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OTHER PARABLES.
BJTICAL NOTES BY REV. GEORGE
P, HAYS, D. D., LL. D.
P* ^Amapter, .Conversion yet it is is implied not directly in the taught first six in para- this
jfebles. Neither field would bring forth a
good harvest unless some one sows seed in
\ them. The mustard seed is planted by an
dhd the leaven is hidden in the meal.
gijRiS Mhe market. treasure In was all lost, these and the the pearl was of in
cases course
^Jiature was changed by some outside force, speci
lut the doctrine of conversion is more
cally taught in the parables of the leaven
fend the grain of mustard seed than any
fwhere I The proverbial else. small seed of ancient times
Iwas the mustard. It obtained this character
Efrom the disproportion between its own size
Lnd the size of the tree which grew there¬
from. jof It is therefore an excellent example
Ithat that which the Saviour was here teaching,
Lrge results are oftentimes disproportionately
when compared with their causes.
I When the seed is sown it is with the inten¬
sion of bringing forth the tree. God means
She ends accomplished by his small provi¬
dences. When man plants a mustard seed
)ie does it in faith in the vitality of the seed.
If he did not believe the seed retained its vi¬
tality limes he would not plant it. This is some
called the faith of the mustard seed.
Wee Matt, xvii, 20. It is really the faith some
one has in the grain of mustard. Elsewhere
this faith in the mustard seed is used to re
prove those who, through a false humility,
will not try to do their duty. God has prom
ised the result of activity quite as surely as
the has promised a tree in the vitality of tho
mustard seed. Growth is the only proof of
life. This must be open, manifest, visible
growth. religion whose growth is not vis
ible and manifest must be as dead as tho
fcmstard seed which issues in no tree. Birds
of the air are sheltered in the tree, as irro
ligiousand godless people are protected by
the moral sentiment and good order which are
due to a religious public sentiment.
33.—The leaven is not originally in the
When it is there it is with the
specific intention that a change shall result,
Leaven is yeast, and though it may be put in
but one part of a lump, its effect will extend
until the whole mass is leavened. Leaven in
Scripture is generally a type of evil.
If we combine the lossons of these two
parables, we have an admirable illustration
of true religion. The growth of the mustard
seed sets forth the visible effect of religion in
the sight of our fellow men; and the hidden
working of the leaven equally well sets forth
the internal change which alfects our
inner life. In these two parables religion
is set forth as if it were an unconscious
force ■'working in an unconscious being,
But man is not unconscious like the meal,
nor wrought upon like the mustard seed
without any free agency of his own.
Conscious activity.—Christ now sets forth
this side of human nature in the following
parables. Hero again are two prominent
differences. Some men consciously seek
what their souls need: others are conscious
of a need, but do not seem to understand
anything about the spiritual wants of their
nature. The parables of the treasure and the
pearl set forth these two sides of human ex
perienee. In both parables, however, the
great final lesson is that those who would
enter the kingdom of heaven must give up
all for God.
The illustration of this parable (v. 44) is of
a man stumbling unexpectedly on such a
oidden treasure. With surprise he found
that was valuable which others passed by.
When he understands its vulue he dictates no
terms, but, like the real convert, sells all that
ho has to buy that field. This last is God’s
condition of eternaWifo (Matt, xix, 21).
Wo turn now to the inquirer who knows
what he wants. He is seeking definitely for
the pearl of great price. The reason for the
high price of pearls is that they are small in
size and weight, and yet of great value,
They were often swallowed to preserve them
from the search of robbers. Pearls are moro
easily concealed and more easily carried than
gold or silver. The hidden treasure is avail
able for present use; the pearl is provision
for future use. The pearl broken is do
stroyed; but the two parts of a lump of gold
are worth just as much separate as tho two
together were when they were one lump. For
some reasons gold was best and for others
pearls were best. We need to combine both
these features to get a full illustration of the
amplitude of God’s grace. No wonder, there
fore, that this man should sell all that he had
to buy that pearL
If now we combine these four qualities, we
shall have before us the symmetry of God’s
grace and man s experience. Like the muss
tard seed, it manifests its power externally.
Liko the leaven, it completely changes the
character of the inner life. Like the treas
ure, it is moro valued t han ail else, and is
immediately available for all present wants,
And like the pearl, while more valued than
a11 else > is an abundant guarantee of supply
•for all future wants. Like the treasure and
tho P uarl > its Possession is equally real and
valuable whether stumbled on or sought for
and found; and like the leaven and the mus
to rd seed, it* effects are equally real and val
liable whether manifested externally or work
ing within.
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SUGGESTIVE ci.rrFQTivP APPLICATIONS. appi iPATinMQ
BY TnE REV * EIjwrN w - 1 H CE ’ D - D *
The least of all seeds, verse 82. Yom can
scarcely get more than a very small grain of
spiritual truth into tho mind of that lioed
less scholar. He in very thoughtless; but you
have discovered a single small spot or corner
in his heart which seems to bo fitted for an
equally minute particle of divine truth. You
drop this with ljttle hope or expectation that
so small a thing can ever grow, but out of
that small seed may come a power which
will eventually renew that soul and change
tluit life. The result seems to lx* out of all
proportion to the slight work of sowing, but
it is according to God’s order; it is one of the
ways in which God encourages his servants
to sow for him.
The wholo was leavened, v. 83. The leaven
was hid. It seems to be lost. Thus much of
the teaching in the .Sunday school often
seems to have been buried out of right. Not
a trace of it can be discovered in tho hearts
of those who come to tho weekly .Sabbath
study. It looks like wasted labor; but if tho
truth is there in the heart it is sure to work
as secretly and as effectually as the leaven
works in tho doUgh i:i which it G hid.
Hold all that he had, and bought it, v. U».
Thero are some who seem to stumble upon
the kingdom of God providentially; as tho
old j.rojjhet said, “I am found-of them that
sought me not.” Christians see this prophecy
moroqxurt^omeinto Cull lied in many ways, but probably tho
the kmgikmi by seeking
to cuter. Even these can enter it only by
giving up all as the price-.
Tho angola shall . . . sever the wicked
from amo^g the just, v. O. Tho drag urt
gathered up every Kort of firii, good and twd.
Bo is it in the kingdom of heaven on earth
and in our work for God. It is not rtranga
that evangelists and preachers and Sunday
teachers should gather in among tb<m
w j lf) ftrt , p fK »d, who are truly Christian, not n
few who am without that true life in Chri st.
The sifting time will come; the angels will
gather the good, and they will easily discover
the bad. It is for men to work; it is for Clod
to judge.
HINTS FOR PRIMARY CLASSES.
BY ALICE W. KNOX.
Jems taught many truths by parable. A
Jo Immb ie is an illustration that is like the truth
bo taught
Write tho topics on the board and number
them: 1. Tho Mustard Seed. 2. The Leuven.
3. The Hid Treasure. 4. The Goodly Pearl
5. * The Fish Net.
Explain how very small the mustard seed
^ mi(l how strange that a great bush can
grow from such u little feed Show an uenrn
and doscrilie the oak; or show an apple seed
and call attention to the tree and its fruit.
Try to use such illustrations as are familiar
to the children. The leaven grows differ¬
ently; it swells the dough and makes it fit
for food. Illustrate hy the process of making
bread with yeast.
little deeds of kindness,
Ilf lie words of love.
Make our earth an Eden
Like to heaven above.
Teach the children the im portance of little
things in spreading the Gospel. Children
can help in many ways, nu -a * by showing a
Christian spirit when toinptwd to <lo wrong;
by acts of kindness to others; by couirioat
ing of their [jennies to send tho Gospel abroad
arid to maintain it at home. Good examples
help wonderfully to make others good,
The End.—There is an end to ail the effort
and all the strife. Tho good and tho bad
seed grow together until the harvest comes,
Tho good and bad fish are found in the same
net. But the reapers %‘purate the wheat
from the tares, putting the wheat in the h im
and burning tho tart s^ Um fishermen gather
tho good fish into vus4 fs, but east the bad
away. Aa the Golden Text says, “Ho shah <t
be at tho end of the world; the angels shall
eemo forth and sever tho wicked from among
the just.”
Now is the time to choose where our place
shall be. Jesus sayo Come to me now. He
wonts to save os, God the Father wants to
sayu us, and sodoev the Holy Spirit. But no
one will bo force l i .*-» the kingdom of
heaven; we must . ho* so it and ask to be
tokou i.ito it and all who ask
School ° ***
World.
