The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-07-23
TO ANOTHER ONE.
Rev. DR.. Talmage breaches on the Sub
iect, Duty OF the One With
Single Talent.
Try to Make an Accurate Estimate Of Yourself
--The Value Of sympathy.
tCopyrieht 1911 ,

tnat thelr best attempts amount 10 liz
11 TIE OF nothing; text, Matthew XIV, 10.
10 another one" -
Expel first from this parable of the
talents the word "usury.6 IL ought t to
nave been translated interest" 'TIsnr,,,
Is mndlng man in tight place and corn.
pehing HIM to pay an unreasonable sum
81 ouU' interest Is a righteous pay
capitalist OF this parable went off homo
ne gave TO his stewards certain sums az
money, wishing 10 have them prof;tobIv
invested. Change also your idea as 70
the value OF one talent. You remember
~ Sme eapl'ahst gave to one of his men for
BUSINESS purposes five talents, to another
Two, TO another one. What small amount
70 Iust, You think, and how could he be
expected TO do anything with only ono
talent! have to tell YOU that one toIent
"as ABOUT $1,000, so that when my text
says, To another one" IL innI;eS tbat
Ihose who have the least have much A'
we bother ourselves a great deal about
SShose VINO are highly gifted or have LARGE
uud@claI resources or exalted official posi-
o,oh OF Wlde reaching opportunity. We
uie anxious that their wealth, their elo-
quence, their wit, be employed ON tbo
right side. One of them makes y ms
take, and we say, What an awful disas.
ter When one of them deyotes ali rs
great ability to useful purposes. we ceia.
pirate IT, we enlarge upon it, we speak of
40 SCiheIhIhg Ior gratitude to God
Meanwmle we give no time at all To con.
slider what people are doing with their
one talent, not realizing that ten peonle
OF one talent each are quite as important
as one man with ten talents In the one
case the advantage or opportunity is con.
GehIrated IN single personality, while
IN another 1t Is divided among ten in
dlyiduais. Now, what we want to do in
TINS sermon Is to waken people of only
one talent 70 appreciation of their duty
only few people have five talents or ten
taIents, while millions have one Ny short
one" o'ner
The, most difficult thing in the world ia
20 make an accurate estimate of ourselves
Our friends value us too high, our enc
mes too low. TO find out what we are
worth morally and mentally is almost
IuiposslO PIE. we are apt to measure our.
selves by those around us. but This il
not lalr, as they may be very brilliant
or very dull, very good or very bad. In
ueed there are no human scales that can
tell our exact moral and mental weight
nor Is there a standard by which we can
measure our exact intellectual height. SO
the hardest thing to do is to calculate our
real stature or hett. But it will be no
evidence OF egotism in any of us If we
say that we have at least one talent
what Is 1t and, finding what it is. what
use shall we make of it? The most oi
one talent, do as the man spoken of in
the parable, they hide it, But if all OF
the people who have one talent brought II
OUT Tor use before this century is half past
and correspondents begin to write at the
mead OF their letters 1850, the earth would
be one OF the outskirts of heaven. i ask
you again, What Is your one talent?
is 1t cheerful look? Carry that lool,
Wherever you so. 1t must come from a
eheeriul heart. 1t is not that inane smile
Which we sometimes see which is an irri.
tation. In other words it must no a
light within us SO bright that it illumines
eye, cheek, nostril and mouth. Let ten
men VINO are accustomed to walking a
certain street every day resolve upon a
cheertul ccuntenance as a result of a
cheertul heart, and the influence of such
facial lrradlation would be felt NOT only
IN that street, but throughout the town.
Sheerfuiness Is catching. But a cheerful
look Is exceptional Examine the first
twenty faces that you meet going throu0h
Iennsylvanla avenue or Chestnut street
OF broadway or State street or La Sale
street or Euclid avenue, and nineteen o,,t
OF the twenty faces have either an anxions
or vacant look. Here is a missionary
work for those who have trouble. Arm
yourself with gospel comfort Let the Cod
VINO comiorted Mary and Martha at the
loss OF their brother, the God who soothed
AoTaham at the loss OF Sarah and the Cod
OF David, who consoled his bereft spirit
at the loss OF his boy by saying, II shall
go TO him." the God who filed ST. John
with doXology when an exile on barren
Patmos and the God who has given han.
plness to thousands Of the bankruDted
ana prosecuted, filling them with heavenly
riches which were more than the earthly
advantages that are wiped outlet that
God help them. Ii He takes full pos-
session OF your nature, then you will 90
down the street a benedction to all who
see you, and those who are in the tough
places OF life and are run upon and behSd
and had their homes DESTROYED. will saw.
II that man can be happy, can be hap
py. lie has been through troubles as bio
as lnlne, and he goes down the street with
q lace IN every lineament of which thee
arc Joy and peace and heaven What am
j groaning about! From the same Dlaca
that man got mis- cheerfulness | can Get
mine. Why are thou cast down, o ny
soul, and why art thou disqueted within
me: Hope thou in God, for 1 shall vet
praise Him who is the health Of my coun-
tenance and my God"
Again, is your talent that OF wit or
humorE Use it for Cod Much OF the
world wat IS damaging. Most of satire
has sting in it. Much OF caricature is
yitrlohc. In order to say smart things
how many will sacrifice the feelings of
Others! The sword they carry is keen, and
u ~ employed TO thrust and lacerate But
Few men IN all the world and in all the
churches realize that If wit is bestowed IL
IS given them for useful, for improving. for
heaithtul purposes. If we all had more Of
it and knew how to use it Alright. how
much 1T would improve our Christian CON
versation and prayer meeting talk md SER
mon Robert South and Rowland Hill
and Jeremy Taylor and Dean Swift and
Lorenzo Dow and George Whitefeld used
their wit and thei- huruor To- oafher f,toot