. The Methodist magazine and quarterly review . ed ; and when the harvest is foundto be abundant and good, we shall hear no complaints about the seedbeing sown in an improper manner. If the first part of education is to plant the good seed; the secondis to watch its progress, and bring it to maturity. The cause of thefailure, in the third instance mentioned in this parable, was the preva-lence of contrary principles. The good seed had been sown, andbegan to grosv ; but it had fallen among thorns, and they sprang upand choked it. The word had been heard and understood, feelingsand habits of pie
. The Methodist magazine and quarterly review . ed ; and when the harvest is foundto be abundant and good, we shall hear no complaints about the seedbeing sown in an improper manner. If the first part of education is to plant the good seed; the secondis to watch its progress, and bring it to maturity. The cause of thefailure, in the third instance mentioned in this parable, was the preva-lence of contrary principles. The good seed had been sown, andbegan to grosv ; but it had fallen among thorns, and they sprang upand choked it. The word had been heard and understood, feelingsand habits of piety were produced; but the M care of this world, andthe deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and it becometh unfruit-ful. Beds of thorns, however, are not brought to maturity in a first exist as seeds, and tender shoots are seen to grow in com-pany with other things; and years must pass away before theybecome so rank and abundant as to destroy all other , in like manner, is the result of a slow moral process. A. The Duty of Methodism toward its Youth. 426 finished reprobate is never formed in a day. Bad and powerful pas-sions, and confirmed habits of vice, are the full-grown thorns, theseeds and shoots of which were to be seen in childhood itself. It isthe part of vigilant husbandry to see the thorns the moment theyappear above ground, to tear them up by the roots, and thereby pre-serve the crop; and it belongs to a skilful and religious education towatch the workings of human depravity, and to destroy its shoots andits buds the moment they make their appearance. It is for this endthat the modern Scottish schools are provided with play-grounds; andthe plan appears to be founded upon a just principle. The master ispresent in them, as well as in the school, for the purpose of observingwhat passes, and improving it for the good of his charge. The play-ground is the little world of the children, where each pursues his ownend, in his own way; and her
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