The Ford of the River Jordan
The Ford of the River Jordan After the conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus, with His newly selected disciples, made a pilgrimage from Jerusalem to the Jordan. These were days of preparation, the beginning of that great itinerant school of theology in which the plain but naturally gifted men were students and Jesus, the great Teacher, “who spake as never man spake,” was Master. What a school of theology it was! Over them the dome of heaven; in the fresh air they walked day by day, hearing the songs of the birds, looking into the faces of the people and talking with them, witnessing deeds of mercy and of power, and listening to the quickening, broadening and strengthening words which their Divine Leader proclaimed. In 1894, on the morning of the 26th of April, our artist secured the fine picture of the Jordan. We are looking down the river. The mountains in the distance are the Judean Mountains. Although we stand on the western bank, we are able, because of the bend in the ri...