The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
MY WISE FOR UNWORDLY
ENDS.
The International SUNDAY school les
I", Tor May 10 IL The Unjust stew
' Luke t6:1-13.
~ WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

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vou are so charitable that l
would find a good word to
mn Old Satan himself n re-
i'4Itrl was the reply, there is his
w., f,r one thing Out of
= .4 may be learned. This pres
''' rid IS full of lofty suggestions
~, ,duonitions to the saintilest per-
"'' ven though the ways of the
So"', MAY not be approved. Big
r'as certainly has mucl, to teach
". .rurrh and the laboring man, even
te.,sb broadly speaking, II may be
,,uiy with both. Good ways may
q .,,,ad fr,m a bad man. So Jesus
cred the parable of the unjust stew
- ,.. Y, commend the steward, but
INT ont that the children of dark
~ sometimes wiser than the
"tn4ror Of light. Because we use
80. uurdcrers case to teach a lesson
#, endorsement of the murderer.
parahlts may not be compelled to
.,r IN all-fours. Trying to find some
aamtIeti,al meaning in every detail
If oar Lords parallels has done end
los. harm 10 Christian teaching. "A
,ar,ble IN has been said, is a narra-
Nv, fictitious. bat agreeable to the
I.vs and usage of human life, by
vb,ch either the duties Of men OIL the
hing, Of cod. particularly the nature
and history of Gods kingdom, are fig
nratypN portrayed. A parable is to
ha DISTINGUISHED from a fable. The
former * probable and might be true,
the latter introduces impoSSibilitleS,
such 81, trees talking; the former
teaches important spiritual truths, the
latter does not advance beyond home
Ii lessons Of worldly prudence. The
parable Is also To be distinguished
from an allcGory. The parable is a
story complete in itself. quite apart
from lbs Interpretation, whereas an
|alleGory has no meaning at all apart
from It's interpretation. The parable
differs still more from the myth, in
which a~liegory and fact are so mixed
that The allcgory is taken for fact. Nc
parallels occur in the fourth gospel,
their place il taken by paroimiai, al
@lcgoricS. of which the most complete
are those Of the fold. the good shep
herd and the vine and the branches.
U~nfaithful and Unfit.
commonly it is the unfit who are
the uufaithful. This steward found
himself discharged from his position
and in q panic because Il nave no
strength 10 dig, to beg | am ashamed
Two business men were talking to
gether about their work. My great
test ditiCulty,' aid the first, lis Il
lind a good assistant. | can get clerk
by the drove. but TO find q man VIII,
will stand in my stead, who will max
my interests his interests. and upOl
whom lean depend absolutely. is tn
hardest problem in all my business.
Business men are dependent upon tn
lruStworthiness of their helpers, jus
a. was The rich nan in the parable
80 Is every one of us; SO is God. Eve
Inc great work OF the Lord Almight
is hindered in the unfaithfulness q
hN stewards. To be a faithful stew
ara III Coo is to gain highest success:
\ burglar breaks into a house an
steals, but the news of his crime doe
not distress us as does the news Of a
Ascending cashier or OF a defau1tin
trustee. The latter OfierceS are pal
u~'ulariy grave because they are viz
!alionS of trusts. The wickedneSs of
steward in whom all confidence he
oeeh placed is greater wickedness tina
many other sins. That is the saddle
part about "A christians doing wrcns
Ne violates Gods trust in him. A
offending Christian is a f;iithiess stew
ara. There is a double Cffense whel
ever q Christian sins.
NC Of the pathetic incidents tn
'o~lleSS men meet rs the case
w" man or woman who wants VOL
OF EaGeS-and has no special abil
lh"so are often persons who h
Suddenly fallen from wealth to pove
Inc toward was in just this fl
=" ~ GOT out OF his easy position VIII
'VHd ne do He felt ain ost fore
wy further ~wickedneSs. because
''u' or thought he had. no other r
s''.'"S. Thousands of criminals q
"U'' ~ the same way. for they ha
W pil'k ard principle enough
S'l"f rather than to do wrong. Sc
'"'' = promoted by self-resourC
ttc Present for the Futu'
>'ldy transaction by the ste
~ N" stoiy-he reduced the u
-'' '1S Of every one of his maste
'1.tS. in order to win their frien
- houSh he also thereby Quio
4'Acted The debts for his G
-, = mad the point OF the PAL
Suddenly Jared into pruden
ard bclatedly began to ia
'tht for The future. He used
't opportunity for SubSpuu,