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teachings of the Bible retained their life for
many hundreds of years? Into what do good thoughts
turn? (Acts). Into what do good acts turn?
(Character). Can any boy or girl afford to use
their time in reading worthless books or papers?
Do words and deeds have the element of unending
life in them? Is it a dangerous thing to get
angry? What did one of the boys who were playing
marbles do to the boy who ran across the ring? As
the result, how many years has the injured boy
walked with crutches? Will the good that we do be
as permanent as the evil that we might do?

SOWING.

THE SPRING TIME OF LIFE.

SUGGESTION:--The object used is a bag or sack, or
a pillow slip would answer the same purpose, hung
about the neck as a farmer uses it when sowing
seed. While this is not essential, it can be used
if desired.

MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS: Spring is the most pleasant season of the year;
the snow has melted, the cold weather has passed away, and now the warm,
pleasant days have come. The trees are all in blossom, the fields look
beautiful, and the air is full of sweetness. If you go into the country
at this season of the year you will find the farmers plowing their
fields, and some are sowing grain. The spring wheat has already been
sown, the oat fields will soon begin to look green, and in the course of
a few weeks the farmers will be planting their corn.

It must have been at a corresponding period of the year in the East,
when Jesus spoke those beautiful words which are found in the 13th
chapter of St. Matthew, contained in the parable of the sower who went
out to sow. A great multitude of people had gathered to hear the words
which fell from the lips of Jesus. They could no longer gain admission
into the house, and so Jesus went down by the sea, or the large lake,
and getting into a boat he pushed out just a little way from the shore,
so all the people standing along the shore could see and hear Him, and
then He began to preach to them. Just back of them on the plain was a
farmer who was more intent upon sowing his field than upon listening to
the words of the Saviour. As Jesus saw him pacing to and fro across the
field, scattering the grain in the furrows, Jesus very likely pointed to
the man, calling the attention of the multitude to what he wa