The fishermen's saint / by Sir Wilfred Grenfell.

  • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Date:
1930
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The fishermen's saint / by Sir Wilfred Grenfell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thoughts. It has been suggested he had been sent up to market a catch, or at least that on some business, possibly as a delegate, he had gone to Jerusalem, and as we have no reason to suppose him a man slothful or dilatory, that hearing John was at the Jordan, he got through early and spent the odd day rushing off along the Jericho road to hear him. On some of the hearers John’s message did not make half the impression of the bell for dinner : Andrew was able and prepared to understand. Yet it did not at once make him unpractical. He did not begin talking about ££ No more sea.” He went right back fishing. A visit I made to Andrew’s home, Bethsaida, and also to his place of busi¬ ness by the Sea of Galilee, shows condi¬ tions which are much like those of Labrador to-day. Our patron Saint cer¬ tainly never had the privilege of a red gown, a gold mitre, or a Public School.
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