This explanation, so reasonable and obvious in the natural world, is not quite accepted by men in reference to the spiritual. They assent to it but do not act upon it. They judge the seed by the soil more often than they admit that the quality of the soil is tested by the seed. The exposition which the Teacher gives leaves some matters to the intelligence of the disciples. The points explained clearly show that while a parable may have one main lesson, it may have other related lessons conveyed by