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their interest in spiritual things.
They are misunderstood by their best
earthly friends. They must learn
that in their wanderings along the
highways of science and world relig-
ion they will never get satisfied.
There is famine in every denOmi-
nation, in every part of the world.
No one thinks of looking to the Bible
for refreshment and strength. The
Higher Critics of all denominations
have branded it unreliable. The Pro-
fessors in all the great colleges are
reprobating the Bible and openly
laugh at the thought of finding there
either bread for the hungry or water
for the thirsty.
This is the very. picture given in
our context. "They shall wander from
sea to sea, from the north even to the
4 east; they shall run to and fro to
seek the Word of the Lord and shall
not find it. In that day that shall the
fair virgins and the young men faint
for thirst" (Amos viii, 1919.
The Bread of Life and Water of Life.
These hungry hearts must learn
that there is only the one satisfying
portion under the Sun-the living
and true God, and Jesus Christ whom
| he has sent to be the Bread of Life
for the world, and the message OF
| grace from his lips to be the Water
of Life. 1t is GUS to call the attention
of this Truth-hungry class. to the
Great Teacher who declared, my
flesh is food indeed and my blood is
drink indeed; except We eat the flesh
of the son of man, and drink his
blood We have no life, in you" John
vi, 55, 53). But scarcely will the
intelligent of our day hearken to
these words, so prejudiced are their
minds by the fallacies which becloud
their understanding They see not
neither do they understand the good
ness Of God.
Why is this? Why are these Bibles
| in millions of homes, Catholic and
Protestant, neglected., Because the
people know not that the bread OF
life and the water of life which they
seek are hidden therein. Why is this?
We answer that conditions we're very
much the same in Israel at the time
of our Lords First Advent. The ex-
PLANTATION he then gave is applicable
now He said, "Ye do make void the
Law of God through your traditions"
-"the traditions of the ancients"
mark vii, 10; Peter i, 18). So now,
the traditions handed down from our,
forefathers really make void, mean
ingless,' ungracious, the message OF
Gods Wisdom and Love sent to US
through the Lord, the apostles and
the prophets. Those who still hold
tenciously to the creeds of the past
are thoroughly blinded now to the
true teachings of Gods word, while
alas, the majority of the independ-
ent thinkers, in rejecting the dogmas
of the past, have rejected the Bible
also, believing the teachings of the
creeds truthfully represent Gods
Word, These are Wandering hither
and thither, hungering and thirsting,
looking for the bread of life and wa
ter of life, and finding it nowhere,
because they seek not where alone it
is to be found.
.ssHo, Every One That Thirsteth Come
-,Ye.". ~ +
Ho! Ye all that hunger for Truth,
Come We. There is abundance for us
in our Heavenly Fathers wonder
full provision-in the Bible. Desert
ing all the creeds and traditions of
men, let us gather at our Heavenly
Fathers Board as his family, as his
children. Let us prove the truthful
ness of his declaration that Like as
a father pitieth his children, SO the
Lord pitieth them that reverence
him" Let us seek an obtain the sat-
isfy;ng portion. Let US satisfy our
Iongings at the table of Divine pro-
vision. Mark the Lords words and
consider how truthful they are,
blessed are they that hunger and
thirst after righteousness, for they
shall be filed" Matthew v, 81. It is
this Truth-hungry class that we adj
dress. We know their heart-long-
ings. for we had the same. We know
the satisfaction which they crave. for
we have received it and are therefore
doubly glad to hand forth the bread
of life and the water of life to those
who desire it. There are plenty
ready to serve the appetites of
those who long for pleasure
games, society fetes, chess, travel,
etc. We have not a word to say
against these. 1t is not our thought
that they are going to eternal tor
ment; hence we do not frantically be-
set them, annoy them. Let them have
their pleasure. Let them wait for
the time to come when something
may occurr in their experiences with
will put them into the. class Of the
broken-hearted and contrite of spirit
and cause them to feel after God, III
haply they might find him as salts
fying portion. In harmony with the
Masters direction, it is our aim to-
.sbind up the broken hearted; to com
fort Of those that mourn to tell them
Of the oil of joy which the Lord Isl
Wiling to bestow for their spirit Of
heayiaess and sorrow for sin (Isaiah