He never could get to see him from that day until one day he met him on a corner, and he said:
"Marshall, where are those parables?"
"I knew you would be after me, but I give it up. I tried, but I couldn't make them. I didn't know it was so hard."
People say, "Oh, any one can make up a sermon." But if you think so, just try it!
A Father's Mistake
The story is told that a man once said he would not talk to his son about religion; the boy should make his own choice when he grew up, unprejudiced by him.
The boy broke his arm, and when the doctor was setting it, he cursed and swore the whole time. The father was quite grieved and shocked.
"Ah," said the doctor, "you were afraid to prejudice the boy in the right way, but the devil had no such prejudice. He has led your son the other way."
The idea that a father is to let his children run wild! Nature alone never brings forth anything but weeds.