Newark post., 1910-06-22
THE PARABLE.

THE PARABLE.
vs.. "a. Jesus gives instruction con-
Cerning the Kingdom of Heaven ke-
|uember, this was his Kingdom, John
he Baptist had declared it was at hand,
Ind he himself had given out its ma
ure and law in the Sermon on the
Mount This parable is to be in H.
ustration of what will occur in its de-
velopment, and what will happen al
he end.
Notice: the field was good; the seed
was good; the owner OF the field SOW
ed it by the hands of trustworthy SER
Wants. There was no fault with the
seed or the sowing.
vs.. IS. Men sleep at night. Good
servants are not expected to watch at
hight. They slept. Then came the
enemy. Stealth is almost always mean.
Drop final letters "t' and 'h" and
Eou will find what is the real meaning
of Stealth This enemy came to
steal away the possibility OF good
crop. He could not gather up the seed
that had been sown, but he could SOW
Dther bad seed which would find room
Ito grow Mean malevolence found
mlendid opportunity to display itself
that act. II Jesus had never seen
h man, he at least knew how
Bn human hearts could become
Es. 20. by their fruits ye shall
bw them Jesus once said. Even
experienced servants could not
tect the trick until the fruit appear
That was when the grain headed
t." The name OF this plant called
bres' was darnel 1t looked like
beat growing. Thus it had oppor-
blity to take strong hold in the soil,
id to link its noots i'll with the roots
of the wheat. All evil needs to be-
come strong is to be undiscovered
and unsuspected. Almost always dis
covery comes too late.
Vss. 27-2S The servants came with
a report and question. They knew
the fact about the seed. They should
have surmised what the master would
answer. No doubt they did. He went
directly to the origin OF the tares i'll
his field How can a good man have
enemies? They do. Jesus himself
i did. The Greeks once ostracised one
OF their greatest citizens, and one who
voted for the ostracism gave as his
reason that he was tired OF hearing
him called THE Just" There are liv-
ing men who hate God. Have you
ever known a man without an enemy
| have known one.
VS.. 29. The servants proposed to
uproot the tares. Too late" SAID The
Master. The roots had intcrtwined
in the soil. Wedding is easy when
weeds are small. Churches have been
disrupted ere now by trying - expel
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is better than expulsion which harms
good men. Let both grow until the
harvest. Tares can never make wheat
over into tires. They IA. make the
wheat product less, but that is better
than destruction of the whole crop
by destroying the tares.
VS.. 80. The Master told his plan. l
will instruct the reapers when har-
vest comes. They will cut all. 1t will
be easy to separate as they cut. Fire
for the tares. The barn for the wheat
But the unknown enemy goes scot
free. He ought to have paid the pen
atty. 1t is little hard to see inno-
cent tares burned But wait Let us
see how Jesus interprets
VS.. &C. The teaching by Jesus to
the mass of people went on until the
day closed Then when he was alone
In the house, perhaps OF Peter, the
twelve came asking what the parable
OF the tares meant.
Was it strange they did not know?
Would we have known any better
vs.. 81. How patient Jesus was. His
answer was explicit I am he who
sowed the good seed" That is fair
way OF putting his answer. Make no
mistake. 1t is not the Sunday school
sowing seed in this parable. 1t is not
teacher of te e-day or of any day who is
any preacher Of any age. 1t is just
jesus. And the sort of seed he sows