Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-19

The two mites dropped by the widow into
the poor box Will be IS much zpplaudec
So the endowment OF college, which
gels mans name into the newspapers
| Tle msn wlO kindlsd the fires under .hs
burnt Offering IL the sacient ten pie had
duty se imperative SIS that OF the high
priest, In magnificent robes, walking into
Toe Hcl5 Of Hones under the cloud CT
Jehovsh's presence. Yss, the men wi "A
one talent sTe 70 save the world, or II viii
never be ssvad at all. This men with fva
or ten talents sre tempted 20 toll chiefly
for themselves, to build up their oWa
great name, sid work for their own eg
grandizemelt, End 60 nothing for the
slev.St o. CT the worlds WOES. Tle
cedar CT Leb1ron stSnding or the moun-
tain seems 20 END down the storms out
OF the hesYere to the ear;a, but it bears
no fruit, While SEINE dWsIf psar tree has
more fruit on iGs branches than It
can carry. Bss:cr TO have chs talent and
ru. Il to fun use than 500
wICKEDLY NEGLECTED.
My subject teaches me thar there 10
going to be dsy CT solemn settlement.
When the old farmer OF the texs got hume
be Immediately called ell the servants
abcut hin snd ssid: "HeEe lie the little
sccouht have been keeping. 1 want 10
see your account. and We will first COM
pare them; and I'll pay you what owe
you, sLd you'll pay me what you owe nc,
Let us have settlement" The dsy Will
come when the Lord Jesus Christ will sp-
pear, and will s,y to you: "What have
you been doing with my property? Whi*
nave you been doing with my faculties
Wis., have you been doing with what
gave you for sccumulativs purpose p"
There Will no escape from that settle
meD&. Sometimes you cannot get SET
t!ement with G man, especially IL he owes
you. He pnstpones and procrsetinsles,
snd ssys: "I'iI zee you Mex week." or
an see you neZt month" The fact is,
he does not want to settle. BuE Wksn
the crest day comes Of which am speak
ing there will be he. escape. We will
nave 20 face all .de bills. hzve some
Shines been ID to see hC77 an account.
ant Will ran up or down Toug line oi
bguyes. II see ten of fifteen 6gures IL &
line, snd l attempt to Sdd them Up, and I
aid theu Two or three times, ] mike
them different each time. Blu. have ad-
mired the way an accountant will ,tske q
long line offgures AID, Without An lie
mistake, aad = III
WITH GREAT CELEBRITY, .ssissgssse,,
announce tee aggregate. NoNssaE It'd
last great Settle nent, there WsHs6e ess
rect account pregsated. Gdd has .ka5t
long line OF sins, long line oise61kep
Sa6Oaths, o long liae Of p;ofane words, q
long line OF disc, rded sscrsments,
e long line Of misapprcvsd
privileges. They will all be added up,
and before angels, and devils, and men,
the aggregate will be announced. Oh,
t6st Will BE- the great day Of settlement.
Lave to ask the question: 'Am I ready
for IL" Il is CT more importance to me
TO answer that question in regard to my
self than in regard to you; and 1t is Of
more importance for you TO answer i ia
regard to yourself than in regard to me
Every man for himself il that DAP.
Every woman for herself In that day. "If
thou be wise, thou shalt De wise for thy
seli II tEou soonest, thou slone shalt
bear t." We sre apt to speak Of thu last
day as en occasion OF Vociferstior-A
great demonstration Il power AID pomp;
out there viii be n that day, |
think, . few moments Of entire ST.
lence. I think g tremendous, 81 overs
KheImtDg e.ience. I thirk it will DE such
silence So the eartn never heard. 1t
will be at the moment when all nstions
ore listening for their doom.
y learn also from this parable Of tie
texE that cur degrees CT happiness II
heaykQ win be graduated according 70
our DEGREES Of usefulness on eSrtR SeT.
eral CT thS commentstQIs sgree 10 raksine'
this pars5lS the same-ane as in, LIKE,
A-~n ~
cites sbaSnother made ruler over swo
cities, Woudit be isit spd right tRst
the prGfefsad Christian man who has
lived very ne.r the line between the
world ana the chGrCG-the man who has
often compromised his Christian chsrsc-
tet-the man who hiss never spoken GU!
for GcC-ibe man who has never been
known as Christian only On communion
days--the man whose great struggle has
neen to see how much of the world he
could get
AND YET WIN HEAVEN
is it right to suppose that this. MAI will
have as grand and glorious ssst IL
heaven as the msn who gave all his sner-
gtss Of body, mind, End soul to the s5r
wee OF Gld? The dying thief entered
heaven, bur not with the same startling
acclaim as that which greeted Paul, who
had gone under eccrchngs, and across
dungeons, aud through na!t,estmept:
into the kingdom Of glory. Ole star dn-
feTe fTcm smother star 10 glory, and they
WHO tell nightly tor Christ on earthl
slatI have taE greater re yard thGn thosea
wto haze rendered OILY half service.
Some Cf You are fastening on toward
the rsward Of the righteous. I wsut to
cheer ycu up ST the thought that there
viii be seine kind Ct reward waiting for
you. There are Christian people in this
house who ara verT nesr hsaven. This
week some If you my pass out icto the
light oftoe uGsettilg sun. cav blind
msu going gong The rosd With his staff,
and he kept pounding the earth and then
srsmpiDg with his foot. I said 70 him:
"Wnbt 90 you 40 that TO" "Oi," he
said, II can GelI by the sound CT the
ground wnen 6n nesr dwelling"
And some Of you can tell bY the sound OF
your earthly pathway that you
ere coming Eesr to your i:theI's
house. congratulate you. o.. weather
beassn voyEgers, the storms are driving
you into the hxroor jus; IS when you
pza-n lcokinJ for friend ucu csrna mn 70