![]() ![]() ![]() This unprecedented evet becomes a communal touchstone for the Limean population, which can’t fathom why such a catastrophe would occur. Perhaps Brother Juniper found his answer. On July 20, 1714, an important bridge outside Lima, Peru, collapses without warning, plunging five travelers to their instant deaths. We all must live in the comfort that it is His will that reigns, not ours, and that the love which sustained us in this life will see us to the next. Seemingly saintly people die far too early in inexplicable circumstances- a bridge that has lasted for centuries one day breaks under the weight of an old woman, a cripple, an old man, a young girl, and a young man. ![]() Life and God's ways as they pertain to life, are a mystery to the believer. This short book is rooted in Christian realism - summed up in that final page. That love is, of course, the love of the Father. "All those impulses of love return to the love that made them." Perhaps, had Wilder capitalized the second "love" more would have drawn the same conclusion as I. The final line, so quoted by many of the reviewers, makes it all very clear to me. An ancient bridge collapses over a gorge in Peru, hurling five people into the abyss. Perhaps that is why I thought the main point of Thornton Wilder's outstanding The Bridge of San Luis Rey was so obvious.In many of the reviews I've read, many have stated that Wilder leaves the main conclusion up to the reader. We all have a worldview (don't we?) that influences just about everything we encounter. ![]()
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