Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-30

ovsr again - this expsssaion used In
Gods Word rs referring to the operation
OF the Divine will and purpose. Man
blunders. but God never. Man spoils by
too early or too late reaping. but God
always thrusts In the sickle at the right
| time. The due season of reaping Is re-
allied when there Is patient waiting upon
God. In the fullness Of time God sent
His Son into the world. In the fullness
OF time Christ was offered upon the cross
| as sacrifice for sin. In the fullness Of
| time He rose from the grave and ascend
ed into Heaven: and in the fullness of
time the Holy Spirit descended and filled
the waiting disciples. God always acts
with precision. This ought to cheer and
| encourage the heart Of the Christian
whose well doing Is doing the will OF
| God. No anxiety and worry because
the day OF reaping does not come
In due season We shall reap" God
| says. and We can afford to wait. The
farmer does not set the day of harvest
| in the springtime after he has planted
his crop. He tends and cultivates tho
| field and waits. Nature may bring an
early harvest. or she may delay the ma
turing OF the grain so that the day or
reaping is matter of great uncertainty,
but all the farmer can do is wait until
the right time has come, then the sound
of the reaper and the thrasher is heard
Gods promise OF reaping in due season
IL We faint not ought to keep the Chris
tian steadfast and hopeful through all
the trying, dark days of waiting.
| NJ OF only is the harvest timely, but IL
II is proportionate. Much sowing and
faithful cultivation will produce o ,arisef
crop than scant sowing and careless
cultivation. He that soweth sparing-
ly shall reap also sparingly." is the
declaration of Gods word. This Is true
| In the realm of nature, and why should
IL be thought strange in the spiritual
realm. Joash. king OF Israel, shooting
the arrow at the bidding OF the prophet.
Elisha. and his shifting of the ground
three times and then staying his hand
when he should have smitten five or
six times. gives us picture OF the Chris
tian who is half-hearted in his work Of
sowing. And because the cowing is
half-hearted and scant, the reaping is
in like ratio. Be not weary in we'll
|
nor afterwards in cultivating the crop.
for WEAKNESS will lessen the yield. A
blighted field is a sad sight l remem-
Der during a period of drought passing
through sections where the shriveled,
parched and stunted corn gave no hops
for the harvest time. The fierce heat
had baked the ground and shrunk up
the corn. And the Christians fields are
Scared and disfigured by the fierce heat
of temptation and trial Well doing
would keep the blasting rays away from
the growing crops, but having become
weak and faint-hearted, TEN ptation and
trial win easy conquests. BE not weary
in the well doing which guards the field
after IL is planted. which waters and
cultivates the growing crop, which waits
patiently until the due season OF reap
ing, for the reaping is proportionate not
only to the sowing. but TO the faithful
ness and patience of the cultivation.
THE ripened grain and fruits are a
l sum in addition Into that kernel
of wheat and into that yellow peach and
rosy apple have been pressed the sun
shine and cloud, the dew and the rain,
the fregh air above and the soft nour,
ishing earth beneath. Not day can
be spared out of its existence Each
day since the apple blossom had opened
TO the rays of the warming sun il has
been busy developing and growing.
Nourished by the parent stem. wet by
the dew and kissed by the sun to-day,
IL has needed the next day and the next
for further development and growth.
And thus it has gone on and on. The
half-grown apple has swelled to the pro-
portions of maturity the green dress
has mellowed to a yellow hue tinged
with crimson. its hard heart has soft
ened to a state Of edibiity. and all be
cause the necessary days have counted
off to the cue season Of reaping. And
so IL is with the Christian Each day
each experience, must add something tO
his life and character that will contrib
ute to the day of reaping. All the days
are needed. The sunshine OF to-day. the
rain and storm OF ton morrow. The cold
and the heat.
i ND the ripened grain and fruits arc
! " a lesson in multiplication Harvest
time brings with # the possibilities n
future harvest days The kernel Of
wheat under proper conditions may
multiply Itself MANIFOLD The grain as
it crowds the bin after harvest rustlcs
in it's Impotence 10 be out again and
performing a newer and larger mission
The Christians time Of harvest is his
commission 20 larger and better effort.
The time Of reaping Is not the time Of
cessation OF labor. II marls the call 10
more sowing. more patient cultivation
and more certain reapine. The harvest
gathered Is warrant for tho preparation
for the harvest yet 20 be Let us not
be weary in well doing. for in due sea-