The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-12-03

tunatc cry went up Lord save US or We
perish?" had all along that morning
been reading from the New Testament
the story OF occurrences on and around
that lake. But our Bible was closed
now, and it was much as we could do tc
hold fast and wish for the land. II the
winds and the waves had continued to
Increase in violence the following
fifteen minutes in the same ratio, as
In the first FIVE, and we had boon still
st their mercy our bones would have
been bleaching in the bottom OF Lake
Gennesaret 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 Christ
for rough weather! All the sailor boys
ought to fly to him as did those Galilean
mariners. All you In the forecastle,
and all you who run up and down the
slippery ratlines, take to sea with you
Him who with quiet word sent the
wind back through the mountain gorges.
Some OF you Jack Tars to whom these
words will come noed to ''tack ship"
and change your course II you are going
to get across the sea Of life safely, and
gain the heavenly harbor. Belay there!
Ready about! Helms a-lee! Mainsail
haul! You have too valuable q cargo
on board to run into the Goodwins or
the Skerries
Star OF peace beam DER the billow,
Bless the soul that signs for thee:
Bless the sailors lonely pillow,
Far, far at sea-"
Here at Capornaum, the Arabs having
in their arms carried us ashore to the
only place where our Lord ever had e
pastorate, and we stepped amid the ruins
Of the church, where lie preached again
and again, and again, tho synagogue,
whose rich sculpturing lay there, not
as when others see 1t in spring-time COW
cred with weeds, and loathsome with
reptiles, but in that December weather
completely uncovered TO our aoitated
and intense gaze. On one stone OF that
synagogue is the sculpturing Of pot Of
mama, an artistic commemoration of
the time when the Israeli,es were fed
by mama in the wilderness, and to
which sculpturing, no doubt, Christ
pointed upward, while he was preach
ing that sermon on THE very spot, in
which He said: "Not as your fathers did
cat mama and are dead; he that esteth
OF this bread shall live forever" Won
dorful Capernaum! Scene OF more
miracles than any place in all the earth!
Blind eyes kindling with the morning.
Withered arms made to pulsate. Lepers
blooming into health. The dead girl
reanimated.
These Arab tont5 which on this De-
cember day / find in Palestine, disap-
pear, and l see Capernaum as It was
when Jesus was pastor OF the church
here. Look at that wealthy home, the
the marble front, the up
holstery, tho slaves in uniform at the |
doorway. 1t Is the residence of a
courier OF Herod, probably Chuza by
name, his wife Joanna, Christian dis
ciple. But something is the matter.
The slaves are in great excitement, and
tho courtier living there runs down the
'front.' steps and takes horse and puts
1im at full run across the country. The
boy OF that nobleman is dying OF typhoid
ever. All the doctors have failed TO
,ive relief. But about Ave miles up the
country, at Cana, there Is divine doc.
or, Jesus by name, and tho agonized
ather has gone for him, and with what
'arnestness those can understand who
ave had = dying child in the house.
This courtier cries to Christ: Come
own ere my child die!"
While the father is absent, and at one
'clock in the afternoon, the people
Watching the dying boy see a change in
he countenance, and Joanna, the
iother, on one sido Of the couch SAYS:
Why, this darling Is getting we'll; the
ever has broken; see the 'perspira.
lon on his forehead; did any OF you give
i'm any new kind OF medicine?" no"
J the answor. The boy turns on his pil.
DIV, his delirium gone, and asks for
omething to eat, and says: where's
ltherP" o, he has gone up to Cana
} get young doctor Of about thirty-oHe
ears OF age. Bat no doctor is needed
ow in this house OF Capernaum.
he people look at the sun dial TO find
hat time OF the day 1t is, and see it Is T.
lst past noon, and one o'clock. Then
hey start out and meet the returning /,
ither and as soon as they come within
peaking distance they shout at the TOP
their voices: "Your boy is getting
ell" "Is 1t possible?" says the
Ithdr. when did the change for the y
otter take placer" ''0ne o'clock" "a
10 answer. why" says tho coulter, :
that is just the hour that Jesus said tc
10. THY son liveth." One o'clock 3
AS they gather at the evening meal 2
hat gladness on all the countenance, !
! that homo at Capernauml The mother, q
oanna, has not had sleep for many 9
Ights and she now falls of into de. 8
ghtful slumber. The nather, Chuza, !
10 Herodian courtier, worn out with U
ixiety rs well as by the rapid journey v
and from Cana, Is soon In restful un.
'nsciousness. Joanna was Christian v
'fore, but warrant she was more OF Q
nristian afterward. Did the father II
iuza, accept the Christ who had cured Y
IS boy? Is there In all tho earth u
lrent 30 ungrateful for tho GONZALES q
nee or restoration Of an imperilled q
lid as not TO go into room and kneel Ii
'wn and make surrender to the al
ighty love that came to the rescue. D
Do not mix up this case with the O
Igry discussions about Christian c,
ience, but accept the doctrine, as old II
tho Bible, that God does answer b
aver for the sick. That Capernaum o.
y was not the only illustration OF the IN
ct tfat prayer is mightier than a ty. d
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