Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-17
Y. Nj. c. A. MEETING.
Rev. D. B. MacLane the Speaker Christ Walking on the Water His Topic.

Edward J. Hunt presided at tn. meeting for men at the Y. M. c. A
 Sunday afternoon, and the speaker was Rev. Donald B. MacLane of the Taftyille Congregational church. De- lightful solos were rendered by Mrs Grace Aldrich Crowel, and Rev. F. c Wright offered prayer.
 Rev. Mir MacLane- took his text from Mark 6: He cometh unto them
 walking upon the sea- Nothing seems more unreal to us. he said, than the water on dark night; nothing more eiry, more mysterious, but though the winds were strong and the seas high
 Christ walked as on the solid ground to his disciples. This act reveals him as the lord of heaven and earth, master of land and sea There was no incl dent more tremendous, more dramatic in his whole life.
 Five Seas of Human Activity.
 In a vision I saw him walking OCT the seas of the world The five great oceans of the earth seemed as five sides of human activity and I saw him walking on them as he walked on the sea of Ga1ilee.
 The Atlantic stands for the world of commerce and business. Thousands of ships ply the Atlantic, and its shores are lined with great centers of busi- ness activity. I saw Christ, in my vision, walking the Atlantic, ruling and redeeming the worlds work solving the problems of labor and capital and wages and hours. see in Him the sal vation of the worlds business. I know it is SO because 1t has come and is coming every moment. The metter- workers is a proof of Christ's walking on the waters of the business world. Even now there is much wrong injus- tice and oppression. but He will re- deem conditions.
 Uniting the East and the West.
 
 miles from Panama to the Philip pines, so broad that 1t stands for the worlds differences. the things which separate men and nations and races. The men on one shore of the Pacific are Caucasians, on the other Mongoli- In my vision I saw Christ walking the Pacific. uniting the east and the west and binding together America and Asia. Christ Is teaching the white, tho red. the black and the yellow men to live t',<ether as brothers.
 The Indian ocean is characterized ny it's terrific storms. and stands as the emblem of war. that ancient, awful scourgn of battle. with all it's accom- panyinf horrors. I saw Christ. the Prince of Peace. walking the waters of the Indian ocean. and war is be- coming the exception. thanks to Jesus Christ.
 Conquers Sin and Death.
 At lIlo SnQS Ol lu6 SdTlI are G. fcebound oceans, where the cold is The sinister Arctic stands for the curse of sin. The thick eternal trea acherous field of ice and snow is the life of sin which freezes the heart. A sin cursed life is like the icebound ocean. Sin blights and blasts every thing sweet and good in life as the Arctic blights life. I saw Christ walk ing the ocean of sin. come to save sin ners, to melt frozen hearts and purify bad hearts. He has the power to turn sinners into saints. He is melting the Arctic sim bound ocean with the of Ills love. In the center of the Antarctic is a mysterious ice-cov- cred island rising out of the icy waters. The freezing ocean with its hard frozen heart stands for death. The Antarctic was the last to be explored and less is known about it than any other ocean. Death. too is the last step and is most mysterious, unknown. saw Christ walking on the icy waters of death, lord of life and victor over 1eath. By arising from the dead, by his ascension into heaven, by his eter- nal life at the right hand of God. He las robbed the grave of its victory. Christ says T am the resurrection and he life"
 I saw Christ walking all these oceans Is we should let him walk in our hearts ruling the words, thoughts and deeds # our souls