The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-02
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4sTP NIGHT
1 'SERHONS
BY
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THE LAD WITH THE LUNCH.

Sunset and evening star among the
hills OF Galilee. Tabor Is blazing to
ward the great sea. Gennesaret in
tho distance softly heayes and Sighs
and means. Mighty multitudes follow
Jesus. Oriental crowds are n sad
eight even on gala day. Christ sees
them-one vast, pinched. pitiful face
OF suffering, starving humanity. Night
Is coming on. Five thousand people
are tired. hungry, shelterless. Send
them away" said the disciples. That
sounds modern-for education to the
state, for healing to hospital, for com
panionship 20 club, for entertainment
to theater, for religion to Salvation Ar.
my. "Give We them 10 eat" Christ
believed in solving sociological prob
lens not by tract, but by a dinner
The disciples look dismayed: only $35
in treasury. what have ye? Go and
see" Twas the frst ways and means
committee Of the church.
Tho Boy and HE Basket.
Andrew went out and found q boy.
Little Ben Ezra has lunch basket his
phCheu III lDt
ing. God has strange cupboards
bread from hea ven. water from rock,
honey from a lion. a ravens beak,
boys basket. Andrew had brought 81
mon to the Lord. now this boy. There
must have been something congenial
between the two. Boys don't frater
nizs with everybody. Perhaps Andrew
hoA 40 i'm, oh HIM
how to catch bass. There are more
ways than one OF winning the heart OF
q boy. He didn't lecture the lad on thr
history of fishes or the growth OF
wheat. He brought him with his bas
ket In faith to the Lord ! call thar
pretty big work. Every boy carries
basket of possibilities and a genuine
Andrew will bring basket and boy TO
God. The boy in that crowd was
needle in haystack. and Andrew
found him.
To be able to see small things and
unnoticed things is a sixth sense. The
ability to set n small diamond well
isn't common. TO take child material,
TO arrange and beautify It, to grasp
problems that perpleI the boy, to note
the day when Juvenile literature fails
to hold. to answer questions without
prejudice. indicates qualities that don't
grow on every bush l stood by
grave in Oakland cemetery and read
an epitaph over the headstone OF Cali
fornia's first kindergarten i wish
might have such eulogy when l die.
II read. "She loved little children"
Christs Arithmetic.
'How many loaves have you?" He
isn't asking for bread, but for faith.
Moses rod. Joshua's trumpet, Gideon's
lamp. David's pebble, Mary's vase OF
spikenard, show not how much but
how willing. We frequently have to
start to do that for which we have no
present ability. The impossible Is
achieved that way. Bring them to
me-" There's a hush. He who placed
fish in the sea. gave growth to wheat,
raised his hand for silence. His eyes
are turned heavenward. His auburn
locks CLINT like copper in the setting
sun. Every eye Is on him. What will
he do next? What is he doing, neigh
bor?' II cannot see myself" Down
In front-we want to see too" He
breaks. 1t grows. He who can ere.
ate from nothing can increase that
which is. Earths arithmetic says.
give and grow poor" Heavens says,
"Give and grow rich" Strange mathe-
matical Christ adds by subtraction.
multiplies by dividing. We think Civ
ing is subtraction. he says that it is
multiplication. Some taste skeptically.
How was 1t done" rs it real
bread?" Yes. best ever made. Pass
It around. They're done. Are you
all fed?" AYE. aye" answers that
first century bread line" None need
ever leave Gods table hungry. Gath
er the fragments" Twelve baskets
over. When each disciple Is done serv-
ing his basket is still full! Gospe!
measure! Gods way OF giving
"Greatsr Things Than These"
The world is still pressing and hun
cry. Humanity and divinity are stiN
face to face on life's hillside. Not clad
In turban and gabardlnes. but TWEEN
tieth century garments. They're hun.
cry too. God says to you and me,
brother. "Give them to eat" What
US" why, we haven't Yes, you
have! Bring what you have. Every
layman cannot be Moody, every min
lister a Chapman. Ben Ezra wasn't
Andrew, nor was Andrew Christ. yet
Andrew and the lad made possible the
working OF mighty miracle God
asks for what you have plus your faith.
The greatest and most intense game in
the world is the bread game. What
are you going to be, bread winner,
bread giver or bread wanter? On
which side the bread line will yOn
stand? Don't be too fnicky explain
ing about your gospel. 1t satisfies
hunger In the worlds bread tine
they're not asking about the iron.
starch and phosphates In the loaf
only For Gods sake. food" Mean
while keep eyes open for boys aud
their baskets OF possibilities Your
dealing In futures. When they're do
Ing nothing but wearing out church
carpet remember that IAN inch of boy
Is worth a millien yards OF carpet"
young woman who had a class OF