The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-28

Inc Lesson STORY
When Jesus heard OF the death OF
John the BAPTIST, ne departed thence
b. snip into a desert place apart
that ts, he left Gaitlee and sailed
Across the lake to a secluded place
southeast of Bethsaida, According Ia
MARI the Immediate object Of the
trip was to give the twelve. who hhd
Just returned from their mission. an
DFpnrfunity u rest a3 iiAe 1for
There were many coming and going
and they had ne ietsur" so muoh as
to eat When the people saw the nj
I Tie boat push "ut from thu shore. they
hastened around the northern end OF
the lake, and when Jesus and his dis
xSples reached their destination, they
found a great crowd already gathered
u meet him. The Master was deeply
touched by the sight and began to
teach them many things. And SO
another day was spent in teaching
8 and in healing and in trying to make
4ha duh iAIaIs- r.-a+lz.4-taat- lass- could
eatisfy their deepest wants.
Ar the day began L. wear away
+ .jnsus fBuked Out over fhs thronR ana
turning To Phiiip--who VAS ii native
OF that ragion--said. Whence shall
II we buy bread, that these may eat ~
He did not ask for Information. he
rniy wanted to put Philips faith to
1he test As the sequel shows, Philips
faith needed testing for he did not
once think OF his Masters power
4 Running his eye over the multitude
and making quick mental calcutta
( ton. ne answered. why, Lord TWO
hundred pennyworth (thirty-tpvo or
Il thfrty-four dollars, a large SUM IN
i thos. days. ~ bread would not be
sufiicient 70 divide among them. giving
4 only a little IT, each, . Perhaps 1t was
a at this nloment---the order OF events
fsys In. afssfY, lag.
people and let them go to tho towns
III rt1a ytgtntry Ia gal tlleir zapp..rA ana
4 spend the night No" said jesus,
give We them 10 eat" what shah
n We go and buy two hundred peGny-
worth Of bread and give them 10 eat ~
How many loayes have YOU" asked
Jesus: and he babe them 20 and find
ont. There's a lad here, said An
drew, "Nho has five barley loaNes and
two small fishes, but'--he added
what win they amount 10 in AL this
crowd" Jesus replied by directing
them 10 make the People sit down In
order upon the grass This VAS done
and the great thr0ng Was quickly ar
ranged in companies of tfty aud Il
hundred. the women and children Mt
King apart from the men and the
whole scene. on account of the ar =
engagement and the bright colors OF
u the peoples garments, presenting the
sappearanee OF gardsnbeds, Then
Jesus taking Ioaf in his hands and
q locking up to heaven. gave thanks and
! breaking IT. began tn divide IL and the
4 remaining leaves among the twelve,
and the twelve began to distribute II
Il 10 the multitude. The fishes We're
i divfded likewise. and there WAS such
IAN abundance that everyone IN the
vast fhrong had enough moreover.
There were enough fragments of bread
E43<2f ut to be eaten at another time, 70
5ili twelve small baskets. such As the
fJews were accustomed 10 carry their
4 food in when they went on jour
\ mex.
A similar incident occurred several
weeks later when Jesus was farther
i xioRn thsa-cnasi nppnsite -MagdalA--
The Heart Of the Lesson.
Jesus has compassion for the hun
xry multitude going suppeyless 10 bed.
S-53nt be has "A deeper compassion for
men who have deeper hunger--the
Munger Of the soul. Aud az he has
n Abundapt resources 10 supply the ply
deal wants of men. SO he has abund-
mi resources 10 supply their spirit
Z MAJ wants. On II men could only
fSbe made 10 realize IL. The people
aN&re In great need Never were peo-
Il III In greater need. And he had
Z 4n<rse richly supplied with everything
=; v5sirh rs1cy nrcdrrf n trey rurrfd ur1fy
~ made ~ realize that he could really