Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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“And they awake Him , and say unto Him, f Master , MWf TAok W hat a question! “Carest Thou not?” Let the Cross answer, His s!e indifference, it was a sleep of composure. There was no danger for the disciples, for He was with them. When He says, Let us go over ’ we cannot go under. No man ever need despair of reaching his journey’s end, if he has once committed himself to Christ ' s keeping. “Carest Thou not? 1 ' Alas! Alas! Do not we often ask that same question? Ten thousand mercies ought to make the storm an occasion for trusting Him, and yet we doubt. Every cloud, every breath of wind, every wave depresses and terrifies us. We forget that Christ is in the ship, and we cannot perish because He cannot perish. Verse 39« And He arose, and rebuked the wind ? J Maybe this rebuke was more like the rebuke of Peter (Mark 8:33), “Lie rebuked Peter, saying, £ Get thee behind Me, Satan! ' ” Satan is the prince of the power of the air; lie is the prince of this world; he is the god of this age, and in the air, in the world, in the age, he stirs up the storms. This storm was an attempt on the part of the Devil against Him Who came to “destroy the works of the devil.” In the storm that raged at Calvary, Satan went to the limit of his power, and succeeded in getting Christ into the tomb, but, blessed be God, “He arose? 1 He arose for our justification, and we shall never perish. Through His resurrection from the dead the tempest of God’s righteous wrath has been rebuked for every believer. And said unto the sea, c Peace f be still ? And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm “He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still” (Ps 107:29), 11 1 he wind and the waves obey His will” Through the sacrifice of Calvary, where Christ died for our sins, the storm of God’s judgment has been stilled. “Our Heavenly Jonah was cast forth into the sea of sin and suffering, and for us ‘the sea ceased from her raging. 5 May His Peace, be still, ' still be our peace. 11 Now no stormy passion, no stormy temper, no stormy conscience, that He cannot calm. “A great storm,” “a great calm”—the calm of Christ is always as great as the storm of sin. Verse 40. “And He said unto them, why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? ” They were fearful because their faith in Him was faulty. Fear demonstrates tire absence of faith. “Be not afraid, only believe.” “A great storm,” “a great calm”-—and no faith! Perhaps their lack of faith was deeper than we see. Morgan suggests that when they asked, Carest Thou not that we perish,” they were not protesting against Him for being careless that THEY were perishing, but against His lack of concern in view of the fact that they were ALL going to perish. In the we” they included Him? 1 “No faith!” No faith! When there is such an Object of faith! No faith! When there is such great need of faith! No faith! And always men arc so helpless without faith! How the storms of life wear upon us—wc worry, wc fret-—“No faith!” Verse 41. And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another , c wbat manner of man is this? 3 ' Surely they ought to have known Him better. And so should wc. And yet—shall we ever know all that He is to us? Shall wc ever know r all that He does for us? What manner of Man is this? 51 How shall we answer? Words break and fall away. We can only bow r ador- ingly and from full hearts say, “His name shall be called Wonderful? 1 Page Seventeen

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Christ in the A Meditation c By R. L. Moyi-r Mark 4;3M1 T HESE verses describe a storm on the sea of Galilee, when our Lord and His disciples were crossing it. They also depict a miracle performed by our Lord, in which that storm was calmed. Verse 35. “And the same day , when the even was come .” That day was a day in which our Lord used a ship for a pulpit—a day of wonderful and masterful teaching (Mark 4:1). Now that day of ministry Is far spent, and evening comcth, “The night cometh when no man can work” (John 9:4) May the evening of our day come with our duty well done. ‘ ' He saith unto them , f Let us pass over unto the other side ” That is, to the other side of the sea of Galilee, Well, servant of Christ, thank God that life hath its “other side.” Heaven lieth over there. When the roil of our day is over, we, too, shall cross over to the “other side.” “Let hj!” What blessed company on the way to the other shore! Verse 36, “Ancf when they had sent away the multitude, they took Him even as He was m the ship” “Took Him as He was!” And how was He? Weary, worn, weak. He had a body like our own. He had been about His Father’s business all day. Do you know what it is to be tired with the strain and tension of a day in that field of souls white unto the harvest? He know-s the weary frames and aching heads in this weary world. He has felt them. He is really man, as He is God. He felt just as you and I feel after a strenuous day’s toil. “They took Him”—He was so weary, so worn, so weakened in body as to be almost helpless. “They took Him”—in that same ship. “They took Him”—-assisted Him to the place of rest. His day was done, and now that “the even was come,” He fell “asleep.” Verse 37. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the wares heat Into the ship” In the calm of the evening the boat put away from the shore, and then, suddenly, unexpectedly, it was caught in the midst of the furious storm. It was tossed up and down in the tempest, and the disciples were troubled and thought of death. To follow Christ, to serve Christ, does not mean freedom from storms. For the voyage o’er the sea of life He has promised grace, with glory at the end, but He lias never promised that we shall have no storms. And, dear one In Christ, we need the storms of life. Storms teach us, and strengthen us. Storms wean us from the world, and woo us to heaven. We heard the man of God say It: “Take from my life the days bright and sunshlney, if you must, but don’t take from me the dark and stormy days for in those days I met Him.” Oh! The precious lessons of the days of storm! Verse 38. “And He was m the hinder part of the ship , asleep on a pillow” “Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.” Storms cannot disturb the peace of the Person of Peace—nor should they disturb ours, for He said, “Let not your heart be troubled ” “Asleep”—as a Man, but watchful as God, for “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” “He was in the ship.” “Christ In us, the hope of glory.” “I wall never leave thee.” “Our hope lies not in the absence of danger, hut in the presence of Christ ” Jeremy Taylor said, “Far safer in the middle of the storm with God than anywhere else with¬ out Him.” All of His ought to be able to say, “With Christ in the vessel I smile at the storm.” Page Sixteen

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CDiss CDarie C R. Acomb Out Second Mdte Calm in the midst of the turmoil of the worldj trusting perfectly in the hour of trial and test, maintaining in quiet dignity the deepest friend¬ ship, remaining truly Christian in dealing with every situation—thus, in lowliness of mind and heart, has she shown forth the perfect fulness of a life that fulfills a high calling. Pitge Eighteen