I KNOW of nothing, dear children, more interesting in nature than country life. We have an extensive country around our home town, and we so much enjoy driving out to the different farms with tracts and papers, at the same time watching the work of the farmer. It is especially refreshing in the summer time.
The old man and the women have come out to dig potatoes, and to lay some by for the winter. They are working hard, and no doubt will be ready for a substantial dinner, after their hard toil in the heat.
Now, dear young friends, God is speaking to you and me. He has placed man here to plant, but it is God who gives the increase. He has promised seed-time and harvest, and His word will never fail.
Now there is much of another kind of good seed being sown, which is the Word of God (Luke 8:1111Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. (Luke 8:11)). How often, dear ones, you have listened to His Word at home, and in Sunday school. Has the seed only fallen by the way side; and has Satan devoured it? That is what Satan does with many of your memory texts, and lessons. You forget them immediately.
May your hearts, dear ones, be ready to receive the seed—The Word of God, and may it have power over your heart and conscience, bringing you to trust fully in a crucified and risen Christ.
ML 09/03/1933