The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23
yIRGINIAN's WEEKLY SERMON
WEIGHTS

emily race Is run without WEAKNESS.
Let not faithless fears o'ertake us.
Closely connected with fear IS care.
which means a painful load of thought.
Careful and troubled about many
things IS d condition which Is common
enough, and which is a deadly impedi-
ment to progress In holy things. To
state this is to state a truism. But
how to lay care aside-that is the quo--
ton. 1t is not destroyed when 1t is
denounced. We can hear and read
the best reasons in the world for It's
Punishment. but to keep il in panisn-
/ inent is another matter. 1t may be put
out of doors overnight, but ii looks
through the window in the morning
Care, You thought you had galloped
away from il, but 1t sat on the nurse
behind YOU, and il got down when
/ you got down. Care. There are those
who are hardly ever rid of IL. 1t sits
down with them at every meal. II
hanRts their working hours, II goe~
with them on their holiday, and 1t is
( there when they return.
There are cures for many things
If the advertisements do not lie. but
who cures care? The truth is, the
heart knoweth its own bitterness anG
no stranger may intermeddle. because
no stranger knows ali We go with
with fervor. Now there will he an emo,
i But is there? When we look again the
/ eyes are still tired and strained there
! Is still a catch in the voice, and the
t telltale lines are still on the face and
I brow. The heart knoweth Its own
/ bitterness. and there Is only one who
hnoweth the heart. And there is only
one cure for care. What Is that? To
feel that the caring Is done for us. n
/ il be true that God is love-. there
can be no question as to His doing
t all the caring. our great Father. out
I Of whose heart all the love and soiici-
tHde Of all good fathers and all good
mothers flow, and whose tender power
I can never be mpoverished-wili He
not care Must He not BY His very
! nature must lie not" Humble your
/ selves. therefore, under the mighty
4 hand 81 God, that He may exalt you
in due time casting all your care upon
+ Him. for He carcth for you" And /.
! Ills child, am ia let Him. am TO
I've as "A child with such a Father
/ should.
Such daring trust IN God does pro-
duce marvellous results 1t is as IL
+ God delighted TO be pat to the test
as We ourselves delight to be trusted
and that He responded exceeding
abundantIy above all that is asked or
thought. Let US lay aside the weight
4 NJ care
Another weight IL uorlduness
Norldliness is absorption in things
!. which fade and pass. aud which yet
hurt and destroy
Seif-lndulgence which ohscures our
vision and enfeebies our service: pur-
suit of personal gain which deadens
our spiritual ssnsihiiities the love Of
pleasure which hides the love OF God
the carping spirit which sees i'll in all
save oneself. submission to a society
/ IN which Christian principles are ia
boo; habits which jeoparaise moral
/ honor. sacrifice duty, and stifie PRAYER:
these are weights To he laid aside
He who woHid run we'll must not
entangle himself but be free to fun
| his divine purpose. And, indeed. when
the zast Of the holy race awakes in
him, when the divine energies are
aelow, and when the music Of the
homeland bursts upon his ears, he will
lay these weights aside. not only with
out pang. bat as matter OF course