<TITLE>10. Par 39-43</TITLE>L-39 Now, in the Bible in Matthew the 14th chapter beginning with the 22nd verse, I wish to read. And my text tonight is a testimony.
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when evening was come, he was there alone.
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the winds were contrary.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It's a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of a good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
May the Lord add His blessings to it.

L-40 Is the lady sick, real sick? All right. What say? Now, every one, what you've been taught; set quiet. Bow your heads and pray.
Now, don't fear. Just be real reverent now. A lady has a--fainted, and she's sick. And they're going to get her to the air. We have prayed for her. And we're--they're going to get her to the air now, so she can get some air. And now, let us continue on with... Faith knows no fear. So just be real reverent. All right. She'll be all right, if you just don't doubt now. Believe.

L-41 Now, as we're speaking on this subject, "Be Not Afraid, It Is I." Now, it must have been about the time the sun went down in the evening when the great, strong, brawny-backed fisherman begin to move the boat off of the sand. And as they begin to move the boat from the sands, turning the bow around again and climbing aboard, setting down by the side of his brother Andrew, for they were brothers and fishermen. And picking up his oar...

L-42 Now, the boats of today are not like the boats of yesterday. The boats, what they call ships, were different from our ships today. We have gasoline, and oil, diesel, and jet-propelled, and... But them days they only went by hand power, or by a sail in the wind is the way they went to their destiny with their ships. Many times there were great storms on the sea, and they could not just take one man in a boat. It taken strong arms to hold those boats.
You people here know what it means. You can't take a boat right up over top of a wave like that. You'll drowned yourself. You've got to angle that wave, know how to hit it with your boat to make it go through the storm. And a good boatman understands how to do that. And these men must be good boatmen or they would not survive.

L-43 And so they had a seat. And it would take one man with two hands on a huge oar on this side; right across from him would be another man with the same kind of an oar. And sometimes six or eight locks of oars would be in there, that would pull these boats with teamwork. How they would, same time, same stroke... And it was a powerful push that boat had, with those great wide-bladed oars that they used in those days.
And as each one took their position, dipped their oars down into the water, and begin to pull two or three times, and then wave to the people on the bank, "Bye-bye." And they were saying, like always when we have a great meeting, "Come back and see us."
There's something or other about mankind and Christians, when they are assembled together in one accord and in fellowship; they have things in common. You can tell that--that, how they... It's hard for them to part one from another.


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