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'Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3.
'The Floridians ... have an herb dried, who, with a cane and an earthen cup in the end, with fire and the dried herbs put together, do suck through the cane the smoke thereof, which smoke satisfieth their hunger, and therewith they live four or five days without meat or drink.
When we think of the hungry hearts that all men carry, and how true it is that even the wisest and the holiest of us are 'spending our money for that which is not bread, and our labour for that which satisfieth not'; when we think of how the choicest foods that life can provide, even for the noblest hunger of noble hearts, are too often to us but as a feeding on ashes that will leave grit between the teeth and a foul taste upon the palate, surely it is blessed to think that we may, after all life's disappointments, cherish the hope of a perfect fruition, and that yonder, if not here, it will be fully true that 'God never sends mouths but He sends meat to feed them. That is not so in this world, for we all carry hungers which impel us forward to nobler living, and which it would not be good for us to have satisfied here.
"Too long," said Holden, "did I wander in the paths of sin, and in forgetfulness of my God, and my youth was wasted in that which satisfieth not, neither doth it profit. My heart was very hard, and it rose up in rebellion against the Lord. Yet I heeded not; and, like Nebuchadnezzar, my mind was hardened in pride, continually.
And if we are really hungry for righteousness, if we want to be good, as a thirsty man wants water, if, as Jesus says of himself, our meat is to do the will of Him who sends us, then that demand also will be supplied. "He satisfieth the longing soul," says the Psalmist, "and filleth the hungry soul" not with success, or money, or fame, but with that which the soul was hungry for "with goodness."
It is 'that which satisfieth not. 'Broken cisterns which hold no water. V. A service which is life or a service which is death. The dark forebodings of the text grow darker as it goes on.
Because he gave wine to the wedding-guests, shall man dig a pit at the corner of every street, that the poor may fall therein, spending their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that which satisfieth not?
With that bread we shall be satisfied, and with it only, for the husks of the swine are no food for the Father's son, and we 'spend our money for that which is not bread, and our labour for that which satisfieth not, if we look anywhere else than to the Paschal Lamb slain for us for the food of our souls. III. The Christian life is a continual purging out of the old leaven.
When the costly and elaborate supper is on the table excuses arrive; even if the supper is crowded, the daughters remain upon hands. How strikingly does she exemplify the strong expression of "laboring in the fire for very vanity" "of giving her money for that which is not bread, and her labor for that which satisfieth not!" After spending the day at Mrs.
"'Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: "'Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; "'Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies. "'Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." Never was there a grace so full of grace before.
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