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The Five Thousand

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 28, 1903

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 30.

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The Five Thousand

By John T. Stone

“Send them away, this countless throng, That they may all be fed; For night comes on, and no one here Hath either meat or bread.” Thus spake the twelve, but not the Christ; For he in love replied, “Give ye to eat, my chosen ones, And let them here abide.”
“Kind Master, how shall we supply Their hungry mouths with meat? Two hundred pennyworth would scarce Provide enough to eat.” But in the multitude there moved A lad unknown and poor, Whose fish and bread the Saviour used To show his mighty power.
All seated on the ground, the throng Beheld the mighty deed. Apostles, from God’s ample store, Supplied their every need, The children, too, his thought con- trolled, And none were sent away; For every soul was satisfied Ere sank the light of day.
The world about us everywhere Has many a desert spot Where souls are hungering for God’s food, And lo, they find it not; O, let us heed the Saviour’s voice, And answer him in love, With willing hearts and eager hands Bring blessings from above!
— John T. Stone, in Christian Work and Evangelist.