The seed that by the wayside fell,
Is wisdom in the heart
Of him who heareth words of truth,
But understandeth not.
And he who is the stony place,
Is one who hears the word,
Anon with joy receiveth it,
And follows after good.
But tribulation soon assails,
And persecutions rise,
He then forgets the word of truth,
And all his goodness dies.
The thorny place is one who hears,
And does the truth receive;
But finds that cares of life and wealth,
His mind and heart deceive.
The good and fertile ground is he
Who hears and understands;
And shows his, life obedient to
All that the truth commands.
II.
THE TARES AND THE WHEAT.
My kingdom I will liken to,
A man who in his field
Sow'd good seed, and expected soon
A harvest it would yield.
But while his servants slept, there came
A wicked enemy,
And sow'd his _tares_ among the wheat,
And then went on his way.
And when the good seed did appear
The tares began to show;
The servants wonder'd much, and said,
"Why, master, thou didst sow
"The best of seed all o'er the field,
From whence then come these tares?"
"An enemy," he said, "hath come
Upon us unawares,
"And scattered forth his evil seed;"
The servants said to him,
"Wilt thou then, that into the field
We go and gather them?"
The master answer'd them and said,
"Let both together grow,
Until the time of harvest, lest
Ye pluck the wheat also.
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