It seems a very strange proceeding when a farmer plows and
plants and cares for his crop through the summer and then lets
it stand all winter in the fields, to be eaten by mice, pelted
by storms, and go to waste; and yet he is quite as wise as the
pastor who toils hard to persuade people to give their hearts to
God and come into the Church, and then allows the converts to
lapse into religious ruin through neglect.--_Western Christian
Advocate._
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