The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-06-18

salist, but l have a peculiar kind of
Unlversallsm.' ''What is that" asked
the minister. SWELL" renlied the other,
~ have been out in the world, and
have been cheated and slandered and
outraged and abused until l believe In
universal demnation!"
The great danger is that man will be-
come cynical and given to believe, as
David was tempted to say, that all men
are liars. Oh my friends, do not let that
be the effect upon your souls. If you
cannot endure little persecu ution, how
40 you think our fathers endured great
persecution? Motley, in his dutch Re-
publlc," tells u, of Egmont the martyr
who. condemned to be behcaded, un-
fastened his collar on the way to the
scatlold, and when they asked him why
he did that he said, 80 they will not be
detained in their work; | want to be
ready" Oh, how little we have to EN-
durc compared with those who have gone
before us!
! BUDGE NOT ONE INCH.
Now. if you have come across ill treat
ment, let me tell you you are in excel
lent compaDy-Christ and Luther and
Calico and Columbus and John Jay and
Josiah Quincy and thousands of men
and women, the best spirits of earth and
heaven. Bulge not one inch, though
all hell wreak upon you it's vengeance,
and you be made a target for devils to
shoot at. DO you not think Christ
knows all about persecution? Was he
not hlsscd at? Was he not struck on the
cheek? Was he not pursued all the days
OF his lie? Did they not cXpcctoratc
upon him? Or, to put it in Bible Ian
guage, "They spit upon him.". And
canuot he understand what persecution
Is? Cast thy burden upon the Lord,
and he shall sustain thee"
Third-Thcre are others who carry
great burdens Of physical ailments.
When sudden sickness has come, and
hercc choleras and malignant fevers take
the castles OF Lille by storm, we appeal
to God; but IN these chronic ailments
which wear out the strength day after
day, and week after week, and year af-
ter year. how little rcsortlng to God tor
solace! Then people depend upon their
tones and their plasters and their cor
dlals rather than upon heavenly stimu-
lants. Oh, how few people there are
completely well! Some of you, by dint
OF perseverance and care, have kept iiv-
ing to this time; but how you have had
to war against physical ailments! An
tcdiluvians, without medical college and
lnlirmary and apothecary shop, multi
piled their years by hundreds; but he
who has gone through the gantlet of dis
ease in our time, and has come to seven
ty years OF age, Is hero worthy of a
palm.
TIE BURDEN OF ILLNESS.
: The world seems to be a great hospi-
tai. and you run against rheumatisms
and cOnsumptions and scrofulas and neu.
; ralglas and scores of old diseases bap-
, tlZcd by new nomenclature. Oh, how
heavy burden sickness is! 1t takes
| the color out ofthe sky, and the sparkle
out of the wave, and the sweetness out
OF the fruit, and the luster out of the
!, night. When the limbs ache, when the
respiration is painful, when the mouth
> $ hot, when the ear roars with unhealthy
J distractions, how hard it is to be patient
and cheerful and assiduous! Cast thy
burden upon the Lord" Does your
head ache? His wore the thorn. DO
: your feet hurt? His were crushed of the
spikes. Is your side painful? His was
: struck by the spear. DO you feel like
} giving way under the burden? His
, weakness gave way under cross.
. While you are in every possible way
to try to restore your physical vigor,
you are to remember that more Soothing
tlan any anOdyne, and more vtalizing
than any stimulant, and more strength
cning than any tonic is the prescription
OF the text: Cast thy burden upon the
Lord, and he shall sustain thee" We
hear great deal oftalk now about faith
cure, and some people say it cannot be
done and it is failure. | do not know
but that the chief advance Of the church
IS to be III that direction. Marvellous
things come to me day by day which
make me think that if the age of mira
Giles is past it is because the faith OF mir
aclcs is past.
a prominent merchant Of New York
; said to member of my family, My
mother wants her case mentioned to Mr..
Ta.magc." This was the case. lie
J said: "My mother had a dreadful abb
sccss, from which she had suffered untold
agonics, and all surgery had been cx-
haustcd upon her, and worse and worse
she grew until we called in a few Chris
: tan friends and proceeded to pray about
1t. We commended her case to God and
the abscess began Immediately to be
: cured. She is entirely well now, and
without knife and without any surgery"
So that case has come to me, and there
are a score of other cases coming to our
cars from all parts of the earth. Oh. yc
who are sick, 80 to Christ! Oh, ye who
are worn out with agonics of body, Cast
thy burden upon the Lord and he shall
sustain thce"
THE BURDEN OF BEREAVEMENT
Another burden some have to carry is
the burden of bereavement. All! these
are the troubles that wear us out. If we
lose our property, by addition al industry
perhaps we may bring back the cstrang-
ed fortune; il we lose our good name,
perhaps by reformation of morals we
hay achieve again reputation for lntegri-
ty; but who will bring back the dear
departed? Alas me! for these empty
cradles and these trunks of childish toys
that VIII never be used again. Alas
mol tOl. tha pmptv chain o,,J tI,o oil