Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-03
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~ ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THE TRAGEDY OF THE ONE TALENT
MAN.

lext, 'And 10 another one talent. Matt.
XIV, l5
1t is Tuesday afternoon. April +,
A. ID. 30. Jesus, the Man of Nazareth.
with his disciples and motley null
titude, is up on the brow Of the
Mount of Olives. Jerusalem and the
temple arc below them, blazing III all
their glory in the hot afternoon sun
Christ has Just foretold their annihila-
cause of that future ruin. No nation
had ever received such a trust as had
the Jewish people. Their talent was
large. Would they use it or bury it.
as they did their Lord in JoScph's
tomb? Back Of the many colorod Syr-
ian turbans the Master looked through
the haze of the coming centuries. lie
who gives beauty to the stars. fra
GRANGE to the flowers and life to the
child gives to each mortal some varic-
ty Of endowment Each according to
his ability" Only few are ten talent
men-most of us arc onc-and we are
apt to discount that one! TO us this
short text is like a galvanic shock.
But to the story:
The Talent Committed.
There's hustle and hustle in that
eastern house The master is off for
a long trip to far country. He calls
his three chief stewards. They stand
with glistening eyes. Eight thousand
dollars or more will be committed to
them Such fortune doesn't grow
on every bush. What chance to
prove themselves! Now he's off.
There's waving Of hands. Many sa-
laams. Farewell! They watch the
dust of his chariots and camels as it
disappears into the horizon. But, say.
brother, push the clock hands around
! 900 years. Wake up! Rub your
eyes! Not Palestine in the orient, but
the occident-your town. U. S. A.
Talents are no longer gold and silver.
but faculties. mental, physical and
spiritual How big is your capacity?
Five bushels or one bushel? Can you
make horseshoes. sing tenor and pray |
in public? Then you are that three |
talent fellow. Just make horseshoes. !
nothing else? One talent only. Ma !
poleon had five talents; Elias Howe
one. Which would you rather? Get |
some books; add horse doctoring to !
the horseshocng. Now your sign |
reads "Farrier and Veterinarian"
You arc two talent man now. And
you. Miss Modest, you've been leading !
the young peoples meeting lately; add
teaching Sunday school class down !
1T the mission. One plus one are how
many? Who said "a thousand forests
lie in one acorn?' Sounds like Emer-
son. Your prayer seemed feeble COM
pared to old Brother Saintly's"
Doesn't matter. The moss at Santa
Barbara isn't jealous Of the big trees
at Mariposa. The hen needn't envy
The eagle nor the sugar corn the rose.
Tho Gifts Of God.
Our gifts, musical ability, song, ora
.ory, craftsmanship, any power. come
rom God. Say, that's thought-GOd
las confidence in us. Needs us in some
way. Has left certain worlds work
Tor us-to build bridges, dig tunnels,
watch teakettles boil, fly lightning
Kites, try air currents with monoplanes
md biplanes-indeed. pours the treas
lres of the universe into our laps.
gives US a handful of seed and then
steps back, goes into "a far country"
It isn't yours to criticise either the
work or the tools he gives you. A
National league ball player has just
closed a three year contract at $4,000
/ year. 1t evidently pays to play ball."
The average salary Of Methodist minis
:ers is $500. Is one ball player worth
twenty-five preachers? Yes. on the
ball field. But don't try to reconcile
Your task Is to make
-FOUR talent larger. The place to make
money is where others are letting it
20. To get trade find the need Of
and supply it. To 60 to
your work fresh. to love your job. to
cultivate that peculiar psychic buoy
ancy that makes the winning Splinter
cross the line smiling and easy, to give
the best that's in you to the common
place, is the magic that increases your
gift Of God within you