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nourish as it fell, for nothing grew upon that first 

 rocky surface. 



But the thought of God was upon the world, and it 

 was changing and growing. The peak of land which 

 had first appeared grew larger and larger. Then 

 more land arose from the sea, until in time a part of 

 each of the six great continents that you see pictured 

 upon the maps and the globe in the schoolroom had 

 emerged from the ocean. The rocks that make up 

 that land looked more like our rocks, and they were 

 getting ready for something to grow upon them. 



All this long, long time while the land was slowly 

 rising from that vast ocean, the rain water was busy 

 obeying God's law and fulfiUing His purpose. For 

 the rain worked to change the surface of the earth, 

 and to make it a better home for the plants, the 

 animals and the people that God willed should live 

 upon it. The rain not only blesses the things and the 

 creatures living upon the earth, but it helps and has 

 always helped to change the solid ground and make 

 it fit for them to live upon. Ever since the first crust 

 of rocky land emerged from the vast, enveloping 

 ocean even to this time the rain has worked in the 

 same way. 



Can you tell what the rain water does to change 

 the surface of the earth? Do you remember what the 

 men did when they laid out the streets and finished 

 the ground around the houses? They evened the 

 ground by cutting down the hills or ridges and by 

 filling up the valleys and hollows. 



In the same way the rain water is at work, cutting 

 down the hills and filling up the valleys. Persistently 



