Putteth in the sickle; he gathereth the fruits of his labor. Men in this matter are workers together with God. One plants, another waters or cultivates, and God gives the increase. So with the rise and progress of religion in the soul. Men must hear, understand, believe, and obey it. The power which leads them to do this, is of God. To illustrate still further the progressive nature of his religion, its great increase from a small beginning, he spoke the parable of the mustard-seed.

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