The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-03-12
THE sOwER.
(COntributei)


This is the season when above
(3ll others our attention IL riveted
on proper seeding, soils, cultivation
and seasons. There have been
fruitless endeavors because thoy
were lily advised or improperly
directed. While many we'll wrought
Z out plans have miscarried for
lack Of industry to put them over;
while many another has failed be-
cause it was wrongly timed. Here
is the time when cooperation is
the paramount issue. You and
God are to be partners and labor
together. The yield will depend
upon the faithful discharge of these
mutual obligations.
He is to furnish the soil, seed
and season, you are to pillow, SOW
and reap. Either without the 9TH
er will fail. You have his Divine
guarantee that so long as time
lasts seedtime and harvest shall
not fail, there shall be seed for
the sower and bread for the eater
and no good thing will he withhold
from them that walk uprightly."
But you of course are expected
to do your part. Your part is to
recognize Him in all of your ways
and honor him with the first fruits
of all thine increase. II we are to
expect him to open his hand of
blessing we must be Just and
honorable stewards of his estate.
Purpose alone will not count,
your good intentions must be car
ried out, to this end you have been
endowed with intelligence and
will, you have time and talents and
the open field of opportunity is be-
fore you. Have you wisely select.
ed your seeds for the incoming
season? REMEMBER WE REAP
WHAT WE sow. Men do not
gather grapes of thOrns nor figs of
thistles. The seeds must have more
than form, the germ of life must
be there, else all your care will be
bestowed in vain.
Then this seed full of latent
energy must be sown-hoarded sees
die-OPPORTUNITY is its one ap-
peal, give it suitable environ
ment, remove all distractions, give
the life in it a chance for itself ex-
preston and a teeming harvest of
golden grain will reward your eff
forts. The sluggard knows moth
ing of the song of the reaper.
Then there is needed beside CO.
operation, continuous, sustained en-
deavor. We are not to weary in
well doing for in due season we
shall reap If we faint not" Some
run well for a season, but when the
sun is risen it's a burning heat
they are soon parched and dead,
Others put their hands to the pillow,
but because of the thorns and
briars turn back. Others instead
of removing the stones go stumb-
ling over them through the live long
day; while others because the way
is long and sometimes hard seek !
paths of lesser resistance. Only |,
those who endure to the end are to
er and the well filled barn are eff
fects or rewards of the sweat and
toll of timely, intelligent endeavor,
but they are not the only rewards. /
There is health to the sower, and
the refreshing rest after toll, the
deep, abiding sense of duty done
and these combined with the
thought of increased power and eff
ficiency makes the task very in
viting one. You will be compelled
to dig and delve, but your partner
is not unmindful of you. Nine
Tenths of all is to be your share,
the remainder he entrusts to you
for the extension of the Estate, to
be divided share and share alike
later on. In the sweat of thy face ,
shalt thou eat bread is the Divine
injunction.
Then there is needed beside CO.
operation and sustained endeavor
a Just sense of the season. Nov |
is the time" Your future felicity
depends upon the industry and in
telligence with which you dispose
of the passing moment. The time
for sowing cannot be delayed. The
whole of the Divine intelligence has
been employed in perfecting its ma
lure and in giving it body as 1t
hath pleased him. This nature We =,
are TO guard and intelligently guide
If we would win the largest reward.
among the thOrns or on beaten
Tn boldinP these seeds we are