The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
SHOWS FALSE IDEAS
OF BURDEN-BEAHING.
Christ Will Not Sustnin the Burden
Except for the Man Who
Trusts.

Doctor Michael Burnhan1 preached yes
terasy morning at Pilgrim Congrcga tional
Psalm ", %: Cast thy burden upon the
Lord and he shall sustain thee" He said.
In part:
: to run 10 the extreme of false dependence
on God. We have revived Tom Paine with
his rationalism and his rejection CT the
/ miracle on our platform, in our books, even
In cur pulpits. on the one side: on the other.
the false conceptions OF what constitutes
Gods will with reference to means that
he himself has ordained. God has never
declared that he will not employ means
legitimate means. in the carrying forward
TT ia MT our business to tell God what
We think he ought to do with us and ours
wisdom is finite: our years but few God 8
T, wisdom is infinite and Gods life covers al
history, We are learners of what Gcd
fatal mistake. then. II in our prayers we
attempt to instruct God or to question
what he Is doing.
aim and purpose Of life is not obscure from
any one Of u.s. and no one of US need have
any LINKING In kne~ipE What Se wo %
God. far-reaching providences. the voice of
Christian friendship that cannot be mis-
the offered enlightenment of the Holy spir-
it-all these are clear on the great direr-
tion Of life and the duty Of living for God
Commandments. Commit them to memory:
write them on the tablets of the heart.
| Thou shalt have no other gods before me-
Thou shalt not make unto thee any craven
Here. too. is that Follow me- written
in the person. word and work OF Jesus
are the results of following in character. un-
mistakable on every side. in every century
I say the great lines of our choice and our
following are clear.
Let us emphasize. also. this fact-that We
| are not to have A religion. that involves no
suffering. We are in TO f;nger OF ascet'c
times and one Of the obst. ons in the way
Sf the kingdom now is {. effort to get a
| IT, no solid strength about It to suffer and
| to do duty. no iron In the blood People
| are joining our churches who will not give
| agrees to entertain them. They WISH though
men in tho world. to live in the church
Christianity OF perpetual babyhood Religion
They are but children in the divine Mfe.
playing with toys and trining with Chns.
| them to do duty and to get them to take
Yielding to this ser. as evil in the way of
mandins entertainn,. 1t and he is trying to
entertain them. and he cannot do II as well
as a woman In a cage Of lions. or monkey
end man. in a show. and they are disap.
POINTED. They are after religion that has
no meaning in II. Christianity that has no
d npSn It to it and no obligation resting
TT Is a tremendous obstacle in the path
way of the church Of God and can be met
to-dey only by preaching to the conscience.
| laying burdens upon the heart. and training
| the will. This teaching. that following God
| brings no obligation with it and brings no
cross-bearin- with it, Is wrong. We are or
must be disciplined by another kind Of
| faith. For the flesh and for the old rem
| nants Of pride there IL always suffering; in
| the doing of duty there is often struggle:
| In true religion there is that deeper element
| through, or ought to run through. the whole
(, church of God Our joys in following
Christ rise no higher than our possibilities,
| yes and often our actualities. OF self-sacrt-
| flee One Is the crest of the wave and the
| other the trough of the sea, that always TO-
| lows it. Look at the crest of the wave and
the trough of the sea: they are inseoarao.e;
rejoice in following Christ: and all this at
, tempt TO-DAY to get religion that has In
! 1t nothing but good time; nothing but
the appetites or to the craving after enjoy.
ment In some material form. the leaving Of
| places Of duty and prayer for amusement.
the attempt r to fssSn Of
| dulRing the spirit. Is really religion OF
| substituting pleasure for goodness. and it
| soon ends in falling back into the old round
sell. INC ''N'e' -
81 have not words to paint the solicitude
felt to-day at this trend S 81 sue
r1ents. and the attempt to propagate the
Kingdom by entertainment. The kingdom
| is propagated by truth. by convictions Of
| way than duty done, and the Joy Of duty
done for duty's sake robs God Of his rights
and Jesus Christ Of the eiory OF his cross.
You remember that Cyrus Of old steal