The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-04

Following is sermon preached by the
Rev Asbury T.. Krom. pastor of the Be
nehcent Congregational church, which
awakened great interest:
THE JOY OF Power" Matt XIV. %;
Wen done, good and faithful servant.
thou hast been faithful over a few things,
j will set thee over many things; enter
thou into the JOY OF the Lord
II has been said that 1.-The mariner takes
the whole heavens OF astror )my for
granted while he guides HIS course by a
single star"
We must be obedient To the practical
wisdom of the mariner, taking the whole
truth OF the parable OF the talents for
granted while we direct our thought by
a single sentence In this parable Jesus
emphasizes the comforting truth that
equal diligence in the use OF unequal en-
dowment is equally rewarded in the king
dom OF God
Reward Is based not on what nature
-aHa-eiod give, but on the use man makes
with that which Is given. This Is the
heavens. but not one particular star,
Every manufacturer has his eyes open
10 the bye-products thrown off in the
process of eliminating the one product
The difference between profit and loss at
the end of the year often depends on the
use made of the seemingly useless Great
industries have become the producers ~
great wealth, not merely by their refined
processes OF eliminating the one from
the many, hut I'm utilizing all Nature
crys out against waste and has its re-
venge with the purse strings.
The law holds good everywhere. Para
bes and life illustrate IT,
Joy is not the whole OF nfe. No ono
must be carried to the skies on fiowery
beds OF ease 1t speaks well for the COM
mon sense OF humanity that they can
sing some OF our popular hymns for years
and still retain n rational conception OF
man and God. Yet joy Is an Indispensable
aspect or our earthly pilgrimage. II may
not be the foundation O. anything. yet
before any structure is complete a certain
amount OF sunshine and smiles must be
woven In. our service Is not complete
until It becomes the service Of Joy 4
stoical sense of duty may take US into
the dark passageways OF sorrow and
death, but we go in vain unless we can go
with song In the heart. The healing
wings OF sympathy must be tipped with
light
when Michael Angelo was forced 10
" paint the Sistine chapel in fresco we are
told that he went down into the pope's
gardens and dug out orchises red and
yellow, mixed them with glue and water
and after repeated trials went back TO
paint Letyls and prophets in immortal
colors. The glory of those Pristine walls
remains the vivid fancy OF the great
.. artist. Just so. JOY deep and fine gives
the halo to the earthly struggle.
When Scott says OF one OF his heroes
"He never smiled again. human interest
draws the curtain. II is said by all ex-
cept dealers In oriental wares that the
Orient has lost the art OF vegetable color
Ing. Quick argument leaps to the conclu-
sion that the mineral dyes that stain the
. tapestry and rug serve the purpose OF
colors without subtracting from length OF
service But the dye corrodes the fabric
and as the strength goes the sllken light
dims-S So vanishing JOY is prophetic OF
vanishing power.
/, In the art OF war and I'm the game II
= politics claiming too much is often
Synonymous with losing everything JOY
Is not the whole Of life. 1t is not the sum
OF Christian teaching No more Is power
the single source OF joy. II is one source
and a vital one.
: The servant that has doubled his tall
ents has increased his capacity. His re-
ward is entrance into the Joy OF his
God
The secret veins Of Joy have been less
followed than the secret veins OF gold
silver and iron ore II is the pearl. too
OF great price with humanity for which
@ men would be willing 10 sell many a
field. Christ going leaves the promise
of his JOY. If We know these things
happy are ye II you do them.. The KEY
20 the unknown is always familiar We
can unlock nothing into the recondite and
f. hidden except with some pass key, every
, notch OF which Is familiar to our touch
II WIS Patrick Henry's thought when ne
said. There Is no lamp 20 guide our feet
except The lamp OF experience The
means by whichwe enter into the ioy of
anything is similar 90 the means by
which we enter into the JOY OF our Lord
& There Is no bridge between heaven and
earth for the great architect does not
waste his power constructing cantllevers
whre they are not needed. Syria has
been called the bridge between Europe
and Asia. but history helps 60 defeat the
analogy. Between earth and heaven mar
has fixed a great gulf, and expected the
divine 10 bridge II. As at Tonstantinoplo
the Orient az one end OF the bridge. the
OOccident at the other. at one end one
law. at the other end something quite
different. At one end earth. at the othcf
end heaven. Jesus says the klndom OF
heaven Is within you. No bridge is
needed Imaginary laws become real Ma
turc and the supernatural Join hands The
10Y OF Jesus IS not let down from heaven
in a sheet. What Peter saw on the house
top was n vision. JOY Is the most real
thing In the world II obeys the same law
that the water obeys I'm tho bowels " the
earth. when n manfeste Itself and bub-
bles NJ JOY Is the necessary rewards %
power I'm life, as 10 is IN the parable.
Tho world the Christian world. treas
uring a Gospel that y missionary N 70 is