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

servant. Thou hast been faithful over few things
viii make the ruler over naay things: enter thoI
into the joys OF thy Lord. ST Mathew XIV. p.
As tue thoughts of advent deepen the
sense of responsibility and give US fuller
realization of the account we must give al
the last judgment, the parable of king
dom of heaven likened unto a man who
Travelled into far country comes easily tc
mind. Christs absence is more easily
realized than His presence. 1t requires
| some degree of Christian development,
some experience of faith, some attainment
| OF purity, some advance of spiritual per-
ception aud reception-to realize the pres.
ence Of Jesus through the dispensation of
the Holy Spirit which Jesus sends 10 en-
tighten, to comfort and to guide. This
| presence Is the power of a continual,
progressive Judgment of the soul It is
the inner and spiritual reality which man
| ifests itself IN the law of cause
and effect in the OUTER life.
This outward succession of events
is no simple thing. 1t puzzles the
wisest scientist to fud the first cause and
no philosopher has ever dared to foreteil
the last event. One of the latest concu-
sions is that natural law reaches into the
spiritual world. And so the first causes
and the highest effects are now conceded
to be in that realm where the human soul
Is the greatest reality and its character the
greatest effect. Human life realizes that
it is passing through judgment every
day. Conscience is a witness that the
good Is separate from the bad that these
are contrary one tn the other-that as ee-
ments of the one life and character they
do not blend together but tend in opposite
directions. This progressive Judgment is
not the only one. 1t is not sufficient to
fulfil the cousumation of what we know
existe in this creation to conceive of it as
ever reaching after but never attaining its
end i. E., that perfect ion for which it was
created. The thought that the world is a
failure must be rejected. We must be-
lieve that God Is good and that all He
made is good f'ao. But we know that
evil exists ~liso. So we must
believe that jud ment is part of the
process and that in the sphere of moral re-
sponsibiity where evil becomes actual, its
continual mixture with the good must be
settled at n last Judgment.
The absence of Jesus-the gradual ap-
proach of the last great Judgment day
are the most reasonable points OF christian
doctrine and the most easily realized
truths which the christian states in this
creed. AnalogieS teach that every pro-
cess has au end. Salvation means final
victory il the struggle every soul is max
ing between good and evil. This victory
Is the object Of hope-the light of immor-
tallty and life-the master-ship of Jesus !
who has conquered sin and death and now
sits where He ought to sit: at Gods right |
hand, whence He will come again to judge |
the quick and the dead. The world never |
had Savior until Jesus showed US what |
meant. And there was no true |
JOY in life, no comfort in conflict, no hope !
IN death and the grave until they knew |
Jesus would come 8gain to be the judge. |
The simple gospel story of Jesus life |
and teachings Is full of assurances of this |
fact of judgment. The para bic of the |
talents is a well known example As the
title 10 this parable is not "A part of the
Bible | feel free TO suggest that it ought |
o be called the para bic of the final account
IT The servants. The master takes Il jour
ley into n far country and then comes
back again, Before he goes he distributes
lis goods among his servants. These goods
lre afterwards called talents, showing
hat this term is a convenience of the il
ustration rather than an essential idea
which should govern the name of the par
tOIC. nc NOuutCIlOu vi lliS IdEbblC WIFI |
he parable OF the ten virgins shows that
he uncertainty of the time and the neces-
Ity OF watchTulness and prayer leads
naturally to reinsurance of the second
coming for final judgment
With these few remarks concerning the
Scripture | have taken for my text and
he doctrine it teaches, let me now pass on
o its particular consideration This
ext, which is the sentence OF
pproval of Il master to his
ervants certainly suggests the question
What is success? Success is the attain
nent of our aims Like many words the
tymOlgy Is quite anxious. 1T comes from
he Latin Sub aud cedo TO go under, to fail.
But strangely enough it is applied to that
which fails but to that which conquers. y
is one who comes after another
Who Is gone. Success is Y word OF two
ldeS, not right and a wrong, so much rs
n under and upper We seluom think of
be under but We often think of success as
lways being on top.
But perhaps it is more than a etymolog-
cal mistake TO think of success in this
way. 1t is a one-sided view; and one-sided
Jews are very apt TO be selfish, sinful
Jews. Let us avoid one-sided views even
t ourselves or OF our interests as much as
ossible.
The world views success onesdedly 1t
Doks at it from the top side ouly. 1t fails
D look on both sides, TO examine deeply;
0 go to the bottom; to see wuat success '
eally i. The world emphasizes mans {
usiness but not Gods business. ,
ay Gould says 'let every man
)ok out for himself. Success
the standard of character" The infiu-
nee of such a career Is not the least be-
uest that such men leave Their millions
o to their own sons but their example
nd their principles go TO all young men.
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usiuess man today that is not familiar {
18th this cruel, selfish motto of Jay {
-ould'S life. aud that has not been more or
,ss lIh enced by this mans success, to I
rake this motto his own. II Is tacitly
lnceded that not many OF them will
Iual the great late flancier. And while
few may be largely successful in this /
'orldS view, many will be loosers in the
ernSl qualities of character A thought i
II IsYman Or. Woodrow speaking OF this 4
)mparison says; ia business as IN foot
ace, there are always two ends TO the pro-
.sslon. One gets there, many Others Go
OF. The comparison holds good nos IN l
suits but IN reason. The winner may
cure the pT;zs on his merits as big {
or he may handicap his conf :
etltors and win In hyppodrome, but n
? that as IL may success secures applause,
1t Is so IN business: the man who sue :
eds Is seldom eros, examined az 10 II
ethodS, ana the fact OF a stone front and II
big bank account covers multitude of Z
rs. There is nothing in modern times
lat can redeem a reputation or give il >,
lish as can a greenOack or a check-book. =
saying this we do not assume TO imply L
ut business success Is impossible with 4
lr amount of conscience and an approx b
ate regard for the ten commandments,
II we wish to emphasize the point that x
e public mind is so keenly spOrecative :;
results that il insists in lifting its nat "
success without q care whether the win
r Is "A sinner or u saint, No Que need go r.
It OF the corporation in which he lives 70 So
LOW THIS The world Gn-s nor lnaa-nra q