p. 143 | The Neighbor's Field

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Mar 11, 1875

The Neighbor's Field

I was walking with a farmer through a beautiful field, when he chanced to see a tall thistle on the other side of the fence. In an instant he sprang over the fence and cut the thistle off close to the ground.

"Is that your field?"

"Oh, no," said the farmer; "but bad weeds don't care much for fences, and if I should leave that thistle to blossom in my neighbor's field I should soon have plenty in my own."

I wish all fathers and mothers would think of that. The evil weeds in your neighbor's field will scatter seeds in your own.