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Morning, September 13 Go To Evening Reading “Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well, the rain also filleth the pools.” —Psalm 84:6 This teaches us that the comfort obtained by one may often prove serviceable to another, just as wells would be used by the company that came after. We read a book full of consolation, which is like Jonathan’s rod, dropping with honey. Ah! We think our brother has been here before us and dug this well for us as well as for himself. Many a “Night of Weeping,” “Midnight Harmonies,” an “Eternal Day,” “A Crook in the Lot,” a “Comfort for Mourners,” has been a well dug by a pilgrim for himself, but has proved quite as helpful to others. Notably, we see this especially in the Psalms, as in the beginning, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” Travellers have been delighted to see the footprint of man on a barren shore, and we love to see the waymarks of pilgrims while passing through the vale of tears. The pilgrims dig the well, but s...