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"BLITZ SCOUTS" WELCOMED HOME
The four British "Blitz Scouts," who toured Canada and the United States
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war service in Britain, finally reach home. They are welcomed at Paddington,
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Scout of the Empire, Lord Somers, Sir Percy Everett, Deputy Chief Scout, and an evacuee Scout
troop from Gibraltar.
.SUNDAY
SCHOOL
LESSON
LESSON V
JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE
• John 6
PRINTED TEXT
John 6:8.14, 30-35
GOLDEN TEXT. — Jesus said'
unto them, I am the bread of life.
John 6:35.
Memory Verse: We . . . are,
helpers. 2 Corinthians 1 :24.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time.—All the events of this
chapter fall in the month 'of April,
A.D. 29.
Place. --The feeding of the five
thousand took place at Bcthsaicla,
onthe shore of Galilee, while theee
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Aienig on the sea was,
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cotisse, on the same body of
mater.. The sermon on the Bread
sf Li£ae was delivered in the syna-
gogue of Capeiyiawn.
"One of his disciples, Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother, saith unto
him, There .is a lad he> , 'Who
hath. five barley loaves, and two
fishes: but what are these among
so many? Jesus said, Make the
'" people »sit down. Now there '.Wes
much grass in the place. • So the
men sat down, in number about
• five thousand." The vast assem-
blage
ssemblage was thus stub -divided and
urokeu up into manageable por-
tions. The apostles were able to
pass easily • up and down among
the groups, and to minister in or-
derly succession to the necessities
of, all.
,.Divine Omnipotence
"Jesus therefore took the
loaves. And having given thanks,
he distributed to them that were
set down; likewise also of the
fishes as much as they would."
We must be content to behold In
this Multiplying of the breed, an
act of divine omnipotence not
indeed now as at first, of absolute
creation out of nothing, since
there was a substratum to work
on in the original loaves and
fishes, but an act of creative
growth; a quantitative, as in the
water turned into wine there was
u qualitative, miracle, the bread
growing Zn the Lord's hands, so
that from that little stock all the
multitude were abundantly sup-
plied.
A Visible -Symbol
"And when they were filled,
he saith unto his disciples, Gather
up the broken pieces which re-
main over, that nothing be lost.
So they gathered them up, and
filled twelve baskets with broken
pieces from the five barley loaves,
which remained over unto theta
that had eaten," With the Lord
of nature, as with nature herself,
the most -prodigal bounty goes
hand in hand with the nicest and
exactest economy; and He who
had but now shown Himself God,
again submits Himself to the laws
and proprieties of His earthly
.rendition, so that as in the mir-
cele itself His power, in this com-
mand His humility, shines emin-
ently forth. This' which remained
over must have immensely ex-
ceeded in. bulk and quaitity the
original stock; and we thus have
here a visible symbol of that love
which exhauts not itself by iov-
big; but after all its »outgoings
upon others, abides itself far
richer than it would have done
but for these; of the multiplying
which there ever is in a true dis-
pensing; of the increasing which
:nay go along with a scattering.
Teachings of John
"When therefore the people.
sate the sign which he did, they
aaid, This is of 'a truth the prophet
that cometh into the world." John
tells tis later that he Wrote s his
Gospel that men might believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God, and ' that believing, they
Might have life through, his name
(20:31). All through his book
he continually keeps in mind the
effects of the miracles, and the
matchless teaching of the Lord
Jesus, upon those who behold His
acts and hear Itis words.
"They said therefore unto him,
What then doest thou for a sign,
that we may see, and believe thee?
what workest thou?, Our fathers
ate the manna in the wilderness;
as it is written, He gave them
bread out of heaven to eat'." How
so-called seekers after religious
truth made innumerable foolish
demands, postponing the hour of
real decision, demanding evidence
in the religious realm which they
would never require in any other
sphere of life! In spite of the
fact that these people knew with
bread out of heaven. For the
bread of God is that which corn-
ed) down out of heaven, and giv-
,ebb life unto the world. They
said. therefore unto him, Lord,
evermore give us this bread,
Jesus said unto them, I am the
bread of life: he that .cometh to
me shall not hunger, and he .that
believeth on me shall never
thirst," At this point our Lord
attempts to lift up His listeners
once again from the level of
things material, to which their
minds seem to be held, to higher
levels sof spiritual reality, telling
them clearly that while under
Moses they did have bread mire-
culously bestowed, yet it was only
for their physical needs, but that
now the Father was giving them
the true bread from heaven. Bread
is the word which symbolizes the
great elemental necessity of life
called food.
That food must be eaten by all
mem, if life is to be sustained,
every one recognizes, but Christ
also insists on another truth, that,
as men with bodies must have
physical food, so, because they
have a soul, if they are to truly
live and to have life that is eter-
nal, a life that satisfies, a life
that is rich, they ,must likewise
partake of another bread, which
is He Himself, the Bread of life,
There are men today who do not
confess -to any spiritual hunger,
and pretend to get on without
God, without divine revelation,
without prayer, without sacrifice,
without the forgiveness »of sin.
There are millions of such nen.
But these men are not living
abundant, rich, satisfying lives of
peace, and power, and purity. Life
that is life, life that satisfies, is
life that comes through the Lord
Jesus Christ. Here, as in so many
other places in the Gospels, our
Lord continually talks about life,
meaning fundamental spiritual
life, and declares that that life is
only to be found in Him.
certainty of the great miracle
which Jesus had just performed.
in feeding the five thousand, they
asked Hini to produce further
signs, which would be capable of
proving that He was what He
claimed to be, the Sent One of
God. To support their demand
they mentioned the great miracle
of the wilderness wanderings in
which their prophet Moses had ob-
tained for them from the hands
of God sufficient daily food
(manna) for their. .sustenance
during forty years.
• The Bread of Life
"Jesus therefore said unto '
theta, Verily verily, I say unto
you, It was not Moses that gave
you the bread out of heaven; but
my Father giveth you the true
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