New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21

and toward His disciples, and then the .pp ~
first in their relationship 10 Christ, ana 'He,i
their relationship to the Gr9wd ana the .h narrative
! is balancing time. Now II you remember tnas
the Master thus lifted the material miracles inIS
hs realm s Of ao Tsase pece Suneeed
is a great picture. brought down TO single POM
| Now, we need an anointed vision 10 see this, be,
| loved; these the closing days of century ana
tury of progress, the century Of reform, and !, !
am not going to deny for single moment 'na ma y
am perfectly prepared 10 admit that the last nlty
years have been the most wonderful OF al; anu
the last ten. perhaps, the most WONDERFUL OF an!
OF the decades that have gone TO make up the
century. Ill,
bettered condition of the people OF losing sight OF
this fact, that wherever you ind a man VINO IL
goddess YOU fnd man who is hungry with a
6nnger that can never be satisfied And 1t doesn I
matter for single moment whether that man De
that ran live In the tenement house in the slum
We say in Fifth-ave or in the West End? If he
is goddess, he is hungry man. everywhere me
wronged womgnhood. blighted childhood, all these
things go 10 make up the son OF man for Coo
j tell you. It is coming from everywhere, from the
mansion and the tenement house. from the suburb
and the slum from all ne people that are eodieSs
The wrongs, the wants, the tears and the doubt
OF humanity the whole Of II may be put INTO
this sentence. man without God is always hungry.
Hunger, hunger everywhere-read 1t upon the sor-
rowful faces you meet upon the street hear 1t IN
humanity and all the awful cry OF need that comes
from city and from desert. from far away Lands Is
into the words that, passed the lips, Of Philip,
Though the nations do not unders,and 'h e own
to his s6 os the Is F an e Gne IT su
he sf Is u.s. s@'t the hanser Of the soul after God
And that crowd OF people gathered upon the sea
passion as He came and looked upon them. the
people that lie fed. is picture forevermore OF
tian people are surrounded in our every day life,
who are dying of hunger, hunger for Cod Nov. |
was the attitude of Jesus Christ toward that hun
cry multitude? He looked at them, He loved them;
them in regard to the physical hunger? 1t was an
attitude of loving care and of desire to feed them
The disciples said Send them away" and He He
disciples SAID ti But t We S have nothing here feed
them with. Send them away into the cities ;o and
me me ir first of ALL this was the Statement By the
need not IT GO to the elites and villages and far
away places; you give them TO eat ,And; my
presence Of Christ amid the masses OF men to-day
caring for every one Of them: on; the Lord de
ton as Christian people that blinds us TO the att
ud Of our blessed Lord 9ward the outside t6 crowd
Pile? Where do you suppose the Lord Jesus, If I
Ho ay s afk h Of s would centre
II He came to live in your city or your town ,a,
from their homes TO the places where they worship
God upon the Sabbath go around in order that
tbs Master Would have missed that district? Nay
would b haye g0 n Tene e Master
about this hungry crowd lie loves these P eopde az
men and women to-day. and He is moved with
compassion Just as ever He was moved Win "a coma d
the harlot and the thief upon the streets OF our
cities is Rt of Of WRc5 yo cae for the sun
ferng and the dying and your longing LOT the
A the compassjon that You have ever felt for
was simply the movement IN your me OF I'M, ri9
these masses stands upon the thoroughfares of
great cities. stands In the places o. an ohed
and debased, and He loves every man ana every
woman into who's face He looks, and He sees
what you and I have so often failed 70 IS, see the
With a great love all men That is His attitude
My brethren, what has that to do with US? What
was His attitude toward His disciples? Give we
US? give ye them to eat" And this word isn't
word for ministers pny is T SS5 for ee every 6 Tba
bread OF life. If you are saved you are to save
II you Yourself have been brought II6 into ths5 ra
II is In order that you may pass on to others the
self satisfying portion and the Master says to
fectly definite perfectly clear and there is no with
drawal upon the part of the Master from that posi-
Give we them to eat" You are responsible about
Of o 9 acSs 69se two II SS s
sponsibility-that 1t Is likely the Church or Goo
as 10 realize the possible and the impossible and
thus fulfil the responsibility. Two' things; and l
want to get them into my own heart tonight The
crowd to be fed; am to do it; cannot do 1t; l
must do Il.
OF course / know your minds are running on 10
what is coming behind. l am not anxious for you
feel that the fact that the crowd around you is
hungry is the Masters method Of appealing to you
ter send them away. we cannot do it. Send
them to the villages and cities Let them go and
says. mo, l Will send them away when they are
But how are. they going to be hlled2 You are
true T eG that am actually responsible about the souls
of these people that are hungry?
every erganization in your church. my brother,
ought to be TO get men and women into living con-
fed II we are going to seat people in companies to
discuss with them the problem Of how and when
them 20 about their business. But If we going
TO seat them in order that they may be fed not by
then there the true place Of 9rg2ni1atSSn lon in al
ack rcm cs AnS hes had
T was spring time when He blessed 9 the n bread
special services some years ago home
came to me at the close OF the first Sunday morn
soh / would give anything TO be in this work
actively and actually. ! would give anything 70
for Christ. but don't know what to do"
Master the five loaves and the two fishes you pos
sess?' She said: u don't know that l have five
loaves and two fishes" l said. Have you any
thing that stands out at all in your life? Have
you anything that you have used in any way
Speciality No she didn't think she had
We'll" I said. can you sing?'
well, yes" she said 81 sing at home, and ]
have sung before now in an entertainment"
well. now" l said. come away. Let put
our hand that VIII you give the Lord your
voice for the next ten days? You shall settle with
Him at the end TO what you do then, but will
you let the Master have your voice for the next
ten days?'
She said. II don't think can"
said, You can sing at an entertainment-cant
you sing in order TO I'LL hungry men,
She said II will" and shall never forget that
Sunday evening asked her to sing and she sang
She sang Gospel message with the voice that
she had, feeling that II poor worthless thing
and that night there out OF that meeting into
the inquiry man. / have been staying
with that man within the last three months. That
man that night said 70 me afterWard that u was