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Plainly our Lord intended to fortify His servants against the discouragements which would attend their most faithful seed-sow ing and men-fishing.” PRACTICAL POINTS (1) The kingdom will come when the King comes. (2) God’s purposes will, be perfected according to His plans; ■ (3) He will take the church out before He brings the kingdom in. (4) The greatest growth is growing in grace. (5) The fowls of the air aré foul birds; look out! ( 6 ) You can “shoo” the ’ birds, but you must 'shoot error. , (7) Satan’s birds sing soothing songs, but they have a hellish heart. ( 8 ) Receive with meekness the engrafted Word, that you may grow; thereby. poison and jump in the water. A little girl playing in front of her home was happy in Jesus, and was singing, “God will take care of you.” The man listened to the little one as she sang, “Thro’ days of toil when heart doth fail, God will take care of you.” He turned round saying to him self, “what a fool I’ve been, I will trust God, come what may.” He went back to his office and committed his business to God. He did not fail, but became a very successful man in his line. The little girl was letting her light shine. , Using Ears .—God has given us an unwrit ten law in the physical, mental and spirit ual realms of this universe, that what is not used is lost. Use or lose. Ears are made to hear with, but thousands do not hear at all or do not hear rightly. Tal ents, gifts, all our faculties, are to be used. We shall not have them long if we do not use them. William Carey, one of the pioneer mis sionaries to India worked in a cobbler’s
different classes of hearers to the Word of God. The Tares shows the relationship of Satan to the Word of God. The Mustard Tree, the relationship of the ungodly who are protected by the Word of God. The Leaven, the relationship of false doctrine to the Word of God. The Treasure, the hidden relationship of Israel to the Word of God. The Pearl, the relationship of the gath- ered-out church to the Word of God. The Net, the relationship of the good and bad according to the selection of the Word of God. Secrecy and failure dominate in each of these parables. An element of badness is given'to them all. Poor ground, scorching heat, evil birds, noxious thorns, corrupting leaven, stinking fish, form a combination hard' to surpass for its disagreeableness. A CHRISTIAN man. passed an alley. He saw a man whom he had known from childhood turn into the alley. He had never associated with this .man as he belonged to a different social class, but the moment he saw him the impression came to speak to him. He did not yield to the impression but passed on to a-drug store and had not been in there five minutes when a man rushed in and said “Bud Mil ler has shot himself, in the alley.” The Christian man said, “My God, I just met him and could have spoken to him about his soul.” What an awful thing it is for the light in the Light House on a rock-bound coast not to shine for just one night. What must .it mean to ships on life’s dark sea when Christians do not let their lights shine out. The owner of a large printing estab lishment was on the verge of bankruptcy. He felt he could not stand the disgrace of a failure, so bought some poison and was on his way to the river bank to take the
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