Evening journal., 1916-02-07
The Call of the Carpenter
preached the Tabernacle Saturday night by Dr.
Sermon pre-.

and ! VIII give you rest.
The message this evening Is TO work |
ing people, to the folks that are tired
After hard weeks work, | confess TO !
YOU that / am tired. You men that nave
been working in the offices and IN the !
stores and in the shops and IN the lac- I
tories and on the railroads, believe you
come under this class. for If you nave
worked the way l think you have, you
are weary. You scholars in the school, /
with the strain of modern educational
methods. are tired You employers who
have had to lie awake at night planning
how ia keen vour business up in these
times and get money to meet the pay
roll Won have been on nervous strain
that the man who works oply with his
hands knows little of. You certainly arc
tired. You mothers and wives IN the
home who have been caring for a lam
ilv. with these restless, active young
Americans around, you must surely DC
weary. If you are doing your own WORK
you are tired, and if You have maids TO
help YOU. the more help You have the
more tired yOu get. some OF US confess
we feel good deal as the old lady did'
who had worked hard all her NE. She
said: when get to Heaven, ! want to
rest for the first thousand years.
There are many who have raise con
ception of what is implied by the Chris
tian life They seem to think that II Is
some plan or scheme to increase thelr
burdens. They say: we have now
more burdens and responsibilities than
we can bear" If their idea IS true that
Christianity does increase our burdens
we do not want it, for many are now
burdencd to the breaking point. But II
is not true. The Gospel of Jesus does
not increase our burdens. 1t Is a plan
by which YOU can bear the burdens That
we could not bear without It.
The glory of this promise Is that 1t IS
practical II is present 1t Is universal.
O., II is something that We can apply not
simply for the world beyond, but also
for the life that now is. 1t is personal.
It is applicable not only to the lives OF
others. but to your life and mine. The
message is to every one who has bur
den. Whenever a man says, Il must, 1t
awakens my interest. | know there Is a
man who is assuming something OF the
responsibilities of life
This message is to those who are bur
dened bv toll and hardship-wearied
with the work of life. 1t is to those
who are burdcned by problems. You
perhaps have had difficulties in your
business which YOU have not been able
to overcome. You have had obligations
to meet that you could not pay. You
!. may be out of work and may be troubled
TO know how You can keep the woli
from the door This call is to you-t1
all that are heavy laden.
Moreover il is a call to those that arc
burdened by temptations. You may have
an1t,s
evil habit. which has mastered you
which YOU have strived hard and Ions
= to resist. but YOU have been fighting
losing fight. Tonight YOU have come il
baliled and beaten and broken. Nol
: have almost lost hope. Your heart il
heavy. This message is to you.
1t may be there is someone in thi
audience who is burdcncd with sorrow
g.. You have had III health and the docto
has given YOU little hope for the future
You may have stood by the bedside O
the sick and the dying. There IS
mound i'm the graveyard, beneath whic
T rests some loved one and tonight ther
is an aching void in your heart. 70
cannot express your feelings in words
This message is TO you.
Notice in the next place who it is tina
pives the invitation, that offers th
promise. He says; Il will give 70
rest" In business whenever a ma
makes some great offer, the first thin
the financier asks is, rs he able to dc
liver the goods Can he do what he say
he cant" Il is the omnipotent Chris
who assisted in the creation of this un
verse. who makes the offer. But nc
only is He able to fulfll His promis
but also He is willing. ] saw p:ctm
in a great art gallery of a multitude {
lame. blind and weak. helpless and il
firm. making their way toward Jesus,
tie stood with cut stretched arms. an
on the other side of the picture l sa
the people going away, healed runnin
jumping and rejoicing in their gladness
Let us rk also the liberality of tn
offer. This leaves us without excus
He saws: Il will give you rest An
one can take a gift My friend. He
not condemning YOU for having dol
wrong, the condemnation is for refusr
the great offer of everlasting life. Su
posing man falls down upon yol
doorstep in starving condition. IhI
might not be his fault, but his mi
fortune. But supposing You 60 out al
offer this man a means OF nOurlshll
food and he refuses it and starves
death. Really he commits suicide. No
+ God offers you the great gift of etern
life. He offers YOU Jesus as your pc
sonal Saviour The condemnation res
4 not in the original wrong-doing but
the rejection & the gift Let us ma
also what the reward is. He offers rel
The world has been seeking rest see
ng il in wealth and in travel, in fl
surroundings, in Indulgence and in ples
ure. There is n, rest saith my G,
to the wicked" AThe wicked are Ii
the troubled sea. You can have no r.
Joy and happiness without rest. y
can have no blessingeither in this wol
or the world to cone without rest.
IS impossible for us 4 20 off on a vac
lion. We have our w0k TO do.
God gives you rest iot from toll l
gives you rest in tori How does
give you this restg
First of all by increatg your pow
Jesus Christ bears you'll burdens
giving YOU the strength in your o
life to bear your own bulens. The
a ference between the selfNife and
Christ life is the diiferece betwl
irving TO turn the wheels II a big t
tory by hand, or hitching Ahem on
a big belt of a mighty engit Supp
ing here is a man that ha hes
& weight to lift You come tdhim W
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