The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-07


= unfastened. his collar on tho way TO th
o ecsffold, and when they asked him wb,
If he did that ho sa,d: $50 they will no
t be detained In their work. want to b,
Q ready" On, how little we have to en-
, dure compared with those who have gone
f before usi
Now, if you have come across i'll
treatment, lot me toll you you are In OK.
J ce!lent compuny-Christ and Luther and
J Galtlei and Columbus aud John Jay and
Josiah QulncYaud thousands of men and
women, the best spirits OF earth and hea-
ven.
Budgo not ono Inch. though all hell
Wrcak upon you it's vengeance and you
be inade target for devils to shoot at.
Do YOU not think Christ kuew all about
persecution Was he not hissed all Was
he not struck on The cteekP Was "e not
pursued all tho days OF his life. Did they
not exprctOrate uron him? Or, to put
IL in Bible language, "Thcy spit upon
him " And cannut lie understand WHIT
persecution isl "Caet they burden upou
the Lord, and be shall sustain thee"
Then there are Othera who carry great
outdens Of physical ailments. When
sudden sickness has como aud fierce
choleras apd malignant fevers take the
castles OF lite by storm, we appeal to
GOD, hut In these chronic ailments which
Wotr out the swength dnY atter day mid
week after week and year after year how
little resorting to Gcd for solace! Thou
people depsndcd upon their tou,cs. and
'helr olasters. aud tneir cordials rather
thon upon bHavenly stmuiauts.
On, how tow people there arc com-
plotely ~ell. Some of you, by, djnt Of
perseverance, and care, have kopt living
:" thlh 1lme. but how you have had to
war against physical ailments! Anlodlu
Wins, without medical college ard in
Urinary and arOthecary shop. multiplied
their years by hu,.dreds, but no who has
gene through tho gantlet OF disease in
Cur time and has come TO 70Heavs Of ago
is hero worthy rf n palm.
The world seems 20 be great hos
p1tal. and you run against rheum9tisms
and coEsumptiOEa aud scrofulas and
sctofnla3 and nc1ralglaS and scores Of
old diseases baptized by new nomenela-
cure. Oh, how heavy burden sickness
Isl 1t takes the color out Of the sky,
and the sparkle out Of the wave, and
he sweetness out OF the fruit, and the
luster out OF the night. When the limbs
ache, when the mouth is hot, when the
ear roarS with unhealthy distractions,
how hard IT IS to be patient and chear-
full aId assiduNus!
Cast thy burden upon the Lord"
Does your head ache? His wore the
thorn. DO your feet hurt2 His were
crushed OF the spikes. Is your side pain.
fulp His was ST. uck by the spear. Do
yon feel like giving way under the
burden? Hts weakness gave way under
a cross. While you are IN every pos
sible way to try 20 restore your physl-
cal VtRor, you are to remember tnat
mole Soothing than any auodyEe, more
vitaiizing than any stimulant and more
sireng thentng than auy tonic Is the
prescription Of the text, "Chst thy bur.
den upon the Lord, and he will sustain
these"
We hear great deal of talk now
about faith cure, and sOmo people saw
l IL cannot bo done and u js q failure.
, DO rot kuoW but that the chief advance
IT the rhurch Is to be in that direction.
b Marvellous things come to me day by
a day Which make ms think that II the
q aRe OF miracles is past 1t Is because the
faith OF rnlraclee is past.
g n prominent merCnant Of New York
n said to member of my family, "My
mocher wants her case mentioned tx
d, Mr.. Talmage."
1 This was lhe case. He said: "Niy mot
Il her had dreadful abscess, fIom Whicl
o she hnd suffered untold agonies, and al
' surgery had been exhausted upon heY
i. and worse ana worse she grew until we
+ Called IN q few Oh. tstain friends and pr(
c c2e1ed to pray about it. We commend
I'd her Case to God, and the atscest
began Immediately to be cured. She is
, entirely we'll now and without any sur
gey." So that case has come to me
, and there are a score Of other cases
- coming to our ears from all parts Of thu
. . eaI ch O, ye who are sick, go to Christ
Oh,ye who are worn out with egonies q
;. body, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord
j. AMI he shall sustain thee"
q Another burden some have to carry
o Is the burden OF bereavement. Ah, thes
!. Gre the troubles that wear us outl IT W.
a lose our property, by additional indus
II try perhaps we may bring back tn
r estranged fortune; If we lose our gooc
Il name, psrhaps by reformation o. NOR
!. ala we may achieve again reputation
=. Tor integrity, but who will bring bacl
- y, tho dear departed
Alas, me, for these empty cradles ant
:, these trunks Of childish toys that vii
never be- used aGainl Alas, me, for tn
9 that will never echo again to those fan
/ iliar footstepsl Alas for the cry of wtd
II owhood and orphanagel What bitte
r Marahs In the wilderness, what cities
4 OF the dead, what long black shadow
= from the wing of death. what eyes sun
D ken with grief, what hands trembling
with bereavement, what Instruments
OF music shut now because there are
no fingers to play on themi ls there no
\ relief for such sonlsp Aye, let that soul
ride into the harbor Of my text;
'Thr soul that on jesus has learned to re.
pose
will not, will not desire to its foes.
That soul, though all hoil shall ondeayor
to stake,
I'll never, no never, no mover forsako.
Now the grave Is brighter than the
ancient tomb where the lights were
prepetually kept burning. The SCARED
feet Of him who was "the resurrection
aud the lite" are on the broken grave
hiiiOck, while the voices Of angels ring
down the sky at 'he coronation of ali
other soul come home to glory.
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