The Detroit times., 1917-03-07

UuriuG AhluhN great famine OF
10 years agV n was my lot TO be "
the famine field saw hundreds Of
thousands OF starving people. al
With the famine pallor on their
faces. Among the most dramatic
Of the experiences Of those crowded
days was a tour OF the famine ref.
uEe camp et Chinkiang. along with
woman missionary who was gcing
out 10 distribute medicines among
The sick. After we had talked With
many groups OF these sbject crea-
lures sitting on the cold ground.
my friend turned 20 me with a puz-
Eled. Rwed leok on Der face. do
you know what mcet Of them say
Is the matter with them Loss OF
appetite, They say that even II
they can nght theA~ way up 70 our
relief station, and get bowl OF rice.
they have no stomach for IL. So
they want me 20 give them some
thing that viii restore their taste
/ for food I"
Yet every one os these persons
wore on his face the unmista,Sable
famine psilor. as distinct a. an
EthiopIan's hue. They were starv.
ing 10 death. and yet complaining
OF loss OF appetite, In truth they
were MOI hungry TOR The terrible
reason that they had reached that
stage OF starvation wherein even
he desire for food has disappeared
They did not have any appetite, sim.
ply because they were dying o. nun
ger.
In that awful picture, which is tn
delibly on my memory. see the
flight OF myriSds with respect 10
The food of the spiritual life. They
do not desire II because they need
II. Their souls have grown So
emaciated that they are incapable
q the normal desires Theirs IL The
saddest Of all fstes. the nearest
thing We can imagine 70 the unpar.
donable sin-they have ceased 20
hunger for God. To them there il
nothing desirable IN the bread Of
Life.
A friend from Hamilton told ne
story, a few DAYS ago. that !llus-
trates tins entire ts~me Of life food,
and life satlsfactions. which is the
Lesson for the week lie had been
sitting at the same table in the no
tel with a man Of 80 or thereabouts.
who at length unbu-dsned himself
"a 10 the cause Of his manifest u.
happiness. He was a wealthy nan,
and he had lived for the gr7tieca-
ton ~ his senses. but nov he had
come TO the point where his money
would not buy for him those things
which he had once desired. His op-
petite for them was gone. All the
fires thar had once warmed his life
were ashes on a cold hearth. lie
bad lived for the hesh, aud now
the nesh had failed him He frank
~ said that he would Jump into the
ocean and end II all except that he
had not the courage. He was afraid
Of death. and haunted By life. ne
had ls,bored for the bread that per
ishes. and had vitlatFd his taste for
the food OF The spirit He had "hao
hts hing"-and by Il had nung away
his soul There Is way that
seemsth right unto man. but the end
thereof are The ways OF death. our
Lesson IL crowded with vital trutI
for present living All scripture
and al Of life illustrate IL.
Seeking q Short Cut to Eden.
Our modern idea OF seeking 70
live without work. an OF pluckinE
our daily bread from the trees OF
come social paradise, Is by no means
new The crowd whom Jesus had
fed, by the miraculous multiplication
OF the loayes and fishes, were Quick
TO jump a. this ailuring possibility.
They saw ibs bread In the sign. bot
not the sigr In the bread" Altho
;aey had tried 20 make Him king
because 81 the miracle. hoping
thereby 10 fnd a short and easy
solution OF the bread and butter
problem. they really had not sensed
the greatness OF the wonder that
had been wrought. To them n
meant bread, In abundance and
without labor.
That is why the crowd thronxed
the Wonder-Worker. even as today
every man with a panacea for our
social iiils viii not lack for a FOL.
lowing provided ne aBks little anc
gives much Now The Lord under
stood perfectly the secret OF this
sudden popularity BE was nsver
under any illusions. lie knew what
was in man-and yet loved him. A
lesser leader would have been en-
FILTERED b. the sOrlidness and self.
ishnsss OF the crowd Many men m
prolic life have turned Ia soorn
upon the public a. the hrst sign q
insratltuds. Have you ever listened
10 wealthy man. who has made