The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-20

aim high. and to do his level best to make
| any honorable business a success. but il
| he Is morally Indifferent to the methods
he uses. his soul may remain on the door
| mat though his fortune 20 up to the fifth
story. Human ambition cannot be elimi-
mated. But man can be greatly i'm
proved by cleaning up MS motives and
| methods"
There is law of legitimate success in
business: Ii is based on integrity, indus
| try, good Judgment and persistent appli-
cation. These qualities are Indispensable
! ana II they sometimes fail in making n
fortune, they never fail in making a man
We want men of this kind of stuff The
nation. the church. the home, the business
needs men of this character. These are
the qualities that men on the threshold of
life should possess Their chances in bust
ness. their personal happiness and pros
perity, are dependent on these basic quail
ties Then uppermost success can never
demoralize man: but, If these qualities
are lacking, the man will only succeed in
the bad sense of the word
Now, my friends, contrast with this
worldly standard of success, that which
secures the approval Of the text: well
done, thou good and faithful servant:
Enter thou into the JOY Of thy
Lord" This success is 70 be won here in
this world: Every man is to be judged
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Master looks back upon the past and says
We'll done" Now is the time TO live the
life: 20 build the character: to secure the
prize. We are now running the rate: we
must soon pass the goal. Add, | have
nothing TO offer to him who rejects or de.
spises this day of salvation.
The commercial idea of attaining the
true success is implied also The servant
Is commended not simply because he was
negatively honest and lazily Innocent but
because be gave something for what he
promised He had Used what the master
had given him as faithful steward. Hs
did not call the money his own, but saws
frankly TO the master, thy pound hath
gained thee pounds" He was ready to
return both what he had received and
what be had gained He was commended
for having used faithfully and for having
increased by use. So the gifts of moral
and spiritual qualities must bs employed
with ali possible care and tact and with
business enterprise and industry and
persistence which elevates both the
exercise and the results above tn. attain
ment of those things which perish.
For such good and faithful man there
are some ideas of approval in this text
which are peculiar. The reward
Is not ell IN the character
of the servant. He is invited
to enter into the joy of this Lord, and for
faithfulness over few things he is made
ruler over many, The world never offered
such rewards to men as does the King
who is now on his journey TO far coun-
try. One of the true conceptions of Jesus |
IL the glory that surrounds him there. !
Perhaps we may cot understand II all, |
but we do know He won it here. We do |
know it was founded on the perfection OF /
His character. We DO know that the way |
of its attainment lay through temptation, |
cI1 tfspinD and Haafh W. do lpOyv hot
comes as the legitimate Outgrowth of |
holy life and character which we can I'M
derstand. The joy OF Jesus as our Lord |
and Master is the joy of one who has so |
lived here as to have entered into life ever
lasting, which is Il life of Joy.
do not say this life is a direct contrast
with what the traest life is. There is a
joy in hard and constant work. There is
4 joy in faithful stewardship.
There is joy in using
he few things entrusted to us here TO the
best advantage. But there remaineth still
l greater JOY beyond.
But true success is gained by the work
and the conflict and the toll by undergoing
Is well as Oy the going on top. The
,tymology Of the word is not false. 1t
simply means first the cross and then the
crown. First the winter and then the
spring, First the dying and then the liv-
ug. First the giving and then the get
Ing. First the loseing and then the find
ng. First the work and then the pay.
,frst the journey and then thee home.
Well done thou good and faithful ser
ant" These are precious words. How
hey echo through the hours of lifes day.
Youth hears them in the morning OF life
nd they sound like the call to the battle.
ianhood hears them at noon as the
um of the harvest work. Aud old age in
he evening listens for them as one song Of
ON fOT IF afhd ND
o clear and far did they not come from
1eaven. Let me ask you to bark Heaven
yard TO listen for them until you hear
esus plainly saying 10 you well done"