Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-17
By Rev. II. T. Stevenson.

Chrtst's personality and preaching
did moro to convince the Samaritans
than the testimony of the woman that
Jesus was the Messiah. the Savior of
the world. Their hearty reception of
the Master after His rejection by the
Judean authorities prepared the dis
ciples for the Lords rejection at Naz-
areth where He probably stopped over
a Sabbath day and publicly proclaimed
to the citizens of the community the
truth that he had revealed to the wom-
an at the well of Samaria.
Authorities differ and 1t is difficult
to make a harmony OF the chronology
cal events of the ministry of Jesus,
but the tourist passing through Sa-
maria to Galilee stops usually at Naz-
areth the night following his stay at
Shechem. Entering the plain of Es-
draelon about noon. travelling all after
noon over the great battlefield Of Jew
fsh history. the traveller finds himself
at Nazareth at evening ready for din
ner after climbing up the mountain
trail to the boyhood home of Christ.
1t would appear that Jesus might have
been referring to His rejection by the
people of Nazareth when He testified
that a prophet had no honor in his own
country"
Entering Gali1ee, Jesus was free from
the Pharisee influence that had pre-
vented His acceptance at Jerusalem and
hindered His work in Judea. Christ
revealed His courage when He entered
the territory of Herod Antipas, where
His ministry and messages continued
and enlarged the work of John the
Baptist, whom Herod had imprisoned,
because of his condemnation of Herod's
evil deeds.
The Jewish colonists. who had been
in Gali1ee about as long Americans
have been west of the Alleghanies,"
received Jesus everywhere with the
exception of Nazareth with a hearty
welcome. The city where He had been
brought up rejected His message be-
cause He declared for kingdom that
would be universal The Galilean well
come was due to the signs that they
had seen in Jerusalem of His power
when they were at the feast of the
passover. Three and half miles north
east of Nazareth Christ was certain
Of a welcome because in Cana of Cali
lee, the home of Nathaniel, the Mas
ter had performed His first miracle
when He made water into wine. 1t
was here that the second recorded
miracle was performed that opened up
the way for His entrance into Caper-
naum, the strategic center of His
Galilean ministry.
Serious Illness drives many a man to
think Of religion that is Indifferent to
1t in the days Of health. The kings
servant did not find that his position or
home was secure against the entrance
of sickness, for the man who thinks
that position, place and power is all
that men need quickly changes his
mind when he enters the valley of
the shadow with his loved one. The
nobleman, whose son was sick at
Capernaum, determined to request the
young prophet, whom he learned was
again at Cana. about twenty-five miles
distant, to come and assist him by cur
ing the sick boy.
Every father who takes the trials and
troubles Of his children to the Lord
can be sure of help. The court officer
that sought the Masters aid did not
trust in Christ as the Messiah, but he
did believe because of what the Lord
had done in Judea and in Cana that
Jesus possessed power over nature far
greater than any other rabbi. who were
also the medical men of that period.
When he made his appeal to the Great
Physician the nobleman met with an
apparent rebuff. which was the Mas