Charles Grafton (1830-1912), 2nd Bishop of Fond du Lac:
Nature is only God thinking out loud. He speaks
in the truthful precision of mathematics, as, according to the inverse square
of their distances, the stellar bodies courtesy and bow to one another. He, Who
is not only Beautiful but Beauty Itself, can but join in marriage together the
useful and the beautiful. The same laws which make for health and life paint
the sky in its sunset colors and clothe the bending grain in ripples of light. –
The Ritual of the Church
I remember walking in the woods one day and, on a
log which stood in the midst of an opening, listening to a little insect as it
rubbed its wings together and so made one plaintive note; whether it was an
acted prayer or song of praise could not be discerned. The opening in the
woods, with the blue sky and clouds above it, was to that little creature its
universe. How like that insect was I. How circumscribed my vision and
knowledge, how insignificant my being. I was but a little speck upon this
little speck of a planet. I was only like a mote glittering in the sunbeam,
along with billions of others. But the great Father knew me and I knew Him.
Christ had promised that He and the Father would come and make His abode in us,
and He had done so in little me. His presence filled my little being with an
everlasting song of rejoicing. I, like the little insect, could utter one note
of praise: Glory be to Thee, O God! Dearest, I love Thee, let me love Thee
more!
Becoming a People of God's Mercy and Delight, Part 2
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