New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-28

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for his text:
Y Unto one he gave FIVE talents, to another
and 20 another one: to every man ac-
HnH-..'...aNg to his several ability" Matt. XIV,
- SAID: MANY of the parallels of esus
1T--,- st were more graphic in the times in
! ~ he lived then they are now because
circumstances have SO much changed In
eIaen tunes, when man wanted to wreak a
grudge upon his neighbor after the farmer
had scat red the seed wheat over the field
ana was expecting the harvest, his avenger
would go across The same field with a sack
1uii OF the seed of darnel grass, scattering
mat seed al over the field, and of coarse it
would Sproutup andspo il the whole crop; and
IL was -" lit Christ rcfe rred in the parable
W"heh ne q, oke ofthe tares bel ng sown among
Eheat. In this land our farms are fenced
1'H al he wolves have been driven to the
T louni ,,as, and we cannot fully understand
ihS meaning of the parable in regard to the
T shepherd and the lostsheep. But the parable
l. ron which I speak today is founded on
omethlng we all understand. It is built on
vi money, and that means the same in Jerusalem
as IN New York. 1t means the same to the
serf as to the Car, and to the Chinese coolie
as to the Emperor. Whether it is made out
OF bone or brass, or iron or copper orgold or
silver, it speaks all languages without stam-
mer. The parable of the text runs in this
wise: The owner of 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:
II am going away now, and I wish you
would take this money and put it to the
very best possible use, and when I come back
return to me the interest" To one man he
gave S9,400 to the others he gave lesser
sums OF money; to the least he gave 81 $50
he left home and was gone for years, and
then returned. On his arrival he was ann-
Ious to know about his worldly affairs, and
ne called his servants together to report to
MN. Let me know said he, ''What you
have been doing with my property since l
the $4,000, came up and said: II invested
that money. got good interest for it. |
nave III other ways rightly employed it; and
here are $1S,6O0. You see have doubled
said the owner of the estate, that's grandly
done. admire your tathfulness and indus
try. | shall reward you. Well done-well
done; Other servants came up with
smaller accumulatiOns After q while,
see a man dragging himself along, with his
head hanging. | know from the way he
comes in that he is a lazy fellow. He comes
up to the owner of the estate and says:
'Here is that 81 $50" 'What!' saws the
owner OF the property, "havent you made
it accumulate anything?" ''Nothing-noth-
ing "Why, what have you been about all
these years?" ooh, I was afraid that if |
invested it, might somehow lose it. There
are your 81 $50" Many a man started out
with Only a crown in his pocket and achieved
a fortune. but this fellow of my text with
$3.50 has gained not one farthing. Instead
OF cOnteSslng his Incidence he goes to work
to berate his master, for Incidence is most
always lmpudent and impertinent. Of
course he loses his place and is discharged
from the service. The owner who went out
into the far country is Jesus Christ going
from earth to heaven. The servants spoken |
of in the text are members ofthe church. The
talents are our different qualifications of
usefulness given in different proportions |
to different people. 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 to be rulers over
five or two cities, is the exaltation of the
righteous at the last day, while the casting
out OF the idler is the expulsion of all those |
who have misimproved their privileges.
Learn first from this subject, that becom- |
ing a Christian is merely going out to serv- |
ice. Ifyou have any romantic idea about
becoming Christian, | want to scatter the |
romance. If you enter into the kingdom of
God it will be going into plain practical, |
honest, continuous persistent Christian work.
know there are 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 and soul |
IS worthy servant. When the war trumpet |
sounds all the Lords soldiers must march, |
however deep the snow may be- or however |
fnF F1lt %la..
eminent we may have colonies, and captains |
and generals i'll time of peace but in the |
l. Church of God there is no peace until the last
great victory shall have been achieved But |
have to tell you it is voluntary service |
People are not brought into it as slaves were
an artisan and says: ''Sr, want to learn
= your trade. | by this indenture yield myself |
to your care and service for the next four, or
five or seven years. want you to be my
MASTER and | want to be your servant
Just so, If we come into the kingdom of God
at ell, we must come, saying to Christ "Be |
thou my master. l take Thy service for
time and for eternity. | choose it" 1t is a |
voluntary service There is no drudgery init. |
In our worldly callings sometimes our nerves
get worn out, and our heads ache, and our
physical faculties break down; but in this |
service OF the Lord Jesus the harder a man
works the better he likes it, and man in this |
audience who has been for 40 years serving |
God, enjoys the employment better than
when he first entered it, The grandest honor
that can ever be bestowed upon you, is to
have Christ say to you on the last day:
"Well done, good and faithful servant!''
Learn also from this parable that different |
qualifications are given to different people.
The teacher lifts blackboard, and he draws
diagram in order that by that diagram he |
may impress the mind of the pupil with the |
truth that he has been uttering, and all the |
truths of this bible are drawn out in the |
natural world as in great diagram. Here
is an acre OF ground that has 10 talents |
Under little culture, it yields 20 bushels of
wheat to the acre. Here is another piece of
ground that has only one talent. You may
pillow it, and harrow it. and culture it, wear
after year, bnt it yields q mere pittance So |
here is a man with 10 talents in the way of |
getting good and doing good. He soon, I'M
der Christian culture, yields great harvests of |
faith and good work. Here is another man
who seems to have only one talent, and you
may put upon him the greatest spiritual cul- |
ture but he yields but little of the fruits of |
righteousness You are to understand that