Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-01
Essay Read Sefsre CIssr Greek
Sunday Sca7os. BIZ Mss Leota
Durham, Sunday, 0-c- %, 90
Published by request
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At mrs. tH0ugit one might
conclude that this - a cOatra-
diction. How can anything be
scattered aud yet be increased 7
only a second thought is nee
essary TO arrive ut the proper
conclusion
/ great number Of the HAS
tratiOns used in the Bible are
drawn from every day life, so
that any one might see their
beauty and understand their APP
plieatiOn.
Any farmer can understand
that ]: Is necessary tor the seed
TO be scattered IN the fields In
order that a crop may be pro-
duced.
No farmer you 4 be so fool
isa as to put all his seed corn
or cotton in one place in his Geld
and expect a fine crop and a
large increase of the seed plant
ed; but he scarters bis seed so as
TO have only one plant ia . place
50 that Ii may be cultivated.
then he Is sure to reap the re-
yard of his labor
So We may apply the quota
ton which has been given me
az a subject. There Il hat seat
tereth aud yet i1creaseihH We
may apply it to all busiEess and
money matters
The merchant must have deai
iuGs With many men. in o.derto
sell his goods Pro6tabIy- The
PHYSICIANS nust have many pa
tients in order to make money
out Of his profession The law
yer must have many clients in
order 10 become rich The eli
tor mast have many subscribers
10 order TO make a success CT
his paper.
So with any profession or
any OeegpatI7n-
The rule applies TO the Chris
tian lite also
The aaage, Man cannot live
20 himself alone "a true a. trite
and wEile il refers ia It's prima
Fy sense to mans Influence, yet
it Is tue in Othe- senses as
we'll. y Christian cannot live
to himself alone He nav try
ever SO haEi TO keep to himself
he fact that he is a Christian.
bat lie cannot and ought not to
do It
had friend once who had
doubts and troubles about her
Christian hope, aud finally re-
solved that ii ever she believed
she vas Christian again she
would not tell any one. But at
ter a fey days she wrote ms a
note telling me she had found
The SAVIOR, and she added, 4 ind
! can not be . Christian and
keep IL TO myself Religion Is
entirely uuSeIish. The first
thought Of converted person
: for others. During q meet
ing in shIeL.many we're convert
ri, a maHly boz gave his Sun
day School teacher q good syi
eenee OF bis conversion IN the
following expression: Lets
pray for the rest CT them. re-
ferringtO the uncOnveTted mem
beers of his class. But In its
highest, truest sense, | think
the q%aotatI0n applies TO the mon
ted feature OF Christianity, fe.
the seed of the Gospel en- cot
be scattered without m5nev 10
buy Bibles and Trae.s and IN
pay the expenses of minister .
and missionaries. God never
allows a CE-lstIan To suffer on
account OF his liberaIity. On
the Contrary We may have many
distances of noble. liberal
hearted men who have an eStab-
lIsaej system of giving. whose
worldly possessions seem ever
to increase rather than dImin
ish. 1 verify believe tina, if all
Christians were to adopt the
1.-THE System that IN . few years
our Church and Mission Board
Treasures would be full and we
should be none the poorer.
David said, Il was young and
now / am old; aud I have never
seen the righteous safer, nor
bis sect begging bread--
But there are certain reaui
sites about christian Giving
which We shOald notice. We
should not only as the Lord
has prospered Us" but We
shOuld.giye willingly, not g.udg.
ingly; tor -the Lord loveth a
cheerful giyer.T
We should give because il is
a pleasure IS well as a duty 9th
erwise it will not be more bless
ed TO give than TO receive
There NAV be many instances
where the liberal Christian does
not become rich ia worldly
goods, but the wise man has
told Us that the liberal soul
shall be made fat
The converted Chinauan had
the correct idea when relating
bis Christian experience he said
-FieEds. since | have been sav-
ed [ get thee meals a day. A
man or the street asked me how
| liked salvation / say fine
he says 'Spcse you get plenty