Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-29

| W ieve it's primary /
<a# reference is to
- 4=9----A material bread. 4
Here is plain encouragement to pre-
sent our physical needs before God, al
though it is to be kept in mind that
six petitions out of the seven in the I
Lords Prayer are taken up with spir- 1
itual things. I
We ask God to "give" us our bread. .
Let us keep in mind that it comes from
him. There is an old story of man
! who met a boy in the village street,
carrying loaf of bread. He asked the
boy where he got the loaf, and the boy
replied: ''From the baker" 'But
where did he get it?' 'He made it."
"How did he make it," "With -four"
"Where did he get his four?" "He
ground the wheat" "Where did he get
his wheat?" "He got it from the farm
err" eyes, but where did the farmer
get his wheat?" ooh, from Cod" said
the boy. ''Then," said the man,
"you got your loaf from God!"
Back of the loaf is the snowy -four,
And back of the flour the MILL
And back of the mill is the wheat and |
the shower
And the sun and the Fathers will.
Although God gves us our bread,
yet we must labor for it and the scrip
tural provision is, IF any will not
work, neither let him eat" The fact
that we toll assures us that God will
feed us, for does he not feed the fowls
). of the air, which neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns? And as Luz
Their says, "Even to feed the sparrows
i God spends more than the revenues Of
the French king would buy" How this
. petition sanctifes our toll! What man
$ could cheat or steal or be idle after he
= has asked God to give him his bread!
IL !. Again, since God gives us our bread,
we should thank him for it. How
IL beautiful is the picture given US of
I. the apostolic church, that ''they ate
= their meat with gladness." But how
Is neglectful we are of the duty and
le grace of thanksgiving"
OF We pray that God would give "us''
OF our bread, considering our brothers
as need as we'll as our own. If we pray
ne Alright we shall not shut up our heart
1g of compassion against the poor. Mel
n Their shall we make the poor man cry
tie for bread in order to enrich our.
selves.
no How God Fed a Widow and Her Chill
no dren.
ir- It is to be noted that Jesus direct:
ne us to pray for bread for "this day
he only. This implies that we are t.
nd trust our Father for the morrow and t.
WIS be unanxious DR.. II. G. Trumbul
7er tells of a poor widow and her childrel
'us who lived near his boyhOod home
IN One night, when she put her little one
to to bed, she knew she had nothing t
Tile eat for the morrow, yet kneeled in fa1t
ion and presented her needs to God. Th
md next morning, she set the table
i've usual and then sent the children to tn
seashore to get sand for the floor;
be was used in those days instead of ca
it pet. While they were gone she praye
[tu- earnestly to God for food for brea
ent fast. The children soon came back
will glee, bringing a fish which had bee
ate left in a hollow of the beach by tt
eff retreating tide. While the moth
nse was cooking it neighbor called al
explained that years before the wi
S, ow's husband had done him kindne
OF which he now wished to repay; he lie
and q hushel and q half of cOrnmeal. T.
nee, mother proceeded to make johnny-ca
Sc and then told her children how t
the fish and meal had come just in til
ical in answer to prayer. With what gra
Sum tude to God they sat down to tn
are breakfast! The neighbors heard
story, and saw to 1t that this go
we'd, woman and her children were neN
re- again in want.
ltrol The word "daily" is found nowh'
rent in the Greek Testament save in
arly Lords PRAYER. There has been mt
this discussion as to its meaning. The d
scholars incline to the view that ida
bread" means bread sufficient for
ct a existence, which we actually need
sin sustain us. What rebuke to luxu
The most spiritual men of the day
MS that they fear luxury as they I
unto but few things; it has subtle po'
ce- TO SAP spiritual strength. Our he
oper enly Father only engages to meet
igne. modest needs of his children. In
needs vary considerably in the case
bur- a king, for example, as compared Y
oday a peasant But in every case, God
can hear the prayer of his children
their "daily bread
How unhappy the state OF those
evil do not know God as their Father
heaven!