Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-23

Natural HOfIu as in great 0isgram.
Hare is sr acre Of ground that hes ten
iaIente Undsr little culture, it yields
twenty bushels OF whea. to the acre.
Here is another piece Ct ground that has
onlY ore talent. You may ploW it, sad
barrow il, and culture II, year stler year,
tut 1t y.eids mere pi:tSnce. So here is
msn With ten tsients in the way OF
getting good and doing good. Hs soon,
under Christian culture, yields great
nsIVetts OF faith and good work. Here
! Is enotber pan VINO seems 20 have only
one talent, and you may put upon Tim
the greatest spiritusl culture, but he
| yields but little CT the fruits CT
| rignteousnees. You ere to understand
that there are different qualifications ter
dlHsTent individuals. There IS great
deal OF ruinous comparison when man
says: "O1, II only had ;hss mars
faith, or that ms1's money, or that man.
eloquence, bow would serve God" Bot
| Ter Ike the faculty teit God has given
/ you and employ il In the right way. The
rAbb!5 used 10 say, thst before the stone
| and timber were brought TO jerusalem
for the temple every stone snd piece OF
| timber was marked; so that be ore they
started for Jerussiem, the architects knew
/
! osr Or stone Should fl. And 80 have 20
tel Fou we ere 81! marked fer rome One
| place in the great temple q the Lord, ana
! do net 1t Us complain, sGyirg: 81 WCu
| ike 20 % the foundation s!one or ,ha caJ
st"Ee." Let Us GO ia.o the very piscs
/ TheTe Goa Intends Us 20 be, a1d DC SIS
/ isi.d wi'h the position. Your rsle0t Nay
b. IL PERSONAL sppeais3cs; Jour tslear
Say 3e in
LARGE WORLDLY ESTATE;
/ y0ur tAICn7 may be in nigh social posi-
ton; your talent may he in Q, swift pen CT
eliQusnE tOcgus; bGS whstlFer ne tie
( talent, i. has been given only for one pUr-
/ had s r0sE in The community CT W.T. Il
/ 70u SAY "Es hiss no talent a all;" ar1
| ye! "a: man nlAY htva 100 talents. HIS
e4dUIsIC5. Poverty GENES, md tG eg-
3u:eS i; pcrsCCu.!oG cslGeg, and he er-
! our, j.; stCkpts5 c0DeE, AID he eI6uTCs
L. B.ioIe n and augeIs lie is speci-
/ nen # Christian pStielce, and he Is
TSs!iy Illustrating ihe p08sr CT CHRIS -
+ SC5s's.i kGd IS d0!Tg as faEch for Inc
claicG, zDd more fJr. $ke church, than
! mEEy mare positively ss,ive. Iyou have
/
talents, u9= Them, gslit fl ID with the fact
aud taSS the Lord decides whether We
| E3ail have one or whether We shall have
! ten.
/ learn also from this parable that TIE
| grace CT God WAS intended to be accumu-
lstiVe. When God plants sn Gcorn, H9
meRus 81 oaE, and when he plants sm4ll
I re- n ha 10 nj
| it to be gTowtAtul and enlSrge until II
cVecshado1s the whole nature. ThtTe
are psrepte who, at the birth OF each
child, Icy aside = certain amount !oi
moLey, investing IT, expecting By .cCu
mp!auoR and by compound Interest, that
I y Tie time the Child shall come to mid
life. Shis small amount Of money
will be 4 fortune, showing how a
snRu amount Ct money will roll
up mo vss5 accumulation. Well, God
sets ssid9 & certain smouns OF grace for
each ole Of His spiritual childreL st his
OH b, and 1t is to go or, and, as by com
pcund interest, accumulate, until 1t SHALL
become an eternal fortune. Csn it be
possible .Ea! you lave been acquainted
Ti.h tbs Lord JESUS for tan, twenty,
thirty gears, and tnst you do lot love BIN
mere now than you ever cid before? Can
1t be that sou have been cultured In the
Lords vineyard, and that Christ huds On
you
NOTHING BJT SOUR CRATES?
Tct may depend upon ii, IL you dc ret
use the talent that God gave you, il Will
dWll>t!s. zee 2itl thas bre&zs from the
hliisj1s viii either widen into rive= or
GGy up. The brightest day started III the
DIN t;T.Hs2s. THe str INCEST Christian
naa Was OLCe weak Christian. Esze
Gts ore tslen. eZd make IL two; take fVs
2Ed maEe them ten; tske en- and Ga6e
them Ewt1iy. The gtase OF God was tG-
tlEted 10 DC vsIY accumu.atiFe.
again: learn fFom the text thES iatG-
7i0l!;y Ct gifts Is no excuse for indolence
This msp, with the smallest amounE Il
m3C.y, came growing IEto the presence
Of The UEDer CT the estste, IS much e.
70 say: ST you had given me $1,000
Woull AcYs brought $lS, 500 IS well as
1nIs 0iLer sr. Y-u gave ne ONLY $3.50,
sd 1 na1dlY thought 1t Wxe worth while
70 use i! st Eli. So / MD !. IL iapkiD,
s7d Ii produced 10 result. It's because
you did, give me enough" But inis-
rioriiy 0f faculties is no excuse TOR tndo-
lence. L NE soy TO the man who has
the iesst quail ;atiorP, by the grace o;
God he may be made almost omnipoteD.
Eae merchant whose caEsoes come cut
from every islaI Of the ses, and who, by
one stroke Ct Inc peD, can charge the
whole fGCe OF American commerce, haB
not 81 mach power SIS you nay have be-
fore Gee, in earnest, faithful and contiEu
Gus prs, u. Y,u ssy you have no faculty.
Do you roi IN ieTs:aGd that you might
this Sftercoop 80 into your place c!
prayer, GEc Arsel before God, and bring
down upon your coal, and the souls CT
others, blessing so vast that 1t Would
tEke eternal ages to compute il? "O5,"
ycu ssy, al haven't fieetness Of speech,
l can't talk well. l can't utter what
Hs2t 10 say" Ny brother,
can you not quote one passage
Of scripture? Then, take that one pas.
ssge Il scripture; carry il with you
eye'J TleTe; quote il under all pToreE
Circumstances. With that one pass gs
O! scripture you may harvest 6 fhouss d
soC!s isr God. SIN glad that III CHEZ
VoIk OF :he church In this day IS beiag
doEe by the men OF one tsleBt. Once IN
awhile, N1en
A GREAT FORTRESS
Is TO be takeG, GGd Will nriIg out a grca. /
faldpiece znd lake al with the fiery Dsl /.
Ct destruction. But common I'm. kets Go |
mast @: the hard fighting. = took only |
ol.g joshua, sud the thousands OF cors- !
mon troops Rpder him, 70 drive down tee .
walls Of cities, snd, under wrathiui /
strokes, . make nstfons fl like sparks |
* n .ba sDvil. Il only took cla |
Luther Tor Germany, one Zaips. !
hus Tor Switzerland, one Joaa |
Knox Tor Scotland, one Calvin |
70. France, snd one John Wesley Tor EG- !
glaEt. Dozcs5 as certainly Ass S mission |