Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson Ix.-Second Quarter,
For May 20, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text 81 the Lesson Matt. XIV. 1921;
XIV. 2o-3s-Memory Verses. 10. 20.
Golden Text, John vi. 35- Com

In this lesson we are asked to con-
slider two great miracles. which our
Lord speaks Of as "the five loavcs of
4,0OO'' Matt. xvi. o. 10) on one occa-
sion when He rcbuked the disciples
for their lack of faith. The former is
recorded by each OF the four evangel-
lists and Is the only miracle recorded
by the four. while the latter is record /
ed only by Matthew aud Mark. In /
each case Jesus had compassion upon |
the muititudes because of their hun |
ger, and He abundantly supplied their |
need by miraculously Increasing n
very small quantity OF food. When
we consider who II was who did this
and how He had fed millions for
many years with bread from heav-
en- and had brought water from n
rock for them, how He had cared for
Elijah by the ravens and multiplied
the widows meal and oil and made
twenty loaves suffice for 100 men.
there is nothing remarkable in His do
ing this great thing. for His very
name is Wonderful" II we consider
the first miracle. the 5000 fed. we
shall, think. cover the other also. The
apostles had gathered to Jesus and
had told Him all that they had done
and taught, and He had taken them
aside to rest awhile, for there were so
many coming and going that they had
no leisure even to eat Il am consid-
| ering the lesson with q harmony OF
the gospels before me. The student
| of the lesson should do the samel
1t is said by John that the multitudes
followed Him because they saw His
miracles which He did on them that
were diseased. Whatever their mo-
tive was, lie took advantage OF their
| gathering to speak TO them of the
kingdom of God and TO heal them
that had need OF healing Gohu vi. .:
Luke. *. III.
He was ever speaking OF the king
dom and setting forth by word and
deed the nature OF 1t. II we were
more like Him In this respect 1t would
be better. When the day WAS far
spent His disciples urged Him 70
send the multitudes away that they
might go into the villages roundabout
and buy themselves bread. but II,
said what must have sounded very
strange, They need not depart: Civ,
We them to eat" believe that is still
His message to all who have the brea.
of life. There is IN church work to
day an Andrew and Philip brother
hood, and II they are doing as Andrew
and Philip did IN John !. bringing mcI
to Jesus, 1t IL well. but In John vi il
connection with our lesson. we ncct
to take warning and not eXampl,
from Philip and Andrew. for the frs
figured as to how he thought the thou
sands might be fed. and Andrew seems
almost to ask pardon for mentiOnin.
such a trifle as the presence OF 81 lac
with five loaves and two small fishes
They both seemed utterly to forge
who Jesus was. They remind us O
the mountain. or the day OF SINAI
things, Of Zach iv, 4. 10. forgetting
verse and its teaching. that in tn
. work OF the Lord all must be accom-
plished not by might nor power a
man, but by the Spirit Of the Lord.
When Jesus heard of the lads loaVc
and fishes He said. Bring them hithe
) to Me-" Now, that is the one onl
thing to do always-put ourselves an
just what We are or have wholly an
unreservedly into His hands. remcn
bering that He always knows VIII;
He will do, and when His time come
to act we may hear Him say. "NO'
shalt thou see what | will do Goh
vi, 6; Eek. vi, II. 1t is never Il QuestiU
OF who we are or what we have I
can do, but only who is He. and VIII;
can He do. To say or think Ca
God do this?'' is to speak against Hin
Jesus took the loaves and fshC
and gave thanks, looking up to hCa
en-, and, having blessed the food. Il
brake it and gave it TO the disciple
and by them to the multitude. and a
did eat as much as they would III
were filed, and there remained Ov'
and above all that was needed twel'
- baskets full of the fragments. one {,
- each OF the twelve apostles. and Il
5000 men, besides women and oh
y dren, had been filed. a multitude 81
isfied and the laborers twelve baskc
q. richer than when they started. Whi'
/, was better-to send them away
give them to eat? The disciples Ii;
J nothing to start with. but see c
abundance they had at the clos
Some one has said that this particul
miracle was the result OF one lit
boys giving all he had to jest
What a story that lad would have
tell his mother when he returned hon
Of the wonders wrought by Jesus wi
~ her loaves and fishes. and how stra NJ
& ~ joyful he must have felt 10 5
- such multitude so fed and filled wi