CMP Review 2026-06-21

“To [John the Baptist], as to each of us, the revelation of Christ came by the Holy Spirit; ‘he beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven and it abode upon Him.’ Most of us have observed how the everyday sights of the natural world have been hallowed, whether by association with our Lord, or, by His use of them to convey deeper truths. The lambs upon the hillside, the reeds in our lakes, the shepherd and his flock, the grass, the cornfield, the wind, the face of the sky, the sea and the fishing boats and the fisher folk, and many other sweet natural associations, are as bonds of sympathetic thought between us and our Lord.” (Charlotte Mason)

Charlotte Mason wrote a poem celebrating the baptism of Christ. Can the beauty and wonder of nature really lead us to “sympathetic thought between us and our Lord”? It did for John. Read or hear the poem here.

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