The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-02-20
As PRICE FOR SIN
.n, WOULD TEACH THE DOC.
I ralNE THAT LIFE CAN BE sus-
FAMED IN ONLY ONE WAY.

Z q the time of the triple tempta-
Non in the wilderness. The con-
sensation is between Christ and
] satan. One great in goodness, the
.,,0r great in evil device. Three
,.mptations are hurled in quick sue
.sssion and as quickly parried and
..ou,sed Make bread from these
.ones. Cast thyself down from the
,,nnacle of the temple; worship the
s.yil Mark the audacity of Satan
!. would attack the Son of God. he
vould storm the citadel of heaven. If
A. devil would persistently attack
A. visest, noblest and best of earth,
tbiuk not you will be free. We hear
him saying, Make bread out Of these
dones"
The devil would teach the doctrine
that life can be sustained in only one
yay. His program is to eat and live;
nke plenty of bread and refuse to die.
nll the cupboard and the cribs; let
tbe barns burst with the golden grain;
then boast thyself of tomorrow. Say
n thyself: Soul, thou hast much
toods laid up for many years; eat,
dink and be merry" That is the
deyjly program. 1t is Ingersoll say
ug, "One world at time, one life at
time" The man who listens to that
argument is listening to materialism.
With quick flash came the words,
Man shall not live by bread alone"
II Is not necessary that We live at
il; but, anyway, we are not confined
70 one method of subsistence. Only
h the most narrow and contracted
sense do we live simply because we
baked a loaf and ate it, but because
God wills that We live.
ls Barn Too Larger
But this is evidently blow at ma.
terialism. We hear much these later
days as to our accomplishments. So
many farms titled and lands opened
up; so many millions of bushels OF
wheat and corn; 80 many bales of
cotton; so many miles OF railroad
built and SO many ships set afloat on
the high seas. This may be interest
Ing from the point of statistics. But
Is this all? Can we see no farther
than granary and crib? Is the barn
30 large We cannot see the sky?
Tell me, rather, how many churches
have been built-for man shall not
live by bread alone. Tell me how
many souls this year of our Lord have
decided to make heaYen their home;
how many young men and women
have gone out from halls of learning
% help make this tired, sin-sick world
little more livable. | want to know
10 how many places the standard of
tne cross has been set up. What Is
success, and what is true success?
it must remain true that
nation, like man, cannot live by
bread alone.
Men become SO wrapped up in ma
'eflal things, the external, the visible
and the tangible, they seem to forget
'aere Is a soul to save and soul to
leed and that there is such a thing as
lae bread Of life. Man needs fellow
salp, the Bible, the church, com.
nunion.
Who Shall Grow?
VINO Is it shall mount up on wings
u eagles. shall run and not be weary.
mall walk and not faint? Who shall
grow in grace? Who is it will go
nom strength to strength, from vic
0fy to victory, till one day they ap-
'ear before God? 1t is that one who
aas heard the words. Man shall not
I'VE by bread alone"
Do you remember the pathetic |
Aory OF Esau, who, for one morsel Of
aeat sold his birthright? For you
NOW that afterward, when he would
ave inherited the blessing, he was re-
sc'ed; for he found no place of re-
''a though he sought it care
uiy with tears.
~ 1t possible to sell the spiritual
Htnrlght? Yes. How much does
a'an ever offer for it? Never more
lan morsel of meat. 1t was all he
we the mother of the human race
|. 'ne garden. She saw, she desired,
le ate, she fell. What did she get
return? A morsel of meat.
20 1t has been in every age. Satan
~ the soul strike a bargain. How
'ucn for the spiritual birthright? A
'sss ~ OF pottage, a morsel of meat
0'ning more. Man shall not live by
read alone.
may the food we eat, the life we
''eiVe, the strength we gain, cause
'Oae who come after US to say, as
lsy see the work we did. There
.ie giants in those days. Rev.
.aiter L. Ferris, Congregational
iufch, Pekin, Ill.