The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-25
APPEAL TO THE SENSUAL
IN THIS AGE OF WEALTH
Rev. Albert Hurlstone Says Man
Does Not Live by Bread
Alone.


Not Bread Alone" was the theme of
Or Albert Hurlstone's sermon at Roberts
Park NJ. r. Church yesterday morning.
Text. Deut. viii. g. lie said:
In the book Of Deuteronomy We have
the second reading OF the law, a recapitu-
lauOn or the various preceptS given ny
Moses the lawgiver and leader or
great nation and the review OF Gods prov
idPntial dealings with His chosen and Pc
culiar people. Long before Klpling's day,
Noses reminds his people of the great
truths embodied in the immortal Recess
slOnal. And thou shalt remember all the
way which the Lord thy God led thee these
forty years in the wilderness to humble
thee. and 10 prove thee. to know what was
IN thine heart, whether thou wouldst Keep
Ills comma ndments or no. And He humbled
thee, and suffered thee 10 hunger, and fed
thee with mama that He might make
alone. but by every word that proceedeth
out Of the mouth of the Lord doth man
5000 land, a land OF brooks or water OF
fountains and depths that spring out Oh
Valleys and hills a land OF wheat ana
barley, and vines and flg trees, and pome-
granates, n land Of oil olive and honey;
a land wherein thou shalt eat bread with
out scarceness, land whose stones are
iron. and out Of whose hills thou mayest
dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art
fun. then thou shalt bless the Lord thy
Goo Tor the good land which ne hath gwen
tnee. Beware that thou forget not the
Lord thy God. In not keeping His COM
Tnandments. But thou shalt remember the
Lord thy God. for 1t is He that giveth thee
power TO get wealth. This was a great
truth for Israel, it is no less significant for
Us. IL IS one Of those great and eternal
truths By which men live. The American
people are now IN the midst OF unparalleled
prosperity and there are indications that
many forget God who gives US power TO
hand we hold domain over palm and pine
Honeysuckles ripened by the sun may for
bid the sun to enter. and many who. en-
inc Of our ell riV
cation forget that the Lord God Is a sun
and shield. and that no good thing will
rightly.
AGE OF PLEASURE.
In this age of wealth and pleasure.
plenty and luxury, when the sensual is
appealed to so strongly, when the lust of
the flesh and the pride of life threaten to
undermine the richest treasures of charac-
ter. IL is we'll TO remind ourselves that man
does not live by bread alone, but that it is
God who giveth US richly all things TO
enjoy
ri is the beauty of the Bible that it rec
ognizes the manifoldness of mans nature.
Not by bread alone does man live. He is
strength. mind. heart, soul. The house of
every mans life contains kitchen, study.
parior oratOry. Alas. some live only in
the kitchen and allow the other chambers
of life TO be unoccupied. Some live only
the intellectual life and neglect the body
and all social and religious claims. Others
live the butterfly life. thinking only Of the
paTlor. to the neglect OF the sterner duties
OF life, while yet others, thinking only of
the spiritual. withdraw from the world TO
live impracticable life of monasticism.
We must not lose sight OF the fact that
man is animal thinker. lover and saint.
That Christianity seeks TO develop the en-
tire nature. 1t emphasizes both culture and
restraint.
Bread is the provision for mans physi-
cal nature. Man, as an animal, depends
upon this. For this he has been taught TO
ask daily. Mans need for bread has led
10 the establishment of commerce. How
much OF the work of the world is simply
TO supply the children OF men with food.
Look at your well-prOvisiOned table and
see how many lands have been drawn from,
how many hands have been employed how
many trains have been running how many
ships have sailed the seas from distant
countries 10 supply you with the necessities
Of life. Bread corn has been given by God
10 us on the express Stipula ton that i'm the
sweat Of mans brow shall he eat bread
Tine earth does not bring forth double
harvests. BY the improvements in agricul-
ture two stalks of wheat now made TO
grow where only grew before, but an
increasing population has kept pace with
the increasing supply. and there is, after
all. no excess of food. Indeed, il has been
pointed out that il Is not probable that
there was ever year and a halfs supply
OF the first necessary Of life a one time I'm
the world. and that starvation. which is
often within a days march OF countless
multtudes Of the human family is once a
year within a month Of them all. In hav-
ing year after year to SOW and reap his
measured 10 him. and his daily bread only
man is taught in the most impressive way
the solemn lesson of his entire dependence
upon God. In the struggle for bread 1t is
encouraging to note that commerce does
more than secure to man food shelter and
clothing. IL brings men together and dis
covers them to themselves. The charge
brought by Ruskin against his countrymen
was that, in piling up their national wealth
they had not sufficiently cared for the man
hood OF the toilers The great cry says
he, that rises from all our manufacturing
cities, louder than their furnace blast is
all i'm very deed for this-that we manufac-
ture everything there except men; we
blanch cotton and strengthen steel and re-
fine sugar and shape pottery. but 10 bright
en-, 10 strengthen, To refine. TO form a
single living spirit never enters into our
estimate of advantage
THE GREAT LESSON.
I'VE need TO learn this great lesson that
man is more than animal; that he lives
not by bread alone: that that country is the
richest which nourishes the greatest num-
Der OF noble and happy human beings Sc
long as men live by bread the far-away
valleys must laugh they are covered witt
the gold OF God. and the shouts of His
happy multitudes ring out as they joy in the
harvest home.
Not bread alone. but truth for the intel.
lect- Man must have ideas. So he weaves
his alphabet into a language and his Ian
guage into a literature. with its tales its
epic. its lyric. its tragedy He has his litera-
ture OF science. political economy psvchoI.
ogy. history. fiction. travel theology anC
devotion. The mere search for truth is moi
sufficient Hc cries. Give me great truth
that / may live on it,
Not bread alone; man needs righteous.
ness for his moral nature and beauty fol-
his aesthetic nature. Beauty like truth
and law. looks beyond itself. Ii helps us &c
realize the purpose for which the earth was
created. Beauty high. heaven born anC
refreshing Is drawn into all relations anC
thrown around all the institutions of life
il reduces friction. adds good cheer
smooths rough places. hangs the bow OF
hope in the dark Clouds God loves beauty
God is beautiful and the promise TO us tina
II We live according 10 lifes noble ideals We
shall presently see the King i'm His beauty
Man Is also lover He needs for love his
social and spiritual nature. Love endOws
life with endurance. stability and power II
safeguards character. 70 shields Iife's mos
Intimate relationship. il holds society 10.
gether with bonds that none can brea k
Love builds mans home. IL is the witness
OF every individual character that has any
glory. II + the witness of every friendship
OF every beautiful family. of every power.
ful church and OF every great society. Low.
builds the hospitals the asylums Low,
links the whole world into a common
brotherhood. Love saves % serve The sun
OF Gods words by which man lives is this
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with al
thy soul and mind and strength and tn,
neighbor myself Not bread alone
But animal. thinker. lover. "a int. that mar
s.. he needs every word that proceeds from
God to sustain his GoC-like nature Man.
immortal spirit demands religion immor
tnlity and God In Christ to satisfy ant