Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-09
Church Column.

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next Sunday is "The Living Bread
with Miss Linda Henkel for leader
In the form Of bread, using the
term in a generic sense, matter passes
into the service Of man on the plane
Of human life. by regular steps it is
lifted and refined and adjusted to cor
respondence with human needs and
comfort In its raw and individual
state, lis controlled by physical force.
From this crude condition it is carried
by chemical force to the force to the
order of the mineral kingdom. From
this plane, it passes up through the
agency of vital force to the vegetable
kingdom Through the power of
vital force of a higher kind, it is adj
yanced to the animal kingdom. Here
it is ready for man, and Yields itself to
the use of life. From the time that Wit
al force enters into the realm uf nat
ure, a process of assimilation begins.
The plant assimilates the mineral, the
animal assimilates the plant, and man
assimilates the animal. Through reg
ular gradations, matter passes up from
the bottom Of nature into the service
Of man, who stands at the top With
each move upward it gets associated
with force Of higher kind. With
each advance its range gets wider and
its movements freer. In the form OF
bread it is sufficiently refined and
sublimated TO be appropriated and
utilized for food, for shelter, for raj
ment, by the immortal spirit Of man.
The necessity for food, for clothing,
for shelter, creates commerce and
commerce accomplishes results far
more important than the production
and distribution of the temporal ne
cessities of human life. 1t brings
men together. It establishes human
relations.
Let us not therefore subordinate
this vitality interesting theme into
Falpably absurd theory that Christ is
simply the Bread of Life, to satisfy
the hunger Of men, but rather give it,
its digniIied place in philosophic
thought, that getting the Bread Of
Life creates conditions, imparts new
yigor, sustains right relations and de-
precates those OF unsound basis.
Once the theme dcgenerates into the
absurd notion that lie is the Bread Of
Life on which pauperized humanity
may feed at all times, it win prove
ruinous and destructive, 10 the char
acter that seeks to build after Christ's
pattern.
Christ came to remove objection
able conditions and crea.e new and
more favorable ones. He therefore
who would feed on Christ on the liy-
ing bread must remember that it in
wolves not only additional strength
but strength and energy that must be
expended in removing selfish individ-
ualism and implanting a broader,
deeper spirit of social equality. No
man liyeth for himself. A thousand
blackbirds, living together in relation,
arc not different from a thousand
blackbirds living apart aud out Of re-
lation. A squirrel gains no element
Of squirrelhood by companionship and
loses no clement Of it in isolation.
How different with man! Some, if
not all animals, man excepted, get all
from birthright, but to man, birth
right is not worth mess OF pbttage.
Society furnishes the soil in which
the elements Of manhood grow. The
savage, alone in the woods, might Sc
cure for himself covering Of skins,
but the cloth in which the civilized
man clothes himself is possible only
in social relations.
Religion itself, the highest and
most sacred deposit of human life. is
product of social force. We need
to eat the living bread that we may
draw upon some unseen source OF
power. The sun has located or used
the earth as depositry in which it
has stored up energy. The force
which builds the forest, flQshes the
meadows with green, braids the vines
into festoons, and peoples the world,
comes from the sun. What keeps the
sun burning may not be well under
stood but whatever it is they must
pass up to that center before they are
available for service on this globe.
Equally true with Christ As the Bread
of Life. The force that creates COM
passion for the poor, sorrow for the
subjects of distress, that relieves the
poverty Of the world and brightens
the earthly conditions Of the impoy-
eriShed, must come from Christ. |
Let us feed on Christ not for the pur-
pose of being sleek and fat but % do I
good as we have opportunity.
The Ladies' AID society will meet
On Friday afternoon with Mrs. w +.
Joeekel.
No Right To UgIiness
The woman who Is lovely in face,
orm and temper viii always have
riends. but the one who would be at
raotiye must keep her health. If she
5 weak, sickly and All run down, she
viii be nervous and irritable. II she
as constipation or kidney trouble,
er impure blood will cause pimples,
lotches. skin eruptions and a wretch
4 complexion Electric Bitters is the {
est medicine in the world to regulate
Iomach, liver aud kidneys and to pur-
v the blood. 1t gives strong nerves,
right eyes. smooth, velvety skin, rich
twill make good look
e, charming woman Of rundown
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