Evening star., 1919-02-01

the desert. ThAy have suggested that
it looked like the gum of the talua-
risk. but that is drug ana not
food. that appears only in suInries
and is not subject to corruptsofi.
while the mama could not be kept
longer than a day. This caused the
late Prof. Anton kerner of Vienna
to suggest that IL was the mafna-
lichen.- which is known to scientists
as the lesser ceiandine Another
scholar has suggested that both of
these formed the mamma Of the will
derness.<
| Gods provision was ample to sap
ply the needs of all He saw to 1T
that the feeble did not suffer, be-
cause he checked the selfish spirit
of the strong, who found after he had
gathered more than he needed to
supply his daily food that whatever
he attempted to hoard up for per-
sonai use became corrupted. This is
still the law of His kingdom. The
man who in this hour of the worlds
great need thinks only of his family
and himself viii find that boarding
corrupts his soul and injuries his own
power. The prohteer in food imper-
lis his own and his nations prosper
ity- II is only by following Christ's
teachings of sharing with the suffer-
ing and stricken multitudes who are
today crying out for bread that the
hope of permanent peace can be
established in the world. Public and
private philanthropy must pave the
pathway of the millions who today
I like the lsraelites of old. amid the
daily need for bread. are called upon
to establish among their own people
new nations that viii safeguard tie
future peace of the world.
Each person had to work for what he
secured as his daily food. The Sab
| baths rest and the securing OF a sutl-
cient supply upon the preceding day
taught them that they were dependent
upon God and rot independent of Him.
1t is a lesson that ali need 10 remember
for too often because We pat forth Some
personal eNertion TO obtain the daily
food we forget that we owe all to God.
for
Back of the loaf is the snowy -four.
Back of the -four is the mill
And back OF the mill is the wheat and
the shower. 9
And the sun and The Fathers will''
The appointment Of the Sabbath rest
! before the enactment OF the law at
Mount Sinai points to the observance Of
the Sabbath before the giving of the
Mosaic law. The records of earlier civ
ilizations and countries which have been
! unearthed by the explorers spade in the
east show that the Sabbath was OBJ
served among them. The testimony of
science and the records of human expe-
rience are in harmony with the require
n-ents of the Scriptures for the proper
observance of the Sabbath.
McEwen, in his book on types, has
| pointed out how the giving of the mamma.
was symbolical of Gods gift of His only
begotten Son-Jesus Christ--as the
bread of life. The ten different points
| of resemblance between the mama and
| the Master are worthy of prayerful
study and serious consideration. 1t fell
| from heaven. each collected his own.
which was shared by ali Israel, divided
equally among all and personally pre-
pared by each in mills. mortars and
pans. IL had a rich and sweet taste,
/ like honey, and it became corrupted II il
was boarded up for self 1t was de-
! spised by the multitude and preserved
! in holy place. While it lasted through
| out the pilgrimage, ii ceased when they
/ tasted the fruits of Canaan. 1t served
/ their need and al the same time pointed
! toward the Christ who said, II am the
bread of life