Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-12
REV. DR.. TALMAGH.
The Eminent Brooklyn Divine'S Sun
day Sermon.
"sabjcct: The Burdcn-Bearcr."

getting rid of burdens. This is world OF
burden bearing Coming into the house OF
prayer there may be no sign of sadness or
sorrow, but where is the man who has not
conflict Where is the soul that has not
struggled And there is not day OF an the
year when my text is not gloriousy appro-
pirate, and there is never an audience as
sembled on the planet where the text does
not fit the occasion: Cast thy burden upon
the Lord, and He shall sustain thee" In the
far east wells of water are so intrequent that
when a man owns well he has a property OF
very great value, and sometimes battles have
been fought for the possession OF one well OF
water; but there is one well that every man
Owns-a deep well, a perennial well, well
of tears. II man has not a burden on this
shoulder, he has burden on the other shoul
der
The dag left home to look after myself
and for myself, in the wagon my father sat
driving, and he said that day something
which has kept with me- all my life: "Ds
Witt, it is always safe TO trust God. have
many time come TO a crisis Of difficulty.
You may know that, having been sick for
fifteen years, it was no easy thing for me to
support family; but always God came t.
the rescue. remember the time" he said
when didn't know what to do, and l saw
a man on horseback riding up the farm lane,
and he announced to me that | had been
nominated for the most lucrative Office in
the gift of the people of the county, and to
that office / was elected, and God in that
way met all my wants, and tell you 1t is
always safe to trust Him.
Oh, my friends, what we want is practi-
cal religion The religion people have is so
hign up you cannot reach it, In the Straits
of Magellan. have been told, there is place
where whichever way a captain puts his ship
he finds the wind against him, and there ara
men who all their lives have been running in
the teeth of wind, and which way to turn
they do not know. Some of them may be
here this morning, and | address them facs
to face, not perfuDctorily, but as one brother
talks to another brother, Cast thy burden
upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee"
First-There are q great many men who
have business burdens When we see man
harried end perplexed and annoyed in bust
ness life we are apt TO say: He ought not
to have attempted to carry so much" An,
that man may not be TO blame at all. When
a man plants business he does not know
what will be its outgro,sshs, what will be its
roots, what will be its branches. There Is
many a man with keen foresight and large
business faculty who has been flung into the
dust by unforeseen circumstances Springlng
upon him from ambush When TO buy,
when to SELL when to trust and to what
amount of credit, what will be the effect o.
this new invention of machinery, what will
be the effect of that loss of crop and thou
sand other questions perplex business men
until the hair is Silvered and deep wrinkles
are plowed in the cheek, and the stocks go
up by the mountains and go down by the
valleys, and they are at their wits ends and
stagger like drunken meu.
There never has been time when there
have been such rivalrieS in business as now.
II is hardware against hardware cooks
against books, chandlery against chandlery,
imported article against imported article.
A thousand stores in combat with another
thousand stores Never such an advantage
Of light, never such variety OF assortment,
never so much splendor Of show window,
never so much adroitness OF statesmen, never
so much acuteness of advertising, and amid
all the seventies of rivalry in business how
many men break down, Oh, the burden on
the shoulder Oh, the burden on the heart
You hear that it is avarice whica drives
these men of business through the street,
and that is the commonly accepted idea.
do not believe a word Of If.
All my friend, do YOU say that God does
not care anything about your worldly busl-
nesss l tell you God knows more about 1t
than you do He knows all your perplexi-
ties; He knows what mortgage Is about to
foreclose; He knows what note you cannot
pay; He knows what unstable goods you
have on your shelves; He knows all your
trials from the day you took hold Of the first
yardstick down to the sale of the last yard
of ribbon, and the God who helped David -
be king, and who helIed Daniel to be prime
minister, aud who helped Havelock to be
soldier will help you to discharge all your
duties. He is going to see you through.
When loss comes, and you find your prop
erty going Just take this Book and put 1t
down by your ledger, and read OF the eternal
possessions that will come to you through
our Lord Jesus Christ And when your
business partner betrays you, and your
friends turn against you, just take the in
sulting letter, put it down on the table, put
your Bible beside the insulting letter, and
then read of the friendship Of Him who
',sticketh closer than brother"
A young accountant in New York City got
his accounts entangled. He knew he was
honest, and yet ne could not make his ac-
counts come out right, and he toiled at them
day and night until he was nearly frenzled.
II seemed by those books that something
had been Incorporated, and he knew be-
fore God he was honest. The last day came.
he knew 1t he could not TIA. day MAKE his
accounts come out right ne would go into
disgrace and g into Punishment from the
business establishment. He went over there
very early, before there was anybody in tbs
place, and he knet down at the desk and
said; ''Ob, Lord, Thou knowest have tried
10 be honest, but cannot make these things
come out right! Help me to-day-Aelp me
this morning.
Toe young man arose and hardly knowing
why be did SO opened book tat lay on the
desk, and there was leaf O<1FaininZ lins
of figures which explained everything. In
other words, he cast his burden upon the
Lord and the Lord sustained him. Young
man, do you hear thea, On. yes; God has a
sympathy with nyoo1y that is In any kind
of toll He knows how heavy is the hod of
bricks that the workman carries up the lad
der of the wall: He hears the pickax OF the
miner down the coal shaft; He knows how
strong the tempest strikes ths sailor at mast
head; He sees th9 face).g girl am)ag ths
spindleS an knows how her arms ache: He
sees the sewing woman in the fourth story
and knows how few pence she gets for max
in, garment; and louder tlan all the din
Hni roar Of the city comes the voice OF
sympathetic Col, Cast thy burlen upon
the Lori, AMI he shall sustain thea
Second-Tnere are great many who have
n weight of persecution aud abuse upon
them. Sometimes society gets a gru1ys
against man. All his motives are mis-
interpreted, and his gooi deeds ara depre-i-
at9d. With more virtue than some Of tAs
honOrei AMI applau led, he runs only against
railery and sharp criticism. When a man
begins to 20 dowl he has not only tn , fore,
of natural gravitatiOl, bu5 hun Ire han Is
10 help him in the precipitation. Men are
prosecuted for tneir virtnss AMI their sue
ceSses. Gsrm9nicuS said he hal Just as
many bitter antagonists as he had adorn-
ments. The character sometimes Is 50 lus-
trous that the weak eyes OF envy aul jeal-
ousy cannot bear to look az il. II was their
integrity that put Joseph in the pit, AMI
Daniel in the den, and Shadrach in tbs fire,
and sent John the Evangelist to desolate
Patmos and Calvin TO the castle OF persecu-
ton, and John Fuss TO the stake, ami Koran
after Moses. AMI Saul after David, and
HsrOd after Christ. Be sure il you have
anything to do for church or state, and you
attempt it with all your soul, t1s lightning
wifi strike you.
The world always had had cross between
two thieves for the one who comes to save
it. High and holy enterprise has always
been followed b. abuse TIE most sublime
tragedy of self sacrifice has come 70 bur
lesque. The graceful gait of virtue is al
ways followed by grimace and travesty.
Tbs sweetest strain of poetry ever written
has come to ridiculous piroiy. anl as long
a. fhQra ara Vrfsf and YfCnra il, Tho