Evening star., 1923-02-24
Sunday School Lesson

trained, tested, through trading, un-
til He comes again.
Campbell has told US that this
is the business Of life. to traflc with
bodily and mental gifts, to trun the
raw fleece into fine moral fabrics
and redemption raiment. The truth
We have received we are not to be
always questioning. but sowing to
bread of life. Communicate your
Christltness, and don't let even the
choicest cargo linger at your wharf
longer than will serve to unpack
the fragrant freight for distribution
and Shipment You are a clearing
house. not a bonded warehouse. We
are not simply to talk religion, but
to trade our trusts to make men rich
with the barter, of the skies. It's
the man who. is bargaining in peace.
dippers ] 'a Of water. e Who i is fiIIins the
Masters idea Teach. travel, turn
over stock, trade. barter, sell, bar
gain and buy. swap traffic. These are
ment. If a man is not trader for
Christ he Is. a traitor"
Our Lord Recognized that the dis
ctples would face great dangers when
the power was placed in their hands.
There is always a danger in the
misuse of privilege and power by
abusing the same of by shrinking
from s,' assuming the personal re-
cSristian felloWxhip nes. p ana ns0'vsS Church
and useful Christian life is found
IN service for the glory Of God and
the welfare of humanity. Jesus was
pushing the disciples out to under:
take their task Of winning the world
for Him. The growing church re-
veals its development when older
members place the burden Of re-
s.Iponsibility .I upon younger shoulders
full foreign missionary work in
China and Burma has been estab-
lished by the missionaries from
America turning. over the control
and direction Of various fields to
tie native Christians
Luke. without doubt. looked upon
this parable as referring to the sec
ond coming Of Our Lord, who would
be absent for a season in heaven, re-
ceiving the earth as a kingdom from
God, and who would return to reward
those who faithfully served Him.
blame those who were negligent and
punish the rebellious. His return Is
certain, and when He comes again He
will reward all for their work done
either for or against Him. He will
summon those whom He has appoint
ed as stewards and trustees to make
an accounting, when He returns in
triumph and glory to assume the
throne of David and establish peace
among men.
The parable suggests that the prin-
.ciple upon which He will bestow His
rewards and ConGemnations of indi-
V1duals is the eternal law of Cod
which is found throughout the uni
verse. 1t is the law OF finance. in
dustry and life. Fish are found in
caves without eyes, because for gen.
erations they have not been used. II
we wish to have and to hold, then we
must use. We cannot save and keep
without use. We keep what we pos
sess by using it. We multiply our
seed by sowing it. We increase our
physical strength by using the same.
We save our lives only by losing them
IN the Masters service. Loss ineyi-
taoly follows when we refuse or ne
glect to use our opportunities and tall
ents for Gods glory.
Neither one of those whose labors
proved that they were worthy of be-
ing rewarded in accordance with their
services said aught concerning the
part they had taken in developing the
FUNDS intrusted to them for their
Lords work. The Stacker revealed
his criminal cowardice and personal
seihshness by the bravado with which
he referred to what he had done in
SAYING the amount fntrysted to him
safe and secure in handkerchief.
His suspicious nature made him dis
trust the Lord who had intrusted him
with FUNDS and started him I'D In
BUSINESS. The hypocrite was con-
demned by his own words, which es-
tablished his sin OF neglect. The re-
suit was his banishment forever from
the presence of the Lord. The church
or the Christian that is not doing ITS
utmost to advance the Masters King
dom VIII not deserve His praise and
reward for faithfulness and fidelity.
Let us all try henceforth to be faith.
ful to Christ and His cause until He
comes TO reward His servants Let
US keep the faith by passing it on nm
III the. world shall be won for Him
through the preaching and practice OF