Poppagator, little is known about "Glory - Burden, beyond what Masato posted in thread 39204: Glory - Burden
Unless there is a note about it in Odum and Johnson 1926, Negro Workaday Songs, we know nothing about this song's origins. Black gospel, 20th century, is probably a good guess. It is not mentioned in Odum and Johnson, 1925, "The Negro and His Songs." It is not included in any of the books on Negro spirituals.

The Elders McIntosh and Edwards Sanctified Singers recorded it in 1928 as "Since I Laid My Burden Down" (see Traditional Ballad Index csufresno: Laid My Burden Down