Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-03-12
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The Unfaithful Stewards, a Parable.


the first year of the reign of james Pollock.
George Bowman and Thomas Power being
both tetrarchs of the province.
| ?. That, the country lying along the top
of the Allegheny Mountains, had waxed pow
| erful and populous and strong. And there
were among them, the poor and the rich.
5. And behold, The people said among
themselves. let us separate the poor from the
rich, let us build them fine house, of brick,
of mortar, of stone, of wood and of iron, so
that their days may be comfortable in the
land which the lord hath given to US all.
4. And they also said let us choose three
rulers to superintcnd the affairs of the poor,
men in whom there is no guile, whose con-
duct shall be blameless before our eyes, and
let there be no strife about their choice,
whether they be Greeks or Romans. And
the people all said yea
5. And behold it came to pass, when these
three men were chosen, they assembled to-
gether, one from his farm, another from his
foundry, and another from his merchandise
6 And being assembled together, they
| commenced among themselves, and said, let
us invite all the artifcers of wood of stone of
brick and of mortar, in order that they may
tell us for what price they would erect the
building, and whosoeyer shall promise to
build it the lowest, to him shall it be gwen.
Z. Thus spake they to the public, but they
spake otherwise within themselves, ard tar
ried there two days.
8. The elder arose and said let US get the
man who will deal with us to build the house
for the poor, and then we shall have plenty
for our baskets and for our store.
9. And the younger arose and said, behold
L think likewise, it pleases me better to think
as you do, as | shall the more likely become
the greatest of my kindred and of my people
10. But the other arose and said, six hun
dred marks are too much to squander away,
it would procure fifty and ten measures of
-four which would be sufficient TO give bread
to the poor one year and to spare Have you
not read in the Scriptures, the fate of Annanias
and Saphira who lied about the contract of
! their farm.
| IL. But the others answered and said, we
know these men better than you, and we will
take the burden upon our own shoulders, we
! will keep our own secrets, we will tell the
the artifcers that their prices were nearly all
alike, and they shall never know nor be able
to gainsay it.
Il. But the other answered and said, be
it so, leave the matter with you, my hands
are unsullied by it. And he arose and de-
parted in to the North country
13. But behold a certain Scribe who was
sirnamed an g old taxpayer" having heard of
the unhallowed conduct of tho Sc Stewards,
wrote an epistlc addressed to them and to the
public, in order that whosoever was wronged
IN that epistle might receive justification.
IA. And the multitude awaited the Stew
ards to justify their conduct and they did not
But two of them assembled together, and the
younger arose and said. we cannot gainsay
the doctrine contained in the epistle of the
Scribe, but this we can do | can get Scribe
who was brought up at the feet of Gamaliel,
who will write for us, and acknowledge the
truth contained in the epistle, and say that
the artifcers of this locality are unworthy OF
confidence, and he will slander them in such
a genteel manner, that both they and the
Scribe will cry out great is Diana of the
Ephesians.
15. But the elder answered and said, be it
not So but rather let us laugh it to scorn,
and the multitude will soon forget it. Besides
the more it is stirred up the more filthy it viii
become.
16 And the younger arose and departed
and muttering hung his head.
II. But behold the whole multitude from
Buehla to the Susquehanna from the North
to the South, resd the epistle and marvelled
much at its contents and its doctrine.
Is. And they were exceeding wroth, and
said, we have taken these men to our bosom,
and when we have warmed them into life
like tho serpent mentioned by the Apostle
Paul. they endeavor to sting us
10. Behold We have set them up as rulers
of the poor, and they have betrayed their
trust they are endeavoring to make the whole
multitude all poor by squandering their mean:
without any just cause.
20. Aud the people cast them away from
their confidence and from their affe ctions, t.
lead life despised and condemned during
their generation, JEHU.
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