The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1907-02-21

that hath not shall be taken away even
that which he seemeth to have"
But l must not talk about eternal
separations unless / tell you CONVEX
sation that would probably go on be-
tween the faithful servant and the un-
faithful one before the master of the
parable returned and demanded an ac
! counting for the trusts which he had
committed to them. The news was
carried ahead TO the three servants Of
the parable The messengers came to
the town where these servants lived
and said: "The master is coming. He
will soon be here. You must make
preparations to receive him. He 10
/ coming vesy soon"
Preparing For His Return.
At once the different servants went
forth and gathered in their talents. or,
to use the business parlance, the mon
eys which they had invested On the
night before the master came these
three servants were seated together be-
fore the great fireplace of the masters
sitting room. One of these servants
turned to another and said: John,
what have you made with your tai
ents?' well" answered John, you
know the master gave me FIVE tai
ents. OF course that is a big lot Of
money to invest, but kept busy.
knew he would come soon. And as the
] result of my labors 1 have gained Ave
talents more. / shall delight to give
| +box,. oil &., hix,, frr ba hoe ~ an q Kind
and loving master to me-"
what have you done, Peter|
well" answered Peter, 81 did not
/ have as many talents as you, but
took what he gave and went to work
! for his dear name. He gave me two
| talents, and earned for him two
talents more. shall be proud to give
| them to him. He has been a good
master to me-" Good, good" says
John. "How pleased the master will
be with your work, Peter! know be
will be just as pleased with your la
bors as he is with mine. We have
/ both done what we could"
| Just to the rear Of Peter and John
sat the third servant think his name
was Judas. Judas was sitting very
STILL Peter says to Judas, well, Ju-
das, what have you done for the mas
| teri" Judas looks up. He gruf1y an
swers: Nothing. To tell the truth,
know that l ought to have labored for
the master as you fellows did, but /
wanted to have a good time while the
master was away, and had it
think, however, have done better
than you two. have eaten my cake.
and 1 still have 1t. What am going
to do when he comes Is to throw all
the blame on him. Then he will feel
ashamed to punish me-" Just then the
three servants jumped to their feet.
The cry was taken up outside: Make
way! Open the door! The master Is
coming. Render We servants an &C.
count of your stewardship. Open the
door and let the master in"
My brother, do you think that con-
versation which / have been telling
you was merely fictitious one? Do
you believe the unfaithful servant
would ever have another chance to
make proper use Of the masters tai
ent? Deep down In your heart you
know whether Christ will grant you
another chance for salvation beyond
the grave. You may say, 1.-THE I'M
faithful servant in the parable did not
have another chance, but shall" AL
that can say is! IF the unfaithful
servant did not, neither will you. II
the unfaithful servant did have auoth-
er chance, then you VIII have Re
member this Is not my parable, but
Christss. You alone must apply the
lesson Of this parable in order to real
ize the eternal destiny of your SOUL
May the Holy Spirit help you to real
ize it In Christs way, and then you
will give up your indolent lives and go
to work for him who has endowed you
with the talents for which you will
have to give account.
copyright, 1907, by Louis Klopsch.1