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The Multiplication of a Watermelon Seed

Several years ago I stood here in this pulpit and told you about the need to start a work in Mexico. I said we needed to start by getting a preacher and covering his salary at $100 a month for one year. That night we had a deacon’s meeting. And when we started the meeting, one of our deacons stood up and he said, “Pastor, I can give that $1,200. Let me tell you why. Years ago when I was a teenage boy I left home and went out to California. I didn’t have a job, ran out of money, and was nearly starving to death when I saw a little Mexican boy with a wagonload of watermelons. I said to him, ‘Would you give me one of those watermelons to eat?’ I was so hungry that I almost ate the rind. And ever since then I have been looking for a way to pay that little boy b...

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