Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-12-15

bower Of Christ's Gospel, and is
doing as much for the Church, and mora
for the Church. than many more positively
active. II YOU have one talent, use that; il
YOU have ten talents, usa them, satisfied with
the fact that we all have different quallf1ca-
tons, and that the Lord decides whether we
shall have one or whether We shall have ten.
| learn also from this parable that the
grace Of Col was attended TO be accumula-
tive. When God plants an acorn, He
means All oar, AMI when He plants a small
amount OF graz III the heart. tie intends it
To b. groHtEful AMI enlarge until 1t over
shadows the whole natt.rc. There are parents
who, at the birth OF each child lay aside an
amount OF monev, investing It. expecting bv
accumilat on AMI by compound interest that
by the time the child shall come to mid life
this sna amount Of money will~ba a for
tune. showing how a small amount Of money
Will roll mp into a vast accumulation. Nell,
God sets aside a certain amount of grace for
each one Of dis spiritual children at his birth,
and it IS 10 20 on. ami as nv compound in
terest, accumulate, until 1t shall become an
eternal fortune. Can IL he possible that you
have been acquainted With the LordsJesus for
ten, twenty, thirty years, and that you do
not love HIM more no" than you tflq beforet
Can it be that You have been cultured IN the
Lord, vineyard, and that thr.st finds on you
nothing bat sour grapes. Icu may depend
upon it.If YOU 10 not use the talent that God
gave you it VIII sit IL. TIE riil that breaks
from tie hillside VIII esther widen into a
river or dry up. The brightest day started
in the dun twilight. The strongest Christian
man was once a weak Christian. Take the
one talent and make it two take five and
make Them ten. taGc ten and make them
twenty. The grace 81 God was intended to
he Very acrlifnulatlVe.
Again | barn from the text that lnfe-
riorlty IF gifts is no excuse tor Incidence.
THIS man. WITH the smallest amount of
money, came growing into the presence OF
the owner Of the estate, "a much as
TO say If you had given me 5000 would
have brought SIS. >pu as well as this other
man You gave m" only <lo>l,and | hardly
Thoughtful was worth while 10 use it at all.
50 Ind 1t III a napkin AMI 1t produced no
result. Its because Notl didn't give me
enough. Iiut InferiorIty Of faculties
is no excuse for lnlolence. Let me say
TO the man who has the Least qualifications.
by the grace Of COL he may be male
almost o%mnipotant. The merchant. whose
cargoee come ont from every island of the
sea. and who, by one stroke OF the pen, can
change the wio'e face of American COM
merre, has not SO much power as you may
have before Tod. IN earnest, faithful and
continuous prayer. You sav you have no
faculty. DO you not understand that
YOU might this afternoon go into your place
Of PRAYER, and kncel b+fore God, and
bring down upon Your soul, and the souls .at
others, a blessing so vast that it would take
eternal ages to compute IT. ."Oh, YOU say.
Il haven't iieetness of speech. lLcant
van "Nli' 1 '''iib ~ F'"tb w
say My brother, can you not quote
one passage of Scriptures: Then, take
that one passage OF Scripture;& carry
1t with you everyWhcrr, quote IL under
all proper circumstances " It'll that one
PASSAGE of Scripture You may harvest q
thousand soul, for tod. am glad that the
chef work Of the Church nthis day is being
lone by the men OF on" talent. Once IN a
while, when a great fortress is TO be taken,
tioi will BRING ont IA great field piece and
AXE all with the frey hail Of destruction.
But common mt~kctS 10 most Of the hard
fighting. 1t took only one Joshua, and the
thousands of common troops, under him, to
drive down the walls 81 cities, and, under
w~rathful strokes, to make nations fly like
sparks from the anvil. 1t only took one
Luther for Germany, one Iwinglus
for Swift ~erlanl, one John Knox
for Scotland one Calvin for
France, ami one John Wesley for England
Dorcas rs certainly has Il mission TO serve as
Paul has a mission to preach. The two mites
lropped by the widow into the pOor-bOx will
be as much applaule1 as the endowment OF
a college, which gets a mans name into the
, ewSpaIerS. The mon who kindled the fire
under the burnt Offering III the ancient temple
had a duty az imperative as that OF the
, high priest, i'll magnificent robes, walking
nto the Holy Of Holes under the cloud of
]ehOvah> presence. \ cS, the men with one
> ,Ilent are to save the world, or it will never
I Dc saved at all. The men with five or ten
!, .alcuts are temple to to;l chiefly for them
81 " f'AiAiN ~ ttttAI WI 1lAIiit
= and work for their own Acknowledgement.
) and do nothing for the alienation Of the
) worlds woes. The cedar of Lebanon stand
! ng on the mount til seem to hand down the
storms out Of the heavens to the earth, but it
!. bears no fruit, while some dwarf pear tree
= has more fruit on its branches than it can
carry. Better to have one talent and put it
= to full use than five hundred wickedly
= neglected.
n My sub Get teaches me that there is go
ing to come :, day of solemn settlement.
. W hen thu Old farmir of the text got home,
he Immediately called all TIE servants about
. HIM AMI sad: Her is the little account |
: have been keeping. want to see your ac-
count, and "" will first compare them, and
; III pay You what owe You, and you'll pay me
. what YOU oweme. Let Us have n settlement. ,
: The day VIII come when the Lord Jesus Christ
Will app ar, ana viii say to You: What
= have You been dong with my property
: " hat have YOU been doing with my facul-
: ties. What have YOU been doing with what
i gave YOU for accumulatlve purposes?'
There viii lr no escape from that settle
: ment. Sometimes You cannot yet q settle
y lGent with a man, especially If he owes YOU.
: lie ~postpan"~ AMI prorra~tlnates. and says:
.. I'll see You next Week, or "lll see you mex,
Y month The IA t IS. lie does not want to
= settle. But when the great day comes of
- which am speaking, there Will be no escape.
>. We will hay" - face all the bills.
N have sometimes been amazed to see
:, how an tountant will run UP or
u down n long in of figures. II | set
tcn o. fifteen figures in a line, and
y attempt TO adj tArln up. and | ad them
; two or three times. make them ditferen,
: each time Eur have admired the way ar
- accountant Will take a long line of figures
'e anu without a >lnLle mistake. and with great
IL CELEBRITY, announce tn" aggregate. Now, II
y the last great settlement. there will b,
e n correct a count presented. tod ha
II kept "A long Iine"t SINS. Il loag line of broker
Is SabbathS, a long Iiue OF profane words, a Ion.
re line Of dl>rar ir4i >atrtm autS. a long line o