The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-06-25
THE PARABLE.

THE PARABLE.
VS.. "a. Jesus gives instruction con-
corning the Kingdom of Heaven. ke-
member, this was his Kingdom John
the Baptist had declared it was at hand,
and he himself had given oui its ma
ture and law in the Sermon on the
Mount" This parable is TO be in H.,
lustration of what will occur i'll its de-
selopment, and what will happen a:
the end
Notice: the field was good; the seed
was good; the owner OF the field SOW
I'D it by the hands of trustworthy ser
wants. There was no fault with the
seed or the sowing.
VS.. rs. Men sleep at night. Good
servants are not expected to watch at
night. They sept. Then came the
enemy. Stealth is almost always mean
Drop final letters "t' and "h" and
you will tind what is the real meaning
of stealth. This enemy came to
steal away the possibility OF a good
crop. He could not gather up the seed
that had been sown, but he could SOW
other bad seed which would find room
to grow. Mean malevoence founc
splendid opportunity to display itself
IN that act. If Jesus had never seen
such a man, he at least knew how
mean human hearts could becom
VS.. 20 BY their fruits We shall
know them,' Jesus once said Even
the experienced servants could not
detect the trick until the fruit appear
ed. / hat vas when the grain headed
out" The name of this plant called
'tarcs was darncl 1t looked like
wheat growing Thus it had oppor-
tunity to take strong hold in the soil.
and to link its roots in with the root:
of the wheat All evil needs to be-
come strong is to be undiscovered
and unsupported, Almost always dis
covery comes too late
Nss. 27-2S The servants came will,
a report and a question. They knew
the fact about the seil. They should
have surmised what the master would
answer No doubt they did He went
directly to the orr lin OF the tares III
his fed. How can good man have
enemies: They do. Jesus hiSse'f
did. TIL Greeks once oStracistd 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 man without an enemy?
| have kn Iwn one.
vs.. 20 The servants proposed &C.
uprOot the tareS. Too late" SAID The
Master The roots had ntnrfwned
m the soil. Wedding is easy when
weeds are small Churches have been
disrupted ere now hr lry,ng - expel
Dad members Tel. = II wi men
is better than expulsion whck harms
good men. Let both grow until the
harvest. Tares can never make wheat
over into res. he, -, make the
wheat product less, but that is better
than destruction OF the whole crop
by destroying the tares.
vs.. 30 The Master told his pan |
vii instruct the reapers when har-
vest comes, They will cut all. Ii will
be easy to separate as they cut Fire
for the tares. The barn for the wheat
But the unknown enemy goes scot
Tree. He ought to have paid the pen
atty. 1t is a little hard to see limo
cent tares burned But wait. Let US
see now Jesus lnterpretS
VS.. 80 The teaching by Jesus to
The mass OF people went on until the
day closed. Then when he was aloue
m the house. perhaps OF Peter, the
twelve came asking what the parable
Qi the tares meant
Was it strange they did not know,
Mould we have known any better
US. y, How patient Jesus was. His
answer was explicit. i am he who
sowed the good seed That is L fair
way o. putting his answer. Make no
mistake 1t is not the Sunday school
sowing seed in this parable 1t is not
Icachcr oi to-day or of any day who is
any preacher OF any age. 1t is just
Jesus. And the sort Of seed he sows
Is OF such kind. as will appear in the
aext verse, that he is sowing it in
every age, He never stops preparing
for the increase of his Kingdom.
VS.. SO. "The field is the world =
Not North America. The view OF
Jesus was far-reaching, Did he know
how great the world was? He surely
knew about the Roman world. This is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT tb,t .Ia