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she is still wandering aimlessly without finding the
right way. The forest is wide, and her understanding
is with God.
Follow the seekers, follow their train! Let the
oats hang on the rafters till the thin kernels fall from
the ears; let the potatoes rot in the ground; let the
horses loose so that they may not die of thirst in
the stables; leave the door of the cowshed open so
that the cattle can go under cover for the night; let
the children come also, for children belong to God,
He is with them and leads their footsteps. They
will help where man’s wisdom fails.
Come all—men, women, and children! Who
dåres stay at home? Who knows but God intends to
make use of him? Come all who hope for mercy,
that your souls, too, may not wander aimlessly one
day in a desert place, seeking rest and finding none!
Come! God has taken her understanding, and the
forest is wide.
Oh, who shall find the place where the fir trees
stand thickest and the moss lies softest? Is not that
something dark there near the hill slope? Oh, a
brown ant-hill. Blessed be He who guides the steps
of the foolish, it is nothing but a brown ant-hill!
Ah, what a long stream of people! It is no
holiday procession on its way to greet a conqueror, to
strew flowers in his path and fill his ears with shouts
of joy; nor a pilgrim march with psalms and whizzing
scourges on their way to the Holy Sepulchre;
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