Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-12
Th;rd-Thare ga others who carry great

Third-There are Others who carry great
burdens OF physical ailments. when sud
den sickness has come, and fierce choieras and
malignant fevers take the castles or lie oy
storm, we appeal to God; but in these chronic
ailments which wear out the strength day
after dav. aud week after week, and year
after year, how little resorting TO God for
solacs Then people depend upon their tonics
and their plasters and their cordials rather
than upon heavenly stimulants. Oh, how
few people there are completely well! Some
of YOU by dint OF perseverance ana care,
have kept living to this time; but how you
have had to war against physical ailments;
Antcdiluvians without medical college ana
intirmary and apothecary shop. multiplied
their years by hundreds; but he VINO mas
gone through the gantlet Of disease IN our
time, and has come to seventy years OF age
is hero worthy of a palm
The world seems to be great hospital,
and YOU run againsS rdeumatiSms and con-
sumDtions and scro.ulas and nsuralgias and
scores OF old diseases baptized by new no.
menclature On, how heavy burden SICK
nessis 1t takes the color out Of the sky,
and the sparkle out OF the wave, and the
sweetness out o. the fruit and the luStre out
of the night When the limbs ache, when
the respiration.is pain u, When the mouth
is hot, waen the ear roarS with unhealthy
distractions, how hard it is to be patient
and cheerful and assiduous Cast thy bur-
den upon the Lord" Does your head ache:
His wore the thorn. Do your feet hurt! His
were crushed OF tae spikes. Is your side
painful? His was struck by the spear. DO
YOU fesl like givisS way under the burden!
His weakness gave way under cross.
A promin ant merchant of New York said
to member Of my family. "My mother
wants her case mentioned to Mr. Talmage."
This was the case. He said MY mother
had dreadful absceSs from which she hal
suffered untol agonie; AMI all surgery had
bsen exhausted upon her. aud wors' and
WORSE she grew until we c1llet IN Few
Christian friends AMI proceeded to pray
about 1t. We commanded her case to God,
and the abscess began Immediately to be
cured. She is entirely we'll now, AMI with
out knife and without any surgery" So that
case has cone to me, an 4 there are score oil
other cases coming TO our ears from all parts
OF the earth. Oh, We wno are sick, go to
Christ! Oh, ye who are WON out with
aoonies of body. "CaSt thy burden upon the
Lord. and He shall sustain thee"
Another burden some have to carry IS the
burden OF bereavement. All! these are the
troubles that wear us out. Ii we lose our
property. by additional industry perhaps We
NAV bring back the estranyel fortune; IL we
lose our good name perhaps by reformation
OF morals we may achieve again reputation
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,
steps. Alas for the cry of widowhood AMI
orphanage. .,,
What bitter Marahs in the wilderness,
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shadow from the wing of death, what eyes
snnken with grief, what hands tremulous
with bereavement, what instruments OF
mus shut now because there are no fingers
70 play on them. Is there no relief for such
SOULS Ave, let the soul ride into the haroor
of my text.
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
will not will not desert to its FOES;
That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to s1ak,
Ill never, no never, no never fo7saAe
There are many who carry the burden OF
sin. Alb, 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 a spectacle it would be if we could
tear off the mask of human deflement; or
beat drum that would bring up the whole
army of the worlds trausgressions-the de-
ception. the fraud, and the rapine, ana the
murder. and the crime OF all these centurleS'
Ave, if could sount the trumpet OF resur-
rection in the soul OF the best men IN TINS
an Hence. 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 Gluten
will never relax unless it be under the heel
o. Him who came to destroy the WORKS OIL
the devil.
On. to have mountain OF sin on the SOUL
Is there no way to have the burden moved!
o.. yes. Cast thy burIen upon the Lord
Ths 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 de
says, Come unto Ne al ye who are weary
ami heavy laden, and l will give you rest.
Why will prodigalS live on swlneS
husSs when the robe. and the ring, and the
Fathers welcome are reldy' Why 60 wan
deriny over the great Sahara desert OF your
sin when YOU are invited to the gardens OF
Col, the trees OF life aa1 the fountains OF
living water? Why be houseless and home
less forever when you may become the sons
and dauyhte-s of the Lord God Almighty!