Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-17
WHAT Do YOU OWE THE LORD9
He breaches n Powerful aud Very
Eloquent sermon TO n Large Audi
ence-The Obligation You owe the
Supreme HcinE.

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ful and eloquent sermon to large
congregation at the First Presbyterian
church. The second lesson Of the
morning was the 10th chapter Of Luke.
The first part OF the chapter reads:
"And he said also unto his disciples,
there was certain rich man VINO had
steward and the same was accused
unto him that he had wasted mis- goods
and he called him and sud unto him,
how Is 1t that hear this OF thee, give
an account OF thy Stewardship. Tor
thou mayst be 10 longer steward.
Then the steward said within himself.
wnat shall 1 do, Tor my lord tlketh
away from me the stewardship,
cannot dig, TO beg / am ashamed, 1 am
resolved what to do that when am
put out OF the stewardship tney may
receive me into their houses. SO he
called everyone OF his lords debtors
unto him aud said unto the first, how
much owest thou unto my lord. And
he snid, an hundred measures OF oil.
And he said unto him, take Thy bill
ana sit Gown quickly and write ilfty."
Dr. Morris said; what did he do
about the other nifty, did he steal III
j think not; think he made up the
difference from his own salary and
btpl MS DitEtt lHt Jbohh anu
satisfied hts employer. Then said he
unto another, and how much owest
thou2 And he said, an hundred meas
ures OF wheat. nd he said unto him,
take thy bill and write four score"
He wrote down eighty. eighty from
one hundred leaves twenty; what did
he do about the other twenty meas
urea? lie paid it himself; squared his
books and satisfied his employer And
the Lord commended the unjust stew
ard That Is what niS.,cs mo think
lac paid 1t himself. The Lord was the
employer. the steward was his clerk
and do not think any employer would
commend his cmplOye II he stole
from him. do not think the COM
mentators give us any light, amy help
when they say; The steward was
shrewd and did what he could to feath-
er his own nest" l do not believe the
Bible Bquints at any such dishonesty.
The steward rectiaed the account on
the book. The employer when he hired
him as clerk said, Now you can credit
Mr.. a for fifty measures of oil. an
other man has credit for eighty bushels
OF wheat and no more. but the clerk
was careless and let Mr.. A have
credit for hundred measures OF oil
md another man one hundred bushels
of wheat, instead OF doing just as his
employer told him, Now he was about
to turn him out Of his clerkship. IF
you squander my goods in this way
you can not be my steward any long,
err" But when the first of the month
came round he found that everything
was right he had not lost any of his
creditors; the books We're square, and
the Lord commended the unjust stew
ard, He was not unjust now, he had
done wisely, and it * not wise TO
feather your own nest by stealing
IN To
to llch money from the bank and
run oil to CANADA. You can not lind
this Interpretation in any OF the COM
mentntors. For the children OF this
world are in their generation wiser
than the children of light and say
unto you, make TO yourselves friends
of the mammon of righteousness
that when you fail they may receive
YOU Into everlasting habitations." who
have everlasting hahitutlons? How
can they admit you? You can send your
money on in the shape of redeemed
souls. and when you come to die these
redeemed souls will receive you into
everlasting hnbltatlons, because you
have used your Lords money right.
We are all put into this world to make
revenue for God. II We do not we
are Improbable servants lie put us
into this world to make gain, and what
eYcr talent whatever glft or whatever
opportunity you have you are simply
10 receive as steward Of your Lords
money which he gives you TO make
profit out OF aud he expects you 10
come back with more. some thirty fold,
some sixty, some one hundred.
The text Is IN the fifth verse. How
much owest thou TO my Iord?" Now
this morning j want to say that |
gather from all sources that can the
thoughts that want to present to your
minds and hearts ana my own. have
gathered from sermons, my own per-
sonal experience, my fathers ministry,
the words OF my mother, sermons of
Talmage and | do not know how many
others. You do not think the members
of the choir are thieves when they sing
these beautiful songs composed by
other people and you do not call me a
thief and plaglarlst when I give you
light from other sources and pour into
your hearts and minds words which
have been poured into my own. How
much oweat thou unto my Lord" Some
OF "a are trembling and some are 10y
full for at the end OF this month we have
| 70 balance our books and draw mp the
| balance sheets / suppose that every
1 one OF us In five minutes time could
write down on a piece OF paper how
much he owed, or how much he had
| mace. Coming up from the scaboard
/ Of the Atlantic or going from here to
1 san Francisco the traveller asks, Where
| Is the Blue Ridge or whore are the
/ Rocky Mountains? The train has been
coming Up so gradually that YOU are
almost In sight OF the great towering
peaks OF the Rocky Mountains before
You are aware that you are ascending.
And this bright Sabbath morning You
! and l stand on height OF privilege aud
of blessing that our ancestors never
| dreamed OF, and TO understand what
heights OF privilege and blcssedness we
are on YOU would need to pile the Blue
Ridge on the Rocky Mountains and
both OF Thorn on the Andes. Let us
| itemlze n you please when the mer-
chant sends In bill TO you, II II Ia for
merchandise rendered and you are q
little uncertain about II you send Il
back and ask him to please itemlze that
bill and patiently the booiSkeepnr goes
over II and itcmiges h, Now look over
these Items an you do over your iner-
chants account and " these Items are
correci admit IT, u Incorrect reject Il.
DO not DO afraid OF the settlement, II
God owes You he Is rich and will pay
you. II You owe God gu are honest
and you will try hard to pay him. Now
let us try mentally to put down in one
list every thing We have done for God,
every cup OF cold water given IN his
name. every hymn sung, every chap
ter read. every Widows heart relieved