Article March 7, 1925 Issue

"Cast thy burden"

HERBERT W. BECK

ALL mankind have burdens, baggage which is heavy and irksome to tired shoulders. The rich and the poor, the high and the low, go through life clinging to these burdens. False, passing pleasures are called upon to bring forgetfulness; but when these are found unsatisfying and fail, the weight of the burden remains.

What can we do with these burdens? Become philosophers and make the burden as light as possible, adjusting the binding ropes and smiling instead of weeping? That is supposed to be one way of relief; but it does not allow the burden to drop away. To make troubles as light as possible is better than to augment their weight, but the burden still remains. The human race is searching here and there for a way to escape the burden, but failing ever in its efforts.

Burdens may seem to have a salutary effect when they drive one in the right direction to be healed of wrong conditions. The Master pointed the way; and while many have found it, yet many more are passing by the entrance bearing their heavy load, wishing to drop it if they only knew how. The invitation extended through Christ Jesus is: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. . . . For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Think what a relief it would be to the worried business-man, uneasy over the nightmare of a pay roll, to find this yoke whereby to ease the burden!

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