y could not get
on; the wind kept trying to blow them back. But Jesus saw them, and
when the night was nearly over, He came to them walking on the sea.
The disciples had never seen Him walking on the water before, and they
could not understand who He was, and they cried out for fear. But
Jesus was sorry for them, and He spoke kindly to them directly and
said, 'BE OF GOOD CHEER (that means, 'Be glad'). IT IS I. BE NOT
AFRAID.'

And Peter said, 'Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the
water.' And Jesus said, 'Come.' And Peter jumped out of the boat, and
walked on the water to go to Jesus. But soon Peter began to think of
the rough wind and waves instead of thinking about Jesus, and then he
could not get on at all, and he began to sink in the water, and called
but, 'Lord, save me!' And Jesus put out His hand and caught him, and
said, 'O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?' Then they
both came into the boat, and the wind stopped blowing. And the
disciples fell down at the feet of Jesus, and said 'THOU ART THE SON OF
GOD.' Then, all at once, they saw that their boat was close to the
land. Jesus had brought it there.

CHAPTER VIII

MORE WONDERFUL WORKS AND WORDS

And now Jesus went right away from the Sea of Galilee again to Caesarea
Philippi. That place was called Caesarea after Augustus Caesar,
Emperor of Rome, and Philippi after Herod Philip. When they were going
to Caesarea Philippi, Jesus talked quietly to His disciples, and said,
'Whom do you say that I am?' Peter almost always spoke first, before
the others had time to say anything, and he said quickly, 'THOU ART THE
CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.' Jesus was very much pleased with
that answer.

Then Jesus called the people who stood near, and His disciples too, and
He told them that if they followed Him, they too might have to die for
His sake. But He told them that they must not mind that, because
heaven is better than this world. And He told them that if they were
ashamed of Him, He should be ashamed of them before His Father and the
holy angels. Dear children, I hope, when you go to school, or are with
your little friends, that you will never be ashamed of Jesus.

About a week after that talk with His disciples, Jesus took Peter, and
James, and John into a high hill alone to pray. There is a splendid
high mountain near Caesarea Philippi, called Hermon. All at once, as
Jesus was praying, the disciples saw