. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. take us through. And so they did. I am CROSSING MOUNTAINS. 59 glad that the conductor of our train knew moreabout crossing mountains than I did, or evershall. And I am glad that as I try to get overthese big mountains between me and heaven, Ican confide in one who knows the way I in him does, in a certain sense, removemountains; that is, it causes them to be insur-mountable obstacles no longer. Mont Cenisstands where it has stood for thousands of frowns as sternly; it thunders and storms asever before. But


. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. take us through. And so they did. I am CROSSING MOUNTAINS. 59 glad that the conductor of our train knew moreabout crossing mountains than I did, or evershall. And I am glad that as I try to get overthese big mountains between me and heaven, Ican confide in one who knows the way I in him does, in a certain sense, removemountains; that is, it causes them to be insur-mountable obstacles no longer. Mont Cenisstands where it has stood for thousands of frowns as sternly; it thunders and storms asever before. But men have mastered it, and havecompelled it to be a highway and a thorough-fare. Jesus does not annihilate the difficultythat is in the way of mans salvation. Hetakes us over it; and forever and forever, fro-snithe eternal city — much more truly an EternalCity than this where I am writing my letterto-night — we shall look back, as I now lookback on Mont Cenis, and adore, more and more,the grace that saved us, as we realize whatamazing grace it was. Uncle /if^^^^^l >wc^ LETTER FIFTH. THE TWO CEMETERIES.


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