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Side Lights on Next Sunday Les I
son for Teachers and Pupils
By CHAs. Z. MEYERS.
June 19.Parable Of the Sower
Matt. xiii, 10, 1928.
We have our lesson this week in one.
OF the noted chapters of the Bible,
the 18th of Matthew, in that il con.
tains seven parallels spoken by Jesus,
the Christ. One we consider this week
and another the following Sunday. The
record In Matthew and Mark states
a1nt Jesus sat In . ship or boat on
The shore Of Galilee and spoke the
words which are found in these COS
pels, and also in Luke.
As not all may be familiar with
the words Of the parable. we will give
them briefly. Jesus said that sowers
went forth to saw. Some seed fell in
tn path or wayside and the fowls
came and ate it up; some fell on stony
places where there was little earth,
and this soon sprouted. but, having no
depth Of earth, died out when scorched
by the sun; some fell among thorns,
and the thorns sprang up and choked
At; last, some fell on good ground and,
brought forth a big harvest.
When pressed by His disciples for
an explanation Of this parable, Jesus
did SO as. follows: He said the seed
was the Word Of God. and that on
attained many results. Some hearts,
being made known to the people It
Ike the highway. were so hard that
the word found no Judgment, and was,
ss0Qn gone and wasted by evil thoughts,
ssa1alne received the words Of the king
dom With gladness. and It seemed At
Frat that they would show lives OF
usefulness, but, like the seed on the
shallow ground. their hearts could not
stand adversely, and when trials came
they gave up the struggle of being
righteous. Some received the word,
but It fell In hearts full Of worldly
things, and the "cares Of the world
sand the eceitfulness Of riches," like
the thorns, choked out the growth.
Lastly. there was the receiving into
the heart which understood and acted
upon the commands given, had, faith In
the promises, and there came rich re-
suits. II s3
In truth, the parable and the ex-
PLANTATION given by Jesus carry their
lesson SO plainly that little needs to be
said. The thing for US to consider is
% to which class we each belong.
There is such thing as our hearts
becoming so hard that the blessed
gospel proclaimed in the Bible and by
pastors and teachers makes no impress
sion. II any find themselves in this
class, they had better get out at once
Tor 1t is a dangerous state to be In.
Some on looking at their life will see
that while they started out with joy
and enthusiasm to be Christians, they
are not holding out when things seem
to be going wrong and 1t requires grit
70 make progress. A renewal Of early
love for God, earnest prayer, deter
animation to have the reward told Of
~: Paul will deepen the ground Of
Our hearts and great fruits may yet be
4 secured. The third kind Of hearts is
all to common. Love Of money, power,
place, pride have choked religion out
% thousands Of hearts. In many cases
the pretense of piety is kept up, but
the hearts are not right in the sight
of God, and He will in the end declare,
never knew you as worker and
q follower. Lastly comes the kind Of
heart to be wanted, for into 1t the
Bible message goes with force, is then
joyfully received, and the life activi-
ties are governed accordingly. Paul
says that the fruits Of the spirit of
God are love, gentleness, charity, re-
joicing not in evil, but In good; think
ing no evil, forgiving one another as
Christ has forgiven US. Now, these are
the. things we want. We want some
stars in our crown" to lead other to
Christian lives by ur example; the
sacrifice Of our Wills to that OF God.
It Is to ODE hoped that all readers will
sesF the need Of bearing fruits for God.
and to do this have their hearts like
the, rich and good ground in the par
able. which Jesus commended.
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