Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-08
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
The Eminent Brooklyn D.vine'S Sun
day Sermon.
Subject: "Heavy Weights Delivered at
San FranciscO)

IL anyDOny nad on MN heavy weights, Da
vid had them, and yet out OF his own expert
ence he advises you and me as 10 the hes
way Of getting rid of burdens. This is
world OF burden BEARING. During the pas
| 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 thu S.
nonym for all that is cool and kind and gra
cious and benefcent. Word comes to us o
scourge sweeping off hundreds and thou
sands OF people. and there is burden o
sorrow. Sorrow on the sea and sorrow on
the land. Coming into the house Of PRAYER
there may he no sign Of sadness or sorrow
but where is the man who has not cou
nlciE Where is the soul that has not 4 struc-
gle? And there is not day OF all the yeai
when my text is not gloriously appropriate
and there is never an audience assembled on
the planet wbere 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 50 in
frequent that when a man owns well he
mas a property Of very great value. aud
sometimes battles have been fought for the
possession of one we'll OF water. but there is
Que we'll that every man owDs, a deep W II. q
perennial we'll. we'll oftelrs II a man has
got burden on this shoulder, he has bur-
den on the other shoulder.
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and for myself. in thu wagon my father sat
driving, and he said that day something
which has been with me all my life
''De WITT it is always safe TO trust Col.
have many time come to a crisis OF diffi,
Guilty. You may know that having been
sick for fifteen years, it was no easy thing
for me TO support family. but always Col
came 10 the rescue I remember the time,
he said, "when 1 didn't know what to do,
and l saw man on horseback riding up the
farm lane. and he announced TO me that
had been nominated for the most lucrative
Office in all the gift Of the people Of tho
county, and to that Office I WAS elected and
God in that way met all nv wants. and tell
you it is always safe to trust Him"
Oh, my friends. what we want is a rracti
cal religion The religion people have isso
nigh up you cannot reach it. l had frien,1
who entere I the life Of an evangelist. Ha
gave up a lucrative business in Chicago. and
he AMI his wife finally came to severe want.
He tod me that j.. the morning at prayers
he sail 80 Lori. Thou knowcst we have
not mouthrn OF fool in the house Help
me, help u.s. And he started out on ths
street. and gentleman met him and salt
II have heen thinking of you for "a goo
wallP. You know an a -four merchant.
Ii YOU won't be offended, I should like TO
len on the Lor !, AMI tde Lord, sustaine
him. Now, that is the kind OF religion we
want.
In the strait o. Magellan, have been
TOLD, there is place where, whichever way
a ship captain puts his ship, he finds the
wind against him. AMI there are men who
All their lives have been running in the
teeth Of the win /. and which way 10 turn
they do not know. Some of them may be in
this assemblage. and I address them face to
face, not perunctorily, but as one brother
talks 10 another brother, Cast thy burden
upon the LORI. and He shall sustain thee"
There are = great many men who have
business burdens When we sec a man wor-
red and perplex I'd and annoyed in business
life. we are apt to say, HE ought not TO
have attempted 10 carry so much" All. that
man may not be 10 blame at all When
man plants business he does not know
what will be its outgro wths, what Will be its
roots. what will be its branches. There is
many man with keen foresight AMI large
business faculty who has been flung into the
dust by Unforeseen circumstances springing
upon him from ambush. When to bay,
when to sell, when TO trust and to what
amount 10 credit, what Will be the effect of
his new invention OF machinery, what will be
The effect OF that loss OF crop, aud q thousand
other questions perplex business men until
.he hair is silvered and deep wrinkles are
plowed in the cheek and the stocks so up
by mountains and go down by valleys, and
hey are at their wits ends ana stagger like
drunken men.
There never has been time when there
have been such rivllries in business as now,
1t is hardware against hardware, books
against books, chandlerY against chaRdlery,
imported articles against imported articles.
thousand stores in combat with another
thousand stores. Never such advantage Of
light, never such variety Of assortment,
never so much splendor OF show window,
never so much aGroitness OF statesmen, never
50 much acuteness of advertising, aud amid
al these seventies OF rivalry in business how
many men break down! Oh, the burden on
he shoulder On, the burden on the heart
You hear that it is avarice which drives
hese men of business through the street,
md that is the commonly accepted flea.
10 not believe word of it. The vast multi
ude of these business men are toiling on for
others. TO educate their children. to put
wing OF protection over their households, to
nave something left sownen they pass out of. |
his life their wives AMI children will not |
nave 10 90 10 the poorhouse-that is the way
translate this energy in the street and store !
the vast majority Of that energy. Grip,
5ouge q Co. do not do all the business. |
some OF US remember when the Central |
america was coming home from California
I was wrecked. President Arthur's father |
n-laW was the heroic captain OF that ship |
md went down with most of the passengers.
some OF them got off into lifeboats, bur there
VAS young man returning from California
VINO had Il bag Ut gold in his hand an as
he last boat showed of from the snip that
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comrade in the bout "Here, John, catch
his gold. There are $1,000. Take it home
o my old mother; it will make her comforir
.ble in her last days Grip, Gouge & Co.
10 not do all the business oitne world.
All, my friend, do YOU say that God does
lot care anything about yOur worldly bus
less? tell you Col knows more about it
han you DO. He knows al your perplexi-
les; He knows what mortgage is about TO
Oreclose He knows what note you cannot
ay; He knows what unstable goods You
ave on your shelves H. knows all your
rails, from the day you took hold OF the
rst yardstiek down to that sale o. tho last
ard of ribbon and the Col wac helped
,avid 10 be kim, an l who helped Daniel to
e prime minister, and who helped Have
ock to be soldier will hep you to dis
barge all your duties. He is going to see
GU through When loss co mes. and you
nd your property going, Just take this bool;
nd put ii down by your ledger and read OF
ne eternal possessions that Will co me 10 You
trough our Lord Jesus Christ. And wien
our business partner betrays you, and your
-iendsturn against you, JUST take the in
ulting letter, put it down on tho table, put
our Bible beside the insulting letter, AMI
zen read Of the friendship OF Him who
Sticketh closer than brother
A young accountant In New York City got
is accounts entangle'. He knpw he was
onesi, and yet he could not make his re-
cunts come out right. and he toiled at them
ay and night until he was nearly irenzied.