The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08
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! Bedrin0 Others Burdens. !
- aEv DAVID aIBoRsE GARRETT ~
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re --sres ard sx IRE erica Of ccai- Is -
cents enough g pay for ne digging osis q
.crs os eoa1s Is - cents q ssF wage
enough far uasn with sznisy-a price
fov witch mary rnsr haFe 5aen compelled
~ work. 7, II tire fa~ al Christians -
bear re burdens OF tae rsfre-s ny Soma
positive expression q sympathy. A; ne
;s7se % TIE xreae deck strike ts fsonsica
collections ware AIKEN IN raany az cslr
churches far ire xfrsks-s ard bishops ara
clergy took rren sides with he oppressed
uz'YI trey wo-. II this ts rct part Of
tire shsfr~h's mission. wh2t s@s The burden
- sorrow yyeo will help carry that.
nzry a rte - longing for soma strong
verss az cheer. something n the way *
f-aar4zntp's gift % consolation II you
know ~ anybody tn trouble 20 whom ynu
can go aecep,abTy. 20 help carry The load
+ e often very little that - reeded.
word % real xvrrpathy right from the
heart deed n real sacrifice direct 10 the
Fse a tone OF vclce smile that ercoar-
ages ard somebody's burden IL borne.
Than. ths burden Of loneliness How
many isolated lives. iivss that have lost
connection With the world and need COM
psntonsnfp. Sometimes n a household az
many persons there Il ore>wfo feels OUT q
place misunderstood ard miserable. Even
in a crowd Gre rrsy feel trio deepest soil
tide ard suffer the ke@neet estrangsrent
II yon ever come across such life. help
bear sha burden
'~he burden q sin T. the hardest OF AL
II II carried often without others knowing.
hue the burden Ia there weighing heavily
or sha hsart II sometimes seems Of noun
tain weight No one may carry another
sins hat Jesus. Help Others TO come 20
Christ. ard let Hin take away the sin.
throw the load al the foot o. the cross.
What hIes@edness attaches 10 this spirit
OF bearing others burdens Il Is this which
trnparss 10 life srs chief excellence. Nan
il never so nozzle az when he puts his own
life into the WAY of saving others lives
Who are those whose names are treasured
the longest and the best7 They who have
given themselves not only their means or
their talents but their lives for the coed
OF Others. II Is this spirit that giorifies the
field OF battle ard almost makes us forget
the horrors OF war. whether a Leonidas
a. the gates Of Thermopyiae or Lyons
a. the battle Of wilson's creek these are
types OF herosm that must endure In the
memory Of ages yet unborn. II ia this kind
OF burden bearing, self sacrifice for others
sake that makes US think humanity Is
heaven born San Carlo Borromeo. John
Howard. Florence Nightingale. these, and
all ike them are they who shall shine as
the stars forever. II Is this principle Of
bearing others burdens that Is really the
test Of pure religion. IL not only proves the
love for God. but helps keep II alive. A
Paul. a Huss. a Savonsrola, every man.
saxing saint past and present, keeps kin
ding the fire or devotion 10 God on the
altar OF the heart. II is often the case that
the highest blessednsss Of burden-bearing
is hidden from the world. Only God
knows There are sacrifices made and
services performed for others that the
world knows not OF! II Is sometimes
-. tkaS "a 4
has gone beyond. II you were to go into
d garden in the springtiine you might find
lying around a lot OF bulbs. and you might
wonder what these dry. brownis6 things
were good for. Surely. there Is no life
there. But they are covered with earth.
and after awhile from the decaying bulb
green sproat shoots forth. and before the
summer Ia over a fine plan, has sprung up
and real flowers are blooming. so II IS
with many lives. Not until after they are
buried from sigh, do We appreciate their
worth Through the death OF one life
comes for many. Is not this what Jesus
meant when he said: Except a grain of
whea; fall into the ground and die II abid-
eth alone?" And ''if man lose his life
for NY sake. he shall find it
Above all who have ever lived and died
for others let me point You to the type Of
what perfect man should be. the one who
bore the burdens OF weird Of sin ard
woe. and carried q cross for every sinner.
3 load of pain for every suffaeT. Even for
those who pct Him 10 death He wished 10
bear burdens. Father. forgive them. for
they know not what ther do Must noS
Ills example rebuka our selilshnesS. VIA,
right have We 10 ignore others Il; We pro-
fess 10 follow Him? We need not ask for
recognition or appreciation. Sufficient il
should be for us 10 be. with Christ. bur
den bearer and so fulall His law Of love.
"As the rivers furihest flowing
In the highest hills have birth:
As The banyan's broadest growing
oftenest bows It's head to earth
So the nobiesf minds press onward
channels far Of good 10 trace.
SO the largest hears 0en6 downward,
Circling all the human race,
IN fair country. called ureamland. !
saw an army once. old and young men.
women and children alike were marching
there, Ne arms they bore. for theirs va.
Z. mission OF peace, ana. clad In garments
Of white. with banners flying and singing
hymns. they went their way. No words
Of dIScord no Idle talk or duh complaining
passed their lips. Wherever thcs went
comfort. JOY ana peace Followed in IhelI
train Children ran on, 10 NEE, them and
the aged rose zap 20 bless them. Their
Nance Fsrhaps X you toad IL you coGd
guess the secret az thcir power 20 bless
pu every hammer was inscribed these words
Burden Bearers" The poor tse sick. the
sad. the S.ufal came 10 have gheir burden.
taken away. Ana was the work "A aard
onef Acs. often Tor the boay bar never
for the spirit Some had fallen beneath
ths cares they bore Ter Others. and some
We dying along the way. But were they
happyt Yes, thrice harry. for f. * N "a
- though 4 voice from heaven was s4N3as
unto th m ''Inssmach as - di3 IL anlc