VII: Job's Pool 



IN one of the five porches of Bethesda stood a 

 sheepman who looked upon the pool with un- 

 imaginative eyes. About its rim he saw a crowd 

 collected, eager and expectant, and he wondered 

 at the faith that drew them to this place. It was, 

 you see, his sheep-pond and as such a mere con- 

 venience. In the morning and at noontide and 

 again at evening, he led his flock to its cool water 

 and stood waiting while they drank. So did it 

 lose its mystery by the very act of ownership and 

 by its practical importance in the day's routine. 



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