Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-06-21

tol1an Church, Chicago
Chicago. June l5.-The ineyitable Re
sults Of wronglong are forcibly qe-
Ncribcd in the following sermon iby
Rev. Frank De Witt Taln!ase from the
text Galatians vi. s. lie that sowethl to
his flesh shall of the flesh reap corr9p
ton"
Some familiar texts are Ike power
FIJI tonlcs. They have snap apd'
strength which we 90 not always lind
in the water of life when it is had
in strange and peculiarly labeled bot
ties. They are like the lullabies with
which we were sung TO sleep in child
hood. They have been repeated over
and over again by the lips Of our &c
parted loved ones, so that each word
is made sacred by holy associations.
Every time we speak them it seems as
though these words were the ushels
welcoming us into the ycstlbule OF ue
church in which the service was heid
when we gave our hearts to God. Or
these texts are associated with the ser
mons of some famous minister, which
we have either read or heard.
But though many great preachers
have spoken from this text and though
many holy associations gather arounP
its words yet | would fain speak upQD
it for two reasons First. because an
passionatcly fond of tine country
Therefore any text which has in it the
figure Of the soWor and the reaper any
.imile which is scented with the smell
of the new mown hay or of the clover
tons. any figure which echoes the song
of the wood robin or the call of the
nightingale. any text which is elinted
with the golden colors Of the wheat
fields or redeemed with the hectic husn
of the autumn leaf. has for me an IN
tense and suggestive fascination. My
heart never beats more cXultantlH thah
when it is keeping time TO the music
of the moving machine or to the SWISH
Of the swinging scythc
The second reason why speak from
this text today IS because the spring
time of the year. When the American
sowcr went forth 90 SOW. is only leW
weeks past The pioTs Only a short
time ago had the rust o. many months
rubbed off their sharp noses. The har
rows teeth are yet white froiA chewing
and breaking the soGs. AID the so"er
with MS bag Of seed banging upon ono
arm and his hauGfu, OF seed swinging
at the end of thc o.hcr arm. only
short time ago. With measured tread
went across the fields scattering th'
seeds to the right and 10 the Igft MAJ
God help Us &c. teach the lessons OF .
sinners retr.Iution in the language o.
the spring plowins.
The Seed and the Harvest.
The seeds Of the flesh by the ineXora
bic law OF the fields can only produce
the harvests Of the flesh. This stale
mont is an axiom. self evident fact
SO self evident is the law that the
seeds which are planted only produce
harvcsts after their Kind that Unite'
States agricultural department ha
been established. the chief purpose O
which is to introduce into the d.1efcn
localities the right kind Of seeds for th
best development Of the different KIND
of crors. The official head Of this de
nartment is member Of the presi
dents cabinet Every year at publ
expense thousands Of seed package
are scattered over the country. Fac
congressman has an allotment for gra
tuitOus distribution among his rura
constituents.
As there is a spiritual law in IN
natural world so there is natural lay
in the spiritual world. And the sowe
TO the flesh has no more right to eXpec
to reap tie harvest of the soweT to th
spirit than farmer has a right to eS
Dect to gather a crop Of barley tror
wheat seeds or 4 crop of oats fror
corn seeds or a crop Of rye from cctto
eoeds or crop Of po.atoes from nusf
melon seeds Any sinner who is tryin
to argue himself into a different spiri
ual belief is not only mockins God, bu
making himself ridiculous.
Elon Foster tells us that one day
| sinful Roman master told his Christia
slave TO 20 into certain iielc and so
q crop Of barley. When the time
harvest came. the master returned
that field and found there a harvest
oats ready to br caIuored. In indign'
ton he called his slave and askel
Did rot command you 20 SOW her
q field Of barley Why. then. have
sown oatsY The Christian slave al
swcred. "Alastcr. soWed oat seed
the hope that they would grow up ln'
barley" His master gruiily sax
"Wbat foolishncss is thisi Has eve
any one heard that oat seeds Will pr
duce harvest of barlcyT' "Ah. ma
ter" replied the Christian slave "yo
yourself are constantly sowing in IL
world the seed of evil. and yet you e
meet TO reap in the resurrection day Il
fruits of virtue Therefore thousl
also that | might get barley by sowii
oats" And the sinful master VIZ
abashed and could not answer wore
"a Few wild Oats"
Go where you will you will find tn
the sower to the flesh always reaps
harvest of corruption. Sit with q
Judge upon the bench. and he VIII tC
YOU that the young man standing b
fore him for sentence did not thiI
that the seeds Of sin which he pant'
in secret would ever take root ana u
gin to sprout He did not think ID
his sowing n few wild oats Wou
ever cause his downfall. Yet God vi
watching him SOW those seeds. ii
employers were watching him. :
most every large business house In t
great cities has spies detailed to II
low the tracks or It's employees.
when the money disappeared from |
safe the detectives naturally hunted
the young man who spent his Sunda
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