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To the Editor:
In Matthew 1915 and 16 we read:
and when it was evening, his dis
ciples came to him, saying, This is
desert place, and the time is past;
send the multitude away, that they
may go into the villages, and buy
themselves vituals."
But Jesus said unto them, They
need not depart; give We them to eat.
There are two phrases in this text
wish to call attention; first: send the
multitude away; second: give We them
to eat.
The scriptures here show very
clearly how human were the dis
ciples. AS we read it we are re-
minded of those with plenty today
government to buy large tracts of
land in some desolate part of the
country where land is cheap, IN ord
er that the poor poverty stricken
farmers and other workers may be
sent there in great colonies to root
hog or die. These are the people
that for long hard years have borne
the heat and burden of the day.
Their labor has made few rich.
They had all they made taken from
them so few could live in idle
plenty. Now that the rich can get
no more from them, they cry send
the multitude away. This is not the
first time the rich have sought to
have the poor exploited people sent
from their sight. The salvation army
and all our charitable societies are
mustered by the money power to keep
the ignorant poor quiet and out of
their sight This Nation should be
ashamed to have any sIch institu-
ton within it's borders. Any poor
man who contributes to them should
know he is only being taxed by the
rich, in so doing. These rich folk
don't like to see the beggars, their
selfish management Of oar govern
ment has produced lying at their
gates No wonder they say send
them away.
Christ's disciples had been with
Him about two years or more when
the incidents referred to in the text
occurred. They had seen Him heal
the sick, make The lame to walk, and
the blind to see. They were with
Him when He preached the creates.
and grandeSt sermon ever preached
on earth, or ever will be. 1t seems
to me we need nothing else to teach
us how to live but Jesus sermon ON
the mount. If all the other part of
our Bible was destroyed and every
other sermon ever preached forgotten
we could find ample teaching in that
glorious discourse to guide our foot
| steps Alright. AS I write this 1 wond-
er, how many of those who, will read
| these scattering thoughts of mine,
have read since childhood the fifth,
sixth and seventh chapters OF Mat
| thew which contains this grand SER
mon. 1 don't believe any one ever
read it who did not wish they were
better, and that is the first step to-
wards a righteous life
Jesus disciples heard Him say in
| that most wonderful sermon; blessed
are the merciful for they shall OBJ
tain mercy. Yet after a long day with
| the multitude who were learning of
Jesus and many by Him being heal.
| ed, they wanted to send hem away
| hungry at evening. The sin of self
| ishness the disciples manifested on
| this occasion was the sin Jesus SEEM
| ed to fight hardest al! through His
| life. Throughout His whole life He
| lived and taught; whatsoever we
would that men should do to you, do
we even so to them. AS 1 see it, all
our social evils, all our troubles as
nation as well as individuals, come
to us because we do not heed His
teaching in this simple rule.
Christ told His disciples, the multi
tude need not be sent away without
| their supper His command was:
Give we them to eat. I wonder some
| times what would have happened
that evening had the disciples not
obeyed His command. expect it
would have been awful times there.
We know every time the nations
since then have refused to heed that