from place to place, Andrew would
indicate the spot where he was baptized; and John and he would recall
together the place where they were standing when their great teacher
and master pointed to Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold the Lamb of
God." Bartholomew would find again the spot where Jesus accosted him
as the guileless Israelite, a salutation for which also he had been
prepared by the preaching of the Forerunner. Two or three could
localize the scene where the deputation from the Sanhedrim accosted the
Baptist with the enquiry, "Who art thou?"

It was as though, years after the Battle of Waterloo, some soldiers of
the Iron Duke had visited the historic cornfields, and had recited
their reminiscences of the memorable incidents of that memorable fight.
Here the long, thin red line stood during the whole day. There
Napoleon waited to see the effect of the last charge of his cavalry.
Yonder, through the wood, Blucher's troops hurried to reinforce their
brothers in arms. And down those slopes the old Guard broke with a
cheer, as the Duke gave the long-looked-for word. It was in some such
spirit that our Lord and his apostles revisited those scenes, where
many of them had seen the gate of heaven opened for the first time.

Probably our Lord would resume his ministry of preaching the good
tidings. He could not be in any place where the sins and sorrows of
men called for his gracious words, without speaking them; and to Him
they probably brought the lame, the blind, the sick, and paralyzed--and
He healed them all. Many came to Him, and went away blessed and
helped. So much so, that the people could not help contrasting the two
ministries. There was a touch of disparagement in their comments on
the Baptist's ministry. "They said, John indeed did no miracle." No
lame man had leaped as an hart; the tongue of no dumb man had sung; no
widow had received her son raised to life from his hands; no leper's
flesh had come to him, as the flesh of a little child. It was quite
true--John had done no miracle.

But with this slight disparagement, there was a generous tribute and
acknowledgment. "But all things whatsoever John spake of this Man were
true." He said that He was the Lamb of God, pure and gentle, holy,
harmless, and undefiled; _and it was true_. He said that He would use
his fan, separating the wheat from the chaff; _and it was true_. He
said that He would baptize with fire; _and it was true_. He said