. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Sermoneffes by the Rev. Don Jennings HE RESTORETH MY SOUL He was a farm boy of ten. He was full of the adventure that can be found by any boy whose life is spent in the country. That hot summer day, he lazily trudged up the lane from the woods. In one hand he carried a straw hat, bat- tered and torn from doing battle with a bumblebee nest. The day was hot, and his thirst had driven him to the house. As he pumped cool, clear water from the well in the yard, he lifted the cup and drank eagerly. He felt refreshed; his thirst was quenc
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Sermoneffes by the Rev. Don Jennings HE RESTORETH MY SOUL He was a farm boy of ten. He was full of the adventure that can be found by any boy whose life is spent in the country. That hot summer day, he lazily trudged up the lane from the woods. In one hand he carried a straw hat, bat- tered and torn from doing battle with a bumblebee nest. The day was hot, and his thirst had driven him to the house. As he pumped cool, clear water from the well in the yard, he lifted the cup and drank eagerly. He felt refreshed; his thirst was quenched. He lay down upon the grass nearby in peaceful reverie. Little did he know of the many times in his life ahead when he would be driven to seek out that which would quench the thirst of his soul as well as his body. It is a wise man who, knowing the source of supply, seeks out the restoring power for both body and soul. It has been said that a pocket- ful of gold is of little value to a man dying of thirst. Success It is not work that kills so many these days, but rather the strain of trying to reach the next rung on the ladder of success. Someone in my presence recently said that some of us spend half our lives trying to keep up with the Joneses, and the other half paying for it. The terrific pace of these days can rob us of the soul-restoring moments. These we all need. David, the Psalm writer, sought out that sanctuary of restoring power many times. He found it in the symbol of the still waters when he said, "He leadeth me beside the still waters, he restoreth my ; You may find it as you look upon a waterfall, a mountain, or a spring of cool water. You may find this 16 restormg power ii you laxe time to think of Him who created all of these natural and physical blessings for man. With a group of 50 young people, I recently visited the Chapel of the Sky at Chicago Temple. There, high above the busy streets, we found a place of quietness and devotion. Any vac
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