SOME time ago a little, class in a Sunday-school, having finished their lessons, were looking earnestly at a picture they had just received. It was that touching scene of Christ with His disciples on the Sea of Tiberias.
The wind had risen, and was swaying the sail almost into the water. A very high wave was dashing against the frail boat, and threatening to sweep over all.
One of the boys said earnestly:
“What a dreadful storm! You can almost hear the thunder! How glad I am that I was not there!” Little Allie looked up and said:
“I should liked to have been in that boat!”
“You would like to have been in that awful tempest?” asked the first boy, in surprise. “Why?” Allie replied simply,
“Because Jesus was there.”
It was a sweet reply: To love to be near the Saviour, even in a storm! His presence can make us forget the tempest we trust Him, and when He thinks best He will hush the angry winds and waves.
ML 07/27/1924