Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-02
BEAR OTHERS LOADS
DR.. TALMAGe TELLS US TO BEWARE
OF SeLFlSHNESS.

Lift Part of the burden From the
shoulders of the Heavy Ladcn-Ixind
words Arc as Cool Water to n
Tbirsty Soul.
copyright, 1899. by American Press Asso-
ciationl
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. In this discourse
DR.. Talmage shows how it is possible to
help others who are under the pressing
load Of fatigue and care and responsibility
Tho text is Galatians vi, 2, Bear We one
another's burdens, and so fulfill the law
of Christ"
Every man for himself If there be
room for only one more passenger in the
lifeboat, get in yourself If thcrs be a
burden to lift, you supervise while others
shoulder it. You be the digit while others
are the ciphers on the right hand side
nothing in themselves but augmenting
you. In opposition to that theory of self
ishness Paul advances in my text the Ros-
pei theory, "Bcar yo one another's bur
dens, and SO fulfill the law of Christ"
Everybody has burdens Sometimes
they como down upon the shoulders some
times they como down upon the head,
sometimes they como down upon the
heart. Looking over any assembly, they
all seem well and bright and easy, but
each one has IA burden TO lift, and some Of
them have more than they can lift Paul
proposes to split up these burdens into
fragments. You take part of mine, and
must take part of yours, and each one will
take part Of the others, and so we will full
fill the law of Christ.
Mrs. Appleton of Boston, the daughter
of Daniel Webster was dying after long
illness. The great lawyer, after pleading
an important case in the courtroom, ON
his way home stopped at the house of his
daughter and won't into her sick room.
She said to him, Father, why are you
out today in this cold weather without an
ovcrcoat2' The great lawyer went into
the next room and was in flood of tears,
saying, Dying herself, yet thinking only
of me-" Oh, how much more beautiful is
care for others than this everlasting TAX
ing care of ourselves High up in the
wall of the temple of Baalbec there are
three stones, each weighing LOO tons,
They were lifted by style of machinery
that is now among the lost arts. But in
my text is the gospel machinery, by which
the vastcr and the heavier tonnage of the
world burden is to be lifted from the
crushed heart of the human race What
you and most need to learn is the spirit
of helpfulness.
scatter Kind Words.
Encourage the merchant. If he have a
superior style of goods, tell him so. If he
have with his clerks adorned the show
windows and the shelves, compliment his
taste. If he have a good business locality.
If he have had great success, if he have
brilliant prospects for the future recog-
nize oil this. BE not afraid that he will
become arrogant and pulled up by your
approval Before night some shopgoinc
person will como in and tell him that his
prices are exorbitant and that his goods
Dre of an inferior quality and that his
show window gave promise of far better
things than no found inside. Before the
night Of the day in which you say encour.
aging words to that merchant there W III
be some crank, male or female who will
come into tho store and dcpreciate every
thing and haul down enough goods from
tho shelves to fit out a family for whole
winter without buying n cents worth. II
tho merchant be a grocer, there will be
some one before night who will come into
his establishment and taste of this and
taste of that and taste of everything else
in that way stealing all the profits of any
thing that he may purchasc-buyingt three
apples while he is eating one orangel
Before the night of the day when you
approve that merchant he will have bad
debt which lie will have to erase, q bat
debt made by some one who has moved
away from the neighborhood without Civ
ing any hint of tho place Of destination
Before the night Of the day when you
have uttered encouraging words to the
merchant there will be some woman who
will return to his store and say she ha:
lost her purse; she left it there in he store
she brought it there, she did not take il
away, she knows it is there leaving yor
to make any delicate and complimentary
inference that you wish to make Befor,
night that merchant will hear that some
style of goods Of which nc has u large sup
ply is going out of fashion, and there will
be some one who will como into the store
and pay bill under protest, saying h,
has paid it before, but the receipt has beer
lost. Now, encourage that merchant, moi
fearing that he will become arrogant ol
pulled up, for there will be before night
enough unpleasant things said to keep hin
from becoming apoplectic with plethora o
praise.
Encourage Your NcighbOr.
Encourage newspaper men. If you knew
how many annoyances they have, if yol
understood that their most elaborate ar
ticle Is sometimes flung out because Their,
Is such great pressure on the columns ant
that an accurate report of speech is ex
pected, although the uttcrancc be SO indis
tinct, the discourse is one long steno
graphic guess. and that the midnigh
which finds you asleep demands that the,
be awake, and that they are sometimes
ground between the wheels of our grca
brain manufactures; sickened at the Otter
approach Of men who want complimcntar,
newspaper notices, or who want ncwspa
per rctraction; one day sent to report
burial, the next day to report pugilisti,
encounter; shifted from place to place b,
sudden revolution which is liable to tax,
place any day In our great journalist,
establishments; precarious life bccominl
more and more precarious--if you under
stood it you would be more sympathetic
Be affable when you have not an AK to b.
sharpened on their grindstonc. Discus
In your mind what the nineteenth centur,
would be without the newspaper, and Civ,
encouraging words to all who are en- gage,
In this interest, from the chief of editoria
department down to the boy that throw
the morning or evening newspaper int
your basement window.
Encourage mechanics They will pluml
the pipes, or they will calcimine the Gel!
tngs, or they will put down the carpets, o
they will grain the doors, or they vii
fashion the wardrobe, BE not among thos
who never say anything to a mechanic O.
cept to find fault If he has done io