Mark 1:32-34 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought to him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.… Once it was given to me to see the soul of man as a poor creature out at night in a wild storm and hurricane, flying through the tempest over a wild moor houseless; the wild lightnings blazed across the heath, and revealed one house, and thither fled the soul. "Who lives here?" "Justice." "Oh, Justice, let me in, for the storm is very dreadful." But Justice said, "Nay, I cannot shelter thee, for I kindled the lightnings and the hurricanes from whence you are flying." And I saw the poor spirit hastening over the plain, and the storm flash lit up another house, and thither fled the soul. "Who lives here? Truth." "Oh, Truth, shelter me." "Nay," said the white-robed woman, Truth's handmaid, "Hast thou loved Truth so much and been so faithful to her that thou canst fly to her for shelter? Not so; there is no shelter here." And away in weariness sped the soul through that wild night. Still through the gleams of the blue heavens looked out a third house through the drenching storm. "And who lives here?" said the lost soul. "Peace." "Oh, peace, let me in!" "Nay, nay; none enter the house of Peace but those whose hearts are Peace." And then near to the house of Peace rose another house, white and beautiful through the livid light. "Who lives here?" "Mercy. Fly thither, poor soul. I have been sitting up for thee, and this house was built for thy shelter and thy home." I read and hear such lessons as I watch Christ moving through the sick multitude that Sabbath evening in that old city. (E. Paxton Hood.) Parallel Verses KJV: And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. |
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