The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-13

s'onary firi'! secretary Of the Freshly
terrain church. He was one of the
gcntlcst, sweetest. pur">t and Sweetest
was to preach III my Iuipit on mis-
sions. l sent word in Il letter to him,
which read about iI<" this: "isling
along Mrs. Marshall and take dinner
With us" Wllrn h. came over
asked, "Whrr" is your wife," lie
laughed his gentle laugh. saying. Il
have no wife, "Whut, are Won one
Of the most unfortunate Of all rr"*
lures, an old barEtlor:" NO." he an
sWcre,l with Il gentle smile, Il am not
4 bHchrlnr.' Then III the ,IlIitt of my
study, he told ne I'll" pathetic amt
beautiful story Of his lif" lie Is dead
now He is with his rrIrr!ItI Wife.
And 50 | feel no 'liiIidrnrr in telling
this beautiful story.
Many, many years ago. Ih"nHS
| Marshall WAS young missionary
minister i'll Il little western town. 1t
was his first charge He then l1l;lt Il
parsonage and took to it Il beautiful
young girl as his hrilr. Time passed
on and the young preacher dreamed
his dream Of joy. He Thought the hap
pincSs Of his home WAS about to b"
doubled, Guadruplcd ANA infinitely
multiplied. But what was hp;:rl to be
was not to be- The death angel and
the birth angel locked wings. The
! young mother and her baby We're
buried in the same coffin under the
shadow Of the little church sh" loved
There sat the old man looking in the
fire after he had softly told the sad
story. For a little while he said moth
ing. | dared not arouse him. But at
last he hcavc1 Il big sigh and then said,
But God was good. He has my wife
0nd my baby waiting for ne. But he
gave to me five babies brS'E"S.' Ibid
you 11asry again:' | asked. "No, |
could love but ono briNc.' he answered.
"Rut short time after widow down
the rold was dying. As l went to her
bedside | found that she had no one
with whom to leave the care Of her We
babies She had money. s. after the
funeral was over | bundled them all
up-yes, all the five children, and took
them to my home, and | have raised
them all And they are all mine. Yes
they are all mine." "IcS.' said, land
the raising of that Widows babies has
made you the noble man of God that
you are"
An Imported Burden.
y -
love burden to lift: If you are not
welded and have no children Of your
own, can you not be a Thomas Mar
shall? Can you not adopt some other
peoples children: Can YOU not he an
Alexander H. Stephens: Though he
had no children of his OWN aud hc''AuS"
on account Of physical disability b."
would not marry, yet in order to lift
| the love burden he adopted and reared
| in his own home eighteen young men
| and fitted them for college and for the
| world struggle. He always called them
his boys. Can you not do as these no
bic men have done? You must have
some one near you to love if you ever
develop your life as you ought. Never
neglect the love burden. Never crush
the natural home interests Of your
heart. If you have no one to love by
your own fireSidc, then, for Gods sake
and for your own sake, import some
one into your affections right away.
The physical frame Is developed by
burden bearing. The mind is developed
by burden bearing. The hearts atfrr-
lions are developed by burden bearing.
How emphaticHlly true it is that the
spiritual life and the Christ power are
developed By burden hearing. Indeed,
so universal is this law when Applied t.
our relationship with Jesus Christ tina:
l defy you to find one man who i; truly
a spiritual man or spiritual |')mAH
who is not every morning, mon Hn1
night cheerfully, willingly "n1 Z ',fl.
carrying the spiritual l,l;''."n' fer j"
sus Christ. What says t." Eli:!' : =
any man will come af'ri' w.. j., H..
deny himself and take w his ''", ;IH
follow me- For Whns;,rv,r %!!.'iI y,
his life shall lose it, ard Wir:'' -
shall lose his life for my SAKE. S'''lI ia
It," Have you been dec. .i;.< : j."
spiritual life by placing y''!.' -. '1':'
| under heav: cross to c:.'.': j. f.
Christ? Have you !"":: ~. =: t 81
eternal life by consr":'l;lr:- .y''t' H.,
ical and mental and 10y" I',N.".:i t i,
service Of the Master:
A Fathers Lr.tnn.
The spiritual burden, "" ~, t Oh
lift If we are to fulfill DIE ca: ASA: !.
ments Of the text. AMI yet. T. h>r
some people talk on" wrN'l >Ui1I"':c
that Christ's sacrifices and IL" :..ll..:'
Grated lives Of our Chri :1i,.n l.'l'".'-
and Christian wives and fl''l. t.,:.
daughters are all that "" IL ''l to -
our salvation. Other, may W'I':; i,r
Christ, but it is not necessary f"! r. -
lift any spiritual burdens. i that true:
Listen to the lesson taught In tbs st"
~. Some years ago, a father Wa very
sick. He said to his litt1" daughter va"
was waiting upon hrr: ''Ilrirn. il l.
time for me to take ny medicine. WIZ
you get 1t and pom .tnt for II" just
one tcaspoonfulT Ifs. daughter ijH
as her Christian fathev asked. "\)N
my daughter, that medicine is very bit
ter wish you would drink il for nl":"