The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

THE WATER MADE WINE
The Beginning of Miracles
"This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee,
and manifested forth his glory ; and his disciples believed on
him."—John ii. u.
THE first miracle which Jesus wrought was done
at a wedding feast, the happiest occasion of human
life. The last miracle which this evangelist tells
us of, was done by the graveside, the place which
above all others, is associated with human sadness
and heartbreak. And on both occasions, as if to
prove that this was His great thought in coming
into the world, on both occasions His presence
and power brought joy — joy to the guests at a
merry - making, joy to the mourners who were
sighing and bleeding from the sorest wound of all.
Between these two scenes there were a hundred
others in which Jesus was found — grave and gay,
uneventful and exciting, scenes of ordinary life,
and scenes coloured with romance, scenes of pathos
and scenes of tragedy, scenes as varied as the everchanging
experience of human life. That short
ministry of His seemed to touch every condition
of man. It appealed to every age and every class
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