The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-04


they were fourteen years old: they loadS
a ship the otner day and sent 1t to Japan
because the Virginians had known TIM
lack of bread.
p Let us understand what Jesus says. HEY
knew that men could never get along
without bread no matter what kind OF
clothes they put on; no matter what
schools they went to, this world could
never be SO refined that 1t could get
] am the bread of life; if you eat this
bread you will never hunger. l am the
water of life. II you drink you will never
thirst If you do not eat this bread you
will die And you in the pew might as
well know the pulpit is not going to lose
much time hereafter trying to persuade
men of this truth. The preacher will put
it to men in plain words, and they may
be as Indifferent as they wish. but the
preacher will be as Indifferent as was
Jesus. If you can get along without
bread get along without 1t, and If you
can correlate the forces of this moral
world and think you can get along with
out Jesus go on and get along without
Jesus. If you think you are smart
nobody else thinks So Anyone who thinks
at all knows that there has been won
derful progress in the life of the race, and
yet we are living in poor world, looked
at in part, and a rich world, when you
bring all the parts together. and who
can doubt that
Through the ages one increasing pur-
pose runs.
And the thoughts of men are widened
With the process of the SUM-"
For lo the fall of oceans wall
Space mock and time outrun
And round the world the thought of all
Is as the thought of one"
Men of One Brotherhood.
OF one brotherhood are all men. for Of
one blood God created all people that
dwell upon the face of the earth. You
have neighbors, and having neighbors
means having obligations, and these OBJ
legations must be discharged The
greatest obligation that rests upon you
today Is to give bread to the hungry.
Men catch different views of life as they
get along the highway of life and see the
sky line at different angles.
When Bralnard heard the call of the
Indians it looked like a waste of talent
for him to go. When Livingston heard
the call of the Africans 1t looked like a
waste of talent for him to heed. The
only perfect correspondence l can re-
call between mems nations and Gods
plans is when old Cary. who was incap-
able of doing anything but patching
shoes, got up from his cobbler's bench
and went to India that was starving, men
said: THAT is all right; he Is not fit
for anything but to patch shoes; let
him go" But when the finest product Of
the universities of Scotland. when Duff
heard the call to India men said: do
not waste your talent, do not throw away
your gifts; let someone go who Is not
so we'll equipped to stay at home" And
when he went away the world said
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of the great preacher no mans voice
ever reached a greater multitude and no
speaker ever stirred an American audi
ence more than DIR. Duff, when he said
to the American people Give the bread
of life to India" And said: For this
cause was I born, and for this purpose
came into the world, to get bread for
India"
There is something pathetic about it ALL
you can obtain a great zeal here in the
world of reputation, and you can make
considerable mark for yourself, but
when you come to deal with the finalities
of life, 1t is the man who has put his
hand on the human heart, 1t Is the man
who has opened his hand and given the
bread of life to the starving that makes
the hero. 1t Is not the sound of the fife.
1t is not the rattle of the drum nor the
roar of the cannon that makes glory.
Earthly glory is the tapestry of the dead
soldier that hangs upon the wall, but i'm
mortal glory is the imitation of the Maze
rene peasant who said, II am the bread
come downwfrom heaven, whereof, If a
man eat he shall not hunger"
There has been a great deal of non
sense written about Jesus and the people
with whom He associated. For instance,
you will hear some people speak Of
Mary Magdelene and speak of her as a