The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1921-02-24

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sAe light Of Christianity. fAe great
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psople evesyvhese is for msn and
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ves, and peile 70 them the way to
etesnal life Life il . weary and .
hopeleas struggle unless there i pres.
ent . faith IN the reality Of God and
. feeling Of the closeness of His
preAence- The world needs Jesus. In
the fine words Of St. Augustine, Il
have read in Plato and in Cicero many
things that were wise and beautiful.
but ! have never read in either Come
unto me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and l will give you
rest" And the privilege belongs to
every one Of Us to carry this message
Of hope 70 the needy ones who may
cross the current Of our lives.
Great abilities always find great
opportunities To put them to the test
II is seldom however that the supreme
moment comes until the soul has been
tried time and time again and found
not wanting in the tasks it has had TO
do And as these tasks are success
fully performed, the large Eork opens
up before Us, and increased duties
and responsibilities are ours.
God does not judge Us alone by the
things that we accomplish; He con-
siders the materials with which We
have to work God rewards US ac-
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we have; He rewards us for our faith
fulness in the Performance OF that
which is given to US to do. In the
parable the man who gained two tai
ents received the same praise from
his master as did the man who gained
five, those fine words of the golden
text: well done, good and faithful
servant; thou hast been faithful over
few things. ! will set thee over
many things"
Jesus told this story of the talents
to the disciples to contrast the re-
wards of faithfulness with the pen
atty for unfaithfulness. The man
who received the one talent buried II
in the ground, and when his master
returned, be gave back to him only
the talent which had been entrusted
to him. And the master not only
took from him the talent which he
had, but he had him cast out into the
outer darkness.
The story Of the unfaithful servant
is q true and vivid portrayal Of the
results Of unfaithfulness in service.
1t is said that precious stones, II hid
den away and not used for . considar-
able length Of time, begin TO lose their
lustre and attractivenesS. And SO 1t
is with those who fail to hear ano
heed the call to service that is heard
on every side. He who does not SYM
pathize with others, he who does not
do his part in lifting the burden of
care from the shoulders of the op-
pressed some day finds he cannot. and
the life that has made the way more
difficult for others has made real life
impossible for itself.
Jesus does not tell US what were
the feelings that filled the hearts Of
those two servants who were faith
full to their trust. But imagination
can span the gap of silence, and we
know that their faithfulness brought
its own reward of happiness. The
world provides many, many forms of
amusement and pleasure, but one
can never know what real. deep happi-
ness is in store for him until he has
done some deed of service, or has
been the means of leading some way
ward soul out from the shadowS.
'sThose who bring sunshine in the
lives Of others, cannot keep it from
themselves"
The Golden Text: "Well done. good
and faithful servant; thou hast been
faithful over few things, will set
thee over many things.-Natt. 25:23.