Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-27
PRESBYTERIAN CHUaCH

 satisfying the physical need". Mathew 4:4 and Deuteronomy s:3 Man shah not live by bread alone, but every word that prGceedeth out of the mouth Of God"
 The observance Of Lent may be helpful and it may be harmful. If it is observed as a mere form, with the idea that it's forty days are more holy than other days and so things that are wrong during the period are right at other times. or with the idea that after wasting the life through the rest of the year one can square uR all accounts by giving up some Of the friyOlitles for season and bs going 10 church for a special time. 1t is harmful IT. on the other hand. it is observed with an opportunity to get back to the realities of life. not with the idea of eXpiating the past but rather of enriching the future it is helpful Meditation upon the tempta- ton of Christ will help to emphasize what are the realities Of life. the things that should occupy first place in our lives and work.
 This first temptation of Christ is full of suggestions. In general it shows that a period of danger sue ceeds a time of eNaltation; that when We feel most exalted we need most to be on our guard. That temptations come to prove or test us that we may be rid of dross and confirmed in the way of righteousness. That the attack is made in attractive ways and along lines that are not wrong in k f,, overcoming, the word Of God, which is the sword of the spirit-is most Lseful; that if one has made the de- cision and seeks 10 do the Fathers will he is less inclined to give way; nat in Jesus Christ who was tempt rd in all points like as We are We have the all sufficient help.
 But, in particular. the temptation. m the light of it's relation to His con secration, in baptism, to the work Of establishing the Kingdom. has some very suggestive lessons for all who have as their aim this same thing namely establishing the Kingdom in their own and other lives. Jesus was empowered for that work and now in his hunger the appeal is made that He use His power for the satisfaction of His own needs. By His refusal 10 do so He emphasizes the duty that rests upon all. and especially upon hose who claim to know and follow dim, of using the possessions and power entrusted 10 them unselfishly n the advancement of the Kingdom.
 The temptation was more than per sonal. The satisfaction of a wider hunger than His own was involved. ID His hunger He felt the hunger oI men and women about him. In His ability to satisfy His own physical hunger He felt the temp2tion 10 use that power to satisfy the mere physi- cal hunger of mankind. Consecrated 70 the work of establishing the King dom and seeing the physical hunger of men He realized that here was an sasy way to popularity-to feed the bodies of men The correctness Of ne theory was shown later when men Tould by force make Him their king because he fed their bodies with caves and fishes. But He knew that bread for the body. while necessary, Is not tae primary need of mankind. That the true source of strength is tight relation to God Since the King lom of God is not meat and drink il cannot be established by chiefly sup plying these. Human nature is too leep and high to be satisfied with a efficiency of bread and living aage
 In practice men show their realiZa- ion Of this by striving to satisfy their unger, after feeding their bodies, by .Iving themselves 10 pleasure, by seeking knowledge, by cultlvating the owe of art--and still they hunger. -ent calIs us back to the realities of hIe; and among them is this. Bread or body in itself is not enough. We must care for our own and other bod es we must do practical charity work: but man is more than an ani- nal and he has more more than Jody that craves satisfaction. This Ilgher and deeper hunger cannot be satisfied with physical things. For IS satisfaction the word of God is Iecessary. Only through obedience -U that word as revealed to us in -hrist can We have real life.
 In striving 10 establish the King 4om in our own and in other lives let .s remember that with all our care Jr the body our chief duty is to feed ,ne soul. That the final means of sue cess is in supplying the word. not nere bread, to mankind.
 JOHN F. FRY