Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-13

The world seems to be great hospital,
and you run against rheumatisms and con-
sumptions and scrofulas and neuralgias and
scores Of old diseases baptized by new no.
menclature. Oh, how heavy burden SICK
ness isl 1t takes the color out of the sky,
and the sparkle out OF the wave, and the
sweetness out OF the fruit and thu lustre out
of the night When the limbs ache, when
the respiration is painful, When the mouth
is hot, wnen the ear roars with unhealthy
distractions, how hard it is to be patient
and cheerful and assiduousl cast thy bur-
den upoa the Lord DOES your head ache,
His wore the thorn Do your feet hurt, His
were crushed Of tia spikes Is your 81 ie
painfuls His was struck by the spear. Do
you fesl like giving way under the burdens
His weakness gave way under a cross.
A prominent m src1alt OF New YORK sail
to a member of my family, MY mother
wants her case mentionai to Mr. Talmagen
This was the case. He said: MY mo. her
had a dreadful abscess, from which saa hal
suffered untoll agonies AMI all surgery Ind
been exhausted upon her, and worss AMI
worse she grew until We called in few
Christian friends AMI proceeded TO pray
about it. We connsn1e1 her case To Col,
and tbs abscess began Immediately to be
cured She Is entirely well now, an with
put knife and without any surg sry." SO that
case has cone to me-, an 4 there ara score of
other cases coming TO orr ears from all parts
of the earth. Ga We WAC are sick go to
Christi Oh, We wh9 ara won out with
agonies of holy, "Cast thy burden upon the
Lord, and He shall sustain theeI'
Another burden some have to carry is the
burden OF breavement Ali these are the
troubles that wear Us out. II We lose our
property, by additional in lustry perhaps We
may bring back the estran ye fortune; il we
lose our gool name, perhaps by refor. nation
OF morals we may achieve again reputation
for int gritty; but who will bring back the
dear departed? Alas me! for these empty
cradles and these trunks of chill iiSh toys taab
will never be used again. Alas me. for this
empty chair qnd the silencs in the halls that
will never echo again to those familiar foot
steps. Alas! for the cry of widowhood an
What bitter Marahs in the wilderness,
what cities of the dead, what long black
shadow from the wing Of death, what eyes
sunken with grief, what hands tremulouS
with bereavement, what instruments Of
muse shut now because there are no fingers
to play on them Is there no relief for such
soulss Ave, let the soul ride into the harbor
of my text.
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
will not l will not desert to its foes;
That SOUL though all hell shall endeayor to shake,
Ill never, no never, no never forssse.
There are many who Curry the burden Of
sin. All, we all carry it until in the appoint
ed way that burden is lifted. We need no
Bible to prove that the whole race is ruined,
What spectacle it would be if we could
tear off the mask of human defilement; or
beat drum that would bring up the whole
army of the worlds transgressionS-the de-
ception, the fraud, and the rapine, and the
murder, and the crime of all these centuries!
Ave, if l could sount the trumpet of resur-
rection in the soul of the best men in this
audience, and all the dead sins of the past
should come UP, we could not endure the
sight. Sin, grim and dire, has put its clutch
upon the immortal soul, and that clutch
will never relax unless it be under the heel
of Him who came to destroy the works OF
the devil
Oh, to have mountain of sin on the soul
Is there no way to have the burden moveds
Oh, yes. ''Cast thy burden upon the Lord"
The sinless One came to take the conse-
ouences of our SIM And | know He is in
earnest. How do know it, By the stream
ing temples and the streaming hands as He
says. Come unto Me all We who are weary
and heavy laden, and will give you rest.
Why will prodigals live on swines
husks when the robe, and the ring, and the
Fathers welcome are ready? Why go wau-
dering over the great Sahara desert of your
stu when you are invited to the gardens of
God the trees of life aad the fountains OF
living water? Why be houseless aud home
less forever when you may become the sons
and daughters of the Lord God Almighty