Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-06-07


ry" is finding man in a tight place and
compelling him to pay an unreasonable
sum to get out. Interest" is a righteous
payment for the use Of money. When
the capitalist of this parable went off
from home, he gave TO his stewards GER
tain sums Of money, wishing to have
them prOftably invested. Change also
your idea as to the value of one talent.
You remember the capitalist gave to one
of his men for business purposes five tai
rnts, to another two, to another one. What
small amount to this last, you think.
and how could he be expected to do any
thing with only one talent? / have to tell
you that one talent was about $1,000.
so that when my text says, ITO another
one" it implies that those who have the
least have much.
We bother ourselves great deal about
those who are highly gifted or have large
financial resource or exalted official posi-
ton Or wide reaching opportunity. We
are anxious that their wealth, their elo-
Quence, their wit, be employed on the
right side. One Of them makes a mis-
take, and we say, "What an awful dis
aster." When one of them devOtes all
his great ability to useful purposes, we
celebrate it. we enlarge upon it, we speak
Of it as something for gratitude to God.
Meanwhile we give no time at all to con-
slider what people are doing with their
one talent, not realizing that ten people
Of one talent each are quite as impor-
| tant as one man with ten talents. In the
one case the advantage or opportunity
is concentered in a single personality,
| while in another it Is divided among ten
individuals. Now, what we want to do
in this sermon is to waken people Of only
one talent to appreciation Of their duty.
| Only a few people have FIVE talents or ten
talents, while millions have one. My
short text is like a galvanic shock, ''TO
another one"
The most difficult thing in the world is
to make an accurate estimate of our
selves. Our friends value us too high
our enemies too low. TO find out what
we are worth morally and mentally is al
most impossible. We are apt to measure
ourselves by those around u.s. but this is
not fair, as they may be very brilliant oil
very dull, very good or very bad. Indeed
there are no human scales that can tel
our exact moral and mental weight. mol
is there a standard by which we car
measure our exact intellectual height, 81
I TIC uNluNHA AnAnB ~ Nv - w NfAA~hafAI'
our real stature or heft. But it will b'
no evidence of egotism in any Of us if We
say that we have at least one talent
What is il and. finding what it is. wha
use shall we make of it? The most o
the people, finding that they have onl!
one talent do rs the man spoken Of in tn
parable, they hide it. But If all Of tn
people who have one talent brought it GU
I sn.s. -. hlulr
and correspondents begin TO write at tn
head of their letters 1850 the cart
would be one of the outskirts of heaven
ask you again, What is your one talent
Garry Good Cheer.
Is it cheerful look? Carry that loo
wherever you go. 1t must come from
cheerful heart. 1t is not that nane smil
which we sometimes see which is an irr
: tatiOn. In other words, II must be
light within US so bright that it illumine
eye. cheek, nostril and mouth Let te
| men who are accustomed to walking
certain street every day resolve upon
cheerful cOuntenance as a result of
cheerful heart, and the influence of sue
n facial irradiation would be felt not Onl
in that street, but throughout the tow
Cheerfulnpss is catching. But a cheCrft
i look is exceptional. Examine the first
faces that you meet going through PEN
' sylvania avenue or Chestnut street
2 Broadway or State street or La Sal
b. street or Euclid avenue, and 10 out
Is the 20 faces have either an anxious loo
= or a severe look or a depressing look
N an avariciOus look or a sneering look or
.s vacant look. Here is n missionary VOL
for those who have trouble. Arm you
ls self with gospel comfort. Let the Go
Or who comfOrtcd Mary and Martha ut Il
" loss of their brother, the God who SCOT
ii ed Abraham nj the loss of Sarah and &
IN God of David. who consoled his here
spirit at the loss of his boy 10y saying,
L shall 20 to him." the God who filled
John with doxology when an exile
barren I'atmos and the God who h
given happiness to thousands of the bar
ch. | rupted and prosecuted, filling them wi
". heavenly riches which were more tn
on the earthly advantages that are wip
a outlet that God help them. II he IN
full possession of your nature, then =
E. will 20 down the street bencdictiOn
all who see you. and those who are in
tough places of life and are run upon a
belied and had their homes destroyed v
say: IF that man can be happy, | can
happy. He has been through troubles
big us mine and he goes down the str
rv with face in every lineament Of VIII
in there are JOY and peace and hcav
All What am ! groaning about? From
same place that man got his eheerfuln
can get mine Why art thou C
- down, 0 my soul, and why art thou {
-. uuieted within me? Hope thou in G
4S for | shall yet prise nim who is
health of my cOuntenauce and my God
Religion of Happiness.
S In one Of the towns of New York ST
an inhahitant said Of Il friend of mi
+ Il do not believe as that man does, bt
cannot despiSc II religion that make
ets man look as happy as he seems to
IN IL we have a rough visage, we can
help that God so made US; it accident
rs battle have defaced us, that is no t,
A. Of ours; il strabismus has hurt our G,
D. no une will satirize us; If our featJ
q were not suited for Lavater's phys
~ nomy, no one could blame us for d
- The jaw may too much project or
= treat. the forehead may not be Sha
~ perean. but a cheerful spirit in that
,on will triumph over all defects and /
around all who meet him a supernal
: iluence. If that cheerful look be !
only talent, use it for the worlds
ISOLATION. There will be hundred pc
Del whom you will meet this week to W
you will have no right to speak,
EC would be an impertinence. You
never been introduced to them, they
never introduced to you. You hav,
right to stop them on their way, as
have no right to stop you on your
- But you have a right to look at t
Then look with a faith in God al
-. holy purpose and a mNnliness and
cheer that will keep them thinking
- that day and wondering who you are
5Fy what is the cause Of the victory "
esti- they saw depicted between the to
ders your forehead, and the round of your
1tber If you are the right kind of man
'enty right kind of a woman, something
a II happened to you that ought to fill
oiN' soul with courage and your face
glorious sunrise. Your sins all forg
that makes you all right with the
an eternal heaven promised to your
that makes you all right with the fl
l. Again, is your one talent that of '
ne humor? Use it for God. Much 0
nings worlds wit is damaging. Much of
md at has a sting in it. Much Of caricatl
lS yso5s malevOlent. Much Of smart retOrt is
ole. In order to say smart things
many win saeEifee the feelinga 0e Q