Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-03-09
A DA.LY BReAD PROBLEM

a DA.lY BREAD PROBLEM
The bread-and-buttcr question is the
upperinost 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 amount of philos-
ophizing can place US beyond the nee
cssity fur eating. drinking and wearing
clothes. Indeed. the great Teacher
never despiscd this phase of life. as so
many lesser teachers have done. He
WAS rebukei hy the pharisaical be-
cause he anne eating and d.ink ing;
but it is this very h%unanness of Jesus
j which for His sympathetic
neainess to plain people.
lu the present instance. 1T WAS
the plebian hunger of i; rabble OF I'M
pr"vident people which evoked one of
thc greatest miracles of Christ's min
istly. Tnr Followers of Jesus We're
rattle. disdainful toward his curious
mul,itude. they would have thrown
them back on their own resources. let
ding them pay for their heedlessness
by the pangs of hunger. Not so with
Jesus. He takes people as they are.
His teachings are NOT based On Il mere
Hypothetical state Of society. an inn
a~sinary ideal. Just as He finds men,
with Ill their sin and folly and weak
ness. He accepts them and gently tries
I" conform them to His own standards.
a newspaper the other day quoted the
text: He is kind To the unthankrul
and to the evil" but. by n printers
error. IL was rendered. He Is kind to
the unthoughful." The newspaper YER
sion of the scripture is Illustrated by
this miracle.
Close to the Maddin~ Crowd.
Goniuses are generally believed TO
be e"sily annoyed by people. l have
e Faderewski greet cheering. fran
Tic audiences. eagerly demanding en-
cores. with a bow and Il smile in which
l could read nothing but disdain and
cynicism. Not so with the Teacher of
n gentle heart. whose wonders caused
the mob to pursue Him even into His
retreat across the sea of Galilee. He
sought rest and seclusion. but they
would not permit 1t. Did the weary
ana cheap motives that moved them;
did He express the contempt for popu-
lar laniC that has been heard from
the lips of so many leaders of men?
Far from 1t. His only sentiment was
compassion. To Him they were like
sheep without a shepherd; and as a
woman with IL mothers heart wants
to take to her arms every baby she
meets. 80 Jesus longed to comfort and
help these needy ones.
The phenomena OF the crowd is an
interesting study. Whom 10 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 the center of "A
company; enc young man the leader
of his fellows? Jesus attracted crowds:
usually. ii is true, they We're but crowds
OF the happy go-lucky omnon people.
who. us in this case. followed him as
Nst,nIl hAy-a a11-,- s.-,,,
without thought of the inevitable
hunger or of the journey hcme again.
Accounting fer the Crowds.
Three reasons may be given for the
multitude which attended the Master.
FEST. Ec brought things to pass. 1t
was the miracles that created the fol-
lowing. Thc social lion OF today is the
man or woman who has done things
wen Il football game. explored a jun
gle. written Il book. made new music,
or fought brave battles. The ever-true
recipe for recognition. to be commend-
ed to all who think themselves unap-
preciated. is simply to do something.
The busy m:nistering church gets the
people.
Jesus had something to give. 1t is
h giverS, and not the getters. whom
the world follows. A man must make
himself bread. as food for his fellows,
If he is to do the world service. Who
follows in h train of Christ must
be prepared to offer himself as o sac
rifce TO the selfish and the ~unthankful.
for 'The Son of man came not to be
iHintstered unto. but 10 minister"
The crowd is always hungry; that
Is the third -eascn. All the restless
moving to and fro Of the multitude,
today agog over The Simple Life"
tomorrow enrapt by 'jui-jiutsu. simply
betoSens the deep. inarticulate desire
OF humanity for something which it
has not. This Is the real explanation
of the success Of all the queer crazes
and cults which have their Gay and
disappear: the world is sp:rit-hungry:
II waits the bread # HEAVIER, which
a,oiie will satisfy.
A Good Partner.
One of the standing heads in every
newspaper office is Dissolution Of
Partnership" Men lind 1t hard to pull
together: ability to work with other
persons Is n of the most difficult Of
arts. The tactful Jesus possessed 1t.
He was--and is-the best of partners.
When He saw the scrape into which
this hungry rabbie had got itself. He
did no issue orders right and left. re-
gardless. He called his disciples into
c%ounsels. though He Himself knew
the conference. but they did.
so the Incl began to speak W. Phil
Up, the cautious. ~far-seeing. canny
helper-would that every philanthropic
enterprise had u Philiprcounted up
the cost OF feeding this hungry mob.
n showed the utter imp0ssibility of
the task. He was an indispensable
member OF the company: 4 brake upon,
eay. the impulsive Peter and the
dreamy, '1mpracticar' John.
Then spoke up the humble, difident
Andrew. who was content always to
play the part Of q connecting link, but
whose faith was mighty. He. trusted
Jesus wonderfully. So he brought the
report. after mingling with the crowd,
with hve barley loaves and two small
fishes. He did not exactly see the
bearing OF this q upon the general
problem: still. 1t was his way trust
fully 10 turn over everything to the