The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-22
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but how the reporters put it down This one
indicating reporterl told me this morning that
he was going to buy whole lot of g's and give
half of them to me, as he thought needed 'em
about as bad as he did, and guess he's right
Laughter
And then there are burdens of anxiety, some
OF OF them harder to bear than any others. Anxiety
for a husband, son. a daughter. OF pastor
who has spent hours on his knees in anguish
because his church is asleep, and Indifferent and
doing no good. Many pastor has gone down
to the grave with a broken heart. Children, un-
ioaG your mothers hearts; husbands, unload
your wives. | want to say to any irreligious
husband that you owe your wife debt you can
never pay.
"A story was told by Mr. Jones of how a woman
had seen her husband and three children drown
in her presence leaving her alone in the world
with little baby. In speaking of this child he
said: after he had grown to be sixteen
years old she sent him off to college--that's
the epitome of thousands of boys. If
had pious, good boy could bank oD, would
send him to college; but If | couldn't trust
him, | wouldn't send him there. There
are some mothers listening to me now, and what
am saying is wringing great drops of blood out
of their hearts, for they have sent their boys
away to college, pure in heart and thought. only
to return debauched and ruined. All unsancti-
fed knowledge is debased, and would rather
have my boy in heaven among his A B Cs than
IN hell reading Greek. Do you know that's" Con-
tnuing his illustration, Mr.. Jones said that when
was ruined forever, and he ended felon's life
on the scaffod. That was the greatest trouble
of all Look; let's quit adding to the troubles of
those who have already more than they can bear.
If the heart of anybody in this world is burdened
on account of any act word of mine, / am
ready to get down on my knees and say, forgive
me- forgive me. am willing to do anything that
doesn't sacrifice my honor. to take the burden
off of any human heart. Some people have moro
trouble than they can bear When you go into
an insane asylum and look into the wild, hag-
gard face of woman there, you say: Trouble
did tha.." man in Chicago is found cold and
lifeless in his room, with derringer by his side
and hole in his forehead, and the very corpse
itself seems to say: Trouble loaded that pistol
and fired that shot" Suicide is the last resort of
despair. Let US try to make folks happy aud
help them to carry their burdens. There is q
great deal of trouble caused by tattling in this
world, and there is many woman, if you
could put your ear near to her heart you would
hear the blood drip for it has been pierced by
cruel, infamous SANDER. You can load down q
human heart with words.
Go to the Savior with every burden that Ia real
in this world No matter what your difficulty
is, go to God. He will hear and answer you.
Here is the solution of the whole question: Cast
your burdens upon the Lord. Sometimes we get
overloaded with troubles See that frail ship
out there. almost wrecked, and with the water
running over the bulwarks, too heavily loaded.
When the Great Eastern the most magnificent
ship that ever swan, corses along and releases
that little ship of part of her burden, and is not
sunk one one hund-edth of an inch by the extra
load, Brother in this great ocean of sin and
death you will fnd thousands of people over
burdened. and when the great ship of Zion comes
along with our dear Savior the captain He
will lift off their burdens aud help them to make
their way in speed and safety to the shores Of
eternal deliverance.
When he concluded his sermon Mr. Jones
asked DR.. Jeffery to offer prayer. In complying
with the request DR.. Jeffery asked for "the
,1ac nf nd ~ fho nir1iS rhO had
spoken, that he might continue to do good and
great work, and that forgiveness might .be
granted for all unkindness of which anybody had
been guilty Help us, he said Ito be kind for
giving aud patient, and may we all be lifted up
into higher plane
Dr. Jeffery walked across the pnlpit to whore
Mr. Jones was seated just before the close of
the services, and taking the evangelist by the
hand, asked him to hold his last service this
morning in his church.. Mr. Jones consented
and in publicly announcing the service, said that
the hatchet was buried, and he was glad of it.
1T is fit conclusion of the work of grace in this
city," he said; 'if the Baptist denomination con-
strue my remarks as a reflection on them as
| retract tie word liar as con-
strued to apply to them, for | would no more re-
feet upon that denomination of Christian peo-
pie than | would upon my wife and children.
May God bless that grand old denomination AS
He blesses the Methodists, Presbyterians aud
others who love Christ"
In response DR.. Jeffery said: II heartily &C.
cept this broad and ample explanation and re-
traction by Brother Jones | am satisfied that
he has great, kind heart. and that the word
was a slip of the tongue. l wish it to be UNDER
stood that there is not shadow of shade Of
any unkind feeling in my heart toward brother
Jones. and DO not believe that there is any
such feeling in his heart toward me. | have no
sympathy with sectarian alterations, and want
you all to believe that the great heart of the
Baptist denomination throbs III cordial sympa-
thy and love with Christians of every name, and
/ do not propose to be outdone by Brother
Jones in magnanimity. l say here that take
back every word which was severe and punaent
in my note of protest. and wish had not used
these words. give to Brother Jones here and
now my hand and heart, and invite him ts,