The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-01-05
SUNDAY AT
THE CHURCHES.
"GiVe an Account of Thy
Stewardship"
SUBJECT OF DIR. WEBB's SERMON
At ths First Presbyterian Church-EeV.
columbia IA Ihuuist Chutch.


FROM MONDAY DAILY nEkALDI
At the First Presbyterian Church
Sunday incoming DIR. +. B Webb deliY-
cred an interesting New Years sermon,
the subject OF his discourse being, Give
an account of Thy SteEardship'-
Luke 1862
After few Introductory remarks,
DR.. Webb said: Let us ask, Over
what things has God appointed us stew
aTd?' First, as suggested Immediately
by the parable, He has made you stew
ara over certain amount of property
more or less, as the case may be. The
Savior has regarded the use and pos
session Of earthly riches as subject OF
sulHcieut weight to be particularly no
ticed by Him in trial of parallels of
the Rich Fool, the Unjust Steward,
and If the kich Man and Lazarus.
The Spirit Of the Gospel
clearly teaches every thoughtful chris
tian that the Lord holds every christian
responsible for the right use Of all his
possessions, however large, however
small they may be
For you recall the parallels of the
pounds and of the talents, where the
man who had five talents and the man
who had two received the same com
mendation u the same relative reward
because each used faithfuny the prop
erty that he had And the awrI stress
of contrast is laid upon the IN N who
had but one talent because he would not
use that one for his Master. SO, we
say that the property that each chris
ti&n possesses the income, however
small. that each christian rece yes, has
| in it latent pow er of service for the pro-
motion of the Masters kingdom. L.. /.
This last day of the old year, and
the threshold OF the new, upon which
we stand, is favorable time for God S
people to give an account of their tai
ents. | eXhort you, therefore to go
home and make up strict account OF
your incomes and property of the year
! 1899; and then make up a statement Of
all YOU have contributed to the support
of the Gospel, in this church and in the
missionary work, at home and abroad.
! Then compare the statements, and you
will be prepared to render an account OF
your stewardship unto the great Lord, to
whom all you have belongs
in your reckonmgs, | beg you to eX-
anime closely, as christians ought to,
your supertiOus expenses. Look
around, and endeavor to calculate the
immense sums that are spent in luxury,
in comparison with what is given to
Christ's cause and kingdom.
Such a calculation and comparison, il
made honestly, would, trow, convince
us that what is given to the cause OF
Christ Is nothing in comparison with
what is spent in extravaganza and luxu-
ries
personal influence is another talent
that has been committed to you for i'm
provement, There is difference be.
| tween this trust and that of money OF
property The difference is this-while
God only claims part of your money, He
demands that all your influence shall be
nsed for His glory He demands that
every act of your daily life shall adOrr
the doctrines that you profess.
The purity of Christ, the separation OF
! Christ from a sinful world, the devotion
of Christ to the interests of Gods king
dom, all are to re-appear in your charac
ter and external conduct, that you may
let your light shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glor.
fy your Father, which is IN heaven.
Nov, the Lord and Master is saying
to each and every one of you-"Give al
account of thy stewardship, in the EN-
ployment of all these means of influence
and usefulness which l have placed ii
thy hands"
What, if in view of your answers tc
this question, God should say; 'Thor
mayeSt be no longer steWardn' The sol
emn reckoning cannot be evoded at last
when the stewardship of the whole life
is to be accounted for. 1t will be too
late then to correct errors. But before
the final account is to be rendered you
have the opportunity of reviewing anC
correcting the past So, if in looking
back over the year Just now about t,
close, you find your accounts with Goo
short, now is the time to begin to do bet
ter and to renew your conservation t
Him "
Christian Church.