Volume 2

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resunle His public teaching when He should have rejoined
them in Galilee.
After the departure of the disciples, Jesus held in the
school of the bathing garden an instruction and exhortation
before a numerous assembly of men, women, and
children. He spoke of Moses, of the Prophets, and of the
near coming of the Messiah. He interpreted to them the
meaning of the drought that had fallen upon the country
in the time of Elias, the Prophet's prayer for rain, the
uprising clouds, and the showers that fell, and He showed
how all this was soon to be realized. He spoke also of
water and of purification, healed many of the sick, and
directed them to receive the baptism of John. He cured
many boys who had been brought to Him on beds. He
plunged several of them, holding them by the arms, into
the water, Saturnin having poured into it from a bottle
some other water that Jesus had blessed. The two disciples
baptized these children. There were other boys approaching
manhood, who went down into the cistern and,
holding to the column, plunged themselves under the
water, and in this way were baptized. I noticed here
several circumstances unlike what I had generally seen on
such occasions. Many of the adults had to remain standing
at a distance. The ceremony went on until night closed
in.
3. JESUS IN SICHOR LIBNATH
When Jesus left Tyre, He proceeded alone on His way.
He had sent both the disciples with orders to Capharnaunl,
also to John the Baptist. He went from ten to
eleven hours south of Tyre to the city Sichor Libnath,
through which He had already passed on His journey
hither. The Waters of Merom, with the two cities Adama
and Seleucia, lay to the east on His left. Sichor Libnath,
called also Amichores, or HCity built upon the Waters,"