The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
Gypsy SMITH
STIRS UNION
SOWING AND REAPING.

SOWING AND REAPING.
s hr. Smith took his text last even
ing from Galatians 6:7 "Be not de
! ecivsd. God 10 not mocked; for what
3 soever . man soweth that shall b.
I Aiso reap" q
e is time that every snan shall pre-
pare tn face facts and whether it b,
nnpleasant knowledge or not, he oughr
y be prepared to l.now this one fact
teef God sets snd knows him through
: md through-the worst and the hes,
shout him, and there is nothing hit
yrom the, Father and Judge Of tn,
\ earth.
Be not deluded. DO not live in q
fools paradise. AS to your charac.
ssr, private and public life, motives
6esirss. auto what you have been, and
what you are today, and as to what
fou propose to te, do not be deceived
God II not Knocked. God is no fool
The text in itself is startling, for the
\ very though of mockery ought tu
make US shudder.
When we realize that God is infinite
eternal and Interchangeable; that He is
omnipresent, which means He is
everywhere; and omniscient, which
means that He is possessed of all
knowiedge, man is fool to mock
God. II we rcslize the meaning OF
fthe word, our faces would whiten, and
we would tremble. The word "mock-
ed" means ITO sneer at" It is as If
one would say, Il regard the teach
stngs OF God al Of no value. con-
slider that His warnings are entirely
unnecessary and that his repeated
declarations regarding the danger for
the 'unpenitent are Of no more worth
than the telling of fable. I wish
could lead you all forward in thought
to that great day when time shall be
no more, which Is described in the goth
chapter Of Revelation, the 11th and
18th verses: "And I saw q great
white throas, and Him that sat on it
from, whose face the earth and the
heaven fed away; and there was
found no place for them. And I saw
sthes sae&dA snAll spd great, stand be-
~ God; and the book was opened
lin q the book Of life; and the dead
ys indysd eut-of those things which
!; lk<en in the books, according
lss e am spre no one
~ ;kts6 1AaS ~ "a lao finsysf
- &islcSd as 81 mock Him. s 3 z
God q NO fool. You may fool one
another, neishhor, members Of your
: family, master, employees, but you
cannot fool God. Lincoln once said,
s"You can fool all the people some of
.:sheetime; you can- fool some Of the
people al Of the time; but you cannot
fool all the people all the time: but
you cannot deceive God for moment,
God refuses to he bribed; Gods eye
cannot be closed; He knows. It may
not be pleasant to think and know and
tn awaken to the fact that God knows
me at my worst, but it is true. "Be
not deceived, God is not mocked."
The text in its setting in the New
Testament warns us against the
squandering Of our time and talent
here. It gives Us the picture Of the
sower scattering the seed bro oadcast
and sowing from his own resources.
We do the same thing in the same
way. God has given US a mind, and
With that mind we think Of impure
things instead of the pure. He has
gwen us q heart. and in that heart we
cherish that which, is wrong instead Of
encouraging love. He has given us a
will, and with that will we choose the
sinful rather than the way which
leads along the paths Of righteous
ness. He has vi, en- Us a body and we
yisid that body to the sowing Of pas
sion instead Of placing it upon the al
tar Of living sacrifice for Him. We
arc all the time sowing, and it is well
for % to remembe, that God is saying
Ills word, "Wnatsover man soweth
that shall he also reap" and the word
sThat'' u AZ big as the word "What-
soevsr" and . little bigger, If you have
imagination, fof harvests are general.
" more abundant than the seed.
Then Il this text is to make any
ippression on your mind, you must re-
nssmbeF That You Will Reap II You
: Bow. Sow an act. reap habit. Sow
. habit, reap character. Sow q
character, and read a destiny. God
pity you If In the face Of all His
warnings you sow in the wrong way.
Every man must bear the responsi-
bility Of his own sin.
Sseond, you will reap what you SOW.
You cannot expect figs from thistles,
and you cannot expect barley crop
afrom rye. You look for the same kind
Of . crop that you scatter. You tell
your boys to he studious and indus
trious and honest because It will pay
!. .thsm IN after life. And II that is
tsus ID, the nataral world, then surely
e u IA the spiritual world. We sing
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