206 THE EARTH MADE READY FOR MAN 



But they tell us the greatest message of all when 

 they speak to our hearts of the power and majesty 

 of God. He has made them very beautiful with 

 their great, rocky cliffs, with the delicate fronds of 

 ferns growing in their crevices and carpeting the 

 floor of the mighty forests on their sides. The 

 marvel of these great mountains is part of the won- 

 der of God; and, as our Bible verse tells us, the 

 heights of the mountains are His. Is it not true 

 that ''the strength of the hills is His"? And is it 

 to be wondered at that people have called them 

 ''the hills of God," or that men feel very near to 

 God when they see those massive mountains lifting 

 their peaks above the clouds and hiding their feet 

 deep down in the recesses of the mysterious under- 

 ground world? When we see these hills of God or 

 think about them, I believe we will understand 

 what the writer of the hymn meant when he said, 



I sing the mighty power of God 

 That made the mountains rise. 



