The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31
REV. DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON
SUBJECT: HEAVY WEIGHTS.
The Burdens That the Lord will Sustain
IL Christians will but Cast Them
Upon Him.

Sunday to large and deeply interested
audience on the = 5ject Of Heavy Weights"
the text being from Psalms lv. 22. "Cast thy
burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain
thee"
David was here taking his own medicine.
II anybody had on him heavy weights, David
had them. and yet out Of his own experience
he advises you and me rs To the best way OF
getting rid Of burdens. This is IA world Of bur-
den bearing. During the past few days td-
ings came from across the sea OF n mighty
and good man fallen. A man full Of the
Holy Ghost was he. his name was the syno-
nvm for all that il good. and kind and
gracious and beneilccnt. Word comes to us
Of a s,ourge sweeping OF hundreds OF thou
sands Of people. and there il n burden.of sor-
row. 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 IL the man who hns not % conaict?
Whore Is the soul that has not struggle?
And there Is not day OF all the year when
my text is not gloriously appropriate, and
there Is never AN audience assembled on the
planet where the text IL not gloriousy appro-
pirate, Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
he shall sustain thee"
In the far east wells of water are 40 infre-
quent that when "A man owns well he has a
property Of very great value. aud sometimes
battles have been fought for the possession OF
that every man owns. a deep wcll a peren-
nial we'll a well Of tears. II "A man has not a
burden on this shoulder, he has burden on
the other shoulder.
The day I left home TO look after myself
and for myself, In the wagon my father sat
driving, and he said that day something
which has kept with me all my life: "De
witt. II Is always safe to trust God. have
many n time come TO "a crisis of difficulty.
You may know that. having been sick for Is
years, II was no easy thing for me 10 support
family, but always God came to the rescue.
| remember the time" he said. "when I
didn't know what 10 do. aud saw a man on
horseback riding up the farm lane. and he
announced 10 me- that had been nominated
for the most lucrative office In the gift OF the
people OF the county, and 10 that Office / was
elected and God In that way met all my
wants. and | tell you 1t is always safe to
trust him."
In the strait Of Magellan. have been told.
thcrc is place whore. which ever way n ship
captain puts his ship he finds the wind against
him. and there are men VINO 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 assembage and
address them face to face no; perfunctorily,
but ~ one brother talks to another brother,
Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall
sustain thee"
There are great many men who have
business burdens. When we seq man wor-
red aud perplexed and annoyed In business
life. we are apt 10 say, lie ought not 10 have
attempted TO carry 30 much" Al, that man
may not he to blame at all! When a man
plants u business, he docs not know what
will be its outgrowths, what will he 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 dust by
Unforeseen circumstances springing upon
him from ambush. When 10 buy, when to
SELL when TO trust and to what amount to
credit. what will be the effect of this new in
vent ry, what will be the eject
OF tns, op and a thousand other
questions perplex the business men until the
hair Is silvered aud deep wrinkles are plowed
in the cheek and the stocks go up by noun
tans and 20 down by valleys, and they nre mt
their wits end and stagger like drunken
men.
There never has been time when there
have been such rivalries In business as now.
1t Is hardware against hardware. books
against books. chandlery against chandlery,
imported article against imported article
thousand stores In combat with another thous-
aud stores. Never such advantage flight never
such variety Of assortment. never so much
splcndor OF show window. never so much
alroitneSS ot sal"smcn, never so much acute
ncso of advertising and amid all these sever
itiei OF rivalry IN business how many men
break down, Oh, the burden on .he should
or, On, the burden on the heart,
You hear that II il avaricc which drives
these men Of business through the
street. and that Is the commonly ac-
cepted Idea. do not believe a word OF H.
The vast multitude OF these business men are
toilIns on for others. Toeducate their child
r"n, 10 put wing of protection over their
households, to have something left 50 when
they pass out Of this life their wives and
children VIII not have to 90 to the poor
house that j. the way translate this energy
IN the street and store the vast majority oe
that energy. Grip. Gouge x Go. do not do
all the business. Some OF us remember when
the Central America was coming home from
California 1t was wrecked. President Ar
thurs tIthcr-in-law was the heroic captain
oi that ship ana vent down with most Of the
passengers. Some Of them got Oh into the
liieboals, hut there wa, "A young man return
Ing from California who hal "A Tag Of gold in
his hand and ~ the last boat showed on from
the ship that was togo down that ygung man
shouted 10 comrade in the boat; 'Here
John. catch this gold. There are 5000
Take II home 10 my old mother; Il will maze
her comfortable In her last days" Grip
GouSe Co. do not do all the business of
the world.
All. my friend, do you say that God does
not care ANYTHING about your worldly busi-
ness: tell you God knows more about il
than you do. He knows all your perpl ,xities;
he knows what mortgage is about TO be fore
close; he know what note you cannot pay; he
knows what unstable goo is you have on
your shelves; he knows all your trials, from
the dayyou took bold OF the first yardstick
down TO that sale Of the last yard OF ribbon
and the God who helped David 10 be king.
and who helped Daniel to be prime minister.
and who helped Havelock to bs a soldier will
help you to discharge all your duties. He il
going to see yoI through. When loss comes
ani you find your property going, jus. take
this book and put 1t down by your ledger
and read OF the eternal possessions that will
come 10 you through our Lord Jesus Christ.
And when your business partner betrays you.
and your friends turn against you. Just take
the insulting letter, put Il down on the table
put your Bible beside the insulting letter, and
then read OF the friendship OF him who
'sticketh closer than brother"
young accountant In New York city got
his accounts entangled. He knew hs was
honest, and yet he could not make his az
counts come out right, and he toiled at isem
day and night until he was nearly frenzied.
II seemed by those books that something had
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