Sharp County record., 1890-01-16
oEACE! BE STILL"
Rev. r. Dewitt Talmage Preachee
at Capernamal'
The .tormy Passage of the Sea OF 'I"i'ie'
Lened to the storms that ArlSe
in Our Li,es-Christ Can sun
the Wind and Waves

taking for his texts
ErErcd into a ship ard went over the SC e"
;owrd Capernaum.-John W., l." d
AMI He arose and rcbuked the "Ihu anu
;be ea.-Mark iv., 80.
HIRE in this seashore village was Vilo
temporary home of that Christ VINO Lor m
tbemost of His life was homeless Oh
81 site Of this village, now IN ruins
Y I'd all around this lake, what scenes
If kindness and power, and glory ana
patAos when our Lord lived here' ~
has been the wish of my life-l can noV
,avbope, for l never expected the PRIV
ileea-to stand on the banks of Galllee'
Whit a solemnity and what a rapture
TO hrhere. | can now understand Vhe
feeling of the immortal Scotchmah'
Robert McCheyne, when, sitting Oh Uho
banks of this lake, he wrote:
It's not that the wild gazelle
Comes down to drink thy tide'
But lie that was pierced to save from no'i
Oft wandered by thy side.
Graceful around thee the mountains meet
thou calm reposing sea-
Bvt ali far more. the beautiful feet
Of Jesus walked DER thee.
lean now easily understand from the
contour of the country that bounds thlS
lake that storms were easily tempted to
make these waters their playground.
From the gently way this lake treated
our boat when we sailed on it yesterday,
one would have thought it incapable OF
paroxysm of rage, but it vas quite
different on both occasions spoken OF IN
mvtwo texts. | close my eyes, and the
shore of Lake Galilee as it now is with
but little signs of human life, dlsap-
pears. and there comes back to my vision
the lake as it was in Christ's time. 1t
lay in a scene of great luxurialce. Inc
surrounding hills, terraced, sloped'
grooved, so many hanging gardens o.
beauty. On the shore were castles,
armed towers, Roman baths, every
thing attractive and beautiful-all
STYLES of vegetation in shorter space
than in almost any other space in all
the world, from the palm tree of the
forest to the trees of rigorous climate.
1t seemed as if the Lord had launcke ed
one wave of beauty on all the scene
and it hung and swung from rock and
hill and oleander. Roman gentlemen
in pleasure boats sailing this lake, and
countrymen in fish smaCks coming doWI
to drop their nets, pass each other WIFI
nod and shout and laughter, or swing
ing idly at their moorings. 0, what
beautiful scene! 1t seems as If we shal
have a quiet night. Not leaf winkec
in the air, not ripple disturbed the
face of Gennesaret, but there seems to
beoa little excitement up the beach, anC
saste-' &. see what it is, and we fine
FROM the Western shore flotills
pushing out; not squadron, or deadly
armament nor clipper with valuable
merchandise, nor piratic vessels read.
to destroy every thing they could seize
but fotilla bearing messengers o
light, and life, and peace. Christ Is il
the front of the boat His disciples ar,
in smaller boat. Jesus, weary will
much speaking to large multitudes, i
put into somnolence by the rocking of tn
waves. If there was any motion at al
the ship was easily righted; If the win
passed from starboard to larboard, o
from larboard to starbpard, the boa
would rock, and by the gentleness Of tn
motion putting the Master asleep. AM
they extemporize pillow made out of
fisherman's coat | think no sooner i
Christ PROSTATE, and His head touche
the pillow, than lie is sound asleep
The breezes of the lake run their fin
gers through the locks of the worl
sleeper, and the boat rises and falls lill
a sleeping child on the bosom of SLEEP
ing mother.
Calm night, starry night beautiful
night. Run up all the sails, ply all tn
oars, and let the large boat and tn
small boat glide over Gennesaret. Blu
the sailors say there is going to be
change of weather. And even the pas
sengers can hear the moaning of tn
storm, as it comes with great stride, ant
all the terrors of hurricane and dark
ness. The large boat trembles like
deer at bay among the Clangor of tn
hounds; great patches of foam are tlunI
into the air; the sails of the vesse
loosen, and the sharp winds crack lik
pistols; the smaller boats like petrol
poise on the cliffs of the waves and thel
plunge. Overheard 60 cargo, tackin2
and maSts, and the drenched disciple!
rush into the back part of the boat, anC
Law hold of Christ, and say unto Him:
Master, carest Thou not that we per
ish?"
That great parsonage lifts His heaC
from the pillow Of the fisherman's coat
walks to the front of the vessel, an,
looks out into the storm. All arounC
Him are the smaller boats, driven in tn
tempest, and through it comes the or,
of drowning men. BY the flash Of tn,
lightning l see the calm brow Of Chris
as the spray dropped from His beard
He has one word for the sky and an
other for the waves. Looking upwar,
He cries:
Peace
Looking downward He says:
'Be STILL"
The waves fell fiat on their faces, tn
foam melts, the extinguished stars re
light their torches. The tempest fall
dead, and Christ stands with His feet o,