XI 



MOUNT HOOD FROM COUNCIL 

 CREST 



HERE is one glory of Rainier, and 

 another glory of St. Helen's, and 

 another glory of Mount Adams, for 

 these majestic peaks differ from one 

 another in glory, and they all differ 

 in turn from Mount Hood, as Hood, in its dif- 

 ference only, exceeds them all in glory. For pure 

 spirituality, for earth raised incorruptible and 

 clothed upon with the holiness of beauty, Mount 

 Hood, as seen in the heavens from the heights of 

 Portland, is incomparable. Hood is not "The 

 Mountain that was God," but as its snow-crowned 

 summit, touched with the warmth of closing day, 

 was first unveiled before me, my soul did mag- 

 nify the Lord, for the vision, to my unaccustomed 

 eyes, was all divine. 



Portland is a city beautiful for situation; Ore- 

 gon is a State of vast magnificence ; and the glory 

 of city and State is Mount Hood. There are loftier 



