Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-04-12
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Text Behold Il sower went forth 70
SOW Matt Nli o
Not Whiteilcld nor Wesley. but Jesus.
Was The great outdoor preacher We
seem @ have ouisrowu his idea We
SO into the temple Christ stood Ia
fishing boat We wear gown raul
preached III chains We would accept
a call TO Boston Christ would have
gone TO Lynn Indeed any crowd was
call to him Today he stands IN the
PROV Of Simon's fishing boat which
rocks Ia the ripplcs Of tire blue Galilee.
The shore is crowded With multitude,
No reading Of the odyssey or Ara
binn Nights Entertainments is 80 fas
cinatng rs his stories PARALLELS
earthly stories with heavenly mean
ings picture book teaching or some
OF earih's tales its lin one ear and out
the other but Of Chrlst's mental pic.
lures It's never "iu one eye and out the
other" Thirty are told Many more are
unrecor,icd Back u each story was
teaching a light 70 the friendly
nearer. darkness 10 the unfriendly. a
pillar Of ire 10 the Israelte. a cloud 10
the Egyptian Vow he tells Of The
Sower." u striking story Of seed and
soil sin and souls Christ IS the Sewer.
Missionaries. ministers. cyaugclists.
teachcrs. are representatives. The
word X the seed human souls the soil
Why doesn't the gospel sweep the
world II il is such good thing: Why
doesn't all the seed corn bring forth rs
the farmer sows 1t? Christ answers
IN this parable because of four impcr-
feet conditions
Hard Soil Hearers.
"Some scedl fell by the wayside
Pathway hearers Ground is hard. in
tcllcctual. hrainy. rather than hearty
Light III the eye. but no warmth in the
soul June in December. \ sermon
is a lecture \ slip in pronunciation
would nullify il. II Is TO he dSsected
like cadaver Sermons are rated 10y
smartneSs hriliiaucy and sparkle
These hearers have intellectual clrios
ity no spiritual hunger How Is the
table spread rather than how S,es the
food taste: The ground is hard, seed
has no chance 10 terminate. The
devil. like the birds. comes quickly and
catches up the seed. Here's fearful
thought the path was not always
hard. once mellow like the rest of the
field. Hearts are hardened 10y repeat
cd hearing and not acting The most
10 he dreaded word in the souls leXi-
con Is gospel hardened My denomi.
nation abandoned church downtown.
Too many Savs Poles Italians
hard ground" but we put up q hand
some church IN Ponce. Porto Rico. 70
be used by English speaking and span
ish Foreigners are taking up the
abandoned stony farms In New Eng
land and making good living where
Puritan descendants failed. That's
worth pond.ring over.
Shallow Soil Hearers.
"Others fell on rocky places
not much earth An inch or two OF
soil hot sun. rock radiation. large
promise. early decay, death-the story
is soon told oh. the sadness Of every
revival, The shallow soils make the
start easily jauntily Superficial. ex-
cltabe charmed with the novelty;
they promise freely. They rise and
shine. like the new moon NJ for a
couple OF hours and then sink below
the horizon saul was moved with
the songs OF David. lIerod heard John
gladly; Felix held many conversations
with Paul PLATE would readily have
released his prisoner Truth is receiv-
ed up TO a certain point or down to i
certain depth. only Il fraction OF their
powers get into play.
PreoeeupIed Soil.
"Othcrs fell among thornS" Weeds
grow rapidly need no cultivation.
Thorns soon kill of lender plants. rob
Of soil nutrimeni and shadow them
from sunshine The cares of the
world" says Christ not business and
life but overanxiety. The dcceitful-
ness OF ri, hes not money but The
money thai deceiles. Not the soil. but
the soil diverted from wheat TO thorms.
Evil is per crtcd good. Lot i among
thorn> nj .ndpm. pcmaS among tn"
worldly. judas among the priests SAY
teacher that boy Who's got the job
with the news company and must serve
the sunday iSsue. that girl who must
lie to the callers for the "missus'
they're among thurns And. pastor
that woman who is running 10 bridge
parties. that man who has joined the
eyric ~ the 'huzzard" they've fallen
among thorns,
Good Soil
brought forth fruit some one hum
dredfold. some sixiytold, some thirty
fold Four savings but one reaping.
Chief Cornplanier. the lroqnoiS indian.
saws. Seven grains nf corn To the hill