The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-19

His Hypocrisy.
My brother. when YOU Try ID defend
your sinful, selfish actions IfS, putting
the blame of your sins upon "therS, do
you honestly mean that You are telling
the truth: No. you know you are not.
Like the unfathful servant in the par
able. Won are trying To cover u, your
tiger claws with sleeps wool You are
trying to shield your own sins with 4
tissue of lies People admire the strong
wing on which the eagle scars but 4
great preacher took Il different view Of
its flight. do You see he said. 'yon
der eagle how it mounts: Does it care
for the ethereal Ilrc or aspire to com
mIlne with the stars of the heavens?
Not Il whit Such airy conSidcra tons
have no weight with the bird And vet
you will not wonder that it scars when
you remember that it thus obtains Il
broader range Of vision and so becomes
the more able to provide for its nest.
! The bird mounts toward heaven, but it
always keeps its eyes upon the outlook
for its prey. 1t solrS that it may flash
downward with fUIi SWoon upon the
object Of its desires" so with some
sinful men. With their honeyed words
they seem to be mounting toward the
heavenly blue. They pretend t. be liv-
ing an unselfiSh life. But they are not
mounting thus toward heaven to live
nearer to God. They are mounting
thus in ortier that they may have wider
range for their depredatiOnS They as
sumo the white, SpotleSs robes of viz
tue, but their hearts are as black. and
as craven as the unfaithful servant Of
the parable
But not only does the worldly wise
man incur loss of property when his
Lord comes and reckonS with him. He
loses the society and eternal compan-
ionship of those dear to him. He seems
to assume that. no matter how selfish
ly he may live or what sins he may
commit, he shall he able to live for
ever with the same kind Of good peo-
pie with whom he has associated on
earth. He seems to think, because the
Master of the parable has let him
work side by side with his faithful
servants here for Il time. that when lie
comes back he will still let faithful!
servants live side by side with him
Now, this is not to be. Not ohy d;i
the Master take away from his ur-
faithful servant his talent ANA tear
away his hypocritical pretenses To- vir-
tue but the Master also tleharred that,
unfaithful servant forevermore aS%o-
ciating with those who had been fail
full to their trusts.
If YOU turn to the tWpnty-fifth tllar
ter of Matthew. YOU will find I,a'
Jesus taught this fact beyond all per.
adventure. After Christ had told IT,"
parable of the unfaithful servant wi.
the dramatic power nf true orator H..
suddenly changed his Illustration into
the scene of il courtroom. Here is the
open court of the east. Here are The.
multitudes OF all agsss assembled. There.
Is the throne upon which God will sit a.
the Divine Judge. who shall pass upon
each mortal life. After each servant
has given an account of his steward
ship the Divine Judge will pronounce
the sentence. Listen to the awful rin-
of those words: and before him shall
be gathered all nations, and he shall
separate them one from another "a, q
shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats, and he shall SET the sheep on his
right hand and the goats on his left
Oh, yes: there will be an awful sepa-
ration some day! The faithful scry
ants must be separated from the bad
That means. IF do not render good
account of my stewardship, God viii
separate. me in eternity from living
with those who have been faithful T..
their trust
Oh. unfaithful servants. we pretend
to believe that your mother, your wife
your daughter. your son, belong t.
you? If you do not render Il true &c
count of your stewardship. God vii!
just as surely take them away from
you as some day he will take aWaE
your money and sllatter your hyI,ocl'it
ical pretenses to virtue. Some day Coo
shall send his death angel into your
home. You may bar and bolt the front
door, but the death angel will come
right in. He will not loiter much IN
the dining room or the parlor. He will
ascend the staircase and stop at this
bedroom and that He will look into
one bedroom and there find your old
mother reading her Bible. He will APP
proach her gentle form and tap her
upon the shoulder and say: Come
child Of God. Come. BY thy illumined
face | know thou hast been faithful
to thy trust Theh he will find your
daughter upon her knees. He will say
to her: Come, daughter Jesus is
waiting" He will call thy Christian
father. He will stop Il minute as he
hears your dear wife pray, 20 God.
save me and save my dear husband.
that we may dwell together with thee
in paradise" Why will yonder angel
be weeping? Thou knowest Or ought
to know Unless thou dost repent anG
make right rendering of thy steward
ship thy family circle after death will
never be reunited. You may say YOU
loved ones belong to you. but your pre-
sumption may be based upon FALSE
premises. Your Christian loved ones
belong to you if you are faithful to
your divine trust as they are faithful
If thou art not faithful. then they do
not belong to you. They shall not be