St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-29
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What an example he IS 10 Inc
,,h.t an honor to his househoid, wn1'
!. n;llar to the church of God. what :,
specimen of truth and integrity ana -.
roundness of character! II there 1ny
in usefulness between
that man with the one talent OF non
estv and the dashing operators OF the
money market?
The chief work Of the people with
many talents is to excite wondefDen'
and to startle and electrify the World
What use il there in all that? NO use
at all. have not SO much interest -
the one man out Of the million - =
have in the million. Get the gress
masses of the world right and II ooe.
not make much difference ABOUT "n'
the exceptional people are DONG
Have all the people with one talent en-
listed for God and Righteousness ana
let all those with five or ten talents NIL
crate to the north star or the moon
and this world would get on spiendlo-
~. The hardworking, industrious
classes of America are all right ana
would give no trouble, but it II tho
genius who gives up work and on .
big salary goes around to e1ci'e US
satisfaction and embodiment tho
genius who quits work and steps on
the stage or political platform. eats
beafsteak and quail on toast eno
causes the common Aborers, COM
PEELED to idleness, to put their HANDS
into empty pockets and eat gristle ano
enaw bones. The world would DO
nightly improved if it could slough
of about 5000 geniuses, for there are
more than that on our planet. Then
the man or woman of one talent woulo
take possession of the world and RUE
il in a common sense and Christian
way. There would be less to amaze
and startle, but more to give equipolse
to church and state Ind world. 10
another one"
Among the 114.000 words of Noah
Webster's vocabulary and the thou
sands Of words since then added to our
English vocabulary there is one out
mastering word the power OF when
cannot be estimated, and it reaches 80
far up and so far down, and that il the
word "come." It has drawn more Peo-
pie away from the wrong and toward
the right than any word l now think
of. It has at times crowded all the
IL gates of Heaven with fresh arriv-
ais. It will yet rob the path OF death
of the last pedestrians. It will yet
chime so loudly and gladly that all the
tolling bells of sorrow will be drowned
with the music. It is piled up in the
Bibles climax and peroration: And
the Spirit and the bride say, Come, and
let him that heareth say, Come and let
him that il athirst come" Have it on
the point of your pen, have it on the
tip Of your tongue. Monosyllables are
mightier than polysyllables. and that
osyllables.
After the resurrection day and all
Heaven il made up. resurrected bod
les Joined to ransomed souls. and the
gates which were SO long open are
shut there may be some day when
all the redeemed may pass in review
before the great white throne II So
I think the hosts passing before the
King will move in different divisions.
With the first division will pass the
mighty ones of earth. who were ~
good and useful as they were great.
In this division will pass before the
throne all the Martin Luthers, the
John Knoxes. the Wesieys. the Rich
ard Cecils, the Millions, the Chrysos-
toms, the Herschells, the Lenoxes,
the George Peabodys, the Abbot Law
rences and all the consecrated Chris
tian men and women who were great
in literature, in law, in medicine, in
philosophy, in commerce. Their
genius never spoiled them. They
were as humble Is they were gifted
or opulent. They were great on
earth, and now they are great in
Heaven. Their surprising and mag
nificent talents were all used for the
worlds betterment. Az they pass in
review before the King on the great
white throne to higher and higher
rewards it makes me think Of the
parable of the talents: ITO another
ten" I stand and watch the other
divisions as they go by, division after
division. until the largest of all the
divisions comes in sight. It is hum
dred to one, a thousand to one, ten
thousand to one, larger than the
| other divisions. It is made up Of
men who never did anything but sup
port their families and give whatever
of their limited means they could
spare for the relief of poverty and
sickness and the salvation of the
world, mothers who took good care
of children by example and precept
starting them on the road to Heaven,
millions of Sabbath school teachers
who sacrificed an afternoons siesta
for the listening class of yo, 1g i'm.
mortals, women who declined the
making of homes for themselves that
they might take care of father and
mother in the weaknesses of old age,
ministers of the Gospel who on mig
gardly stipend preached in the back
woods. meeting houses, souls who for
long years did nothing but suffer,
yet suffered with so much cheerful
patience that it became a helpful les
son to all who heard of it, those who
/ served God faithfully all their l;ves