Newark post., 1910-03-09

/. 1t was quiet. There was no blus- |
ter: no appel to the creduity OF men;
no attempt to call attention to himself |
? 1t was effective The lake grew
calm The demonized men were left
sane, harmless men.
3. 1t made men wonder. 1t aroused
opposition and fear.
These are still characteristics OF the
power manifested bv jesuS among men.
\ CLOSER STUDY.
vs.. 20. The city OF Caperraum was
on The seashorc. Jeter and James
seem to have been owners OF boats.
SO Jesus could 60 upon the Sea OF
Galiee when he chose. He loved the
sea think he was on It much oftencr
than we know.
Weary OF the work OF the city he
sought the refuge OF the mountains be-
yond the Sea OF Gaii'ee.
The boat was rot large like our
ships. or sloops, but was large enough
to carry the Master and his twelve
Four OF them knew how to sail the
craf,, and they sailed eastward over
the sea.
vs. 81 Some one wrote poem
called "Asccp on a Pillow" 1t de-
scritcd Jesus crossing the sea in this
boat: Two Ines were as follows:
"Ihey err who tell Us Jesus wept,
.And never tell lis Jesus slept"
That brings him close The weary
= Jesus asleep in the rude sailboat on
the tossing sea. That was a strange
cradle. | wonder ii any still remember
the song, Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deep That lake among the noun
tains was liable to sudden, dangerous
storms because of rav;nes on the east
ern side ard cross currents of wind
The lake was six or seven milse wide
and the yOiumc OF water was enough
to make it very dangerous to fishing
boats.
Here is light on the character o
Jesus. Weary, worn out doing good
to others, he sleeps in the tempest.
vs.. 25. Here is a mixture OF lea,
and faith and ignorance. They hat
doubtless done their best to save tn,
boat That was right Their fear!
overcome th,m at last Unless Go,
saved them none could. Then som,
one thinks Jesus can save us He il
the Son OF God, So they wake hin
with their prayer. That was faith Blu
il some one had said, Let him sleep
He will save us. We cannot perisl
with him on. board, it would have bee,
the finest testimony they could hay
given Of faith in his power.
vs.. 20. He walked. His first ad
dress was to them. Fearful? Why
Am not here2 And yet you have
little faith 1t was both reproach an,
commentator. More tahh, less fca
would be great motto COR lie.
He spoke to them before he aros,
How like Jesus His first thought wa
to cheer his chosen.
Then he rebuked the storm. Thq
must have sounded strangely. But Ill
wind heard and ceased to blow :. h
Watrr heard and cea ,c;i - ,oll The
the.e was = great calm,
iu the tempest oi lie If 5oa hav
Christ ON board you need not fear II
is still able, mighty and willing to save
VS. p. The men marvciled Prot
ably the men OF the crew Or pcrhar
ony his twelve But they who wake
him expected he would save then
They did not know how he would
it, but they believed he could. 1t wa
no wonder they were astonished wh'
cher crew or disciples.
lad the wild ears? Had the wat,
ears? How could they hear his sa
peace. be still?
But they obcyed What manner
MANI" The God Man The Man
God. The divine ruler of earth, a
sea Read lsaiah( chapter 40. Il
holdeth the waters in the hollow OF il
hand
Us aS The boat made shore on y
east side OF the sea. The country WI
mountainous The Gadarenes, or Ge
sesenes, inhabited it. There were v
lagos here and there Much land +
grazing was there. One great tract W
flied with swine feeding Evident
there was market for this sort of 70,
somewhere. Two men possessed wi
devils met him There has been mu
study of this subject Of demoniz