moment, their Master's neyer-failing care for them in time past. They forgot that with Him they must be safe, what- ever happened. They forgot everything bnt the sight and sense of present danger, and, under the impression of it, could not even wait till Christ awoke. It is only too true that sight, and sense, and feeling, make men very poor theologians.
Facts like these are sadly humbling to the pride of human nature. It ought to lower our self-conceit and high thoughts to see what a poor creature is man, even at his best estate. — ^But facts like these are deeply in- structive. They teach us what to watch and pray against in our own hearts. They teach us what we must make up our minds to find in other Christians. We must be moderate in our expectations. We must not suppose that men cannot be believers if they sometimes exhibit great weakness, or that men have no grace because they are sometimes overwhelmed with fears. Even Peter, James, and John, could cry, "Master, Master, we perish."
We see, thirdly, in these verses, how great is the power of our Lord Jesus Christ We read that when His disciples awoke Him in the storm, "He arose, and rebuked the wind, and the ragiag of the waters, and they ceased, and there was a calm." This was, no doubt, a mighty miracle. It needed the power of Him who brought the flood on the earth in the days of Noah, and in due season took it away, — ^who divided the Red Sea and the river Jordan into two parts, and made a path for His people through the waters, — ^who brought the locusts on Egypt by an east wind, and by a west wind swept them