The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-02-03

the man travelling into far country,
delivering his goods to his servants and
and holding them responsible for the in
crease, and then comes the parable Of
our text but here we find the inter-
prefers changing, This is, they say,
historic account of the last great judg-
ment. Well, it may be and it may not.
1t is parable-It is picture. 1t is said
that it picture of grand assize OF the
assembling Of court. 1t has some such
elements and it has some elements
not of that kind. 1t is simply dramatic
representation of a period of judgment,
but whether it is to be actual in time in
the future is not to be inferred. 1t is
simply tribunal Of judgment for the
sake of bringing out certain grand forms
on which the kingdom of God in the
soul is poised. Before him shall be
gathered all nations Why did they not
translate this !all notions as it is trans
lated in other parts of the New Testa.
ment2 Then it wouln read, Before him
shall be gathered all the Gentiles'; that
is everybody on earth except the Jews.
Bear in mind that this purports to be an
assembling Of the whole human race,
Why were they blessedP Because they
held the right system OF truth ? Not a
word on that-they might or might not
be orthodox. Because they were in the
line Of faith according to the Jewish con-
Ception Of religiOn2 Not bit of it. Be-
cause they had repented of their sins and
had been born again. Not a hint of
that. Because they were good and reg.
ular citizens, paid their taxes and kept
he law; went to church and paid the SAL
ary of the minister and did everything
pertaining to a religious people2 No.
What was the ground 4 was hungry
and ye gave me meat was thirsty and
ye gave me drink l was a stranger and
ye took me in, naked and ye clothed
me, sick and ye visited me- in prison and
ye came unto me- 1t was an illustration
Of the ruling principle of love. 1t ia a
picture all the way through--a picture of
great meaning. II says that men that
have love, that feel the power OF sympa-
thy which works itself out in practical
life, that power of sympathy with their
fellow-men, those men best please God,
Then comes the other side. On the left
are those that are damned. On what
ground ? On the ground that they are
maefactors2 No. On the ground that
they have in any sense violated the laws
of the land No. On the ground that
they have not been religious according to
the faith of their times2 No. 1t was be-
cause they had hearts of stone in suf-
fering world; saw all the world 60 past
and did not care; took care ofthemselves
and let everybody 60 to the devil that
, was outside of themselves. 1t is the
heart of this parable that life ofseltish-
ness includes in it all that is necessary
to be odious to God and odious to man,
and that love and benevolenCe are the
springs and germe of all those graces
} which are salvable You know how the
scientific world is agitated about the Or
igin of the human family. Men are very
much shocked at this, as though it made
any difference. What do you or care
about the origin of the human family
crowded we are not all monkeys2 1t
} would seem as though some men came
down by way of the fox or the wolf or
the hog, One thing is certain, and that
is that the human race is not monkey
raCe-it Is a human race standing dis
tinCt and absolutely separable and sepa-
= rate, II it came down from the animal
kingdom, what then? You and l were
not born of monkeys or foxes or bears
, Or lions. We were born of our fathers
q and mothers; they were born of their
fathers and mothers, and so on for mill
= ions Of years back, and it does not make
q much difference back of that. But where
are we.oging toP The origin is not with
> out its importlnce, but the destiny is a
: thousand times more important. This
!. parable shows the divine sympathy that
. succors those who most need suCCor."