The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-19

b patient and cheerful osd aaldDoR
'Cast thy burden upon the Lord" Does
your head ache? His wore the thorn.
Do your feet hurt? Hs were crushed OF
the spikes Isyour side psinful7 His VS.
struck BY the spear. DO yes feel like
giving way under the burdep7 He
weakness gave way under . %
While you arc in every possible way 70
try 70 restore your vigor. you are 70
remember that more soothing than
anodyne and more vitalizing than any
stimulant and o strengthening than
any tonic In the prescription OF the
text: Cast thy burden upon the Lord
and He will sustain thee" We hear .
great deal of talk now about faith cure
and some people say IL cannot be done
and IL Is q failure. do not know bat
The chief advance Of the church il 70 be
in that direction. Marvellous things
come To me day by day which makes
me think hat il the age Of miracles il
past il is because the faith Of miracles
is past
IA W ""
said 10 a member Of my family: my
mother wants her asc mentioned TO
Mr.. Talmage." This was the case. He
said: my mother had q dreadful alb
cess, from which she had suffered m
told agonics. All surgery had been
exhausted upon her. and worse and
worse she grew until we called in q few
Christian friends. and proceeded tn pray
about it. We commended her ase %
God and the abccss began Immediately
TO be cured. She is entirely well now,
and without any surgery" So that
ease has come IN me, and there are .
score of other cases coming TO our ears
from all parts of the earth. O. ye who
are sick, 60 to Christ! q. ye who arc
worn out with agonics OF body, cast
thy burdens upon the Lord and He
will sustain thee"
Another burden some have 10 carry
In the burden of bereavement All
these are the troubles that wear MS ont.
II we lose q property. By additional
industry, perhaps. we may bring back
the ~cstranged fortune; IL we lose our
good name. perhaps by reformation Of
morals we may achieve again a repu Ia
ton for integrity, but who will bring
back the dear departed? Alas! me for
these empty cradles and these trunks
of childish toys that will new 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 widow
hood and orphanage. What bitter
Marans 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 bereave-
ment, what Instruments Of music shut
now because there are no fingers 70
play on them! Is there no relief for
such souls? Ay, let the SOU ride into
the hsrbor of my text
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for 70.
pose,
viii not. I will not desert 70 it, foes:
That soul. though all hell shall endeavor to
shake,
I'll never. no never. no never i"r,ake.
Now, the grave is brighter than the
ancient tomb WHO'RE the lights were
pcrpetually kept burning. The SCARED
feet of Him who vas 1.-THE resurrection
and the life" are OH the broken grave
hillock, while the voices Of angels ring
down the sky at the coronation Of an
other soul come home to glory.
Then there are many who carry the
burden of sin. All, we all carry It un.
til in the appointed way hat burden is
lifted. We need no Bible to prove that
the whole race is ruined. What .
spectacle il would be IL we could tear
off the mask of human defilement or
beat a drum hat would bring up the
whole army of the worlds transcres-
siOns-the deception. the fraud and tho
rapine AMI the murder and crime Of all
the centuries! Ay, il l could sound tho
trumpet Of the resurrection in the sou.
all the dead sins of tho
past should come up, we could not en-
dure the sight. Sin, grim and dire, has
put its clutch upon the immortal soul,
and hat clutch will never relax unless
il be under the heel of Him who came
10 destroy the works Of the devil.
o. to have a mountain of sin on the
soul! Is there no way to have the bur.
den moved? q. yes Cast thy burden
upon the Lord" The sinless One came
In take the consequence of u sin!
And I know He is i'm earnest How do
I know il? by the streaming temples
and streaming hands rs He says, Come
unto Me all ye who are weary and
heavy laden and ! will give you rest"
Why will prodigals live on swines'
husks when the robe and the ring and
the fathers welcome are ready? 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 he houselcss and homeless for
ever when you may become the ons
and daughters Of the Lord God Al