Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-01-21

and sturdiness for work; he has talent
that will give him standing among his
fellows, and that viii make him valuable
amid R,, the various s 1elsatonships Of his life
something and do something, and he is in
honor bound to make large exactions Of
himself. He may never take his place
among the bilhonaires, or secure fame, or
his home and his shop, but everybody who
tries to do his duty in his own station,
whose example upholds righteousness,
whose influence, be 1t much or little, is on
Gods side in the combat between good
and evil is public benefactor, and his
name, though almost unknown here, is
written in heavens book of worthies.
1t is impossible to acQuit the man with
one talent who hid the divine gift. His
wrong was not the misuse OF the abuse,
does not belong to the category, Of the VIC
tins, he is not chargeable with iniquities
which. suggest that there may be some
truth after all in the old, discarded notion
Of the total dsprayity Of human nature.
wicked and slothful servant" He was
wicked, not because he had squandered or
den it.
talent in the earth. In spite Of all their
worth they are stunted and impoverished
because they are Hof the earth earthy.''
The worldly spirit is not restricted by any
means to those who pile up colossal for
tunes or who are the habitues Of Vanity
Fair. A beggar may be, and probably is.
quite as much of a mammon worshiper as
is the most vulgar money lover. They
who fail may be even more worldly than
they who succeed. However that may be,
our present concern is with the admonition
that warns us not to bury our talent by
living solely for temporal goods. Every
day we are exposed to the contagion Of
: earthly domination; How easy i ,s to let
thought, desire and qualification: We are
kin to the elements about US. We belong
) heaven. With pardonable fondness we re-
E fer to our present abode AZ mother
We cane an tho ss1s IN. s T. 1S tS
8 ground-our food and raiment, our
j, houses, our books, our sciences and arts,
i all the material blessings with which we
are enriched. Here reposes all that was
]. funeral rites the church said earth to
= EARTH" Here the great have lived: the
a brave have fought for right and rights,
It and royal souls have done their work for
!. the cause of progress. Here Jesus spent
2 three and thirty years. His feet trod upon
h fowed,sdown from His sacred body to it's
e soil, ana His mangled corpse lay in its
d. tomb. How much the earth has IN it to
h fascinate. Is it marvel that SO many fall
N and holy talent in the clay? How natural,
ness comes the sharp condef9n dd f9ne who bnrles
wftea 7Ba g9!s s!ath.a9l} .9l} ae6zzhhra high crime to
It's has the bower to be a son of God, when he
~ a{ has an equipment that should aes results,
a. when he can be efficient and efFectiye
he throughout his sphere, when he can make
a contribution to the fund OF goodness a4e
his happiness, what sorry Pity # p tnes So1S 1s
edd ed And yet that is precisely what. 50 man, ~
"a are doing Some Of them are RICH, while
~ others are poor; some have knowledge ant
a. culture, while others are ignorant an
ar' hard, but they are a! ahke II that tnes,
os not not whether they are lofty or loWlT, whstHE
of er they live in a palace or garrett t9e
o o. have erred grieyously if they have burie
S ous the power which a:oae can make hfe wort
S. 'r1. living. What an unspeakable degradatlo
ves it is TO leave the plain where Too NoH. !
; af the slavery of vulgar ambition Tor wori'
ooo " concerns. To pass ones years witho'
w W. raising to the dignity and e1cellences
sas. noble manhood and noble womanhood-
be- on from year to year %.ao1s n,;n" tSsos
ia.n ara privileges which Christ has assured-to 7
als dnce ourselves to the level Of machiner
nicn NC: to set up a song and dance as though tn
,aryj were the greatest thing IN the WORLDS
nor. take ourselves into region when - n
Mhe fit for immortals. Let us do our work al
-he enjoy our recreations, but let us Also
. ~, nreciate the doctrine that to be true m
TO and true women is the highest possible
,. VIC tate, Away with the base dei1,siOn e
very the average person 1s called 20 eHn!sl u
aoee no for him to look for large persona! devei
ages' ment and excellence All could be stro
o'q$n. nSn # they would use their talents.
% eK We have personality. maere y sSee Ese
ct to thing as the personal e9%as,on; a, ,,S" si
q, s;n"s buried his talent is apt to deny all y
wings and NAV possibly settle down to be . IA
ist. a pessimist, misanthrope, q chro
= nan h;s grumb.er How true the parable ls 70
live % t9re ha4%on2 and ao With eVeryboay and
stood, tn'ng. M sS;t.- hv al1eo;no chat his
f;e nts To- tecedents were unfavorable and ms nll
tight counts for nGthRS %1a6td1s Ms maa ana 20
Iii 'lieges les he when he would assert his right to
at ne M, He NAV charge that divine pr
sgaros dence constantly thwarts him and red'
his hope to ashes In ths the aad
by he takes the Pe and saws "a to the Il
a lot sT knew that Thou art an hard man,
tcome ajlegation which is disproved by the
matter That the Lord had given him Wnole
-. =: ent Although the uu"oA' rG. =
ace IN n;zes some measure of responsibility, y
men tennis to argue the matter and sets
dustry Safepse. and It ends by laying the blan
them the feet Of God. The Father has done one
re real mart abundantly; it only rename for
world chndten; 80 " ,,Se ~o
energy, ont ny d p."i views this question from
'ent IN exaiied standpoint. He says: "There
count d;versities of gifts, but the same -
world ond there are differences of admlnlstra
us, o9s hit the same Lord. and there are d,
MADE ties Of operations, but it is the same
m ever That worketh all in all, but the MANI
81 sous us ton Of the Spirit is given to every mi
,au+ ~" n profit withal.
last 70 ::Vhile we live. let US hve, or a
IN mar mar old Romans put it-*dum viv,mns
sas thet mus" But let insist upon me u
ers h' tha. hest possible sense. There . es
a As the enough to begin with. We can deve
oooy is stnrdier fiber. We need not be ord
' We nav nav Commonplace vulgar, inane and IN
y y3;,' nsea; tSc Wediocrfty is inexcusabe We ca
Ill 'ae MENTIONED. we can be splendid spec
49,. ~. Of manhood and womanhood, we & G
ng; no mo, W o,,r hest and do our best, we can :