NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder May 5, 1916. 
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Pearls From Palestine 
The Sower 
Matt. XIII: 3—23 
HIS is the story the Lord Christ told Lest, we the truth receive 
In the days of old: And so believe. 
Behold! A sower went forth to sow, : 
- And lo! o’er all the plain They on the rock are they 
He scattered the golden grain. Who hear the Word with gladness 
and straightway, 
Some seed by the wayside fell, Having not root, can bear no fruit, 
And, sooth to tell, And through temptation fall away. 
The fowl’s of the air in an ‘hour 
Did the seeds devour, And these are they that sprung 
So that no more could it be found. The thorns among: 
Hindered by life’s affairs 
Some fell on stony ground, And choked by earthly cares, 
And, having no depth of earth, No fruit unto perfection can they bring. 
Quickly sprang into birth; 
But because the soil was dry, And these are they who from good 
When the sun was hot and high, soil do spring: 
They were scorched in the noontide ray Who into honest hearts 
And withered away. Receive what God imparts 
And bring forth fruits more precious 
Some seed did fall far than gold, 
Where thorns were thick and tall. Some thirty, sixty, some an hundred fold. 
Thin were the blades and few : = 
And, choked by thorns, they grew To sow good seed, that is the sower’s part. 
But bore no fruit at all. What if it take no root within the heart? 
Yea, Lord, indeed : 
Some fell on goodly soil Thou sowest good seed. 
And rewarded the Sower’s toil, What if I take no heed, 
Covering the fertile plain Or what, if when the tender blade appear 
With a wealth of waving grain, I fail to persevere? 
Thirty, sixty, a hundred fold. Where were the sheaves to fill the 
——_ harvest wain? 
Thus did the Lord unfold The sheaves of golden grain? 
The Truth of the tale he told: Lord, be it then my part 
The seed is the Word, So to prepare my heart 
Which, when our ears have heard, Thy truth to hold, 
Cometh Satan with subtle art That it may bring forth fruit 
And from the heart, a hundred fold. 
Like to a thievish bird, 
Taketh the Word, —J. A. Torrey. 
