Together these two aged men and the younger one toiled up the mountain height. The heads of Moses and Aaron were white with the snows of sixscore winters. Their long and eventful lives had been marked with the deepest trials and the greatest honors that had ever fallen to the lot of man. They were men of great natural ability, and all their powers had been developed, exalted, and dignified by communion with the Infinite One. Their life had been spent in unselfish labor for God and their fellow men; their countenances gave evidence of great intellectual power, firmness and nobility of purpose, and strong affections.

De to oldinge og den yngre mand begyndte nu den besværlige opstigning. Moses og Aron havde 120 vintre bag sig, og deres hår var hvidt som sne. I deres lange og begivenhedsrige liv havde de mødt de største skuffelser og modtaget de største æresbevisninger, som nogensinde er blevet mennesker til del. De var rigt begavet, og deres evner var blevet udviklet og forædlet ved deres forbindelse med den evige Gud. Gennem hele deres liv havde de arbejdet uselvisk for Gud og deres medmennesker. Deres ansigt afspejlede stor intelligens, målbevidsthed, ædelmodighed og dyb kærlighed.