Newark post., 1914-02-04

supreme example. He has sur
rounded himself with magniticanc
taking the crust from the poor. h
has made and unmade many men
For example, Everett Constable
Did Eldon Parr, Everett Constable
and others pay the price? A thou
sand times yes. They paid dearl.
for the sin against their better na
lures.
Look at Eldon Parr. Starved IL
soul, view distorted till he will no
see the right, starved in affection
deserted by his own, poorer thar
the poorest he had fieeced. Had he
not been so greedy for wealth he
might have won the love of both
son and daughter and so saved the
son-the idol of his secret heart
from dissipated life and drunk
ard s grave. He might have Won
the respect and love of his daugh.
ter to crown his later years. AT
least had he still lost both he would
have been the gamer.
What did Longfellow in his
matchless poem "Evangeline' say
of affection:
Talk not of wasted affection, af-
fection never has wasted:
If it enrich not the heart Of an
other 1t waters, returning back
to their springs,
Like the rain, shall fill them full of
refreshment;
That which the fountain sends
forth returns again to the foun-
tain"
King David did not lose by his
great love for Absolom. even tho
he proved to be the most migrate
full, unnatural Of sons, for we find
him saying with a full heart" in
Matthew Arnold's beautiful poem
" "Absolem":
"Oh! Absolem, my son Absolem.
would that I could have died for
thee
The Power of Personality: John
Holder quotes Phillips Brooks
where he says, "All truth comes to
the world thru personality" " To the
personality of Lincoln and Phillips
Brooks he pays high tribute when
he says, Whose authority was that
of the spirit, whose light had so
shone before men that they had
glorlfied their Father which was in
heaven; the current of whose pow
er had so radiated in overwhelming
circles as to make incandescent
other souls. -
Though they had given to many
and varied causes in the name of
charity Of what avail all their set
tlement houses, Y. NJ. c. AS, So
clal centers, unless something of the
siver went with the gift g.? Even the
oroverbial cup of cold water might
prove wonderful spiritual bless
mind it. The saying from Chan
ming is still true: "The gift without
the giver is bare
The Interpretation of the parable
IF the talents: "To one he gave
five talents, to another two and to
another one
Mr.. Churchill thru John Holder
gives a very full and beautiful in
depreciation to this parable. Tai
ants are opportunities-opportuni-I
ties for service in the upbuilding of
the Kingdom The embracing of
one opportunity-one responsible
Ity-leads to another, and so the
servant who used the five given tai
ents gained ten and the one with |
two gained four, but the servant |
who refused-who shirked-lost |
even the given one and was cast in
to outer darkness to witness an
'ther perform his task. "Hell is
wasted opportunity-here and here
after. "
The Interpretation / have heard |
S that talents meant gifts-natural |
abilities-but John Holder goes
further and says, "Oppol tunity |
sor service. - This is infinitely bet
.er for it embraces ability to serve |
plus the chance to render that SER
vice. Surely that was what Christ |
meant.
God never sends the opportun-
ty without the wherewith to meet |
t. John Holder saw the church of |
oday surrounded by opportunities
o serve and yet she sat idle-saw
hat she tried TO face nrnsant da,