Creator
Unidentified
Recipient
Louie Strentzel Muir
Transcription
Martinez, Cal. Oct. 15-86 “Oh we love this world that we live in and we do not know much about any other world. Oh we love the days in this beautiful world, for we can run and play and have a grand time, and the Lord can see us all the time and we can not see Him. Oh how grand and great He is! (repeat) He makes all people, all dogs, and even all hens. He makes gold and silver. How grand and great He is! He makes frogs and elephants, the lovely stars, and moon, and all things. We love Him, oh we love Him! The stars are fires up in the sky. The sun is a bigger fire. Oh the lovely, lovely stars! But one thing he did not do – He did not name the stars, but I Suppose He could if he wanted to. And he made mountains, and even mountains in the moon – that great moon that we see. Oh we love the moon! The moon is a big fire – as big as from here to Martinez. Oh how great, and good, and wonderful He is! He made the pretty, pretty, little girls, and when they are grown up they can have houses of their own, and then they can talk to the Lord though they can not see Him. Oh how great, and grand, and good He is! He makes shells and birds and the little chickens – and He makes rose bushes and water and stones. Oh how we love Him! And He makes ivy to run up the porches, and He even makes walruses and tusks for them. Oh it is very great and strange to us but I suppose it is not at all strange to Him. The page is ended and this song is ended.”
Location
Martinez, CA
Date Original
1886-10-15
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Unidentified, "Letter from Unidentified to Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1886 Oct 15" (1886). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6720.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6720
Resource Identifier
1886 Oct 15
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
