Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-18

ASI0e RlSstlLl tlon to His disc.
piles after His res
direction. This was presumably three
or four weeks after the Masters resur-
rection from the dead. His manifesta-
tons to the women on the morning OF
His resurrection and his later mani
festatiOn to the two as they went to
Emmaus are evidently not counted,
but the manifestation the same even
ing in the upper room. when all the
disciples except Thomas and Judas
we're present, Is counted the first. And
the manifestation a week later. Thom-
as being present, is counted the Sec
ond.
The delay in giving this third mani
festatiOn was evidently for the pur-
pose Of testing the faith Of the ApOs-
ties and OF leading them to reach a
conclusion respecting their future
course, which Jesus wished to correct
50 far as we can understand the rec
ord at least two Sundays passed with
out any further manifestation Of Jesus
to His disciples, and then, giving up
hope. they decided to return TO the
fishing business and did 50. The jour
ney to Gulilee and the resumption Of
business presumably took another
week
During al those thirty days the men
tai attitude Of all the Apostles and the
other disciples can be better Imagined
tEan described. They were perplexed;
they had indeed had evidences Of the
Masters resurrection; they had had
the Scriptures called to their attention
which proved that this was necessary
and thar God had previously 50 ar
ranged They had hoped for further
conferences with Jesus and that He
would have told them definitely what
TO do
Instead, left TO themselves, the dis
ciples were thoroughly disheartened.
They had left an TO follow Him. to
tell the people that lie was the Son
of GOd. the long.promised Messiah. and
that He would soon set up His King.
dom, which would bring blessings, pri.
marily TO Israel and, secondarlly,
through Israel. TO an the families Of
the earth In harmony with the Abra.
ham,c Covenant Now apparently an
of these hopes were dashed. frustrat-
ed How foolish they thought II would
seem Tor them To try 10 convince the
people that a man. cruclhed as a male.
factor. MS a blasphemer. was indeed
the Messiah. How foolish Il would
seem to tell Of His resurrection They
felg that they could do nothing else
than abandon the ministry as a lost
cause aud the resumption Of the fish.
ing business was the logical conclu.
sion.
They Toilsd Az the Night
Their tirst night was a dlscouraging
one7they caught nothing. II looked
indeed as though God was Furnishing
them for the course they had taken IN
becoming disciples Of Jesus-that ev.
erythlng was going wrong. But not 80:
they were merely being taught needed
lessons.
In the morning they beheld a stan.
ger on the shore who beckoned and
shouted to know II they had any Dish
for sale They replied. No. they had
made no catch The stranger suggest
ed casting the net on the other side Of
the bOai, And although the suggestion
seemed foolish one, having been so
unsucccssrul yet they aid so. and i'm.
medlately the net was flled with dsh.
Is. II did no, require long for them to
learn the lesson. They knew lnsilnc.
lively that the unknown stranger upon
the shorc was none other than their
Master They remembered a very sim.
far experience NJ the time they were
arst called to leave their nets aud to
become fishers Of men
All Interest had just centercd In the
fishing business. but now boais and
ash aud nets all lost their value IN the
estimation Of these fishermen Here
was their risen lord FOR whose third
appearance they had been waiting now
{ arly three weeks Fearing that the
Master would disappear, even before
he could ret % him. ~. Peter plunged
lnto The sra and swan ASHORE To his
surprise tha stranger already had hsh
and had them rocked. and all were IN.
rlied 10 join Ia the breakfast on the
shnre Of tialiiee.
The stranger had noe the clothing BY
rhlch they had known their Lord. nei-
her dil he have the marks q ihe nails
> HIs bands and feet. that they might
bus identify Him This was a differ
'nt manifestation. They knew Him
y dld those silh whom iIe walked %