Show SUBJECT OF UNIQUE SERMON Rev Leon L Loofbourow Preaches on Izaak Walton and His Art SOME FINNY DON JUANS I CHRISTS OP OF MEN IS ELUCIDATED Ing wo wa ou the seasonable title of ofa ofa ofa a mea delivered at the tho First dl ell dIet ikuri na kult kiat night by the tho Rev nor Leon I L lie saId In la part 6 the Ute spring a young oung mans fancy 11 tarns shriLl to thoughts of lore loyc But Bat Batin in hi oJ It ft Is Ia quIte aa as apt to turn to fifth tug Hw w venerable an nn art it t 1st Could wo we wot t tra tvr m lk ek the te Ut of time we should doIMI find that fishing waa wa among th the wry very rT earliest e of men Ami U IM Ulle thIs day of increasing whoa wa w mother mthr ther earth e seems to pr for ter hor ller numerous family It Itt tako tali t MO rot hof het y ye to soe He o that in Inthe the tho th tile U water will wan be called up UM a inore un than ov ever 81 r before to supply the thew want w of man UlI resources like her herd d aro at ar Like her ker extent hey thoy aro An r Already Alre dy scientists Ire are Unc upon the tho vegetable lile of eC tho lb oa a to adapt it to our needs need I M Hot J Ot bo be If It before m ors ra wo we w would alt It down dOD to our foot of oC Shredded Ad Kelp or of Bar Sar Bark Sarga ga Flak k I of wheat or of cora com Vat t then that I Is III another story etory I 1 sId toll tell you Vow the tho day and take you to tho where whore I caught my last flat Mt Bt n USI having no ep op to te ell another AROther I turned my Thy m attention aUlen to te 0 G some fish flah st rI Literature TIM Tho of ef nb eterlee Is elm sim simply 11 ply I cannot speak peak of the rid rte that Llvy LI and iid others of the It toW toM Nor eaR can an I touch en that moot mt m Ua of ef all flak lore 1010 the theroa thet roa t one But Bu I cannot pas palMI without a word that 10 of all y writing Tho TI Th Cow pleat Angler When yon yo go IrO to the streams or the then n II IIa a lot let dear dour old oW Ik Walton bring their t f and iid beauty to you Though w we mut not confuse him with wi tho patriarch title Oil baak Izaak lived 1 a afar as astar tar far 1 bask k a as the tho days dare of Shakespeare or OWR wa Lowell says ay of him that I heaven helLYeR wa WK a as real l to him hl a as to us u are rt u we wo have seen soen only on the thema ma 1 ami aM so M near noar that he caught tight wafts of oC tl tIte o wh when n the wind was wall In Int t 11 ie right quarter He loved every everything thing thI God aa Q 4 ha has made save nave the thc otters that hta ide fish This Thill I is III the way waye ho Ie e of eC the nightingale But Buthe the he nightingale breathes such sweet te out ost of C her Iter little instill Instrumental mental nest throat that It might well make mankind believe that miracles are not cesI c lie that hear hoar a aI as asI asI I have havo vory Yet otteR often oft e the sweet decants de nt the tho natural ural mine and falling the dWI and redoubling r d of oC her voice olee m well 1 be lifted above the tho earth and aI ay y Lord tAnt what mule muMe hast haRt thou thoy provided J for th the saints la IR heaven when whon tt I Ii had bad wen Men such sueh music Ie on Oft onearth earth rth h he Ite loved the tho fl eh more Me lie 34 remind H we I might tell you yeu that AI God If is 11 ald td to have baT spoken l to a fish I but nover to a beatr bOt Truly Tn ho Ite wa WM OMO es of or the tho sweetest ret m men menI n I wile who oror vr I We ar Are ROt not to I road read that ho lie died d In the ninetieth y of eC C h An Honest Angler AD ler Wat Wahoo Introduce it us to te hi k als friend friendT T Tr r Newell I for ter four lean doan of offit offit oft fit t Pa r The Tho good doan dean n IK M another aROther of ef ot t honest ho t Ingenious I d q and art of angling a D IL u him alii public duties and andI tho I f he fixed for prayer and devo deco decoI I I o I good man wa wall was to t tA sp d a teath th pert part of f his time In ang 11 sad aad atoo abe to te bestow bootow tow a tenth part n of c hta h revenue and usually all hi his hie r flew flah RPt the tho poor He lIe dl died d Feb Fob r 7 IS II 1 ie i belag Its rr ag aged y ani nil Tto eald of him hi that angling Nt temperance wore wor 1 the tho great groat causes of H I IR s R f 1 r as I a find flad out oot It wa was re To for fer Walton to love lovo the tho tinny finny n tm to t discover that thy they have haTe I rh arT V dt Md moral oraI ral characteristic H tu I of oC f 0 o the tho th argus which I Is a fL am m n amorous fl fIsh h Indeed on I n l 1 but mt this t h W dYe u us a had bad badia J JI I ia w rr rl inn nt ef bbs ho bs goo on en fl wi w h th I h ho good of f others othora I IJ Bit Bi J tile the constant h 30 vr Vf to te hit his a faithful spouse I In Is nm tal d 1 his hta chaste life 1 fe I Nr r l lov ve say lUll hat bat his alii own dar cleAr wife f fr r chute chests love lovo 10 tile the hath bath HUIno batho no o fl if I f tb HI tho hath bath her mate Tin n mod mall with woe woo to shore 18 she He fol p U with his him In I life and anti andt andrt floe Don Tn T w tk issak add Tho ri of i t j wilt will b be ia iasI fM sI IT t n nil II hut sara oar earL AstOr After thiS the tte theor theon on or V that surprises w us ie In The TIt TheO O nii Angler AnKI to Is that Walton Walten with M tIC nr a heart hoart slid and so IMI o sensitive a aHr Hr mold could ever 1 to bo lie the tho ea II of tra In the tho thet ua t TV r world Lot Let us hope sines he hed hent that duLt ho lie confined hi hiat his hili d nt nt tell 11 u us at Rt rim to thees kinds kind kt of C fish flah so met mor mete e tu 11 a as not DOt to grieve over bt km horn and d lo ly fI rM KI FI I 1 w m for tor f IMI o mixed a at ais is t I meant nt to oay ea lonely creek ereck hn hi ak f t k v n Walton do doSs SOt Rot Intimate tl ti 1 fl h build haUd iId 11 I Id 1 nU ou vr Tr think how much mych Jesus hr t todo to IA do with fishermen and fishing TIrl are to te It Itin itIn in th h rop l more than to any an other occupation or form fo of oC Ind tr He Hew w oi t tt It In m instruction IH in in inH Inc 4 c H It Ho He H gave cave e It the tho sanction sanctions s of nr m III iiii example ample From the boat boats and t It ti tite t he It took four t ur of HI Mis twelve rt il ii And three th of the th four fl fish h hein ein n fl w wr re hi his moot Intimate friends friend art ari the natural loaders of the twelve ard arI if f r the th early earl church The van er fl f of tIN the apostolic oi j fIr whon wh loft left to It Its Ita own OWR resources wa was t to ito KO fishing It I is Interesting to ton tott n te tt that It H was when thor thoy had lied en on thi thie that they thy found tk lr V rd that He lie Ie found tm Jc n nfl Fishermen 1 v h t v dM tIN issue oJ fishermen I t Ik ta ai a ko k kI i i 1 green D of nt young OMa men inca en the tho then IMO ques tV n One of oC thorn them t instantly re To pi pl i f ue they thoy muM could catch some re hardship patience lai T lIlt the those th fishermen ft of oC hid ttA Jt cared eared not If the ur wa was rough What ho he want wanted wanted ed was waa w loyal hearts heart la In I men mn who were will wi wilting lag to toe work werk and to learn Man JId t look INk OR en the tho outside of the tho fish fh Jolt job Jo h Ht but t He Be looked Into Int their theira a h fi U lIe wa warn willing to take tako the tho thet t and ead the pains pain to tD finish thorn them up ur T 1 Te all men with a fisherman fishermans II e grIt Ho e oay dayi Follow me and I will make mak you yon to become fishers fhe of men menDo menDe menDo Do De PO es time take up laak lesak Walton Boo ee now bow e he th the streams tream tIN the the t habit the sight the tho fit motions motion the tho food of those Ish fish He Ue knows knowlI them better than some somo men know their own families And he did tiEd It that he be might be a good fisher fisherman fisherman fisherman man What doos does it mean to you that the Lord Jesus has hall set flet his hand on you ou and called call you to be bo a good fish fisherman fisherman 1 erman foi fOJ Him Are Aro you willing to give tho the enthusiasm of oC your life to It as Walton did Goof Good Dr Nowell owell 1 tithed his time for angling an I suspect that was wall what made him no so 0 illustrious an example of the most honest In Ingenious genious quiet and harmless art Will Wille we e tithe our time an WI well as All our In Income Income come como Will VilI we study to show how our ourselves ourselves selves approved unto God fishermen that hat need not be ashamed Think of oC Peter and James J mell and John JohnHow How poor their life was Peasant life liCe among the tho peoples of oC the Orient has always been hard to the point of or cruel cruelty ty Theirs could have havo been above the average Yet you can ean count on your our fingers the tho personalities per who have Influenced the world more for good That Is III 2 because they loft off their stinking business of catching fish out of the water to be good fishermen for Jesus on land In Rome Homo the Eternal CIt City stands the greatest monument of Christian architecture It was fash fitch fashIoned by the worlds greatest builders and adorned with the wealth of the centuries and the nations all dedicated to o Peter Fetor the fisherman of ot Galilee On the other side of the city olty stands tho the church of St John less Im un Imposing posing than Peters but hut older and ond tak takIng Ing In ng ecclesiastical precedence of It for forSt forSt forSt St John Is mother and head of all the tho churches of the city and the world What memorials they are Yet Tet Peter or John or any good 1000 fisherman has las vastly more precious memorial In he thc house not made with hands No Nobu justness business bu pays puys so well as does oes fishing If f only on we WO go at nt It right |