Living in God's Glory

JUST SHORT OF THE SUMMIT for good deeds, while there will be nothing but eternal damnation for evil deeds. JUST SHORT OF THE SUMMIT We must always be aware that our ultimate destination lies not in the realization of our dreams in this world, but our greatest climax lies beyond the grave in the abode we finally take up in the Afterlife. a veteran of World War i, Maurice Wilson had always dreamt of standing on “the roof of the world”—on the top of Mount Everest (at 29,028 feet, the highest peak in the world). his keenness to realize this ambition was so great that he walked out of a successful family business, spent all his money on a second-hand aeroplane and flew six thousand miles from England to india, finally touching down at Purnea on the borders of nepal. Then, having been refused permission to proceed beyond this point in his aircraft, he sold it and approached Everest through darjeeling and Tibet. on the last leg of the journey, he carried only a small tent, some rice, an automatic camera, and a few other small items. he planned to stand on the summit on his 36th birthday, april 21, 1934, but when he was just a few days away from making this birthday the most memorable one ever, he was overtaken by a violent himalayan storm and was forced to descend to his previous base. one year later,