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The Beauty of Holiness

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 13, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 24.

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The Beauty of Holiness

By Eliza H. Morton

ELIZA H. MORTON
WHAT makes the beauty of the cloud, The beauty of the rose? What makes the heavens awe the mind With their deep, calm repose? It is the unity that's there, The order of our God. All nature is a system grand,— The beauty of the Lord.
The beauty of his holiness He would behold in us, In word, in deed, in kindly tone, In all that's generous,— A well-developed character As white as snowy dove, And shedding forth a steady light Made wonderful by love.
The beauty of his holiness Upon his church should rest, And orderly his worship be In Christ made manifest. Most beautiful that union is In God's own house of prayer, For then the angels from the heights Delight to linger there.
The beauty of his holiness Through flesh at length shall shine. Immortal in its loveliness May be this flesh of mine. The Spirit of the living God In every pulsing vein May lift my body from this earth To heaven's own lofty plain.
The beauty of his holiness Will make the desert bloom; 'Twill rest on every barren place, And drive away earth's gloom; 'Twill draw deific glory down Till heaven and earth are one, And in them both forevermore God's will be fully done.
North Deering, Maine.