The pictorial Bible and commentator- presenting the great truths of God's word in the most simple, pleasing, affectionate, and instructive manner (1878) (14764470875)
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Title: The pictorial Bible and commentator: presenting the great truths of God's word in the most simple, pleasing, affectionate, and instructive manner
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Cobbin, Ingram, 1777-1851 March, Daniel, 1816-1909 Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893 Stretton, Hesba, 1832-1911
Subjects: Jesus Christ John, the Apostle, Saint Bible
Publisher: Philadelphia (etc.) Bradley, Garretson & co. Columbus, Ohio (etc.) W. Garretson & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress
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about her that he possessed this wonder-working power.Besides, she had been accustomed to turn to him in every trouble, in anytrifling, household difficulty; casting all her cares upon him, because sheknew he cared for her. So she said to him quietly, yet significantly, Theyhave no wine. Some of Elishas miracles had been even more homely ; hehad made the poisoned pottage fit for food, and had fed a company of peoplewith 4)ut a scanty supply of barley-cakes. Why should not Jesus gladdenthe feast and save his friends from shame, by making the wine last out tothe end ? A few days before our Lord had been in the desert, amid the wild beasts,with the devil tempting him. Now he, who was to be in all things onewith us, was sitting at a marriage feast among his friends ; his mother andkinsfolk there, with his new followers; every face about him glad andhappy. It was not the first marriage he had been at, for his sisters, nodoubt, were married, and living at Nazareth; and he knew what the mor-
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896 The Woxderful Life. 897 tification would be if the social mirth came too suddenly to an end. Hecared for these little pleasures and little innocent enjoyments, and would nothave them spoiled. The miracle he refused to work to satisfy his own severehunger he wrought for the innocent pleasure of the friends who were re-joicing around him. There were six water-pots of stone standing by forthe use of the guests in washing their hands before sitting down to thetable, and he bade the servants first to fill them up again with water to thebrim, and then to draw out, and bear to the ruler of the feast. Upontasting it he cried out to the bridegroom, Every man at the beginningdoth set forth good wine; but thou hast kept the good wine until now. So Christ changes water into wine, tears into gladness, the waves andfloods of sorrow into a crystal sea, whereon the harpers stand, having theharps of God. But he can work this miracle only for his friends ; none butthose who loved him drank of that
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