The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-12


hid in a napkin, buried in the earth, is
ever curse to the man to whose stew
ard:hip it has been committed. If you
have nothing. nothing will be expected
Of you: but if you dig in the ground and
bury the talent that is given you, that
you may not be bothered with the care
OF il, improbable and lazy servant that
yoa are, you shall be cast upon the curb
stone where there is weeping and wall
ing. And the lively fellows, who have
gone on the street juggling their talents
and taking flyers with the boys, will
/ laugh you TO scorn and mock at your
/ shOrnness, while they divide your tai
| ent among themselves. And the fellow
who hid his talent, my son, did Just
what all other lazy men do. He kicked.
He complained of his master, who gave
! him start and set him up on the street.
/ He said he was hard man, on the cent
per day lay, that never laid a dollar
down unless he could pick up two,
while the law man WAS too honest to
/ touch any business of that kind, and
doubtless he talked the same way about
his fellow servants who were making
things hum, and just doubling their
/ money on every deal. He probably
buttOn-holed every stranger who came
! to their village and showed him the
goings on. and said that he could DO
Just as well as these other fellows, and
double mis- capital even more easily,
but he was too modest or TO honest or
too proud, or something of that sort.
The fact is, he was too lazy. He had
the capital, he had the business laid out
, for him, but he wasn't "diligent." So
when he essayed to stand before the
King, the King kicked him. 1t is one
thing to run in front of the King, my
son, it is another thing to stand be-
fore him.
KINGS AND KINGS.
"He shall stand before Kings" NY
dear, young brother, that is all well
enough, if, when you shape your am
bilious plans to the attainment of that
honor, you are careful in the selection
of your Kings. Is there a young man
within the sound OF my voice this
morning who would be proud to stand
before King Kalakaua? There are At
rican monarchs, my hearers, Kings "by
the grace of Cod as much as any
King to-day, who wear no clothes and
eat their missionaries rare. Is it a
coveted honor to stand before the sc
Kings? There are Kings of Wall Street,
and if you stand before them long
enough they will skin you alive. There
Is King over in Russia, and if you
should O1er to stand before him, he
would have you seized and searched for
q glass bomb. There is King in Bur-
nah who kills all his relations in order
to avoid family quarrelS. There are
Kings that are higher than Agag and
there are Kings not fit for door mats in
respectable houses. Now, to some PEG
pie King is King, but yOu want to be
a little particular about Your royalty,
my son, or the publisher will get away
with every dollar of it. In the light OF
this Chri- tian day and generation Henry
Win. is to you figure no grander than
Brigham Young; not so grand, indeed,
for Brigham excelled the English King
in his own speciality and left widow
that occupied every room in the Old
Ladies' Home. And then we were all
young ourselves; some of us more So
than others.
SO, beloved, if the Kings before whom
other people delighted to stand please
You not, you have no reason to be envi-
Gus o; those misguided people Be
diligent that YOU may stand before mon
archs mightier and greater, Kings who
are only Kings because they were born
unto throne they never won. and
couldn't help it. and the Kings before
whom you stand will be honored by
Your service.
The collection this morning will be
devoted to the servants with five and
ten talents. They have all they want,
hut the trustees and deacons have de-
cided that they ought to have more. II
the Improbable servant doesn't put
anything in the hat, take his watch
Robert j. Bterttette, IN brooklyn Eagle.