The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-19
CHRIST THE BREAD OF, LIFE.
International Sunday-Schoot Lesson for
August 23, 1891.


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GOLDEN Text Lord evermore give us this
bread John 6:34
CENTRAL Truth. Jesus Is the bread Of life.
TIME.-April, A. d. 20. The day following our
last lesson.
PLACE.-Capernaum, on the northwest shore
Of the lake OF Galilee.
INTERVENING HIsToaY.-M The night OF
prayer. Matt l4:232h) t2) The storm at sea-
Tvs 1879 (3) Jesus walking on the sea- Tvs.
10 2o) az Peters attempt TO walk on the
water. Matt. 14:2S3l.)
CIRcUMsTANCES.-Soon after Jesus came to
His disciples with cheer and power in the
storm, they all came to land near Capernaum
1t was the morning after the feeding OF the
1000 Great numbers came to Jesus some to
be healed, some for such bread as they had re-
ceived at Bethsaida
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs.-o6 Not be.
cause ye saw the miracles" not for the teach
ing of the miracles but for the benefits they
obtained from them. "a. Labor not:" do not
make the wants OF the body the chief end OF
life. THAT meat which enduroth:" the food OF
the soul that satisfies its immortal wants
Hath the Father sealed:" attested as His
Son and sent from Him with the true message
Sealing to the ancients was like signing the
name with us. Gods seal was C) the Divine
character of Christ; (2) His miracles 80 His
Heavenly message. 49, THE work of God that
ye believes" faith is the source and fountain
OF all good works. 49, What sign:" by which
to prove you are the great prophet. the Mes
siah 81. Our fathers did eat mammal" lex.
l6). Moses did this for US: what have you
done! Only one meal instead OF food for forty
years-and only five thousand fed, instead OF
two million-only barley bread, instead Of
mama. 49, Jesus reply shows His superiority
to Moses. First: Moses gave you not:" it
was not Moses who gave the mamma 1t was
God, through Moses. But Jesus came from the
Father, Whose gift He was to the world. Sec
ond: 1.-THE true bread" the real bread, bread
for the soul, OF which the mama was only q
type. Third: from Heaven:" the real Heav.
en-, while the mama came only from the at
mospherlc heaven. Fourth. 80 "Giveth life:"
as well as sustains 1t. The mama lasted but q
day or two; the true bread Is eternal. Fifth
Unto the world" the mama was for Jews
only. the true bread for all men. The mama
was for one age, the true bread for all ages
IS. "Never hunger:" with pain and unsatisfied
desire, but only as in the Beattude 81. "The
Father giveth Mc:" the Divine side Of saliva.
tion, life, desire, new hearts, come from God
only. Him that cometh:" this is the human
side Of salvation. 80. Raise it up again." at
the resurrection. Death shall not destroy those
who believe.
LESSON COMMENTS.
The morning after the miracle of the
loaves and fishes, the people again
sought for the miracle worker. They
were pleased with the experiences OF
the previous day, and longed for their
repetition. Finding that Jesus had gone
over the water, they took boats and fol-
lowed When they came to Him, they
inquired, with wonder, how He had
crossed the water. To this Jesus gives
no answer, but lays bare at one stroke
the motive that led them to follow Him
SO closely. He then exhorts them to
seek for something higher than the
mere satisfaction of bodily wants, and
to give heed to their eternal interests
The first thing that strikes one, in
reading this lesson, is point of SINH
larity between Nicodemus, the woman
at the well, the disciples and the
people. They are all alike in this one
respect, that they misapprehend Hi
words. He talks of things spiritual
they think Of things carnaL He is OF
one plane; they on another and lower
plane. "Ye must be born again" say
Christ to Nicodemus. "How can a maj
be born again?" is the carnal reply
To the woman at the well He speak!
of "a we'll Of water springing up intt
eternal life;" and she answers: "Sir
give me this water. that | thirst not
neither come hither to draw" To Hi
disciples even He says: Take heed
and beware of the leaven of the Phar
isees;" and they say among themselves
st is because we have taken nj
bread" Matt. 1861. So also in thi
case, while He talks of things Heaven
ly. they are only thinking about thing
earthly. Thus Jesus was, in deel
spiritual sense, a lonely man. He spok,
about the heart. and they, in their con
ceptions and desires, rose no highe
than the stomach. He discoursed about
Heavenly food, and they discourse(
about bakers bread. This bitter ex
perience of loneliness in purpose con
tinued all through the life of the Master
We can easily see and heartily con
denim the sordid thought and desire of
throng that lived eighteen hundre
years ago. But we need not go bac
eighteen hundred years nor eightee
years to find the exact counterpart O
that Galilean multitude. Our churc
papers are full of articles on how t
reach 1.-The unchurched masses" Al
agree in the statement that they ar
unreached. They never come With
the walls of our churches. Now, Their
is nothing easier than to reach them
man. woman and child, and to crow
our churches to the very walls. Jus
send forth proclamation that every
one who comes to your church sha
have loaf of bread and silver dolla
each time he attends Now you may &
once open your church not only on SUI
day but three times each day in tn