"So wide was Christ's view of truth, so extended His teaching, that every phase of nature was employed in illustrating truth. The scenes upon which the eye daily rests were all connected with some spiritual truth, so that nature is clothed with the parables of the Master."
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Ellen G. White, in Bible Readings: Straight Answers from God's Word, p. 123
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