e ten talents. For unto every one
that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from
him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.
And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness:
there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.--Matt.
25:14-30.

Evidently the sympathy of Jesus was with the two men who hustled, and not
with the fellow who took it out in growling and blaming the boss. Jesus
would have agreed to the proposition that to live an unproductive life is
one of the cardinal sins. Evolution and Christianity agree on that. This
exhortation to do good work was given when Jesus was looking forward to
his death and his absence. He would leave the Kingdom of God as an
unfinished task. He wanted his disciples to carry forward their Master's
business under their own initiative when he was not there to direct them.
The new conditions would throw even heavier responsibilities on them.

Can you translate this parable into terms of college life and sketch three
college students as companion pieces to the three business men?

Second Day: The Call to Action

And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew
the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were
fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will
make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they left the
nets, and followed him. And going on a little further, he saw
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in
the boat mending the nets. And straightway he called them: and
they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired
servants, and went after him.--Mark 1:16-20.

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And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew,
sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me.
And he arose and followed him.--Matt. 9:9.

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And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus said unto him, The
foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the
Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And he said unto
another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and
bury my father. But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their
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