Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-31

tcrS, and their COrdlalS rather IMAM upon
heavenly stimulants.
Oh, how few people there arc completely
well Some of you, by dint of pcrsevcr-
ancc and care, have kept living to this
time, but how You have had to war against
physical ailmcntsl Antcdiluvans, with
out medical college and iniirmary and
apothecary shop, multiplied their years by
hundreds but he who has gone through
the Cantlct of disease in our time and has
come to 20 years of age is hero worthy of
palm,
Efficiency of Faith.
Tho world seems to be a great hospital,
and you run against rhcumatisms and con-
sumptions and scrofulas and neuralgias
and scores of old diseases baptized by new
nomenclature. Oh how heavy burden
sickness Isl 1t takes the color out of the
sky, and the sparkle out of the wave, and
tho sweetness out Of the fruit, and the lus-
ter out of the night. When the limbs ache,
when the respiration is painful, when tho
mouth is hot, when the ear roars with I'M
healthy Instructions, how hard it is to be
patient and cheerful and assiduous
Cast thy burden upon the Lord" Docs
your head ache? His wore the thorn. Do
your feet hurt His were crushed Of tho
spikes. Is your side painful? His was
struck by the spear. Do you feel like Civ
ing way under the burden? His weakness
gave way under a cross While you are in
every possible way to try to restore your
physical viRor, you arc to remember that
moro soothing than any anodync, more
vtaizing than any stimulant and more
strengthening than any tonic is the pre-
scription of the text, Cast thy burden
upon the Lord and he will sustain thee. ;"
We hear a great deal of talk now about
faith cure, and some people say it cannot
be done and it is failure l do not know
but that the chief advance of the church is
to be in that direction. Marvellous things
como to me day by day which make mo
think that if the age of miracles is past it
is because the faith of miracles Is past
a prominent merchant of New York said
to n member of my family, My mother
wants her case mentioned to Mr.. Tai
mage
This was the case. He said: MY mother
had n dreadful absccss, from which she had
suffered untold agonies, and all surgery
had been exhausted upon her, and worse
and worse she grew until we called in a
few Christian friends and proceeded to pray
about it, We commended her case to
God, and the abscCss began Immediately
without knife and without any sTrgcry. "
So that case has come to me, and there arc
a score of other cases coming to our ears
from all parts of the earth. oh, yc Who
are sick, go to Christ! Oh, We who arc
worn out with agonies of body, Cast thy
burden upon the Lord, and he shall sus-
tain thee"
The Burden of Bereavement.
Another burden some have to carry is
the burden of bcreavcmcns. All, these are
the troubles that wear us Quit If we lose
our property, by additional industry per
| hap5 we may bring back the ostrangcd fort
unc; il We lose our good name, perhaps by
reformation of morals we may achieve
again reputation for integrity, but who
will bring back the dear departed?
Alas, me, for these empty cradles and
these trunks of childish toys that will
never be used againl Alas me, for the
empty chair and the silence in the hall.
that will never echo again to those famil
/ lar footsteps! Alas for the cry of widow
hood and orphanage What bitter Marah.
in the Wilderness, what cities of the dead
what long black shadow from the wing q
death, what eyes sunkcn with grief, wha
hands trembling with bereavement, wha
| instruments of music shut now bcCaus,
there are no fingers to play on them! Il
there no relief for such souls? Aye, lc
that soul ride into the harbOr of my text:
The soul that on Jesus has learned to reposo
! | will not, | will not desert to its foes.
That soul! though all hell shall endeavor t,
shake,
| III never, no never no never forsake.
Now the grave is brighter than the an
cicnt tomb where the lights were pcrpct
ually kept burning. The SCARED feet o
him who was ''the resurrection and TIL
life" are on the broken grave hillock, Will
the voices Of angels ring down the sky a
the coronation of another soul come hom
to glory.
Burden of Sin.
Then there are many who carry the bur
den of sin. All, we all carry 1t until in tn
appointed way that burden is lifted. w
need no Bible to prove that the whole rae
is ruined What "a spectacle it would be i
we could tear off the mask of human de
Element or beat drum that would brinI
up the whole army of the worlds trans
grcssions the deception, the fraud, ant
the rapine, and the murder, and the Grim
of all ccnturcs Aye, if / could sound tn
trumpet of resurrection in the soul of tn
best men in this audience, and all the deaf
|
not endure the sight. Sin, grim and dire
has put its clutch upon the immortal soul
and that clutch will never relax unless i
he under the heel of him who came to dc
stroy the works of the devil.
Oh, to have mountain Of sin on tn
soul! Is there no way to have the burde
moved? Oh, yes, Cast thy burden upo
the Lord" The sinlcss one came to tax
the consequences of our sin. And / knoN
he is in earnest, How do | know itS b
the streaming temples and the strcamin
hands as he says, Come unto me, all y
who are weary and heavy laden, and wi
give you rest"
Why will prodigals live on SWINGS husk
when the robe, and the ring, and the fl
Tiers welcome are ready? Why go wal
dcring over the great Sahara desert of you
sin when you are invited to the gardens {
God, the trees of life and the fountains
living wator5 Why be houseless and hom
less forever when you may become the sor
and daughters of the Lord God Almighty
The Question of Ivory.