The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-02-10
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Discourse.
Subject: "Thc Evil OF elfishpess"-HeIp
Others to Hear Their Burdena-It IL u
Christian's Duty to Encourage and
Aid His Comrades in Life's Battle.

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TENT: 'Bear ye one anothcr's burdens
and SO fulfill the law OF Christ. t."-GaIatians
vi. =.
Every man for himself II there be room
for only one more passenger in the lifeboat
get in yourself II there be u burden to
lift YOU supervise while others shoulderit.
You be the digit while others are the
ciphcrS on the right hand side nothing in
themselves. hut augmenting you. In oppo-
eition TO that theory Of sclnshness Paul nd
van""s in my text the gospel theory. "Bcar
va mo anothcr's burdens and SO fulnil the
law OF Christ"
Everybody has burdens. Sometimes
they come down upon the shoulders, some
times they come down upon the head
sometimes they come down upon the hcnrt
Looking, over any assembly, they all Seem
well and bright and easy, but each on. has
Il burden to lift. and some OF them have
NOR. than they can lift. Paul proposes to
SPLIT up these burdens into fragments. You
tax" part ot mine. and must take part Of
yours. and each one will take part OF the
Others. ani so we will fulnil the law OF
Christ
Mr.. Anpieton. of Boston. the daughter
of Dari"l Webster, was dying after long
illness. The great lawyer after pleading
AN iWIortant case in the courtroom on his
way home stopped Mt the house OF his
daughter and went into her sick room. She
said - him. "F;tthrr. why ara YOU out to-
day IL; this cold weather without an over
coat The great LAWYER went into the next
rnout aud WA" in food OF tears, saving
dying herself. vet thiuking only OF me-"
Oh. now much more beautiful is care for
other than this everlasting tnking care OF
ourselves, High up in tho wall Of the tom
Pile e Baulrcc there are three stones each
wCi.:h'nr 100 tons. They were lifted up by
s!vi" oi machinery tina. Is now among
th" lost arts. Tut in nv text is the posrel
machinery. Icy which the vastcr and the
heavier tonnaE" of the worlds burden il to
lr .iitrd from the crushed heart OF tn" hI-
man race. What you and / most need to
learn iS the spirit Of helpfulnoSS.
En- nura::" tl" merchant. IF he have q
superior style Of goods. tell him so. If he
hnV" with his clerks adorned the show
wiuiu Us and IL" shelves, comy liment his
ta>:,. Ifhc have good business locality
IL II" nave had great success. If he have
brilliant prospects for th" future. recognize
all This. Br not afraid that he will bCcom"
ARROGANT aud pnfcd up by your approval
Before night som" shopGoing person will
corn" in AMI tell him that his prices are cx-
"rhi'nut and that his goods are of an in
frri'r quality and that his show window
CAV" promise Of far better things than he
found inside. Before the night of the day
in which rou say encouraging words 10
th": merchant there will lie some crank
NAL" or female. who will como into the
>tor" and derrccia,r everything and haul
inwH enough good" from the shelves to III
out q family for who!" winter without
having II cents worth. Ii the merchant
l." Il grocer thur" will he some on" before
night who will cone into his establishment
and taste of this and taste of that amt
ia-t" of everything else in that way steal
ing all the profits OF anything that he may
par has"--huyinG tire" apples while he
i "atin one orange.
Before the ni:-ht ~ the day when YOU
approve thnt merchant he will have n bad
d,ht which hC will have to erase, a bad
deb, made hI some on" who has moved
awaY from the nrighborh NOd without Civ
Ing ANY hint of til" place Of destination.
B".ur" Ihr night Of the day when You havn
Uitr..d encouraging words to the mar-
chant there will l." some woman who will
return to his store and say she hal lost
her purse: she left il there in the stCrr. sho
brought ii there. Sh" did not take IT away,
she inows it j. there. leaving you to make
any delicate ana complimentary Inference
that YOU wish I" make. Before night that
merchant will hear that Somo style Of
goods of which he has Il largo supply is
going out Of fashion, and there will ID"
som" IN" who will come into TN" store and
pay u bIll under protest, saying he has
paid ii before, but the receipt has been
lost. Now, encourage TINT merchant, not
tearing that h" will become arrogant or
pulled up for there will be before night
enough unpleasant words said to keep him
from becoming apoplcctic with plethora
81 praise.
Encourage newspaper men. If you
hn"w how many annoynnccs they have. If
ynu understood that their most elaborate
arti".e is sometimes nung out because
there is such great pressure on the col.
umns. and that an accurate report of
speech is expected, although the uttcrancc
be - indistinct tn" discourse il one long
stcnoSrnphic guess, and that Tn" midnight
which finds yuu asleep demands that they
be awake, ana that they are sometimes
grpuu between the Wheels Of our great
brain mnnuInctOri"S; Sick"ncd at the often
approach OF men who want complimentary
n"vs ;'up"r notices "r vino want newspaper
rni iruc.iOn: one day sent to report a burial,
TT" next day TO report pugilistic rn"oun-
ter; SEft"d from place tn pincr by sudden
revolution which is liable 10 take place
any day in our great journalistic establish
m"rts; prccariouS lii" becoming more and
NOR" prrrnriuus ii you understood it you
YOU wonld br more sympathetic. BE niia-
hir when YOU have not an uN 40 Ice sharp
er"a Oh their ;srinlston". Discuss in your
mind what lh" nineteenth century would
l." without TIL" newspaper and give en-
"UuvHGiug words L. all who are engaged in
thi~ interest from the ch"t of edit oriai
department down to the boy that throws
the morning or evening new paper into
your basement window.
Encourage mechanics. They will plumb
IA: pipes. or they will cnirimin" the cell
ings. or they will put down the carpets or
they VIII grain the doors. or they will
fnshion the wardrobe. Be not among chose
who never say anything to II mechanic cN-
cri,' 10 find fault If he has done a Job
well lell him it iS sulCndidly done. Tie
book il we'll bound Tin" door is we'll grained.
the 'haud"li"r iS we'll swung. the work is
graudly n""omlli- he'd. Be moi among those
employers who never say anything to their
employees cNcrp: To swear at them. Do not
b" afraid YOU will make thn! mechanic 50
rufjcd up and arrogant hr will never again
want to be seen with working apron
in shirt sleeves, for before the night comes
OF that dny when yOu praise him there
will be a lawsuit brought against him
h""nusc hc did not finish his work as soon
~ he promised il. forgctful Of the fact thar
his wife has been sick and two Of his chill
hr"u hav" died Of scarlet fever and he has