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] Which is _nature_, and which is _art_, let the reader judge. WHICH IS NATURE AND WHICH IS ART LET THE READER JUDGE
nted twelve centuries ago."[81] [Sidenote: Christianity compared by Christ to the works of nature.] Such is Islam. Now what is Christianity? Listen to the prophetic words of the Founder himself, who compares it to the works of nature: "_So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;_ "_And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how._ "_For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear._"[r] And again: "_Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God, or with what comparison shall we compare it?_ "_It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all seeds that be in the earth;_ "_But when it is sown, it groweth up and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it._"[s] [Sidenote: Islam the work of man; Christianity the work of God. ON TO THE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS OF TIME AND CLIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE EXPANDING WITH THE GENIAL SUNSHINE AND THE RAIN FROM HEAVEN IT REMAINS THE SAME FORCED AND STUNNED THING AS WHEN FIRST PLANTED TWELVE CENTURIES AGO SUCH IS THIS LAMP NOW WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY LISTEN TO THE PROPHETIC WORDS OF THE FOUNDER HIMSELF WHO COMPARES IT TO THE WORKS OF NATURE SO IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS IF A MAN SHOULD CAST SEED INTO THE GROUND AND SHOULD SLEEP AND RISE NIGHT AND DAY AND THE SEED SHOULD SPRING AND GROW UP HE KNOWETH NOT HOW FOR THE EARTH BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT OF HERSELF FIRST THE BLADE THEN THE EAR AFTER THAT THE FULL GOWN IN THE EAR AND AGAIN WHEREUNTO SHALL WE LIKEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD OR WITH WHAT COMPASSION SHALL WE COMPARE IT IT IS LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED WHICH WHEN IT IS SOWN IN THE EARTH IS LESS THAN ALL SEEDS THAT BE IN THE EARTH BUT WHEN IT IS SOWN IT GROWETH UP AND BECOMETH GREATER THAN ALL HERBS AND SHOOT OUR GREAT BRANCHES SO THAT THE FALLS OF THE AIR MAY LODGE UNDER THE SHADOW OF IT
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