Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-11-25
EQUALITY OF REWARD.
Or. TALMheE's SERMON ON MANS
USE or HIS ENDoWmENTs.


necle this morning the acclaim of the
worshipers was very great as they
joined in the opening Doxology. Pro
fessor Browne rendered exquisitely
the organ solo, sonata in c minor
R.heinbergerD. The pastor, the Rev.
I. De Witt TalInage, ID. d.. took for
his text Unto one he gave five talents.
to another two, and TO another one; to
every man according TO his several
ability" Matt XIV, 15). He said:
Many parallels Of Jesus Christ were
more graphic in the times in which he
lived than they are now, because cir
cumstances have so much changed.
In olden times, when a man wanted
TO wreak grudge upon his ncighbor,
after the farmer had scattered the seed
wheat over the field and was expect
ing the harvest, his aven@cr would go
across tho same field with a sack full
of the seed of darnell grass. scatter.
ing that seed all over the field, and of
course it would sprout up and spoil the
whole crop; and il was to that Christ
referred la the parable when lie spoke
of the tares being sown among the
wheat In this land our farms are
fenced off, aud the wolves have been
driven 10 the mountains, and we can
not fully understand the meaning of
the parable in regard TO the shep.
herd and the lost sheep But
the parable from which | speak
today is founded on something we all
understand. Ii is built on money, and
that means the same in Jerusalem as in
New York. II means the same TO the
serf as to the car, and TO the Chinese
coolic as TO the emperor. Whether il
Is made out of bone or brass, or iron or
copper, or gold or silver, it speaks all
languages without a stammer. 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
so he called together his servants, and
said:
IL am going away now, and | wish
you would take this money and put il
20 the very best possible use, and when
i come back return TO me the interest" F"
To one man he gave So, 400; to others
he gave lesser sums Of money; TO. the
least he gave Sl,SS0. He left home
and was gone for years, and then re-
turned. On his arrival he was anX-
ious TO know about his worldly af-
fairs, and he called his servants to-
gether TO report to him. Let me
know" said he, what you have been
doing with my property since l have
been gone" The man who had re-
ceivcd the $1,000 came up and said:
II invested that money. | got good
interest for il. | have in other ways
rightly employed il; and here are
$lS,SUO. You see have doubled what
you gave me. That's very good, said
the ownerof the estate; that's grandly
done. ladmire your faithfulness and
industry. shall reward you. Well
done-well done" Other servants
came up with smaller accumulations.
After while | see a man dragging
himself along with his head hanging.
/ know from the way he comes in that
he is q lazy fellow. lie comes up TO
the owner of the estate and says:
Here are those Sl,SS0.' What y
says the owner of the property,
haven't YOU made il accumulate any
thing" "Nothing-nothing." why,
what have you been about all these
years. "0h, | was afraid that if /
invested il / might somehow lose it.
There are your 81, 1850" Many a man
started out with only q crown in his
pocket and achieved fortune, but this
fellow of my text, with Sl,SS0, has
gained not one farthing. Instead of con-
Tossing his Incidence he goes to- work to
berate his master, for Incidence is
most always impudent and imperti-
nent. OF course, he loses his place
and is discharged from the service.
The owner who went out into a fan
country is Jesus Christ going from
earth TO heaven. The servants spoken
OF in the text are members of tho
church. The talents are our different
qualifications of usefulness given in
different proportions 10 different peo
pole. The coming back Of the owner
is the Lord Jesus returning at the
judgment TO make final settlement
The raising of some Of these men 10 be
the rulers over five or two cities, is the
eXaltation Of the righteous at the last
day, while the casting out of the idlei
is the expulsion Of all those who have
mis.mprovCd their privileges.
ERRONEOUS IDEAS REGARDING CHRIS
TlAN LIFE.
Learn lirst from this subject, that
becoming n Christian is merely going
out 20 service. ii you have any TO
mantle idea about becoming n Chris
tlan, want now 20 scattcrthp romance.
IL yOu enter into the kingdom of God,
il will be going into plain, practical,
honest, continuous, persistent Christian
work, / know there are great many
people who have fantastic and ro-
mantle notions about thus Christian
life, but he who serves God with all
the energies Of body, mind and soul
is n worthy servant, and hc who does
not is AN unworthy servant. When
the war trumpet sounds, all the Lord 5
soldiers must march, however deep
the snow may be- or however
fearful the odds against them Under
our government we may have colonelsl
and captains, and gcneralsin time OF
peace, but in the church Of God there