With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . Steam Rising from Teakettle. RAIN. 165 land until they come to the place where God wants to pour themout in showers and rain, and in snow and blessing. But now, you will see that there is another difficulty. Whenall this vast quantity of water is held in the clouds, a mile or twoabove the earth, if it were to be poured out, it would come with such. Clouds and Rain. force upon the earth that it would destroy every living thing. Now,as God used the warmth from the sun as His agent to lift the waterinto the
With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . Steam Rising from Teakettle. RAIN. 165 land until they come to the place where God wants to pour themout in showers and rain, and in snow and blessing. But now, you will see that there is another difficulty. Whenall this vast quantity of water is held in the clouds, a mile or twoabove the earth, if it were to be poured out, it would come with such. Clouds and Rain. force upon the earth that it would destroy every living thing. Now,as God used the warmth from the sun as His agent to lift the waterinto the clouds, so also, when He desires to unload the clouds, topour the rain upon the earth, He causes the warm air which carriesthe water to be blown upon by the colder air which floats above it, 166 RAIN. and as the heat lifted the water, so the cold causes it to descend;and immediately it begins to form as clouds, one particle or atomof moisture touches another, and the two form the larger atom, andthese again unite with others, until finally a drop is formed, and itbegins to descend and comes down in gentle showers upon theearth as though it were sifted through a very fine sieve. Thesesmall drops fall upon the earth so gently as not even to bruise theleaf of the tenderest flower or the tenderest insect that walks uponthe earth. Possibly some children may not fully understand, but theolder ones will get some idea of the vast quanti
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