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tion. THE WIND ABATED . . . . A GREAT CALM—So can He speak peace to the tempest-tossed soul or mind of man. 40— WHY ARE YE SO FEARFUL?— He was on board. Yet they did not realize that though the humanity slept there was a presence that did not (cf. Ps. 121:4). 41— FEARED WITH A GREAT FEAR, etc.—They were with Him, yet did not know H im ; therefore they had not yet learned to love Him, for such fear of Him always denotes lack of love (cf. 1 John 4:18) and lack of love for Him is due to lack of knowledge; no man can really know Christ or the Father without loving Him. THE WIND AND THE SEA YIELDED TO HIM—They saw the storm, but only He saw the evil spirit behind the storm. We often see the effects but fail to see the good or evil spiritual forces behind them. [Note the devil’s power over the wind and cf. Eph. 2:2.] Christianity Spells Heroism “I f any man will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow Me.” “Christianity spells heroism,” said Catherine Booth-Clibborn in an address recently. “I call to mind the words of my revered mother, the late Catherine Booth, who said, ‘Christianity without sacrifice is the laughingstock of hell!’ ’’—Selected.
37— A STORM 0 ? GREAT WIND—The lake was subject to these sudden and unexpected storms. Note that His presence will not always save us from the fierce storms of life. THE WAVES WERE FLUNG UPON . . . . NOW FILLING— Apparently they were in the utmost danger of sinking—really they were in none, since He was there— “No waters can swallow the ship where lies The Master of ocean, and earth, and skies.” But, like those poor disciples, we do not always remember it. 38— ASLEEP ON A CUSHION—The leathern cushion of the steersman. He was evidently fatigued by the labors of the day. He tasted weariness of body as we all do; hence He is able to sympathize with us in our weariness. TEACHER! IS IT NO CARE TO THEE, etc?-—How little they really knew of Him in spite of all that they had seen. [St. Luke has “Master,” St. Mat thew •“Lord,” with a variation in the appeal. Far from being proof of the unveracity of the narrative, all this is very natural: in their terror they all cried out,' and no doubt one said one thing and ope another.] 39— REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID TO THE SEA, •BE SILENT! BE MUZZLED!—Did He not rather address the author of the storm? one does not rebuke the inanimate, and the sea could not be muzzled. This is one of several attempts on the part of the Evil One to destroy Him by some other death than that of Calvary, and so to frustrate the purpose of the Incarna
FIFTEEN HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE CHRIST WAS BORN THE CANAANITES WORSHIPED THEIR GOD MEKAL AT THE ALTAR PICTURED ABOVE, RECENTLY UNEARTHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA EXPEDITION TO PALESTINE UNDER ALAN ROWE. MANY OTHER OBJECTS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL VALUE WERE UNCOVERED BY THE EXPEDITION, WHICH IS MAKING EXTENSIVE EXCAVATIONS NEAR BEISAN. (A . P. PHOTO.)
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