Milford chronicle., 1902-05-02

By Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE, DID.
Chicago, April 27.-In this sermon
Dr. Frank De Witt Talmage shows
that mutual helpfulness is duty Of
our common humanity and especially a
duty incumbent uron Christian people;
text. Galatians vi, .. Bear We one an
others burdens and so fulfill the law
of Christ"
Paul was the Eoblest Christian mar
tyr who ever lived. He could well
quote himself as an example for all
his contemporaries. From the very
moment when his blinded eyes were
opened by the good Ananias on the
Damascus street called Straight" he
never ceased to sacrifice himself for
bis fellow men. But so importan. is
the lesson Of vicarious burden bearing
Paul would not have his friends loo to
any human guide. He seems to come
TO the members Of the Callahan church
in the same way that a staff officer Of
the commander of great army deliv-
ers his orders to a captain. a majo', a
colonel or hrigadier general. and they
are orders Of beneficent import, as ere
those that the representatives Of Cen
eral Grant delivered when they rode
through the Federal lines telling Sheri-
dan ana Meade aud Humphreys and
Ord and Warren and Wright and Hart
ranft to cease firing because the two
national leaders. Grant and Lee, were
meeting under flag Of truce at Apo
mattox.
a Law For tIae Common Good.
Paul seems to say. 1.-THE duty Of bear
ing one another's burdens is not my
own command. nor is it given to US by
the command Of Peter or John or Apol-
los, but By the command Of the great
Divine Chieftain himself" Read the
words as they were written to the rug
ged mountaineers who constituted The
Galatian church. Hear We the COMMIT nd
rs it is spoken for us to hear. Bear We
one another's burdens and so fulfill he
law of Christ" The law of Christ is
the law with which every Christian
should he in harmony. 1t is the law
which ought to inspire us all. Like all
Christs laws, it is reasonable and is
devised fer the common good.
John b. Cough was able to picture
the misery of the inebriate in the black.
est and the reddest colors because he
himself had writhed in the lowest
depths of living inferno. He lad
drunk the cup of horrors TO the bitter
dregs. He signed the pledge and broke
it again and again One day. weak and
helpless with delrium. he stood in The
foundry working upon Il piece of iron.
Suddenly that bar Of iron began to
| twist and move in his hand like a
writing serpent. In horror the de ir-
ious man dropped it. and as it lay
there he seemed to see it writing and
twisting upon the floor Of the found Y.
John q Coughs crazed brain knew it
was only a bar of iron. and yet there
he saw it a living. hideous kissing
snake. His courage broke down. lie
thought it was useless to struggle Ion
/ t7NAs uAeA AhNAA Il 0AA inAlAtu SGAAANAll Al
who had the spirit Of true burden
bearer came in and said: Hello,
Cough! saw you up at the temper
ance meeting last week saw YOU
sign the pledge. We have missed you
for four Gays. | thought would coIle
around and find out how you are get
ting along. God bless YOU Keep up the
struggle. Christ will help you through
These few words saved John B
Cough for time and eternity. He never
touched a drop Of fatal intOxicant aftel
that Those words were the helping
hand that drew him out of the ruts anC
pushed him over the up grade. Those
few words made John b Cough a FREE
man-free for time free for eternity.
Encourage the Hopeless.
To bear one another's burdens vii
often inspire a hopeless, helpless. pur
poselcss sinner to put forth his OWL
energies until after awhile he gathe Z;
strength enough to help himself
Have you ever seen team of horses
hitchcd to heavy laden wagon than
is stuck in the ruts? The horses
struggle and pull until they become
absolutely helpless and can pull rt
more. Then have you ever seen a con
pie of men come with some long, stoU
bars? They place those bars under
meath the hind axle and begin to heav 2
, The wagon moves. Then after the ruiz
have been passed have you ever seeI
the team of horses. which were help
less when the wheels were stuck in til
ruts. easily pull the wagon along TIL
broad highway? Have you ever seen
great engine fastened to the end of
long train. putting and blowing. witt
its wheels whirling around and aroun
and yet not moving one inch ahead
J That train is stalled upon an up grab
Then have you ever seen another Ell
Y CINE. being fastened TO that first Ell
CINE, by the addition of its power dra7
the train up? Then after the up grad
has been passed have you seen this
p second engine uncoupled. because tn
, first engine was then able to do all th
work?
The great trouble of this world
: some men are too heavily burdene,
They have too big pack upon the
backs. To use the figure of the WACO
or the engine, they are stalled upo
the up grade They are stuck in Il
mud When they first came to a STAN
!, still. they pulled and tugged and stru
v ! gled, and the more they pulled Il
IN more exhausted they became. The r
g suit was instead Of getting ahead the
es became discouraged They just gay
e. 1p all hope and lay down to die.
in yOu would 20 to that wParicd M
& stumbling man and help him carry Il
oad up TIN crossing. help him ont
rs the ruts, you would not only do go'
the extent to which you relieve
4, him Of his superintendent weight b
you would stimulate him to exert i
L. own energies until after awhile L
though weakly, would be strengthen
and encouraged to take care of hin
] self.
~ Advantages of Combination.
This is an age for the specializati
Of talents. Instead of one man MAXI
shoe, as in Olden times a single CO
Z bier did, it now takes fifty men
make the same shoe. Instead of O
s. woman spinning her own thread a
weaving her own cotton and sewi
her own garments each woman &c