The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-23
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| The seed is the word OF Cod
Luke Will IL
IL we go into INC country at The
/ time OF the year when mon are seed.
ing. We find that the seed is being
sown everywhere. rs it has been in
these same places for many years; but
sometimes the sewers have neglected
their work and there nre places where
seed has never been sown: also tho
/ SOILS differ and climates vary. OF One
thing we can be certain, that tho seed
sown in our lives has been good, for
II Is the Word OF God. and. in our gen
Grafton at any rate. this seed has been
abundantly and diligently scattered. so
there ''ught 10 be heavy crops coming
up everywhere for the harvest After all
this sowing of good seed what is the
result? Let us, with faithful hearts.
suppose such a case as follows: M
Good seed has been sown, ana We
have come 10 study the growth. we
should expect field not entirely free
from weeds, but al least with a fair
prospect of II return for labor, AS we
look we see what is entirely disap.
pointing. All the growth is OF most
unpromising and hopeless kind Now,
to drop the parable, we go into some
unhappy place where everything looks
rs if M c,ro H., ILL.,, ,., -"
81 40 n no ,a
III It's behalf. The ono that was iilthy
is filthy still; the one that was unjus,
Is unjust sin tbo ono ia,
fotriyin,- 10 unro,s,,.,n ,n,..
Ina, was ,,odlos. 4. ,,,a IN, ~,
chant-. has. moan for III, .,,,.sa ri,
profanc thc ,,nchas, ~, a,,,
,ba ra,so ia s,itaf,, .,o,.,-
,he s,andercr tbc u,cb,,r,,,h,o ~
busy- body +the cnroiose r ~.
,hcv were ,.c,rs acn mr. ,,,so
,eeplv SINK ~ ,bo d.,t,
less n,rort. ,o,,r ,,o,. ,,,,,
vi,.lic,,pessIb Ia. rouin,, 49,, a
EXAMPLES Thpsc ch,,dron 81 ~
In their turn nernatu,,a tbis forro,
f,ilness of God ana ,bis ,oI,,ra j.
Keen His commandments Sou. r. ~
this time ,,a rooa ecoa ros hoo,, $50.
The same here as elsewhere docs 4
mean Tint thc cnamy has hecn ,,oro
busy here sowing ,ares or bhs tnis
ground bcen mora .ui,ad 4, ,ha,-
growth This Is vcrv distrass,n,.
state Of tbiprs wc ara e,,nnoe,nr wiz.
has his cron foi,cd2 lt.s ,no so,vo,
hccu slothful In his labor or s.,f.
sparing So FIN, ~. VII, h,yo 10 ro,d.
or an account a, las, of foi,,tv ~
ample? lie may bo nj f;uI, ana have
cause TO rcnroach himself hut sin,
tho seed was good seed \, II could no,
be otherwise. for ",hc seed is tho Word
OF cod" Thc fault must then ,ie N tbe
soil-the ground upon which tbc seed
was cast. In ina case wc have sun
posed let us think what we might nnd
there No depth Of earth? No room
for roofing? 10 careful tending IN
keep off The fowls of the air? No hoe
ing out the weeds? No real pains m
protect or ENCOURAGES hcalthv rrowtho
What ,f In This lcld we have imagined
We tna ell these defects? Here We
have found the source of all the mis-
chief in the Time mast and there II is
stil. But what can We do for such a
condition as this? 1t seems hardly
possible that such place should ex-
list in a Christian land, but the sad
truth rcmains-thcre are hearts in just
This condition and while this condition
romans they can bring no fruit 10 pcr-
lection There are those whom no.
wartime viii reach no cbasteninrs
soften. also there are those OF us who
seem determined 10 go on stil in our
wickedness. letting guilt deepen. and
habits that stain with sin become
more and more lnsra,ned into our
whole nature Then the sense of
right and wrong becomes more blunt.
and conscience grows more and more
deadened. This IS terribls picture
NO mr.. drawing that makes us shrin,z