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CHRIST STILLETH THE STORM.

“ And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the
sea; and there was a great calm.”—MATTHEW, chap. viil.,
verse 26,

AFTER THE BirTH oF CuRisT, 31 YEARS.

 

 

Tue disciples of Jesus were in a ship, the winds
rose, and a storm raged. He was sleeping, but
they were dreadfully frightened, and thought
the ship would sink, and that they would all be
drowned in the sea.

So they went to him and awoke him, and in
their dismay cried, ‘‘ Save, Lord: we perish.”

These men, though instructed by Christ,
and though he was present with them, still
wanted courage. The roaring winds, and the
agitated waves, filled them with vain alarm.
Instead of manfully and serenely braving the
danger, they seem to have given themselves up
for lost; and despairingly exclaimed, ‘‘ We
perish.”

Jesus looked on them with displeasure.
“Why,” said he, ‘are ye fearful, O ye of little
faith?’? He blamed them, but he relieved
their fears, for ‘‘he arose, and rebuked the
winds and the sea; and there was a great
calm.”

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