The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-07-12
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDXS0lOM.
LESSON
'by ", o. sETL.ERs. Director Of Evs-
nlhx Department. The Moody Bible
Institute Of ChiasoJ
LESSON FOR JULY ~
the Geo IN Four KINDA o.
SOIL.

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LESSON TExT-Mark 1j-2
ool.DEN TkAT-"i;eceiv. with ,ueek-
ness me Implanted word which IL abje 4,
save your souls" James lei
Jesus tells Us plainly why he taught
SO much by means OF parallels Matt.
I3.IO13) VIZ, to teach the truth tn
those who sought II. and to hide Il
from those who refused to receive II.
The truth had TO be taught, hence tho
parable. that those to whom Il was
given to know the mysteries of the
Kingdom might know and understand
but that to the others Il might be hid.
den MARK i:ii.i2I We have In this
lesson one Of the best known Of the
masters many parallels Like all the
res, Jesus draws his picture from tho
common experiences OF life. Jesus
nsos the fields the home. etc. while
| PAU IN his preaching and teaching
draws from the city. the army. tho
markets. etc. We have IN this pie.
, iurc N" seed. the sower aud the soil.
w" must turn To the parable accounts
In Luke and Matthew TO get the full
and the complete picture.
What Is the secd' Luke records
that Jc us told the disciples that tho
seed Is the word of God Luke SID.
Mark also tells us practically the same
ihing IN v ~ Of IN" lesson. A great
deal Is being made today Of seed go.
lection and some wonderful results
have been obtained How much more
Important for us who deal with immor-
tai souls that we select the best, viz,
the word Of God,
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waysldc" The path was vol trod.
den. the ground was preoccupied. q. e..
used for other purposes rather than
to yield harvest. II was hard TO be-
broken ana hence u was an easy mat.
ter Tor the birds OF the air Isaiah v.
IoD soon To pluck u away. We need
10 remember that " men receive with
meekness the implanted word there
VIII be OF course no such opportunity
TOR the e'il one. The trouble N that
IN this case the word was not implant.
ed. Thus II IL that one.fourth OF tho
seed IL lost That the result Is n de-
plorable ore IL shown In Heb 2:il.
tn" seed In this case fell "by" the
wayside. In the pext II fell "on" the
rocky ground. The first IL the picture,
OF the Needless, this IL a picture of
the superficial ones. Oh for n tIme
they did run well. they even received
the word with gladness ". l6) hut
they had no stability: they lacked the
element OF persistence: their surround.
ings were superficial. there was no
chance for III" seed 10 get "a real grin
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ne housewife or me business man
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