River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-08-11

was the Roman SlGuQdId VI Ih1t
time, as the Ira is the Italian stand
ard, the mark the German standard,
the franc the French standard, the
shilling the English standard and
the dollar the American standard.
1t is worthy of note that in one OF
the fine old English cathedrals the
records show that its excellent chisel
work, superior to anything of to-day,
cost "A penny day and bag OF
meal for each laborer." The parable
of our lesson is evidently intended
to teach that God will give all that
he has agreed to all who labor that
he may in generosity give more than
he has stipulated.
At the close of the day, we read,
those first hired murmured against
their lord. We cannot suppose that
any who would be counted worthy
of share in the Kingdom would
murmur against the Glver OF all
Good. The rewarding is TO be ex-
pected at the close Of the harvest
day and the murmuring may be ex-
pected there also. The penny" or
reward would thus seem to be some
thing of the joys, blessings, honors
and privileges of Gods people in
the present life, at the close of this
age. Those who murmur that they
do not receive a sufficiency of honor
and distinction and of Divine &C
acknowledgement will be thereby
proving themselves unfit for the
future service beyond the VEIL" as
members of the Church in glory.
This would seem 20 point warning
to those of Gods people who have
been long in the Truth and who
have had great privileges of service,
that if they murmur against the
blessings and rewards coming to
them, it will mean that they were
laboring for the reward merely and
not approaching the Privilege of be-
ing laborers with Christ and with
the Father; it would imply that they
had failed to enter into the spirit of
the wonderful privileges granted
them of serving the Lord, the Truth
and the brethren. The right spirit,
the proper interest in the Fathers
work and in the brethren should
prompt all to rejoice with every new
laborer and to be glad that all such
should receive of the Lords favors,
blessings and enlightenment as
fully, as freely, as themselves. Sure
ly any who have not this spirit have
not the spirit of Christ on this sub
ject.
The general lesson is that God is
SO just, SO generous, SO bountiful,
in his dealings that all those who
appreciate matters from his stand
point will rejoice in the blessings
which overflow upon others. A
failure to appreciate the Lords
generosity was one cause of Stun
bling to the Jews eighteen centuries
ago-they were offended that the
Gospel message should go out be-
yond them to the Gentiles. Similar
ly to-day some Christian people are
stumbling over the fact that the
Word of God shows that, whereas
Divine blessings are now confined
to the Church, the elect" the serv-
ants and handmaidenS of the Gospel
Age, yet the time is near at hand
when God will pour out his spirit
upon all flesh" and when all the
families OF the earth shall be blessed.
All who have the privilege of bear
ing the labor and heat of the day in
the Lords service must be glad Of
the privilege, in order to be worthy
of participation in the Kingdom.
Thus some who seem to be first in
their promptness to respond to the
Lords call for 1aborers may be
amongst the last TO receive special
blessings of grace and Truth and
this may serve as special test up
on them-as respects their loyalty,
and the motives which actuated
them in engaging in the Vineyard
work.
When the Stomach, Heart, or
Kidney nerves get weak, then these
organs always fail. Don't drug the
CAn...ncl, nor stimulate tho Hart