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132        Our  blessed  Lord's  Instructions

oflfer  in  itself  was  full  of  plain  and  palpable
advantage  to  her ;  but  at  present  she  did  not
appear  to  believe  it  more  than  a  promise  of
an  extraordinary  temporal  gift :  still  she  asked
for  it :  "  Sir,  give  me  this  water,  that  I  thirst
not,  neither  come  hither  to  draw/'  May  we,
my  brethren,  take  heed  lest  our  prayers  be
tainted  with  that  worldly  character  which  shall
show  us  to  Him,  before  whom  ''  all  hearts  be
open,  and  all  desires  known,'*  as  hoping  for
things  temporal  while  we  use  words  significant
of  things  spiritual.
