The Delta independent., 1901-06-07
TALM1GE's SERMON.
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE bis
couRAoED. THE SUBJECT.
Fren the Text. Matthew XIV, Is-.ro
Anothsr Oss''z5Ths Dsty saa the Joy
OF th@ Christian Is 10 Carry 0eod
Chssr-Talsat of-Psus sssioa,

copyright. 1901. by Louis Kiopsch, N. ID
Warrington. June 2.-This II Q dis
course by DIR. Talmage for those given
to depreciate themselves and who have
m idea that their best attempts amount
to little or nothing. Text. Matthew
XIV. Is: ITO another one"
Expel nrst from this parable Of the
talents the word 'usury." It ought to
have been translated interest" ''Usu-
ry" 10 finding . man in 4 tight place
and compelling him to pay an unrea-
sonable sum to get out. Interest u
righteous payment for the use of
money. When the capitalist of this
parable went on from home, he gave
to his stewards certain sums of money.
wishing to have them pfontably in
vested. Change also your idea as to
the value Of one talent. You remem-
Der the capitalist gave to one OF his
men for business purposes hve talents.
TO another two. to another one. What
. small amount to this last. you think.
and how could he be expected to do
anything with only one talent! ! have
to tell you that one talent was about
$1,000. 80 that when my text says. ITO
another one" 1t implies that those
who have the least have much.
Wsstsas the Taisats.
We bother ourselves . great deal
about those who are highly gifted or
have large financial resource or exalted
omcial position or wide reaching op-
portunity. We are anxious that their
wealth. their eloquence. their wit. be
employed on the right side. One Of
them makes \ mistake. and we sny.
What an awful disaster" When one
OF them devotes all his great ability
10 useful purposes, We celebrate Il: we
enlarge upon II: We speak Of II as
while we give no time At all to con-
slider what people are doing with their
one talent. not realizing that ten peo-
pie OF one talent each are quite as i'm
portAnt n one man with ten talents.
In the one case the advantage or op-
portunity 10 concentrated in a single
personality. while in another It Is d.
vided among ten individuals. Now
what we want 10 do In this sermon is
to waken people Of only one talent to
appreciation OF their duty. Only a few
people have fve talents or ten talents.
while millions have one. Ny short
text is like galvanic shock. ITO an
other one"
CAssy OssA Chsss.
II II . cheerful look? Carry that
look wherever you 60. Il must come
from cheerful heart. II is not that
inane smile which We sometimes sse
which 10 An Irritation. In other words.
Il must b. : tt64t 'etthin = - hrigAt
that Il illuminss eye. cheek. ncstril
and mouth. Let ten men who are ac-
cpstomed TO walking . certain street
every day resolve upon = cheerful
countenance ~ = result Of q cheerful
heart. and the influence Of such ia
cial irvadistion would be felt not only
In that street. hut throughout the
town. Cheerfulness 10 catching. But
Q cheerful look 10 exceptional. Exam
ine the hrxt twenty faces that you meet
going through Pennsylvania avenue or
Chestnut street or Broadway or State
street or La Salle street or Euclid ave-
nue.. and nineteen out OF the twenty
faces have either an anxious look or
. severe look or depressing look or
an avaricious look or . snecring look
or . vacant look. Here II . mission-
ary work for thoee who have trouble.
Arm yourself with gospel comfort
Ilet the COD who comforted Mary and
Martha At the loss OF their brother. the
God Who soothed Abraham At the loss
OF Sarah and the God OF David. who
consoled his bereft spirit at the loss
Of his boy by sayinE. Il shall 70 to
him" the God who filled 81 John
with doxology when an exile on barren
Patmos and the God who has given
happiness TO Thousands OF the bank
rupted and persecuted. flling them
with heavenly riches which were moro
than the earthly ADVANTAGES that are
wiped OUTLET that God help thcm.
" he takes full possession Of your ma
ture. then you will go down the street
Q benediction To all who zee you. and
those who are In the tough places OF
life and are run upon and belied and
had their homes destroyed will say:
III that man can be happy. l can be
happy. He has been through troubles
as big ~ mine. and he goes down the
street with = face in every lineamtnt
Of which there are Joy and peace and
heaven. What am groaning about?
From the same place that man got his
cheerfulness can get mine. Why art
thou cast down. O my soul. and why
art thou disquieted within met
New Ra~e Of n1lstsesrs.
Moro people 20 now to church than
Vvsr In the worlds history. and tho
reason 10 In all our denominations
there 10 . new race Of ministers step
ping Int the palpits which are not the
apostles Of humdrum. Sure enough.
va want In the Lords army the heavy
artillery, but We want also more men
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