Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-06-12
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unload that which makes us weary
1t is the means whereby we straight
Ell up, aud feel rested. The shout
der- cease 10 ache; powerof great
relief comes, and the Joy OF the free
is ours. 1t is easily done. Not
much trouble to lean on one side and
let the load slip off. ! suppose
Christian stopped so, that the burden
stayed on his back, but soon as his
eyes caught 4 sight of the cross, he
stood up straight, and the burden
rolled away. Burdens make Us
stoop. O, people, III the name Of
God straighten up and dump off all
your burdens. Don't nurse your
SORROWS. Don't feed them, for it
won't pay you. OFF with them.
Shake them off as Paul did the
viper. The way some cling to their
burdens would make us believe they
liked them. An individual has a
queer taste who likes to carry a
burden. Most of us are not 80 fond
of work as all that. At least ! can
vouch for one. A burdened Chris.
tain can't do much work 1t takes
him all his time to groan. Neither
can he run the race very fast-he is
all the while out of breath and
wanting to stop. Paul said, unload,
and then run off. There was once
a miller who used to take sacks Of
meal 70 his customers OH his horses
back, then he would ride on the top
of the sacks as well. After a time
he thought this way Of doing things
was too hard on his horse, SO he
would divide things a little and
ease his horse He then got ON the
animals back, and put the sacks ON
his own shouiGers-nO doubt think
ing how nightly the horse was
benefited. Oh, you say, he was not
right. Well, think there are lots
OF such folks in the world, and IN
the church They say they are on
the Rock Christ jesus and If the
burdens of life are not on them, IN
stead of under them, am at a loss
To know why thy grumbie so much,
and mourn SO much, and sing and
leap and praise So little. 1t is the
miller over again Our harps rust
and rot out more on the willows
than they are worn out by thrum-
ming. Let the willows be cut down.
The windows of store ought to
invite customers in; so our churches
ought to toe SO full of heavens
goods as to cause rush in, by the
multitude. But are they?
We want To invite, not repel; TO
chant the invitation to marriage
banquet, not to funeral service.
Too much proprlety means refrjger-
otoriSDt. 10 adhere to 'jUst so" is
the highway to Sepulchresim. The
sluggish worker is apt to freeze
over. Better to do something awk-
wadly than superhnely fold your
arms and sigh, go, to be nothing,
nothing" Too many act that No
increase of nothing is wanted. Stop
them at the wharves, at the church
doors-everywhere. Nothiugs are
in the way. We want living,
earnest, God inhabited SOMETHING'S.
(But pardon this depression please,
dear reader, and all the following
ones as well, for if | write much !
shall digress, and one may as well
ask for all the pardon needed, at
once, ana then It is done with.)
Why cannot we do with our unseen
burdens as We do with packages of
drygoods, groceries, etc, when bur
dened with these; If some friend
with a wagon asks Us to place them
in, offering to take them to our
house, why we do, and have no OBJ
lection to get i'm ourselves. But
toward God We act less seusiby.
We prefer having our arms SO full
Of parcels OF sorrows, temptations,
bereavements, etc, that we are
loaded up 10 the chin with them,
and we carry them till we fall down
under them. How foolish of as
OFF with them. OF with them now.
viii God, does God deliver his
people nov? Yes When? When
ever they need, Where? Any
where; everywhere. How? Don't
know Don't want To know Don't.
much care If anybody would like
Ia send me fifty dollars. WouI1 nn,