Today we read gospel concerning Christ's feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes, recorded by all the four Evangelists .
First we read about the tender compassion of our Lord Jesus towards those who thus followed him, v. 14. 1 . None like Christ for pity to souls; His compassions fails not.
He did not only pity them, but He helped them; many of them were sick, and He, in compassion to them, healed them; for He came into the world to be the great Healer.
After awhile, they were all hungry, and He, in compassion to them, fed them.
Christ all along expressed more tenderness toward the people than His disciples did; for what are the compassions of the most merciful men, compared with the tender mercies of God in Christ? They need not depart . Those who have Christ have enough, and need not depart to seek a happiness and livelihood in the creature .
We must see this miracle as an emblem of the Bread of life, which came down from heaven to sustain our perishing souls .
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