The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-06-10
THE BURDEN BEARER. :
CHRIST Offers to Serve the Whole
World In That Way.
pusiness Burdens, Burdens OF Persecution,
Burdens OF Physical Ailments and
Burdens Of Sorrow May be
Cast on tho Lord-Dr.
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was Tine Burden Bearer, and his text
Psalm w., "; ,CaSt thy burden upon
inc Lord. ana de shall sustain thee"
The eloquent divine spoke as follows;
David was here taking his own medi-
cine. If anybody had on him heavy
weights, David had them, and yet out OF
his own experience he advises you and
me as TO the best way Of getting rid OF
burdens. This Is a world OF burden
bearing Coming into the house OF
prayer there may be no sign OF sadness
or sorrow, but where is the man who
has not a conflict? Where is the soul
that has not struggle? 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 Mt the
occasion: Cast thy burden upon the
Lord, and de shall sustain thee. In the
far east wells OF water are so infrequent
that when man owns well ne mas a
property OF very great value and some
times battles have been fought Tor the
possession OF one well OF water; but
tnere Is one Wen tnat every man owns,
deep well, q perennial well, well OF
tears. IL man has not a burden on
this shoulder, he has a burden on the
other shoulder. The day left home to
look after myself ana Tor myself IN the
wagon my 1ather sat driving, ana ne
said that day something which has Kept
with me all my life: Dewitt, 1t is al
ways saie 70 trust Tod. l nave many a
ume come TO crisis OF difnculty. You
may know that, having been SICK Tor
nfteen years. 1t was no easy thing Tor
me 70 support family; but God al
ways came to my rescue. | remember
the time, he said when didn't know
wnat 10 do' and saw man on morse
pacK rlolng up tne iarm lane ana ne an
nounced TO me that l had been nomi-
mated Tor the most lucrative once IN the
GIT OF the people OF the country; and
TO that Office was elected, and God in
that way met all my wants, and l tell
you It is always safe to trust Him." O.,
my friends, what we wants practical
religionl The religion people have is so
high up you can not reach 1t. had a
friend who entered the life OF an evan
genst lie gave up lucrative business
M Chicago' and ne and his WIFE finally
came 10 severe want. lie told me that
IN tne morning at prayers ne said' "
Lord, thou knowest we have not a
mouthful OF food IN the housel Help
me, help us!D And he started out on
the street, and n gentleman met him
and said; u have been thinking OF you
Tor a good while. You know am
hour merchant; II You won't be offended
1 should like TO send you a barrel OF
hour MY friend cast his burden on
the Lord, and the Lord sustained him.
In the straits OF Magellan, have been
told, there is place where whichever
way ship captain puts his ship he finds
the wind against him, and there are
men who oil their lives have been rum
ming In the teeth OF the wind, and which
way to turn they do not know. Some
OF them may be here this morning, and
! address them face 70 lace, not per-
functorily, but MS one brother talks TO
another brother; "Castthy burden upon
: the Lord, and lie shall sustain thee"
First-There are great many men
who have business burdens. When we
see man harried and perplexed and
annoyed In business life, we are apt to
say: "He ought not to have attempted
70 carry so much" All! that man may
not be TO blame at all. When a man
plants business he does not know
what win be its outgrowths, what will
be It's roots, what will be It's branches.
There Is many man with keen fore
sight and large business faculty who
has been flung into the dust by unfore-
seen circumstances springing upon him
from ambush. When TO buy, when to
sell, when TO trust and TO what amount
OF credit, what will be the effect OF this
new invention Of machinery, what will
be the effect Of that loss Of crop, and a
thousand other questions perplex busi-
ness men, until the hair is silvered and
deep wrinkles are plowed in the cheek;
and the stocks go up by the mountains
and 90 down by the valleys, and they
are at their wits ends, and stagger like
drunken men.
There has never been a time when
there have been such rivalries In busi-
ness as now. II is hardware against
hardware, books against books, chand-
lery against chandlery, imported arti-
Gle against imported article. A thou
snnd stores in combat with another
thousand stores. Never such advantage
Of light, never such variety of assort-