from the place where
Simon and Andrew lived when they were at home. Jesus told Philip to
come with Him, and he came. But Philip went to a friend of his, a very
good man called Nathanael, also called Bartholomew, and he told him
that he had found Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, and begged him to
come and see Him.

How many disciples had Jesus now? Let us see. John, Andrew, Simon,
Philip, and Nathanael--five. And very likely John had brought his
brother James to Jesus. If so, that would make six.

Directly Jesus came into Galilee He was invited to a wedding, at a
place called Cana, and all of His disciples with Him. Jesus went to
the wedding because He likes to see people happy, and loves to make
them happy. In America, people often drink more wine at weddings and
at other times than is good for them, and a great many people go
without any wine at all, so as to set a good example. But in the East
it is different. The people there hardly ever take too much wine. So
Jesus allowed His disciples to use it, and He drank it Himself. There
was some wine at the wedding party to which Jesus went; but presently
it came to an end. Then Mary came to Jesus, and said, 'They have no
wine.' Jesus knew what Mary was thinking about, but He had to tell her
to wait; and He had to make Mary understand that He could not do
everything now which she told Him to do, exactly as when He was a boy.
He was God's Son as well as Mary's, and He had God's work to do, and He
must do it at God's time.

[Illustration: A modern Jew's wedding party in Galilee.]

But when Mary went back, she told the servants to do whatever Jesus
told them. Close to the house there were six great stone jars or
waterpots, and Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the waterpots with
water. And they filled them up to the brim. And lo! when the water
was taken out of the jars, it was water no longer, but wine.

This was the very first miracle that Jesus did, and He did it to make
people happy, and to make them believe that He was the Son of God.
Dear children, Jesus wants you to be happy. And the best way to be
happy is to ask Jesus to go with you everywhere and always, just as
those wedding people asked Him to come to their party.

He did not stay very many days in Capernaum. The lovely spring flowers
told Him that the Passover time was coming, so He went up with His
disciples, to Jerusalem. When Jesus had come to Jerusalem, you may be
sure that His discipl