The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
DISPATCH. RICHMOND VA SUNDAY DECEMBER


the night before Flo died. He said
then as lie says now "Do this.' lf
We do not, we arc robbing God Of the.
honor due unto Ills name, ana we
arc disobedicnt because Holy Comtnu,l-
ion Is no. n matter OF choice, but a
duty as we'll as great privilege,
But God says wo are to worship
Him always, not only In church Mucn
OF our time must be spent In the
world, In our work, at our business or
wherever our calling may be. We
must worship God there we must set
Gods will ever before us, always re-
membering, Thou. GOD, seest me- we
must do ell unto the Lord--llve work
and speak as servants of Christ A
true Christian Is as much n Christian
In the bayfield,, the market. the bank
the workshop or IN any Office as at tho
altar. The man who loves God h0
tile example OF Jesus with him avery
whore and at all times. man who
at his work Is doing his best, Is clean
spoken, deals honestly. puts in good
work and gives Just measure can be
worshiplngs God lust as much as when
he IS worshiping in church.
we are hidden to be mot slothful In
business, serving the Lord" or course
we cannot all serve the Lord in the
Same way or in the same degree. In
the world every one has some gifts,
some talent, and, like those OF the
parable OF the talents, it will be re-
quired of him according to what he
has received.
One man may command an ironclad; ,
he Is the man with ten talents. An
other is a stoker on board the ship.
who Keeps up the engine fires; he is
the man with one talent But one Is as
important In his place as the other.
The famous architect designs a
grand cathedral with his ten talents.
but he cannot carry out the design
without the men of one talept, the
bricklayer and the mason. so 1t Is In
the service OF God. We cannot all
serve in the high places: we cannot
all preach eloquent sermons; but we
can kneel and say a simple. earnest
prayer for our family, our friends and
our neighbors. We can say kind
word to our fellow-men, perhaps dis
suade companion from drunk enness or
dishonesty. we all have talents enough
to enable us to walk straight, to tell
the truth. to keep our hands from
picking and stealing, to go to church
and worship God: and this is all He
requires OF us. He does not expect
OF us more than we are able to do,
but He does expect us to serve Him
! faithfully. 1t is the man who bur!es
his talent and does nothing for God
who is punished. We must serve God
whether we are IN the pulpit or pew,
palace or cottage, whether rich or
poor, clever or ignorant, and we must
give this service Willingly He does
not wish us as slaves. His service is
not penal servtude. but glorious free
dom.
Sometimes God gives US very hard
work to do, and we have to suffer or
maybe meet danger in His service. In
a great battle little drummer boy
remained In place exposed to the
fire of the enemy, and when asked
why he stayed in such a dangerous
| position he replied, Il don't know why
he did 1t, but my commanding officer
put me here, and here I must stay
/ Very often we cannot understand
| Gods dealings with us or why we are
in such or such position. and Their
we must remember 1t Is enough fol
God to know why and that we are put
there by Him.
Sometimes Jesus says to us. Deny
yourself for My sake" He bids u.
J take UP our cross and follow HIM
and no matter what He bids us give
UP let us remember this, 'Whosoeve,
shall lose his life for My sake or tht
gospels shall find it." Teach me t.
do Thy will, Lord"
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