SECTION II
DISPOSITIONS FOR THE INTERIOR LIFE
IN THE Parable of the Sower Jesus tells us that
the seed of God's word yields a return proportionate to the quality of the
soil, some a hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, and some only thirty-fold. As the
quality of the soil is determined by man's dispositions in the service of God,
it rests with him whether his heart will be soil by the wayside, stony soil,
soil overgrown with thorns, or good soil of an inferior, of a medium, or of a
superior grade. There are especially four qualities that dispose us to bring
forth fruit a hundred-fold. They are: Diffidence in Ourselves, Confidence in
God, Submission to God's Representatives, and Determination to attain
Perfection.
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