The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-09-14
Moral UHsJnndFJ

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things.s Vegetation does not stand still
altogether in winter; and yet that is not
the peculiar growing season. The spring
for sowing the seed; the summer for IL
penipg the harvest; the autumn for reap
ing it. 1t seems as though the autumn
Were the most precious part of the year,
because then the farmer gathers in his
products. But, after all, sowing and
reaping are only parts OF one thing, and
the spring and the autumn are own
brothers..
So it is in respect to the work of God.
There are some periods which seem to
be seed-sowing- that is, seed-hiding-
periods. You labor, you speak, you or
ganize, with no apparent and immedi
ate result. What you do, grows through
various stages before it springs up, and
is ready for the harvest. We are apt to
suppose that special harvest seasons are
more than other parts of the history Of
the church and of Gods moral cause in
this world. We are apt to suppose that
they are more peculiarly periods Of Gods
visitation. But God visits the church
when he is sowing the seed. God visits
the church When he is ripening what he
has soWn. Ged visits the church when
the reaping time comes. They are all
blessed, connecting parts Of the one great
system OF moral government in moral
things.
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