Living thoughts . THE CHRISTIAN GRACES. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye bemy —John xv. THE CHRISTIAN GRACES. LOVE is its own perennial fount of strength of affection is a proof, notof the worthiness of the object, but of the large-ness of the soul which loves. Love descends,not ascends. The might of a river dependsnot on the quality of the soil through w7hich itpasses, but on the inexhaustibleness and depthof the spring from which it proceeds. Thegreater mind cleaves to the smaller with moreforce than the other to it. A parent lo
Living thoughts . THE CHRISTIAN GRACES. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye bemy —John xv. THE CHRISTIAN GRACES. LOVE is its own perennial fount of strength of affection is a proof, notof the worthiness of the object, but of the large-ness of the soul which loves. Love descends,not ascends. The might of a river dependsnot on the quality of the soil through w7hich itpasses, but on the inexhaustibleness and depthof the spring from which it proceeds. Thegreater mind cleaves to the smaller with moreforce than the other to it. A parent loves thechild more than the child the parent, and partlybecause the parents heart is larger, not becausethe child is worthier. The Saviour loved Hisdisciples infinitely more than His disciples lovedHim, because His heart was infinitely larger. C85) 86 The Christian Graces. Love trusts on — ever hopes and expects betterthings; and this a trust springing from itself,and out of its own deeps alone. It is this trusting love that makes men whatthey are trusted to be, so realizing you make men trustworthy! Trustthem. Would y
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