Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-22


gets far away from the bread prob
! lem. In Russia, as one travels about.
he notices that all conversations are
| interspersed with the word "klet," or
bread. BreaGlines, long queues OF
| cold and weary women, are the ultl-
mate political factor in other coun-
| tries besides Russia. High and low,
| spiritual and worldly, ignorant and
llearned. all quickly subordinate every
| interest TO concern for bread. just as
did the crowd who thronged about
Jesus by the shores of Lake Galilee.
Most interesting of all bread
| lines" is that horde of more than
5000 hungry persons who were lined
up and fed on a hillside overlooking
the Sea of Galilee by the great
Nazarene teacher. 1000 years ago.
| Picturesque, impressive. moving, mi
raculous-the scene has gripped the
imagination of painter. student and
people, even as it laid such strong
hold of the minds of all four evan
gelists that they have in common
only this one of all the miracles of
Jesus.
No Time For Fears
AS the soldier is given leave from
the trenches and the hurried. har-
ried, overwrought businessman of
to-day seeks a few days of rest at
n ountain or seaside, so Jesus and His
followers planned quiet retreat"
! for themselves. One reason was that
the Twelve had just returned from a
! taxing missionary tour of Galilee.
Their Leader had said, Come ye
yourselves apart into desert place
ard rest while; for there were many
coming and going, and they had no
leisure so much as to eat" The inn
! Nf fAt i,1 IF
His servants was clearly perceived by
Jesus, and these words are still in
force.
There was another reason why
| Jesus sought seclusion from the
clamorous, uncomprehending rabble'
A great sorrow had come upon Him.
an event of deep significance to His
| life and to His ministry. His kins-
man and herald, John the Baptist,
had been decapitated by Herod. What
| this meant to the sensitive spirit OF
Mary's Son even a dull Imagination
can partially comprehend. He had
lost His great witnesser and His
friend, Because of Him John had
died. This great sorrow overshadow-
ed His spirit making of slight i'm
portance the fact that He, too, had
to flee from the jealous Herod's jur-
| isdiction.
As a wounded deer seeks the dens-
est wood, so the smitten heart Oh
Jesus sought solitude in His griet.
Right here entered another duty ana
a higher; for even the Son of God
may not cherish His own sorrow
above the worlds need. True grief
is so holy that it dare not be selfish.
All, the glory of the brave smiles
and tireless service to the cause OF
those who have lost dear ones at the
| front!
The multitude pursued Jesus
| whose hand and heart had peeh
proved to be of such helpfulness TO
mems varied needs. Their motiVe
was selfish, but their want was real
The miracles had brought to each
man a hint of possible succor Tor MS
own peculiar needs. The neighoor-
hood crowd was augmented oy tne
hosts of pilgrims en- route TO the
Passover at Jerusalem, for the fame
of the Wonder-worker had spread
widely. So eager were the masses
to see and hear Him that they ran
afcot around the head of the lake.
which He was crossing by boat.
The Compassionate One
That spectacle was irresistible
All thought of His own grief and oil
the needs of Himself and followers
was submerged, in the MIND OF
Jesus. but the sicknesses, griefs and
Ignorance of this claimant host. Sc
He taught them and healed them un-
til eventide.
There is a great deal of nebulous
humanitarianism in the world to-day
Some persons would offer 1t as SUP
stitute for Christianity. Let 1t be re-
membered that it was in CHRIST tha'
this spirit was perfectly manifested
and that even to-day 1t is best 1ouno
among those who bear His name
Where His spirit does ont permeate
and dominate, the great WORKS OF
charity and benevolence Will be
Iool.ad for in vain. Heathenism
builds no asylums hospitals or sour
kitchens; neither does agnosticism OF
infidelity.
An evangelist was preaching the
Gospel in San Franciscos BarbarS
Coast. Among his hearers was 9
well-known infidel, who challenged
the evangelist to meet him in pup
lie debate in some hall. The chai'
lenge was accepted, but the preacher
made a condition. He asked the IN
hdel to come to the hall on the ap'
rointed evening and bring with MN
drunkard who had been made
sober man by inndelity; a faller
woman who had become clear
through hearing a lecture on infdel'
inv. and a gambler who had been de-
liyered from the awful passion by ac'
cepting inndelity. Then the evan
gelist said, "I promise you when tn
time for the debate comes that l vii
march into that hall at the head o.
small army of former drunkards
harlots and gamblers who heard th'
Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ ant
were saved by the power of God
The infidel, with sneering laughter
left the street meeting.
A cooperative Charity
Where help is, the needy resort, bt
IL n soup-kitchen for the hungry, 6
doctors office for the sick, church
for the spiritually needy. That Is
why the miscellaneous multitude
with their varying wants, doegeo
the footsteps of Jesus. And, as al
humanity is tethered by short
chain to the elemental needs of ma
ture, all the assortment of desires
that this crowd pressed upon the
Bountiful One resolved themselves
later into desire for food.
This made the lieutenants of the
Master uneasy. They would have
sent the mob away, shifting back on
each the responsibility for food
They had not the wherewithal In
sight to feed them nor had they any.
thing like the immense sum of thirty
or forty dollars necessary to buy
food from the 'neighboring villages
The Lord does not believe in these
easy evasions of obligation. He puts
up to the individual the claims oi
| tha MANY. if ohadient fo Him no.