Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-17
BEARING ANOTHERS BURDENS.
Subject OF Sermon by Rev. Dr. Paden
Yesterday Morning.

Rev. Dr. Paden preached in the First
Presbyterian church yesterday morning
on bearing one anotheJs burdens. as
the mutual dependence OF mankind is
the universal law. His texts we're:
Bear ye one anothers burdens and
50 fulfill the law OF Christ Gal. At. ..
For each man shall bear his own bur
den, Gal. Wis Cast thy burden on the
Lord and lie shall sustain thee" ps
lHv, p. The sermon ~ part was as fol-
lows:
I'VE must work together for good.
our own good and the good Of others
We can not 60 on and be good In 4
corner much less can we do good save
by helping and being helped b. others.
As the old Latin provcIb says. linus
homo, nullus homo one man alone
is no man at all Man Is what he is
by virtue Of his relations 20 what he
Is not and unless these relations are
helpful he is a wicked and slothfu ser.
want As Dr. Gordon suggests Tho
world exists as an aggregate OF indi-
Yiduals In inter-relati0us The terms
father. son, brother, friend. citizen and
Christian when used by individual per-
sons. necessarily exhibit these partlcu.
lar persons IN relations lndiyidualism
is but half a truth. the other half Is
relationism-the action and reaction up.
on one another Of the sum Of the in
dividuals."
As matter Of fact. our relations
are much less mechanical than the re.
lation Of the parts of q building and
al ais.
OF the various members of the body \
person Is Of more worth than a hand
or foot Obligation Ia serve and love
men Is FAR above obligation 10 serve
or love the members OF the body We
are spirits, not mere organs. or organ
isms, and society Is a society Of per-
sons, not an organism IN any strict
sense.
we must help each other; must cul-
tiyate helpful relationism: not 10 do 50
is 10 revert 10 one Of the low types OF
animalism-to become a parasite. beas.
OF prey OF earth worm. Our little
brothers Of a higher order help each
other. The selfish as well as the slug
gard may take a lesson OF the bee. the
ant or the beaver. Many a family or
church could take lessons from an ant
hin or bee hive; some Of them do. and
hibernate about six months Of the year.
There is no relationlsm such as the
family or church demands, save be-
tween individuals or persons. II our
family, church or society Is what il
ought 10 be. each one OF us must bear
his own burden. II nothing is wholly
for itself. nothing can be in combina-
ton unless II is al the same time some
thing for itself An adobe is an adobe
even though built IN with irebrlck.
Each man must carry his own KNAPP
sack. There are burdens which one
cannot shift to other shoulders; may
hap cannot share with others. The
heart knoWeth IT'S own bitterness and
a stranger may not intermeddle. There
are battles one must fight by himself.
paths on which two can not walk
abreast. burdens which are peculiarly
ones own. II is not only ones duty but
his privilege TO tote his own load. A
true man will feel the stronger for
having done so. The fact that he can
be counted upon 10 do this Is one OF the
marks that he Is III to take his place rs
a man among men.
There are burdens which We should
leave 20 God. The irrevocablo past and
the uncertain future are such burdens,
After we have done our best we may
also leave the unsatisfactory present
with Him We need not carry the bur-
den Of unforgiven sin; we have only to
give It up and let God carry H. We
need not fear that We viii be tried or
tempted above that we are able 20
bear: We have only 10 leave that 10 the
Father and be sure that We lei Him APP
portion our trials and tasks. he know
eth our frame ana remembereth that
we are dust"