Letter from John Muir to A. Bradley Brown, 1856

Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

[A.] Bradley [Brown]

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perish and pass away made the only sig- nificent difference between you, But Jesus is the son of God. "By him the worlds were made". By him all things consist "He it is who seeks you and suffers for you to save you.' Again, you begged the good man to have pity on you, besides you never did him any harm. But it was long ere you ever begged Jesus to help you that he came away here to bless you. So far from humbly begging assistance in time of need, You said, "I desire not the knowledge of thy ways", "I need nothing from you". Do not these things make mighty odds in favor of Jesus in the claim for gratitude and love. The good man came only to the door when it stormed; that was not much of a deed. But Christ came far from his home, and out into the storm - a far greater and more bitter storm than we are able to conceive of and remains out in it all his life on earth - going about doing good drinking deep of every sorrow, with no place to lay his head at night, loving all of us, meekly suffering every kind of wrong and abuse, his kindest words and deeds misjudged 00082

Location

Hickory Hill, Wisc.

Date Original

1856

Source

Original letter dimensions: 24.0 x 19.5 cm

Resource Identifier

muir01_0027-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0027

Copyright Status

Copyrighted

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University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Copyright Holder

Muir-Hanna Trust

Copyright Date

1984

Page Number

Page 5