Mark 13:37 And what I say to you I say to all, Watch. Oh! the danger may come in a very different way from the way you expect. Did you ever read AEsop's Fables? I will tell you one of a doe that was blind of one eye (have you read the story?); this doe was very cunning and clever, for she knew which eye was blind, and down the path which the doe used to go she always kept her blind eye to the sea and her good eye to the land, because it was from the land the doe thought the danger would come. So the doe always kept the blind eye to the sea and the good eye to the land. One day a poacher, who knew all about that, got a boat and went out in the boat on the sea, and from the boat he shot the poor doe; and as the poor doe was dying, she said, so the fable goes, "Unhappy watcher! poor me! My danger came from where I never expected it, and there was no danger where I did expect it!" You may be like that poor blind doe: the danger comes where you don't expect it! Do you know where to expect the danger? "Watch!" I believe a hare when it lies in the grass always tries to see out of its eyes backwards; he thinks the danger will come from behind, therefore he so fixes his eyes and puts his ears back that he cannot see what is before; he is always looking back. Your danger comes every way. Another thing I want you to watch against is wandering thoughts. (J. Vaughan, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. |
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