The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-11
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL { CONGRESS.
NASHVILLE. TENN. JUNE 1918.
1917
FEED YOURSELVES.
Rev. ]. P. Robinson, D. d.

This is a great question to be set
tied. and l hope it will be settled
this very year and settled right, alb
solutely and once for all. NO man
can be a real man as long as some
one else has to feed him. The one
thing that has kept the South de-
pendent has been that although she
has had the best opportunity OF any
section or at least as good an oppor-
tunity as any to produce feed, she
has spent her time almost complete
.ly. in raising cotton. Now cotton is
a good product but it is one that you
cannot eat. Hence in her actions
the south has left out the thought
feed yourself. ...... ...
When the people come to the God
given doctrine of feeding them
selves, there will come change In
every phase of life's affairs. The
man that learns the lesson OF self
feed will be the best kind of neigh
! Dor and citizen. This self-feeding
should have been taught and done
long time ago but it has been left
untaught and undone. For this
reason you will find the nation weak
both mentally and physically. RAISE
what you consume; do this and you
will be doing one of the greatest
things in your life. Life will be
sweeter and will last longer.
The earth is candid and has no par
ticular friends to care for Her
doctrine is that the man who stlrs
her to the full will be fed.
What causes all this talk about
feedstuff? One will be surprised to
know that in many portions OF the
world especially beyond the seas,
where the war is on, there is no one
to stir the ground for food; hence
not only will those countries that
can make food be compelled to feed
themselves but they must also help
feed their unfortunate allies. And
we in this country instead of sending
to the North and West for bread will
have to raise it at home and keep 1T
here in our own cribs. If not, we
will suffer the pangs of hunger
Millions of tons of foodstuff are
being sent to the bottom of the ocean
every week and unless the people
rise up and fill their barnes and
turn back to the making and filling
up of their own smoke houses, moth
ing will come to us but starvation
and ruin. For number OF years, we
have depended upon the North and
West for corn and pork, but in order
now to keep away the wolf from the
doors of the people of this section
we will have to make this land an
other Egypt Millions of men who
, have been the bread-winners mus
, ere ong be on the battlefield to pro
tect home and property. Thell
duties will be such that they canno
stir the earth any more. Hence Their
must of necessity be redoubled eff
: forts on the part of some to feed tn
: millions left behind. l can now Sc
as never before. the appalling con
dition we are facing.
But we are not helpless at thi
time for we can plant all that
necessary for us to consume an
gather it that we may not feel tn
y terrible monster-hunger, and avoi
the impending panic when it sha
rush down upon us. Let every ma
I. take warning and prepare for th
condition that must come for unle:
e this warning is needed it will be in
e. possible for us to escape the scourg
.e The United States is already at We
y with foreign country and there wi
N be no such thing as our not feelin
ID the pinch. In fact we are feeling
e. now but not near so much as we wi
N if we do not feed ourselves.
at The Peoples Defender