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<p>Taking the <strong>Old Testament history</strong> alone, how suggestive <br />
are its names and memories of the Christian's varied and <br />
chequered experience! <br />
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Here is his<strong> Bethel</strong>—the rough, stony pillow of hardship <br />
and suffering; but it is at the base of a heavenly ladder, <br />
passing up and down which are angels of consolation. <br />
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Here is a <strong>Marah</strong>—the bitter pool of sorrow, <br />
but wherein the divine healing Tree is cast. <br />
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Here are <strong>Palms and Wells of Elim</strong>, symbolic <br />
both of shadow and refreshment in pursuing <br />
life's wilderness march. <br />
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Here he has reached <strong>Rephidim</strong>, also with its double <br />
emblem and significance; the combination of the two <br />
factors in the believer's life—the active and the passive<br />
—work and prayer—Joshua fighting in the valley; Moses, <br />
Aaron, and Hur in supplication on the mountain summit. <br />
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Here is the gloomy <strong>border-river</strong>; but through its flood <br />
the true Ark of the Covenant precedes the hosts of Israel, <br />
conducting in safety to the land of promise. <br />
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We can write over all, &quot;They shall abundantly utter the <br />
memory of Your great goodness.&quot; The last of these <br />
memories is sung in heaven—&quot;They went through the <br />
flood on foot—there did we rejoice in Him!&quot;
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