Very
admirable was his occupation.
If those who spend so many hours in idle company,
light reading, and useless pastimes,
could learn wisdom,
If those who spend so many hours in idle company,
light reading, and useless pastimes,
could learn wisdom,
they would find more profitable society and more interesting engagements
in meditation
than in the vanities which now have such charms for them.
We should all know more,
live nearer to God,
and grow in grace,
if we were more alone.
Meditation…extracts the real nutriment from the mental food gathered elsewhere.
When Jesus is the theme, meditation is sweet indeed.
Isaac found Rebecca while engaged in private musings;
many others have found their best beloved there.
Very admirable was the choice of place.
In the field we have a study hung round with texts for thought.
From the cedar to the hyssop,
from the soaring eagle down to the chirping grasshopper,
from the blue expanse of heaven to a drop of dew,
all things are full of teaching,
and when the eye is divinely opened,
that teaching flashes upon the mind
far more vividly than from written books.
Our little rooms are neither
so healthy,
so suggestive,
so agreeable,
or
so inspiring as the fields.
Let us count nothing common or unclean,
but feel that all created things point to their Maker,
and the field will at once be hallowed.
Very admirable was the season.
The season of sunset
as it draws a veil over the day,
befits that repose of the soul
when earthborn cares yield
to the joys of heavenly communion.
The glory of the setting sun excites our wonder,
and the solemnity of approaching night awakens our awe.
If the business of this day will permit it, it will be well,
dear reader,
if you can spare an hour to walk in the field at eventide,
in meditation
than in the vanities which now have such charms for them.
We should all know more,
live nearer to God,
and grow in grace,
if we were more alone.
Meditation…extracts the real nutriment from the mental food gathered elsewhere.
When Jesus is the theme, meditation is sweet indeed.
Isaac found Rebecca while engaged in private musings;
many others have found their best beloved there.
Very admirable was the choice of place.
In the field we have a study hung round with texts for thought.
From the cedar to the hyssop,
from the soaring eagle down to the chirping grasshopper,
from the blue expanse of heaven to a drop of dew,
all things are full of teaching,
and when the eye is divinely opened,
that teaching flashes upon the mind
far more vividly than from written books.
Our little rooms are neither
so healthy,
so suggestive,
so agreeable,
or
so inspiring as the fields.
Let us count nothing common or unclean,
but feel that all created things point to their Maker,
and the field will at once be hallowed.
Very admirable was the season.
The season of sunset
as it draws a veil over the day,
befits that repose of the soul
when earthborn cares yield
to the joys of heavenly communion.
The glory of the setting sun excites our wonder,
and the solemnity of approaching night awakens our awe.
If the business of this day will permit it, it will be well,
dear reader,
if you can spare an hour to walk in the field at eventide,
but if not,
the Lord is in the town too,
and
will meet with thee in thy chamber or in the crowded street.
Let thy heart go forth to meet him.
the Lord is in the town too,
and
will meet with thee in thy chamber or in the crowded street.
Let thy heart go forth to meet him.
He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching. Rebekah also looked up and
saw Isaac. She got down from her camel and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?"
Genesis 24:63-65
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