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ried down from the heights. It all made great 

 shelving beaches then, just as it does now. 



Think of the patient working of these brooks and 

 rivers. Think of the ages and ages that they have 

 worked to make the world ready for life. 



Even now they are still busy cutting down our 

 mountains and filling up our valleys, although to 

 us the world seems quite finished. They are God's 

 helpers, as are we. Unless the raindrops and the 

 brooks and the rivers had done God's work in those 

 long-ago days, the earth would not have been made 

 ready for us to live upon; and the work they do now 

 keeps it fit for life. 



