The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-11

came not TO be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give MS
! life a ransom for many.---Mat-
thew 2O:28. n
After his second rejection at
Nazareth and the agitation over
! the death Of John the Baptist
added to his own incessant Ia
bCrs Jesus was DESTROYS Of con-
ferrinp with the twelve over
what they had done and taught
on their first independent tour
of evangelism in Southern Cali
! lee He therefore sailed with
them from Capernaum ACROSS the
Sen of Galilee to an uninhab!ted
spot on the northeast shore. But
crowds followed him by land
around the northern end of the
seq. met him when he landed
and remained with him until late
! in the day when the five thou
sand were miraculQusly fed, -.
LEAVING THE MULTITUDE
The ministry of evangelism
was accomplished by the twelve
on thar trial tour among3 the
lost sheep of the House OF Israel.
-Four things the apostles did on
that tour. They went out az
their Masters word. They preach
| ed their . Masters message. re
pentance. They conquered their
Masters foes, casting. out de-
! mons. They healed their Mas
ter's beneficiaries, amounting WIN
oil many sick people. c
The ministry Of conference
suggested temporary withdrawal
from the multitude. The twelve
had lust returned to Jesus at
I Capernaum after strenuous
tom Of evangelism among the
VILLAGES or Southern Galllee.
! They needed relaxation and an
opportunity for quiet conference
with the Master. But the throngS
pressed about him so that he had
{ no leisure even to eat. Hence,
! he invited. or rather command
ed the disciples to come apart
from the throng to Z quiet spot
and there rest awhile. Accord
| ing, they entered q boat and
crossed the sea to Il solitude on
the northeastern shore.
! TEACHING THE MULTITUDE
The Ministry Of Instruction,
designed in this instance for the
| disciples alone, was widened to
! include the eager multitude who
had walked miles to hear and
sec Jesus On landing therefore
and seeing the crowds Jesus was
deeply moved, his heart yearn-
I ed over them as shepherdless
sheep. and he began to teach
them many things Soon the day
was far spent
FEEDING THE MULTITUDE
The Ministry of Philanthropy
grew out Of the loneliness Of the
place. the lateness Of the day,
and the faintness of the people.
The disciples asked Jesus to send
1.-The crowd to neighboring farms
and villages for food In reply
, he demanded that the people be
fed first and he asked Philip, a
native Of the neighborhood,
where food could be found.
Philip in amazemCnt answered
that hardly a taste for each one
in the thousands of the throng
could be secured with 200 de-
narii Ca Roman Genarius being
! the usual compensation for a
days labor in the field. The
disparity between need and sup
ply was accumulated by the dis
covery that the only food avail
able was lads lunch, consist
| ing Of five barley loaves (hardly
larger than our buckwheat cakeS)
and two small fishes (possibly
| the size Of sardines). But after
tgrouping and seating the people
on the. grass os they could be
served easily, Jesus took the
scanty stock Of food, offered
thanks. then broke it into multi
plying pieces and distributed
through the disciples to al as
much as they wanted. When
everybody had eaten to the full,
the disciples at the word of
Jesus took up twelve baskets full
of pieces into which Jesus and
the disciples had broken the
food. The surplus at the last
was far greater than the supply
at first. Yet five thousand men
| (besides women and children
who evidently were not so num-