Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13


ness in the world, there will be some
thing OF iniquity 10 grin at. Along the
line OF the ages, and In all lands, the
cry has been: mot this man, but Bar
abbas. Now, Barabbas was robber.
And what makes the prosecutions o
life worse. Is that they come from PEG
pie whom you have helped, from those
10 whom you have loaned money OF
have started in business, or whom yor
rescued in some great crisis. think
1t has been the history Of oil our lives
the most acrimonious assault has
come from those whom we have bene
fitted, whom we have helped. and thai
makes it all the harder TO bear
Now, If you have come across Ill
treatment, let me tell you that you are
in excellent company-Christ and Lu
Their, and Calico and Columbus, and
John Jay and Josia Quincy, and thou
sands OF men and women, the best spir
its Il earth and heaven. Bulge not one
inch, though all hell wreak upon yor
its vengeance, and you be made a tar
get for devils to shoot at. DO you moi
think that Christ knows all about per-
secution? Was He not Kissed at? Was
He not struck on the cheek? Was He
not pursued all the days OF his life? Did
they not eXpectorate upon Him? Or. tC
put it in Bible language: "They spit
at him." And cannot He understand
what persecution is? Cast thy burden
upon the Lord; and He shall sustain
thee.,n "a 80
1hird-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 ap'
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
| for solace.
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 wal
against physical ailments. Antedelu'
VANS, 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 hero worthy OF
palm.
The world seems to be great hospi-
tai and you run against rheumatisms
and consumptions. and scrofulas and
/ l.rto mud nf old 1iSAogne
baptized by new nomenclature. o. how
heavy a burden sickness is 1t 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 un
healthy distractions. how hard II is tC
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. Dc
you feel like giving way under the bur-
den. His weakness gave way under
cross.
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 it can not be done and
il is a failure. l don't know but the CHIEF
advance of the church is to be in that
direction. Marvellous things come tC
me day by day which makes me think
that il the age OF miracles is past it il
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
there are no fingers to play on them. Is
there no relief for such souls? Ay. let
the soul ride into the harbor OF my
text.
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
will not. / will not desert TO its foes.
That soul, though all hell shall endeavor &c
shake
I'll never, no never, no never forsake.
Now, the grave is brighter than the
ancient tomb where the lights were
perpetually kept burning. The SCARED
feet OF Him who was 1.-The resurrection
and the life" are on 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
burdens of sin. All, we all carry ii un-
til in the appointed way that burden is
lifted. We need no Bible to prove that
the whole race is ruined. What q
spectacle it would be If we could tear of
the mask OF human defilement, or beat
a drum that would bring up a whole
army OF the worlds transgressions-the
deception. the fra;.d and the rapine and
the murder and the crime OF all the CEN
turtles Ay. il / could sound the trum-
pet OF resurrection in the soul of the
best men in this audience, and all the
dead sins of the past should come up.
we could not endure the sight. Sin,