On reading this pericope one...
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On reading this pericope one notes that verses 6 and 7 are inseparable, for verse 7 is the practical constraint contingent upon what goes before. In our American phraseology it means simply: "Pass it on!"
Some years ago a young mother on a little farm in northern Ontario had to undergo a serious operation and she was brought to a large hospital in the city of Toronto. So far away from home and worried about the little children she left behind; the size of the great city of three million people; the impersonal nature of the hospital; even the efficiency of the nurses filled her with fear. The fact that her case was assigned to one of the most distinguished surgeons in the city was of little comfort and scarcely lessened her apprehension and concern.
The evening before the operation this noted surgeon came to her room and sitting beside her bed he talked about where she had come from, her life on the farm, the little church where she worshiped, and he intimated that his background was actually the same. Then he took out his Bible and he read a few verses and offered a brief prayer. When he left the room, the woman turned to the nurse and said, "If this is the man who is going to operate on me tomorrow, I shall never be afraid anymore."
The Psalmist wrote: "Walk about Zion, Mark you well her bulwarks, that you may tell it to the generation following (KJV, Psalm 48:12, 13)."
--Macleod
Some years ago a young mother on a little farm in northern Ontario had to undergo a serious operation and she was brought to a large hospital in the city of Toronto. So far away from home and worried about the little children she left behind; the size of the great city of three million people; the impersonal nature of the hospital; even the efficiency of the nurses filled her with fear. The fact that her case was assigned to one of the most distinguished surgeons in the city was of little comfort and scarcely lessened her apprehension and concern.
The evening before the operation this noted surgeon came to her room and sitting beside her bed he talked about where she had come from, her life on the farm, the little church where she worshiped, and he intimated that his background was actually the same. Then he took out his Bible and he read a few verses and offered a brief prayer. When he left the room, the woman turned to the nurse and said, "If this is the man who is going to operate on me tomorrow, I shall never be afraid anymore."
The Psalmist wrote: "Walk about Zion, Mark you well her bulwarks, that you may tell it to the generation following (KJV, Psalm 48:12, 13)."
--Macleod
