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An old man going a lone highway, Came, at the evening cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide, The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fear for him; But he turned when safe on the other side And built a bridge to span the tide. "Old man," said a fellow pilgrim near, "You are wasting your strength with building here; Your journey will end with the ending day, Yon never again will pass this way; You've crossed the chasm, deep and wide, Why build this bridge at evening tide?" The builder lifted his old gray head; "Good friend, in the path I have come," he said, "There followed after me to-day A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm that has been as naught to me To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be; He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building this bridge for him!" - will dromgoole

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, seek my face, turn from their wicked ways ... then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their land, If my people will humble themselves and pray.

"Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord, and understanding begins with knowing the Holy One." Proverbs 9