The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22


of these shores has been hallowed: and
as VIC look tho figures OF the Old and
sew Testament spring into life. It
is impossible TO read the Biblc in tho
Holy Land and not feel that it's peo-
pic were real men aud women. The
apostles had tho same feelings us ours :;
they lived in Il world mucn tho same /:
they brea thed tho same air. they
enjoyed the same grass ana nowcrs,
and they loved and sorrowtd as we do
| to- day.
The Bcnutics of GnIiicc.
/ doubt not our Lord Appreciated the
, beauties OF Cialilce. Its scenery is as
picturesque as that of any lake which
lies In the Alps, and IT changes in
beauty at every hour OF tho day. I
saw the sun set last night. The clouds
hung heavy over the hills TO the cast
of the Jordan and tho sun gilded the
TOP OF the Mount OF the Rcatitudcs as 1t
went down in the west. y little be-
fore that these waters were glorious
yellow, which faded away into a rich
copper bronze. At the same umc the
heavens were FURNISHED copper. cloud
piled upon cloud. and the whole was
nirrored in the CLASSY surface be-
Meath The Sea of Galllce mas always
been noted for It's wonderful beauty.
It was pleasure resort 1T the time
of Herod Antipas and the palaces OF
Liberals and Capernaum were famous
all over the East.
Let me give you still another view
of the lake 1t Is moonlight The
great round queen of the heavens, her
golden face at its full, shines out of
a mass OF dark blue. with black clouds
behind IT, The rays OF tho moon
strike the sea obliquely, and they paint
2 wide n ir.oy frn 3,
hills of Gadsra across the waters to
Tiberias. I am looking az the scene
from the window of my hotei over the
minarcts of a Mohammedan mosque. II
reminds me of Lake Como ana of some
of the Scottish lakes.
Fishing In GaliIce.
AS we ride up the lake l watch close
~ the fishermen handling our craft.
We arc in 4 skin. about thirty feet
long and four feet in width 1t has a
white leg of-mutton sail winch is filled
by the wind from the south. and we
are speeding over tho water. The sea
is now quiet, and our boat leaves a
pathway of diamonds painted there by
the sun. l reach over the side of the
boat and let my hand trail in the
water, IT is cool. dip Up some in
my palm and drink it. 1t mas a slight
taste OF salt
NOW tEe hshermen have laid their
oars across the sides of the boat The,
are depending on the wind to carry us
onward. Some are asleep and among
them one at the prov, VINO lies with
pare legs outsprcad, his bronze face
In tho full glare OF the eun. He is
snoring, At the right is man mend
ms net, and on the other side of the
boat two are chatting. The scene might
have been one on this Same lako ], 800
years ago. when Christ called men like
these from their boats TO be Fishers
of men,"
BY and by the subject of fishing
comes up, and ask the Tlen If there
are stii MANY fish in the lake think.
ing Of tho great drauSht which Simon
Peter and thu other apostles drew up
when they cast their nets at the COM
mand of our Lord at the TINE Ho mp
peared to them hero after His cruci-
fi%ion. They tell me that the sea is
still alive with good fish, and that
quantities are carried to Nazareth and
other Galilean towns every week. Some
are sent to Damascus by railroad and
some are salted and shipped of TO
Jerusalem. About year ago a party
took live tons of fish in one day. Tho
catch was so great that fish sold In IT.
berias for cent apiece, and SIX pounds
or more could be bought for a penny.
There are fishing villages ali along the
lake, and the fishermen arc still to be
seen dragging their nots or monding
them as they float near the shore. ]
am told that there arc three ways OF
fishing. One is by hooks ard two by
nets. One kind of net is cast II is
used from The shorcs or ny the man.
wadtag breast deep into the water. The
net Is great ring or disk of thread