The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-18
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.

CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.
Prayer Meeting Topic Fer the Week
Beginning June 20, 1910.
Topic.-rhe yoke OF Chrlst.-A1att. xi.
$50 Comment by Rev. Sherman II.
Doyle. D. d.
These verses are among the, most
gracious aud comforting ever spoken
by Christ The invitation Come unto
Me" was not addressed to all who
were heavy to bear, but to the sinful
burdens Of man. Christ was speaking
to the Pharisees, who wese trying to
carry their own burdens Of. sin. as rep
resented by Christians burden IN the
Pilgrims Progress" To these He
would give rest by taking the burdens
Of sin from them by His death upon
the cross. When Christian reached
the cross aud looked upon It In faith
the bundle representing this burden
dropped from his sheulders and he
was light hearted asA free. So may
any one be who win fellow his exam-
pie and allow Christ to take his bur
den Of sins, which He u abis to do
because on the cross He paid the PEN
atty Of mans SIN.
When. hswever, We have become
Christians aad hsRs xsoss the burden
Of SIN there aze sstaE, l6@z9eus t. be
borne. We stir aeed. spiritual rest
We are still often weary and lone and
sad" and stiu need 10 come to Christ
and find rest in Hin. Christ dsceives
no one. He does aeEsaY that burdens
will end with becoming Christians, but
points out the way Of getting salisf In
them. not BY getting away from them.
These burdens He Skeos< so.&s yoze,
and the figure taken from the Old
Testament refers to the yoke placed
upon cattle.
/. He asks us to take His yoke upon
US. take Ny yske Upon you" The
yoke Of 0hrist-is . double yoke. It is
on Ham and. On. uA and. wnder such cir
cumseancss ut H. net 90 burdensome.
If We walk steadily with Him the
yoke will BE- easy and He will bear
the heavier part Of the burden. In
carrying the cross with Simon Of o.
rene Christ bore the heavier part, that
which contained the crossbeam, while
Simon simply held up the bottom OF
the upright beam. Such will be our
position If We take Christ's yoke upon
US. "The cross Is not greater than His
grace"
In taking Christ's yoke we become
His disciples, for we learn Of Him
The principal method Of learning IL
through His example, Learn Of Me
for 1 ana meek and lowly In heart
Weakness and humility are examples
of His virtues which we must copy
Christ is the greatest teacher the
world ever had, for He taught with
perfect knowledge the greatest things
Of nfe-the mutual relations between
God and man, Of those between mar
and man and especially concerning thu
future life. Still, His greatest power
as a teacher Of morals and religion
was In tho life that He lived. In fol
lowing, HIS example we are to learn Of
Him. Moreover, It In IN thus becoming
like Him that we have the greates
success In winning others to Him
ChrHt1keness IL more wmsome thar
ability to teach theology. saintlines'
has more power In making disciples
than the power to teach religion from
scientific standpoint Let men sex
Christ in your lives and they will sool
seek the source Of such q LIE.
Christ's yoke Is easy. It Is yoke
and there are burdens with it, but it il
| easier than any other yoke. We mus
bear some yoka-the yoke OF Christ
"the yoke Of the law or the yoke o
Satan. The yoke Of Christ may seen
hard at first, but It grows easier as "
become more accustomed to walking
with Christ and at death leaves u
| forever. THE yoke Of the law"-try
| ing by our own Righteousness to saw
ourselves Is most CALLING, become
more so AZ we advance in life and a
death brings NO relief. The yoke o
Satan seems easy at the start. HOY
pleasant seemingly to do as we please
to give FREQ reign to our appetites an
passions, but later on how burdensom
the yoke Of Satan becomes! Body an
mind become impaired. Religion ha
no power in our lives. We are yoke
indeed. We may try to escape GU
dreadful condition, but the yoke il
creases in size and becomes more bu1
densome. almost beyond endurance
and when death comes we still fin
no release. Indeed, torture turns
torment The rich man when he diet
according to the parable Of Christ, s
suffered. In hell he lifted up hi
eyes. being in torment" How dine
emit from the condition Of one who hs
worn the yoke Of Christ In his lif,
time. To him there shall be no NOR
death, neither sorrow nor crying
neither shall there be any mere pail