. Te Karere. lled to Joseph as a fathers gift, Beloved and reverenced now for memorys sake. She had drawn from the coolness of the wells deep coi Innumerable times—but in this precious hour. This treasured sixth one of the day, A miracle had come—to her, a woman of Samaria, Of an alien people scorned and hated as a foe. He was of Galilee—that Stranger—with a voice Gentle as shadows when the dusk is warm Upon the ancient peaks of Gcrizim, His eyes more kind than sunlight on the mountain rim; Though his discernment, sharp and sabre-swift. Had opened the covered seasons to lay bare Her veiled and
. Te Karere. lled to Joseph as a fathers gift, Beloved and reverenced now for memorys sake. She had drawn from the coolness of the wells deep coi Innumerable times—but in this precious hour. This treasured sixth one of the day, A miracle had come—to her, a woman of Samaria, Of an alien people scorned and hated as a foe. He was of Galilee—that Stranger—with a voice Gentle as shadows when the dusk is warm Upon the ancient peaks of Gcrizim, His eyes more kind than sunlight on the mountain rim; Though his discernment, sharp and sabre-swift. Had opened the covered seasons to lay bare Her veiled and unvoiced past. A prophet surely! I know Messias cometh, she had said. And He had answered, I that speak . . am He. How eagerness outran her sandaled feet! To Sychar swiftly, others too must know Of everlasting life, of living water— That they lAio drink thereof shall thirst no more. Though all the doubting zvorld might be deceived. Truth was in His word—and she believed. Alberta H.
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