The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07


10 years asV II was my LOT GO be ~
the famine field. saw hundreds OF
thousands OF starving people. all
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
uge camp et Chinkiang. along With
woman missionary who was going
out TO distribute medicines among
the sick. After we had talked with
many groups OF these AFFECT crea-
lures citing on the cold ground.
my friend turned 10 me with a puz-
zied. awed look on her face. DO
you know what most Of them say
Is the maner Sith them? Loss OF
sppetite' They say that even II
they can hght the~ way up 10 our
relief station. and Set a bowl OF rice.
they have no stomach for IL. So
they want me TO give them some.
thing that viii restore their taste
for food
Yet every one OF these persons
wore on his face the unmistaxable
famine pailor. as distinct as an
EthiopiAn's hue. They were starv.
ing TO death. and yet complaining
| OF loss OF appetite, In truth they
were nos hungry for the terrible
reason that they had reached that
stage OF starvation wherein even
the desire for food has disappeared
They did not have any appetite. sin
ply because they were Gying on run
ger.
In thai awful picture. which is in
delibly on my memory. see the
plight OF myriEds with respect to
the food OF the spiritual NE Taey
DO not desire II because they need
a. Their souls have grown 81
emaciated that they are incapable
of the normal desires Theirs t. he
saddest OF all fates. the nelrest
thing we can imagine 10 the unpar.
donable sin--they have ceased 90
hunger fo- God. Tc them there Is
nothing desirable IL the bread Of
Life.
A friend from Hamilton told ne .
story, a few DAYS ago, that Illus
trRtes thIs entire ts-ne OF life food,
and life saiisfaetions. which is the
Lesson for The week He had been
sitting At the same table in the no
tel with a nan a. so or theresbouts,
who at length unburdened himself
as 10 the cause Of his manifest M
happiness. He was a wealthy ran
. and he had lived for the gratieca
ton of his senses: but now he lad
come TO the point where his money
would not buy for hmm those things
which he bad once desired. His ap
petite for them was gone. All the
FIRES that had once warmed has life
were ashe4 on a cold hearth. He
bad lived for tie flesh. and nov
the flesh had failed him. He frank
~ said that he would Jump into the
ocean and end Il all except that he
had not the courage. He was afraid
Of death, and haunted by life. lie
had labored for the bread that per
ishes, and mad yitiatrd bis taste Cos
the food OF the spirit He had 'hac
his hing"--and by II had nung away
his soul There is way thai
seemeth right unto man. but the END
= thereof are Inc WAYS OF deash." Oul
. Lesson IL crowded with vital trntl
] for present living All scriDtrr,
r and all OF life illustrate g.
Seeking a Snort Cut TO Eden.
Our modern Idea OF seekiitg 4,
live without work. an q pluckini
: our daily bread from the trees Of
, some social paradise. Is by no means
new. The crowd whom Jesus hac
, fed. by the miraculous mUltiplicatio,
J OF the loaves and fishes. were auicl
10 jump II this ailuring possibility
They saw the bread In the sign. bU
. not the sign In the bread" AlthS
they had tried 10 make Him kim
because OF the miracle, hopins
thereby 10 ind a short and cas-
solution OF the bread-and-butter
problem. they really had not ssnsec
the greatness OF the wonder thai
had been wrought To them 4
meant bread. in abundance anc
without labor
That Is why the crowd thronEec
fhe Wonder-Worker. even as today
every man with a panacea for oul
social ILLS will moi lack fo- a fol
lowing. provided ne asks little and
gives much Now the Lord unde-
stood perfectly the secret OF thi.
sudden popularity. He was never
under any illusions He knew what
was in man-and yet loved him. A
Lesser leader would have been EN-
Uttered b. the sorlidness and self
iGhness OF the crowd Many men In
pisolic life have turned In scofn
upon the public at the FIRST sign Il
ingratitud Have you ever listened
10 wealthy man. who has made
large public siftz. rail ~ the crtss