Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-15
SERMONS OF THE DAY

Subject: "The Evil Of Selhshness''-
Others to Bear Their Burdens-It 10 q
Christian's Duty to Encourage and
Aid His Comrades In Life's Battle.
TEXT: "Bear We one another's burdens
and so fulfl the lawof Christ. st."-Galatians
vi, 2.
Every man for himself! II there be room
for only one moro passenger In the lifebost
get in yourself. II there be burden to
lift, you supervise while others shoulder 1t.
You be the digit while others are the
ciphers on the right hand side-nothing in
themselves, but augmenting you. In oppo-
sition to that theory Of selfshness Paul ad-
vances in nv text the gospel theory. "Bear
ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the
law OF Christ"
they come down upon the shoulders, some
times they como down upon the head.
sometimes they come down upon the heart.
Looking over any assembly, they all seem
we'll and bright and easy, but each one has
q burden to lift. and some Of them have
more than they can lift. Paul proposes to
split up these burdens into frag" ants. You
take part Of mine, and I must tn .le part of
yours, and each one will take part OF the
others, and so We will fulfll the law Of
Christ
Mrs. Appleton, of Boston, the daughter
Oh DdC16l W6DStoI, was uyluR dIl0T 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 went into her sickroom. She
said to him, "Fathsf, why are you out to-
day in this cold weather without an over.
coat?" The great'lawyer went into the next
room and wa" in hood OF tears, saying,
"DyiDg herself, yet thinking only OF me-"
Oh, how much more beautiful Is care for
others than this everlasting taking care o!
ourselves! High up in tho wall OF the tenn
pie OF Baalbec there are three stones, each
weighing 1100 tons. They were lifted up by
style OF machinery that is now among
the lost arts. But in my text Is the gospei
machinery. by which the vaster and the
heavier tonnage OF the worlds burden is to
be lifted from the crushed heart OF the hu-
man race. What you and 1 most need to
learn is the spirit Of helpfulness.
Encourage the merchant. II he have a
superior style OF goods tell him so. II he
have with his CLERKS adorned the show
windows and the shelves. compliment his
taste. Ifhe have a good business locality.
II he have had great success, il he have
brilliant prospects for the future. recognize
all this. Be not afraid that he will become
arrogant and pulled up by your approval.
Before night some shorgoing person will
come in and tell him that his prices ex-
orbitant and that his goods are of an in
ferior quality and that his show window
gave promise Of far better things than he
found inside. Before the night of the day
in which you say encouraging words 10
that merchant there will be some crank,
male or female. who will come into the
store and depreciate everything and haul
down enough goods from the shelves 10 fit
out a family for whole winter without
buying a cents worth. II the 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 anil
taste of everything else, In that way steal
ing all the profits of anything that he may
pure robase-buying three apples while he
is eating one orange!
Before the night of the day when you
approve that merchant he will have a bad
debt which he will have to erase, a bad
debt made by some one who has moved
away from the neighborhood without Civ
ing any hint OF the place of destination
uttered eneJSSakkeef sSak eefinsshs so Hheo the svr.
chant there will be some woman who will
return to his store and say she had lost
her purse; she left II there IN the store. she
brought it there, she did not take 1t away
she knows 1t is there, leaving you to make
any delicate and complimentary inference
that you wish to make. Before night that
merchant will hear that some style ol
goods Of which he has a large supply is
going out of fashion, and there will be
some one who will come into the store and
pay bill under protest, saying he has
paid it before, but the receipt has been
lost. Now, encourage that merchant, not
fearing that he will become arrogant OF
pulled up, for there will be before night
enough unpleasant words said to keep him
from becoming apoplectic with piethora
OF praise. n
knew how many annoyances they have, il
you understood that their most elaborate
article is sometimes flung out because
10 the col.
umns, and that an accurate report OF a
speech is expected, alth hough the utterance
be so indistinct the discourse Is one long
stenographic guees, and that the midnight
which finds you asleep demands that they
be awake, ana that they are sometimes
ground between the wheels Of our great
brain manufactures; sickened at the Otter
approach Of men who want com plimen entary
newspaper notices or who want newspaper
retractioD; one day sent to report burial.
the next day to report n pugilistic encoun-
ter; shifted from place to place by sudder
revolution which is liable to take place
sny day in our great journalistic establish.
ments; precarious life becoming more and
more precarious you understood 1t you
you would be more sympathetic. Be ana.
BE when you have not an ak to be sharp.
ened on their Rrindstone. Discuss in your
mind what the nineteenth century would
be without the newspaper and give en-.
eouraRing words to all who are engaged in
this interest, from the chief Of editorial
department down to the boy that throws
the morning or evening newspaper into
your basement window.
Encourage mechanics. They will plumb
the pipes, or they will calcimine the cell
ings, or they will put down the carpets, OF
they will grain the doors, or they will
fashion the wardrobe. Be not among those
who never say anything to mechanic ex-
cept to find fault. II he has done a job
we'll, tell him It is splepdidly done. The
book is we'll bound, the door is well grained,
the chandelier Is well swung, the work is
grandly accomplished. Be not among those
employers who nevers say anything to theI
employees except to swear at them. Do not
be afraid you will make that mechanic sc
puffed up and arrogant he will never again
want to be seen with working apron OF
In shirt sleeves, for before the night comes
| Of that day when you praise him there
will be a lawsuit brought against him
| because be did not finish his work soon
as he promised 1t, forgetful OF the fact that
| his wife has been sick and two OF his chill
| drep have died Of scarlet fever and he has
! had felon on a finger of the right hand.
Denounced perhaps because the paint is
| very faint in color, not recognizing the
fact that the mechanic himself has been
| cheated out of the right ingredients, and
/ that he did not find out the trouble in
| time, or scolded at because he seems 70
| have famed horse by uDskillful shoeing
when the horse has for months had spawn
or ringbone or springhalt. You feel that
| you have the right to find fault with me.
chanic when he does i'll. Do you ever
praise a mechanic when he does we'll?
Encourage the farmers. They come in.
| to your stores, YOU meet them in the city
| markets, you often associate with then
in the summer months. ONCE seekers &c
through the land and they stand on pOliti
| cal platforms, and they tell the farmer.
| ha,, ho {ndonopdorf O..
farmer, giving fattery wher, they
ought to give sympathy. Independe O.
what? l was brought up on a farm,
worked on a farm. I know all about
1t. hardly saw city until
was grown, and 1 tell you tha
there are no class Of people in thi
country who have 1t harder apt
who more need your sympathy thar
farmers. Independent Of what2 OF tn,
curculfo that stings the peach trees, Q
the rust in the wheat, OF the long rain wit
the rye DOWN Independent OF the grass