. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . Lords first public act, and people were soon telling of it every-where. I dont wonder, shouted Charley. Guess Id yell if Id see achap do that. But, Grandpa, interrupted Carrie, wasnt it rather queer forJesus to make wine ? I dont think He was a very strong temper-ance man, or He wouldnt have done that. It is by no means sure that the wine Jesus made was such as thestrictest temperance people would condemn. Pure juice of the grapewas much used without the ferment, which makes it such wine no harm could come. Bu
. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . Lords first public act, and people were soon telling of it every-where. I dont wonder, shouted Charley. Guess Id yell if Id see achap do that. But, Grandpa, interrupted Carrie, wasnt it rather queer forJesus to make wine ? I dont think He was a very strong temper-ance man, or He wouldnt have done that. It is by no means sure that the wine Jesus made was such as thestrictest temperance people would condemn. Pure juice of the grapewas much used without the ferment, which makes it such wine no harm could come. But even if a strono-er winewas made, when used under the direction of Jesus no harm wouldcome of it. No, Im sure of that. If wine were used that way it would do noharm. He never would help people to get drunk. On the other hand, this miracle made good men believe that Godhad sent Jesus to teach them. One such man was Nicodemus, a rulerof the Jews. One night he hunted up the place where Jesus stayed,and, catling on Jesus, said, We know thou art a teacher come from. 332 GRANDPA GOODWINS STORIES. God, for no man can do the miracles thou doest except God be with him. Had Jesus done what would make men drunken and vile, this good man would not have talked in this way. What did the people at the feast think of this miracle? askedMar)-. _ They praised the wine; they regarded the act as a glorious show-ing <rf the power of Jesus, and His disciples believed on Him all the more. None of them saw any harm in the wine then, did the) ? askedCarrie. Not the slightest, answered Grandpa. Jesus went about doincrgood, as was said of Him by those-who knew Him best. He neverfavored wrong-. Let me, said Mrs. Reed, before we close, give a little sketchof Kefr Kenna, the village supposed to be that formerly called Cana,where Jesus did this miracle:—It is a neat village, pleasantly situatedon the descent of a hill looking to the southwest, and surrounded byplantations of olive and other fruit tree
Size: 1303px × 1919px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherphila, bookyear1888
