THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



He flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind — 

 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion 



round about him; 

 Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies — 

 At the brightness before him his thick clouds 



passed. 

 Hailstones and coals of fire. 

 The Lord also thundered in the Heavens, 

 And the Most High uttered his voice; 

 Hailstones and coals of Are. 



Job and the prophets are full of the 

 knowledge of the large and magnificent 

 aspects of nature. In their loftiest passages 

 deep calleth unto deep at the noise of the 

 waterfalls, or the air was filled with snow 

 like wool. They spoke of him that maketh 

 Pleiades and Orion, and turneth deep 

 darkness into the morning, and maketh the 

 day dark with night, that calleth for the 

 waters of the sea, and poureth them out 

 upon the face of the earth. And one who 

 would confound all argument said: 



Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? 

 Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? 

 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? 

 And as for darkness, where is the place thereof? 

 Hast thou entered into the treasuries of the snow? 

 Or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail? 



When we turn to the words of the 

 lowly Nazarene, of whom it was said that 



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