The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-08-22

WOrkerS-IlOW deep! And II IN your
own personal experience you are apt to
take a lenient view Of the sinful side of
your nature. put down into your soul
the ten compartments, which reveal
the holiness of God, and that sharp and
glittering coulter will turn up your soul
to the deepest depths If a man preach
es TO you that you are only little out
of order by reason of sin and that you
need only little fixing up. he deceives
Deep blowing for crop Deep plow-
ing for a soul Broken heart or no re-
ligion- Broken soul or no harvest
Why was it that David and the jailer
and tho publican and Paul made such
ado about their sins? Had they lost
their senses? No. The plowshares
struck them Conviction turned up a
great many things that were forgotten.
As farmer blowing sometimes turns
up the skeleton of a'man or the anatomy
of a monster long ago buried, SO the
plowshare of conviction turns up the
CHASTITY skeletons of sin long ago en-
tombed.
But what means all this crooked plow-
ing, these crooked burrows, tho repent
ance that amounts 10 nothing? Men
groan over their sins. but get no better.
They weep. but their tears are not
counted. They get convicted, but not
converted What is the reason? re-
member that on the farm we set a
standard with red flag at the other
end OF the field We kept our eye on
that We aimed at that We plowed
up to that Loosing sight of that We
made crooked furrow. Now in this
matter of conviction we must have some
standard TO guide us 1t is red stand
ard that God has set at the other end OF
the field. 1t is tho cross. Keeping your
eye on that you will make L straight
furrow. Losing sight of it you will
make a crooked furrow. Plow up to the
cross.
Again, remark, in grace, as in the
fold, there must be a sowing In the
autumnal weather you find the farmer
going across the field at a stride OF
about twenty-three inches, and at every
stride he puts mis- hand into the sack OF
grain and he sprinkles the seed corn
over the field. 1t looks silly to a man
who does not know what he is doing.
He is doing a very important work. He
Is scattering the winter grain, and
though the snow may come, the mex
year there will be great crop.
Now, that is what we are doing whe1
We are preaching the Gospel-we are
scattering the seed. 1t is the foolish
ness of preaching. but it is the winter
grain; and though the snow of worldli
ness may come down upon it. it viii
yield after awhile glorious harvest Lee
us be sure we sow the right kind o.
seed Sow mullen stalk and muller
stalk will come up Sow Canada this
ties and Canada thistles will come up
Sow wheat and wheat will come up
Let us distinguish between truth anC
error.
The largest denomination in thi
country is the denomination of Moth
ingarians Their religion is a system
OF negations- You say to one of them
'What do you believer" "Well. dom
believe in infant baptism" What d,
you believer" well, l don't believ,
In the perseverance of tho saints.
well, now, tell me what you do be
lieve?" ''Well, l don't believe in tn,
eternal punishment of the wicked" S,
their religion is 4 row of ciphers. Be
lieve something and teach it; or, to re
sumo the figure of my text seattle
abroad the right kind of seed.
A minister in Now York preached
sermon calculated to set the denomina
tions of Christian quarreling. He wa
sowing nettles- A minister in Boston
advertised that he would preach a ser
mon on the superiority of transcendent
al and organized forces to untranscen
dental and unorganized forces Wha
was he sowing? The Lord Jesus Chris
nineteen centuries ago planted the di
vine seed of doctrine. 1t sprang up
On one side of tho stalk are all tn
churches of Christendom. On the othe
side of the stalk are all the free govern
ments of the earth, and on the top Their
shall be Towering millennium afte
awhile. All from the gospel seed c
} doctrine. Every word that parent G
Sabbath school teacher, or city mission
J airy, or other Christian worker speak
! for Christ comes up. Yea, it comes Il
with compound interest
Again, / remark, in grace. as in tn
farm, there must be narrowing. 1 refe
now not to harrow that goes over tn
field in order to prepare the ground fo
} the seed. but harrow which goes owe
after the seed is sOwn, lest the bird
: pick up the seeds, sinking it down int
, the earth so that it can take root
t are the Lords harrows to sink the Go,
pei truth into your heart There wer
, truths that you heard thirty years age
r but have not affected you until recent,
| Some great trouble came over You an
the truth was narrowed in and it ha
: come up. What did God mean in thi
t country in 1857? For century ther
was the Gospel preached, but a gres
Aaa1 Of IL rlrO1rCad bo
a God harnessed wild panic to a harro
: of commercial disaster and that ha
I row went down Wall street and up Wa
: street. down Third street and up Thir
street and down State street and u
!: State street, until the whole land wa
4 torn to pieces as it had never been b.
fore. What followed the harrow?
: great awakening in which there wer
500. 900 souls brought into the Kingdol
l OF our Lord. No harrow, no crop
{ Again, 1 remark. in grace, as in th
l farm, there must be a reaping. Man
S Christians speak of religion as thong
, it were q matter of economics or insul
0 ance- They expect TO reap in the mex
. world. o. no! Now is the time to real
: Gather up the JOY of the Christian r,
. ligion this morning, this afternoon, TIL
night II you have not as much grac
I as you would like to have thank Go
A for what you have and pray for NOR,
You are no worse enslaved than JOSEPH
l no worse troubled than was David, n
. worse scourged than was Paul. Nc
3 amid the rafting Of letters and ami
the gloom of dungeons and amid tn
r horror of shipwreck they triumphed
( the grace of God. The weakest ma
5 here has 500 acres of spiritual joy a
4 ripe Why do you not go and reap il
: You have been grooming over your il
D | firmities for thirty Wears Now civ