The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-12
PARABLE OF THE sowER.
Rev. o. v. w. Chandler Applies It {
Practical Lifa-EarnestnessN eeded.

Rev. o. v. w. Chandler Applies It to
Practical Life-Earnestness Needed.
Rev. o. V. w. Chandler, at the Second
hethodist Protestant church, preached to
large congregation yesterday morning
non the subject of the parable of the
Hsr. His text was:
i1ke viii:I5-"But he that received seed
iap the good ground is he that heareth the
puFd and undsrstsndeth IL: which also beareth
nut some hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty"
ain the discussion OF this parable" said Mr..
Chandler, 1--WE discover that all seed sown does
not produce; that all plants do not Withstand
the extremes of heat and cold; and that il is the
same with lessons taught in the sunday schools
or In the pulpit, or In acts OF Kindness and char
ity in daily life They do not all effectuaIly in
nuence for good. Some fall on stony ground
and are never needed. Others originate good
Tor the time but soon become lost in contac (
with the riches and pleasures OF life. The wise
man said, Sow thy Seed but you know not
whether they will prosper Christ continued His
ministry, although few who heard were con-
vertei. Peter was false and Judas treac herous,
but His work continued.
"From human view Christian work Is fail
ure, bus from the divine standpoint there is no
such word as fail In Isaiah we learn that as
the rain and snow descend from heaven and
5 do not return, 30 shall His word not re-
turn void. The many may reject, but the oppor-
unity Is presented and they assume the re-
sponsibility. Men are warned, according TO the
command of Christ TO His apostles. Christian
men and women SOW the seeds constantly and
rfzyfully, and there their responsibility ceases
God takes care Of the result
I'VE consider today the genuine Christian
Aaucter. The good ground from which the
nj produce represent the good and honest
near' What makes the goods Is IL 90 natur-
N.Y. All are not the same just as all soil Is not
ahke. Some incline TO good thought and
sefions naturally, while others equally tend to
hs vicious and Maynard. In q comparative
sense only can one speak OF one heart being
better than another.
"in the gospel sense no heart Is good b. nature.
The prophet said: There is none good: no. not
one In Israel the apostle Paul saws: For all
have sirned and come short of the glory of God >
Indirect influences operate strongly. Good or
bad traits come by Inheritance, or are ACQUIRED
by education and early home influence But
after ALL God makes the heart good Tina
Preparation Of the heart in man comes from the
Lord. 1t was said OF Lydia: sThe Lord opened
her heart that she attended uuto the things
which were spoken OF Paul. The ONCE OF the
Holy Ghost is TO prepare mems heart. He con-
vlnces men OF sin, of righteousness and of q
Judgment to come. He prepares our hearts to
receive the word. Regeneration 10 wrought by
his power, Thus are we brought into COM
munion with God. The trouble with many is
shhs they depend upon preparing their own
hearts. Their holiness OF heart is dependent
entirely on their own efforts. The sooner this
s'tor Is seen and an appeal to God made the bet
Goo only according to the teachings OF
ms Word can forgive sin and reinitate man into
seonaiSion OF purity and goodness. This leads
70 consider wherein this chsracter-'the
800 ground heare'-was better and more sue
,. sui Than the other characters which are
ssa In the parable. The heart and con-
h--s $50 OF the wayside bearer had become so
not sAe @asA ~
en,x second, or stony ground bearer had
nss,. ven partially converted, his emotional
sroos only oeing effected. But how does the
many ground bsarsr's Ths distinction /. Ina :.