The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-02
REV. DIR. TALMAGE
TIE BROO kLYN DIVlNE'S sun
DAY SERMON.

~" 'c Suail sustain thee Psalms w.. o.
David was here taking his own medicine
| ahyhody had on him heavy weights Da-
via had them, and yet out OF his own eyprri-
ehoe ne advises You and mo as 10 the heat
way OF getting rid Of burdens Thts 10 n
world OF burden bearing. During the past
rev days tidinRs camo nom across the sra ~
hmiHhtY md good man fallen A man IuII
ottho Holy Ghost was he. his name ,bn sv
hohSm Tor all that Is good and kind and prd
clous ana beneilceht. Word come 10 ,,s n
hsconrge sweeping on hundreds and thor,
SANDS OF people. and there ia burden OF
wrtow. sorrow on the sea and. sorrow on
Tho land. Coming into the house of nrnvar
ther" may he no Sign OF sadness or sorrow
nut WnNro " the man who has not "A con d.
n't where Is the soul that has not stru =
k,ri Ana thero Is not u day OF NIL the year
when my text is not glorIously nppronrioia
nhu thore IL never an audience nss nmhlcJ on
'he planet whore tn" text Ia not cIoriousIy
appropriate. Cast thy burden urNn the
horh, and He shall sustain thee"
TN the lar East wells Of water are CO. In -
ISquent that when man owns well no
mas property ot very great vnlur nm
sometimes battles have bcen fought for tho
possession OF one we'll OF water, hut there IL
one woll that every man owns, n deep wolf a
perennial well, well oftears Ita man has
not burden on this shoulder, he has a bur
den on The other shoulder.
| Tho day left homo 20 look after mvsef
| ma Tor myself. In the wagon my father sat
| driving, and he said that dav somathip "
wn'cn mas been with me all my life
pe witt, II is always safe TO trust Col. I
haNo many time come TO n crisis OF aim =
Guilty You may know that having hecn
SICK Tor hteen years, II was no easy THING
Ior mo To support family, hut always Go
came 10 the rescue. 7 remember the timr
ne satd, when l didn't know what to do.
and saw man on horseback riding IN tho
t"rm lane, and h" announced to mo that |
hai been nominated for tho most lucrative
ontre In all the gift ot tho people OF the
county, md to that Oflce [ was elected and
Nod IN that way met all my wants and tell
you u Is always safe TO trust Hin"
| on. my friends, what we want Is n rrarti.
"al religion! The religion people have Is sn
| hlEh up YOU cannot reach It, hal "A Irirn
VINO entered the life Of nm evangelist Hr
EaN" up lucrative business i'm Chicago, AMI
he ami his wife finally came to severe want
u" told me thnt in tho morning al PRAYERS
he said 80 Lord, Thou knowest we have
| not mOuthful of food IN the house, Holm
me help usl' And he started out ON thn
| street, and n gentleman met him and sniI
| ~ have been thinking OF YOU for n goo
wh'I". You know am a -four merchant
" You won't I've offended. I should like To
| send YOU barrel OF nOur" IIe east his bur
| den on III" Lord. and tho Lord sustained
| him Now, that IL the kind Of religion we
| want
| IN tho strait OF Magellan. have been
| told. there is place where. whichever way
snip captain puts his ship. h. Enls the
J wind against him, and there are men who
| NIL their lives have been running In thu
| teeth OF the wind. and which way tn turn
| they do not know. Some OF them may be in
| this assemhlng", and address them face to
| lace, not periunctory hut as Que brother
| talks TO another brother. Cast thy burden
| upon the Lord, and Ilo shalt sustain thee"
| There are u great many men who have
| business burdens. when We see u man wor.
| ricd and p"rplcNcd and annoyed in business
| li'e, W" nre apt to say, "Ho ought not 10
nav" attempted TO carry so much" All, that
| man may not he To blame nt all, When a
| man plants n business he does not know
| what will he its outgrNwths, what will he its
| roots, what will hc its branches There Is
many man with keen foresight and large
| huatnsss faculty who has hacn flung into tn,
d~s' hy unforeseen circumstances sprin siny
| upSn him from ambush. When to buy
| when TO sell, when To trust and to what
| amount 10 credit. what will he the effect of
| this new invention OF marhtncry what will he
| the eNect Of that loss OF crop, and a thousanl 4
other questions porpleN business mon until
| the hatr IL silvered and deep wrinkles are
| rlowed in the cheek, and the stocks 20 up
| by mountains and go down by valleys and
! they arc at their wits ends and stagger like
| drunken men.
| There never has been time when there
| have been such rivalries in business rs now
| IL is hardware against hardware, books
| against books, chandlery against chsndlerv
| imported articles against imported articles.
n thousand stores In combat with anoths.
| thousand stores. Never such advantage Of
| light, never such variety OF assortment,
never 50 much splendOr Of show window
| never SO much adroitness OF statesmen, never
| SO much acuteness OF advertising, and amid
| all these sevCrities Of rivalry In business how
many men break down! Oh, the burden ON
| tho shOulderl oh. the burden on the heart
You hear that II IL avarica which drives
n thrNn nryl. sh.,
and that Is the commonly accepted idea, |
do not believe word oft The vast multi
tude OF these business men ara toiling on for
Others. To educate their children, TO nut
wing OF protection over their households TO
nave something left so when they pass out q,
this life their wives and children will not
have TO so TO the poorhcuse--that is the way
translate this energy in the street an store
the vast majority OF that euersr. Drip
Gouge 4 90. do not do all the business
Some OF us rememhsU when the Central
America was coming home from California
IL was wrecked. President Arthurs father
in-law was the heroic captain OF that ship
and went down with most ~ the passengers
some ~; them got on into lifehoats but there
was Young man RETURNING from California
who had hag ot gold IN his hand, au as
tho last boat showed OF from ths snip that
was TO 30 down that Young mau shouted to
n coNrade In the toAt Here John catch
this gold. There are 5000 Take II HON.
tN my old mother " Will make her cCUIOrt-
able In her last days. Grip. Gouge S Co,
do not do all the business al the world
All, my friend, DO you say that Col does
not care anything about your worldly bust.
ness? tell you Got knows mors about IL
than YOU do He knows at your perpleNi-
ties He knows what mortgages il about 10
foreclose He knows what note you cannot
pay Ho knows what unsalable goods YOU
have on your ,heiyys Hs knows all yont
trials, from the day YOU took hold OF the
first yardstick down tn that sale OF the last
yard NJ ribbon ant the Col who helped
David To be king. an | who helped Daniel TO
be prime minister, aud who helped Have.
iocs To he soldier win help you to dis.
charge all your duties Tie II going to sse
you through, When loss comes, and you
find your property going, Just take this book
and put Il down by yCur ledger and read OF
the eternal possessions that will come 10 NOt.
through cur Lor,i Jesus Christ Ant when
your business partner helrays you, Sni youi
trtendsiurn against YOU, iuN take the ia.
sulting letter, put n down an the, table nut
your Bible beside the insulting letter, an I
then read OF the friendship Of Him who
'slicketh closer than a brother" "
vouug accountant in New York CITY Co,
his accounts entanglet He knew he was
honest, and yet he could not make his ~
counts come out right and he toilei ~ them
laN and nighf until Ia ,,ras n...t.-