St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-12-06

mind may be said to perform the funt
tions of the mouth and the heart TIT
functions of the stomach. The mlnc
receives the truth and breaks it up
mixing it with the saliva of reason
for God never objects to man using
his reason if he does not exalt it above
the heart and thus prevent the heart
from performing its functions. With
the mind filed and saturated with ali
the facts in regard to Christ, the Bread
of Life. the soul would perish, if the
heart were not permitted to act its
part and "believe unto salvation"
That was the trouble with the ma
jority of the Jews who listened to
Jesus as He declared: II am the Llv-
ing Bread which came down from
Heaven; if any man eat of this Bread
he shall live forever; and the Bread
that | will give is My flesh, which l will
give for the life of the world" And
that is the great trouble with the
people in the world to-day as these
words are repeated in their ears. Don't
hold Gods truths too long in the head
or they will cause congestion and
starve the soul. Send them down into
the heart, where assimilation may
take place and the soul be fed with the
Living Bread. The world is not per-
ishing because it does not know the
way of salvation, but because, knowing
the way of salvation with the mind,
the heart does not act in conjunction
therewith; the digestive process has
been interrupted; assimilation has
not taken place.
The process of assimilation works a
wonderful change in the food. The
marvellous human laboratory OF the
stomach takes the food and by mys-
FERROUS process transforms it into
life and flesh and bone and sinew. The
soul feeds upon the Living Bread and
by the wonderful operation of the
Holy Spirit in the heart, the Living
Bread becomes the life Of that soul. A
popular saying with some food manu-
facturers to-day is Tell me what you
eat and I will tell you what you are
The prevailing article of diet OF lndi-
yiduals and nations bears a striking
and important relation to their char-
acter. And as the kind OF 1000 par
taken of determines in such large de-
gree the physical temperament so
that which the soul feeds upon deter
mines what that soul really is. 1t is
easy to trace the connection between
the frivolous mind and the trashy
novel: it does not require long contact
with a boy to discover whether he IS
feeding his mind on dime novels or
upon wholesome reading matter. AS
A man thinketh. so is he. We under
stand all this when it comes to phy-
steal and mental conditions. Inc
same is true in regard to spiritual
things. Only the Living Bread which
came down from Heaven can feed the
soul and give it life. The world IS 1ull
of substitutes that the Devil is rec
onmending to be just as good, and the
souls of men are trying to feed upon
them, but according to Gods Word
only the Bread which God has pro-
vided can feed and give life to the soul
"It is known" says Marcus Dods,
"that the weakness of starvation ex-
noses men to every form of disease;
+ is lowered. vitality which gives dis
ease it's opportunity. In the spiritual
life it is the same. The preservatlve
against any definite form OF sin is
strong spiritual life, healthy condi.
ton not easily fatigued in duty, and
not easily overcome by temptation"
This must not be forgotten in con-
sidering the absolute need OF the soul
to be fed on the Living Bread. MOI
only is it absolutely essential to the
life of the soul. but without this LlV'
ing Bread the soul in it's starved con
dition becomes an easy victim to the
disease of sin.
Broken Bread.-Christi implies in our
+ext the manner in which He is to give
life to the world. by giving His flesh
The night before His crucitixlon, winnie
in the upper room with His disciples
..Ee took bread and gave thanks, anc
! break it and gave unto them. saying
This is Ny body, which is given fol
YOU" And the next day on the cross
t. was literally fulfilled. Christ gave
His flesh for the life of the world
Marvellous truth! The whole world SCI
free from death, and yet the worlt
| nerishing in its trespasses and SINS be
cause it will not accept the truth ant
| believe in the accomplished work o
| Christ. Not many months ago new
| item announced that colored woma1
in New ork state had just learned tina
| she was a free woman. All thes'
Years since the emancipation procla
nation of President Lincoln givin!
| liberty to every black slave in the Unit
ed States she had been serving he
master in ignorance of the blessed fac
that size was free. But her freedom
dated back to the time that the strok
If President Lincoln's pen placed hi
name at the bottom of the proclama
tion. and not from the time when sh
first. heard the news, and because
this she was going to bring suit IN tn
courts to recover back pay. Tn
emancipation of the world from sin n
death dates back to the cross upo1
which Christ gave His life for the lit
If the world. And yet the world
still in ignorance of the blessed truth
Satan continues to hold itin bondage
Inst contemplate the awful sin OF un bt
lief! Heaven-sent Bread to feed tn
starving and dying world, and tn
world filing itself with the beggarl
elements of the world which will peris
with the using! Think of it.!
Individual Appropriation.-lt istru
as our text implies that the Livin
Bread from Heaven is intended to fee
the whole world. for