. Christian ethics : or, The true moral manhood and life of duty : a text-book for schools and colleges. conscience, where there is the approval of virtue, and the condem-nation of vice; in mans body, where the peace and serenity of virtuetend to preserve the health and strength, while the unrest and indul-gence of vice bring disease and pain and wreck; and, in short, in allthe universe, where every force, from the lowest physical to the highestmoral, appears as the friend and protector of the virtuous, and as theenemy and destroyer of the vicious. Moral Government as a Motive. — A strong fait
. Christian ethics : or, The true moral manhood and life of duty : a text-book for schools and colleges. conscience, where there is the approval of virtue, and the condem-nation of vice; in mans body, where the peace and serenity of virtuetend to preserve the health and strength, while the unrest and indul-gence of vice bring disease and pain and wreck; and, in short, in allthe universe, where every force, from the lowest physical to the highestmoral, appears as the friend and protector of the virtuous, and as theenemy and destroyer of the vicious. Moral Government as a Motive. — A strong faith in this righteous anduniversal government of God is one of the most powerful motive powersin man for sustaining him in righteousness in the great crises of life,and for bringing him up to the true moral height of his being. Subject 3d. The Grace of God. — It is mans duty to studythe grace of God in the administration of his governmentunder the Christian system, — since here alone he can learnthe divine provision for his deliverance from the moral dis-order and ruin into which he has CHAPTER 11. SUPREME DEVOTION OF THE HEART TOGOD. AS man was made to love and desire, so he was made aboveall to love and desire God, as the centre and sum of allgood. In short, it is the supreme duty of man as an affectionalbeing to respond with his whole heart to Gods revelation ofhis infinite thought of justice and holiness, of wisdom andlove. Warmth of heart toward God is moreover no less essential,than Godward activity of intellect, to the highest manhood ;and all coldness toward the Divine Author and Governorsinks man below the true height of his being. The Supreme AfFection. — The objects upon which the human heartis exercised decide the character and depth of its workings. Coldnessor indifference toward God, the good and lovely, must therefore degrademan affectionally. Accordingly, it will everywhere appear that theright use of the heart must require its exercise upon the h
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