...and became more and more lively, and had more of that inward sweetness. The appearance of everything was altered; there seemed to be, as it were, a calm,...sweet cast, or appearance of divine glory, in almost everything."1 Similarly, St. Paul describes the conversion experience of Christians by saying "if anyone...

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...Personal Narrative yet has its sole significance in reflecting and transmitting an awareness of God. "There seemed to be, as it were, a calm, sweet cast, or appearance of divine glory in every thing." "Sun," "moon," "stars," "clouds," "sky," "grass," "flowers," "trees," "water," and "all...

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...and became more and more lively, and had more of that inward sweetness. The appearance of everything was altered: there seemed to be, as it were, a calm,...sweet cast, or appearance of divine glory, in almost everything. God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in everything; in the...

...Edwards had explained how his conversion had brought a new sense of the presence of God in nature: "God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in everything; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water and all nature; which used greatly to fix my...

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...things gradually increased and became more and more lively, and had more of that inward sweetness — God's excellency, His wisdom, His Purity and love, seemed to appear in everything; in the sun, moon and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees;...