The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-03

education is not the road to distinction
in arms; years spent in agriculture do
not mako an orator. He who studies
much will know more than he who
studies not at all
AS tare-seed comes up tarcs, and
wheat-seed comes UP wheat, and as
both crops are in proportion to the
labor and seed expended, SO In things
sp Observation-Disclosures a man soweth
that shall he also reap" Not sone-
thing else. but that"
The underlying principle Is this:
God is not moclsed." However much
we may deceive others and ourselves,
we cannot deceive Him. AS we SOW
we shall reap.
There are two kinds OF good posi-
bic to men-one enjoyed by our animal
being, the other felt and appreciated
by our spirits. So there are two kinds
OF harvests. and the labor necessary
for each respectively is very different.
The labor which procures the one has
no tendency to secure the other.
Now, the mistake men make is this:
They sow for the earth and expect to
win spiritual blessings; or they SOW
to the spirit. and then wonder they
have not all the honors the world can
give. Everything reaps It's own llar-
vest. every act has its own reward.
But before you covet the enjoyments
Of another, you must first estimate the
price paid.
Amidst the animal and selfish desires
of our natures there is voice which
clearly speaks of duty, right. perfec-
ton. This is the Spirit Of Deity in
mantle life OF God in the soul. But
there is strong temptation to lead
the lower life. The cry Of passion is
louder than the calm voice of duty.
And the reward is more quickly given.
It takes less time to make money than
to become heavenly-minded. It costs
less Cat the time) to indulge an appe-
tite than to fight battle.
Yet tho lowest feelings Of our ma
ture become sublime when made the
instrument of our nobler emotions.
Christ (says PauD is the Saviour Of
the body" But II. instead Of. sub
DUNG it to the life of the Spirit, a
man gives 1t the rein and even the
spur, the result is not difficult to fore
see. He has sowed to the flesh. and "ol
the flesh shall reap corruption" He
shall reap what he has sown.
There are others whose labor is spent
for the things Of this world only. So
with earth it perishes. From greed
ambition. honors. pleasure, one cannot
expect to reap an eternal harvest.
Every act done for Christ shall re-
ceive its exact and appropriate reward.
They that are pure in heart shall see
God. They that suffer shall reign with
Him. They that turn many to right
eousness shall shine as the stars for
ever and ever.
Reward is not the result of merit.
It is, in the order Of grace the natural
consequence Va NSll 0cliS. ~ IS d
life expanding into more life. It is
the soul developing itself. 1t is the
Holy Spirit of God In man making
itself more consciously felt, mingling
more and more with his soul, and with
an ever-increasing heaven within and
around us.
You reap what you sow--not some
thing else-but THAT" and that only.
An act of love makes the soul more
loving A deed OF humbleness deepens
humility. The thing reaped Is the very
thing sown, multiplied an hundred fold
You have sown a seed OF life-yor
reap life in all It's fulness and Joy.
1t remains with you to decide what
you will SOW.