Show BEARING BURDENS DR OR PADENS PADEN'S THEME i iI I I Mutual Dependence of Mankind Is the Universal Law MEN MUST WORK TOGETHER Each Erich ut Carry Curry His hite II Om Own Trials l He lie Helpful to 10 Others and amid nul Trust to In God dod At the First Pr Presbyterian church yesterday yes yea terla morning Dr Pa Palen den spoke Cro Crothe from the lie three e texts Bear ye e one another's burdens and so fulfill tho the law of Christ Gal Gal 62 52 For each man shall shuH bear his own burden Gal Gal 55 Cast th thy burden on omi the Lord nod ond He lie le shall sustain tho thoe Ps r rIme Tho sermon In In part was as follows There nr are burdens which we must share other burdens which we must tako care of ourselves and still other burdens which we mA may leave lea e to 10 God Cod Gol 1 I Wo Wu can nn not live as we ought to live Ivo without helping each ach other LI Life Is in tin tin- itt fulfillment of relations When we e try ty to run away awny from the variety and amid 1111 complexity of these relations we weare weare are running awa away from rm life Iro Itself 2 2 We f cannot live as 05 wo we ought to live lve without each one of us 18 shouldering his own knapsack Let each man prove his own work and then he lie can cami speak as ns a 0 brother workman and not as a n amere amere mere parasite 3 Wo We C can not as we ought to live without leaving a n fathers father's share of the Ul burdens to God Cod Some of the tho burd burdens ns we must cast on Him are art heavy heay enough h. h but bitt mn many amity of them would not trouble even a man If n he only knew I 1 I But Dut first we wo must bear one another's another's another's an an- others other's burdens We e must help each cuch other One or other sort of mutual Influence Is lahl Ine inevitable He lie H. H who being able does not give his brother a lift Impoverishes himself robs rols his neighbor l a Ir and grieves the time love lo c of God Zeal in the th 8 service of man Ian Is the hit lo first fruit of the Iho spirit of Christ Mutual once clue Is Inevitable In I isolation olaton Impossible mutual influence Is desirable isolation to 10 bo lie shunned ned mutual I influence fluence n Is In In- In dispensable isolation blighting of One Otie We 0 arc are members of or one bOi body mom mem hers bers of or one another If It I one member falls fails fals all al the members suffer but when each member does Its IM part anti and bears Its is own bur burden en the tIme body loly Is whole or wholesome Time The TIl C tAn ma may not nol sn say to 10 the hand or foot root I have no need of thee nor the time brain to th the lungs lung or heart henrt I have hav no need of or thee thee Each I needs all al and anti all al need each The mom mem bers lers of or Iho lit hotly hOlly roust must bear beam each ench others other's pains If I th they would share each others other's Joys We e Are ore bound up imp lp in one bundle of or life re we help or hurt one another whether we will wil or not not We e Joy ami anui suffer suter together anti and grow row or deteriorate together The part Is for tho the whole and time the thc whole Is for all alj th the parts larts Ten members working together are abler than the sum of ot the ten working working sop sep We Ve are obviously not intended to come to our best In independence of one another We c are made on so large a plan that we can cun not to 3 come out our Ol be best bosl t alone alone- We 0 are evidently made for Cor personal relations Wo We 0 are parts of one building meant to be le fitly framed framel r h Feb q cr Joint B s according lo the to the Working Work work- rk- rk ing lag In due measure of every part part This means mcH a distribution of oC pres pressure and anda a contribution of oC something something on the part port of every stick slick and antI stone to the building in Its Is completeness Help 1111 Others We must work together for Cor good our own good and the lie good of others We e can not miot go JO off on of nn and be good gool in a corner cornel much less Jess can we do save by helping and amid I a being helped by hy others As s s tho lie old Latin proverb says Unus linus homo homo homo One man maim alone is no man at nil all ni Man fan I Is what he lie Is Isby isby b by virtue of his relations to lo what hoIs heis ho he hoIs Is not and unless those relations are helpful he lie ix is a wicked and und slothful an servant t. t As Dr Gordon Cordon Gorlon suggests The Time world exl exists t as an aggregate of or individuals indi un Is In In inter 01 S. S The lie terms ter-ren ter t father son brother friend citizen an and Christian when used ulel by Individual perSons persons per per- sons necessarily rl exhibit thc those these c particular lar persons person in iii relations Individualism 1 Is but butt half a 0 truth the other half Is the the Ism the action acton and reaction upon upun up up- on un in one another of the lie sum of oC tho the In ind In- In d I iid u a Is As a matter mater of fact our relations are arc much less mechanical than lain the tho re relation relation ro- ro lation lalon of oC tIme the parts of oC a building and much mich more personal than titan the time relation of oC the lie bOd of oC the various members body A 1 person Is of more worth than u a hand handor or foot Oll Obligation to serve and love lo men Is far Car above c alo obligation to servo serve oi UI ml love lovo time the members of ot the boly body We Weare 0 are aro spirits spiris not nol mere organs or organIsms organ organ- organ organ- Isms and society Is IN a 0 society of persons persons per per- sons not an organism in iii an any strict sense Lessons From We e must help each other must cultivate cultivate cul cul- helpful not nol lo tv do doso doso doso so Is to lo revert crt re to lo one of the Iho low types of animalism to to to become a parasite boast beast of pre prey or earth euth worm Our little brothers of a higher order help each other The Thc selfish spIsh as ns well wel a as tho the sluggard slug slug- flug- flug gard gartl may take a lesson of oC the lie bee the ant or the beaver er Many lan a n family or church could take toke from an nn ant amit anthill hill hil or bee hive some of oC them do and amid hibernate about six months o of the tIme year 2 There Is no Ism such as the Iho family or church demands save savo between individuals or p persons If It I our family church or socIety Is what It ought to lo be each one of us its 11 must bear hear his own burden If I nothing nothIng Is II wholly for itself nothing can cami be bo In combination tion tiomi unless it Is II at ut the same time something some some- ton thing for Ise self An adobe Is an on adobe even though built buit In with wih firebrick Cnn Sot Not hUt I u I. I Each man must carry his own owr knap knapsack ack There are burdens which one can not shift shit to lo other shoulders ma- ma mayhap hap hap can cnn not share sharo with others others The heart Its Us own bitterness and anda anc a IL n stranger er mf may not miot intermeddle There Thero are arc battles battes ono one must n light fight ht by himself paths path on which two Iwo can not walk abreast bur burdens ens which arc are peculiarly ones one's own It I is not on only ones one's duty but buthis buthis buthis his privilege to tote tolo his hi own load A Atrue Atrue Atrue true man mon will wi feel Ceel the stronger for Cor or having done so 50 Tho The fact that he lie can be bo counted upon to do this is one of oC the marks marIes that he lie Is fit tt to lo tako take his place pInel as us n a man amon among men 3 There are arc re burdens which we should leave to God Gol The irrevocable past and th ttA uncertain future are such s ch burdens burden After we have done our best beat we wc mn may also leave the unsatisfactory present with Him We Wc reed peed not nol carr carry the tho burden of oC sin we havo have only to give It up and lot let God Cod carr carry I It Wo Ve need leel not rt fear that we will wi be lIe tried or tempted above that lint we are aro able to bear wo we have havo ha e only to leave leavo that to our Father and be sure that wo we let Him apportion our trials and tanks He lie our frame and remember remember- le ethi eth that we are arc dust dust U |