View source for Toys & playthings of the religious baby-house

'''Back to [[Man's religion & God's religion]]'''
----
<p><br>
<em>&quot;I will feed My flock.&quot;</em> Ezekiel 34:15<br><br>
The only real food of the soul must be of God's own appointing, preparing, and communicating. You can never deceive a hungry child. You may give it a plaything to still its cries. It may serve for a few minutes—but the pains of hunger are not to be removed by a doll. A toy horse will not allay the cravings after the mother's milk. <br><br>So with babes in grace. A hungry soul cannot feed upon playthings. Altars, robes, ceremonies, candlesticks, bowing's, mutterings, painted windows, intoning priests, and singing men and women—<em>these dolls and wooden horses—</em>these<strong>toys and playthings of the religious baby-house </strong>, cannot feed the soul that, like David, cries out after the living God. Christ, the bread of life, the manna that came down from heaven<em>—</em>is the only food of the believing soul. (John 6:51)