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CHAPTER I

A HOME IN THE BLESSED LAND, BY THE SACRED SEA


A Fitting Study for the Young--The Glory of all Lands--Divisions of
Palestine--Galilee--People of Galilee--Gennesaret and its
Surroundings--Comparisons--Jewish Sayings--McCheyne--Towns, Villages and
Palaces--Fisheries--Bethsaida 19


CHAPTER II

FIVE BOYS OF BETHSAIDA--RAMBLES ABOUT HOME

Five Apostles of Jesus--Two Pair of Brothers--Salome--Brothers
Indeed--Views from a Hilltop--View of the Lake--Poetic
Description--Rambles North of the Lake--On the West--Keble's Poem--Answer
to the Poet's Question--The Sower--Object Lessons of the Great
Teacher--Mount of Beatitudes--Nature's Influence on John--Philip 24


CHAPTER III

JOHN'S ROYAL KINDRED