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Adventures in Contentment
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David Grayson
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"And
when
they
shall
be
afraid
of
that
which
is
high
and
fears
shall
be
in
the
way----"
I
knew
the
fear
of
that
which
is
high:
I
had
dreamed
of
it
commonly.
And
I
knew
also
the
Fear
that
stood
in
the
way:
him
I
had
seen
in
a
myriad
of
forms,
looming
black
by
darkness
in
every
lane
I
trod;
and
yet
with
what
defiance
I
met
and
slew
him!
And
then,
more
thrilling
than
all
else,
the
words
of
the
preacher:
"Or
ever
the
silver
cord
be
loosed,
or
the
golden
bowl
be
broken,
or
the
pitcher
be
broken
at
the
fountain,
or
the
wheel
broken
at
the
cistern."
Such
pictures:
that
silver
cord,
that
golden
bowl!
And
why
and
wherefore?
A
thousand
ways
I
turned
them
in
my
mind--and
always
with
the
sound
of
the
preacher's
voice
in
my
ears--the
resonance
of
the
words
conveying
an
indescribable
fire
of
inspiration.
Vaguely
and
yet
with
certainty
I
knew
the
preacher
spoke
out
of
some
unfathomable
emotion
which
I
did
not
understand--which
I
did
not
care
to
understand.
Since
then
I
have
thought
what
those
words
must
have
meant
to
him!
Ah,
that
tall
lank
preacher,
who
thought
himself
a
failure:
how
long
I
shall
remember
him
and
the
words
he
read
and
the
mournful
yet
resonant
cadences
of
his
voice--and
the
barren
church,
and
the
stony
religion!
Heaven
he
gave
me,
unknowing,
while
he
preached
an
ineffectual
hell.
As
we
rode
home
Harriet
looked
into
my
face.
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