Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Any one who doubts that the Bible is
read should see our correspondence OF
the past week. Letter after letter adj
vised us to look up :ile Gospel of st.
Mark. chapter 8, verse "a.
Persons on the telephone suggested
the same course of action in reference
to our statement in a recent article in
this column, as follows:
1T Is said that even trees must have
their exercise, as stationary as they are,
through the motion impaired to them
by the winds.
Men as trees walking Why does
that odd combination of words. from
whose poem We do not know, come to
mind?"
H. B. H. included this quotation from
our article on "A Touch of Spring"
with the Succinct comment, LAS 1 feel
you would like to reread that old
poem 1 suggest you turn to the Cos
pei of Mark, villa"
Appreciative Reader and other old
friends directed our attention to the
right place. Among them was A. W.,
a local attorney, who wrote:
LAS one of your interested readers
to the following:
"I see men as trees walking
"I find that that is the recitation of
the man who had been healed of blind
ness, as given in Mark, Villa
Those who direct one back to the
Scriptures are doing well. 1t was.
therefore, with a sense of thanks that
we got out our Bible and looked up
the chapter and verse given.
In the twinkling of an eye We passed
out of Washington, in the year 1929,
and were cnce again on the hillsides
OF Palestine.
I'm those days, the multitude being
very great and having nothing to eat,
Jesus called His disciples unto Him and
saith unto them:
II have compassion on the multitude,
because they have now been with Me
three days and have nothing to eat.
And if I send them away fasting to
their own houses, they will faint by
the way, for divers of them came from
far.
And His disciples answered Him,
From whence can man satisfy these
men with bread here in the wilder
ness?
And He asked Them How many
loaves have We? And they said, Seven.
And He commanded the people to
sit down on the ground; and He took
the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and
brake, and gave to His disciples to
set before them; and they did set them
before the people.
And they had a few small fishes
and He blessed and commanded to set
them also before them
so they did eat. and were filled:
and they took up of the broken meat
that was left seven baskets.
And they that had eaten were about
four thousand; and He sent them away.
4 X Il X
"And straightway He entered into a
ship with His disciples, and came into
the parts of Dalmanutha.
And the Pharisees came forth, and
began to question Him. seeking of Him
sign from Heaven, tempting Him.
And He sighed deeply in His spirit,
and saith, Why doth this generation
seek after a sign? Verify I say unto
you, There shall no sign be given unto
this generation.
And He left them, and entering into
the ship again departed to the other
side.
Nov the disciples had forgotten to
take bread. neither had they in the
ship with them more than one loaf.
And he charged them, saying, Take
heed, beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
And they reasoned among them
selves, saying, 1t is because we have
no bread.