The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-01
Tia. Vision in the Storm-The Inter-
rational Sunday School Lesson for
October 6 Is, +Jesus Walking on the
Sca.'-Mark 6:A5-56.
tBy WILLIAM II. r.

O>CUo SAAhAAs Oi the
Sca."-Mark 6:45-56.
tBy WILLIAM L. ELLIS.)
Sow that 1t has become the vogue
for politicians to use the phraseology
and incidents Of the Bible, we turn
~.th new zcst to one of the great
|stnrirs. fun Of interest, suggestiveness
ana ,omfort. from the book that has
contributed most to human thinking.
)ui iay seems to h, Q 111fed time
t;p many persona but there is a
Na'"n rislns IN the tempest: and this
ale 81 how the Deliverer appeared
2at-i tie trn3hla1 Natnrs for the help
81 some baffled tOilers has greater
oertin"ncy for our own time han may
A. ti5t appeal
Tie Leader Who Kept His Head.
pom II slope in the northeastern
;ii. ~ the little sheet Of water called
h" sea Of Galilee-a lake only twelve
! niles 'onB by seven wide, which is yet
better known to civilization than any
81 the seven seas-Jesus had per
-rrrucd one Of his greatest miracles,
! IL" ieeding of the five Thousand. Car
led way by the vision Of easy pros
D"Tj;T and OF someone who would
,rp"iie them bread withou work, the
~rii7tilled rabble were eager to make
Han King. The popular clamOr was
tremendous. The ovation was 50
real and enthusiastic that the OBJ
jet OF il all might easily have thought
that the whole world had been stirred
in Ills behalf. or course the outcry
was merely that Of a few selfish coun
~s.lipis who sought their own ends
nor. than His honor.
To keep His judgement steady. to
prcserye His bearings and to make
sur Of His perspective, ne Hero of
al this acclaim went off apart from
people that lie might think things
through. He sent off His immediate
followers and the multitude whom
n He had fed. This was no time for
human counsel; one of the great
fe hour had come to Jesus when the
\ soul must be alone with the Father,
So We lind Him apart in he noun
tain praying. The spectacle is one
TO be contemplated with reverent
4 awe. The soul rises to its subiin1est
heights in its hours Of solitude. The
compassionate Christ in the midst OF
the multitude is the tan2iiar figure
that 1t Is most in our minds, but W.
do not understand this Alright unless
W. remember also the vision Of tbs
CHRIST alone in His hours Of medita,
uon, ,omrnufNon and prayer.
.hc Followers in Trouble.
GIt r~'agnetic man prominent il
the public life Of the United State:
n generation ago was thWarted il
his Highest ambitions and went to al
embittered grave because the people
had discovered that he was essen
TALLY selfish and thought only of hi;
own interest. Had he put the wei
fare Of h people first his nam.
would probably have been added t
the roll Of presidents. The true lead
ar must think Of the people: tina
Is his qualification for leadership
We see in the case Of Jesus that n
soul struggle was SO great that n
could not watch over the affairs 0
His handfu of friends who at tn
m hat He was on the noun
tain in lofty devotion were struggling
Wit thh w ~ q nrNor coo
There are no concerns of HEAVIER
~ nigh as to divert Coos interes
from individual human souls. Tina
Is the heart of the Christian gospel
that is the message borne to us from
this record of the Christ who hasten
ed from the int top Of praye
To me turbulent waters where HI
friends labOred in fear and distress
Although it was three hours pas
Midnight. this bOatload Of fishermel
had only progressed etween thre
and four miles, and that not in tn
direction in which they wanted to 6
They were bound for BethSaida an
Capernaum. but contrary winds KEEP
them out toward the centre of tn
Lake. Their helplcssness in these ad
verse waters was a real difficulty de
SPIT" their seamanship, as those WIN
BEST know the water most clear1
understand. The weary disciple
need't helm.
\ Ghost? Or a Friend.
S"in"tlfn"s it seems as II W
s~ToWu-upS have not got very far De
yond the state of mind Of the chi
dren who see ghosts in the glintin
OF the moonlight on theOr bedroom
walls Everything new scares u
Multitudes OF people are afrighte
at The new ideas of brotherhood
which are arising on the politics
horizon. Ever that which bring
help alarms us. So these fisherme
Were scared at the approaching hl
ur" which they glimpsed throug
IN tempest, which brought the.
suc'pr over the water. They though
II a ghost. Humanlike, they place
The Sloomiest construction upon tn
Friend. AS old as his narrative i
dlNiu@ providence.
That dreaded ghost was their be
Frltni. AS old as this narrative |
sell, IS the lesson that the prov
dencrs which upon their approaC