The soul that is bound by this personal attachment to Jesus has a life in the eternal, which transfigures the life in time with a great joy.
"Friendship"
Hugh Black
This sentiment at times breaks out in such as the following poetic strain: "In the beauty of the lily Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me As He died to make men holy, let us die to make them free."
"Three Years in the Federal Cavalry"
Willard Glazier
As we turn round the foot of the lake into a raised causeway above fields of ripening rice, the full moon comes up behind the sombre hills, and transfigures the night with a sparkling flood of silver glory.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings