Water, when it hits the ground, instantly becomes a puddle or rivulet or flood. It’s the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like a sudden outbreak of democracy. As the consequences of a continued draught would be fatal to us, so the advantages are equally precious which the refreshing showers afford. The blessings which our Heavenly Father pours upon us by this means are equally abundant and necessary for us. In the truest sense of the word, rain deserves to be called a present from heaven.The rain, the chickweed, and the burdock leaf, the green-white privet flower, the spotted stone, and all that welcomes the rain the sparrow too,- who watches with a hard eye from seclusion beneath the elm-tree bough, till rain is done. Let us discover some new alphabet, for this, the often praised and be ourselves. Beloved, let us once more praise the rain.In such giving, there is little space for selfishness. Clouds send rain only to quench the parched earth. Cows give milk, but she doesn't drink it herself - that is left to others. Trees bear fruits only to be eaten by others the fields grow grains, but they are consumed by the world.
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