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

Master. Shrewdness and worldly WIS
dom are we'll. but child-like faith Is
better. May the church never lose her
Andrew.
Enter. tho Small Boy.
The Irresponsible, ubiquitous small
boy was i'm the crowd, as Il matter oI
course. How he came to be there
what errand or days fishing or pleas
uring was interrupted-who can tell:
The lunch suggests an outing. I'm th.it
crowd the boy MAS in the background,
he twentieth century boy had not yet
arrived, and parents and adults pos
sessed clearly defined rights. To-day
the boy has come to his own; we make
him the enter of our concern: our
great books are written for n ABOUT
him, and our churches add even gym
nasiu1ns, if only thereby the boy may
be won.
The boy asks much. but he gives
more 1t is to him that hungry So
ciety looks for its loaves and fishes.
His store today will be the worlds
staple tomorrow. Upon the impress
sions. thoughts and deeds. which he
now is shaping into d character. de-
ponds the nature of the world Il few
years hence. So we may rejoice that
in this age. as it was on the hillside
by the Galilee twenty centuries ago.
the boy is going into part
nership with Jesus. The wholesome
ness. naturalness and necessity of II
genuine religious life for youth is now
seen more clearly than ever before.
This lad. with five fiat barley cakes
and two small fisheS-merely enough
food, apparently. to take the edge off
a boys appetite-was the point about
which the miracle revolved. His little
became all-sufficient in The wonder
working hands of Jesus-blessed ar
able of self dedication. 1t is of in
ta,D,< - 1~-l -- l.-y,
over history. at the way in which
Christ has been multiplying the Titles
The other evening l stood in a new
chapel, before more than 100 people
a happy. worshipful. homogeneous con-
gregation. Alongside of that building
were the foundations of a great church
in the course of erection. After the
service. l IA shown, ra.ne anG
hanging on the wall. a penny SUI
rounded by an inscription. and they
told me that that penny. the gift of +;
~trustful child. was the beginning of al
the great work that has gown vi
within a few years.
A Miracle Of Multiplication.
With the boys small store in Hi.
hand. Jesus had the five thousand men
beside women and children, seated IL
systematic array on the grass. Chris
followed the law of orderly operation
which He had written in nature. Thel
He sent the disciples out with the foot
which He had blessed. and which, IL
His hands. multiplied miraculously. l
was a wonderful sign" which tn,
hungry multitude beheld: and it mus
have suggested strange and reveren
thought to them. A task that would
have taXed an army's commissariat hat
been accomplished by the simple exer
else of supernatural power. What
host of witnesses to the Lords divinit.
the act created!
The cups that God gives all rul
over. He bestOws more a~bundantly.
AS the Saviour lavished Himself with
out stint. so all of the divine benefac
tioEs are enough n TO spare. lively
. portions of the unused bread still suit
able for food, were gathered up-a les
son in thrift-after all had cate
enough. Scientists figure on the ulti
mate failure of the worlds supply q
food and heat and light. but they ar
leaving God out of the calculation
This world will last. with necessitie
in abundance, so long as He has an
use for 1t. But w the most DARN
man of science has never attempted t
apply a measuring rod to Gods spirit
ual gifts. h my grace is sufficient
is comprehensive. 1t is enough to Sc
l a nation attire with religion. as it
now doing in Wales. or to sustain tn
feeblest saint is the most hostile en-
virOnment. Man never reaches til
limit of Gods resources.