The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-01-17

acknowledging responsibility 10 any
one else, third, tho man who makes
/ !, his business 10 care for himself and
also "a consider the welfare OF others.
The man who failed. or lost his tai
sut. has IN his the slsmsntH OF the
frst two eiassss. He looked at his
Lord and thought him a hard man.
His fellows seemed favored above
himself ~. xAa suspicious. There
fore no resolved 10 take care Of him
self and himself alone. 30 hs buried
! his possibilities OF success. lie was
sarroS aud selfish Ia both faets. OF
eourse be lost out. Any man who
bafiss hia own possibilities IN ust nee
shsnfily lose. lie was unprontable
20 lifo aH q whole. because he chose
90 be. lie was afraid he would earn
more than hs sRA paid. He vas
afraid he Nigh, work icfter the whIs-
tic bles. Self Was the biggest thing
in hls eye, lie Sns afraid. afraid ho
might humble himself. ia order u
De great. Success was never any
where this mans Ss,ehEord. lie
shs "a negative. He looked tack. not
ahead. lie looked down. not up. Ito
chose to be unit for the responai-
bsli,y Of one talent, Who ever would
think Of giving him Eve. or ten. or
eleven. Choosing wrongly In the
small things he never would have
chosen rightly In ,h. grca, things
He cruelhed himself.
.. The prohtabir Servant.
Tho Improbable seryan, vas an
soeumuiatof. tie Enthsrec 20 himself
and buried H. The profitable Ecryan,
~aA producer. By his personal ef-
forts b. added 10 the sufn total OF the
riches Of heaven. the estate All the
efforts Of the first were put forth Ia
suspicious. l.alousies and grave dig
ging All the efforts Of the ether
@er" directed toward production. He
var ao Interested In tina, that he for
got Irsioasies. favorN and the posHi-
bili,y of oser~ork. No graves for
him. lie needs them not, His tai
ents are In circulation Hc wins
The talents Of tho profitable serv-
ant wcfe not necessarily riches Of
gold. They we're not necessarily high
honors lie may have been a ditch
digger Possibly he was n machtntst.
or farmer. or a preacher. lie may
have been a banker. or u teacher. or
a lawyer. Nobody knows. and no.
body ought TO care. for II Is not the
point The point Ia iha; he had good .
talents aud he used them. iis used
them for all he wss worth. They !
may has. been talents OF kindness. !
or OF hand work. or OF brain work. or |
Of cheer. or song. or hatred OF wick !
edneas. or just love. Possibly they |
~ero all OF these. fia, they never 1
rus,.d in his hands. He never thought 1
God mad. the earth for a grave He |
thought II sss made as a basis for !
production. lie thought the same |,
thing about the human soul.
isa't your business going well.
Make 1t go. Is your church tagging.
Better open that grave and take out
the talent Have your friendships /
fallen or' Somebody must make an
effort 10 &c; them back. II may Ms
well be yoa as any one else. Make
your soul produce. A plow beats q
spade ans day. Tho alkali OF jeal-
oasiy. hate. envy. Is bad for the soil. /,
II needs rlnsing out. The lime of the
Spirit ought TO be pu; In. II will
Sweetcn things up wonderfully.
Heaven will be better 10 you. and hell Il
Hlll BE- better without you. Now.
snt that so. Cheer up, Dig up the
'aleni; nh up the grave: and throw