The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07

them worthy Of His care. And al
ways pity them yourselves, and
think as we'll of them as you can.
The names of the Twelve apos-
ties were, Simon Peter, Andrew,
James (the son of Zebedee), John,
Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas,
Mathew, James the son of Al
phaeus. Labbaeus Simon, and
Judas Iscariot. This man after
wards betrayed Jesus Christ, as
you will hear bye and bye.
The first four of these, were
poor fishermen, who were sitting
in their boats by the seaside,
mending their nets, when Christ
passed by. He stopped. and went
into Simon Peters boat, and
asked him if he had caught many
fish. Peter said No; though they
had worked all night with their
nets, they had caught nothing.
Christ said, Let down the net
again" They did so; and it was
Immediately so full of fish, that
it required the strength of many
men who came and helped them
to lift it out of the water, and
even then it was very hard to do.
This was another of the miracles
of Jesus Christ.
Jesus then said Come with
me-" And they followed him di-
rectly. And from that time the
disciples or apostles were always
with him.
A S great crowds of people fol-
4 n lowed him, and wished to be
taught, he went up into a Noun
tain and there preached to them,
and gave them, from his own lips,
the words of that Prayer, begin
ming Our Father which art in
Heaven" that you say every night.
1t is called The Lords Prayer, be-
cause it was first said by Jesus
Christ, and because he COM
manded his disciples to pray in
those words.
When he was come down from
the Mountain, there came to him
a man with dreadful disease
called leprosy. 1t was common in
these times. and those who were
i'll with it were called lepers. This
Leper fell at the feet of Jesus
Christ, and said, Lord! If thou
wilt, thou canS't make me WE'LL"
Jesus, always full of compassion,
stretched out his hand, and said
L Will; Be thou WE'LL" And his
disease went away, Immediately,
and he was cured.
Being followed. wherever he
went, by great crowds of people,
Jesus went with his disciples, into
a house to rest. While he was
sitting inside. some men brought
upon a bed, man who was very
i'll of what is called the Palsy. so
that he trembled all over from
head to foot, and could neither
stand nor move. But the crowd
being all about the door and win
dows, and they not being able to
get near Jesus Christ, these men
climbed up to the roof of the
house, which was a low one; and
through the tiling at the top, let
down the bed, with the sick man
upon it, into the room where Jesus
sat. When he saw him, Jesus, full
of pity, said 'ariSe; Take up thy
bed, and go to thine own home!"
And the man rose up and went
away quite well; blessing him, and
thanking God.
THERE was a Centurion too,
u or officer over the soldiers,
who came to him, and said, Lord!
My servant lies at home in my
house, very ILL.," Jesus Christ made
answer, Il will come and cure
him" But the Centurion said!
Lord! I am not worthy that
Thou should'St come to my house.
Say the word only, and 1 know he
will be cured" Then Jesus Christ,
glad that the Centurion believed
in him so truly. said. BE it so. y
And the servant became well, from
that moment.
But of all the people who came
to him, none were so full of grief
and distress. as one man who was
a Ruler or Magistrate over many
people. and he wrung his hands
and cried, and said "Oh Lord, my
daughter-my beautiful, coed, in
nocent little girl, is dead. Oh
come to her, come to her, and lay
thy blessed hand upon her, and I
know she will revive and come to
life again, and make me and her
Mother happy. Oh Lord we love
her so, we love her so! and she is
dead"
Jesus Christ went out with him,
and so did his disciples and went
to his house, where the friends
and neighbors were crying in the
room where the poor little girl lay,
and where there was soft music
playing; as there used to be, in
those days, when people died.
Jesus Christ, looking on her sor-
rowfully, Said-to comfort her
poor parents-"She is not dead.
She is asleep" Then he COM
manded the room to be cleared of
people that were in it, and going
to the dead child, took her by the
hand, and she rose up quite well,
as if she had only been asleep.
Oh what a sight it must have
been to see her parents clasp her
in their arms, and kiss her, and
thank God, and Jesus Christ, his
son, for such great Mercy
But he was always merciful and
tender. And because he did such
good, and taught people how to
love God and how to hope to go
to Heaven after death, he was
called Our Saviour.
Continued Tomorrow