Parable of the soils. A rock.

Luke 8:4-6 KJV

[4] And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

[5] A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, …

[6] And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

Luke 8:13 KJV

[13] They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

“The ‘bright singing,’ the sentimentality of the hymns (?), the preacher’s appeals to the emotions, the demand of the churches for visible and quick ‘results,’ produce nothing but superficial returns. Sinners are urged to make a prompt ‘decision,’ are rushed to the ‘penitent form,’ [THAT IS, COME TO THE FRONT OF THE SANCTUARY TO ‘RECEIVE CHRIST’] and then assured that all is well with them; and the poor deluded soul leaves with a false and evanescent ‘joy.’ And the deplorable thing is that many of the Lord’s own people are supporting and fellow-shipping this Christ-dishonoring and soul-deceiving burlesque of true Gospel ministry.”

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER by A.W. Pink