Autumn-the Harvest Season
The autumn, with its ripening fruits, and waving harvest, is now with us. We see on every hand the results of the farmers toil and forecast in the springtime. Then it was that he broke up the soil, sowed the seed, pruned his trees, and guarded the tender plants. Now we see the ripening crops. The trees are bending with golden fruit, and abundance rewards farmers toil.
But suppose in spring the farmer had left the soil unturned, the seed unsown, the trees untrimmed, and everything neglected, what would now be the result? We should see nothing but barren fields, overrun with weeds and biers; and the farmer would feel that a winter of want and distress is before him.
And let us remember that the autumn of life will come on apace; and that what we now sow, we shall then reap. If we would reap an abundant harvest, and gather precious fruit, and secure an autumn of plenty prosperity, we must now, in the springtime of life, be diligent and careful in the cultivation of our hearts. We must form only those habits which will produce good fruits. Our acts must be noble, our thoughts and our words must be pure, and our feelings must be kind. As we now sow, we shall then reap. If we sow to the wind, we shall reap the whirlwind.
伴着成熟的果实和翻腾的谷浪，秋季来到了大家身旁。从每一位农民的手上，大家看到了辛勤劳作的成就和春季期望的达成。在春季，是他们耕耘土地，拨下种籽，修剪果树，照看嫩苗。目前大家看到了成熟的庄稼。金黄的果实压弯了果树枝头，丰厚地回报农民的劳作。
但，假定农民们在春季土地不耕，种籽不播，果实不修剪，什么都不干，那样目前会是什么结果呢?大家只能看到贫瘠的土地，野草疯长，荆棘丛生。这时农民们就会感觉到，一个匮乏而忧伤的冬天就在他们面前。
让大家记住，生活的秋季非常快就会到来;大家目前播种什么，到那时就会收成什么。假如大家要获得丰硕的收获，摘取珍贵的果实，确保充裕旺盛的秋季，目前，在这个生活的春季，大家就需要吃苦耐劳、小心翼翼地培育大家的心灵。大家需要培养只能产生好的结果的习惯。大家的行为需要高尚，大家的思想和言语需要纯洁，大家的情操需要善良。大家目前播种，到时候定有收成。假如大家风中播种，以后势必收成旋风。
