The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-27
SECOND QUARTER. LESSON y.
81 Second Quarter. Lesson V.
Mark 4l-20 April 90. 1906.
The Parable of the Sewer.

The Parable Of the Sower. connected
as i is with an ever-recurrlng process % o.
nature, can never become encte. q nu,
sustcnance of human life depends, an
unwontcd dignity attaches to the para Die.
And. as Jesus own Interpretation is az
the search for It's meaning.
In Imagination hold In my hand a
grain OF wheat. Just like that which tnc
sower vent forth 70 SOW. Wn "a ,, Is Ina:
But I did not ask the color. 0olohg 8 4
No did not ask the shape. These are
hut accidents" OF the seed. At the cen
an INDISPENSABLE, invisible some thing, Inc
I4atins called misunderstanding" the inner
principle or the seed. y : Is this Wh ! 81,
Shape. Extract that principle, and, I here S I,
is noshting left. ~. The gospel is q
seed. II may be written or spoken,.it
tract, sunday-schoo1 teaching, exhortn-
ton The accidents Of form are multiple.
But at tho heart8o 1t there must be a a
,rhey must be Jesus words OF spirit and
The gospel seed requires a sower. There
are some seeds which nature has pr pno 1',Tes
These are, however. The exceptions, "I TIC
prove the rule. They are usually. 100 o,
the seeds OF worthless weeds Cd about s r ~
the ratio OF their value Is skill ana care
required IN the planting Of go9d seed Sec,
AS n1ultiplex as the forms OF me s ,.ea
so are the sewers. Whoever presents EOS SOS.
pol truth in such manner that It's power
Accompanies it Is sower Of the seed. me
seed Implies n soil. And the soils are us
mulupIex as the sewers and the re, t SEEDS ~.
may stiil be seen. Though allowed tney
pnrtake Of the nature OF trespass Farm.
ers-not accldently, but purpos,elyn :, s. ",
TO them is not abandoned. The unaWak,
s,;es sin u and evil habits YET i belongs to
God He still claims u, it's i,, tf IN Such
Instances the soul OF the gospel does mol ,,
touch ,1 the soul Of the man There Is al AZ
outward hearing inde So, s na. 10 10 QUICKLY
taken away by the wicked one. who SC no
irrelevant thoughts. pleasures, business,
etc, as z flock Of birds 70 aeVour NY
some seed fall upon a i1l1 Of soil " wh i., y
covers 4 ledge Of rock. The rock holdnoG :
the heat acts like q forcng-ho ana
causes the seed to germ,naiho "a 'me d itrov
moisture from tho depths OF the SOL OF
For a permanent and healthful growtn,
the seed of the Gospel must grow as a1 ,eI3
as itgroWs high Imere n,u usar 10 "a sxnres
sion as much belief with the heart as
Confession with the tongue, But the IN
broken rocky covering OF tn os1 neMlt Tho
iife of the seed is beautiful. but BRIEF.
The INC same sun that caused i to :, g;e,rm-
other soil soil which. though unrodden, i ana e
free from rock yet has has Hh hshes The
thorns and the wheat grow togethe,r' n ~,
the thorns faster and more luxuriAntiy:;
1;hey rob the wheat OF the nouFisll1ile n..
belongs %sw an 10 r 4 rs t h9E
Nilsson . It with, noxlous breath, they Wound
+ With their sharp briers, they choke ~,
Two Il m'v conditions Of human life seem mere
re The poor Or whom often the extreme ad
,nxintv about temporal affairs ana ~
anrhing attention to tho making q a Ky
Tu o cl,ekes the spiritual life; and the rlcn,
s G,rp God, and indulge themselves, ~. 10
such an extent as to stlie az sp'rltun'liSy ~
s The gooa grqln;a d mt may th now waS Se
u udn + is not stony. 1t Is not thorny;
r. Is n soil that has been plowca am M,
IN rrownd |; stirred to its depths. a sou ,,i
that has egnght the so nr tha vii Hnf recaive
pha seed and hide 1t and warm IT ~ us
bosom, such a soil will produce d numtt
Gred fold, Moral earnestnessrr-an no''est
and good hearts, q good soil,