The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
The Iood OF Man.

Inc L oOd OF Man.
Here was the second value Of the
teurtation OF Christ. IL was not only the
yivine Mediator preparing himself FOR
Us task. and proving the temper of the
arms with which he was 70 fight the bat
L.. DO was The highest. the perfect man
becoming conscious Of himself and deciar-
i la behalf Of ell humanity the univer-
sal human necessities. 81 as man. he
saws need more than bread. I must not
B. satisfied. / am not satisfied, with mere
fr,d for the body. I must have truth"
Humanity was tested there. Can it, in
tits supreme specimen OF 10. BE- satisfied
With bread, II it can, then an these
dreams. these cravings these discontents
these importW ate demands of men for
spiritual things, for truth, for duty, for
Cod are mere cnimeras.
II il cannot. IL this man. the best Of
men. SAYS that food is not enough for
man. then no man ought TO be satisfied
s. l0ug as he has only the mere nourlsh-
f-art that feeds the body. Man shall
rot live by bread alone'-no doubt II
I'll seemed perfectly clear 10 Jesus. IL
was almost truism to Him. Humanity
Law perfectly omen before his conscious
ness Reading himself, he read man as
man never had been read 10y man before
IL said. that Is not life which bread alone
can feed. life for man means spiritual
condition which only spiritual forces can
F.r.lv. Therefore. Of course, man SHAH
Y0t live hy bread alone II is Ike saying
that tree cannot live merely upon water.
T. needs other elements which the rich
earth must Si1e. That is its natlrc.
And one thing more about this asser-
t'.n by Christ Of the higher necessities
o. man. lie does ret simply discern mem
g. his own human consciousness. II Is
noticeable that he also corrOboratos them
oft Of The past experience of men. He not
merely secs in himself that man cannot
i've az the fullest except 10 ooediehCe 70
Cod He also discovers In the past that
ucn have found this out ana recosill]e"
g. For. notice his reply is quotation
ely is written. man shall not live by bread
clone" lie Strengthens his own present
consciousness hf the assurance thdt other
nm have known the same; that IL mas
always been true. AS nc had sald before
f. Is not something which belongs 20 me
g. my exceptional divine nature Dut II
belongs 10 an men; so he says nov"
Tho life bCrins in sense. The existence
Of childhood Is all bondage 10 the
eenses Gradually It energies but very
eio,,iv very unclnsciously. until az last
there comes some test. As We study the
Gospels and think upon human llle'
becomes very wondcrt IL, IL seems 10 me-
how I'm The very order of its circum-
..,ncas as We'll as in its drift and spirit,
that life of Jesus represents the hNeS Oh
ou men Just AT the outset of our Wolh
Gods Spirit takes Us into some soiitude'
some experience which, whether II ne
enacted far off i'm the woods, or in the
very centre Of a crowded street, makes
Us realize for the FIRST time that our deep
e.t life is alone. lis ours and no other
,.,r.e. mat we cannot live in our fathers
and our mothers. that we must live Tor
ourselves That is our wilderness-that
first realization of our Individuality IN
th4t wilderness, in that first conception
OF himself as a responsible ara sOlllary
being every young man meets the same
devil that the young Jesus met Anu
f.. termination is the same; the a5ahr-
Lrce given in some form or olhef~h@'
broad is an that "a man needs that every
thing else is a delusiOn that 20 i've
lie ~ physical comfort is the only sold
wish for "a mans soul Perhaps IL 10
business which he knows Is wrong hut
fees must be profitable. Perhaps IL ~ tHo
abandonment OF those he ought 10 SaIe
f.r 30 that he himself may get rich' FeT-
hans IL Is the hiding of his sincere con-
victions I'm ordNr 10 keep his place N
some social company. Perhaph II Is
fiurlv giving up of ambitions, intellect
Val or spiritual, for the sake or qule|
unpcrturbed respectaOi.lty. +htse are
real etruselcs. There Is no boy VINO coin.S
into tho life which Jesus entered III lils
Incarnation who does not meet the oeNi'
And the answer which every modern
young man makes. the victory which he
wins. il he does win. must be Ike ChrlSt :,
too. That double witness, that decree OF
Cod written on the two tables OF con
FeiOusness and experience. must De- ana
s. what every man appeals TO- VINO
taking his stand before the tempter' says
no: / will not live for bread alone put
for truth and duty" lie appeals hTst 10
consciousness. Tell M" he says 10
lie tempter. here are certain powers IN
me-powers Of studying. thinking, ioVlhs'
generously suffering What am ! 10 90
with those powers IN the life when you
want me 10 hve2 IL cannot he that thot
IS the life which I WAS meant 10 i've OF
these powers would not be In me. Man
cannot live by bread alone" And then he
suoeals TO experience. "Other men III
otter DAYS have lived not for the flesh
bit for The spirit. and have left II on
record that though they massed wealth.
and fame. they know That 30 they fouhd
their true life. Their history confirms
my study Of myself. l read my duty IN
their stories. IT is written. man SHAH
NOT live by bread alone That Is the
way IN which the youth today here
umons us. enters by the same two-leaved
door into the same victory which Jesus
won wears ago upon that dark ana dreary
hll IA Palestine
Sometimes there comes III Gil OF us a
strong. deep craving to give up this com
picated search after what IS saIe or
proper or fashionable 10 beneNe' ana
Just % seek what Is true Ana men we
are merely finding in ourselves "hal
Jesus found when, with the devil draw
in2 Hin away he put his hands down 10
The depths OF the nature which lie h4n
assumed. and took out from under al
the accumulated rubbish Of low and ar
uncial needs, the original. essential IN
tention Of mans life. which had been lying
there ever since the day when Goo maze
man 81 His own image"
The Feast of 81 barbara.