What a scene was this for angels to contemplate; their glorious Commander, sitting in a fisherman's boat, swayed to and fro by the restless waves, and proclaiming the good news of salvation to the listening throng that were pressing down to the water's edge! He who was the Honored of heaven was declaring the great things of His kingdom in the open air, to the common people. Yet He could have had no more fitting scene for His labors. The lake, the mountains, the spreading 245 fields, the sunlight flooding the earth, all furnished objects to illustrate His lessons and impress them upon the mind. And no lesson of Christ's fell fruitless. Every message from His lips came to some soul as the word of eternal life.

Hvilket syn fik ikke englene at se her: deres herlige fører siddende i en fiskers båd, som blev vugget hid og did af de urolige bølger, mens han forkyndte frelsens glade budskab for den lyttende skare, som trængtes langs søens bred! Han, som var den, Himmelen ærede, forkyndte sit riges storhed under åben himmel for jævne mennesker. Dog kunne han ikke have fundet omgivelser, der passede bedre for hans gerning. Søen, bjergene, de vidtstrakte sletter og solskinnet, der strålede over jorden, alt bidrog til at levendegøre hans lære og få den til at fæstne sig i sindet. Og ingen af Kristi lærdomme blev uden frugt. Hvert budskab fra hans mund fandt vej til en eller anden sjæl som det evige livs ord.