The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-06-20

girl did and not her name. that lives for
us and interests US. So Il IL with the
lad with the loaves and fishes. So it
may be with you. my boy, and you. my
girl. You may be one of the boys or
girls TO carry the loaves and fishes
which Jesus will use to bless the ever
widening circle of those about.
d UT there Is something else about
u this lad which attracts our atten-
ton. Andrew says to Jesus: There
is a Lad HERE" He was a lad who
could be found. He was near Jesus.
I wonder what his playmates were
doing at this time. wonder il it
didn't take q good deal of moral
courage for him to leave his play and
follow Jesus! wonder IL they didn't
try to poke fun at him for. wanting
to go to the Sunday school and preach
ing service and prayer meeting where
Jesus was! They do to-day, don't
they? He might have stayed behind
and divided up his cakes and fish with
his companions and they would have
said he was a good generous fellow.
Perhaps when he started on they
tainted him with being stingy be-
cause he would rather take his pos
sessions and give them to Jesus than
selfishly use them for himself. Oh,
IL we could only 60 back and know
all that il cost that lad to bravely fol-
low Jesus, and be where Jesus could
Il. Ia Ne ~
we would be ashamed of our coward
ice and selfishness, when we stay away
from Jesus because of the ridicule OF
our associates, and because we selfish
lv want for ourselves what Jesus
would be SO glad to bless and use for
Others. We need boys to-day, and
girls, too, who can be found. Boys
and girls whose actions and words are
right and clean, even though mother
and father, and teacher or employer
| are not around to see and hear. One
Of the greatest things that can be said
Of any boy or girl Is that II is known
where he or she may be found. The
boy is HERE! The girl is HERE!
| pY reading between the lines We may
u know what kind of boy this lad
was. He was a thoughtful boy, or
else he would never have been the only
one In all that vast company Of peo-
pie who had been provident enough
to bring something to eat. He was
generous boy, else he would not
have been so willing to give what he
might perhaps with good reason have
said he needed and must have for his
own use. He was a modest lad, for
he stood in the background until
called out by Andrews words. He
was an obedient boy, for it is certain
he was prompt to respond to the call
and to yield to the request made OF
him. And, as we have already sug-
gested, he was a brave, dare-to-be-a-
Daniel boy. He dared to do right, he
dared to stand alone. We know what
kind of boy he was at home, on
the playground, on the street, in the
schoolroom, everywhere. He was a
dependable boy He was not playing
hockey that day. He was not idly
roaming in disobedience to parents
and to the neglect of his duties.
have no doubt that he had been UP
very early in the morning that he
might get his chores out of the way
and have a clear conscience when he
started on this trip to the mountains
where Jesus was. He was boy
mother and father were proud Of
Sisters and brothers looked up TO
him. He held the good will and opin'
ion of his associates, even though they
sometimes poked fun at him and tried
to make him believe that he was tied
to mothers apron strings.
A ND this lad of our text grew to be
IA a man, no doubt. And ii is not hard
TO tell what kind of a man he made.
Did you ever see a sturdy young oak
tree turn out to be gnarled briar
bush when grown? Did'you ever see
a wheat field turn to useless tares, as
IL developed into maturity? Did you
ever see a brave-hearted, clean-lfved
boy, who lived near Jesus, grow up
to be a wicked, bad man? It's the boy
that makes the man. 1t is the rule
that the good boy makes the good man,
and the bad boy the bad man. There
are exceptions, of course, in both di-
rections. But 1t is almost inevitably
the case that what the boy is to-day
the man will be tomorrow. So it is
safe to conclude that our lad became
good and useful citizen. He did not
become Peter or Paul, occupying a
prominent place in the service of God
Scripture never refers to him again
that we know of. But we know he was
not idle in the service of his Master
Whom he helped on the mountain side
that day to confer such a blessing upon
that vast multitude of people. During
the year following the incident of ouI
text, tidings came to the Galilean home
. of our little lad from Jerusalem Of
. the tragic events there; OF the arrest
trial and crucifxion of Jesus. Ant
r years later, when the deadly persecu
! ton settled about the disciples at Je
E rusalem, and they were driven out int,
! Samaria and Galilee. he learned tn,
a full meaning of Jesus death, and Hi
r glorious resurrection. A lively hop
= was kindled within his breast a