Re: [at-l] Interesting quote

[ssharpe@WELLESLEY.EDU (Sharon Sharpe)]

Wow... Thansk S.B....

Sharon

TOKTAADN@aol.com writes:
>I came across a quote some of you AT historians may enjoy.  From John 
>McPhee's "In Suspect Terrain."  In it he quotes the Reverend F. F.
>(Felix?) 
>Ellinwood who gave the dedication sermon at the Church of the Mountain in 
>Delaware Water Gap on August 29, 1854:
>
>"The rude blasts of six thousand winters have howled in undaunted
>wildness 
>over the consecrated spot, while yet its predicted destiny was not
>fulfilled. 
> But here, at length, stands, in very deed the church firmly built upon
>the 
>rock, and it is our hope and prayer that the gates of hell shall not
>prevail 
>against it.  .  .  . For many centuries past has Jehovah dwelt in the
>rocky 
>fastnesses of this mountain.  Ere there was a human ear to listen, His
>voice 
>was uttered here in the sighing of the breeze and the thunder of the
>storms, 
>which even then were wont to writhe in the close grapple of this narrow 
>gorge.  Ere one human footstep had invaded the wildness of the place, or
>the 
>hand of art had applied the drill and blast to the silent rock, God's
>hand 
>was working here alone -- delving out its deep, rugged pathway for yonder 
>river, and clothing those gigantic bluffs and terraces with undying
>verdure, 
>and the far gleaming brightness of their laurel bloom."
>
>BTW, I place this here because of its value as Trail history and
>literature 
>to us, most definitely NOT to get into a religious discussion.  Thanks! 
>:)
>
>Happy trails,
>
>Solar Bear
>
>"The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself."  Still
>looking, 
>but I'm not finding any blazes.  :)
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Sharon Sharpe
Head Athletic Trainer
Wellesley College
Wellesley MA
ssharpe@wellesley.edu

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