Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-29

SeoP iS ldheu when we cast all our care upon Him who careth for us. Not like the poor weary woman did who carried
 her burdens into the presence of the
 Lord and after sorrowing over them there in agonizing prayer she gath cred them all up again and went forth more heavily burdened than ever. That is not the way God wants you to do. That is not casting all your care upon Him. Do as the dear brother 1 knew did. He took his crushing bur den to the Lord and, as he laid it at the Masters feet, he began to count over his blessings and burst into singing over the gift of a Saviour who had cleansed him from all sin. And when he went out from the presence of the Lord he forgot all about his burden and left it behind. while the dove of 6od,s peace sang new song in his heart such as it had not known for many a day.
 Freedom from care and worry, be- cause we cast it all upon the Lord. Think of it! Why it is said that care and worry kill more people in the world to-day than disease or calam- lty. We find it written upon the brow of the muftitudes of people we meet daily. The father carrying burdens Tn his business that are fast tinging his halr with gray, and rtening his days upon earth; the mother bravely struggling under the cares and re- responsibilities of the home, and day by day feeling her failing strength un- equal to the increasing demands upon It; the conscientious pastor, the faith !ul Sunday school-teacher, the conse- 'rated missionary, the earnest Chris ;1an worker in whatever field his eff forts may be centered, find the dis couragements of their work pressing heavily upon them and care and worry sett1ng it's mark upon their faces and Weakening the power of their service l read not long ago of a dear servant or the Lord working in the dark places of one of our large cities upon whom the depressions of her work rested so heavily that the resultant care and worry unbalanced her mind and she took her own life. Oh, if the joy and gladness of the message of our text had gotten hold upon her heart she would have ceased to carry burdens which Christ alone can bear, and the bright sunshine of the peace of God within her soul would have continued to shine out in the dark places where she had been called to labor.
 The Christian who lives within the sphere of the thought of this text is alive to his own needs and duties as well as to the needs and burdens of those about him, but he does not try to carry them alone, but passes them along to the great Burden Bearer who wears the heaviest end of the yoke and bears the largest part of the bur- den of the load. Just as my little girl helped me carry the heavy bundle. Her chubby hand grasped one end of the package, and we walked along happily together I carrying the load, while she rejoiced in the thought that she was helping papa. Chris tlans are trying to carry burdens God never intended them to strug gle under, and gloom is being cast over their lives which is undermining their faith and wrecking their use- fulness and happiness. Elijah car rled the burden of the sins of the children of Israel so upon his own heart as to be unable to see a single one of the 1000 in Israel who had not bowed the knee to Baal. We see him fleeing before the wrath of the wicked Jezebel and, broken in spirit. throwing himself down under the juniper tree in the wilderness. he pleads with God to let him die. He has struggled along with the burden of his work, trying to carry it all alone, and now, after the glorious triumph over the prophets of Baal, all seems to be lost, and his efforts in vain. Did you ever feel that way, dear Christian? We'll, God was patient with Elijah, as He is with you and me when He sees us trying to carry burdens which He alone can bear. And He gave Elijah nourish- mcnt and strength until he could get into the seclusion of the mountain fastnesses of Horeb, and there God asks, as He asks you and me scme- times: What doest thou bere, Elijah?"
 What doest thou here with that burden upon your heart and that Encouragement sapping your Elijah's place was back there with the 1000, to encourage them and rally them to battle against the forces of evil in their midst. He has been so busy carry ing the burden of that whole neonle