To be near unto God - pagina 374

cast broad shadows, and so afford the traveler protection from the heat of the sun. Thus it is in the valley in the midst of the mountains, and metaphorically for God's child in the midst of troubles. When, languishing and hardpressed he can do nothing more, God is a fountain to him, and it is God who stretches out broadly the rain-clouds over him, which cover him with their shade. "When they pass through the valley of mulberry trees, they make him a well; yea, the raincloud shall cover them with Dutch version, vide blessings" (Psalm 84:6. R. v.). Thus to worship, in the living God and in his Christ, the Fountain of life, has become our comAnd in forting manner of metaphorical speech. order to grasp the rich significance of this metaphor, one should see for himself what, in mounIn tain villages, the village fountain or well is. these villages, which are mostly very small,^ there is generally only one well, one fountain, in the midst of the village. From this single fountain every villager drinks. In the morning and at sundown every person comes to this well, to fill his pitcher with water, and carry home the precious Horses and cattle are driven thither to supply. Soiled clothes are drink from this same well. carried there, in order, after being washed clean, to be taken back home. This makes the village well the center of the entire village life. Everyone gathers around it. At that well people meet There they converse together. one another.

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There the common life is lived. And thus the whole community feels that this single well is indeed the fountain of

life,

for the entire village.

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