The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-06-12

mother wants her case mentioned Il
Mr., Talnage," Tails was the case. He
said My mother had a dreadful alb
scess. from which she had suffered un'
told agonies, and all surgery had beer
exhausted upon her, and worse and
worse she grew until We called In few
Christian friends and proceeded to pray
about 1t. We commended her case to
God and the abscess began immediate
~ to be cured. She is entirely vel
now, and without knife and without
any surgery" So that case has come
to me, and there are a score OF otheI
cases coming to our ears from all part'
of the earth. Oh. ye who are sick. &C
to Christ! Oh, We who are worn Out
with agonies Of body, least thy burden
upon the Lord. and he shall sustain
theel"
THE BURDEN OF BEREAVEMENT.
Another burden some have to carry
IL the burden OF bereavement. Ali
these are the troubles that wear us out.
If we lose our property, by additional
industry. perhaps, we may bring back
the estranged fortune; II we lose our
good name. perhaps by reformation OF
morals we may achieve again reputa-
ton for integrity; but who will bring
back the dear departedG Alas! me for
these empty cradles and these trunks of
childish toys that will never be used
again. Alas! me for the empty chair
and the silence in the halls that will
never echo again to those familiar foot
prints. Alas! for the cry of widow
hood 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
them! Is there no relief for such souls2
Aye, let the soul ride into the harbor of
my text.
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
Will not, Will uOI ueStTt W IUS lOes,
That soul. though all hell shall endeavor to
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 ''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
burden of sin. All, we carry it until
in the appointed way that burden is
lifted. We need no Bible to prove that
the whole race is ruined. What spec
tacle it would be if we could tear off
the mask of human defilement, or beat
a drum that would bring up the whole
army of the worlds transgressions-
the deception, the fraud. and the rapine,
and the murder, and the crime of all
the centuries! Aye, if l could sound
the trumpet 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, grim and dire, has put its
clutch upon the immortal SOUL and that
clutch will never relax unless it be I'M
der the heel of him who came to de-
stroy the works of the devil.
Oh, to have a mountain of sin on the
soul! Is there no way to have the bur
den moved2 Dyes. "Cast thy burden
upon the Lord" The sinless One came
to take the consequences of our sin
And know he is in earnest. How do
I know it? By the streaming temples
and the streaming hands as he says,
''Come unto me all We who are weary !
and heavy laden, and will give you
est" Why will prodigals live on
,wines' husks when the robe, and the
ing, and the fathers welcome are ready?
Why go wandering over the great Sa-
nara desert of your sin when you are
invited to the gardens of God, the trees
If life and the fountains of living wa
er? Why be houseless and homeless
orever when you may become the sons
md daughters of the Lord God Al
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