Autumn-the Harvest Season

But suppose in spring the farmer had left the soil unturned,the seed unsown , the trees untrimmed,and everything neglected ,what would now be the results.We should see nothing but barren fields, overrun with weeds and briers ; and the farmer would feel that a winter of want and distress was before him.

And let us remember that the autumn of life will come on apace ; and that what we now sow ,we shall then reap.If we would reap an abundant harvest, and gather precious fruit,and secure an autumn of plenty and prosperity, we must now ,in the springtime of life,be diligent and careful in the cultivation of our hearts.We must form only those habits which will produce good fruits.