The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-06-08

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world for you, and you canaot lift al
ounce for him
But here is man whose cross will bt
to announce among his business asso
ciates tomorrow morning on exchange
that he has begun new life, that while
he wants to be faithful In his worldly
duties, he Is living for another world
and he ought to advise all those who arr
his associates, so far as he can influence
them, to begin with him the Christian
life. Could you do that, my brotherI
"Ohl no." you say, mot just that.
think religion is religion, and business is
business, and it would be impossible for
me to recommend the Christian religion
in places of worldly business" Just as
feared, There is a second cross offered
you, and you cannot carry it. Christ
lifted mountain for you; you cannot
lift an ounce for him.
There is some one whose cross will be
to present religion in the home circle.
Would you dare to kneel down and pray
if your brother and sister were looking at
you9 Could you ask blessing at the
tea tablet Could you take the Bible and
gather your family around you, and read
of Christ and heaven and your immortal
soul9 Could you then kneel and pray
for blessing on your household .'O!"
you say, mot exactly that. couldn t
quite do that because / have very
quick temper, and if professed religion
and tried to talk religion in my house
hold, and then after that should lose my
temper they would scott at me and say;
You are pretty Christian!' So you
are cowed down and their sarcasm keeps
you out of heaven and away from Christ,
when under God you ought to take your
whole family into the kingdom. Christ
lifted mountain, lifted world for you;
you cannot lift an ounce for him. see
how it is; you want to be favorable to
religion, you want to support Christian
institutions, you like to be associated
with those who love Jesus Christ; but as
to taking positive step on this subject,
you cannot-you cannot and my text
like gate of hundred bolts, bars YOU
away from peace on earth and glory in
heaven
There are hundreds Of men and women
here, brave enough in other things in
life, who simply, for the lack of manli-
ness and womanliness, stay away from
God. They dare not say: ''Forever and
forever, Lord Jesus, take thee. Thou
hast redeemed me by thy blood; here is
my immortal spirit. Listen, all my
friends Listen. all the world" They
are lurking around about the kingdom
of God-they are lurking around about
it, expecting to crawl in some time when
nobody is looking, forgetful of the ire
mendous words of my text: ''Whosoever
doth not bear his cross, and come after
me, cannot be my disciple
An officer of a neighboring church told
me that he was in store in New York
just happened in-where there We're
many clerks, and gentleman came in
and said to young man standing behind
the counter: 'Are you the young man
that arose the othe, night in the Brook.
Ign tabernacle and asked for prayers9"
Without any flush of cheek he replied:
81 am. haven't always done right
and l have been quite bad, but sinceI
arose for prayers l think am better
thau ] was.' 1t was only his W61
announcing that ha had started
higher life. CD will not cast out hi..h
who is brave enough to take step ahead
like that.
I tell you these things this morning be.
cause, my dear friends, l want to show
you how light the cross is that we have
to carry compared with that which Christ
carried for us. You have not had the
flesh torn off for Christ S sake in carving
your cross. He tainted dead away under
his cross. You have not carried the cross
until it fetched the blood. der his
there was pool of carnage that FLASHED
the horses fetlocks. You have friends
to sympathize with you in carrying the
cross Christ trod the wine press of
Gods wrath alone, alonel The cross
that you and ought to carry represents
only few days or few years of trial,
The cross that Christ carried for us had
compressed into it the agonies of eternity.
There has some one come here TODAY
whom you have not observed. He did
not come through the front door; he did
not come down any of these aisles; vet
know he is here He is from the east
the far east He comes with blistered
foot and with broken heart and cheeks
W A."' VIVA hOaioil, UuI WIFI DlOOQ from
the temples take hold of his coat and
say: 1T does not seem to fit thee. +"
mo, he says; lit is not mine; it is Dor.
rowed; it does not belong to me now
For my vesture did they cast lots" And
l say to him: thine eyes are red as
though from loss Of sleep" He saws:
"Yes, the Son Of man had not where to
lay his head. And / touch the loo on
his back and say; why earliest thou
this?' "Ah!' he says "that is cross
carry for thee and for the sins of the
whole world. That is a cross. Fall into
line, march on with me in this process
sion, take your smaller crosses and your
lighter burdens and join me in this
march to heaven" And we Join that
procession with our smaller crosses
and our lighter burdens, and Christ
looks back and he sees some are hating
because they cannot endure the shame,
Or bear the burden, and with voice
which has in it majesty and omnipo-
tence, he cries until all the earth rrem-
bles: whatsoever doth not bear his