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, the Small Boy.
The irresponsible. ubiquitous small
boy was in the crowd. as Il matter of
course. How he came to be there
what errand or days fishing or pleas
uring was interrupted-who IA tell?
The lunch suggests an outing. In that
crowd the boy WAS 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 make
him the center of our concern: our
great books are written for and about
him. and our churches add even gym
nasiurns, if only thereby the boy may
be
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 a character. de-
ponds the nature of the world a few
years hence. So we nay rejoice that
in this age. as it was on the hillside
by h .Galilee twenty centuries ago,
the boy is going into part
nership with Jesus. The wholesome
ness. naturalness and necessity of Il
genuine religious life for youth is now
seen more clearly than ever before.
This lad, with five fiat barley
and W 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 J~esus-blessed par
able of self dedication. 1t is of in
terest to look around us. and back
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 700 people,
Il happy. worshipful, homogeneous con-
gregation. Alongside of that building
were the foundations of a great church
in the course of erection. After the
hanging on the wall. a penny sur-
rounded by an inscription. and they
told me that that penny. the gift of "A
t~rustful 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
followed the law of orderly operation
which He had written in nature. Then
He sent the disciples out with the food
which He had blessed. and which, In
His hands, multiplied m%iraculously. II
was a wonderful sign which the
hungry multitude beheld: and it mus
have suggested TRANCE and reverent
thought to them. A task that would
have taxed an army's commissariat had
been accomplished by the simple exer-
else Of supernatural power. What a
host of witnesses to the Lords divinity
the act created!
The cups that God gives all rur
over. He bestows more a~bundantly,'
AS the Saviour lavished Himself with
out stint, so all of the divine benefac-
TORS are enough and to spare. lively.
portions of the unused bread still suit
able for food. We're gathered up-a les
son In thrift-after all had eater
enough. Scientists figure on the ulti.
mate failure of the worlds supply O
food n 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 even the most DARN.
man of science has never attempted t,
apply a measuring rod to Gods spirit
ual gifts. Tie my grace is sufficient
Is comprehensive. 1t Is enough to Sc
a nation afire with religion. as it Il
now doing in Wales. or to sustain tn,
feeblest saint is the most hostile en-
vironment. Man never reaches tn
limit of God resources.