...compelled the disciples1 to get into a ship, and to go before him to the other side, until he sent 23 the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up a mountain apart to pray ; and when even24 ing came, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the...

...practical purposes ! We shall go back as far as the twenty-second verse of the fourteenth chapter. " Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship,...the other side, while he sent the multitudes away." It was not agreeable, we may suppose, to the disciples, to be deprived of the Saviour's company. But...

...which is in secret, and thy Father, which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Matt. xiv. 23. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray i and when the evening was come he was there alone. Luke vi. 12. And it came to pass in those days...

...the way, whenever the behaviour of the multitude indicated a disposition to tumult. Matt. xiv. 22. " And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to...before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitude away. And when he had sent the multitude away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray."...

...Father, which is in secret ; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly." — " And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray." Matt. vi. 6. xiv. 23. II. Family prayer. The peculiar use of family piety consists in its influence...

...baskets full. 21 And they -that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. 22 IT And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to...the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. Men's traditions. 23 And when he had sent the .multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to...

...immediately without him, lest they should be tempted to concur in the design which was apparently forming. Straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get...before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitude away *. Again; though ready and willing to lay down his life for sinners at the appointed...

...bebaviour of the multitude indicated a disposition to tumult. Matt. xiv. 22. " And straightway Jesua constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and...before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitude away. And when he had sent the multitude away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray."...

...opened the Bible on his favourite page, St. Mark, 6th chapter, and began reading at the 45th verse: "And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to...a ship, and to go before Him unto the other side." The sailor's face glowed as he read of the sudden storm, the sinking boat, the arrival of Jesus. "...

...the way. whenever the behaviour of the multitude indicated a disposition to tumult. Matt. xiy. 22. " And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to BO before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitude away. And when he had sent the multitude...