Evening journal., 1916-02-19
Ability and Responsibility
Sermon preached in the yesterday BY Lyon

said to her, MY child, l should think
that baby would break your back lie
is almost as big as you are. Doesn't
he make you tired?" "Oh, no." she re-
piled, as her face beamed with pleas
use, Hes not heavy, he's my
brotherl"
In the second place. we tighten the
load Of responsibility by adding to our
strength. There are two ways in
which God can bear our burdens; one
by removing them. and the other by
giving us the power to bear our own
burdens. The latter is by far the
greater way. The teacher who solves
the problems for his scholars is not
nearly so helpful as he who imparts
TO them the method by which they
can reach their own solutions. Sup
posing laborer were trying TO move
huge stone and you would bring
him lever and fulcrum. He would
look up amazed and say do you
want TO increase my burden. ] have
more than / can lift now" But quick
ly you give him a practical illustra-
tiOn OF the value OF your wife.
Jesus said Come unto Me, and | will
give you rest" This was not rest
from toll. but rest in toll The plain
teaching Of God has for each man
a work, not only here but hereafter
saves us from the thought OF monot
ony In heaven Jesus tells us that We
4. gain this rest not by shirking ouI
duty but by taking His Yoke. Liter
> ally, He said, "My yoke is advan-
tsgeous." With it, they can do a worl
they could not possibly do without Il
Herbert Spencer has said that ther
Z is always pain in the exercise OF al
underfed muscle, and pleasure In tn
{ exercise OF an overfed and under
5 worked muscle. When the power o
y the Holy Spirit fills the soul. Chris
[ tian service Is no more an irksom
, duty. but genuine delight. MATTHEW
{ Arnold says that poetry. to be poetry
- must be inevitable. A true poet doe
y not write simply for so much line
s that is a prostitution OF talent. T
s be a poet at ALL one must write be
y cause he cannot help II. Like Pau
in his ministry being imbued with di
y vine might he exclaims, Woe is un
: to me. If l preach not the Gospel.
$ Such service is as spontaneous as tn
i falling of the rain. or the warbling c
4 the lark. or the gushing of the noun
5 tain stream that sings and sparkles
e the sea- At Pentecost when the dis
+ ciples were filled with the Spirit the
r began to speak Testimony was n
y longer mere duty or drudgery, it wa
& a desire and delight.
n And in the last place. how may W
n be free from the burdens of respor
e sibility? BY viewing them in the ligl
+ OF opportunities. Paul, enslaved b
s the old nature. exclaims, who sha
j. deliver me from the body of th
o death?" and when the CONSCIOUSNESS
a OF delivery comes. he replies, 9TH
e law OF the Spirit Of life in Chris
Is Jesus hath made me free" Chris
/ must be in us. not only imparting II
Is love and strength. but likewise II
Ie willing spirit of obedience to Il
ID Father. In the consideration of HI
Is manitys great need and our privilel
Sc to share with our Master the suppl
ne ing Of that need. there will con
e. showers out OF the clouds and plea
he lures out OF toll.
" In a period of industrial depressic
/ was speaking with pastor OF
od large parish in one OF the poorer di