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''"And Jesus,  seeing  the  multitudes,  had  compassion  on them,  and  said  to  His  disciples:  Give  ye  them  to  eat" — Matt. xiv. 14, 16.

Ex. : I.   Argument  for  Divinity. II. Christ's magnetism.

I. Christ's  goodness:  1. Hardships and  disappointments. 2. Uncharitable  rich. 3. Philip's  protest.

II. Postprandial: 1. Why gather  fragments? 2. Man  insatiable. 3. Superfluous  wealth.

III. Objections :  1. Vices of  poor. 2. Miseries  of  poor. 3. Three  Gospel  millionaires.

Per. : 1.  Kings  Jesus  and  Herod. 2. Sequel. 3. True  fame and reward.

Brethren, in  the  miraculous  multiplication  of  the loaves and  fishes  I  see  many  lessons  as  beautiful  as they  are  useful. I find  there  an  answer  to  the  modern infidel who  impugns  Christ's  divinity. When the Greek painter  Apelles  visited  the  studio  of  the  artist Protogenes during  the  latter's  absence,  he  simply drew on  the  canvas  a  single  line  of  such  exquisite delicacy and  proportions  that  on  returning  and  seeing it, Protogenes  immediately  exclaimed:  "  Apelles hath  been  here,  for  by  one  hand  alone  could  that  have been  executed." In the  stupendous  miracle  to-day recorded, the  people  seeing  unmistakably  the  hand  of God,  cried:  "  This  is  indeed  the  Promised  One — the Messias" — and  they  hailed  Him  as  their  King.