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faithful successors ; and thus are they enjoined 

 to draw men from the depths of sin and de- 

 struction to the glorious light of that revelation, 

 sent in mercy to beam upon the path which 

 leadeth to the kingdom of heaven, where He 

 who bore our sins in his own body on the cross 

 ever liveth to intercede in behalf of all who 

 come unto God through him. 



But again, upon the same lake, a somewhat 

 similar occurrence took place. It was after 

 his glorious resurrection that our Redeemer 

 visited the shores of that beautiful sea of 

 Tiberias, which had witnessed so many of his 

 miracles, and where he had so often preached 

 the words of eternal life. On that shore several 

 of his disciples were now collected. " There 

 were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called 

 Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, 

 and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his 

 disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a 

 fishing. They say unto him, We also go with 

 thee. They went forth and entered into a 

 ship immediately ; and that night they caught 

 nothing. But when the morning Avas now 

 come, Jesus stood on the shore : but the dis- 

 ciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus 

 saith i;nto them, Children, have ye any meat? 

 They answered him, No. And he said unto 



