Milford chronicle., 1907-02-22

Gods disciple, although people know II
not"
His Hypocrisy.
NV brother. when you try to defend
your sinful, selfish actions by putting
the blame of your sins upon others, DO
Won honestly mean that you are telling
fbe truth? No. you know you are not .
Like the unfaithful servant in the par
able. YOU are trying to cover up your 1
tiger claws with sleeps wool. You are .
irving TO shield your own sins with a |
tissue of lies People admire the strong .
wing on which the eagle scars, but 4 /
great preacher took different view Oh
its flight. DO you see" he said, 'yon-
der eagle, how it mounts? Does it care /
for the ethereal blue or aspire TO com
mune with the stars of the heavens!
Not a whit. Such airy considerations
have no weight with the bird. And yet
YOU will not wonder that it scars when
YOU remember that it thus obtains
broader range of vision and so becomes
the more able to provide for its nest.
The bird mounts toward heaven, but II
always keeps its eyes upon the OUTLOOK
for its prey 1t scars that it may hash
downward with full swOop 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 to be Nv
ing an unselfish life. But they are not
mounting thus toward heaven to live
nearer to God. They are mounting
thus in order that they may have wider
range for their depredations. They as
sumo the white, spOtless robes or VIZ
tue. but their hearts are as black and
as craven as the unfaithful servant OF
the parable,
But not only does the worldly T:==
man incur loss of property when his
Lord comes and reckOns with him. He
loses the society and eternal compan-
lonship of those dear to him. He seems
to assume that, no matter how selfish
lv he may live or what sins he may
commit. he shall be able to live for
aver with the same kind of good peo-
ple 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 time that when he
comes back he will still let faithful
servants live side by side with him.
Now. this is not to be. Not only did
the Master take away from his un-
faithful servant his talent and tear
away his hypocritical pretenses to vir-
tue. but the Master also debarred that
unfaithful servant fOrevermore asso-
ciating with those who had been faith
| full to their trusts.
If you turn to the twenty-fifth chap
ter Of Matthew, you will find that
| Jesus taught this fact beyond all per-
adventure. After Christ had told the
parable of the unfaithful servant with
the dramatic power of true orator he
suddenly changed his illustration into
the scene of a courtroom. Here is the
omen court of the east. Here are the
multihldes of all ages assembled. There
is the throne upon which God will sit as
the Divine Judge, who shall pass upon
each mortal life. After each servant
has given an account of his steward
shin the Divine Judge will pronounce
tbe sentence. Listen to the awful ring
of those words: "And before him shall
he gathered all nations, and he sinai
senarlte them one from another as
sheDberd divideth his sheep from the
coats and he shall set the sheep on his
right hand and the goats on MS ielt'
Oh ves: there will be an awful sepa
ration some day! The faithful serv
ants must be separated from the bad
That means. 'If do not render gooC
occorht of NV stewardship God vii
sanorlte me in eternity from living
with those who have been faithful t
their trust"
Oh unfaithful servants. We preten'
70 believe that your mother, your wife
vour daughter. your son. belong t
vou9 If you do not render a true &C
counti of YOUR stewardship. God vii
inst ms surely take them away iron
Won ais some day he will take ava,
vour money and shatter your hypocrii
icaI pretenses to virtue. Some day Go
shall send his death angel into you
home You may bar and boi9 lne liol
door, but the death angel VII com
right in. He will not loiter much ]
the dining room or the parlorr lie WI
ascend the staircase and stop at thl
bedroom and that He will look INT
one bedroom and there find your oi
mother reading her Bible, Ele VIII al
proach her gentle form and tap he
upon the shoulder and say "Coh'
child of God. Come! By thy illumlhe
face l know thou hast been IalliiI
TO thy trust" Then he will ind you
daughter upon her knees. lie VIII sa
to her: Come, daughter. Jesus
waiting" He will call thy Chrislia
father. He will stop a minute as
J hears your dear wife pray ~ Oo'
. save me and save my dear husOah'
that we may dwell together WIN tn'
in paradise" Why will yPnder ahs'
30 y,oonincq Tbon knowetst or Ougl
- l,now Unless thou dosit repent an