The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-17
FAMILY F|RES|DE SERMON.
SaEpA1fo ESPECIALLY P0R YOUNG
AND OLD,
3~bjeet: 1.-THE F~iI OF SelGshness"-Hclp
Ofhers ts Fear Their Rurden-It - II
<nristian'a Duty ia Encourage and
AID His Comrades III LIES Battle.

1AI bat So ~ tIOkiifi = bS
and so fulfill the Law Of Christ. 2-Galatians
~. 2.
Every man for himself. II there be room
Tor only one more messenger in the lifsbo1t
get In Yourself. Ii thera be a burden 70
lift, you supervise while others shOuldertt II.
You be the digit white others ara tho
ciphers on the right hand side-n0tninS IN
Themselves, but anGmrntinc you. In oopo-
sition to that thcorY of sellShness Pant ad-
vancrs IN my text the 1aspelth"orv. Bear
We one nnOther's burdens and Sd fulfill the
law Of Christ"
Everybody has burdens. Sometimes
they come down upon the shOnlIcra. some
times thew come dow upon tho head,
somatime. they come down UPON the heart.
Looking over any assembly, they ali seem
veil and bright and easy. but each one has
= bnrden to lift. and eOme Of them have
move than thev can HIT Pant proposes u
split MP these burdens into fragments. You
take part OF mine. and must take part Of
yours. and each one viii take part Of the
other-, and SO We viii fuiHll the law OF
Christ.
Mrs. Appleton. .; Boston. the daughter
ofDnniel 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 went into her sickroom. She
said to him. ~Fat,er. Why are you out to-
day ia this cold weather without au over
coatt' The gratlawver went into the next
pOom and wa" In i food Ct tears, saying.
dying herself, vet thinning only Of me-"
Oh. how much more heaEtiful is care for
others thna this everlasting taking care OF
UurseIves! High mp in tho wall Of the ten.
pie OF BaalfPc there are three stones, each
weighing 100 tons. They were lifted up hv
q stvie OF machinery that is now among
the lost arts. But in my text il the gospel
machinery. by which tho vaster and the
hCovipy tIpnyca nf the xrCr1.ltc IN, vIcn iS 70
be lifted from the crushed heart OF the hui
nnn race. What you and I most need to
learn is the spirit Of l,eipfulncss.
Encourage the merchant. If he have 4
superior style OF Coods, tell him so. # he
have with his clerks adorned the show
windows ind the shelves, compliment his
taste. II ho have a good business locality,
* be have had great success. If he nave
brilliant prospects for the future. recognize
all this. Be rot afraid that he will become
arrogant and pulled up by yon approval.
Before night some sh0pgOinC person will
coma nv and tell bin that his prices are ex-
orbitnnt ard that his goods are OF an in
ferior quality md that lis s!o window
gave promise OF far better things than he
found inside. Before the night OF the iav
in which yon say encouraging words to
fhat merchant there will be some crank.
male or female, who will come into the
store Hrd denrccirte everything and hanl
down enough goods from the shelves 10 fit
out q family for a Whole winter without
tuyirS n cents worth. II the merchant
be y grocer, there will y" some one before
night who will come into his establishment
and taste % this Rni taste Of that AM
tnste OF everything tl~c, in that way steal
ing nli the profts Of anythin. that he may
purthase-!uyiEs three apples while he
f. eating one ORANGE.
Before the night Of fho lay When Won
approve that merchant lie will have . bad
debt Which he viii have to erase, u bad
debt made by some one who has moved
AWAY from the neighbour 81 without Civ
irc any hint o. the utsce - destination.
Before the night G. tie tav when vou hay,
uttered cncoura-in. words 10 the lner-
Sllant thorc viii he soa}s woman who will
return TO lis ator" atJ stv she iat lost
her purse; she left litter" iuthe store, she
ltorcht il there. $40 d.d not take it away.
she knows II i there. leaving you to mike
amy delicate ara COMPLIMENTARY Inference
that You wish 10 mai-. Before night that
merchant viii hear tl.. some sryIe a,
goods 81 which he tas i iar,. SAMMY Is
EttnE cut Of fashion. an thcr. viii In
some ono wao will come into The store and
pay a bI'i Nnser protest, saving he has
Dali Il before. nut The recpipt has bean
t"st. hoW, encourage tN"t nrrcAaut. not
1car;r: thai 10 VIII become arro.an OF
pur'a up. for there vii - before nigh,
enough unpleasant: words eatG 10 Keep him
from becoming "qoPlcc.ic with plethora
OF praise.
Encourage newspaper men. II YOU
knew how many anuoyarceS tlev have. If
You understood that their most elaborate
Ariic - sometimes hung out bc.aus.
fhvrei IL such great pressure Oh the co.,
Gmns. and that an accurate report II 4
speech - expected. although the Uttcrauce
be So inli-tinct Tia discourse i one long
stenoSraphic CUES. and that The midnight
which finds Won asleep demands that they
b" awake. amt that thcy ara sometimes
ground between the wheels ~ our great
hrain manufactures: sicktnei az the often
approach ~ men WHO want complimentary
news aTrr notices or W"r want ncHSpap PEE
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