The Determined Angler 



CHAPTER I 



THE HOLY ANGLERS 



"The greater number of them [Christ's disciples] were found 

 together, fishing, by Jesus, after His Resurrection." IZAAK 

 WALTON. 



"... certain poor fishermen coming in very weary after a 

 night of toil (and one of them very wet after swimming ashore) 

 found their Master standing on the bank of the lake waiting for 

 them. But it seems that He must have been busy in tneir 

 behalf while he was waiting; for there was a bright fire of coals 

 on the shore, and a goodly fish broiling thereon, and bread to eat 

 with it. And when the Master had asked them about their fishing 

 he said: 'Come, now, and get your breakfast.' So they sat down 

 around the fire, and with His own hands he served them with 

 the bread and the fish. " HENRY VAN DYKE. 



"The first men that our Saviour dear 

 Did choose to wait upon Him here, 

 Blest fishers were. ..." 



W. BASSE. 



"I would . . . fish in the sky whose bottom is pebbly with 

 stars. " THOREAU. 



THE principal fishes of the Sea of Galilee to-day are 

 the same as they were two thousand years ago 



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