Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-03-02
A UA.LY BREAD problem

A UA.LY GREAU PnUllEM
The Observation-Disclosures question is the
ilppermost concern of nearly every
body. Sometimes men rebel at having
to spend their best powers merely for
the physical maintenance of themselves
and families. yet no mount of philos-
ophiZing can place US beyond the nee
essity for eating. drinking and wearing
clothes. Indeed. the great Teacher
never despised this phase of life, as so
many lesser teachers have done. He
was rebuke1 by the pharisaical be-
cause he came eating and drinking:
but it is this very humanness of Jesus
which u for His sympathetic
nearness to plain people.
In the present instance. 1t was
the plcbian hunger of a rabble of i'm
provident people which evoked one of
the greatest miracles of Christ's min
istry. The followers of Jesus We're
rather dis1ainful toward this curious
multitude; they would have thrown
them back on their own resources. let
ting them pay for their heedlessness
by the pangs of hunger. Not so with
Jesus He takes people as they are.
His teaohings are not based on IA mere
Hypothetical state of society. an i'm
aginary ideal. just as He finds men,
with all their sin and folly and weak
ness, He accepts them n gently tries
to conform them to His own standards.
a ewspap the other day quoted the
text: He is kind TO the u~nthankful
and to the evil:" but. by Il printers
error. 1t was rendered. He is kind to
the un%thoughful." The newspaper ver-
sion of the scripture Is illustrated by
this miracle.
Close to tho Maddin- Crowd.
Geniuses are generally believed to
be e"sily annoyed by people. l have
seen Paderewski greet cheering, fran
tic audiences. eagerly demanding en-
cores. with ii bow and ii smile I'm which
l could read nothing but disdain II
cynicism. Not so with the Teacher of
the gentle heart. whose wonder caused
the mob to pursue Him wen into His
retreat across the sea of Galilee. He
would not permit 1t. Did the weary
Christ complain? Knowing The idle
and cheap motives that moved them:
did He express the contempt for popu-
lar clamcr that has been heard from
the lips of so many leaders of men?
Far from it. His only sentiment vas
compassion. To Him they were like
sheep without a shepherd: and as a
woman with a mothers heart wants
to take to her arms every baby she
meets. so Jesus longed to comfort and
help these needy ones.
me pnetlOII1tTa u t1e crown Is an
interesting study. Whom do men fol-
low? Why does one preacher fill the
very aisles of his church. while an
othe: breaches to empty pews? Why
is one girl always h center Of "A
company: n young man he leader
of his fellows? Jesus attracted crowds:
usually. 1t is true. they were but crowds
of the happy go-lucky common people,
who. as in this case. ollowed him as
small boys follow a circus parade,
without thought of the inevitable
hunger or of the journey home again.
Accounting fer the Crowds.
Three reasons may be given for the
multitude which attended the Master.
First. He brought things to pass. 1t
was the miracles that created the fol-
lowing. The social lion of today is the
man or woman who has done things
won a football game. explored a jun
gle. written a book. made new music,
or fought brave battles. The overture
recipe for recognition. to be commend
ed to all who think themselves unap-
preciated. is simply to- do something.
The. busy ministering church gets the
people.
Jesus had something to give. 1t is
the givers, and not the getters, whom
the world follows A man must make
himself bread, as food for his fellows
II he is to do the world service. VIII
IOIlOWS III tuo tTaI0 OI CnTISV muSV
be prepared to offer himself as a sac
rifice to the selfish and the ~unthankful
for The Son of man came not to be
ministered unto. u to minister"
The crowd is always hungry; that
is the third reason. All the restless
moving to and fro of the multitude
today agog over 1.-The Simple Life;'
betokens the deep. i~narticulate desire
of humanity for something which Il
has not. This Is the real explanation
CT the success of all h queer craze.
and cults which have their day ant
disappear: the world is spirit hungry
1t wants h bread OF heaven, which
alone will satisfy.
A Good Partner.
One OF the standing heads in ever!
newspaper Office is Dissolution O
Partnership" Men lind it hard to pull
together: ability to work with othe
persons is n of the most difficult o
arts. The tactful Jesus possessed 1t
He waa-and is-the best of partners
When He saw the scrspe into which
did not issue orders right m left, re
gardless. He called his disciples int,
counsels. though He Himself knew
what He would do He did not nee,
the conference. but they did. 4
So the men began to speak up. Phil
helper-would that every philanthropy
enterprise hal a Philip-counted Vi
the cost OF feeding this hungry mot
and showed the utter impossibility O
; the task. He was an indispensable
{ member Of the company: a brake upor
say, the impulsiye Peter and tn
dreamy. impractical John.
Then spoke up the humble, difiden
Andrew, who was content always I
play the part of a connecting link, bu
4 whose faith was mighty. He truste
!. Jesus wonderfully. So he brought tn
report, after mingling with the Grove
4 that there was present a small bo
r with five barley loaves and two sma
fishes. He did not exactly see In
bearing of this fact upon the geners
problem; still, II was his way trust
!. fully to turn over everything to tn