The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-20


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on Matt: q
iiIle place ~ persons
noted fs5. Last 'sllnts les
parable u the yiEgiIs.
iss dry evening 81 the
Iin q esus life, on the Mount 81 OF
lives with his disciples alone prob;
ably only Peter and Jolln and
james and Andrew, as trey go o1It
from the temple % Bethany to
So spend Tie night
Connection his parable was
lsuggesteGF doubt BY the pgeced-
ing one. The appli cation is al
most the same. The design there
was to imp the Importance and
necessity Of readiness for the
Lords return. With this ia view
The design Of this parable seems TO
be to teach the manner Of life, or
the outer conduct that should
mark these who are awaiting their
Lords return. They must be
faithful and industrious.
The Lesson. The talents dis
triibuted, vs.. 1918. In this scene
We have the Master ready to set
out on q journey, s1rro Unded BY his
own servants whom he had called
around him and he. is giving out
sums Of money to each one such az
tie Master considers that he can
use TO profit thereby. To one he
gives five talents, TO another two,
and TO another but one. "a talent
was about $500 and even one tall
ent meant large comic ence IN the
ability of the servant The Master
knew the ability Of his servants and
he wisely graded his trusts Accord
ing to their several ability. Then
be takes his journey.
2. Using OF abusing the Lords
money, 1918. In this scene we.
have two men faithfully and in
dustriously attending to business,
carefully planning how best to ms
vest the money in their hands, and
giving themselves TO the most
painstaling industry in its care.
With great Joy they regard their
success, as they see their cauital
growing, and after awhile it has
doubled itself. One has made q
clear profit Of $500, and the other
$1,000 But in the same picture
we have a third man, the one to
whom the Master committed thel
one talent. Can you not see him?
How differently he looks from the
other two! He has a different
countenanee. different gait, a diff
ferent spirit, no enthusiasm and
no joy in his work What has he
done? Well he sought out safe
place in the rocks or woods and
dug hole in the earth and hid the
money there. Every few days with
much anxiety and with bitterness
in his spirit he goes stealthily to
the place to see if it has been dis
turbed. And SO the years pass.
One day when they have all had |
time to be tested and to show what |
they can do the Master returns.
The servants now gather about him
to welcome him and to report what
success they have had in trading
with their Masters goods. See
Their faces! How eager and joy
Gus, all but one. How different i
he from the Others Cold bitter!
joyless
8. The reckoning. 1890. Those
who received five talents and two
talents came to him with just
double the amounts. The Master
is much pleased and commends
them heartily and promotes them.
Note the one thing which is the
ground of the commentator and
5he promotion. Not that they had
been successful, not industrious
merely, not that they had traded
wisely, but that they had been
faithful. 1t was not for what they
lad done, but for what they. had,
been. They had been faithful to
MS trust in the care Of 81 few
little is faithful also in much" j
But he that is faithfuI in little
natter is faithful also in larger
rust. He that does we'll the lit
lie things is on the sure road to
over many things. The
'eward is notable participation III
he Masters Joy, and above all Joy
lac Masters joy with his. servants.
rhis the consumation Of delight.
But there is that other character
We saw who was given one talent
md went away and hid IL in the
arth. When he heard that tile !
Master had come home he went at
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