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"The cloud went off from the pilgrim's brow,
As a small and meagre book,
Unchased with gold or gem of cost,
Prom his folding robe he took;
'Here, lady fair, is the pearl of price:
May it prove as such to thee;
Nay, keep thy gold; I ask it not,
For the Word of God is free.'
"The hoary traveller went his way,
But the gift he left behind
Hath had its pure and perfect work
On that high-born maiden's mind;
And she hath turned from the pride of sin
To the lowliness of truth,
And given her human heart to God
In its beautiful hour of youth."
J. G. WHITTIER
"IN THE BEGINNING": CREATION
"_Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and
the heavens are the works of Thine hands: they shall perish; but Thou
remainest._"--HEBREWS i. 10.
To-day let us talk a little about the very first words which God has
spoken to us in His Book. You would like to find them in your own Bible, I
daresay.
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
And we will find one other verse, because it is the first verse of a
chapter which also speaks of "the beginning."
"Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?" (Prov. viii.
1).
Now that we have read these verses; I must tell you that Ernest and Chris
and Charlotte and May used each to learn a verse for me every day, and say
them in turn; indeed, they usually said two verses, for I liked them always
to repeat along with the new verse the one they had said the day before, in
order that they might not forget it.
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