And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

I pause here to remark, that this is the first account we meet with in the Bible of the ministry of an Angel. Reader! Observe how kind his ministry. And then call to mind how very precious the services of those celestial guardians have been, upon innumerable occasions, in the Church! And if so, how very gracious must He be who hath appointed them! See Hebrews 1:14; Matthew 18:10. Reader, do you know anything of wilderness mercies, like Hagar? See Hosea 2:14.-Shur. See 1 Samuel 15:7; Exodus 15:22.

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