Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

than al the din and roar or the city
comes the voice of a sympathetic God:
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
he shall sustain thee"
There are a great many who have q
weight Of persecution and abuse upon
them. Sometimes society gets grudgo
against a man. All his motives are mis-
interpreted and his good deeds are de-
preciated. With more virtue than some
of the honored and applauded. he runs
only against raillery and sharp criti-
cism. When a man begins to go down
he has not only the force of natural
gravitation, but a hundred hands to
help him in the fall. Men are perse-
cuted for their virtues and their sue
cesses. Germanicus said he had Just as
many b4tJer ALT aBL.-lsso as ne nlu
adornments. The character some
times is so lustrous that the weak eyes
of envy and jealousy cannot bear to
look at it. 1t was their integrity that
put Joseph in the pit, and Daniel in
the den. and Sharach in the fire, and
sent John the Evangelist to desolate
Patmos, and Calvin to the castle of per-
secution, and John Huss to the stake,
and Korah after Moses, and Saul after
David, and Herod after Christ. BE
sure if you have anything to do for
church or state, and you attempt it
with all your soul, the lightning will
strike you.
The world always has had a cross be-
tween two thieves for the one who
&C mes 10 save it. High and holy enter
prise has always been followed by
abuse. The most sublime tragedy of
self-sacrifce has come to burlesque.
The graceful gait of virtue is always
followed by grimace and travesty.
The sweetest strain of poetry ever writ
ten has come TO ridiculous parody, and
as long as there are virtue and right
eousness in the world, there will be
something for iniquity to grin at. All
along the line of the ages, and in all
llnds, the cry has been: IN OF this man,
but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was
robber." And what makes
he prosecutions of life worse,
is that they come from people
whom you have helped, from those to
whom you have loaned money
or have started in business, or whom
you rescued in some great crisis. l
think it has been the history of all our
llNCS-lllC unOSb dSStulb
has come from those whom we have
benefited, whom we have helped, and
that makes it all the harder to bear.
A man is in danger of becoming Gym
ical.
A prominent merchant of New York
said to q member of my family: "My
mother wants her case mentioned to
Mr.. Talmage." This was the case. He
uaf1. GGNfx, To- l,.anIf,,1 ~,
scess, from which she had suffered I'M
told agonies, and all surgery had been
exhausted upon her, and worse and
worse she grew until we called in few
Christian 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 sur
gerry" So that case has come to me,
and there are a score of other cases
coming to our ears from all parts of the
earth. Oh, We who are sick, go to
Christ! Oh, We who are worn out with
agonies of body, "cast thy burden upon
the Lord and he shall sustain theer'
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 in.
dustry, perhaps, we may bring back the
estranged fortune; if we lose our good
name, perhaps by reformation of NOR
ais we may achieve again reputation for
integrity; but who will bring back the
dear departed? Alasl me for these
empty cradles and these trunks of child
ish 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 footsteps. Alasl
for the cry of widowhood and orphan
age. What bitter Marahs in the wilder
ness, 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 souls?
Then there are many who carry the
burden of sin. All, we all carry it I'M
til in the appointed way that burden is
lifted. We need no Bible to prove that
the whole race is ruined. 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 a mountain of sin on the
SOUL Is there no way to have the bur-
den moved? o, yes. "Cast thy burden
upon the Lord" The sinless One came
to take the consequences Of our sinl
And l know he is in earnest. How do
/ know it? BY the streaming 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' husl1s when the robe and the
ring and the fathers welcome are
ready2 Why go wandering over the
great Sahara Desert of your sin when
you are invited to the gardens of God,
the trees of life, and the fountains of
living water? Why be houseless and
homeless forever when you may become
the sons and daughters of the Lord God
Almighty?
Experienced Advice.