Show EARWIG FOR THE BREAD OF LIFE blessed are they that tha t hunger burger for righteousness A famine in the land many hearts crying out for god faint for want of spiritual food table of divino divine provision well filled bread of life water of life A satisfying portion fed on the finest of wheat october 11 for his text today pastor russell chose the words behold tho the days come the lord lora god that I 1 will send a famine in the laud land not a famine nginr of bread I 1 nor a thirst for water but ot of hear bear lug the words ot of I 1 the lord aroos amos notwithstanding the tact fact that during the past century bibles have been printed and circulated by the million nill llon said the pastor notwithstanding the tact fact that education has become so general era that nearly everybody can read gods word nevertheless we ave tire anre in fit the midst of the very famine specified by the prophet it seems almost incredible he be declared that we should I 1 be famishing now with bibles when our saintly forefathers did not famish though education was limited the secret lies in the fact that increasing intelligence lias has awakened our reasoning faculties religious us I 1 lilies I 1 ties and the result is the gnawing of hunger in our hearts our hearts heart and our flesh cry out for n living and true god neal realizing izing our own impotency we more inore than ever feel our need of the friend that keth closer than a brother consequently many cannot find dad the refreshment from froin scripture which their forefathers derived consequently the young men and the purest of heart in the world are repelled by the religion represented in ill the creeds of all denominations they are hungry for the truth thirsty for the refreshment which they need intellectually many fire wandering from sea to sea the tie bread and the water of life as our context contest pictures the creeds of all denomination iu they flud find these practically fileki a j respects theories of eternal in iii und find Aam damnation nation for nil all exl exil 1 il it U elect they even look to the bev lii ai ya i n and examine the theosophy phy v of india the buddhism of japan and the confucianism of china hac somo some satisfying portion of truth in some respects they are like the prodigal son tar far from home they perceive the swinish content with the husks of business money pleasure and politics but cannot satisfy their spiritual longings with these husks they are thought peculiar because of their interest in spiritual things the bread and the tha water of life next nest was demonstrated that there Is a famine in every denomination the world over no one thinks of looking to the elble bible tor for refreshment and strength higher critics have branded it unreliable professors in all the great universities reprobate it and openly laugh at the thought of finding there either bread for the hungry or water for die cie thirsty hungry hearts must learn however that there Is only one satisfying portion under the sun the living god who has sent jesus christ to be the bread of lite life for mankind and his Bles message sage of grace to be the water of ute life it Is ours to call the attention of tab hungry class to the great teacher who ald sly fy iesh Is food indeed and my ily blood Is drink indeed except ye eat cat the llesh flesh of the sn in of man and drink drin nil blood ye live have no life in you cut but scarcely will the intelligent of our day hearken to these words so prejudiced are the minds by the fal f tl larSea lavies which becloud their under der they neither sep see nor understand der stand the goodness of god conditions today are much the same as ta in israel at the time of our lords lord first advent the masters explanation v f appI applicable leable now no lie said ye make the law of god vold void through your traditions otis the traditions of the elders the traditions oni handed banded down from our forefathers really make mean ingless the message of gods wisdom and love sent us through our lord the apostles and the prophets those who still hold bolt tenaciously to the creeds of the past are thoroughly blinded to the true te achin s of gods word while alas the majority of independent thinkers ers in rejecting the dogmas of the past have rejected the bible also believing that hat the creeds truth fully represent the word of god gods word ward a satisfying portion the pastor declared that it Is this truth hungry class that be 1 addresses knows from experience their heart longings and the satisfaction which they crave he be has received in harmony with the masters instructions he alms to blad bind up the broken heart ed to comfort those that mourn As the baler gave nis his time to in the instruction of tuo the people in the doctrines of gods goas word so BO nis his faithful followers should not mt tench teach the precepts of men but the scriptures nevertheless erth eless they must expect that the modern and pharisees Pharis ees will grieve that they teach the people even as is during the first advent the re teachers opposed the master aster |