The first fruit of churlish-
"Who ix David," joinder. "There servants nowadays that Ureak from their masters." error lay in refusing to consider the individual, to think of Da apart feo avelass. It was always the with our Lord to draw the }man out of the mul ing but it is the habit de, und give to push the individual ruck of a class or race that rouses dislike, "Who is so and so?" "He is only one of those Gerriana—Nigxers, Chinks"—it depends on th. connexion, Or "he is one these" bio these The Pr syes of his people so that they do not ce the real situation. The ble lady who insists on her ready by a certain day und objects to paying the bill in a reasonable time, sees nothing amiss but the tradesman's effrontery. ix s0 much easier to ex: than other people, and the churl soon Tearns to cal hie creditors knives, for we are sure to slander those we wrong. The churlish heart di aunts the value of the entire hu-David once said mon were liars. But he his haste and confessed And certainly we need to repent of our cynicism. however, saying "Wherever you £0 in Darfur you'll find something to! eat" And sure enough as they ime to a village in the evening: th Jocal sheik brought them corn and large dish of sida, Slatin called up a clerk to give receipt to serve as a voucher for th. ser mission of taxation, but the man declined it, veying it was only his duty to sive the corn, hut that the rights of hospitality d manded Such a story makes the case clear against Nabal, It was a. small thing to acknowledge David's prosection, seeing it might huve been translated into brigandage: And Nabal becomes the type of the man who ignores his social obligation:
The Modern Churl.
Now we have all come across the Nabal type—the kind of man who puts his gains into his pocket without word, but makes a song about his obligation. He is prepared to live by the labours of others, to enjoy the benefits of economic solidarity, and the amenities. of our common social life, but 4s staggered by the suggestion that, he Last Dishonour.
(2) The second fruit of churlishness is solution. Nabal was a lonely man in his household, and first [with his employees who' said "He ruch a man of Belial that one cannot speak to him." The Bible always treats servants sympathetic cally, and hus no use for the man who regards them as if they had n> claim. "The punishment of hard masters is their isolation. Lady Astor spoke a true word the other day. "Those men who have built their businesses without any thought of those who have helped them to do so often go to their graves unhonoured und. sometimes cursed." Man's greatest hoon is fellowship and to lose that is worse than losing life. Such was the end of Jay Gould who moaned from un-Jder the burden of his millions, cannot remember ever having had good turn done me, and I'm not surprised, for I've had to shove down every one T met.
But Nabal was divided even from his wife and that was his last dishonour. Abigail knowing from experience the perversity of her hus: band had to take her own line for! the good and even the safety Assuming households "Go and T will follow," 1 have reminded you of the ugly|be she said her steward, "but she and hateful end of churlishness in would give an average addition of the sum eventually available,
told not her husband."
Tt is dread- order that we may greatly dread its $50,000,000 per annum for the next fol when a wife has to meet chur-obscure beginnings and watch against 10 years over and above the present Tishness with secrecy. It is the way them. It is duo to a blind absorpexpenditure, Two things should be to many a divorce before the great tion in one's own affairs, especially borne in mind in view of these divide of death. Life flows between in material things. Life is mutual figures. The organization would them like a cold river without a obligation, and if our fellows are break down under it and there would ford. not viewed and treated as partners be grave risk of waste, or there They Voth walk ea in their grassy and associates they come to be re-would be the temptation of bulging in an orgy of erecting Om either marge of the nicontit [garded as superfluities, inferiorities, expensive plants which in turn would 'Boor, Tivals, enemies. And' then aman With" the moon's own sadness in lives in x false world as Nabal did. spell augmented annual income, their faces, Against all the folly of the selfish Supposng the money could, without Where, joy, is withered, blossom waste, be immediately adapted for and heart stands the mind of Christ. education then in the absence of So Abigail had the shame of say-He helps us to approach our fellows, adequate communications the econo ing concerning Nabal.
"T pray thea to appreciate them.
He bids his mie barriers which are preventing" regard not this man of Bell jaciples stand on the threshold of the people from advancing so as to be his name means fool,' s0 is he. other Hives and say In effect. able to free children for schools would Still continue. If a sane and conti ous policy of funding the money, or
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