Fire's Hidden Seeds
Story★★★<A party of explorers once landed on an island in the frozen north and accidentally set fire to some stunted vege- tation that scantily clothed the uninhabitable place. Prob- ably no fire had burned there for centuries. When the sailors returned some time later they found scores of young silver-birch trees growing. The flames had awak- ened slumbering seeds which had been held in the close grip of the icy cold. ‘There are, likewise, great possibilities slumbering in men’s souls that can be awakened by the Spirit of God. That is the basis and justification for mis- sionary endeavor and the hope of the future.
The point
Fire that awakened seeds dormant for centuries in frozen ground illustrates how the Spirit of God can awaken great spiritual potential long dormant in human souls.