St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-23
SIMON PETERS RESOLUTION.
~ Go A-Fishing "---Rev. M. ID.
Shutters Interpretations,

I" Go Arising "---Rev. M. ID.
Shutters interpretation.
The congregation of the Church of
the Redeemer held services yesterday
morning in the First Unitarian church.
Rev. Marion ID. Shutter preached the
sermon from the words of Peter, 81 Go
a-fishing." The following is a synop-
sis: Let us recall the circumstances.
Jesus had been crucified. Sorrow fills
the breasts of the disciples. The gloom
of midnight has settled upon their
minds. What picture can be more pa
thetic than that of the disconsolate lit
tie group, standing huddled together
upon the shores of Tiberiasl The 81
lence was broken by Simon Peter. His
good sense triumphed. He exclaimed,
81 go a-fishing." The others answered
almost mechanically, no doubt: "That's
the best that can be done; we also 60
with thee" There was no other direc-
ton in which they could go.
There was nothing else to do.
So down to the sea they went.
We can imagine what they thought.
"Our principalities and kingdoms have
vanished. The twelve thrones for
erected. No more of these rosy visions.
He upon whose promise we relied has
gone. Our cid occupation is all that is
left" The world was very empty to
those poor Galileans as they trudged
over the sands on the SeashOre. But
back they went. Down to the sea.
There. at least, was something real and
tangible. The sea had not failed them.
whatever change had come over the
spirit of their dreams. The waves of
Galilee were blue as ever and quite as
inviting. There was great refuge from
their doubts and distress in the influ-
ence of that very sea. Far from the ex.
cited city, freed from their own feverish
thoughts, they could be rocked as of old
upon the familiar pillows, while the
friendly stars looked down in sympathy.
Perhaps by the morrow the GOODNESS of
the breeze and the peace of the great
deep and the calm of Judea's beStormed
sky will bring clearer thought to the
troubled brain. 1t is no wonder that i'm
our own day so many are leaving the
subtleties of metaphysics, the absurd
tiles of theology, the whole realm of
prOftless speculation, and are devoting
their attention to the study of nature.
zone impulse from vernal wood
May teach you more of man.
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages cam
But there was something more than
the sea and its influence. There was
work to do. Whatever was true or un-
true about their fancied kingdom. the
homely tasks of everyday life are left.
There were their humble duties. There
could be no mistake about these. Many
people have censured Peter and his
comrades for that resolution, have called
them unspiritual, and said that they
might better have held day of fasting
and prayer, or gone to searching the
old records and prophecies for light.
But, in spite of all censure, that was a
most manly and sensible resolve. What
solution there was for the doubts and
fears of those disciples must come to
them along the path of duty. And so it
TRANSFERRED. After that night of toll,
though the morning twilight upon the
| Sea of Galilee dawned one fairer than
the sun. They saw vision of their
Lord. For you and me also must the
beatific vision rise upon seas of toll in
| the midst Of common duties.