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Out of the wilderness!
Once you and I pined in the wilderness, and sighed after God
from a barren land. All around us was the wilderness of this
world, a howling wilderness of danger, and need, and disorder.
We said of the world at its very best, "Vanity of Vanities,
All Is Vanity." Do you remember how you roamed, seeking rest
and finding none? Your way was the path of darkness, which
leads unto death. Then you were poor and needy, and sought
water and there was none, and your tongue cleaved unto the
roof of your mouth for thirst.
Then came the Lord that bought you, and he sought you until
he brought you into the gardens of his love, where he
satisfied you with the river of the water of life, and
filled you with the fruits of his Spirit, and now you
dwell in a goodly land.
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