Hearing and Doing

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 2, 1860

Hearing and Doing

HEARING AND DOING.—I have read a story of two men, who walking together, found a young tree laden with fruit. They both gathered, and satisfied themselves at present. One of them took all the remaining fruit, and carried it away with him; the orher took the tree, and planted it in his own ground, where it prospered and brought fourth fruit every year; so that though the former had more at present, yet this had some when he had none. They who hear the Word, and have large memories, and nothing else, may carry away most of the Word at present; yet he that (possibly) can remember little, who carried away the tree, plants the Word in his heart, and obeys it in his life, shall have fruit when the other hath none.