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 given you  again,  aye,  twelve  teeming  baskets  for your humble  loaves  and  tiny  fishes."    With  shame be  it  confessed,  that  the  law  of  satiety  holds  good  in every  creature  of  God  save  man.   The  clouds  rain down  their  surplus  moisture,  and  lea  and  furrow  drink their  fill  and  pass  along  the  residue  to  the  parched plain.    The  blade  and  tree  absorb  but  their  share  of nourishment  from  the  soil,  and  the  well-fed  kine wander  off  leaving  the  manger  unguarded.  Man alone,  though  satisfied,  can  never  be  satiated.  His lust  for  possession  is  all-absorbing.  Possession,  do  I say?    Dominion  rather;  for  the  most  universal  and stubborn  error  the  world  has  ever  known  is  that  men are  absolute  masters  of  all  they  possess.  Such  detestable doctrine  needs  no  refutation.   God  is,  and  His is  the  earth  and  the  fulness  thereof,  and  to  Him  each must  render  account  of  his  stewardship. In the divine plan  all  are  amply  provided  for. The rich from their  riches  may  appropriate  sufficient  for  their needs, "  but  that  which  remaineth,"  says  Christ, " give  alms." By every  right  of  charity  and  justice the world's  superfluous  wealth  belongs  to  the  poor, and to  deny  assistance  in  cases  of  dire  necessity  is  a crime  against  high  heaven. The cry  of  the  poor  for help is  simply  the  voice  of  God  asking  for  His  own. For Christ  identified  Himself  with  them  in  the  words: "Whatsoever you  do  unto  them,  you  do  likewise unto  Me."

Brethren, some  will  call  this  doctrine  communistic, and point  you  to  the  improvidence  and  vices  of  the poor, but  if  to  echo  Christ  is  communistic,  then  Com-