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Mark vi, 3o-44-Sept. 22.

Jesus said unto them, am the
Bread of Life John vi, 35.
When the twelve apostles returned
TO Jesus they explained the instance
OF their tour and what they had
Taught; and He called them away to
| desert place to rest awhile, because
of the crowd and because they had
not even time to take nourishment.
So they went privately by ship But
the news went also and the crowd
went on foot from various cities.
Jesus would have no time to Him
self. His entire life was devoted and
being rendered up a living sacrifice to
the Divine service, in feeding the
sheep of Jehovah's flock, and. of
course, His own sheep also. because
all that were the Fathers were His.
As He looked upon the multitude, He
felt a yearning compassion for them.
He saw their needs: "They were like
sheep without a shepherd;" and He
continued to teach them.
But. says one, did they not have
synagogues, and regular reading of
the Scriptures? Did they not have
ties? How could they be without
shepherding? All, we'll, they had
soul-hunger, which the forms, cere-
monies. rituals and burdens bound
upon them could not satisfy. They
We're Eeally wanting the Bread of
Life" which Jesus had-whch Jesus
was, for He personiied the Truth
Why then did they not receive it?
What was their defense? They were
bound by superstition, prejudice, the
fear of man. traditions of the ancients
and the opposition of the great and
the learned of their time.
Did they not frequently inquire,
Have any of the Scribes and Phari-
sees believed on Him?' Again, "Do
our rulers indeed know that this is
the very Christi The common peo-
pie always referred to the learned
The learned therefore have the great
er responsibility. Jesus declared of
them, .Ye have taken away the key
of knowledge" you will neither enter
into the favor of God yourselves, nor
will YOU permit others to enter in who
so desire-Luke ri. 81.
And is not this in a large measure
true today? The learned of the col
leges and principal pulpits are telling
the people that the Bible is not the
Divine Message which Jesus and the
Apostles declared it to be. They are
telling the people that Moses and the
Prophets did not write the books ac-
credited to them: and thus indirectly
are telling that Jesus and the Apostles
Il
ses wrote of Me-" and the Prophets
Isaiah and jeremiah said thus and so.
Thus the people are becoming more
and more unbelievers in the Bible.
But what will the great and learned
teachers of today give to the masses
as a soul-satisfying portion instead
of the Bible? Oh, they tell US, This
is the good tidings, the Gospel: Your
forefathers We're apes; "a law of Evo-
luton prevails. AS a result we have
come as far as we are. We need no
Savior. because we had no fall We
have no Redeemer because if we were
restored to our original condition it
would make monkeys of us. God has
allowed the law of Evolution to operate
in you end in your children. You
thus live in your children and by and
by will reach a very high plane of
eXistence-not that YOU Yourself will
have any knowledge of that, for you
will be dead. but your children will
have that joy instead
What is there in this to satisfy
soul-hunger? All. nothing! No Won
der the lament is going up all over
Christendom that the public no lon-
ger care to go to church; that they