Savonarola, Luther, Cromwell sheltered perishing multitudes.

Solitary in the midst of the vale in which death will soon dig a grave for each of us stands the immortal Christ, "the shadow of a great rock in a weary land." That Infinite Being who hath made man in his own image hath endowed the soul with full power to transform the desert into an oasis.

The soul carries wondrous implements.

It is given to reason to carry fertility where ignorance and fear and superstition have wrought desolation.

It is given to inventive skill to search out wellsprings and smite rocks into living water.