35. He turneth the wilderness into a standing water. With another turn of his hand he more than restores that which in
judgment he took away. He does his work of mercy on a royal scale, for a deep
lake is seen where before there was only a sandy waste. It is not by natural
laws, working by some innate force, that this wonder is wrought, but by
himself. And dry ground into watersprings. Continuance, abundance, and
perpetual freshness are all implied in watersprings, and these are
created where all was dry. This wonder of mercy is the precise reversal of the
deed of judgment, and wrought by the selfsame hand. Even thus in the church,
and in each individual saint, the mercy of the Lord soon works wonderful
changes where restoring and renewing grace begin their benign work.
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