SEED-TIME.

It does not read _seeding_ and harvest. _Seeding_ means the act of

sowing seed. The Lord in his covenant does not say that this shall not

cease; because the act of sowing seed or _seeding_ depends upon man:

he only assures man that seedtime, or the time for sowing seed, shall

not cease. But notice the other part. He does not say harvest-time;

but he says that _harvest_ shall not cease, because _he makes the

harvest_. He speaks positively here of results, as being able and

forever willing to fulfill what he covenants to do. In this covenant,

man's work is implied as well as God's work. Man's part of the work is

to sow the seed when the time is given. God's part is to bless the

seed sown, by giving the harvest. In all of man's labor pertaining to

providing for the support and comfort of his body, "we are coworkers

with God."

Our heavenly Father deals with us as children. By natural things he

instructs us in spiritual things. Paul says; "First that which is

natural; afterward that which is spiritual." This is God's order.

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