"Jesus answered them and said, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw
the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not labor for the food which
perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you,
because God the Father has set His seal on Him.'" (John 6:26-27)
"The early church prayed in the upper room; the twentieth century church cooks in the supper
room. Today, the supper room has taken place of the upper room, play has taken the place of
prayer, and feasting the place of fasting. There are more full stomachs than there are bended knees
and broken hearts. There is more fire in the range in the kitchen than there is in the pulpit. When
you build a fire in the church kitchen, it often puts out the fire in the pulpit. Ice cream chills the
fever of spiritual life." (From Gospel Advocate, May 30, 1935)
Someone has rightly said, "When people are offered ice cream, tea, and fried chicken as enticement to attend worship services, you will find that those people are as cold as the ice cream, weak as the tea, and as dead as the chicken!"