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derful skill and creative power of the them have dominion over the fish of the
Creator! sea."
 And what an inexhaustible store-house The Israelites, when in the wilderness,
of food for man has God made the sea longed for the flesh-pots of Egypt, and
Many thousands and even millions of our said, We remember the fish which we
race live almost entirely on what they did eat in Egypt freely."
can obtain from the waters. Without Most of the disciples of our Saviour
this supply myriads would perish with were fishermen. That was their employ-
starvation. ment, by which they supported them-
 And what a branch of business it is. selves, before they entered his service.
Think of the vast numbers of vessels, in It was a proper, and, therefore, an hon-
all countries, and the still greater num- orable employment. But the Saviour
ber of men, that are employed continu- called them to a far more important and
ally in this business. Our young friends more honorable service, to become fish-
can hardly conceive how extensive the ers of men. "They that turn many to
fisheries of the world are. We have righteousness shall shine as the stars
said something about the extent of this forever and ever."
business in the article about "Fisher- May all our young friends,-though, at
men." Men engage in these fisheries a proper time, they may, with the boys in
as a business, and not as an amusement, the picture, engage in catching the finny
And a very laborious and often hazardous tribe of the waters, become fishers of
business it is. More or less vessels and men, and help to save souls from death
men from almost every important sea- and hide a multitude of sins. Let every
port town, engaged in this business, are boy, who wishes to be useful, remember
lost every year. The number of widows how much good the lad did, who was with
and orphans in these places, is painfully Christ and his disciples, with his five bar-
numerous. ley-loaves and two small fishes. With
 This source of food and wealth was very those loaves and fishes how many thous-
early known in the history of our race. ands the Saviour fed. Jesus can make our
When God created man he said, "Let smallest efforts accomplish great results.