Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-06-16
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DAY SERMON.

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and He shall sustain thee. "-Psaims IT,. n
David was here taking his own medicine
Fanyboiy had on him heavy weights. Da-
vid had them. ana yet out OF his own expert
ence he advises YOU and me as TO the hes,
wav of getting rid Of burdens. This IA .
world Of burden bearing. During the par
lew DAYS tidings came from across the sea o
q mighty and cool man fallen. A man fui
offhe Holy(fhost was he. his name the 81
nonvm for all that is gooi and kind and era
cIous and henefeent. Word comes 70 us o.
scourgs sweeping OF hundreds and thou.
sands o. people. and there Is a burden OF
snrrow. Sorrow on the sea and sorrow or
he and. Coming into the house Of praye,
there may be no sign 81 sadness or sorrow.
but where is the man who has not a con.
alr't Where Is the soul that has not a stru2-
gle? And there is not a day 0. all the year
when my text is not gloriously appropriate,
and there is never An audience assembled on
me planet whera the text Is nH gloriously
appropriate. eCast thy burden upon the
Lord. and He shall sustain thee
In the far East wells Of water are 80 in.
frequent that when a nan owns a we'll he
has a property OF very great value. and
sometimes battles have been fought for the
possession Of one we'll Of water. but there is
one we'll that every man owns, a deep we'll, a
perennial we'll. a we'll oftears. II man has
not a burden on this shoulder. he has q bur.
Gen on the other shoulder.
Tha day | left home 70 look after mvself
an for myself. in the wagon my father sat
driving. and he said that dav something
which has been with ne all nv life y:
de Witt. it is always safe TO trust God. 1
have manv a time come 20 a crisis Of diff
edify. You may know that. having been
sick for fifteen wears, it was no easy thing
for ne 10 support n family. but always God
came 10 the rescue. remember the time"
he said. "when / didn't know what to do.
and saw a man on horseback riding up the
farm lane, and he announced to mo that I
had | been nominated for the most lucrative
Office in all the gift OF the people Of the
county. mi TO that Office | was elected. and
God in that way met all my wants. and l tell
You II is always safe to trust Him."
oh. mv friends. what we want is a practi-
cal religion! The religion people have is 80
hi2h up YOU cannot reach it. / had a friend
who entered the life OF an evangelist. He
gave up a lucrative business in Chicago, and
he an his wife finally came to severe want.
n" told me that in the morning at prayers
he said go Lord. Thou knowest we have
not 4 mouthfnl Of food in the house! Help
me-. help usV And he started out on the
street. and n gentleman met him and said
Il have been thinking of you for a good
wife. You know am a -four merchant.
i YOU won't be offended. / should like to
senl YOU a barrel Of -four" He cast his bur-
den on the Lord. and the Lord sustained
him. Now, that is the kind of religion we
want.
IN the strait Of Magellan, I have been
tol'. there is a place where, whichever way
a ship captain puts his ship. he fnds the
wind against him, and there are men who
all their lives have been running in the
teeth Of the wind. and which way to turn
they DO not know. Some OF them may be In
this assemblaee. and address them face to
face, not perfunctorily, but rs one brother
talks to another brother. "Cast thy burden
upon the Lord. and He shall sustain thee
There are II great many men who have
business burdens. When we see a man wor-
ried and perplexed and annoyed in business
lie, we are apt to say. He ought not to
have attempted to carry SO much" Ah. that
man may not be to blame at all! When a
man plants a business he does not know
what will he its outgrowths, what will be its
roots. what will be its branches. There is
many a man with keen foresight and large
business faculty who has been flung into the
das by unforeseen circumstances springing
upon him from ambush. When to buy,
when TO sell. when to trust and to what
amount 10 credit. what will be the effect of
this new invention Of machinery, what will be
the effect OF that loss Of crop. and a thousand
other questions perplex business men until
the hair is silvered and deep wrinkles are
plowed in the cheek. and the stocks 90 up
by mountains and go down by valleys. and
they are at their wits ends and stagger like
drunken men.
There never has been a time when there
have been such rivairieS in business as now.
1t is hardware against hardware, books
AKA nst books. chandlerv against chandiery,
imported articles against imported articles.
a thousand stores in combat with another
thousand stores. Never such advantage OF
light. never such variety Of assortment,
never so much splenlor OF show window.
never so much adroitness OF statesmen. never
SO much acuteEess of advertising, and amid
MI tines. seventies OF rivalry in business how
MANY men break down, Oh, the burden on
the shoulder! Oh. the burden, on the heart
You hear that il is avarice which driv~s
these men of business through the street.
AMI that IS the commonly accepted idea. |
do not believe II word OF II. The vast multi
tuie OF these business men are toiling on for
others. To educate their children. to put
wing or protection over their households, &c
hava something left SO when they pass out ol
this lie their wives AMI children will not
havr 20 70 70 tue p0orhouse that is the way
Itrtnsiate this emery III ~" strhnt ana store
inc US majority . ina; energy. Grip.
GouCe x Co. 10 not DO ali the business.
| Sone OF n> rcm-nher when the Contra
| An.Yiea was coming home from California
ii was wrecked. President Arthur's father
in-iaw WAS the nero.c captain QtJthat ship
AMI went down with most OF the passengers.
| Some OF them got OF into lifeboats. hut there
WAS a young man returning from California
VINO had d Tag 81 gold IN his hand. and a
The last boat showed of from the snip tina
was 10 20 down that Young man shouted Il
e conrade in the boat Here. John. catch
this gold. Thsr re are $4,000. lake il HON,
10 NY old mother II will make her comfort
able N her last days Grip. Gouge, i Co
do not 10 all the hustness 81 the world.
All. my friend. do yol say tina, God doe.
not care anything about your worldly busi
ness! tell you Col knews more about
than YOU 30. He knows all your perpiexi
ties He knows what mortgage is abou; 4
tcreciese He Knows what note YOU canno
pay He knows what unsuitable goods yo'
have on Your shelves: H. knows all YOU
trials. from the day YOU took hold OF tn
first Naris,ick down Ia that sale OF the las
ward 81 ribbon aut the Col VINO h.lpe
DAVID 10 be kan.. ani who heipei Daniel 4
Re prime minister. AMI who helped Have
Jock II lie y soldier will hep YOU to Iii
charge all YOUR duties. He i COINS 10 St
Ven :hrouya- When loss comes. AMI vo
fad . property going. Just takethis boo
and pa, II Gown by Your ledger and real,
the eternal possessions that Will cone 10 70
through cur Lo-3 Jesus Ccrtst. An. vne
your business partner oetrsy> you. and yoG
'r!ent<tQrn against yoa. lu>t 'a&e the K
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