The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30

anOdyne, more vitalizing than any stinu-
liant and more Strengthening than any
tonic is the prescription 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 1t is a failure. 1 do not know
but that the chief advance of the church
Is 10 be in that direction. Marvellous
things come 10 me day by day which
make me 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 member OF my family, My
mother wants her case mentioned 10 Mr.
Talmage."
This was the case He said: My
mother had a dreadful abscess. 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 few Christian friends and
proceeded TO pray about it. We recon-
mended her case to God. and the abscess
began Immediately to be cured. She is
entirely we'll now and without knife and
without any surgery" So that case has
come to me, and there are a score Of other
cases coming TO our ears from all parts
Of the earth Oh, we who are sick. go TO
Christ! Oh. We who are worn out with
agonies of body. Cast thy burden upon
the Lord, and he shall sustain thee"
nc VI
Another burden some have to carry is
the burden Of bereavement. All, these
are the troubles that wear us Quit If we
lose our property. by additional industry
perhaps we may bring back the es-
tranged fortune; II we lose our good
name, perhaps by reformation of morals
we may achieve again reputation for in
tegrity, 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 again! Alas. me, for the
empty chair and the silence in the halls
that will never echo again To those ia
miliar footstepst Alas for the cry of
widowhood and. orphanagel What Bit
ter Marahs in the wilderness, what cities
of the dead. what long black shadow from
the wing of death. what eyes sunken with
grief what hands trembling with be-
reavement. what instruments of music
shut now because there are no fingers to
play on them. Is there no relief for such
souls? Aye let that soul ride into the
harbor of my text:
The soul that on Jesus has learned to re-
pose
That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to
shake.
I'll never. no never. no never forsake.
Now the grave is brighter than the an
cient tomb where the lights were perpet-
ually kept burning. The SCARED feet Of
Him who was the resurrection and the
life" are on the broken grave hillock.
while the voices of angels ring down the
sky at the coronation OF another soul
come home to glory.
burden of Sin.
Then there are many who carry the
burden of sin. All. we all carry it until
in the appointed way that burden is
lifted. We need no bible to prove that
the whole race is ruined. What a spec
tacle it would be if we could tear off the
mask of human defilement or beat a
drum that would bring up the whole
army of the worlds transgressions
deception, the fraud. and the rapine, and
the murder. and the crime of all cen
turiesl Aye. if ] could sound the trumpet
Of resurrection i'm the soul of the best
men in this audience, and all the dead
sins of the past should come up. we
could not endure the sight. Sin. grim
and dire, has put its clutch upon the
immortal soul. and that clutch will never
relax unless it be under the heel Of Him
who came TO destroy the works Of the
devil.
oh. to have a mountain of sin on the
soul! Is there no way to have the bur-
den moved? Oh, yes, Cast thy burden
upon the Lord" The s1nIess one came
to take the consequences of our sin. And
I know He is in earnest How do / know
it? BY the streaming temples and the
streaming hands as He says. Come unto
me, all We who are weary and heavy
laden. and / will give you rest"
Why will prodgals live on swines'
husks when the robe, and the ring, and
the fathers welcome are ready? Why
go wandering over the great Sahara
desert of your sin when you are invited
to the gardens Of God. the trees of life
and the fountains of living water? Why
be houseless and homeless forever when
you may become the sons and daughters
Of the Lord God Almighty?