
bear his share of the burdens OF the unlor-
tunate? Would he not be foolish man?
And is he not equally foolish who in Jour
ney So uncertain as life refuses the company
of others and their pledges to care for his
family if he falls, for the trining pledge he
is required to make, that if he should not
fall he will contribute his share to bear the
burdens of those who do?