But did you ever stop to cons
bow long this supply of meal and
lasted'.' Just as long as the fan
lasted. Xo moro, no less. No soi
did tho rain descend upon the e
and the orchards began to give f
their fruits and the gardens their v
tallies and the holds their harv
than this miraculous supply of
stopped as suddenly as the mann
the wilderness ,?. ased when the
dren of Israel passel over th,- ,ioi
Into tho promised land. When
can help himself God always ext
him so to do. God never takes cai
a man who ls not willing to help
caro of himself.
Methinks 1 can hear ti eouvorsr
between two hr/.y men of the tart
ish army the day after they had pa
over into the promised land. Jo
was sending forth his foraging pa
to provide food for the encampt
"Oh," says one of these men tc
Other, "there may bo lots of rich gi
around here and lots of deer and I
but I guess I will uot hunt after I
Hunting always makes me tired. C
let's zo out and get the manna.
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