Volume 7 — Love's Burden.
Reading edition
"My burden is light"
The Disciple. "Dear Lord, how canst thou say 'Tis light, When I behold thee on the way To Calvary's height, Fainting and falling 'neath its heavy weight? Ah! no. For me thy burden is too great." The Master. "Good child, thou dost mistake The burden I would have thee take. The cruel load That crushed me down on Calvary's road Was thine, Not mine. What lighter burden can there be Than that which Love would lay on thee?" The Disciple. "Kind Lord, how foolish is my speech! I mark the truth which thou wouldst teach To my cold heart. Love all the burden bears of others' woes, Beyond its might; But of its own on them it would impose Only a part, And makes that light."