Appreciation of the Beautiful

In the summer of 1873 we find the White family in the Rocky Mountains. Elder and Mrs. White, with their younger son, are seeking a little relaxation in Colorado. Mrs. White’s appreciation of the beauties of nature is contagious. Listen as she speaks:EGWMR 100.6

“I love the hills and mountains and forests of flourishing evergreens. I love the brooks, the swift-running streams of softest water which come bubbling over the rocks, through ravines, by the side of the mountains, as if singing the joyful praise of God....EGWMR 100.7

“We have here in the mountains a view of the most rich and glorious sunset it was ever our privilege to look upon. The beautiful picture of the sunset, painted upon the shifting, changing canvas of the heavens by the great master Artist, awakens in our hearts love and deepest reverence for God. The surpassing loveliness of the blended colors of gold, silver, purple, and crimson, painted upon the heavens, seems to speak to us of the amazing glories within. As we stand almost entranced before this picture of nature’s unsurpassed loveliness, contemplating the glories of Heaven of which we have a faint reflection, we repeat softly to ourselves, ‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.’”—The Health Reformer, August, 1873.EGWMR 100.8