The Washington herald., 1914-05-09


IN much: and he that Is uurishtcous a very
little L. unriShteUus also in much.
ID And He said also unto the disciples,
There was a certain rich man, which had
steward: and the same was accused
unto him that he was wasting his goods
C2) And he called him. and said unto
him. What is this that | hear of thee?
render the account of thy stewardship;
for thou canst be no longer steward.
81 And the steward said within him.
self What shall l do. seeing that my lord
taketh away the stewardship from me?
! have not strength TO dig: to beg / am
ashamed.
ap | am resolved what to do. that.
when | am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.
C5) And calling to him each one of his
lords debtors. he said to the first. How
much owest thou unto my lord?
t6 And he said. A hundred measures
of oil And he said unto him. Take thy
sond, and sit down quickly and write
fifty.
"a Then said he to another. And how
much owest thou? And he said. \ hum
dred measures of wheat. RE said unto
him. Take thy bond. and write fnurscore.
tN And his lord commended the I'M
righteous steward because he had done
wisely: for the sons of this world are
for their own generation wiser than the
sons of the light.
C0 And | say unto you. Make to your
selves friends by means CT the mammon
of unrichtcousness; that. when it shall
fail they may receive YOU into the eter-
nal tabernaCles.
30, He that is faithful in a very little
is faithful also in much; and he that is
unriGhteous in a very little is unrsShteous
also in much.
1D If. therefore. We have not been
faithful in the unriShteous mammon. who
will commit to your trust the true riches :
u2l And If We have not been faithful
in that which is another's. who will give
you that which is your own?
N3 No servant can serve two masters;
for either he will hate the one. and love
the other: or else he will hold to one. and
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God
and Mammon.
The Narrative.
Luke links the paragraph which consti-
tutes our lesson for today with the events
in connection with which our Lord had
uttered His parable concerning the lost
things Whether il was spoken at the
same time IL may not be possible to de-
termine. but this docs not really matter.
There is quite clearly a close connection
between its teaching and the whole of the
occasion. While the parable of lost
things was spoken directly to Pharisees
and scribes. that which we are now TO
consider was spoken to the disciples.
The whole value of this lesson is discov-
! cred in the fact that II deals with the sub
ieCt of stewardship The failure of Phar-
isees and scribes was the failure of those
who at least claimed to be stewards OF
| the Divine law. The men whom the Lord
had gathered round Him as disciples
were being prepared to fulfil that respon'
| sibility.
Recognizing these facts we may turn &c
the parable. The story is perfectly SIM
| pie and straightforward. There have
however. been difficulties in the minds OF
| some, as it seems to Suggest that the
Lord approved of the method OF the stew
ard in asking less of his lords creditors
than they really owed. in order to make
| a position for himself.
| Let us then first glance at the end OF
| the parable, where We find that our LORD
\ said THE sons of this age are for theiI
| own generation wiser than the sons Of
light" Thus we see that He was making
a contrast between the sons of this age
and the sons of light. Moreover, th'
terms of the contrast are such as revea