The Beauty Of The World Consists Wholly

Among The Many Acts Of Gratitude We Owe To God, It May Be Accounted One To Study And Contemplate The Perfections And Beauties Of His Work Of Creation. Every New Discovery Must Necessarily Raise In Us A Fresh Sense Of The Greatness, Wisdom, And Power Of God.

Grace Is The Seed Of Glory, The Dawning Of Glory In The Heart, And Therefore Grace Is The Earnest Of The Future Inheritance.

We Have Seen That The Son Of God Created The World For This Very End, To Communicate Himself In An Image Of His Own Excellency. ... When We Behold The Light And Brightness Of The Sun, The Golden Edges Of An Evening Cloud, Or The Beauteous (rain)bow, We Behold The Adumbrations Of His Glory And Goodness; And In The Blue Sky, Of His Mildness And Gentleness.

Resolved, That I Will Do Whatsoever I Think To Be Most To God’s Glory, And My Own Good, Profit And Pleasure, In The Whole Of My Duration, Without Any Consideration Of The Time, Whether Now, Or Never So Many Myriad’s Of Ages Hence. Resolved To Do Whatever I Think To Be My Duty And Most For The Good And Advantage Of Mankind In General. Resolved To Do This, Whatever Difficulties I Meet With, How Many And How Great Soever.

The Best, Most Beautiful, And Most Perfect Way That We Have Of Expressing A Sweet Concord Of Mind To Each Other Is By Music.