The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-09-22

this morning. 81 am the living bread, "
saws the Saviour, (which came down
from heaven. II any man eat of this
bread, he shall live forever, and the bread
that | will give Ia My flesh, which l
will give for the life of the world"
And what does this title,
THE LIVING BREAD,
suggest to us? What thoughts come
from 1t that shall prove helpful to
our souls as we gather about this
table to-day? l wish to speak plainly ;
indeed, | have almost to apologize be-
cause the lessons that shall draw stand
out so plainly on the surface, so that he
who runs caa clearly read them.
BREAD Ia the the whole stay and staff
Of life. 1t is the standby. 1t is the sine
qua non, --the one indispensable article OF
food. Think how the kinds Of food laid
before different persons differ; you
would hardly be able to name the dishes
II you we're travelling in China or Siam.
Certainly l can bear clear testimony on
the subject hat in Palestine, in the mat
ter OF food, one lives far MI re by faith
than by sight. 1t lie quite interesting at
times to watch the different condiments
that different persons prefer when eating
the same dishes at the same table. Veg
etables are good, ana in their season,
fresh from the bush or vine, there are
few who do not esteem them; and yet
the number of strict vegetarians is ex-
ceedingly small. Fruits have only a
short season; the fruits and berries come
and go. God might have made better
berry than the strawberry, they say, but
certain 1t is that up to this time He has
not seen fit to do so; and yet even the
luscious flavor of the strawberry pals.
You do not tire of bread. It is at par as
an article of food 800 days in every COM
mon year.
AS bread ls the food OF the body, Sc
Christ is the food the soul. The SOU
needs food for the soul gets hungr y
This is shown by the endeavors mer
make tossstisfy the hunger OF the soul and
the various things they set before 1t foE
its delight. The soul is hungry, and mar
sayR,I will satiRfy the hunger of the soul
with PLEASURE He searches into the
various phases of life; he seeks out this
diversion, he INDUCES in that amuSe
nnent. he goes through life as butter
flV goes through field of / l1ssoms, sip
ping the sweets. He gets through life
and waits to hear what his soul has r.
say, and the soul says: Thou fool, @
man, to think that thou couldst satisfy
me with these baubles. l was not made
to be sati fed with b8ubles; l feed up r
those things which have not lost Their
sweetness when all temp raj things have
passed away" The soul is bungr7; and
man says, will look about for som e
thing to safe the hunger of the soul. BE
| lights upon money, and says, The soul,
sm sure. will be satisfied by the accumu
lation of wealth. He gets and he grabs
and he grinds and he gets, and what
comes of it all? What is the summing
| up of the account? Is the soul eats fed
Have it's hungers been met? The sou
replies "Thou, too, o man, art fool
What care L fOr these heaps of treasure
See, even as touch them, they melt
away. They are as worthless as the dus
| in ministering to what / need. When
wing my fight beyond the stars, wha
will become of these heaps OF treasure
viii they not be as weights TO my wings
| Feed me with that which endures, which
was made to suit my necds.'
! And where shall this true food of thu
soul be found?
ALONE IN CHRIST; HE IS THE TRUE FOOL
of the soul. Are there not moment
again ard again In your life, my friend
| when you grow very weary of all tina
you find in this wcr'd. when all tina
which you have been Struggling so Ions
and so hard to obtain suddenly grows in
| s1pld and duIts Wnen you want something
deeper, richer, fuller than anything which
this world can offer? What do you d.
then? Do you not go to the clustered re-
treats of the Bible, those inner chamber
where you draw apart from all that makes
you selfish and mean, and breathe an.
other atmosphere? The teachinRs 81
Christ feed the soul, what He has sale
about God and man, Heaven and He'll
/ the for giveness OF sins, the comfort OF
the Holy Spirit, the immortality of tht
Soul.
/ It is good that we often have these sea
sons when we feel keenly the emptinesl
] OF worldly things to satisfy as and wan