The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-07
THE BURDENS OF LIFE.
An Eloquent and Forcrful sormon by Rsv.
Dr. TRlmege.

An Eloquent and ForCtful Sormon bY hsV,
Dr. Ta,mrge.
SAN FRANCISCO, MGY 27.-ReV. u.
Dewitt TNlp,ago is now in this city,
whence he will sall next Thursday on
the steamer Alameda for Honolulu on
kis trip ronnd lie Gorld. He preached
today to q largo and deeply lnterested
audience on The suhjrct Of Heavy
Weights" HE text bsing token from
Psa'ms lv, 20, Cast thy burdens uoon
the Lord, and he shall sustain thee"
David was hole taking bic own medi.
cine If anybody had OH him heavy
his own experience he aoviBes you and
burdens. THIS Is q world ofblrden bear
ing. During the past few days tidip9s
came from ucl oss tho sea of q mighty aud
good man fallen. A man full OF the
Holy Ghost was he, his name tho syno-
nynl Tor oil that IL good and kind and
gracious and beueGCient. Word COMES
to US OF scouree sWeerlng of hundreds
and th0usaEds Of people, and thcro is q
burden of sorrow. Sorrow on The Soa
and sorrow Ga the land. Coming into
the house Of prayer there may be no
sign Of sadDess or sorrow, but where is
the man who has not "a conllicL2 Where
Is the soul that has not struggle2 And
there Ia not q day of all the year when
my text is not alori )usly appropriate.
and there is never an audience assembled
Oh the planet where tho text is not elo.
riously appropriate, "CaRt thy burden
upon the Lord and he shall sustain
thee."
In tie fer east wells Of water are SC
lntteQuent thai when man OWNS q we'll
he has a property Of very great value,
and sometimes battles have been fought
for the poesess,on of one we'll of water
hut there is ORC we'll that every mar
owns, a deep we'll, perennial VOL O
we'll OF tears. If mau has not hurder
on this shoulder he has burden on the
other shoulder.
The day | loft home TO look after my.
self ana Ter myself in the wagon my fa
ther eat driving, und he said that day
something which has kept with mo ali
my lite: "DoWitt it Ia always safe tC
trust God. l have many time como to {
crts!a OF difficulty. You may know that
having been sick for Is years, it WAN NJ
easy thug tor me to support family
but always God came to too rescue.
remember the time," he said, "when
didn't know what TO do, and saw
man on horseback riding up the farm
lane, and he announced to QUO that ]
had been nominated for tho most lucra,
tive office ia all the gift of the people Of
the county, aud to that cfllce | was
elected, and God In that way met all my
wants, pnd Itcll you 1t is always safe t;
trust him.
Oh, my friends, what we want is
practical religion. The religion peopl,
have is 80 high up you cannot reach 1t
had friend who entered the life of al
evangelist. He gave up lucrative
business in Chicago, and he and hi
wife hnally came to severe want. HI
told me that in the morning prayers ht
he saiG: so Lord, thou knOwest W.
have not mouthlul of food in the house
Help me, help ueW And he startet
out on the street, and gentleman me
him and said: II have been thinking O
you good while. You know lam
flour merchant. If you won't be offend
cd, should like TO send you barrel O
-four" He cast his burden on the
Lold, and the Lord sustained him. Nov
that Is the kind Ct religion We want.
In the strait ofMagellan have beer
told, there is place where, whichever
way a ship captain puts his ship, he Gnde
the wind against hi'n, and there are
men who all their lives have been run
ming in the teeth Of the wind, and which
way to turn they do not know. Some Of
them may be in this assemblage, and /
address them face to face, not perfume
tciuy, but ae ono brciner talks to an.
other brother, "Cast thy burden upon
the Lord, and be shall sustain thee."
There are great many men who have
business burdens. When we SEQ man
harried and perplexed and annoyed ln
bhs!ness lie, we are apt To say, ''He
ought not to nave attempted to carry 30
much" An, that man may not be to
Djame al all! When man plauts his
business, he does not know what will be
Its outgrowshs, what will be it's roots.
what will be It's branches. Thers Ia
many man with keen foresight and
large busness faculty who has been
flung into tho dust by unforeseen CIR
cumstances spruging upon him from
ambush. When 10 buy, when to sell.
when to trust and to what amount Of
credit, what will be The effect IF this
new inveptlon in machinery, what will
be the effect Of that loss OF crop and q
Thousand other questions perplex busl
meas man until tho hair is sllvered and
deep wrinkles sre p!owed in the check.
and ehe stoks 20 up by mountains and &C
down by valleys, and they are ut thsi,
WIS ends and stagger like drunken
mon.
There never has been q time whe,
there have been such rivalries in bus,
ness as now. 1t Is hardware apains
hardware, books against books, chand
lery against cbandlery, imported artlcl
against imported article. A thouson
stores Id combat with another thousan,
stores. Never such advantage of light
never such variety of assortment, neve
80 much splendor of show window, ne,
er 80 much acuteness Of advertising an
snid all these severities Of rivalry
business how many men break dow
Oh, the burden on tho shoulder! 0
the burden on the hearth
You hear that 1t Is avarice whiC
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