The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-20
A NEW PASTORS SERMON
REV. j. L. BEYL IN THE GARDEN
BAPTIST CHURCH PULPIT.
MIR. MiIburn Draws a Lesson from the
Pennsylvania TrOnbIeS-A Zulu
MissiOnaFy's Talk.

Rev. ]. /. Beyl, who for the last two
years has been pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church of Madison. Ind, has accepted
call to the Garden Baptist Church, on
Bright street, in this city He preached
the first sermon to his new congregation
yesterday morning. His subject was Christ
the Bread of Life" and he based his words
on the words of Christ in the synagogue at
Capurnicum on the day following the feed
ing of the five thousand with five loaves
and two small fishes. Those who heard
Christ and had seen the miracle were en-
thusiastic and wished to crown Him King,
but He left them and crossed over the
Sea of Gallilee and taught there the fol-
lowing morning. And when He saw that
the multitude had followed Him He said:
Eye seek Me not because We saw the mir
acle, but because we did eat Of the loaves. ="
He then preached them a sermon, saying,
Il am the bread of life"
Christ is the bread of life spiritual and
eternal said Mr.. Beyl. He is the source
Of all life-vegetable, animal and spiritual,
but especially of the spiritual life" He
then showed that He was the bread of
spiritual life in three particulars-hrst, in
the words which He spoke, for He said
they are the spirit and the life; second, in
the sacrifice on the cross, when He said,
My flesh is meat. indeed" and third, His
own personality as a life-giving spirit.
He said that Christ, as the bread of life,
was distinguished from the ordinary bread
in that it is God-given and heaven-descend-
ing. tAll bread is God-given in a sense .
ne said, 'but Christ is the bread of life
for God so loved the world that He gave
His Only begotten Son that whatsoever be-
heveth in Him shall not perish but have
everlasting life From the fact that this
bread IS Notwithstanding we may ap-
propriate it TO the higher destiny of man.
for Ii is only that which descends from
heaven which can completely satisfy the
soul That the bread is fully satisfying is
proved by ChriStS own words when He
says; he that comes to Me shall not hum
ger "
Mr. Beyl then went on to say that it is
the duty of the Christian TO appropriate
the bread to his own use, for il must be
appropriated to nouriSh the spiritual life
just as natural bread must be used to
strengthen the physical body Faith he
said, is the method by which the soul is
fed. The process of feeding upon the bread
should go on continuously, and the truth
should be brought to God for His blessing.
Then came the duty of the Christian to
the multitude Mr.. Beyl thought too many
Christians were satisfied to gorge them
selves with this spiritual food and too slow
to offer 1t to the multitude. The disciples
OF Christ had suggested that the hungry
multitude be sent away that they might
get food. but Christ had said to His dis
cipleS: Give We them to eat
lesson was drawn from the story of the
gathering up of twelve baSketfuS of bread
after the multitude had been fed Mr. Beyl
said 1t meant TO teach that God would null
tiply the bread in it's distribution, and no
matter how much Il Christian may be in
Strumental in giving to the multitude he
will have all the more for his efforts.