Emphasis Preaching Journal

Tim tells about his friend Jim, who nearly always came to Irvine in the summer to visit. It was where his mother grew up and his grandparents still lived. Tim and Jim had great times in Irvine, for it had mountains and a river that ran right through the town. Tim's dad loved to fish. He would take Tim and Jim out in the boat, and they would sit quietly while he would cross the river from one shore to the other, checking his trot-lines to see if he had caught any fish overnight. One day they heard a voice shouting from the distant shore: "Go away, go away.