Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-12-15
REV. DIR.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUNDAY
SERMON.
SERMON.

another tuO. and to another one. 10 erery
man according to his sererdl dbutty.r-
Matt XIV, IS
Many Of the parallels OF Jesus Christ were
more grapic in the times in which He lived
than they are now, because circumstances
have 30 much changed In olden times, !" hen
a man wanted to wreak q grudge upon his
%ncighber, after the farmer had scattered the
1ed wheat over the field and was expecting
tho har vest, his avenger would - across the
same field with a sack fun OF the seed OF
darnel grass, scattering that seed all
over the field and of course it would sprout
up and spoil the whole crop: and II was. to that
that Christ referred in the parable when he
spoke OF the tares being so"n among the
wheat In this land our farms are fenced
of. and the wolves have been driven TO the
mountains, and we cannot fully under
stand the meaning OF the parable III
regard TO the shepherd AMI the lost
sheep. But tn. parable from which ! speak
to d is founded on something We all under
stand. 1t is built on money, AMI that means
the same in Jerusalem a. III New ork. 1t
means the same TO the serf as to the Gar.
and 70 the Chinese cOolie as to the Emperor.
Whether IT Is made out. Of bone or brass.
or iron or copper, or gold or silver, 1t
speaks ali languages without Il starnmer.
The parable Of the text runs IN this wise:
The owner Of a large estate was about to
leave home, and he had some money that he
wished properly invested, and 50 he called to
gether his ser wants, and sad
Il am going away now, and | wish you
would take this money and put it to the very
best possible use, and which, come back re
turn TO me the interest. To one man he
gave $4,000. to others he gave lesser sum, of
money: to the least he gave $3.50 He left
home and was gone for years, and then re-
turDei. On his arrival he was anxious to
know about his worldly affairs, and
he called his servants together to
report TO him. LET me know SAID he.
tahAt ko ya m, lx.on }n,nr ,,itt ,ny ,r.,,
erty since ! have been gone" The man VINO
had received the $a4O came up and said Il
invested that money. | got cool interest for
It, ! have IN other ways rightly employed
II; and here are $ls,SJO. You see have
doubled what you gave me" That's very
good" said the owner of the estate, that )
grandly done. ! admire your faithful
ness and industry. ! shall reward you.
Wei! done-well done Other servants
came! UP with smaller accumulations. After
a while, see a man draggIng himself
along, with his head hanging. | know from
the way he comes in that he is a lazy fellow.
lie comes up TO the owner of the estate and
rays: Here are those Sl,N>o. What =
eays the owner of the property, haven't
you made it accumulate anything !"
Nothing nothing. '"Why, what have you
been about all these years" "Oh, l was
afraid that if | invested it, | might somehow
l"eh There are your $3.50 Many Il
man started out with only q crown in his
IothSt, anu tHttV u IOTIuIlt. tlI IllS
fellow OF my text with $3.50, has gained not
ono farthing. Instead of confes,ing his in
dolence, he goes to work to berate his
master, for Incidence is most always i'm
Pudent and impairment. OF course, he loses
his place and il discharged from the service.
The owner who went out into a far country
"A Jesus Christ going from earth to heaven.
The servants spoken OF in the text are
members OF the Church. The talents are our
different qualifications OF usefulness given
~ III Arnv ,~-- Gaia --A l
The coming back OF the owner IS the Lord
Jesus returning at the Judgment to make
Nnal settlement The raising Of some of
these mon to be rulers over five or two cities,
u the exaltatlon OF the righteous Mt the last
day, while the casting out of the idler is the
expulsion OF all those who have mislmproved
their privileges
Learn first from this subject, that becoming
. Christian is merely going out to service.
you have any romantic idea about hecom-
ing n Christian, | want now to scatter the
Yonance. II you enter into the kingdom OF
God. it will he going into plain, practical,
honest, continuous, persistent Christian
work. | know there are a great many people
who have fantastic and romantic notions
about this Christian life, but he who serves
God with all the energies OF body, mind, ano
coul is a worthy servant, and he who dos no
h an unworthy servant hen the war trum
pet sounds, all the Lords soldiers must
march, however deep the snow may be, OF
~" AShh NiV tVtlS GkoIklS I iIltl
our Government we may have Colonies, ane
Captains, and Generals in time Of peace, but il
the Church OF God there is no peace until til,
last great victory shall have been achieved
But l have to tell you it is a voluntary ser
vice. People are not brought into it a
slaves were dragged from Africa. A young
man goes TO an artisan and says
"Sir, l want TO learn your trade. l.
by this indenture, yield myself to your car
md service for the next four, or five, o.
u~N n ~ -~,, t
and l want to be your servant Just SO. i
va come into the kingdom Of God at all, W,
must come, saying to Christ: "Be Thou IN,
master. take Thy service for time and 70
eternity. kchooSe it 1t is a voluntary service
There is no drudgery in it. In our worldl
<allings sometimes our nerves get worn out
and our heal aches, ana our physical facuI
lies hreak down; but in this service Of tn
Lord Jesus, the harder a man works the be,
Ter he likes It, and a man in this audienc
who has been for forty years serving God el
joys the employment better that when he trs
entered it. The ~grandest honor that can ever /
bestowed HpOn you, Is to have Christ say L
you on the last day: well done, good on,
faithful servan ="
Learn also from this parable that dlfferen
qualifications are given to different people
This teacher lifts a blackboard, and he draw
y diagram, in order that bv that diagram h
,nay impress the mind of the pupil with tn
truth that he has been uttering. And all tn
VfutnS Oh tNIS DlDic are drawn out IN IN
natural world ms in a great diagram. Her
j. an acre OF ground that has te
9alentn Under a little culture 1t yield
twenty bushels OF wheat to the acre. lIer
Is another piece Of ground that has only on
Talent. You may plow it, and harrow it
and culture It. year after year. hut it Weld
. mere ~pittance. So here is a man with ttl
salcnts In the way Of getting gooi and dom.
good. He soon, under Christian culture
yields great harvests Of faith and good work
Here ia another man who seems to have onl'
one talent, and you may put uIon Inn
1he greatest spiritual culture. but II
yields but little of the fruits o
Righteousness. You are to understand tina
there are different qualifications for differ
ent individuals There is Il great deal 9
vuinous comparison when a man says. "Oh
II only had that mans faith, or that man
money. or that mans eloiuence, how 1 woult
rrvs roo Better take the faculty tina
God has given you and employ it Il
bhe right way. The rabbls used I
ny. that before the stone an
Amber we're brought to Jerusalem for tn
Temple every stone and piece OF timber wa
marked; so that before they started 70
Jerusalem the architects knew in what pla>
that particular piece Of timber or ston
should fit. And so l have to tell YOU we ar
all marked for some one place i'll the grea