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Show MM TALENT WORTHyOF iOTICE Skill of the Lawless, Rightly Directed, Would Bring Success, Suc-cess, Says Minister. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN', Dec 7. If the samo' skill, training and bravery which the criminal shows could be spent In the right way it would result In success, regardless of the line of work, '3 the contention of tho Kev. James Ed ward. Carver, pastor of the First Presbyterian chur;h. Speaking cn the theme, "The Wonder and Reality of Preaont-day Reformations," the pastor said in part: It Is wonderful and strango to us how the same roalitloa vary In different dif-ferent relationships. An urrlclu that weighs a ton hero will weigh thirty-seven thirty-seven tons at the surface of the Min and almost nothing at the surface or some liny orb. Jt is wonderful how tho unskilled hand of trie boy becomes be-comes fine of touch and skill In later years na artisan or musician dovelops. Lips that cannot speak become eloquent elo-quent and the mind that was slow and backward becomes retentive and constructive as genius develops.. Most wonderful of all Is tho change from the non-Chrlstlan to the Christian. Talents that wore unknown or unused un-used become potent factors in huc-cess. huc-cess. It lo tho same life, but how dlffcront In its new trend, power and desire. We read In Jeremiah how ho wont to the house of tho potter and, watching tho potter remake tho clay vase that was spoiled, ob he turned It on tho wheel, Jeremiah saw how nations and peoplo could be re-mado re-mado by God. . The same clay or substance.' hut n new and 'Dcautlful form for a bettor purpose, Jeremiah prophesies, then, how Israel and her people shall bo romado as they shall know again' God and obey hl3 laws. Tho same clay; but made into a new vase or vessel: tho same man, but In now relations unto God remade Into In-to a better lifo. It is the story of God's spirit dwelling In us and lending lend-ing us Into new tomorrows. The samo skill, training and bravery which tho criminal shows could. If spont In a right way, result in success suc-cess In any line of work. Those talents tal-ents ho reveals In crlmo need tho reformation of a new slandurd and purpose. Not more ability, but -a better standard of right Is the world's need. |