"Perhaps I do not understand the request of
Moses, 'Show me Thy glory' (Exodus 33:18), but if he were here I would
like to take him to one of our meadows, and after allowing him to drink
the glories of flower, mountain, and sky, I would . .
. inquire how he had the conscience to ask for MORE glory when such
oceans and atmospheres were all about him. King David [in the Psalms]
was a better observer: 'The whole earth is full of thy glory.' I think
that if a revivalist, intoxicated with religion of too high a
temperature for his weak nerves, were to awaken from his exhaustion and
find himself in our meadows, he would, above such sheets of plant gold
and beneath such a sky, fancy himself in heaven. Especially if a
camp-meeting were going on at the time."
The Contemplative John Muir, pp. 57-58
Photo: Golden Banner, Arthur's Rock, and a vast sky; Lory State Park, CO; May 20, 2013. Muir is poking fun at the revivalist camp meetings he attended in the late 19th century midwestern frontier.
The Contemplative John Muir, pp. 57-58
Photo: Golden Banner, Arthur's Rock, and a vast sky; Lory State Park, CO; May 20, 2013. Muir is poking fun at the revivalist camp meetings he attended in the late 19th century midwestern frontier.
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