Psalms 65:9

Psalms 65:9

I. Where is the fountain of the river of God? Every river has a spring or fountain some pool or rocky cavern where it first springs up out of the deep, dark earth. The fountain of the rain is the great ocean.

II. Where does this river flow? Other rivers flow along in channels of rock or earth; but the river of the rain flows through the air, confined by no banks. It flows above the mountains, north, south, east, or west, wherever the wind may carry it.

III. What does this river do? (1) It feeds all the other rivers. The rain which soaks deep down into the earth goes to fill the wells and fountains. There is not a drop of water you drink but once came down from the sky, in rain, or hail, or snow. (2) The river of God feeds all living things, both plants and animals. All our food as well as every draught we drink comes to us from this wonderful river of the rain.

Conder, Drops and Rocks, and Other Talks with the Children,p. 144.

Reference: Psalms 65:9. H. Macmillan, Bible Teachings in Nature,p. 90.