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And as in all cases of rapid transit, my examination must necessarily be very superficial. Still all aboard and on we go.
Of all God's creatures none are endowed with such wonderful fecundity as the Fish. He practically obeys the injunction to multiply and replenish the earth to such a wonderful degree, that but for hosts of foes devouring or otherwise destroying its offspring, that a single-breeding Fish, within ten years or a single life time, would become the progenitor of over fifty million descendants, and unless made away with would soon utterly clog up our rivers and water ways.
Said Dr. Geo. W. Bryant, at Irving Park, July 14, '84:
"Your name is of Bibical origin. Galilee, originally, was given by King Solomon to Hiram, of Tyre, and consisted of about twenty towns, (Joshua 20-7, 1 Kings 9-11.) Subsequently these towns were occupied by strangers, and for this reason Isaiah gave to that district the name 'Galilee of the Gentiles,' (Isaiah 9-1.) The strangers increased until at length Galilee became one of the largest provinces of Palestine. The river Jordan, to the fountain at Dan, formed the eastern border, and the northern ran from Dan westward across the mountain ridge till it touched the territory of the Phoenicians. Galilee was divided into two sections, 'upper' and 'lower.' Galilee was the scene of the greater part of Christ's private life and public acts. His early years were spent at Nazareth, and when he entered on his great work he made Capernaum his home. The Apostles were all either Galileans by birth or residence. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Galilee became the chief seat of Jewish schools of learning, and the residence of their most celebrated Rabbins. The sea of Galilee borders on the province of Galilee. No less than nine cities stood on the very shores of this
