The farmer and mechanic., 1912-07-30

things which God hath prepared for
them that love him
The Gem That Needs No Art
Alone among precious stones. the
pearl needs no aid from the ART Il
man. II has always been a synonym
for beauty and pricelesSness Even
the polished diamond has not the
soft and lovely ius,re ot a perfect
pearl. So Jesus cited the para bic or
the pearl nlerchan. who found that
there was TO he had one pearl OF
great price, SURPRISING all others
that BE- had known. Therefore he
sold all that he had and bought Il.
This IS 4 picture of the man seek
ing the kingdom who goes dll3ger'
" out in pursuit Of the very best
Other religions may be like LESSER
pearls, but the Kingdom which
Christ preached was the great pearl
! for which all others should be sold.
There is much tWaddle talked IN our
time about comparative religions.
and the equality Of ethnic faiths.
| and about any religion being good
enough 4 man only believes Il In
, this parable We have the mind cf
Christ upon this subject. The King
/ dom Of Heaven is the pearl Of great
| price. The teaching Of the Master
| Was. Seek yc first the Kingdom
No other Interest in life. material.
social or spiritual. should be allow
ed TO stand in the way of the scare h
for that treasure which once slInps-
ed makes the soul thenceforth DIS
satisfied with lesser pearls.
Sorting the Catch.
Somewhat like unto the lesson
studied in the pa rabie Of the t.ares.
was the third one told by Jesus, IN
which He lkened the Kingdom unto a
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gathered in Of every kind OF fish
| When it was drawn to shore the FISH
erman sat down and gathered the
edible and ,narketa BILE fish into their
boat. and threw the others overheard
again.
This is somewhat a miss orarv
parable, for in its beginnings he
Church does gather in All sorts II
people. There must be testing
here as we'll as hereafter Thus n
Korea at the present time the
Christian Church is being tested by
fire and by prison and by death. on
ly those who are willing to endure
persecution for the Names sake Will
5 care to continue TO wear the name
Of Chrictian. 1t is q notable fact
I concerning missions, howt>er, that
? up to the present, SO far as reports
/ | have come to this country. no Chris
t tan among all the hundreds of king
;. reans who have undergone persecu
r tion has expressed any desire TO give
, UP his faith
o The parable Of the net is a re
4 ninder OF the comprehensiveness y
: the Kingdom. No one sect. no on
S church. no one creed, no one people
Q is sufficient to comprise the kingdom
b of Heaven. The spirit which rule
d out other faiths and other disciple
d is, not the spirit Of Christ The re
/. lisious charlatans who come alon;
G with peculiar interpretations q
a Scripture. saying TO their deluded fol
q lowers. You alone are the elect. yol
i alone have wisdom to see the Who'll
e truth. YOU alone are the people. ar
It running counter to the genius Of tn
! teaching Of Jesus.
+ One more point the parable Of III
it net has for US: 1T takes two world
It to set things right in this universe
Ii w nile We re1olce over the amehcra
n ton Of social conditions here an
ss now. we yet cannot get away fror
st the truth that it neds heaven I
" strai1hten out earth's tangles. Tn
Ie adjustments are made at the end {
Y, lifes long day
,r The Wise Householder.
IS To His intimate friends wh
caught the meaning Of these teach
irgs. Jesus said that they. as III
IF structed teachers Of the Kingdom {
ut Heaven. were like unto the house
lg holder who produced from his treas
D. ures things new and things old. Tha
J. is to say. the teacher Of the King
M dom needs all the new truth ths
TT divine wisdom can impart. but h
Or | also needs to hold fast to the OF
al Our times want all things new
es novelty is the passion Of this ag
as IeOpie nave ltching ears Iney thlh
h that it is not the old gospel ths
IL | will satisfy them, but the newest
is new teachings But he who i<
ne qualified Kingdom scribe brings fort
: from his stores both the old and n
of rev.
At The truth Of this in the case
rs the disciples was shown by the
of tsuoSeouent experiences SeNsraf
es, them became authors OF booEs ~ Il
o. New Testament and in these th'
Illuminated their Kingdom teaehiy
~ by both the wisdom Of The Old Tes