The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
Share Your Blessings
sermon Il.
HEN. FLOYD W. IoMrk1>s.
Text: Hebrews. xiii. 1921.


simple terms this new philosophy. IL
.nswcrcd: III is the cash value 81
|iens." IL was an illuminating sug
|estion. For ideas which have no rca
|aluc In life are as embarrassing anc
|seless as products which n" on.
'ishes to buy. and truth in q large waH
as :, market value which really prove;
hat il is truth. \ market value i;
IA; which is made by the nceIi and BY
&c supply y product may have .
|igh price because il lie scarce. ever
|lough there lie no great demand fOl
or IL may have a nigh price because
here are a great many people wh,
| ant il. The rise and fan OF prices
|,nnot easily u. understood. because
here are soine people who take :,l-
|antalse of othcr peoples necessity ano
|old products until the needy peopl.
i'll pay :,lmost anything Tor them. I,
this which our government is trying
y remedy, and il is = complicated mat
.4r But thu lesson from il all. which
|'nccrns truth as we'll as materiaI
|Eings. is that Nalu. depends largely
|ron applied usefulness.
tESSI N.S HAVE LITTLE
VALUE >TU. SHARED
y blessing. then. has little value un-
fss II IL shar"d I may have splendid
|calth. but il ain satisfied Just 1.
fnjoy my health and do not use it 70,
&c benefit al others. IL is :. .luestior
+hctler that good health has any real
Faloc after all; whether il may not be
curse. ralh"r than q blessing. If
Pm successful in business and make
honey, the money may lie :, blessing
! use 1t for good ana helpful pur-
|oses: hut il hoard il. or ii ! use j,
such q way Us 10 make life harder
f'har than easier FOR others. then
as. my wealth is q ours. rather than
blessing: u hurts me and IL hurts
hers through me. II am Il man rulI
wisdom, that wisdom is d blessing
'rilN as | tr! To- help humanity with it
| shut myself ur with my knowi-
ic" aud pride myself upon II ana
ever impart II 10 others; then surely
= wisdom has .uVtr-reachcd itself
|nd from possible blessing II turns
TO II curse. All our blessings, there.
pre-" have. ~ il We're. II cash value"
10y arc real blessings only as they
re shared: tho sharing is a part ot
|lctr essence as blessings
INFECTED rO IsE BLESSINGS
ron GOOD or OTHERS
This applies in tho simplcs, matters
'1d II enables MS 10 measure our privi
ges and ourselves very closely.
'ount my h,cssings"--vcry we'll: here
4 long list Of them: am alive:
ave my five senses: | have my friends
home. clothing ANA food: can
ork; ] can worship: I can PLAY:
Pr sleep; can rest ana study and
ink. But what are these privileges
|ld powers doing fer the good OF tn.
| orld? Does nay life help amy one els,
live" Does the use of my tiy,
Enscs bring happiness 10 other people
are they as we'll of as they would
10 | could neither see nor hear nol
|neH nor taste nor feel" Is friend
fip generally made richer and highc,
pa nobler through my having friends,
my home AN example for other home,
! follow" lt-is pretty keen question
liz. but II surely sets the value OF my
essinSs, and intcrprets them as 90,
fishes them To bc Interpreted Fol
|noc' He uses all His glorious ana
Wine powers ana possessions for III.
Iiman children's happiness. and even
',Nc' Ills only son 10 tive and die fci
|an's salvation, He must expect US e
The same. 10 use the blessings lie
Yes for the good III others: that is. to
. ar. them.
A>KIND Is DEPENDENT
ON SHARING IFS GIFTS
All this becomes still clearer when
T. remcmhcr now dependent We are
BON the sharing Of The blessings OF
| Nor pcopl. with ourselves. am
mig on q journey, for instance. Some
.c1l--mauN meu--haVc the blessing or
| ing able 10 invent aud construct ears
| q locomotives which carry me. and
cy share with me; some man has
ility 10 run the locomotive, and hc
arcs with ne; some men formed Il
|UpanN ana started the railroad, and
cN shar" with III" hN selling me Il
iSct To ride to my destination: am
|irgry OH the way. and some man who
u cook shares with IN" his gift so that
can satisfy my hunger. How al!
long am dependent upon this bless
e sharing, ana how helpless would
II any man kept his blessings 20
|mscE and refused 10 share il! The
I ole. problem al living, at hapD:r.t.ss ;.
progress depends upon This SiHrsrg.
|pmc Is hIppN because The inmate 5
arc their gifts The State is pros
rpuS because ali tho people are inu-
|"iN sharing thc!r powers. The
|or!d Viii be at peace only as men
| arm cNcr%whrr" that what they pos
- or what they can do has Il value
~ in hclpiug uud blessing their fcl-
VS.. We arc all dependent each upon
Other; Sharing GUY blessings is the
IS laW of life.
iiHE N WOItk o.
ARTISTS AND POETS.
|TllnIi, hcw many 81 the graces and
|rtuos OF life are dependent upon this
me law. I'm N"NvbiIryport. an old
massachusetts, town. there are some
|autful gardens. THEY aye owned by
private family. tut the public can
INC and enjoy them at certain times:
IL owner shares hs creation Of beauty.
e Philadelphia orchestra. one Of the
est in the world. j. made possible 10y
Il skilled leader ana the musicians un-
MIN sharing their wonderful uuSi-
y Eiii win the people who come and