The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
In the Religious World
~ WILLIAM 7. ELLIS.

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Times beyond counting the milk o.
human Kindness has been turned 10
gall, by unworthiness or lack OF ap,
probation on the part Of recipients
OF bounty.
Here Is a wonderful thing. d.
vine thing. reminding US that God
ie kind 90 The evil and Unthan kflil. :"
AlthO he was never for a minuts
IN doubt as TO their real motives,
Jesus showed no impatience or petn-
lance with people He was not
alienated because felix were not
IDEAL lie took them as lie found
them-but lie also tried to leave
| them better so with disconcertiax
candor He remarked, ''Ye seek me.
not because We saw the miracles, hut
because W did ear OF the ioaves.
and were Allied n we want TO eeS
with folks after the Jesus fashion
We should he opcn-eyed 10 realities.
ye' patient and loving with rNoplt
nevertheless.
Leaves That Did Not last.
All the world is seutely aware
today that bread iS daily bread The
underlying proolem OF Europe il the
problem OF food supply II this Is
not continuous and uninterrupted
disaster follows We are az hungry
today as II Ne had not eaten yester-
day Food perishes In the using. All
its work has 10 b. dcne over again
Gay by day Yesterdays miracle
would have 10 be- repeated today,
and every day thereafter. n Jesus
were 20 satisfy the desires OF the
crowd that had pursued Him over
| The lake And-thC they aid not
realize this-thelr program repaired
thar Jesus should have remained
on earth forever repeating that
miracle every day Whereas Coz Is
doing greater work. in providinS
thru nature for the constant sds-
tsnancc OF humanity How unsat.
isfsctory a time. would have
been a Christ who merely worked
miracles fer the crowd who cJuiG
come into Ilis physical presence.
LIES greatest mistake was being
made by this crowd OF bread-hrn,-
ers. in that they were spending
their powers for things that do not
last That Is what ails most OF the
pleasures TO the pursuit OF which
we give so large a rart OF our pow
ers. II perishes In the using We
tire OF all toys Small boys envy
the men who may see the circus
every day. bat thsse fortunate"
ones grow weary OF il beyond words
Ask the dramatic editor OF a daily
paper what he thinks OF the priv
iege OF going - all the entertain
mtnts he wants 10. and without
price.
Some things do last--the natural
gifts OF God. We do not tire 81 the
aid and the sun and the woods and
the fields and the water and the sky
Neither do we tire Of our loved ones
| or OF our homes, or OF great books
or great pictures. Did YOU ever
know a Christian WhO got tired OF
The Bible. or OF the house Of wOr
ship? These are ali bread that does
not perish in the using. We are
wise with more than common wis
dom when we give our best powers
. 10 those ends which We may still
pursue IN the eternal life n not
this the gist OF tho Sayiours great
word. which IL the heart o. this
lesson. Labor not for the meat
, ~ hioh perisheth. but for that meat
, which endureth unto everlasting life
which the Son OF Man shall give
unto YOU"
Easy Asking fer Great Gifts.
Babies cry for the moon. and We
smile az them. Grown folk pray
God. quite as iSnorantly and casual
~. for even greater boons. and ne
never sense the tragedy OF IL. Nhai
would happen in the average church
IL God should some day suddenly an
sver all the great petitions OF the
preacher and the people, They are
not Intentionally insinoere merely
conventional. and. oh so r.uct
greater than Is meant II Ne an
alyze our own prayers for a day We
shall be In a better position 10 sym
pathize with this crowd OF Passover
pilgrims who lightly petitioned
Jesus, Lord, evermore give us this
bread. Little did they know 9-aat
was involved In that suppliostion
for 80 do our prayers outrun oar
knowledge.
These greedy ones were wrapped
MP In a web OF Interpretation
They were thinking OF one plane
and the Master was trying 10 lead
them 70 another. stin ensrossec 10
the idea Of works aud wonders. they
had asked. What shan we DO, that
we might work the works Of God -
"DC"-that IL the old cry OF man