The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-06-12

Their, and Calico and Columbus, and
John Jay and Josia Quincy, and thou
sands of men and women, the best spir-
it's Cf earth and heaven. Bulge not one
inch, though all hell wreak upon you
its vengeance, and you be made a tar
get for devils to shoot at. Do you not
think that Christ knows all about per
secution? Was He not Missed at? Was
He not struck on the cheek? Was He
not pursued all the days of his life? Did
they not espectOrate upon Him? Or. to
put it in Bible language: 'sThes spit
at him." And cannot He understand
what persecution is? Cast thy burden
upon the Lord, and He shall sustain
thee"
Thid-There are others who carry
great burdens of physical ailments.
When sudden sickness has come and
fierce .choleras and malignant fevers
take the castles of life by storm, we APP
peal to God; but in these chronic all
ments which wear out the strength day
after day and week after week and year
after year. how little resOrting to God
fer solacel
Then people depend upon their ton
les and their plasters and their cordials
rather than upon heavenly stimulants.
oh, how few people there are complete
ly we'll. Some of you, by dint of perse-
verance and care, have kept living to
this time: but how YOU have had to war
against physical ailments. Antedelu-
vians, without medical college and in
Urinary and apothecary shop. multiplied
their years by hundreds: but he who
has gone through the gauntlet of dis
ease in our time. and has come to sew
enty years of age, is a hero worthy of a
palm.
The world seems to be a great hospi-
tai. and you run against rheumatisms
and cOnsumptiOns, and scrofulas ard
neuralgias. and scores of old diseases
baptized by new nomenclature. o. how
heavy burden sickness is. It takes
the color out of the sky, and the sparkle
out of the wave, and the sweetness out
of the fruit. and the luster out of the
night. When the limbs ache, when the
respiration is painful. when the mouth
is hot. when the ear roars with I'M
healthy distractions. how hard it is to
be patient, and cheerful and assiduous.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord"
Does your head ache? His wore the
thorn. Do your feet hurt? His were
crushed of the spikes. Is your side pain
full? His was struck by the spear. Do
you feel like giving way under the bur-
den. His weakness gave way under a
cross.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord and
He will sustain thee" We hear a great
deal of talk now about faith cure and
some people say it can not be done and
it is failure. don't know but the chief
advance of the church is to be in that
direction. Marvellous things come to
me day by day which makes me think
that if the age of miracles is past it is
because the faith of miracles is past.
Alas, me for these empty cradles and
these trunks of childish toys that will
never be used again. Alas! for the cry
OF widowhOod and orphanage. What
bitter Marahs in the wilderness, what
cities of the dead. what long black
shadows from the wing of death. what
eyes sunken with grief, what hands
tremulOuS with bereavement, what in
StrumentS of music shut now because
here are no fingers TO play on them. Is
there no relief for such souls? Az. let
the soul ride into the harbor of my
text.
will not. will not desert to its foes.
That soul, though ali he'll shall endeavor to
shake.
II never. no never. no never forsalle.
Now, the grave is brighter than the
ancient tomb where the lights were
kept burning. The Scared
ieet of Him who was the resurrection
and the life are on the broken grave
while the voices of angels ring
down the ; KY at the coronation of an
other soul come home to glory.
Then there are many who carry the |
burdens of sin. All, we all carry it I'M
ii in the appointed way that burden is |
lifted. We need no Bible to prove that
he whole race is ruined. What a |
spectacle it would be if we could tear off |
he mask of human defilement. or beat |
1 drum that would bring up a whole |
army of the worlds transgressions-th |
the fra,.d and the rapine and |
he murder ana the crime of all the CEN |
5uries! Ay. if could sound the trum- !
pet of resurrection in the soul of the |
Dest men in this audience. and all the |
lead sins of the past should come up. |
We could not endure the sight. Sin, .
grim ana dire. has put its clutch upon !
he immortal soul. and that clutch will |
lever relax unless it be under the heel |
If Him who came to destroy the works
If the devil.
O. TO have mountain of sin on the
;oul. Is there no way to have the bur-
len moved O. yes. Cast thy bur-
len upon the Lord" The sinless One
anne to take the consequences OF our
in And know He is in earnest.
low do l know it? BY The streaming
emples and streaming hands as He
avs, Come unto Me all We who are
weary and heavy laden and I will give
-ou rest" Why will prodigals i've on
wines husks when the robe and the
ing and tie fathers welcome are
'eady? Why go wandering over the
treat Sahara desert of your sin when
-Ou are invited TO the gardens of God.
he trees of life and the fountains of liv-
nc water: Why he bouseless and
forever when yOu mav become
he sons and daughters of the Lord God
OLD DAYS IN CHARLESTON.