The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-09-09

!. IdrmerI Does Whatsoever q -
sows' determine the harvest for thu
! farmer, and bear no relation IN IL
+ student, or the teacher, or the state
man. or the parent? Certainly No.
lor the law is the determining facto,
IN every realm OF human endeavor
Whetner the harvest be one n;
darkness, ana that eternal. or one ~
endless day; the Father has oo VI
InItted tne determination TO US who
control the seedtime. The vortS
chooses the school, or the sbon cu.h
Dor, or pleasure; purity. or vice.
profession or day laborer: but hia
determination is final The barvass
may be bitter or sweet, but the no.
vest time Is too late TO make anv al
teration. The seedtime is the Dc
termining time of the coming bar
vest. Is ii well then to be careIas.
ma Indifferent, when all the futnro
depends upon the decision one
makes? One
Behlnd every harvest is a seedtims
whether individual, or national ns
International. 1t is true. and SOM
times sad, as true, that the seedtinoo
IS not entirely in ones own bands
We are living in a time when ereat .
emphasis Is being placed upon the
iact mat "one soweth, and anotba.
reapeth. Not all plants are annual.
or biennials, and some come 10 ma
turlty long after the sower is dead
But Dehlnd every harvest is a saad
ume, ana the seedtime is the deter
mining FACTOR of the harvest r.
nInd the French revolution was
seeutlne' ana Dickens recognized n
"nen ne wrote: And yet there 10
not IN france. with its rich variety
VI son ana climate, blade, a leaf. a
spiis' peppercorn. which will grow
10 maturity under conditions NOR
certain than those that have mr.
1uced this horror. Crush humanitv
out of shape once more. under einc
liar hammers, and ii will twist itsaif
INTO the same tortured forms Sou,
me same seed of rapacious litensa
ma oppression over again. and in
VIII surely yield the same fruit ac-
'ordlng TO its kind" We have seen
I IN RUSSIA today. The great world
var was the direct result of deliher-
lte ana purposeful seed-sowing peo
ne VINO did not live to see the result
II their own work. Behind our own
vars have been seedtimes. and the
eedtime is not yet over.
me harvest of the future is living
'ithin the making of the present on
Ortunity of youth. Roosevelt. made
marvellous career out of a sickly
ody. Helen Kellar broke her prison
ans, and lives today to bless the
GRID The school room and the
tate and the church today offer
oundless opportunities for seed SOW
Y: You may use them to make in
'ihgent, noble Christian lives to
less humanity and the world. You
ay neglect them and SOW to your
ives, young people. in ignorance
I'd vice for a harvest of misery in
me and eternity.
The Harvest Festivals
The ancient Jews celebrated two
lrvest festivals. The one after their
riley and wheat harvests. the other
Ter their autumn fruits and grains
"a been gathered. They called the
e Pentecost, the other the Feast
the Tabernacles. The one lasted
~ day. the other a week. But
IN acknowledged that God is the
urce or the real harvest. and must
nohored II the gratitude due Him
rightly expressed. Ninety-five per
ltof all labor for any crop is ex-
med by God, we are told. By and
GOD will call to His own Harvest
SllVaI those who use the blessings
gives to bless others. He is al
Us giving, and He asks us to share
n others. He stands besides every
ing lie and asks to help make the
vest rich in golden grain. No
harvest has ever rewarded hus-
.uHian VINO has sown without Him
Ne Jesus Christ out of life. and
), To, 'aheh out the best of any
o. axe MIN out and you have
S SnaAeSpeare, Tennyson or Long
NV NV Take Him out and you have
ashihgton or Lincoln Take
= out ana you have no Luther or
M, OF Knox or Wesley. or Moody.
O i'' IN INTO human life, and you
ne az It's best anywhere
1r. from Me ye can do nothingi"
SpaAe Jesus TO his twelve: and
4 testified. Il can do ali fbings
ugh Christ" The best how or
or man or woman. in anv vail
NE Is the one who has Jesus
Isl IN the heart. His nresence
res a bountiful harvest here. -
d slorlous eternity in heaven.
tou VIII render TO every man ac-
~, t 70 mis- works" He that
''n 20 the flesh, snail of the flesh
49,, upton. He that soweth to
spirit: shall of the Spirit reap
'"' NE. For the wages OF
: ueath; but the gift of God is
IA d. ne through Jesus Christ our
n NJ, IN the darkness or sown in
IN our weakness or sown in our
cred in time or eternity.