The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-17
HEARING IL NECESSARY


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spending
AZ ea.y tine in any part q life =
M, one that builds ~, for X - W"
burden trarer. VITO = some
thing man without any response
biiity on n4n never breadens out into
much ana when the call comes % MN
o. do something with a responsibility
attached L. IL. ne fails 70 sec It. W.
portance and lets it s. WHAT nc ma
received has come eAss and p" $50
no use in worrying about anERh'"s
that has a burden - e
Ii was TaluuaEe. who sa3d that the
man on the mountain never
to much. but II was the mountain N
the maa. which required the straight
ening 81 the shoulders and the strength
OF the backbone. which did things 90
i'm plain words that when men had
burdens 10 carry. physical. mental re
lic1ous. moral or what not they made
The better men This i 50 patent a
thing that IT j. hardly necessary 20
point out that the truly great men are
seldom those born with a silver spoon
for their mouths. but mat work g Do
and burdens - carry make men. the
right sort of men.
And what il true Of men Is true 81
communities and of congregations \
great preacher once said. truly that
IL Is too easy a thing 10 be a christ
ian no~-avdays. and that when tenn
pests and troubles came the easy
Christian was found lacking, that they
did not have in them the stun out ~
which the martyrs were made. that
II IL was the scourge. ana the dun
geon, and the cross. and the hungry
beasts of the a~mpitheatre. that ~ere
TO be faced today. that many who wear
the label of Christianity. would drop
il in order TO save their skin and their
lives. 1t is burden bearing and diffl-
culties that make the rugged Chris
tians. il is the storm. that causes the
oak to send its roots into the mountain
side that it may defy the blasts.
1t is thoughts like these that occur
to one when he reads that Rev. Ir.
II. Allen Tuppor, pastor Of the FIT
teenth street Baptist church. OF Bal
timore, recently made the
ment To his congregation that herr
after he would decline TO receive any
compensation for his services, and
that neither directly nor indirectly
would he take n cent Of pay This
was no sacrifice on DIR. Tupper's part,
as he is a man Of means. and does not
need Tire salary, but occurs to Us
hat DR.. Tunper is making matters too
Easy for his congregation. and az the
same time putting other pastors in n
position for invidious comparison by
the t~houghtless. His generosity takes
off from his congregation one espon-
sibility. one burde that it ought to
bear: for no matter how wealthy a
preacher may be. he is entitled to be
paid for his services. and it puts the
church and the church members in
an awkward position, when ii is de-
sired to call Dor the pastor for work.
That church can more truly grow to
be a great church, which has burdens
upon X. for in meeting these burdens
it grows stronger and and
the Christian life OF it's membership
grows better and better and better
BY all means let there be burdens 10
bear. or mankind Will grow into n
round of easy living with no thought
Of the morrow. and with no concern
for others, a self satisfied, luxury
loving race. Bear ye one another's
burdens" means that there are bur
dens, and that We must not be satisfied
With carrying our own. but hat we
should t&ke'uD others burdens and in
50 doing, gain for ourselves the
strength to do more and more, the
power 10 render better service for
ourselves and for the world. whose
great need is for moro burden bear
ers.