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''"Man goeth  forth  unto  his  labor  until  the  evening,  and then  cometh  the  night  when  no  man  worketh." — Psalm ciii. 23; John  ix. 4.

Ex. : I.  Necessity  of  labor. II. Our choice. III. Our reward

I. Parable  :   1. Rich youth  and  Peter's  query. 2. Five special calls. 3. The  recusant.

II. Choice: 1. Two masters. 2. Vineyard  and  race-course. 3. Worldling  and  sluggard.

III. Reward: 1. Coin is  heaven. 2. Justice  to  all. 3. First, last; last,  first.

Per. : Newman's  picture  of  ideal  Christian.

Brethren, for  six  days  the  Creator  wrought,  and rested on  the  seventh;  not  till  the  darkened  sun  cast night on  Calvary  did  the  Redeemer  desist  from  His labors; and  the  Holy  Ghost,  we  are  told,  the  Sanctifier  and  Saviour,  will  continue  His  beneficent  mission even to  the  night  of  time — the  consummation  of  the world. Ceaseless activity,  then,  being  a  characteristic of  God,  what  wonder  that  toil  is  the  common  lot of man,  for  the  Creator  is  the  creatures'  archetype. Man, even  before  his  fall,  was  bidden  dress  and  keep the earthly  paradise,  but  after  his  sin  his  toil  became for him  a  curse. The convict  in  his  solitary  cell  anon realizes that  work  is  a  necessity  of  our  being. " Labor,"  says  Shakespeare,  "  physics  pain;  'tis  in itself  a  blessing  and  cursed  only  in  its  products,  the.