Year: 1876

THE PARABLE OF THE STEWARD AND HIS MAS


yrR-sERMoN by THE REV. FATHER CON-


MOLLY.


The high mass at St. Stephens church yesterday
morning was celebrated by the Rev. Father Connolly,
OF Green Island n. Y, who preached a brief sermon
alter the communion Of the service Father Connolly
read tho cpise and gospel of the Sunday the latter
being taken from ST. Luke, xvi, La


He said that we we're all stewards of God, who
quired of the service We promised Him at our in
fancy. We were made by the Creator that We might
honor, love and know Him, rendering Him this service
to the end OF our lives. When should be called on
the last day to render account OF tho stewardship
Of our souls our must be in accordance with
the iunment Of our duty as we had IL imposed upon
us. God will have then taken all power out of our
hands, and shall have 10 account for tho
made Of it while in keeping. The parable OF the
Gospel showed in very clear light the lives of too
many Christians in their reality. but fortunately
of all Christians. Too many gave to God only
what they spared from their ncighbor. The world was
everything to them, and its and concerns
pied their souls ambitions and cndeavors. What
concerned them was not that their daily lives
pleased God and increased for them divine appreciation
and secured Tor them a walk Of grace, but how
that they could well in the estimation OF thor
neighbor possessors OF worldly goods riches
and be esteemed tor their appreciation OF Mammon





they continuing in an evil course, were actually
afraid to dcsist and follow the true path lest their
ncighbors might change their opinion OF them How
foolish this defiance OF God in Of the cold looks
or trowns of Others and how fathless such stew
ardshp of that which God had given to be cherished
and protected Without speaking Of the grosser in
suits offered God by sinners, find among those
upon whom choice graccs and blessings had been
lavished that


STEWARD pIsHvNEsT:


that he did not what given him for his Mas :
ter's service The steward mentioned in the parable





mans funds. Whispers began 90 round that he
dishonest. and, hearing of these the rich man said,
'What these things hear OF you? Thou canst bo
steward no longer.n The day would come when God
would say TO many. "Thou canst be stew
ard no longern God would clam what no
could not be returned How could return be
given of all the numoerless which were despiscd
and rejected OF all the ycarnngs for repentance and
union which stifedy What answer would IL thon
be to that there time for the performance Of
this duty that escape from this temptation or
graccs and gifts. and you asked to love Him. You
fathrss TO this love which He implanted in your
soul and lived dsintercsted fogctful wandering life
The in the parable saId he ashamed TO beg
and here again he like to the sinner who had been
wasting himself away seeking worldly instead OF hca
imporc mercy; he ashamed beg for the grace
obtain the suscnance he needed. IL light be when
sickness came that the conscience which had been
dulcd duty for a long time would be awakened and
that then the inner would whisper that alter such
fathcss stewardship there ought to be shame. Now
would come despair We should learn from the lesson
OF the parable to avoid this aud by the love and honor
TO God and by the lives we should lead in low.
Ing and knowing Him. render ourselves ever pre-
pared to account Tor the stewardship ntrustcd to us