Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-02
Golden Text: II am the way, the
truth. and the life. '-,IOIn I4:6.

truth, and the life."-JOhn l4:6.
Those were two wonderful days in
Samaria; the reception given Jesus
was so gorgeous that He Himself
recognized the difference from what
il would have been at home and
said: "A prophet is not without
honor save in his own country 1t
was very hard for people who ha7
grown up with Him, and had known
Him alllHis boyhood, and His young
manhood as a carpenter, to think OF
Him as great prophet. We become
So accustomed to people as they are
developing that it is hard TO think
of them as mature. 1t is much cas-
Ter to give respect to one that mas
come among us first after he has
reached maturity of thought and
life. This is too true of every walk
in life. We like that which comes
from a distance, although we may
. have something in the same line far
better at home.
The two days ended, Jesus pushed
on to Gallilee, and came to Cana
where He had made the water into
wine. His coming had been herald
ed. The Gallileans had seen WHAT
He had done at the feast at Jerus a.
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and so they received Him gladly
News of His presence spread to>the
neighboring towns and villages
News always spreads rapidly; even
in those days it did, without modern
electrical devices. 1t reached Caper-
rAlln, twenty miles away. 1t got
~kilto the highest court circles. 1t
came to the ears of one of Herod's
courtiers, Chuza by name, whose
wife was named Joanna.
Now, they had a son who was des-
perately i'll. In fact, the mark of
death was already upon him. All
that human skill and loving service
could do had been done, but to nc
avail. He was marked TO die for
$50 is a literal construction of the
Creek. 1t doesn't take much mag
ination to picture the distress in
that home. Very few homes there
are but have been through a similar
experience, and memory rather than
imagination is all that is needed to
have you live over what Chuza and
Joanna were suffering. They would
have grabbed at any straw that OF
fered the faintest hope. People to-
dav in like circumstances want 10
try anything or any body that some
ore suggests.
The news of Jesus presence in
Cana reached ChuZa at Capernaum.
: He had never healed anyone as yet;
but Chuza knew of His having
turned the water into wine at cana,
and had a faint hope that such an
One might be able to do something
for his son; so he set out for cana
Twenty miles is less than an
hours ride now by auto, by assback
1t was a days Journey. Reaching
Cana he hunted until he found
Jesus, and then besought Him that
He would come down and heal his
son. 1t wasn't just mild request,
but an urgent appeal-he kept on
urging Him, for SO is the Greek
Except we see signs and wonders,
We will not believe was the cold
I rebuff of Jesus, Would you have
answered father whose heart was
about to break on account of the
desperate illness of his child in that
way? Oh! wait a bit. Jesus was the
very essence of love and tenderness
and there must nave been reason
for this apparent coldness and lack
of sympathy. Everything He did
was in love, although it did not al
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4 this reply now?
Well, He knew that Shuza was
lust grasping at straw; that he
had some hope and a wee faith that
needed developing. He couldn't do
for Chuza what He wanted to as
long as he felt as he did. Chuza
didn't. realize this. and was in no
mood to enter into any argument
so he brushed aside Jesus answer
something like this: Sir, l haven't
any time to argue, to discuss, or
even to think of that. My son is
about to die, and if we don't go to
him soon he will be gone before we
get there. Please come on.
Then Jesus put what little faith
he had to the test; ChuZa, it is not
necessary for me to go down 10
Capernaum. | can heal your boy
here just as well as there. Go on
home now. your son is marked for
life instead of for death.
AS He said it, He must have look
ed Chuza straight in the eye, for
Chuza couldn't doubt His word; but
believed, was convinced, that the
word which He spoke was literally
true; and he started on his home
ward journey. 1t was a different
sort of faith that was his, com
ing and going. On his way to Cana
it was a faint hope that possibly
this wonderful Man about whom he
had heard might be able to do some
thing that nobody else had been able
ito do lie didn't know, but he would
TAXA a shot at it any way. If He
coVld his boy would be spared; if lie
couldn't &c hadn't lost anything, for
the boy ,,as dying anyway On his
way back to Capernaum he had lost
all his anxiety, his heart was at
peace, his mind at ease; his fear foy
his boys life had all disappeared.
Why? Simply because that Man had
said so! He believed Him; there
fore he believed what He said.
1t was one o'clock in the after
noon when Jesus said that to him.
He started home at once, but he