Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-24

,r,t 0av,d and the taller ana the punncan
a,,d p,,,l made such ado about their sins!
Had they lost their senses. M. The plow-
share struck them. Conviction turned up
n great many things that were forgotten.
As farmer blowing sometimes turns up
the skeleton Of man or the anatomy OF
monst.r long ago buried, 80 the plowshare
Of cony lotion turns up the CHASTITY skelc
TONS of sins long ago entumbcd. biologists
never brought up from the depths OF the
mountain mighticr ichthyosaurus or mega
thcrium.
The Crooked Eurrow.
But what means all this crooked plow-
ing. these crooked burrows, the repent
nnrc that amounts to nothing the repent
au,e that ends in nothingf Men groan over
,heir sins hut get no better They weep,
Inn their tears are not counted They get
convicted. hut not converted What is the
reason. | remember that ON the farm We
set a standard with red flag AT the other
end os the field. We kept our eye ON that.
We aimed al that. We plowcd up to that.
Losing sight of that, we made crookeu
fuNow. Keeping our eye on TINT, we Ihaue
a straight furruw. Now, in this matter oil
conviction We must have some standard 10
guide us. 1t is IA red standard that God
has set at the other end of the field. IL ii
the cross. Keeping your eye ON that, you
will make straight furrow. Losing sight
Of il, you will make "a crooked furrow
Plnw up To the cross. Aim not Mt either
end of the horizontal piece of the cross, but
at the upright piece, at the center of 1t, the
heart Of the Son Of tod who bore your sins
and made satisfaction. Crying and weep
ing will not bring you through. Him
Il lsak nil nm
Saviour to give repentance. " oh, plow up
To the cross
Again. remark, in grace, as in the field,
there must be a sowing, In the autumnal
weather you find the farmer going across
the field at u stride " about % inches and
nj every stride he puts his hand into the
sack OF grain, and he sprinklcs the seed
corn n,cr the field 1t looks silly To a man
who does not know what he Is doing. He
is doing II very important work. He is
scattering the winter grain, and, though
the snow may come, the next year there will
bc great crop Now, that is what we arc
doing when We are preaching the gospel
we are scattering the seed. Ii is the fool
/ ishncss OF plEaching, but il is the winter
! grain, and, though the SHOWS Of wOrldli-
ness may come down upon it, it will yield
| after awhile glorious harvest Let us 10
SURE we sow the right kind Of seed. sow
mullen stalk, and mullcin stalk will come
\ up. SOW Canada thistloS, and Canada
thistlcs will come up. sow wheat, and
! wheat viii come up. Let us distinguish
between truth and error. Let us know the
/ difference between wheat and hellcborc,
oats and hcnbanc
4 Row of Ciphers.
The largest denomination in this coun-
try is tie denomination of Nothingarians.
Their religion is system of ncgations.
You say to one Of them, What do You be-
licvC:" well. | don't believe in infant
baptism. " What do you believe: We'll,
don't believe III the perseverance of tho
saints. well, now tell me what you do
believe - We'll, | don't believe in the
eternal punishment Of the wicked. "a
their religion is a row of ciphers. Believe
something ard teach it, or, to resume
tho figure Of my text, scatter abroad the
right kind Of seed.
\ minister the other day preached a ser
mon calculated To- set the denominations
of Christians quarrcling. He was sowing
nettlcs. y minister the other day adver-
tiscd that he would preach sermon IN the
superiority Of transcendental and organ.
lied iorccs To untransccndontal and unur.
gained fcrccs. What was he sowingi
Weeds. He Lord Jesus Christ - centuric.
ago planted the divine seed Of doctrine.
II sIiang up. On one side of the stalk art
all The churches of Christendom. On the
other side uI the stalk are all the free gov
crnmcni> oi the earth, and on the top there
shall b. "A lowering millennium after
awhile. All from the gospel seed Of doc
trine livery word that parent or sab
bath school teacher or city missionary or
othu Christian worker speaks for Christ
comes up. Yea, it comes up with com
pound interest, you saving one soul, that
one ~ ing 10; the 10, 100. the 100, 600
the ,uu0. 10000; the 10 000, l0u, OCO--on
on forever.
The Useful Harrow.
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