The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13
REV. DIR. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE'S SUM
l DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Heavy Weights" (Deliv-
cred at San Francisco).

TEXT: "Cast tiny burden upon the Lord
and He shall sustain thee. ."-Psalms w.: %
David was here taking his own medicine
If anybody had on him heavy weights, Da-
,vid had them, and yet out OF his own expert
ence he advises you and me as to the best
way Of getting rid of burdens. This Is
world of burden bearing. During the past
few days tidings came from across the sea O
mighty and good man fallen. A man full
OF the Holy Ghost was he, his name the sy'
nonym for all that Is good and kind and gra.
,cious and beneficent. Word comes to US Of
scourge sweeping of hundreds and thou.
sands OF people. and there Is q burden oil
eorrow. Sorrow on the sea and sorrow on
the land. Coming into the house Of prayer
there may be no sign Of sadness or sorrow,
but where is the man who has not con-
ficta Where Is the soul that has not a strug-
gle? And there Is not day of all the year
when my text is not 9lorlously appropriate,
and there Is never an audience assembled on
the planet where the text IS not gloriously
appropriate. "Cast thy burden upon the
:, Lord, and He shall sustain thee"
In the far East wells Of water are 80 in
frequent that when a man owns well he
has b 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, deep we'll, q
p6reQul6l WGll, Wci1 VI lotIs. IL O Laon hoo
rot burden on this shoulder, he has bur-
Cen on the other shoulder.
The day left home to look after myself
and for myself, in the wagon my father sat
driving, and he said that day something
which has been with me all my life
ssDs Witt, it Is always safe to trcst God:
have many O time come to crisis OF dihi-
Guilty. You may know that, having been
sick for fifteen years, it was no easy thing
for me 10 support a family, but always God
came to the rescue. I remember the time"
he said, "when didn't know what to do,
and I saw a man on horseback riding up the
farm lane, and he announced to me that I
had been nominated for the most lucrative
cfice In all the Gift OF the people OF the
county, and to that Office was elected. and
Coo in that way met all my wants. and tell
you 1t is always safe to trust Him."
Oh, nv friends, what we want Is rractt-
cal religion! The religion people have isso
Ligh up you cannot reach 1t. I had friend
who entered the life OF an evangelist. He
| gave up lucrative business in Chicago, and
he and his wife finally came to severe want
.Je told me that In the morning at prayers
he said: 90 Lord, Thou knowest we have
not mouthful of food in the house! Help
me; help usr' And he started out on the
street, and gentleman met him and said !:
IT have been thinking Of you for good
while. You know am -four merchant.
Y you won't be offended, I should like to
den on the Lord, and the Lord sustained
him. Now, that IL the kind of religion We
| want.
In the strait Of Magellan, have been
= told, there Is place where, whichever way
q ship captain puts his ship, he finds the
wind against him, and there are men who
ell their lives have been running In the
I teeth Of the wind. and which way to turn
they do aot.know. Some Of them may be IN
face, not perfunctorily, but as one brother
talks to another brother, "Cast thy burden
cpon the Lord. and He shall sustain thee" !"
There are a great many men who have
business burdens. When we see man wor-
FED and perplexed and annoyed IN business
! Life, we are apt to say, "Re ought not to
lave attempted to carry so much" Ah, that
man may not be to blame at all! When
man plants a business he does not know
That will be Its outgrowths, what Will be its
Eoots, what will be its branches. There Is
many man with keen foresight and large
business faculty who has been flung into the
. dust by unforeseen circumstances springlnS
Cpon him from ambush. When to buy,
when to sell, when to trust and to what
! Emount to credit, what will be the effect OF
this new invention of machinery, what will be
tie effect of that loss OF crop, and thousand
other questions perplex business men until
she hair is silvered and deep wrinkles are
plowed In the cheek, and the stocks 50 up
sy mountains and go down by valleys, and
they are at their wits ends and stagger like
drunken men.
There never has been time when there
have been such riyalries In business as now.
e Is hardware against hardware, books
against books, chandlery against chandlery,
imported articles against imported articles.
"a thousand stores In combat with another
Thousand stores. Never such advantage OF
light, never such variety OF assortment,
sever so much splendor of show window,
.ever 80 much adroitness OF salesmen, never
so much acuteness of advertising, and amid
ell these seventies OF rivalry In business how
many men break down. Oh, the burden on
tsae shoulder! Oh, the burden on the heart
You hear that II Is avarice which drives
these men OF business through the street,
nnd that is the commonly accepted Idea. I
do not believe word Of It. The vast multi
tude OF these business men are toiling on for
others. To educate their children. to put
living of protection over their households, to
have something left so when they pass out OF
this life their wives and children will not
have to 90 to the poorhouse-that Is the way
2 translate this energy In the street and store
the vast majority Of that energy. Grip,
Gouge l. Co. do not do all the business
Some Of 1s remember when the Central
America was coming home from California
1t was wrecked. President Arehur's father
in-law was the heroic captain OF that ship
and went down with most of the passengers.
Some Of them got Of into ifeboats, but there
was young man returning from California
who had bag Of gold in his hand, and as
the last boat showed of from the ship that
vas to 60 down that young man shouted to
& comrade in the boat: "Here, John, catch
this gold. There are $4,000. Take 1t home
10 my old mother It will make her comfort.
cble In her last days" Grip, Gouge & Co.
20 not do all the business OF the world.
All, my friend, do you say that God does
not care anything about your worldly bust-
ness2 I tell you God knows more about It
than you do. He knows all your perple1i-
kies; He knows what mortgage Is about to
g foreclose; He knows what note you cannot
pay He knows what unstable goods you
have on your shelves He knows all your
Eials, from the day you took hold OF the
arst yardstick down to that sale of the last
gard Of ribbon and the God who helped
David to be king, and who helped Daniel to
te prime minister, and who helped Have
Eock to be soldier will help you to dis
charge all your duties. He Is going to see
Tou through. When loss comes, and you
and put it down by your ledger and read of
khe eternal possessions that will come to you
through our Lord Jesus Christ. And when
your business partner betrays you, and your
frendsturn against you, just take the In
ulting letter, put It down on the table. put
7our Bible beside the insulting letter, and
khen read OF the friendship OF Him who
sticketh closer than brother
A young accountant in New York City got
bis accounts entangled. He knew he was
honest, and yet he could not make his &C.
-I<hk ,vI hat triI Iod or hnyr