The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-17
ON LAKE GALILEE.
How Storms Break Over the Peace
full Waters.
Jesus, the Divine Doctor, Yet Ready to Re-
spOnd. and Prayer Will he RecOg-
nized In the Materia Medica-
Rev. +. Dewitt Tai
IMAGES Sermon.

Dr. Talmage preached Sunday the
tenth of his series Of sermons on his
Palestine tour, describing his expert
ences on the lake whose waters were
once stilled at the command of Christ.
The text was: "He entered into ship,
and sat in the sea; and the whole null
titude was by the sea on the land."--
Mark w., 1. t
1t is Monday morning in our Palestine
experiences, and the sky is a blue Cali
lee above, as in the boat we sail the blue
Galilee beneath. 1t is thirteen miles long
and six miles wide, but the atmosphere
is so clear it seems as if l could cast a
stone from beach to beach. The lake
looks as though it had been let down on
silver pulleys from the heavens and
were section of the sea of glass that
St John describes as part of the c.
lestial landscape.
Lake Galilee is a depression of 600
feet, in which the River Jordan widens
and tarries little, for the River Jor-
dan comes in at its north side and de-
parts from its south side, so this lake
has its cradle and its grave. Its white
satin cradle is among the SHOWS of Mt.
Hermon, where the Jordon starts. and
its sepulcher is the Dead Sea into which
the Jordan empties. Lake Como Of
Italy, Lake Geneva of Switzerland, Lake
Lomond of Scotland, Lake Winnipesau-
kee Of America, are larger but Lake
Galilee is the greatest diamond that
ever dropped from the finger Of the
clouds, and whether encamped on its
banks, as we were yesterday, and wor-
Shipping at its crystal affairs, or wading
bath solemn as baptism, or now put
ting out upon its sparkling surface in
boat, it is something to talk about and
pray about and sing about, until the
lips with which we now describe it can
neither talk, nor pray. nor sing.
As sometimes beautiful child in
neighborhood has q half dozen pet
names, and some of the neighbors call
her by one name and others by another,
30 this pet lake of the planet has a pro-
fusion Of name. Ask the Arab as he
goes by what this sheet of water is and
he will call it Tabariyeh. Ask Moses
Of the Old Testament and he calls it Sea
Of Chinnereth. Asked Matthew and he
calls it Sea of Galilee. Ask Luke and
he calls 1t Sea Of Gennesaret. Ask John
and he calls it Sea of Tiberias. Ask
Josephus and Eusebius and they have
other names ready. But to me it ap-
pears child Of the sky, star Of the
hills rhapsody of the mountains the
baptismal bowl Of the worlds temple.
the smile of the Great God Many
kinds of fish are found in these waters,
every kind Of tree upon its banks, from
those that grow in the torrid zone to
those in the frigid, from the palm to the
cedar.
OF the $50 war-ships Josephus ma
neuvered on these waters-for Josephus
was q warrior as we'll as historian
there remains not one piece OF hulk,
or one patch of canvass, or one splin-
ter Of an oar. But to return to America
we never will until we have had sail
upon this inland sea. Not from wharf,
but from beach covered with black
and white pebbles we 60 on board boat
OF about ten or twelve tons, to be pro-
PEELED partly by sail and partly by wa
ter. The mast leans so far forward that
it seems about to fall, but we find it was
purposely so built, and the rope through
pulley manages to hoist and let down
the sail. 1t is a rough boat, and as far
as possible removed from Venetian
gondola or aportsman's yacht. With
q common saw and hammer and axe
many Of you could make a better one.
Seven bare-footed Arabs, instead of sit
sing down to their oars, stand as they
always do in rowing and pull away from
shore. insist on helping, for there
is nothing more exhilarating to me
than rowing, but l soon had enough of
the clumsy oars, and the awkward at
tempt at welding them while in stand
ing posture.
We put our overcoats and shawls on a
small deck in the stern of the boat, the
very kind of deck where Christ lay on
fisherman's cot, when Of old tempest
bounced upon fishing smack of the
affrighted disciples Ospreys and wild
duck and kingfishers fly overhead or dip
their wings into the lake, installing it
for fragment Of fallen sky. Can it be
that those Bible stories about sudden
storms on this lake are true? Is it pos
sible that sea of such seeming placid
ity Of temper could ever rise and rage
at the heavens? 1t does not seem as ii
this happy family of elements could
have ever had falling out and the
water strike at the clouds and the clouds
strike at the water.
Pull away, oarsmen! On our right
bank are the hot sulphur baths, so hot
they are scalding and the waters must
cool off long while before hand or foot
can endure their temperature. Volca'
noes have been boiling these waters
for centuries. Four springs roll theiI
resources into two great swimming res
ervoirs. King Herod there tried tC
bathe of the results of excuses, ani
Pliny and Josephus describe the squirt
ings out of these volcanic heats, and
Joshua and Moses knew about them
and this moment long lines of pilgrim!
from all parts of the earth are waiting
for their turn to step into the steaminl
restoratives. Let the boat go as far a.
possible and not run around, hug thu
, western shore OF the lake that we ma.
see the citysof Tiberias, once grea
, capital, of the architecture of which
. few mosaics, and fallen pillars and ped
estals. and here and there broken an,
shattered frieze remain, nightly sug
gestive OF the time when Herod Antipa