The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-29
CURE FOR ANXIETY.
DR.. Talmage Prescribes for Those
in Trouble.
Advises Them to Follow the Example
of the Disciples, Who "Went
and Told Jesus"-COmfOrt
for the Bereaved.
copyright. 1900, by Louis Klopsch.]
WASHINGTON lime IL


his way to Norway and Russia, il
which countries he is already wei
known through the publication o
TRANSACTIONS of his sermons. In thu
following discourse, which he ha
sent for publicati ton this week, HI
gives a prescription for all anxiet.
and worriment and illustrates the Di
vine sympathy for all who are in any
kind of struggle. The text is Mat
thew IA, 70: And His disciples went
and told Jesus"
An outrageous assassination hat
just taken place. To appease a re
vengeful woman King Herod ordered
the death of that noble, self sacrific
ing prophet, John the Baptist. The
group of the disciples were thrown
into grief and dismay They felt
themselves utterly defenseless. There
was no authority to which they could
appeal, and yet grief must always find
expression. If there be no human
ear to hear it, then the agonized soul
will cry it aloud to the winds and the
woods and the waters. But there
was an ear that was willing to listen.
There is tender pathos and at the
same time a most admirable picture
in the words of my text: 'They went
and told Jesus" He could understand
all their grief, and He Immediately
soothed it. Our burdens are not
more than half so heavy to carry if
another shoulder is put under the
other end of them. Here we find
Christ, His brow Swallowed with grief,
standing amid the group of disciples,
who, with tears and violent gesticula-
lions and wringing of hands and out
cry of bereavement, are expressing
their woe. Raphael. with his skilled
brush putting upon the wall of a pal
ace some scene of sacred story, gave
not so skillful a stroke as when the
plain hand of the evangelist writes:
They went and told Jesus"
In the first place, l commend the
behavior of these disciples to all bur-
dened souls who are unpardoned.
There comes a time in almost every
mans history when he feels from
some source that he has an erring
nature. The thought may not have
such helt as 10 zen him' IL may be
only IKE tne nasn IN an evening cloud
just alter very not summer day. One
man 10 get riu OF that impression VIII
go 10 prayer whlle another VIII stlm-
ulate hlmsell by ardent spirits, and
man will dive deeper in Sec
But sometimes man can
not get riu OF these impressions The
TACT is when man hnds out that his
ETERNITY Is poised upon perfect I'M
anu that the next moment
ms 1901 may SIP ne must 10 some
'hlhS 'loleht 10 make hlmself forget
"here ne STANDS or else ny for refuge.
oome Oh you crouch under yoke,
ana you oite tne DUST when this mo-
ment you might rise up crowned
conqueror' Driven ana perplexed as
you nave Deen by sln' go and tell
Jesus 10 relax the grip OF death |
from your soul ana pant your I'M
shackleo rect upon the golden throne,
christ let the tortures of the bloody
mount transhX Him With the beam
IL HIS own cross He will break down
me door OF your dungeon. From the
horns OF HIS own crown He will pick
'nough gems to make your brow blaze
With eternal victory. In every tear on
HIS wet cheek, IN every cash of His
'ide, in every long, blackening mark
# laceration from shoulder to shout
Ter, in the grave-shattering, Heaven
Ihattering death groan, hear Him
ay: Him that cometh unto me 1
will in nowise cast out"
"Oh," but you say, instead of cur
nQ m, wound, YOU want to make an