attend to God’s Words by not letting them depart from before our eyes and by keeping them in the midst of our hearts, the seed is in “good ground.” This is the kind of ground in which, Jesus says, “It bringeth forth fruit.” Paul says, “It effectually worketh.” When the farmer gets his seed into the ground, he does not dig it up every day to see how it is doing, but says, “I am glad that is settled.” He believes the seed has begun its work. Why not have this same faith in the “imperishable seed”—Christ’s