The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
rB r11fs p1spArUH. RICHMOND vA 1906

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| question. THUS Ho Is shown to DO the
Same Saviour stlli The cross aid the
grave have not duenched His love. The
resurrection did not make Hin forget,
nor raise Him above nil sympathy With
| them. s
The question pertntned to the wants
] OF the body. Ills resurrection body was
still IN sympathy viii, their body. 10
felt their pain, and cold and hunger Just
as lie had done before. 1'le higher He
rose tho deeper and moro perfect were
His synpathlcs He could hunger no
more, neither thirst any more, nor lie
weary more; yet ali t1l1s but inado HIN
moro lsccnly alive to such ,suffcrlngs md
prlvulioi1s In Ills brethren. rho utcs-
ton which Ho put Is one He did not
| need to ask. 11o' could have answered
1t Himself. He know they had no fl,nat,
and caught nothing. Yet IIc wished to
spcak to them as n man, as q friend
Interested In all that concerned them.
The question Is His method OF approach
| ing them; a morning snlutation;sa touch
between them; the going out Of Ills
| heart to reach theirsj IIe nwakens their
confidence. as a stranger an Unknown
| friend and then, ere they nre.8awnre,
| the stranger dress Is dropped, and
Jesus their Master ID revealed! Blessed
surprise. Such as that, with Mary at tho
tomb, and N,e disciples on tho road to
| Emmaus. He delights in such surprises
Of love. Man all oyer In everything (but
SIM. both before and after His resur-
rection. 5. l 3t33 h III
Tho question indicates watchfulness,.
pity, bounty, not only for the bodily
wants, but for the soul and Its deeper
and more eternal needs. 45 IT. !.
He looks down on Ills flock and marks
each sheep and lamb with a watchful,
loving eye The glory. the blesscdness.
the abundance with which lie Is now
surrounded do not make Him unmindful
OF them. Amid His own plenty lie re-
members the poverty, the hunger and
cold and nakcdness OF His scattered
flock below, F[e watches each one. II
the lack OF one meal for the body was no
ticed and supplied by Him, that morning
In Gallec, We may be quite sure lie
marks the least want whether Of soul
or body, in the least Of His members
Poor soul! you never lacked a merA a
crust. but Jesus saw It and asked the
question on purpose to supply your need,
''Ny child, havo you any meat" You
never lacked any spiritual meal or food
at any time that lie did not ask the
same. Nothing escapes His vigilant eye.
II know thy poverty" He says. thy
hunger, thy thirst, thy WEAKNESS. thy
weakness. the signs and tears
We here see the pity OF the risen
Christ He pitled the multitude when
they had nothing to eat Such was Ills
conpa sion before His resurrection, and
our text shows MS His pity after 1t. OF
this we may be quite sure on His theme
His pity is not less. To pitles us in
where want Of all kinds encompass us.
Never did earthly father pity a starving
child as lie pites US. Then let us trust
Him In every hour OF want and In any
need that may arise.
8 Notice, further the bounty of the risen
Christ. His is no empty pity. lie has
no pleasure in our hunger. He delights
to pour out His plenty: nay more, to
provide channels for It's flowing down to
us; as In this case of His disciples. when
He filled their nets. 5kindlcd the fire and
prepared the meal with His own hands
He opens His hands and supplies every
living creature.
After Hc has fed them, and thus re-
newed the tokens OF His love and care;
after that. In silent awe, they had FEAST
ell together by that wondrous lake. lie
breaks thesilence by asking another and
more searching question, Lowest thou
Me- He puts It to5the most jealous OF
all His disciples-nuch more to each one
OF us.
Once more FIe asks us. Lowest thou
Me?" What shall be our answer?
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II you want to look at 1T that way.
vesuvus and San Francisco. for one
week. supplied Mother Earth with a re-
markable pair Of spectncles.,
aHEAt}.H0E 5N
a. publisher who announced pretty,
hand wrought editionlof How 10 Be
Happy. Though Undivorccd'' would have
to rent Il conl-bin to hold the money.
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New York Hotels as They Have Found
Me Out" by NJ, Gorky. would prove
fine seller for the May LIST book season.
II tho earth must quake, why doesn't
1t turn in and rip q nice, wide crack
across the Panama Canal?
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Richmond is to have a grand new
bakery VIII give odds that It won't