The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-06-07
THE ONE TALENT.
Rov. Or. Talmage Explains a
Well Known Parable.
Some New Meanings Of an Old Text
The Modern Application Of
the Story OF the Un-
faithful Servant.

H.
LOS ANGELES. Cal. - lin /
dealing I'm new and strikingly personal /
way with the parable of the talents /
the preacher shows how it applies 20
men Of means and influence boo every
position In life today The text is Luke
viii. Is. "Whosoever hath not from
him shall be taken away even That
which he seemeth TO have
II Is amazing how the addition of
one little word may change the whole
meaning Of sentence. For long
time I could not understand the TWEEN
tv-ninth verse of the twenty chap
ter of Matthew. Christ in his wonder
ful way had been telling the parable of
the man who went into the far country
after ne had delivered unto his serv-
ants his goods The story is almost
identical with the history Of your own
life
For years and years You were %
slave to business. You kept mp brave
front but for nearly "a quarter of q
century You were trembling upon the
brink of bankruptcy. The children
we're young and had 10 Dee supported
nnd educated. Your business had not
vet been we'll established. The busi
ness world was cycling you askance
You had to buy your goods ON long
credit and therefore pay higher ioi
them than If YOU had the ready cash
The result: II was grind, work. econo
mize But after a time the iinancia
condition made a turn for the better
Two Of your boys finished their school
ing and were able 10 support them
selves. One of your daughters married
With the lessening of expenses d
home there came q marvellous goWu
nj tie store. Instead of living upon tn
marrow lane Of difficulty" you move.
into Easy street. One night you c.'ii'
home and after dinner you said to you
wife. MY dear. have fought the ha'
tie of life and won IT, II is time ior %
TO take wedding trip. We did mot g
very far when we were married w
were too poor. Let us neXt spring stan
upon a trip around the world %.
John" she said, "can you afford b'
"Yes." YOU answered And ] tAnt N
- can take our youngest daughter A'"'
o She is AN We have left at home
At once you began TO make prep"r
tions. Your wife planned for tNe caI
of the house. You made the arrans
ments at the store. You called in oi
employee and said. Harry. You wi
take care of this department Do
colled I'm another and said, "Joe, so
take charge of that department
another man you gave one task ana
another different responsibility. Ih'
Won set sail. With your wife ai
doughter YOU were away from hoH
nearly n year. When you returned W
called your various employees to re
n der an account of their steward 'h'
You rewarded each man according
ne had fulfilled the trust comm.lieH
his charge. Such is the modern ,.
allel of the parable OF the twenty nl
chapter Of Matthew.
Now. when the good man Oh u
parable found out that there was %
who had failed to fulfill DIS trust
: s,ve .Take therefore the nlent ir'
= him and give it unto him who h'
Ten talents. for unto evory one ih'' n'
sn.u lao given. and hc shall have
- abundance but from him that h.
pot shall Doe taken away even u
,,.i.i.h be hath" "Strnngc.' used
sov when read these words. 'ii'
can ANYTHING be- taken away ir"m
man who has nothing Can NOM
come from nothing Yet here l. u
, noroble of Matthew we read - u
l b,r, tbot hath not shall Doe taken 81"
~ oyon that which ne hath u cam
,,aerstond these words" ! useH
say: Il cannot understand ti''''.
Rut some time ago ] h"d S,'"'
w,minatlon Of the meaning oil
a,o.tor lust as you enter d'
roo1, and 20 10 the window ana
.,o Groom shade and a flood OF sunni
- In so had a wiudowful of
mel light poured upon these W"i's'
, dav while reading the expression
sov,a I'm Luke came upon the
',.ord "seemeth." Then ! read the
o,,sion of the parable m Matthew
conjunction with my text I'D Luxe
found that the two verses ii'
practically the same, Ihis rs l"c
rood the two verses. rake
therefore how you hear for whoso'
nth tn him shall be given ana WIN
ever hath not from him shall ue "a "a
away even that which he see'i''''
hsve" ooh" | exclaimed Il see
w-hen a man Is untrue TO the u
< cod has given 10 him, he may seer
= - veolth and happiness, be
Kin seom 10 be blessed with JOYS W
the orc denied the children OF Oou'
tbore shall come a time when ne
l., a.o,d before all men stripped OF
n folse assumptions" To pretend 10
does not prove that we nave
word "seemeth" Is the pivotal Wo'
- INV sermonic theme. ! want 10 J.
~ YOU that no man can e'erhni'y
sess anything that Is good ana
and pure unless he possesses
through his fidelity and conseci"u'
Tesus Christ. When man mas
and talents given to him th"t u
with he may do effective service .
christ and he uses them Tor ms
advantage or does not use them d
no will he called 10 account "'
bor Of God. Then God will say
owav even that which he seeine
have" 4,
The most absurd assumption u
first place. Of a worldly wise n
a., ..,,,t,,se the cold. OF the lana. %