To be near unto God - pagina 545

which allows the supervision of the church to be general. And so there are many causes that co-operate, but among these the principal cause Life in the country itself, and the always is: consequent influence of nature, of the visible crea-

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surrounds the countryman. can be inferred that he who seeks to be near unto God loses a notable capacity, when he does not open eye and ear to the impression of the nearness of God, which the visible creation can impart.

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The need of this opening of eye and ear is evident from the large number of city people who in summer go to the country, but who go only for pleasure and fresh air, and return as estranged from God as when they started. But as a matter Parks and of fact, the city man misses nature. boulevards offer some compensation, but the great masses, especially working people, only return

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dark. The starry heavens truly also above our cities, but among those who walk the busy streets in the evening, who lifts his eyes on high to see who has created all these things, who bringeth out their hosts by number, and calleth them by name? In our villages nature is all around, whether it It forces itself upon the inhabis desired or not. In cities, on the other hand, people are itants. shut off from nature and only they who seek it above or outside of the town find it. In the country God's voice addresses us from within and from at

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