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went Into 3 Ielghbo Tor the establish
ment Of church OF bis denomination, and
he was anxious to find son1e one of that de-
nomination. and he was pointed to certaf,
house and went there. He, said to the man
Of the house, II understand you are Uni
versalst; want you to help me In the en-:
terprise." We'll" said the man, Il am 9
Unlversalism." "Weli," replied the othsr,
II have been out in the World, and have
been cheated and sandered and outraged
and abused until believe in universal dam
nationr' ~
IhWd-Ihere are others who carry ersss
burdens Of physical ailments. When sud-,
den sickness has come, and fierce choleras and
malignant fevers take the castles of life by
st0fm, we appeal to God; butin these chronic
ailments which wear out tho strength day
after day, and week after week, and year
afte& year, how littls resortinZ 70 God for
solacN Tben people depend upon their tonics
and theS P:ssters and thei" cordiats rather
than upon heavenly stimulants. OH how
few psople>th asse completely well! EomS
OF you, by dtnt e1 perseverance and csrA
have kept living - this time; but how yos1
have had to war aHainst physical ailmaabsS
AntediluVians, witlcht medical college &aad
infrmary and apothecary shop, mu1HpIis6
their years by hundreds; but he who hs1
gone through the gaueot Of disease In our
time, and has come to seventy years of age,
is a hero worthy OF palm. -
The world seems to be- great hospital,
and you run against rheuu1atisns and con-
sumptions and scrosulas and neuralgias and
scores Of old diseases baptized by new no.
menclature. Oh, how heavy burden sick
nessis! 1t takes the color out Of the sky,
and the sparkle out of the wave, and the
sweetness out of the fruit and TIE lustre out
to so6% fho ,La. In v6ovS
the respiration Is painful, when the mouth
is not, when the ear roars with unhealthy
distractions how hard it Is to- be patient
and cheerful and assiduousI "Cast thy bur-
den upon the Lord" Does your: head achel
Els wore the thorn. Do your feet hUts Hiy
were crushed OF the spikes. Is your side
painful His was struck by the spear. DO
you fesl like giving way under the'burdens
His weakness gave way under cross.
A prominent m erchant Of New York said
toamember Of my family, "My mothee
wants her case mentioned to Mr.. Talnlaga."
This was the case He said: my mother
suffered untold agonies, and all surgery had
bssn exhausted upon her, and worse and
worse. she grew until we called In a.few
Christian friends aud proceeded to pray
sbeutit. We commended her case to God,
and the abscess began Immediately o'be
cured. She is entirely well now, and With
out knife'and without any surgery" So that
case has'come-to me, and there are ascore OF
other cases coming to our ears from all parts.
Christ! Oh, ye who are worn out with
agonies 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 uE out It We lose OUR
property, by additional industry perhaps We
may bring back. the estrangel fortune; il wss
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.
em,ty chair and the silence in the halls that
will never echo again to those familiar foot
steps. Alasl for the cry Of widowhood 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 theml Isthere no relief for such
souls2 Ave, let the soul ride into the harbor
Of my text.
Inc soul Lnat on Jesus HatEJ leaned TOT EepOeo5
will not, will not desert to It's foes;
That soul, though all he'll shall endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake. "A
There are many who carry the burden OF
sin. All, we all carry ry.it.mtil In the appoint
ed way that burden is lifted. We need no
Bible to prove that the whole race is ruined.
What spectacle it would be if we could
tear Off the mask Of human defilement;. or
beat drum that would bring up the whole
army Of the worlds transgressions-the de-
ception, the fraud, and the rapine, and the
murder, and the crime of all these centuriesi
Ave, If could sound the trumpet of resur-
reetion in the soul OF the best men In this
audience, and all the dead sins OF the past
should come up, we coHld not endure tho
sight. 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 amountaiD Of sin on the sou1t
Is thre no way to have the burden movedf
OBJ yes. "Cast thy burden upon the Lord :
The sinless One came. to take the conse-
1uences of our ..sinl And know he is in
earnest. How do knowit? By the stream
ing temples and the streaming hands as De
,ays "Come unto Me.al ye who are weary
and heavy laden and Twill give you rest
Why will prodigalh' live on swlnes
husEs when the robe, ami the ring, ana 1ne
Fathers welcome are ready? Why go wan
iering over the great Sahara desert OF your
sin when YOU are inTited to the gardens OF
God, the trees Of HEe.aed the fountains OF
living water? Why be,hOu5eiess and home
ess forever when YOU may become the sons
md daughters of the Lord God Almighty
The Duecn,i Desrea aow-goIng peo...
ple, do notmarrysin haste, though, ofs
course, it would bs quite consistentt
with them temperament to repent ati
leisure. Thaiollowing notice appeared |,
The other daysin an Amsterdam news.
paper: 3We,- the-undersigned, recently
betrothedy an announcement OF whose
appeared on Sunday, havss
nevertheless thought it better to think
The matter over very seriouslys andi
have determined rather to change. oult
minds than to msle a mistake for ALI
Dur lives. To this end we have decidsdt
10 prooesdi no. iarther in the matter, !,
but to. put,ths wedding off for feRs
laws, or to ,break it off altogether We
AXE this, means of making our resolve
known to, our friends, kindly request
pg them tospare US any further ooar>
DURING ths war soldier was brought
10. the. hospital psralyzed and unable
70 talk; Be was thoroughly examined
sv oil tho SURGEONS. who could not ,fnd