The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-13
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they. wear holes in the knees OF their
stockings and pants. Sister I want you
to make up lunch basket. You need
not fix up bundle of little dresses. They
will not be needed now. But as you take
that lunch basket, filled with delicacies,
/ Will lead you to home where a young
mother has just lost her baby That ba
by was an idiot. He had water upon
the brain. Yet, as you go into the sick
room of the weak mother you will hear
her say: .Oh, Mr.. Talmage. I did love
MIN so muchl The doctors said he never
would be bright. But he wss all l had.
did love my baby SO muchi' And after
you have gone there with me you will
stop your complaining and faultfinding
end return to your home ard love your
little ones as you have never loved them
before. Yes, one of the precious sheaves
the gospel reaper ever gamers is this
sheaf of oontentment, tho she af of graf
itude to God for mis- many, many bles-
sings.
Plant UndyIng Seeds.
Another precious sheaf which Is gar
mel ed by the Christian sower is the joy
full realization that the results of his
seed planting Will never die as long as
the WoTlQ ldSlS. AS we nave before SAID
one seed properly planted will produce
many seeds. Those seeds which are pro-
duced by the one seed in turn will pro-
duce many other seeds. And these in
there turn will produce many seeds moro.
So a Christians early influence does not
cease at the graye.-but Will multiply for
good as long as the world lasts. 1t will
go on increasing until the seas are lick
ed up and the mountain and the valleys
have been cremated In the last confla-
grafton.
DR.. Louis A. Banks tells how Rev.
DIR. Valpy wrote Tour simple lines for
his confession of faith They went thus:
In peace let me resign my breath
And thy salvation see;
My sins deserve eternal death,
But Jesus died for me.
DIR. Valpy gave i copy of those lines
to DR.. Marsh, The rector of Beckenham.
who had them placed over his study
desk The Earl of Roden was visiting
DR.. Marsh one day and asked him for
a copy short time after this Cen
eral Taylor, a hero of Waterloo, was Wis
itirg the Earl of Roden and he took a
copy of those lines and was by them led
to Christ General Taylor In turn gave
a copy of those lines to soldier friend
of his, ard ne also was converted. Thus
the good seed which Or. Valpy sowed
many years ago has kept on through
generation after generation. multiplying
for good a hundredfold. And today per-
heps by my repeating those lines some
one here may be converted by them.
My father once told of a chain of in
fluence more wonderful to hear even
than the story Of Dr. Valpy as showing
the results of gospel seed planting. He
started with a poor woman giving
simple gospel tract to a passerby. That
tract brought this young nan to Christ.
This young mcn wrote a book. That
book was blessed of the Holy Spirit and
brought thousands upon thousands into
the kingdom, among others, Richard
Baxter, who WI ote Saints Rest That
book in turn brought thousands upon
thousands into the kingdom of God
Among other converts were this man,
that man and the other man. who in
turn all wrote books which had blessed
results. So there was developed har-
vest of thousands of souls, sll the direct
result of one simple seed planting, the
result of one poor unknown woman Civ
ing a gospel tract to a young man who
was passing by. So the results of the
good seed which the gospel sower sows
will never die as long as this old world
lasts.
The Eternal Harvest Home.
But the most precious sheaf garnered
by the Christian sower and reaper is
the Joyful, realization that all the har-
vests which result from all the different
Christian paintings shall be gathered at
last into the granaries of heaven. 1t mat
tiers rot how many immortal men and
women and children may be saved. nor
whether they are rich or poor, black or
white, Jew or gentle, Protestant or
Catholic, they shall all find room for
fIxx,a tn xxyhn mill M
cept Christ and throw themselves upon
his pardon and love can come. The
sower of the gospel seed might hesitate
to cast the bread of life upon the troub-
led sea Of sin If he thought the gospel
invitation was to be ir any way circum-
scribed. But it is not. The invitation is
so wide that 1t takes IN all VINO are
ready to be clesnsed of sin. The invita-
ton is so wide that the welcome comes
from every direction. THE Spirit and
the bride say, come And let him that
heareth say come. And let him that is
athirst say come. And whatsoever will
let him take the water of life freely"
That surely IS broad enough invitation
for all.
And what a harvest home that will
be when all the gospel sheaves shall
pe gathered into the granaries of heav-
eni The rejoicing will be everywhere.
Some of us have seer. the noreo picture
of the painter Seifert, called THE Har-
vesters' Return" We have seen there
the joyful looks upor the faces of the
men and the women who have been
working in The fields. Perhaps we our
selves have lived in the country. We
have shared in the joy of the laborers
when the last sheaf Of wheat has been
taken to the thrashipg floors, but the
joy of the earthly harvest home is as
nothing compared to the heavenly Joy
when ali the gospel sheaves shall be
gathered into the heavenly granaries.
Fathers and mothers and children. they
will all be there. Husbands and wives.
friends and loved ORES, they shall be
there. From the MOI tn. the east. the
south and the west of the heavenly lands
will be heard the cry: Harvest home.