The Iola register., 1902-05-02
HELP ONE ANOTHER.
it is a Duty Incumbent Upon All
Christian People.
sermon of Rev. Frank Dewitt Tall
mage on Bearing Another's Bur-
dens-EncournTe the
Hopeless.
tcOpyreht, 1902, by Louis Klopsch.l ]

NuOJ VI OuI
ity and especially duty incumbent
upon Christian people; text, Gala
nans 6:2, Bear ye one another's bur-
oens and so fulfill the law of Christ"
Paul was the noblest Christian
martyr who ever lived. He could well
quote himself as an example for all
MS contemporaries From the very
moment when his blinded eyes were
n opened by the good Ananias on the
4 Damascus street called straight" he
never ceased to sacrifice himself for
mis- fellow men. But so important is
the lesson of vicarious burden bear
ing Paul would not have his friends
look to any human guide. He seems
TO come to the members of the
Galatian church in the same way that
staff, officer of the commander of n
great army delivers his orders TO a
captain, a major, a colonel or briga-
dier general, and they are orders of
beneficent import, as were those that
the representatives of Gen. Grant de-
livered when they rode through the
/ federal lines telling Sheridan and
Meade and Humphreys and Ord and
Aren and Wright and Hartranft to
} firing because the two national
-Ars Grant and Lee, .ere meet
I ing under a flag of truce at Apo
mattox.
Paul seems to say: "The duty of
bearing one another's burdens is not
my own command, nor is it given TO
-us by the command of Peter or John
or Apollos, but by the command of
the great Divine Chieftain himself"
/ Read the words as they were written
to the rugged mountaineers who con-
Ntituted the Galatian church. Hear
the command as it is spoken for us
hear: Bear We one another's bur
ra1 1ps and so fulfill the law of Christ"
Tn Rlaw of Christ is the law with
wh. \. every Christian should be in
harmony. 1t is the law which ought
to inspire us all. Like all Christ's
laws, it is reasonable and is devised
Cor the common good.
John b. Cough was able to picture
the misery of the inebriate in the
blackest and the reddest colors be-
cause he himself had writhed in the
lowest depths of a living inferno. He
pd drunk the cup of horrors to the
Yer dregs. He signed the pledge
broke it again and again. One
\, ay,l weak and helpless with de-
4 lliriumI he stood in the foundry work
ing upon a piece of iron. Suddenly
< hat bar of iron began to twist and
iove in his hand like writhing SER
mt. In horror the delirious man
'opped it, and as it lay there he
emed to see it writhing and twist
g upon the floor of the foundry,
IN b. Coughs crazed brain knew it
only bar of iron, and yet there
aw it a living, hideous, Kissing
s. His courage broke down. He
i,ht 1t was useless to struggle
y. just then a Christian gentle
.ho had the spirit of a true bur-
arer came in and said: Hello,
saw you up at the tenn
an meeting last week. ] saw
MOI the pledge. We have missed
spr four days. / thought would
.eS'd ound and find out how you
. getting along. God bless you.
Z Iep up the struggle. Christ will
4 lip you through
Those few words saved John b.
ave n time and eternity. He never
NINA drop of fatal intoXicant
Tat. Those words were the
washand that drew him out of the
wied pushed him over the up
of Those few words made John b.
free man-free for time, free
iernity.
-bear one another's burdens will
sinspire hopeless, helpless, pur-
less sinner to put forth his own
- L. J.
hgth enough to help himself.
n e you ever seen team of horses
he'd to heavy laden wagon that
5uck in the ruts? The horses strug-
y. and pull until they become abso-
ely helpless and can pull no more.
en- have you ever seen couple Of
n come with some long, stout bars?
ey place those bars underneath the
y d axle and begin to heave. The
lgon moves. Then after the ruts
Re been passed have you ever seen
team of horses which were help
when the wheels were stuck in
ruts, easily pull the wagon along
broad highway? Have you ever
n a great engine, fastened to the
| of a long train, putting and blow
g, with its wheels whirling around
i'd around and yet not moving one
,ch ahead? That train is stalled upon
up grade. Then have you ever seen
"A other engine, being fastened to that
st engine, by the addition of its pow
draw the train up? Then after the
grade has been passed have you
that second engine uncoupled,
luse the first engine was then able
ho all the work?
he great trouble of this world is
he men are too heavily burdened.
Ey have too big pack upon their
ks. To use the figure of the
ron or the engine, they are stalled
n1non the up grade They are stuck in