The Red Cloud chief., 1890-01-03
THE MARRIAGE AT N
Christs Miracle Of Turning WsSsr
Into Wine.

ooSWOa ~ Rev. =. IN witt Ta1maeoA -.
Iivsred Upss tie Historic sros-
The 1Isssoas Of the nGsr.
sisgs Feast.
Cana Of Galiiee was ono Of the points
visited by Rev. r. DcWitt Tsimage In
the Holy Land, and tho following dis.
coune was on his programme for do.
livery there, founded on the tcxt:
Thou hast kept the good ! until now
John l., 10.
Standing not fer OF from the dcmoi.
ishcd town Of what was once called Cana
Of Gslilee, ! bcthink myself Of our Lords
irst manhood miracle, which has boon
tho a~ston!Shment Of tho ages. My visit
last week 10 that place makes vivid In
my mind that beautiful occurrence In
Christ's ministry. My text brings us TO
. wedding In that village. 1t IL . we'd.
ding In common life. two plain people
having pledged each other. hand and
heart. and their friends having como In
for congratulation. Tho Joy 10 not tho
less because there Is no prctension. In
each other they ind oil tho future they
"SUs' u uWbSy W tUS CuU OU INV
table may moan ~ much ~ q score Of
artistic garland, fresh from tho hot
house. When . daughter goes on from
home with nothing but q plain fathers
blessing and q plain mothers love, she
IL missed as much % though sho were q
Princess. II scems hard, after tho par.
ents have sheltered her for eighteen
years, that In . few short months her
affections should have boon carried OH
by another; but mother remembers how
II WAS In hcr " case when she was
young. and NO she braces up until tho
wedding has passed. and the banquctcrs
ore gone, and she has . good cry all
alone.
Wcll. We nre to-day at the wedding In
Cana Of Calico. Jesus aiui His mother
have boon invited. II II evident that
thcrc are moro people there than wcrc
expected. Either some people have
come who wcrc not invited, or more In.
vitations have been sent out than II was
supposed would be accepted. ~ coursc
there IL not enough supply of wine. You
know that there In nothing more cmbar.
RAISING to y housekccper than . scant
supply. Jesus q @ tho embarrassment
and lie IN up immediately to relieve
II. lie sccs standing six water potS.
lilo orders the servants to al thcm with
water, then waves His hand ovor the
water, and Immediately Il IL wino--rcal
wine. Taste Of IL, and sec for yourself;
no logwood In II, no s~trychnino In IL,
but first.rAtc wine.
will not now be diverted TO tho qucs.
ton No often discussed In my own coun-
try--whethcr II 10 right To drink vino.
am describing tho sccnc ~ Il was.
When God makes wine He makes the
worry best wine, and ono hundred and
thirty gallons Of II standing around In
these water pots vino 40 good that tho
ruler Of tho feast txstcs Il and says:
"why. this 10 really bettcr than any
thing We have had! Thou has kept tho
good vino until now" Beautiful mira.
ole! A prise was offered TO tho person
who should write tho best essay about
the miracle In Cana. Long manuscripts
were presented In tho competition. but
. poet won the prise by just this ono
line descriptive Of tho miracle.
The uncon scious water saw IL God and
bluahcd.
We learn from this miracle, In tho
first place, that Christ has sympathy
with hOusckecpcr~. You might have
thought that Jesus would have said: II
can not bc bothered with this household
deficiency Of wine. ltis not for me. Lord
Of Heaven, Of earth, to become caterer
u this feast. have vastcr things than
this N Attcnd TO-" Not ID said Jesus.
Tho wine gave out, and Jesus, by mirac-
ulous power. cAmc 10 the rescue. Does
there over como y scant supply In your
household? Have you 10 mako q very
close calculation? Ia II hnri work for
you u carry on things ~dcccntly and ~.
specially? II NO, don't ait down and
cry. Don't W out and fret; but 20 u
Him who stood In tho house In Cana Of
Galllce. Fray In tho pArlor! Fray In
the Kitchen! Lot there bc no room In
oil your houae u~ncOnsccrAted by the
voice II prayer. II you have . micro
scope. put undcr Il n drop Of wxtcr
and see tho insccta floating about. and
whom you 400 that God mAkos them,
and carcs for them. and iceds them,
come 70 tho conclusion that Ito will take
care Of you and feed you. oh. W OF little
fAithl
A hoy asked II he might sweep tho
snow from the steps of . house. Tho
lady Of the household said; "Yca, you
seem very poor"
ik says; II am very poor"
She says: Don't you sometimes got
discouraged. and fecl thAt'0od IL going
u let you starveT"
The lad looked up In the woman. Taco
and said: "lh you think God will lot
me stArvc. whom ! trust Him. and then
d. the beat l camp Enough theology
for older people. Trust In God and do
thc best you can. Amidst all the worri.
ucnts Of housekeeping w to Him; lis
viii help you ~ control your temper,
and supervise your domesticA, and en-.
tcrtatu your guests, and manage your
homo economies. There Nm hundreds
Of women, weak, and nervous, and OF.
hAustcd with the carcA Of housekeeping.
commend you Ia the Lord Jesus Christ
~ the host adviser and tho most cta.
cient Aid-the Lord jesus who par.
formed 1Ita tirst miracle 10 relieve 4