Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-09

sturgis, my sister and / are going to
Germany to take two universities on
the subject Of the child, and child
philosophy and culture" a day or
two before the time for their depart
ure she heard about two little home
less orphans, and she decided she
would torego her trip to German uni
versities and take these children and
study n little about child culture and
formation and Reformation at first
hand and at home. That she had
two very lively volumes on her hands
goes without saying. But the young
woman bore her own burden, the
burden of her aspiration and hope,
and of her incomplete life. Need I
tell you that she Ear surpasses her
more brilliant sister, who went abroad
and came home from Europe with
great learning to find the sister she
had left behind, loving and sorrowing,
and weeping and praying, and lifting
those two infant souls to God in the
radiance of the true philosophy of ed
ucation.
WELL" you say, this is all very in
teresting but it does not touch my
case" Listen. my friend may be you
have not kept the third account.
Bear We one another's burdens and
so fulfill the law of Christ" Here
We have the account of partnership.
Everyone must hear his own bur
den" That is a personal account. But
there are burdens that neither You
nor | can bear. ] can bear some,
you can bear others. You can get un-
der me and bear me, and ] can bear
my burden, but what Is under you?
! must know there is something un-
der you II you bear me as | bear my
burden. | must know that there Is
a place to which I can take burdens
that are 50 sacred that | want power
to trust them with you. or me, or
you and me. Every great burden re-
quires that ! should take hold of my
side, so, too, you have your side of it.
But there is another side. Cast
your burden upon the Lord" What
II wonderful education OF the imag-
ination is the fact that I must bear
my burden. Shifting it. looking az
1t, seeing whether / am carrying n
whim or reality. trifle or a great
cause. Think of the young woman
with those two children. Could any
comprehensive? You think you are
educating the child, perhaps. But
you are wrong. The child is educat-
ing you. God speaks to you, and with
da2ed sorrow you look into the open
grave OF your little one-scarcely
comprehending perhaps what has oc-
curred-and see the face of your be-
| loved. oh. no one else can carry this
burden. When the blow fell you were
utterly mystified by the crushing ex-
perience. it took you a while to find
yourself. But the ebb-tide came and
you saw your sorrow In the light of II
great Joy. Your cloud caught the
light Of the Son Of Righteousness and
thus became new glory in the sky
of the heart.
May I suggest. Just In a closing par
agraph. that VIC have no greater
music than that which comes out Of
the heart-break of great affliction.
They who have been the worlds most
sorrowful ones have become messen-
gers OF the worlds greatest Joy,
| through manifesting the silver lining
that Christie sympathy weaves for
the clouds of grief. The briny flood
OF sorrow is not meant always to ST.
lence our song. 1t only takes Its place
among the other events OF life as
part Of the whole. Ties that nave
meant much In times past have bv