The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

an almighty foot. for God hath prom
Used: Thou shalt tread upon the lion
and adder. The young lion and the
dragon shalt thou trample under feet"
Columbus, by calculation, made up
his mind that there must be a new
hemisphere somewhere to balance the
old hemisphere. or it would be lop-
sided world. And I have found out.
not by calculation, but by observation.
that there is a great success for you
somewhere to balance your great
struggle. Do not think that your case
is peculiar. The most favored have
been pelted. The mobs smashed the
windows OF the Duke Of Wellington
while his wife lay dead in the house.
Chrisrs Fathomiess Mercy.
Whether in your life 1t is a south
wind, or north wind, a west wind or
an east wind that is now blowing,
do you not feel like saying: This
whole subject now decide. Lord God,
through thy Son, Jesus Christ. my Sa-
vior, l am thine forever. l throw
myself. reckless Of everything else.
into the fathomless ocean Of thy
mercy"
But" says some one IN a frivolous
and rollicking way. Il am not like the
farmer you find in your text. l do not
watch the wind. What do l care about
the weather vane? / am sowing now"
What are you sowing. my. brother?
Are you sowing evil habits? Are you
sowing infidel and atheistic beliefs?
Are you sowing hatreds, revenges, dis
contents, unclean thoughts or unclean
actions! II SO. you will raise a big
crop-a very big crop. The farmer
sometimes plants things that do not
come up, and he has to plant them
over again. But those evil things that
you have planted will take root and
come up in harvest OF disappointment,
in harvest of pain. in harvest of
despair, in harvest OF fire. Go
right through some OF he unhappy
homes Of Washington and New York
and all the cities. and through the hos
pitfalls and penitentiaries, and you will
hnd stacked up. piled together, the
sheaves OF such an awful harvest.
Hosea. one OF the first OF all the writ
ing prophets. although four Of the
other prophets are put before him in
the canon OF Scripture. wrote an as
founding metaphor that may be quoted
as descriptive of those who do evil:
They have sown the wind, and they
shall reap the whirlwind." Some one
has said. Children may be strangled.
but deeds never"
There are other persons who truth
fully say: Il am doing the best / can.
The clouds are thick and the wind
blows the wrong way. but l am SOW
Ing prayers and sowing kindnesses
and sowing helpfulness and sowing
hopes OF better world" Good for
you. my brother. my sister! What you
plant will come up. What you SOW
will rise Into a harvest the wealth OF
which you will not know until you 70
up higher. I hear the rustic of your
harvest in the bright fields of heaven.
The soft gales Of that land. as they
pass. bend the full headed grain in
curves Of beauty. II is golden In the
light OF sun that never sets. As
you pass in you will not have. to sird
on the sickle for the reaping and there
Will be nothing to remind you of
weary husbandmen toiling under hot
summer sun on earth and lying down
under the shadow of the tree at noon
tide. SO tired were they, SO very tired.
No. no: your harvest will be reaped
without any toll OF your hands. with
out any besweating of your brow.
Christ In one Of his sermons told how
your harvest will be gathered when
he said. The reapers are the angels"