The morning news., 1897-08-30
MASTER OF WIND AND WAVE.
CuRIST's POWER TO CALM LIFE'S
GREAT STORMS.

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and there arose great storm OF wind
Ana the wind ceased aul there was a
are,t calm
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tltDE OF a i4HNt Jus AIiiAti'N-
II seemed as If the Lord had launched
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oleandor Roman gentlemen in pleasure
boats sailing the lake. ana countrymeu in
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nets, pass each olhef win hod anu 9io"'
and laughter. or swinging idly az their
noorinrs ON. what a wonderful. what a
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u seems as il we shan nave quiet hsht'
Not a leaf winkcd in The air; not a ripple
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there seems 10 ne i''''e ''' 'p
the beach, and we hasten TO see what II
is and We hnd il an embarkation.
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ment nor clipper with valuable merehan-
disc nor nirattc vessels ready to destroy
.vervtbing they could seize. but "a hotlla.
hearing messengers of life and LIGHT. and
peace Christ is in the front of the boat.
IJiq discinles are in a smaller boat. Jesus,
weary with much spealling to large multi
tndes 10 nut into somuolence by The rock
ipe, ~ tbe waves If there was any motion
a. OH Tho shin was easily righted: if the
wind passed from one side. from the star
hoard ia tbe larboard. or from the lar
hoard 10 tbe starboard the boat would
rock and nv the gentlcncss of the motion
,rtting tho master asleep. And they ex-
temporized a pillow made out of a fisher
,nan's coat think no sooner is Christ
prostrate and his head touching the pill
low than ne is sound asleep. The breezes
Of the lake run their fingers through the
locks of the worn sleeper. and the boat rs-
es ana fails like a sleeping child on the
boeom of a sleeping mother
Calm night starry night beautiful
piebt Run up an the sails. Div all the oars.
and lei the large boat and the small boat
glide over gentle Gennesaret But the
sailors saw there is going 20 be change
Of weather. And even the passengers can
hear the moanfnc of the storm as it
comes on with long stride with all the
terrors of hurricane and darkness. The
large boat trembles like a deer at bay
trembling among the clangor of the
hounds: great patches of foam are flung
into che air: the sails of the vessels loos-
en- and the sharp winds crack like pistols:
the smaller boats like petrels poise on the
clf of the waves and then plunge over
hoard 90 cargo. tackling and masts and
the drenched disciples rush into the back
mart of the boat and Law hold of Christ,
and saw unto aim: Master. carest thou
not that we perish?" That great parsonage
lifts his head from the pillow Of the fish
ermaD's coat walks to the front OF the
vessels. and looks out into the storm. All
around him are the smaller boats. driven
I'm the tempest. ana through it comes the
cry of drowning men. BY the flash of the
lightning l see the calm brow of Christ as
the sprav dropped from his beard lie has
one word for the sky. and another word
for the waves. Looking upward he cries,
"Peacer' Looking downward he says. BE
still"
The waves fan nat on their faces. the
foam melts. the extinguished stars re-
LIGHT their torches. The tempest falls
dead. and Christ stands with his foot on
the neck of tho storm. And while the
sailors are baiine out the boats. and
while they are irving to uutangle the
cordage. the disciples stand in amaze
nent. now looking into the calm sea. then
into the calm sky. then into the calm of
the Saviour's cotiutenance. and they cry
ont. '.yVhat manner of man is this. that
even the winds and the sea obey him2'
The subject In the first place impresses
me with the fact that il Is very important
TO nave Christ I'm the shin. for ali those
boats would have zone To the bottom OF
Genros8ret II Christ had not been present.
on what a lesson FOR Won ana for me TO
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