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

MASTER. and worldly Wis
dom are We'll. but chi!d-like faith is
better. May the church never lose her
Andrew.
Enter, the Small Boy.
The irrespressible. ubiquitous small
boy WAS in The crowd. as Il matter of
course. How he came to be there
What crrand or days fishing Or pleas
uring was interrupted-who can tell?
The lunch suggests an outing. In that
crowd the boy Mas in the background,
the twentieth century boy had not yet
arrived. and parents and adults pos
Sessed clearly defined rights. Today
the boy has come to his own: we MAX.
him the center of our concerns: our
great books .trc written for and about
him. and u churches d even GYM
nasiuns. if only thereby the boy may
be o
The boy asks much. hut he gives
more. Ii is to him that hungry So
ciety looks for its louves and fishes.
His store today will be The worlds
staple tomorrow. Upon the impress
sions. thoughts and deeds. which he
now is shaping into II character. de
Ponds the nature of HE world Il few
Years hence. So we may rejoice that
IN this age. as il was on the hillside
ny the tialilee twenty centuries ago.
the boy is going into part
ne-ship with Jesus. The wholesome
ness. naturalness and necessity OF u
genuine religious life for youth is now
seen more clearly than ever before.
This lad, With five fiat barley cakes
and two small fishes-mercly enough
food. apparently. to take the edg off
a boys appetite-was the point about
which the miracle revolNed. His little
became all-sufiicient in the wonder
Working hands OF Jesus blessed par
able of SELF dedication. 1t is of i'm
@terest To look around us, and back
over history. ut the way in which
Christ has been multiplying the Titles.
The other evening l stood in IA new
chapel. before more than 700 people.
d happy. ~worshipful. homogeneous on
gregation. Alongside of that building
were the foundations of a great church
in the course OF erection. After the
service, 1 was shown. framed and
hanging on the wall. a penny sur
rounded by am inscription, and they
told me that that penny the gift of IA
trustful child. was the beginning of all
the great work that has grown up
within a few Years.
A Miracle Of Multiplication.
With the boys small store in His
hand. Jesus had the five thousand men,
beside women and children. seated in
SYSTEMATIC array on the grass. Christ
ollowe the law of orderly operation
which He had written i'll nature. Then
He sent the disciples out with the food
which He had blessed. and which, in
His hands. multiplied miraculously. Ii
was Il wonderful sign which he
hungry multitude beheld; ana ii must
nave suggested strange and reverent
thought to them. a task that would
nave taxed AN arlnys commissariat had
been accomplished by the simple eXer-
Use of supernatural power. What a
most of witnesses 10 the Lords divinity
the act created!
The cups that God gives all run
over. He bestows more ab%undanily,"
IS the Saviour lavished Himself with
out stunt so all Of the divine benefac-
'lof.s are enough and to spare. Twelve
portions OF the unused bread still suit
able 70" food. We're gathered up-a les
son IN thrift after ali had eaten
enough. Scientists figure on the ulti-
mate failure of the worlds supply of
ROOD n heat and light, but they are
leaving God out of the calculation.
This world viii last. with necessities
in abundance. SO long as He has any
use for il. But even the most daring
man of science has never To
apply a measuring rod TO God spirit
ual gifts. NC my grace is sufficient
is compreE e,sive. 1t IS enough to set
a nation attire With religion. as it is
now doing in Wales. or to sustain the
feeb!est saint is the most hostile en-
Man never coaches the
limit Of Gods rcSolirceS.