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If their meeting or parting takes place at sunrise or sunset , as it often does , one gets the splendor of the apocalypse . It was the royal abode of the Moorish kings , where , surrounded with the splendors and refinements of Asiatic luxury , they held dominion over what they vaunted as a terrestrial paradise , and made their last stand for empire in Spain . The recipient of royal favor , however , though surrounded by pomp and splendor , did not forget his God nor his people . It is also true that he developed a nonhierarchical metaphysics , based on the splendors of individual human consciousness , which had a huge impact on the development of the modern West . In those halls of luxury and splendor all must appear light-hearted and happy . Race 's value as a visually splendid travelogue ca n't be underestimated , particularly when it has the splendors of Beijing to display . Details of the tragedy were carried by newspapers nationwide for several days , and the book , Through Gates of Splendor , authored by Jim Elliot 's widow , Elisabeth Elliot , sold over 500,000 copies in English and was translated into nine languages . Visualize it in all its Pagan splendor . Tips for CruisingTravel tips from this month 's Journeys columnRelated linksWhere else can you enjoy the splendors of America 's most rugged wilderness without ever roughing it ? He looked wistfully on the velvet carpets , and the before unimagined splendors of mirrors , pictures , statues , and curtains , and , like the Queen of Sheba before Solomon , there was no more spirit in him .