Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-08

mother wants her ease mentioned TO
Mr. Talmaga.' This was the case. lie
said: MY mother had "A dreadful alb
scess, from which she had suffered un-
told agonics. aud all sur cry had been
exhausted upon her, "a d worse and
worse she grew until we called in few
Christian friends and proceeded to pray
about it. We commended her case 10
God and the abscess began immediate
ly 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 score of other
cases coming to our ears from all parts
of the earth. Oh, ye who are sick, go
TO Christi Oh, We who are worn out
with agones of body, "caSt thy burden
upon the Lord, and he shall sustain
theem
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 additional
lllbNAcbl POI lAtiHS' VIC lllt's DiAiiN D''N'N
the estranged fortune; if we lose our
good name, perhaps by reformation of
morals we may achieve again reputa
ton for integrity; but who will bring
back the dear departed Alas! me for
these empty cradles and these trunks of
childish toys that will never be used
again Alas! me for the empty chair
and the silence in the halls that will
never echo again to those familiar foot
prints Alas for the cry of widow
hood and orphanage.
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 music shut now
because there are no fingers to play on
them! Is there no relief for such souls3
Aye, 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 endeavor to
shake,
FL never, no never, no never forsake.
Now, the grave is brighter than the
ancient tomb where the lights were
perpetually kept burning. The SCARED
feet of him who was the resurrection
and the life" are on the broken grave
hillock. while the voices of angels ring
down the sky at the coronation of an
IA,,,, 30 II,
Then there are many who carry the
burden of sin. All, we carry it until
in the appointed way that burden is
lifted. We need no Bible TO prove that
the whole race is ruined. What a spec
tacle it would be if we could tear off
the mask of human defilemene, or beat
drum that would bring up the whole
army of the worlds tranSgressiOns-
the deception the fraud, and the rapine,
and the murder, and the crime of all
the centuries. Aye, if l could sound
the trumpet of resurrection 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 un-
der the heel of him who came to de-
stroy the works of the devil.
Oh, to have a mountain of sin on the
SOUL Is there no way to have the bur
den moved2 o yes. Cast thy burden
upon the Lord" The sinless One came
to take the consequences of our sin!
And know he is in earnest. How do
know it2 BY the streaming temples
and the streaming hands as he says,
Come unto me all ye 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 wandering over the great Sa-
hara desert of your sin when you are
invited to the gardens of God, the trees
of life and the fountains of living wa
teri Why be houseless and homeless
forever when you may become the sons
and daughters of the Lord God Al
mighty