Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-09-17
two fish and five loaves that the

on the grassy banks OF Gal-
lice, I see them follow him for
more. I see them laugh and well
pleased when he told them II am
the bread of lite." They longed
for a king who could and would
give them bread and meat ever
more as their forefathers had Man.
ma from heaven without work. But
this was not the bread of which he
spoke. He has proven to be the
Bread of Life, for his faithful fol-
lowers feed upon his promises,
which are both sure and steadfast.
We see this same one bending over
the bier Of the dead, while weep
ing women follow it to the tomb.
He stops the procession, the dead
come forth at his command and l
hear him say, 81 am the life and
the resurrection" and he has
proven it, for he staid in the grave
three days after death, came back
to life and was resurrected from
the dead, and 40 days afterward
went up without death to sit
on the right hand of God until time
on earth shall be no more. When
he went he sent the Holy spirit,
which is with US yet to comfort and
console his faithful followers.
This same Jesus, my dear children,
is yet the Bread of Life; the toun-
tain of Immortality; the life and
the resurrection; the light of the
world; that light which illumes
our pathway from childhood to old
age; that light that shines through
the dark valley of death and lights
up its lonely cell. He is that
light, who wicked men that stood
round the cross and saw him die,
denied that he was the Son of God,
or more than a mere man, and who
wicked and bad men are yet
preaching and saying: He was
nothing more than a mere man,
and was not the son of God. I tel
you, children, this day He is the
light of the world, the son of Goo
and the only hope of your eterna.
happiness-the only name giver
among men whereby you can bt
saved. While SO per cent of Au
drains children are in the Sunday
School, still there are 442, SO;
children like you in Missouri, ye'
Missouri, the land we love so vel
Our grand old Missouri, who ar
in no Sunday School who hear ant
know nothing of this wonderful
Savior-the light of the world
Won't you help, children, to brinI
them into that light2 Last nigh
, one hundred thousand brillian
lights shone in the city of ST
! Louis and the hearts of her PEG
, pie were glad, while the air wa
laden with sweet strains of music
of voice and instrument over he
prosperity and the grandeur of he
: Exposition; her streets were arch
/ ed with rainbows of beautiful
lights, and like one of old, we ez
, claim, great is Diana of the Ephe
t slams, SO say we, great is st. Louis
, great in the grand work she is dc
ing for the children of Missoul
, and for the Master as well as grea
!. in her commerce. You remember
children, how, after Gen. Lafay
: cite came and fought for and sa,
. our liberty established; how, afte
3 this, he was the guest of America
how we arched the streets he tray
eled; how we strewed them wit
flowers; how we, with welcom
. voice, as of one man, babe hir
1 welcome, thrice welcome, to Amer
r lea. Oh, there is my dear chi
dren-a greater deliverer than LII
D fayette. Let US bid him welcome
t thrice welcome to our State, an
a when, in 1893, the Sunday Schoe
people of the whole world meet j
: our grand old Missouri in the cit
of st. Louis, we will, in the nam
0 of Him in whose pathway tn
children spread boughs as He er
tered Jerusalem, arch again, he
streets with every hue and hi
Christ and His co-workers we
8 come, thrice welcome to our love
old Missouri. Let US see to it thu
Audrain county is there and at thu
time what she is to.day-the bar
o ner Sunday School county in tn
great State. Let her leglons /
there in the advance guard wit
= her banners floating in the breez
to JOIN in the grand jubilee; th'
s the praise of the Lord may cove
the land as the waters cover tL
, sea.
o BOB PRINTED THE HYMNS.
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