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The Beauties of Nature, June 20
Roads to Happiness That Are Never Closed
The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have
pleasure therein.... He hath made his wonderful works to be
remembered.
Psalm 111:2-4
God, who made the Eden home of our first parents so surpassingly
lovely, has also given the noble trees, the beautiful flowers, and every-
thing lovely in nature for our happiness.
Wherever we turn are traces of primal loveliness. Wherever we may
turn we hear the voice of God and behold His handiwork....
Nature’s ten thousand voices speak His praise. In earth, and air, and
sky, with their marvelous tint and color, varying in gorgeous contrast or
softly blended in harmony, we behold His glory. The everlasting hills
tell us of His power. The trees wave their green banners in the sunlight,
and point us upward to their Creator. The flowers that gem the earth
with their beauty whisper to us of Eden and fill us with longings for its
unfading loveliness. The living green that carpets the brown earth tells us
of God’s care for the humblest of His creatures. The caves of the sea and
the depths of the earth reveal His treasures. He who placed the pearls in
the ocean and the amethyst and the chrysolite among the rocks is a lover
of the beautiful. The sun rising in the heavens is the representative of
Him who is the light and life of all that He has made. All the brightness
and beauty that adorn the earth and light up the heavens speak of God.
Shall we, in the enjoyment of the gifts, forget the Giver? Let them
rather lead us to contemplate His goodness and His love. Let all that is
beautiful in our earthly home remind us of the crystal river and green
fields, the waving trees and the living fountains, the shining city and the
white-robed singers, of our heavenly home—that world of beauty that
no artist can picture and no mortal tongue describe.
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