The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-10

gers as the body hungers. The true and
only staff Of life. satisfying the deepest
need and craving Of the human heart. is
found in Him who said, I am the Bread
OF Life
Daily bread, which all labor for in one
shape or other, for which all are ready
10 sell their souls. is not the satisfying
bread You viii eat that and die as
the Jews did the mama in the wilderness
There is but one true bread of which
man may eat and live forever. The true
mama, the bread from heaven, which
gives the overcoming life, is Christ, the
Son Of God.
Flesh and spirit are rival spheres. in
either OF which We may live and forget the
other Tendency is either upward or
downward. accordingly Down-"If We
live after the flesh We shall die SeIi-ln-
diligence, WOTldlinssS, labOring for this
life. The body becomes master and dTags
all down with It. Up-"If ye live after
the spirit ye shall live. Through Christ,
through the life-giving bread that salts
fies all hunger, through obedience and
holiness. up to glory, honor, immortality,
eternal life.
Everything speaks of Christ. Cast your
eyes where YOU viii. Is il the sun? he
is the Sun Of Righteousness Is Il
noon and is the clear light covering the
earth? He is that light that Hghteth
every man that COmeth into the world
Is it night, and do you behold the stars
He is the Star out of Jacob the bright
and morning STAR Is is a shepherd you
see caring for his i0Ck2 I am the Good
Shepherd Is it the young lambs2 Be
hold the Lamb of God that taketh away
the sin OF the world Is Is a spring flow
era rose or q lily? He IS the rose OF
Sharon and the lily of the valleys Is II
the loaf that crowns your table, i am
the Bread of Life the true bread from
heaven.
Bread is a great matter Men and wom-
en- have fought for bread. People toll
year in and year out that their want Ior
bread may be met During Inc FFehcL
revolution hundreds OF market women
attended by an armed mob OF men, went
TO Versailles 10 demand bread OF the
National Assembly, there being dcsutu-
! ton in Paris. They entered the hall There
was : discussion upon the criminal laws
/ going on. fisherman cried cut Stop
/ that. babbIerI That is not the question
the question is about bread, Ire CUES
tion-the supreme Question--ls about the
bread OF heaven The soul IS more Jhan
the body The unseen is the real and
eternal Blessed are they that co hun
ger and thirst after righteousness
The Jews argue: You have fed 5000
men with five loaves and two fishes, but
what is this TO what Moses did IN the
desert who for forty years fed a million
people with bread from heaven Do some
thing like this and We viii believe in you
as We believe in Moses" Jesus refutes
them: 1T was not Moses, but God. This
was not the true bread. but a type OF L
God has now given more excellent iood-
His son is the heavenly nourishment
tvpified by the mama in the desert l
am that bread from heaven.
receives doctrine
and believes IN ne as the great atOning
sacrifice shall he perfectly satisfied and
never more hunger. The guilt Of his sin
shall be blotted out and his soul puri-
fed. and loving God with all his heart
he shall rest fully, supremacy, and finally
happy in God. IF any man eat this
bread he shah live forever.
The Lords Supper is the breaking Of
bread" Here the bread Of life is dis
( pensed- This is my body. The loaf
+ symboIizes the body Of Christ. We feed
BY faith upon the bread that cometh
down from above.
Christ was the Word that spake it,
He took the bread and brake It;
And what that Word did make 1t,
That l believe, and take it
Why should millions starye when barns
are bursting with plenty? When cattle
are upon thousand hills2 In some
parts of the earth crops fail and the
abundance Of 0ther regions IS not WITHIN
reach. We must bear the bread to the
{ hungry mouths in India or China. Why
I should millions Of souls perish for the
bread of life when il is SO bountifully
giyen9 Because those who have II do
not rush TO their rescue Go, making
disciples OF the nations" Go into all
the world and preach the gospel TO every
creature" Feed my sheep; feed my
lambs.
no vo7, brrrgar7 Tc tho eo,,I e,.s ,-f,,,,
the heart hunger forcing you to cry. Men
and brethren. what shall I do2" Gone
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden and ] viii give you rest Who
soeveT will let him come and partake OF
the water Of life freely "a certain man
made q great supper and babe many, and
sent his servant at supper time TO say
to them that were hidden: Come for all
things ETc now ready" The feast IS
spread The Is.<:.zzion Is to all that
hunger Blessed is he that shall eat
bread in the kingdom Of God"