Religion: Gennesaret, Massachusetts

And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, [Christ] stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake . . . and he entered into one of the ships . . . and he sat down and taught the people out of the ship.

—Luke 5:1-3

It was sweltering hot on Sunday afternoon at North Hadley Pond. North Hadley, Mass.—the thermometer hit 92° in the shade. But 76 people, ranging from 84-year-old David Babb to seven-month-old Paul Holland, waited on...

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