The Greenville times., 1894-06-02

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tnat lay on the desk. ami there was leaf
containing lias OF figures which explained |
everything In other woris, he east his |
puroeh upon the Lord. and the Lord sus-
'a,Hea dt MIN Young man. do you hear thai2
W, yes, God has a sympathy with any
noay tnat Is IN any kind OF TOLL He knows
how heavy is the hod OF bricks that the
workman carries up the ladder on the wall
ne hears the piekax Of the miner down in
tue coal shaft. He knows how strong the
tempest strikes the sailor at masthead. He
sees the factory girl among ths splndles AMI
Knows now her arms acne. He seesthe sew
,ns woman in ths fourth story and knows
now lew pence she gets for making a gar
ment, and louder than All the din ana roar
OF the city comes the voice of a sympathetie
God. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
He shall sustain thea"
Then there are great many who have a
weight OF persecution and abuse upon Their.
sometimes society gets a grudge against
man. All his motives are mislnterpreted.
and all his good deeds are deprecated.
with more virtue than some OF the honorel
and aDplauded, he runs only against raillery
and sharp criticism. When a man begins to
so down, he has not ohly tho force OF natural
graytation, hut hundred hands to help
MIN IN the precipitation. Men are perse-
euted for their virtues and tbxr successes.
Germanieus said he had Just as many bitter
antagonists as he had adornmsnts. The
character sometimes Is so lustrous that the
weak eyes OF envy and Jealousy cannot bear
TO look at it.
| II was their integrity that put joseph in
the pit, and Daniel in the don, and Shairaeh
IN the IRE. and sent John the Evangelist to
desolate Patmos, and Calvin to the castle oil
persecution, AMI John Hlss TO the stake,
and horah after Moses. ant Slul after Da-
yid. and Herod after Christ. Bl sure, Il YOU
have anything 10 do for church or state. and
you attempt It with all your soul, the light
ming viii strike you.
Tae world always has had a cross be-
tween two thieves for the one who comes to
save II. High and holy enterprise has al
ways been followed by abuse. The most
sublime tragedy of seli-sscrihce has come 10
blrlesque. The graceful gait OF virtus Is
always followed by seoH and grimaee and
travesty. The sweetest strain OF poetry
ever written has come TO ridiculous parody.
and as long as there are virtue ami rlghteons-
ness in the world there will be something
for iniqully TO grin at. All along the line
of the ages and in all lands the cry has been F:
'Not this man. but Barabbas. Now, Bar.
abbas was a robber.'
And what makes the prosecutions OF life
worse IL that they come from people whom
you have helped, from those TO whom you
loaned money or have started In business or
whom you rescued in some great crisis.
think Il has been the history OF all our lives
the most acrimonious assault has come
from those whom we have benefited, whom
we have helped, and that makes it oil tho
harder to bear. A man Is in danger OF be-
coming cynical.
A ,lergS nan OF the Unlversalist church
went into neighborhood for the establish
ment OF a church OF his denomination, and
he was anxious to find some one OF that de-
nomination, and he was pointed to certain
house and went there. He said to the man
OF the house ~ understand you are Unit
versalist. Iwant you to help ne in the en-
terprise." "Well." said tho man, 81 am a
, Uniyersallst. but have a peculiar kind oi
Universalism." "What Is thatT asked the
minister. "Well,r replied the other, II
have been out In tie world and have been
cheated and slandered and outraged aud
abused until believe In universal damna-
tionr
: The great danger is that men will become
i cynical and given to believe, as David wa;
tempted TO say, that all men are liars. Oh
. my friends, do not lot that be the effect
upon your souls! II you cannot endure
! little persecution, how do you think oui
} fathers endured persecution? Motley, IN his
/ "Dutch Republic" tells US OF Egmont, tn,
a martyr, who. condemned TO be beheaded
v uniastened his collar on tho way TO the scat
$ fold and when they askei him why he di'
$ that he said $50 they Will not be detained
Q in their work. want to be ready" Oh
o how little we have to endure compared will
? those who have gone before us
No,,, 40 x,a,t hava onfnn ooroeo M froat
I m ent, let me tell you you are in exeellen
i compqny-Chrlst and Luther aud Galilei ant
Q Columbus and John jay and Josiah Quinc.
/ and thousands OF men and women, the best
i spirits OF earth and heaven.
. Budgonot one inch, though all hell wreal
D upon you its vengeance, and you be made
d target for devils TO shoot at. Do you no
0 think Christ knew all about persecution
Was He not Kissed at? Was He not strucl
q on the cheek? Was He not rsusd all tn,
). days OF His life? Did they not expectorat
s upon Him2 Or, TO put Il in Blbl
!. language. "rhey spit upon Him." Aud can
!. not He understand wlat persecution Is
n ''Cast thy burden upon tho Lord, and HI
II shall sustain thee"
/. Then there are others who carry great bur
:. dens OF physical ailments. When suddeI
r sickness mas come, and fierce choleras an
!
" storm, we appeal to God, but in these chroni
n ailments which wear out the strength da
i after day, and week after week, and yen
V after year, how little resorting to God 70
/. solacel Then people depend upon thel
I tonlcs, and their plasters, and their cordial
/ rather than upon heavenly stimulants.
,r oh. how few people there are completed
II we'll Some OF you, by dint OF perseverance
o and care have kept living to this time, br
# how you have had TO war against physics
n ailments Antediluvians, without medici
~ college and inflrmary and apothecary shol
"a multiplied their years BY hundreds, but b
!. who has gone through the gauntlet Of diseas
= in our time and has come to seventy years
Al age is hero worthy OF palm.
Ia The world seems to be great hosplta
= and YOU run against rheumatisms and cor
in sumptions and scrofulas and neuralgias an
Z scores OF old diseases baptized by new n,
"a menclature, oh. how heavy burden sicl
in ness is II takes the color out of the sky, an
as the sparkle out OF the wave, and the swee
m ness out OF the fruit, and luster out or Il
to nivht. When the limbs ache, when the re
N piration Is painful. when the mouth Is ho
no when the ear roars with unhealthy oostru
~ tIons. how hard 1t is to be patient and chez
o. full and assiduous!
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord" Do
es your mead ache? His wore the thorn. !
ST. vour feet hurt? His were crushed oil Il
1t spikes. Is your side painful2 HIS was strut
ti- by the spear. Do you feel like giving WI
to under the burden? His weakness gave WI
OF under A cross. While you are in every po
gu sible way TO try to restore your physc
ur viror. you are to remember that more SCOT
he ing than any anodyne, more vltalizing tn
lst any stimulant and more strengthening tnl
I II. xf h. fo5