How Much Owest Thou My Lord?
By Gen. Evangelist
Have you kept a debt and credit? You can tell the income of your farm and its expenses. You know to a mill the worth of your merchandise, or bank stock. Pray how much owest thou my Lord? Perhaps you have not had time; let me assist you. Does it run thus? A sound mind in a healthy body—
So much early religious instruction—
So many Sabbaths—
So many Gospel sermons—
So many public warnings—
So many private warnings; by sickness or by death of friends—
So many admonitions by Christians, and the remonstrance of an outraged conscience—
So much wealth—
So many excellent books— Come, give an account of your stewardship! What have you done? Have you used your intellect and health in his service? Have you kept his Sabbaths? Have you profited by these sermons—by those warnings and admonitions? Have you used your wealth as being but God's steward, for the extension of his kingdom, and in feeding the hungry and clothing the naked? How stands your account: for your Lord will shortly summons you.—Gen. Evangelist.