552 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S and institutions of the ages in which its several parts were written? If you believe that it is the inerrant Word of God, then you belong to The Second Coming.” We thought he would finally land both feet upon the Bible itself. He does not believe it is the inerrant Word, of God. He just takes what he wants to take and throws overboard what he does not like. And the doe- trine of the Second Coming of our Lord so saturates the Book that he is as mad as a March hare over it and just won’t believe it, that’s all. Much learning hath made him mad. He assures us that he is an editor, “ cold to false alarms and keen for facts.” If he could say all this in cold blood, what could he not say if he were a hot-blooded prophet like Jeremiah, for instance? We are living in a wonderful age, beloved, and just think of it, we are in close touch with Boston and a brand new prophet! Ah-men! —T. c . h ;. SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITY Christ’s disciples, with a hungry multitude of five thousand people at their heels, sized the situation up with their calculating eyes, and then said to their Lord, “ Send them away” (Matt. 14:15-16). Have you ever noticed how little Jesus profited by the suggestions offered Him by His disciples? Once they said, “ Take these children away,” and He said, “ Forbid them not; suffer them to come unto me.” - There was a woman trying to get to Christ. They said, “ Send her away,” hut He had compassion on the woman and said, “ 0 woman, great is thy faith.” One said, “ Far he it from thee, Lord,” when He had foretold His sufferings. “ Get thee behind me, Satan,” was the stiff rebuke the disciple got. “ Let us build three tabernacles,” again it was suggested, and the words were interrupted by a voice from heaven, and a change of subject. Here again it is “ Send them away,” but Jesus replies, “ They need not depart.” We are not throwing stones at the disciples. We are all guilty of the same error. Face to face with a definite opportunity to feed the hungry or give out the Bread of Life in a large way, we are ever looking for a short way out of the difficulty. We are always frying to repudiate our own per sonal responsibilities. “ The time is now past”—this is not the opportune hour to make any large attempt. Send them to the “ town pump” . Turn them over to the preacher. Thus we hope to save our own loaves and fishes. Looking Jesus in the face, how quickly were the' disciples ’ flimsy ex cuses brushed aside. We are wiser when we turn to Him and ask Him what He would have us do about it. True, the task of feeding that multitude seems impossible. I am but one in a million. What can I do toward feeding that hungering throng ? It is well that we feel our helplessness. God would have us realize our responsi bility to the point where we feel it. Little as we are, there is our personal responsibility confronting us, and there is the command of God, “ Go ye.” What shall we do about it ? Let us not repeat the disciples’ mistake. They took an inventory (“ We have but five loaves and two fishes” ) and left out the most important thing —the power of Christ to bless the means at their disposal. - Are we in His hands for service ? Have we laid at His feet the resources we have? Are we ready to do as He bids? These are the questions that
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