The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-01
SOWING AND REAPING.

cellenG discourse delivered OY Rev.
Crowder at the Methodist church Sum-
day night. The text was from the
following passage: "Be not deceived;
God is not mocked, for whatsoever a
man soweth that shall he also reap.
Gal. 6: I. In part Rev. Crowder said:
"Sowing and reaping: The value of
words depends upon their author.
Paul warned the foolish Galations
against being deceived by Judaizing
priests.
He reminded them that God could
not be mocked By carnal worship.
ALI the sin in the world is due to
the fact that men and women have
been deceived. The bible tells us that
Eve, the mother of sin was deceived.
The infidel has been deceived by vain
Imagination, The drunkard has been
deceived by strong drink. The i'm
mOralist has been deceived by the de-
mon of lust. The votary Of pleasure
has been deceived by the god of this
world and thus we see that all kinds
of sinners have been produced by the
deception of SIN. Sin is irrational and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not
wise.
The nations Of the world have been
deceived.
The rise. the golden age, and the
fall of man, is the historians record of
the past. One by one the great world
powers have risen to their highesa
heights of national eminence only to
go glimmering away in the dream of
things that were. Ancient Egypt 81
dead because she sowed to the flesh.
The Babylonian empire fell because
she failed to SOW to the spirit.
Greece, the home of art, literature,
eloquence and poetry. died for want
of righteousness. Rome, the home of
Caesay and the birth place of law,
die6 of moral rottenness. and only a
spear marks the resting place of Rome.
And what shall I say of America?
The land of the free, and the hoem
of the brave!
Rum, women and money threaten
the life of this nation. Let US repent
of our sins, and SOW to the spirit that
we may reap life everlasting.
Arisuotle's dictum reminds us that
what is true of nations is also true of
individuals. The man who sows to
the flesh will reap corruption and des-
truction. Some men SOW to the flesh
all through life with the hope of a
deathbed repentance and heaven.
Heaven is a prepared place for pre-.
pared people.
Preparation is n necessary tor natural
and spiritual enjoyment.
The musician is caught up to the
third heaven by the concert, while the
unmusical sleeps the concert hour
away Here is natural law In the
spiritual world which makes spiritual
preparation necessary for heavenly
enjoyment.
Since the text is true, there must
be degrees in heaven. The thief car
never equal Paul In heaven. The
thief lived sinful life and received
forgiveness at death.
Paul lived a righteous life all hi
life, and hence heaven will mean more
to Paul than it will to the Thief.
Thus the degrees in heaven will b
degrees OF soul capacity rather thar
degrees Of position.
The pint cup can not contain a,
much water as the quart cup though
both be full of the same thing.
So the thiefs little soul contractet
| by life of sin can It contain as much
of God as Paul's big soul expanded b.
an earthly life of righteousness. Boil
OF these souls win live forever In heay
en- In happiness and development, bu
will ever differ In soul capacity.
1.-THE bird with the broken pinIol
will never soar as high again.
Therefore let US SOW to the spirit al
through this life that we may reap
large everlasting life.
! Such a lie will be for your own goo'
for the good Of others and for th
glory Of God. "