| Show JESUS' JESUS ADVICE ON USE OF MONEY Should be Utilized to Lay I Foundations of Eternal Friendships PARABLE THAT SHOCKS Rev Her E. E F. F IJ Dl coui es nt at Fir First t COI r on nn Good Lc Lesson ol n From Frum Bad Men A wA Good Lesson from u n Bud Bad Man covers briefly the time sermon preached by byn n Rev E E. 1 F. F 1 Lyman man of oC Gr Great at Falls FaUs Mont Ion at the time l' l First Con Congregational church yesterday morning Rev nov Mr lr Lyman Iman Is preaching at the time First Congregational Congregational Con Con- church In th the lid absence of dC Rev Rey I K E. I. I Go Gushen hen and wH will Ol have charge of tho time Sunday morning services during time the tho remainder of or the present month until the time return of oC the lie regular pastor pasto TIme The text of or Hov Re Mr Ir Lyman's sermon was sects taken from Luke xvi 8 9 9 and anul as follows follows- For the lie sons of oC this world are arc for rOl or their heir own generation wiser than thul the sons of or light And Amid I Ia Isay say a Uh unto you make to yourselves friends by ty m means mans of a n mammon of un unrighteousness tin un- rr righteousness that when It shall fall fail time the they htmL IH may receive you into the eternal lu tabernacles les In part tho lie sermon was as I 1 venture to to say that bitt no serious person ever cr read for or the first time parable paralle of the lie unrighteous steward stew stew- less lessof lessof lessof ard without experiencing more or 01 arf of a spiritual shock The tells tell teU the story Hor of a bad man emphasizing his Ills shrewd rascality tumid and at the moment that lint we SC expect to lo hear liiLi heal this swindler in instead In- In soundly denounced we are arc amazed stead SeUl to hear the mans man's qualities held hel up in II commendation before Christs Christ's disciples while a comparison is drawn between themselves and the class of oC cass men uncut to which this perfidious embezzler and timid cheat belongs In which th tIme tho ChrIstians Christians Chris ChrIs- tans appear at a L disadvantage The rime turn o of the parable Is so surprising so apparently at utter titter variance with wih the the great Gulf Gut streams of scripture teachIng teaching teaching teach teach- ing that lint the reader instinctively brings himself to an au al abrupt halt und and n reads reals again this strange e parable to see sec If IC he huts has his not left lef out some sonic word or Introduced Introduced Intro Intro- another and amid titus thus given Iven the time story time the er very opposite meaning from what was real really written UNO UNc UC of ur Opportunity But Dut you ou see seo the steward Is not com com- n for or his rascality He lie le is plainly placarded as an unrighteous steward but Ito l I la Is commended for his clearness in iti using the brief opportunity while he lie still remained steward to gain glin for Cor himsel him him- sell sel friends who would provide him him a ahome ahome ahome home In iii the time to comeI conic come It I Is a as though Jesus had hilt said You sec Sc how hoi worldly men will wi turn everything everything- to their temporal advantage advantage tage tage- Thc They show more moro wisdom und and practical sense In iii accomplishing their temporary ends than the he children o of 1 light hl do in Ir securing their eternal in interests in- in Learn a n lesson from rom the time sharp hut but tricky y steward Be Dc sure to mul make e ethe the time eternal future safe safo and as ho he used tho lie means In his hands and arid made It ittin win tin for him temporal friends do you also milso use the he money mooney In such a way Wily as to form eternal friendships about time the There here la is terrific abut human personality when It Is la utterly set et tit ut liberty to the time accomplishment of ofa a I definite chosen end Perhaps the rite most conspicuous ex example cx- cx ample of or such a man in modern history was vas Napoleon It 1 h has s been heen said sall of oC him that all i the ml mighty ht energies o of the tIme great greut conquerors conqueror's intellect worked without embarrassment of oC religious scruple rHe or restraint of oC conscience anti and what a n tremendous power was tho the ambitious am om- man oman In modern history In spiritual things timings uch a n man was vas Martin Luther calmly Into the v very r midst of the lie men who were vere bent benl benton benlo o oil on taking his life lre singing out his defiance uen alice ance j And thou though h this world wurl with wih filled Cled Should threaten to undo us Ve ye will vili wit not fear for Cor God hath bath willed Ills Ils truth to triumph through S us The trouble with the children of l light ht Is not goodness Is less Jess pow- pow ful or ur less Jess great than evil for evil rO I for there 1 tt hE no greatness but hilt goodness The truth Is that a u mixture of Is 3 wel weak weaker er or than thal Is la either goodness or r evil ovll The Tue ability of or faith to tu remove mountains has his been power In every evemy generation I hut luit there Is a I faith that Is great Ireat enough to u distrust self sef but not gret great enough to step out Into unfaltering trust of Gol God Unrighteous I 1 wish to say a few words enforcing the masters master's injunction to mul o to yourselves our elves friends by means of oC the tho mammon of or unrighteousness s that Ihal when It shall fall fail fal they mu may receive you Into I the eternal tabernacles Mammon I means mono money Why h l I It I Is called un unrighteous unrighteous un un- righteous mammon 1 I do not know un unless unless un un- less Joss It is that that- it I is so constant constantly sought muter after and employed In sinful ways that lint it fairly seems to reek of or the lie sins of len men and anti by application of tC f such sueh an adjective c Jesus would 1 almost seem seeni to be warning his hla disciples to be beon beon beon on their hide thel guard lest they themselves should be Infected wl with Its Is taint Hut HtmL what a u marvelous light Jesus lime here hen throws upon tho the power powel of or money He lie lectures declares that lint money ou ought ht to 10 be used to lay tho the foundations of eternal friendships in tho lie age ale to come Doubtless Doubt Doubt- Dult less loss ono ouo of the tIme vcr very b hOst best st timings things In this life lre Is friendship And Jesus' Jesus words hero re would Indicate that ono one of or the time C fundamental ii n d a iii ii ta I c ch characteristics t e ri s t lea o of or C t the hi c 1 orld to 10 como come will It be bo Its Is purified glorified eternal friendships friendships What hut a profound und and reaching far service th then n can cun one render by causing his money to yield him him friendships y that shall shah continue con con- not for Cor or th the few rew fleeting months or years cars of oC this life lre but hut forever lImit Hut how can cun It be You have havn n a dollar dol dol- lar mr in iii your yom pocket You Yol have expended ertain forces of hand or brain for Cor a n period and as aa a u result you have havea have havea a certain amount of stored lip personal energy nerl Your monc money i is tint un extension ex cx- e- e tension of your our personality The Time ch chomI chem chom- mIst m- m I 1st t con can CW take that hint dollar dolar und anti nd drop It I Into his dla crucible and und reduce it to its Is constituent constituent con con- gases lie gases ho ho finds nothing there but material metal but the tho Christian can take mike that hat dollar amid und Ind by subjecting I It to tho the current of or Christian Christan love transform It into u a spiritual force that can go o almost and do olmo almost t an anything y tim I ii K |
