Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-09

Golden TeXt:-"Jesus said unto them
| am the bread OF life" John 6:35.
DIR. MARION NH. HULL.
The feeding of the 5000 created such
an impression that the people wanted
10 make Jesus king Who better could
deli> er them from the human yoke than
one who had shown himself so powerful.
The way TO the crow, however, for Him
was by the cross; so He withdrew into
the mountain TO pray and spent most of
The night there praying. His disciples
shared somewhat the feeling OF the mul-
titude so He sent them back across the
sea that they should not eb further con
taminated by this thought During the
night a terrible storm arose, and about
3 o'clock in the morning Jesus came
walking on the sea to the aid of his
disciples.
Next morning when the multitude
found that He had gone and that some
boats were still left, they took ship. as
many as could, the others going by foot
around the northern corner of the sea.
and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.
They were not seeking Him for Himself,
however, but for what He could give.
When Jesus saw that, He accused them
of it, of not wanting Him but His; and
then said to them, Labor not for the
meat which perishes, but for the meat
which endures unto everlasting life In
other words, You have put yourselves
TO great deal of trouble to supply your
bodily wants, but the supreme concern
is for your spiritual needs" How much
concern men have for their bodies to-
day, and how little concern for their
souls! If the body is sick no effort is
left unturned to bring the body to a
state of physical health, but when the
soul is sick there is the greatest indif-
ference TO it's needs: Day in and day out
men slave to crafty the needs oil the
tOdy ana yet never give a thought to
the needs of the immortal soul. Jesus
said that the supreme concern was for
that which endures. not for that VIII oh
is temporary. If they show by their ac-
ton the same earnestness in supplying
the needs of the soul that they do of the
bOGy, He would have given them that
which would salts, for Him God the
Father had sealed.
Then they asked Him very slgnifi-
cant question: What shall we do that
we might work the works of God? And
His answer was equally significant,
This is the work of God that you be-
leve on Him whom He hath sent They
wanted to know what sign He gave and
reminded Him of the mamma which
desert There was a tradition that the
Messiah would do as Moses had done,
and in their earthboUnd way of looking
at things they expected the Messiah to
feed them so that they should not have
to provide their own physical needs.
Jesus called their attention to the fact
that il was not Moses but His Father
who had given the true bread from
heaven. He ocntrasted also the mamma
with the bread of God. The mamma
could only supply The needs for one day
and then il became corrupt, whereas
the true bread from heaven was living
bread which giveth life to the world in
stead of just maintaining life for few
hours. lie ocntrasted the temporary
satisfaction which they got from that
with the permanent satisfaction which
He would give, saying, Il am the bread
of life. He that cOmeth to me shall
never hunger, and he that believeth on
me shall never thirst"
But then as He looked about amongst
them and saw the great multitude that
had followed Him, that had really come
seeking Him Cor rather His), He con-
ira sted seeing with believing. They had
seen Him but had not believed Him.
Then He pointed out the fact that not all
might come TO Him and receive this sat
isfaction, but only some-"only those
who were the Fathers love-gift to Him.
Yet not one of those would be lost, for
"all that the Father giveth me shall
come to me-" He said, and him that
someth to me l will never chase out of
the house" He called attention to the
will of God that He should ose none of
the ove-gift to Him, and to the will of
God that He would give eternal life to
everyone who came.
Notice here the love-gift of God TO