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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
WHAT was the trouble with that

VIZ HAT was the trouble with that
w multitude? What is the trouble
with multitudes to-day. that they will
not seek the Lord for the higher needs
of the soul rather than for the needs
of the natural man? few days be-
fore the experience set forth in our
text, Jesus had been talking with the
Jews, many of whom were doubtless
among those to whom the rebuke of
our text was spoken. At that time He
said: ''Ye will not come to Me that
We may have life and this perhaps is
the best and most complete explana-
tion which could be offered for their
unbelief and hardness of heart. They
would come for the loaves and fishes,
but they would not come to the Life
Giver that they might obtain tie life
more abundant. When the reason for
unbelief is reduced to its last analysis,
it amounts to just this, Eye will not"
The multitude was blind because Il
would not see; it was Indifferent be-
cause it would not be quickened by the
Divine presence; it was unresponsive
to the needs of the soul because il
would not turn from the material
things of this life. And so it is with
people to-day. The will is in the way
1t puts first the natural desires, and
places second the needs of the soul
The will rules and crowds out the rule
of the blessed Christ. There is some
thing appalling in the thought of how
near that multitude came 70 Jesus and
yet remained Indifferent and unrespon-
sive to the eternal life which He was
so eager to give. And what tragedy it
is that souls to-day come near to Je-
sus, hear His message delivered, re-
ceive of His temporal bounty, and still
remain dead, when the Divine life OF
Christ might flow through them if they
only would sesk Jesus.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

FRIEND called on
me the other day.
| instinctively felt
that some matter
of special interest
and Importance to
b i m S elf b a d
brought him to see
me. His manner
and the general di-
rection of his con-
versation strength
ened me in my first
impression, a n d
ere he had depart
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

together and
tackled on the
seam TO a
light stick,
Fig. .. When
t o m atOe s.
cabba ges and
other plants
are first set
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

hood with its air vent open at the toni
is pressed down over the plant. to the
earth. as shown in Fig f. In CAV or
two it can be raised. as in Fig. 5. to get
the plant accustomed TO the light and
sun. \ hundred can be made very quick
ly. Use heavy building paper.-Farm
Journal
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

] EFT us anaIyZe this condition a little
l. more carefully and see if we cannot
lay bare some of the dangerous posi-
bilities lurking here? What are some
of the motives that draw people into the
church? | overheard a woman say once
that she had united with a certain
church because of the social advantages
which it gave. In the community where
she lived the social life was largely cen
tered in the church, and observing this
she sought mem bership therein that she
might eat of the loaveS of the social life
and be filled. l knew a man at one time
who, with business keenness, identified
himself with the church because of the
trade it would bring him. Having tasted
Of the patronage of the church people
and coveting more of these loaves, he
eagerly sought church association and
fellowship that he might gain the more
These are the lower and base motives
which may tempt people to seek the
church. Then there are the desires for
the philanthropic and benevolent &C
tivities which find expression in the
church life. The finer. nobler feelings
of the natural man desire a channel
through which they may flow, and this
feature of the church life appeals
strongly to one and he seeks the church
for this purpose. And to such Jesus
must say: -''Ye seek, Me, not because
| can give you eternal life, but because
We are interested in a certain worthy
and commemorate work which gratities
the religious sense and encourages a
self-satisfed complacency." Or, edCca-
ton and training may fit for teaching
of a large Sunday school class, or the
leading of literary society within the
church. All the interests and energies
are enlisted in the work. There is great
pleasure and satisfaction in the work,
and the work is well done, and shows
splendid results from an educational
and literary standpoint, but again Jesus
may be forced to say: I'VE seek Ne,
not because you have been saved and
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

! ed clearly saw the underlying motive
of his visit, and what he hoped to &C
| cOmplish thereby. We all have similar
| experiences. I think. We are not al
ways able however, to penetrate to the
| hidden motives of others and clearly
understand the purposes which underly
their conduct toward us. Neither is 1t
wise or right that we 5hOuld be always
suppOging that others in their relations
to us have Interior motives or selfish
ends to serve. But Jesus, who could
read the heart and knew what was in
man." always understood the impulses
and purposes of the people who drew
near unto Him and followed Him. In
fact IIe could read the heart better
than nan could himself; He could pen
citrate deeper and understand more
clearly the impulses and motives than
could man himself; for no man knows
himself perfectly, nor is conscious of
the many underlying conditions and
motives which rule in his life And so
when that great multitude of people
who had received His bounty in the
wilderness and been filed had sought
Him out at Capernaum the next day, He
knew at once what had brought them.
He knew what thoughts had stirred in
their breasts the day before when they
wanted to make Him a king, and He
understood what had drawn them so
eagerly around the shore line of the
lake and back to the city again. There
fore, in answer to their wondering
question as to how He had come
thither so OuicklV He reDlieS. aye
seek Me, not because ye saw signs, but
because ye ate of the loaves and were
filled"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

A New York man proposes to use tame
snakes to- clear houses of rats and mice.
He will probably also clear them of women
by this method.-W ashington Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

Gritty George hope dat bowl of
coffee won't stimulate yer to go to
work. Sandy Pikes-NO, pard. asked
de lady to put loaf sugar in it.-Phila-
delphia Bulletin
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

Oars two sad sights in dis worl', says
a sable philosopher. One is Riches tryin'
to palm off po', en- de yuther is Poverty
ON dress parade Atlanta Constitution.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
The Seeking
of Jesus
Sermon by the Highway and
Byway" Preacher.
Copyright, 1908, by J. NJ. Edison. D

Chicago. Sunday, June 10 1904
Text:-"Jesus answered them and said:
Verify, verify. 1 say unto you. We seek Me.
not because ye saw signs. but because ye
ate of the Ioaves. and were filled.''-John
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
Johnny Was On.

Johnny said his employer. my aunt
died yesterday and l shall be absent from
the office to-day. l want you to look after
things"
hope you'll ' see S good e9neG game ne1 mBoston
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

An eastern scientist has at last sue
ceeded in tracking the mumps microbe to
d 1LS l1ii in the mouth about eIndianapoIis
journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

Physicians are now recommending base
ball as cure for insanity. We had thought
it was a cause of rather than a cure for
mental derangement.-Wa Washington Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
Patriotism of Japs.

1t is now accounted a disgrace 70,
any Japanese of any class to retain any
articles of gold. All have been sent
to the treasury to be converted into colt
for the emperor.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

The things that come to the men who
wait are generally done up in cans.-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

One radical difference between boy and
a girl is that the girl can get enthusiastic
about a tree full of cherry blossoms with
out thinking of the cherries.-Somerville
,JOurnal
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

WHY should we seek the Lord? He
w wanted that restless, unSatist1ed
multitude that sat upon the grassy
hillside and partook of the loaves and
fishes which multiplied under his touch
to feel a higher need and to realize
His power to completely and richly
satisfy that need. He wants you and
me to think less and less of the crea-
ture comforts and more and more of
the requirements of the undying soul.
He chided the multitude with thinking
more of the perishable food which
filed their stomachs and eased the
pangs of hunger than they did of the
mighty power of God which had so
miraculously given such ineXhaustible
store They had been as blind to the
wonderful sign of the Divine presence,
as the worm in the black earth is in
different to the glorious sunset. They
had been as content to eat to the full
and then banker after the same gem
erous bounty in the future as is the
beast of the field when it gorges to the
full and then lies by the carcass ready
for the next meal. Jesus wants us to
seek Him in order that He may realize
in us that for which He came into the
world. Let the soul comprehend the
glory and majesty and power of the
Divine presence, and think you it viii!
grovel among the creature comforts OF
this life and desire only full stomach
and a full storehouse from which to
obtain future supplies? 1 tell you nay!
How pitiable it is to think of one
choosing the gaudy bit of glass when
right next to it is the sparkling, pure,
priceless diamond; think of the folly
of one taking the cheap, inartistic
chrome, when one might have had the
splendid masterpiece of art. And yet
this but feebly and insufficiently eX-
presses the folly of one who will not
seek the Lord for the best which He
has to give.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

A writer in Forest and Stream tells US
that horse he knew of chewed tobacco.
Total depravity, it seems, is not confined
exclusively to the human race.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
seek to save others. but because you hav.

seek to save others, but because you have
tasted of the intellectual joys of the
natural man and take pride and pleas
ure in the work" Or, you may be the
member of some of the numerous So
cieties, or of the successful Bible class
and be drawn and held there by the
power of numbers and the association
of congenial spirits. The connection
may bring self-gratulation, and self
satisfaction, but Jesus may see the real
secret of your activity and interest, and
be forced to condemn you, because you
seek Him not for Himself alone, but for
the fellowship and pleasure you find with
others. And so with other activities
which may engage you in the church.
What is the motive which draws and
holds you?
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

DE man dat tries to save every cent of
his money" said Uncle Eben, AN de mali
dat doesn't try to save none of it Is both
mappin' out mighty hahd roads fob
deirse is. w ashington Star.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

Hoax-'It makes me furious when the
gossips say that Smiths maiden aunt is
soft on me-" ,Joax-"You should bear in
mind that soft aunt, sir, turneth away
wrath. Philadelphia Record.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

a ND this analysis of motives must
n not omit the object and purpose of
attendance upon religious meetings.
Some gather for the worship Of God,
but you go for what? To see your neigh
boris bonnet; to admire or criticise her
new frock; to hear the latest gossip; to
plan for the next social event; to talk
over some business project with Deacon
So-and-So, who lives away over on the
other side of town and whom y@.c can
conveniently see at meeting and save a
trip to his home; to see the girls an0
smile and motion and whisper to them
through meeting and then bow them
home, and vice versa, to see the boys
honor God by your frivolous conduct?
These and thousand and one other
things take one to meeting. Examine
your heart and let the Lord show you
what He sees there. The same sorrow
which filled His heart as He beheld that
great multitude come trailing back tc
Capernaum to find Him because it haC
partaken of the loaYes for the physical
body must move His heart to-day as He
sees many, many go to His house unGer
the pretense and guise of worship. What
is it takes US to the place where two or
three are wont to meet together in the
name of Jesus? Are our hearts filled
with the purpose to behold His won
drous works in the hearts of men; are
we thrilled with the desire to learn of
Him and to have sweet communion with
Him? While the hymns of praise and
worship are being sung, whilethe prayer
is being offered, while the Word of God
is being read or expounded by preacher
of laymen, and the testimonies, of what
are we thinking? Are our thoughts CEN
tered in the direction to which our steps
have just brought us, or are they back
at the Office, or out on that play ground,
or off on the fishing excursion, or the
hunting trail? Where are We anyway?
Be honest with yourself and with God!
Are you seeking the Lord with honest
purpose and simple heart, or are you
running after the Lord that the physical
and material things of life may be more
fully enjoyed?
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

The author of the remark, Time will
tell" was confronted by Time himself.
Look here!" said the old gentleman,
don't YOU know you will get people all
mixed up about me! I'm no woman!"
-.Iudce
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

At Springfield, H., the other day an
American man who cannot understand
German was married to a German woman
who cannot understand English. Their
family jars viii be filled with mixed pickles
of speech, it were.-Denver Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

"Bilkins must have done something not
able one way or the other, but l haven't
yet heard about it." How do you know
he's done it them" Il met about seven of
his acquaintance this morning and each
one referred to him casually as my friend
Bilkins.' N. .. Times-Delnoc1at.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

A ND by His earnest. searching re-
~ buke He at once laid bare the hid
den motives which brought them to
Him and forcibly suggested the high
est desires which should cause one to
seek Him. Jesus came not to minister
to the physical man, the lower nature.
but to the spiritual. the higher, ma
ture-that is, the soul of man. He
did not come to establish bake shop
and soup kitchen, at which the hun
cry multitudes could be fed. He did
not come to make man think of his
stomach and to find satisfaction when
it was full and to feel no higher i'm
pulses or aspirations. He did not
come to make this life so attractive and
easy, to multiply the comforts of the
natural man, by miraculous touch, so
that man should forget that he had
soul with deeper needs and higher pos
sibilitieS. No He came because the
greatest need of man was the soul
need, and that He might become for it
the Bread of Life that could give life
eternal and satisfy the deepest needs of
the soul. Jesus plainly declared His
mission in the world when He said:
Il came that they may have life, and
may have it abundantly." And over and
over and over again He stated this fact
And He who came with this supreme
purpose; He who lived and suffered and
died that this purpose might be &C
searcheth the hearts of
men to see what it is that draws them
unto Him. What is it that the all-pen-
eye of the Lord beholds?
What hidden motives, what selfish
ends and aims lie buried in the heart
and unobserved by men, but
painfully apparent to God? Must not
Jesus say over and over again to null
titudes in the world to-day who are
His followers, who are mem
bers of Christian congregations. who
share in the activities of the church
lie: Verify, verify, / say unto you,
We seek Me, not because We saw signs.
but because ye ate of the loaves and
were filed"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

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Tribune
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24

Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 931 Arch ST., Phila-, Pa.
Oars two sad sights in dis worl', says
a sable philosopher. "One is Riches tryin'
to palm off po', en- de yuther is Poverty
ON dress parade. Atlanta Constitution.
A New York man proposes to use tame
snakes to- clear houses of rats and mice.
He will probably also clear them of women
by this Washington Post.
saved nv life three years ago-Mrs Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, n Y, Feb. II, 1900
The things that come to the men who
wait are generally done up IN cans.-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
Physicians are now recommending base
ball as a cure for insanity. We had thought
it was a cause of rather than a cure for
mental derangement.-Wa Post.
An eastern scientist has at last sue
ceeded in tracking the mumpS mlcrobe to
its lair. 1t is said the poor germ is quite
down in the mouth about it.-lndianapOlis
Journal.
One radical difference between boy and
a girl is that the girl can get enthusiastic
about a tree full of cherry blossoms with
out thinking of the cherries.-Somerville
Journal.
A writer in Forest and Stream tells US
that horse he knew of chewed tobacco.
Total depravity, it seems, Is not confined
exclusively to the human race.-Phlladel-
phia Ledger.
DE man dat tries to save every cent of
his money" said Uncle Eben, 'an' de mali
dat doesn't try to save none of it Is both
mappin' out mighty hahd roads fob
deirse is. w ashington Star.
Hoax-''It makes me furious when the
gossips say that Smiths maiden aunt is
soft on me-" ,Joax-"You should bear in
mind that soft aunt, sir, turneth away
wrath. '-Philadelphia Record.
The author of the remark, Time will
tell" was confronted by Time himself.
Look here!" said the old gentleman,
don't YOU know you will get people all
mixed up about me! I'm no woman!"
Judge.
At Springfield, H., the other day an
American man who cannot understand
German was married to a German woman
who cannot understand English. Their
family jars viii be filled with mixed pickles
of speech, as it were.-Denver Post.
"Bilkins must have done something not
able one way or the other, but l haven't
vet heard about it, How do YOU know
he's done it them" Il met about seven OF
his acquaintance this morning. and each
one referred to him casually as my friend
Bilkins.' N. y. TImes-DeInocIat.
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