St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-04-09

sheep having no shep-
herd. Then said He unto His disci-
pies, the harvest truly is plenteous,
but the laborers u are few; pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that
He will send forth laborers into His
harvest.-Matthew 9:36-38.
The thoughts of the people of all
vest of material things. To such an
extent has this been the case that
David when proclaiming the great joy
which he had found by living in the
confidence of the Lord used the COM
parison which would appeal most
strongly to humanity in the declara-
ton, Thou hast put gladness in my
heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine increased"
So, throughout all the ages full har-
vest has been the occasion Of great
rejoicing for all peoples.
Hence, knowing these things, Jesus
by referring to the material harvest
in which all were interested sought
to draw the attention of the multi
tudes to the ripened spiritual harvest
which only awaited the hand Of the
cleaner to bring the golden sheaves
in.
The seed had been sown, and
springing up had brought forth fruit
in abundance, as Jesus saw before
him in the multitudes which tainted,
and were scattered abroad, as sheep
having no shepherd.
Situation Like That Of To-Day.
Jesus was, therefore, moved to such
compassion that he urged his dis
iples to pray to the Lord of the har-
vest, that he will send forth laborers
into the harvest"
AS sad as is this picture of RI
pened harvest with but few laborers
to gather the sheaves In, Of sheep
scattered abroad with no shepherd to
lead them to pastures green, 1t is not
more sad than the picture which the
present age presents. The multitudes
still faint and are scattered abroad.
though there Is no lack of those who
have volunteered as laborers in the
Kingdom of God and are claiming pay
as such, just as there was a costly
shepherds pay roll when Jesus was
on earth.
What a wonderful opportunity is
afforded In these fainting masses for
those who have accepted service as
laborers in the Kingdom of God to
bring the golden sheaves in. Let them,
as DR.. Eliot has so well said, proclaim
the great truth that "he is best who
loves best and serves best" and
whose greatest service is in the direc-
ton of increasing the stock of good
will Let them go forth singing the
song of the angelic host: GLORY to
God in the highest, and on earth
peace, good will toward men,"
Wherein the Fault.
The masses are willing to be led
into the truth, hence their evident
drift toward materialism must be at
tributed to the failure on the part of
those who essay to teach and to lead
them to present the great truth OF
religion to be found in the material
things of the universe. 20 Lord, how
manifold are Thy works! In wisdom
hast Thou made them all: the earth
is full of Thy riches"
There is no conflict between the
moral and physical laws of the uni
verse; In all the ages the end of re-
ligion has been to promote obedience
to law, and Christ taught the easy
way to secure such obedience. Rem
der unto Caesar the things that are
Caesars, but at the same time do
not exalt Caesar above God. II you
do, you may expect to drive men
away from God. Do not, then. make
the mistake which the religious teach
ers of all ages have made, of relying
more on Caesar than on God, if you
are engaged in the spiritual upbuild-
ing of the people.