Word: sowers
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...Francis G. Peabody conducted the services in Appleton Chapel last night. After anthems by the choir and prayer, Dr. Peabody read the scripture lesson from the thirteenth chapter of St. Matthew, and chose as the text for his sermon the third verse of this chapter: "Behold, a sower went forth...
...plains of Galilee, Jesus saw a sower about his work, scattering his seed with lavish hand, careless of those that fell on barren ground, in the confidence of the rich harvest which would spring from those that fell on fertile soil. "There" said Jesus, "is the symbol of the Kingdom of Heaven; with such lavishness God scatters blessings on fruitful and unfruitful soil." And what Jesus meant by the lavishness and prodigality of God was revealed in his own life--a life that never spared its energies, that gave of its richest and fullest powers to the outcast woman...