The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-02-19

Life. Temporal and Spiritual" which he
based upon the text John vi. $3.50.
Your fathers did eat mamma In the
wilderness. and are dead This IS the
bread which cometh down from heaven.
that a man may eat thereof. and not die
Throughout the entire discourse he held
the undivided attention OF his large con-
rresati0n. and every one who heard him
was deeply affected Dr. Smoot is one
OF the foremost dIvines In the southern
Presbyterian church Said he:
This Is the bread and butter chapter
OF the New Testament IL is the meat
and mamma OF the gospel. II brings
heaven and earth nearer together than
Rnv other one chapter in all the Bible.
TIA. most sublime and simple OF all
petitions ever sent up to the Father IN
heaven has IN the very core and center
OF IL the idea here expressed. Give US
day BY day our daily bread II speaks
fully and completely OF the necessary
wants OF the physical and the spiritual
man II Is the bread OF earth snd the
bread Of heaven. To eat and To drink
IS tho demand OF nature. So man lives.
So from childhood To manhood he grows.
50 from the cradle To she grave he moves
along. He goes sometimes in silent oh
security and almost alone. sometimes in
the romp and circumstance OF human
events But All human living means hu-
man dying Bread nourishes. hut the
uour.shcd and the nOurisher give way
70 the flight Of time and the lapse OF
years The living pass % the dead and
arr soon forgotten. as the rich foliage
and beautiful flowers fan 10 the earth.
Pile up IL the valley and pass 10 the
loan
Prom the cold frozen zone where the
sun cuts only a small segment from the
NJ Gle
across the temperate and down 20 the
tropics where the blazing light beams
from tho bosom ~ day and the fragrance
% flowers and blossoms perfumes the
gay probability of earth's productions.
there Is one universal cry. and the com
hsweI voices II all are heard like the
noise 81 the rosring wind or the raging
- the mighty waters. Give US bread
or We die and Il We could hear the
call ~ every soul. the cry Of mans spir-
.tual nature. f. would ring n high above
the physical call as the spiritual in man
Is above the physical The decree has
gore forth by she 1weat Of the face
man shall eat bread all the days Of his
natural ilfe. We say the decree. for all
things are decreed by Him who created
az things The ideal % al that ever
becomes real was ssernalIy present In
THE mind 81 II. m who created all things.
I
8 seed IN the s0wcr and bread 20 the
rrarcr- such q the wise ordering. the
disguised blessing. o. the great and the
gnrd. che powerful aud just God The
hur-rrInr and thirSting. the eating and
drink uE -hcse tell the Necessary. the in
dl@neusab'e demands OF human natare.
The whole physical earth WAS created
Tor and Is moving - this end The springs
burst OUT from tie mountains aud pour
down from che rocks. which seem smitt
Pr the hand 80 the Creator from the be-
ginning uf -te world. % flow on until
th,. world shall cease 20 be. To this end
Va have the spraWliU- streams and the
flowing, rivers lrrigating the valley and
plain To this end .he peaceful lakes Ia
SIN ON the bosom of the earth. rejecting
hack On the lofty dCne and the blue
vauIr star fur star IN the serene stiffness
- r.rbf pictures - the clear conscience
v.I nt uneu<e tow ri God and man.
DWELLING ll the peace and joy of the
l.sE ghssg- 10 thss .rt Cod has cc,r-
sas-ei ANA bounded the mighty ocean
vth her areakiug biiuw= and foamiug
WATERS To this end great frozen fee
rtre- and the melting Eu-r stream are
urif-tu- and --mperlug the waters. The
sbtsng aud lpwin- waters. the rising and
falling tids help also o. mark the tenn
Tsr1rure ut land and sea These al play
ta- rar- which men call th- contingency
az SECOND causes They are a means 10
su end. Tn- solid earth. as well "a the
Tart PLAYED bv she waters is fun OF re-
s1ur..- 20 ta- same great end. We find
Them iu the lofty fa<iuesses ct the noun
tasU-. Gee Le solid granite. AMI high bowl
asr~, ANA tables 81 beautiful marble.
There are pearls and diamonds AMI thou
sands 20 precious stones lId in the dark
saN'rns = the earth. % oe dug and
drawn forth and shaped and polished by
else suar-y and genius ~ man that the
lau-ry may have bread and the mil
A#Hs may be- Fed The green swari car
r--s tl- earth. the AK ~ the woodman
r-- ll tHe forest the VIRGIN sal IS bro
Ben. r-.- fields are faIiuwed and furrowed
a.a tue SD 81 cast into the ground
Al comes tLe freSll light OF the morn
s- .le gentle rain. followed by the still
-.-s aud darkHess 81 The night These
come and g. ;Lat there NAV b.. growth
F. rr"liuE ts maturity. Then comes
harvest song with The ingathering.
$500 EE shall the earth bring forth fruit
@. t-s.-. ars- tie blade. then the ear:
er 'l-- fH- tull corn ia the ear. except
'.t n.ltn ordained tina. man. nut
tas sickle when the harvest f.
'-.- should eat his bread and liyeP
- meg mother earth giving to her
etr p t1a pure milk from the fun breast
sst e~ may survive? For the phvsicaI
iaa is akin 60 the earth as the child 70
l-- rr-le-.
urE would only hear and obey God
q ie peaks 10 them in Ills word and
s tu them IN His providence. much
u.elt BE- done 70 alleviate suffer
-az .l ward OH starvation than has eyer
t. done hy aii the wise devices OF inf
-. philosophers and Fkeptical economists
i." Bible. like great picture gallery.
tleH t1 our view picture after picture 10
STOW That the purest and happlest form
q .te 8 found on the farm and IN the
2 - ~ Au does not love the refined man
81 u- the ele can't ease OF a chaste and
s--.- H'et country home2 IL T. here that
81. ti--et earth grows fat in the fruition
ct nature. and smiles herself into merry
4aE-.-lcr and the joyous gladness OF peace.
IL Or here that we learn Gods great les
son -1 man that Christian civilization be-
sins and ends with the cultivation OF the
coil Abandon the farm and the field.
aar- $50 the shovel and the hoe. stop the
p-pu Ore fhe fErrDw. and all commerce and
traffic ceases The ships rot on the dock.
The cars stand motionless on the track.
TIE great cities. that rich soil where all
the vi,es grow. tester IN their sins and
Suffering Women
DO you want 20 be
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