The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-06-12
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches ON
THE BURDEN BEARER.

able Artillery Company Of Nssssohu
sets. 10
BROOKLYN. June Ut IL no new
thing to the members Of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle church to have their pas
tors eminence acknowledged by thu
outside world. But even they mus
have been gratitied by the distinction
conferred upon him since last Sunday
In listening to DR.. Talmage today the!
were listening to the chaplain Of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com
pany of Massachusetts,, In which offic<
he was formally installed with due cere
mony on June l. The organization
which is two hundred and fifty year
old, and the lineal descendant of ar
English organization dating back to the
beginning of the Sixteenth century, ha.
had many distinguished divines AZ
chaplains. and the honor has always
been highly appreciated. The subject
Of DR.. Tallnage's sermon this morning
was 1.-THE Burden Bearer" and his text
Psalms lv. %: Cast thy burden upon
the Lord. and he shall sustain thee"
DAvID's HARD EXPERIENCE.
David was here taking his own medi-
cine. II anybody had on him heavy
ngeights, David had them, and yet out
bis own experience he advises you
and Rs to the best way Of getting
rid of burdens. This is world of bur
den bearing. Coming into the house
of prayer there may be no sign of sad
ness or sorrow, but where is the man
who has not conflict Where is the
soul that has not struggled And there
is not day of all the year when my
text is not gloriously appropriate, and
there is never an audience assembled
on the planet where the text does not
ct the occasion. Cast thy burden upon
the Lord, and he shall sustain thee
In the far east wells of water are SO
infrequent that when a man owns a
we'll he has property of very great
value, and sometimes battles have been
fought for the possession of one we'll OF
water; but there is one well that every
man owns, deep well. perennial
well, a well of tears. If a man has not
. burden on this shoulder, he has
burden on the other shoulder The
day I left home to look after myself
and for myself, in the wagon my
father sat driving, he said that day
something which has kept with me
all my life: DE Witt. it is always
safe to trust God. l have many a
time come to a crisis of difficulty.
You may know that, having BEEN
nick for fifteen years. it was no
easy thing for me to support
family; but always God came to the
rescue. remember the time. he said,
when didn't know what to do. and
I saw a man on horseback riding up
the farm lane, and he announced to
most lucrative Office in the gift of the
people of the county; and to that Office
I was elected, and God in that way met
all my wants, and I tell you it is always
safe to trust him." Oh, my friends,
what we want is a practical religionl
The religion people have is so high up
you cannot reach it. have a friend
who entered the life of an evangelist.
He gave up lucrative business in Chi
cago, and he and his wife finally came
TO severe want. He told me that in
The morning at prayers he said: 20
Lord, thou knowest we have not a
of food in the housed Help
me, help usl''
And he started out on the street. and
\ gentleman met him and said: II
have been thinking of you for good
while. You know nm a flour mer-
,hant; if you won't be offended l |
should like to send you barrel of
1our." My friend cast his burden on
he Lord, and the Lord sustained him.
In the Straits of Magellan. have been
old, there is place where, whichever
way a ship captain puts his ship he
inds the wind against him. and there
Ire men who all their lives have been
'unning in the teeth of the wind, and
which way to turn they do not know.
some of them may be here this morn
ng, and address them face to face,
lot perfunctorily, but as one brother
alks to another brother, Cast thy
burden upon the Lord, and he shall
ustain thee"
BUSINESS BURDENS.
First-There are great many men
Who have business burdens. When we
ee man harried and perplexed and
in business life we are apt to
ay, HE ought not to have attempted
o carry so much" All! that man may
lot be to blame at all. When a man
,lants a business he does not know
What will be its outgrowths, what will
,e it's roots, what will be its branches
here is many man with keen fore
light and large business faculty who
las been flung into the dust by unfore-
cen circumstances springing upon him
rom ambush. When to buy. when to
ell, when to trust, and to what amount
f credit, what will be the effect of
h;c paw iDyantion of machinery what | j.,