Sermon by the Rev. James H. Lamb, D. D., Chaplain of the St. Andrew's Society

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Excerpt from Sermon by the Rev. James H. Lamb, D. D., Chaplain of the St. Andrew's Society: Delivered at Old David's on the Occasion of the Annual Visit of the Society to St. David's, June 8, 1913Delivered at Old David's on the occasion of the annual visit of the Society to St. David's, June 8, 1913.St. John 6: 8, 9. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said unto jesus, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?The feeding of the five thousand is the one miracle related by all four of the Evangelists. The constant pressure of the multitudes of people who were continually coming to see Him, rendered it necessary that the little company should recover the tone of their spirits by a brief period of rest and solitude. So He said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest awhile. And they departed by boat privately. But the multitudes would not let Him rest, noticing the direc tion the boat had taken, they thronged after Him, running on foot round the northern shore. When jesus saw them, sad and weary as He was, He could not turn them away, for they had no leader. His heart was moved with a great longing to bless them, and He went among them and taught them many things, preaching to them of the kingdom Of Heaven and heal ing their sick.Evening came on, and still the multitudes lingered, charmed by His healing voice and compassionate words. The disciples came to Him and suggested that He should send the people away, as they were beginning to suffer from lack of food. Jesus answered, They need not depart, it is for you to give them something to Indeed jesus' thoughtful compas sion had been suggested to Philip earlier in the day, when He asked him, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.