New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-11

| want TO call yOIr attention 10 a verse you
, fad In fe ISh chapter of M,rA. pait of the 3;ih
yc.s ITO cyrry L.ra hi- woFi,." "ior Oh son 81 Nan
-ain,n t.kr.a ftr iaurucy. who cft his house and
g,ye authority his srtInta, and Ia every man his
work. and commanded the porter 20 watch" Nav, by
reading that verse carefully Il d,nt read, "to every
man some work. or "to rS"ry man = work. hnt ito
eyer, man his va h." And h,.ic'r II the truih va
Anoan tat every and woman IN this assembly las
work laid OFT nr tIrm 10 do; that every
man. lie is y ~ IN Almighty. and w1y bdo" IL tlo
coiurls of eternity Go Laid cat work for each one ~
u.s. There IS n, main lynk that can do the work th!t
God ha- sot tor me 10 10 NJ can do 1t hu, myself
Aud II the voik nur done will have Ia answer for II
when Ne ri ind before Go bar For u says: Every
man shall D. uu.ht unto Judgment, IN ever one
shall dyoun account ~ the d,c1s done IN ihe body
And Il seems 20 ms that every ono 81 -
on.ht 10 take th@ question home tou'ght !;
We'll. am | doing the work that God has for
me 10 dol God has work Tor cTcgy one 81 rs 10 To-
SOW In tn. parable the man who d. two talents had HE
same rrsa. ~ M, nan who bed iy t1l,nis lie heard
te s.n. words 40 the man Who had Gye talents. "Nc
done thon good and faithful servant, eater thou into the
10y OF thy Lord" The men that take good ear" OF the
talents that cod has loaned them II" W }s gives them
more Rut II take the talent tt Gut has given i' AMI
ty n away carefully napkin ad hHry IL away, Good
viii take that from ma. 1"i d'I'i want man tIt
,s cot one talent - do the work of man That has got
TN Al ainan has got for r. thu "nr that God
has given ,ich II We were an ~ us doing the work
that Gpl lils gOt for to do. don't yen see ho" TIE
work @, the Lord would adyarcci believe In what
Holm WcrY used TO s1y AN 1t H. anl always - it,
and that Is what the Church wants To- LAY.
But mrn .ay don't believe In the" f"yivals; ~
only temporary only lasts icw minutes" Yes, |
Thought Il vas only lat few n4uutcS, would say
amen" to everything tlny sly prayer has been
for year, ih,t cod will let dc whrn the spirit OF r.
yi,a dies ou ia my heart, aud don't want to i've "ny
longer II cant bc u,"d Ia some purpose What are we
nil down 10 this world of sickness and zorro" unless ~
Ia 10 work Tor She ~ God md imp Owe the a'Sa lie
has given u.s. Bni men are not satisfied with the
Talents they have hrt nrc always lshius for some ono
ols ., Talent N0w that IS all !; IS contrary 10 the
spirit of Christ Iu lead II Wishing for some one elsrs
talent, let make the best uSo OF the Talents
God has given ~. Now, tMie amt !"
father or mother but would think IL great mis-
fortune ii their children shouldn't any for tao next
ten or fce years. That little hoy there II he Shouldn't
grow any Tor ten fifteen years his mother would say,
IL ia a great calamity" know some men OF my ac-
unantance who make the prayers they made 10 or
20 years ago They are Ike horse N aiea'l-nll- IL
always the old story Of their experiences when they
were converted and gong round ana round III
You had child that was deaf ana dump you
would think 1t great misfortune DO you ever think
how many dumb children God has got You speak about
political matters and they talk IOu ask them what
do they think Gen. Grants third term, aud hear
them talk You ask them about stocks ana bonds ana
hear them talk Noi talk 10 tnem about the hard times
in Now-York. and II they cunt talk BIT you ask
them speak about the Son Of God and they say -
no, I can't speak about that Please excuse
mel Either they don't believe or they have gone
Ike the third man and buried their talent, ana they
saw "The Lord IL a hard master" remember once
party gentleman speaking OF this parable that renn
and asking a deaf man, "What do yon thnk OF this
mans hiding his talent and about the justice OF his re-
r..A.u biuo
about the Justice OF his reward but know he Inc
Lard Isn't hard IN lsic told lies when he said that
And so these who bury their talents they THINK the
Lord is hard master but the men who are using thc'r
talents they don't think the Lord is n hard master
GIVING LIGHT FOR CHRIST.
Let us do all the business We can III We can't be
lighthouse, let us be tallow candle Ihere used 10 o'
period when the people up to meeting bringing
The = eandes with them. The first perhaps would MT
make a great illumination, but when two or three rot