THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



consider ever more that this world-beloved 

 parable of the Savior's is as perfect in its 

 aesthetic appreciation of the landscape as 

 in its ethical inspiration. 



In fact, the whole religion of Jesus is 

 a religion of the fields, not of cities nor of 

 camps. His life was spent in the out-of- 

 doors, under the open sky, walking with His 

 disciples through the ripening grcdn-fields 

 or beside the waters of Jordan, or resting 

 on the shores of Galilee. His infinitely 

 beautiful spiritual character was nourished 

 on the beauty of the world about Him. 

 There were no art galleries nor symphony 

 concerts for Him, except the galleries 

 of the hills and the concerts of the stars as 

 they sang together above his stony pillow. 

 But in all these things His Heavenly Father 

 walked and talked with Him, even as He 

 would daily speak to us in the same lan- 

 guage, would we only listen with quiet de- 

 votion and simple open-mindedness. 



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