Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-19
Special to the Caste.

n ~, MA LsgEext as they oined
"<S-> wv lin the opening dCx-
: .,KsSissssoIogg. Prof essor
GIHS@L/ rISsl Browne rendered
Z/EEI/ n Wexq lisltely the Or
IlSaX II gan solo, Sonata, in
VII +, c minor, Raeinbsr-
INZS@ II ger. The pastor,
FfS&9 Rev. T Dewitt
Tslmage, D. D., took for his text: "Un-
10 one he gave five talents, to another
TWO, and to smother one; TO every man
according to his several a0ility."sS Matt.
XIV, 10. he said: GE 39
81 Msny OF the parallels Of Jesus GhrisI
were more graphic In the times in which
he lived than they are now, because cir
cumstsDces have SO nUch changed. Ia
olden times, when man wanted to 1resk
grudge upcn his neighbor, after the
farmer had scattered the eeed wheat over
the f2ld sid was expecting the harvest,
his sveneer would 60 acToss the same
held With sack foil of tie
seed OF carnel grass, scattering that seed
all over the tield, and of cour55 Il would
sprout up and spoil the WhCla crop; AID
It WAS to thSt Christ referred in The para
bic when ne spoke Of the tHres being soWn
amcng the wheat. In this lsnd our farms
are fenced Oft and The wolves have been
driven 10 the mountains, snd we cannot
fully understand the meaning of the par
able In regard % TIE shepherd and the
lost sheep. But the pArSble from which
speak to-day is founded on something
we all understand. l. is built on money,
and that mesns the same in Jerusalem SIS
II nav York. 1t means the same to the
self as to the czIr, and TO the Chinese
coolie So the emperor. Whether it
is made out Of bone or brass, or
iron or copper, or gold or silver, it
SPEAK ALL LANGUAGES
without stammer. The parable Of the
text runs in this wise: The owner OF q
large estate WAS a5Gut to leave heme, and
he had soma money that he wished prop.
erly invested, and so he called together
his seryIntP, and said:
81 am going away row, and wish you
would take this money and put it to the
very best possible use, and when 1 come
back return TO me the interest" To one
mSn he gsVe $1,000, TO others he gave
lesser SUMS OF money; to the least ne
gave $3.50. He left home and was gene
for years, End then returned. On his ar
IS2i rs YVES GLXious TO know about his
worldly sffsirs, and he called his Servants
together to report TO him. "Het me
know" said he, |What you have been
doing With mY property since have been
gone. The man who had received the
$1,000 came up and said: "I invested thst
money. l got good interest for it. 1
hsVe In other ways rightly employed It;
and here are SIS, 500. You see l hGve
doubled what y0uiggaVe ma" "That's
ve1y good" said the owaer Of
the estate; "th.t's grGndiy done. l
admire your fslEhiulDess and Industry.
shall reward you, Well done-well
done" 0!her EerVsr:s came up vi h
smANer Accommodations, After q while l
see O man dragging himself along, with
his he.d hanging l know from the way
he comes in thSt he is lazy fellow. Re
comes up 10 the owner OF the estate and
says: "Here are those $780," "What!"
says the owner CT The property, "hSven't
you made 1t accumulate anything?"
Notwithstanding" "Why, whist have
you been shout 81 these years." "Oh,
was afraid that If invested II, might
somehow lose 1t. There are your SlSSO."
Many man started out with only =
crown in his pocket, and achieved for
tune; but this fellow Of my tex, with
$3.50, hiss gsirs d Eot che farthirg. In
stead of contrasting his indolence, he goes
tO work to berG.e his master, Tor ipdo-
lence is most always
IMPUDENT AND IMPERTINENT.
o, course ne loses lis place srd is dis
charged from the service. The owner
who went cut into 4 far county is Jesus
Christ going from eSTth to heaven. The
servants spoken Of il the text are mem
oeTs Of the church. The talents sre our
different qualifications Of usefulness
given in different proportions 70 different
people. The coming back OF The owner
is the Lord Jesus returning at the judg-
ment to msks faal settlement. The rails
ing OF some Of these men to be rulers
ever FIVE or two cities Is the exAltstion of
the righteous st tae las! ds!, while the
casting out Ct the idlsr is the expulsion
OF all those who have misimproyed their
privileges.
Learn drst from this su5jec. tass be.
Coming Christian is merely going out to
service. II you have aay romantic idee
about becoming Christian, want no W
to scatter tae romance. II you enter
into the kingdom Il God it will
be going into plain, prGc-
teal, honest, continuous, persistent
Christian WORK. l know there aye great
many people who hAva fantastic and 70.
mantle notions about this Christian life,
but he VIII serves God with all the ener-
gies OF body, mind ana soul is 4 worthy
servant, and ne who does rot is an I'M
worthy servant. When the War trumpet
sounds, sll the Lords soldiers must
march, however deep the snow may be,
or however fearful the odds against them
Under Cur government we may hsye col.
onels and captains, and geneI els In time
Of peace, out in the church CT God the.e
is no peace until the lsss great victory
shall have been achieved. Bail have 10
tell you il is voluntary service. People
are not brought iato it IS slsves were
dragged from Africa. A young msn
goes to an artisan sld says: "Sir,
want TO learn your trade. l
by this indenture, yield myself TO your
care and service for the next four, or five,
or seven years. | waut you TO be my
master, and wan! 10 be your servant"
Just 80, If we come into the kingdom OF
God at al, ne must come, saying to
Christ: BE Thou my mssIer. l take
Thy service for time and for eternity. l
choose it" l. is q voluntary service.
There is no drudgery in Ii. In our worldly