The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-27
CHAPTER THE FIFTH.


ONE of the Pharsees begged Our Saviour to into his
house, and eat with him. And while Our Saviour sat
eating at the table, there crept into the of
that city, who had led a bad and sinful life and
ashamed that the Son of God should and yet
trusted much to his goodness and his compassion for
hearts that by little and little she went behind the seat
which he sat- and dropped down at his feet and weted
them with her sorrowu tears then kissed them and
dried them on her long hair and rubbed them with some
sWeet-smelling ointment she had brought with her in
box Her name was Mary Magdalene.
When the Pharisees that Jesus permitted this
to touch Him. he said within himself that Jesus
did not know how wicked she had BEEN But Jesus Christ
who knew his thoughts, said to him "Simon"-fOF that
was his name-"if man had debtors. one OF whom owed
him five hundred pence, and of whom owed him only
of those debtors do you think would love him most 2"
Simon answered Il suppose that whom he forgave
forgves this much sin, she will love Him, hope
the more And he said to her. God forgves your The
company who present wondered that Jesus Christ
had power forgive sins, but God had given to Him.
And the women thanking Him for all his mercy, went
away
who have done any harm, when they come to and
say they are truly sorry Tor It, Even they DO mot come
them or be unknd to them, we would hope that God will
forgive
AFTER this. there great feast of the Jews and
Jesus Christ went to Jerusalem. There was near the
sheep market in that place. pool pond called Bethesda
having five gates it. and at the time of the year when
that feast took place great numbers of sick people and
crppes went to this pool to battle in it, believing that an
angel and stirred the water and that whoever
in first after the angel had done cured of any ILL.,
he she had whatever it might be. Among these
poor persons who had been i'll, thirty eight
years. and he told Jesus Christ (who took pity him
when he him lying on his bed alone with no one to
help hm) that he could be dipped in the pool be-
he weak and i'll that he could not move to
get there Our Saviour said to him. take thy bed and
go away" And he went away quite WELL
Many Jews this; and when they it, they hated
Jesus Christ the knowing that the people, being
who told the people what not true and deceived them
So they said another that Jesus Christ should be
killed. because he cured people the Sabbath Day (which
against their strict law) and because he called him
self the Son of God And they tried to raise enemies
against him, and to get the crowd in the streets to
murder Him.
RUT the crowd followed Him wherever he went blessing
him, and praying to be taught and cured; for they
knew He did nothing but Good Jesus going with his dis
cipes sea- called the Sea of Tiberias and sitting
with them hillside saw great numbers OF these poor
people waiting below, and said to the apostle Philip,
Where shall we buy bread that they may eat and be
Lord two hundred pennyworth of bread would not be
enough for many people, and have none" Eve have
only" said another apostle-Andrew, Simon Peters
brother-five small barley loaves, and two little fish,
belonging to lad who is What they among
manyw Jesus Christ said, "Let them all sit DOWN.
They did, there being great deal of in that place
When they all seated Jesus took the bread and
looked up to Heaven and blessed it, and broke it, and
handed in pieces to the apostles, who handed it to the
people And of those five little loaves and two fish, five
thousand men, besides women and children ate and had
enough: and when they all satisfied. there were
Eathered twelve baskets full of what left This
was another Of the Miracles of. Jesus Christ.
Our Savior then sent his disciples away in . boat,
the water and said he would follow them presently
when ne had dismissed the people The people being gone