The Red Cloud chief., 1890-12-12

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o0t - tAe mouth Of the cavssns and
having ut ssough grass s.d vooa a
1so - Ill TIE csvoens With smoke sad
stsa1sulatieA the h,Adea people would
eooe forth 10 die; and IL not co0iaa
forth voluntarily. Hsrod'a men vould
pall them out with losg iron hookA ard
Jooophus says that one father rathez
than submit % the attacking army,
0cng bis wife and seven children down
the psscipios and then lssped aftss
them % his Own death.
Nov. 70 Arab oarsmen. row on. fcr
Ne want before noon to land at Caper.
nsum. tho three Year, homo Of Jesus
But before arrival there Ne arc 70 have
. new experience The lake that had
been . smooth surface begins 70 break
mp into roughnesA The air which all
the morning made our sail almost use
lees. suddenly takes hold Of our boat
with . grip astonishing. and our poor
craft begins to roll and pitch and tum-
bla and In 6ve minutes We pass from .
calm % violence. On that lake an At
mospheric fury gives NO warning. and
the change We saw In I've minutes made
feel that tho boat in which Christ
sailed may have been skillfully man
aged. whom the tempest struck it and
the wild importunste cry went up:
lord save rs or We perish!" IL the
winds and the waves had continued TO
increase In violence the following df-
teen minutes in the same ratio. rs In
the first Ave. and we had been still At
their mercy. our bones would have been
bleaching in the bottom OF Lake Cen
nesaret instead Of our being here to tell
the story!
But the same power that rescued the
fishermen Of Old, to-day safely landed
our party. What o Christ for rough
weather! All the sailor boys ought TO
ny to him - did those Galilean mari.
nera All you in the ~forccastle. and ell
you who run up and down the slippery
ratlines. take to sea with you HIM who
with . quiet word sent tho winds back
through the mountain gorgeA
Star Of peaee! beam DER the biiloW
Bless { Q o thas signs for thess
Bless the saiiOr's lonely pihw.
Far. far ut sea"
Here ut C~apcrnaum. the Arabs having
in their arms carried US ashore to the
only place where our Lord ever had .
.pastorate. and We stepped amid the
runs Of the church where lie preached
again and again, the synagogue. whose
rich sculpturing lay there, not Is when
others Zee It in spr.ngtime covered with
weedA and loathsome tn reptiles.
but in that December weather com.
pletely uncovered to our agitated and
intense gaze. On one stone Of that
synagogue is the sculpturing Of q pot
OF mama IN artistic cOmmemoration Of
tho time when the lsraelites were led
BY mamma in the wilderness, and to
which sculpturing no doubt Christ
pointed upward. while He was preach.
ing that sermon on this very spot. in
which bc said: mot as your fathers
did eat ann and aro dead; no that
cateth Of this bread shall live forever"
These Arab tents which on this De-
cember day I nnd in Palestine disappear
and I see Capernsum IS 1t was when
Jesus Was pastor Of the church here.
Look 1t that wealthy home. the archi-
lecture, the marble 'front.' the up
holstery. the slaves in uniform 1T the
It Is the residence Of . cert
Ter Of Herod, probably CLuza by name.
his wife. Joanna . Christian disciple
But something !" the matter. The
slaves are in great excitement and the
courtier living thcre runs down the
IGVtAb oSCp0 Ou0 S0WO0 - OOI % ooO RoSS
him at full run across the country. The
boy of that nobleman is dying Of ty.
phoid fever. All tho doctors have failed
to give relief But about five miles Up
tho country, at Cana, there is . Divine
Doctor. Jesus by name. and the agonized
father has gone for him. and with what
earnestness those can understand who
have had . dying child I'm the house
This courier cries to Christ: Come
down ere my child de-"
While tho father is absent and at I
In the afternoon the people
watch ng the dying boy see q change
In tho countenance and Joanna, tho
mother. on a side Of his couch says:
why. this darling il getting we'll; the
eever has broken; . tho perspirat:on
on his forehead; did any Of you give
him any new kind OF medicine?" NO"
10 tho answer. Tho boy turns on his
his delirium gone, and asks for
to eat and says: where's
father?' Oh, he has gone up to Cana
70 got . young doctor Of about 81 years
Of age. But no doctor Is needed now in
house At Capernaum- The people
look 1t the dial to find what time
Of the day II IL and Q IL 10 Just past
noon and I o'clock. Then they start
out and meet the returning father and
% soon ~ they como within speaking
distance they shout 1t the top Of their
"Your boy ] sgetting we'll" rs
Il possible?" says the father; "when
did tho change for the better take
'One o'c ock. IL the answer.
why" says the eourtier. that 10 just
the hour that Jesus said to me: Thy
liveth.' One o'cloek!"
Do not mix up this = with the angry
shout Christian science but
aecept the doctrine. - old - the Bible,
that God does answer prayer for the
sick. That Capernaum boy val not the