ANALOGY OF LOVE TO ATTRACTION. 



in one harmonious system. It connects the 

 earth and the planetary globes with other sys 

 tems in the distant regions of space ; and carries 

 the sun, with all his attendant orbs, around the 

 centre of that nebula to which it belongs, and 

 all the systems and nebulae of the universe 

 around the throne of God. 



In like manner, love unites all holy intelli 

 gences, wherever dispersed through the ampli 

 tudes of creation, in one amiable and harmonious 

 system. It unites man to God, and God to man. 

 It unites the renovated inhabitants of our globe 

 to angels and archangels, and qualifies them for 

 entering into the closest bonds of friendship and 

 affection with superior intelligences that people 

 the regions of distant worlds. It produces an 

 expansive and harmonious spirit, and an ardent 

 desire to diffuse happiness among all surround 

 ing beings. It gives birth to those sublime emo 

 tions which flow out towards the Creator in the 

 various forms qf adoration, complacency, hope, 

 confidence, humility, joy, submission, and re 

 verence ; and it is the spring of all those vir- 

 luous dispositions which flow out towards our 

 fellow-creatures in the form of mercy, compas 

 sion, sincerity, candour, sympathy, kindness, 

 long-suffering, gentleness, meekness, charity, 

 generosity, justice, and active beneficence. It 

 impels its possessor to run to the assistance of 

 the distressed, to support the weak, to console 

 the desponding, to comfort the dying, to diffuse 

 the rays of heavenly light over the benighted 

 mind, and to rejoice in the prosperity of ail 

 around. It is &quot; the bond of perfection&quot; which 

 unites the members of an affectionate family, and 

 preserves the union of the faithful in all the 

 churches of the saints. It unites man to man by 

 the closest ties, however different in language, 

 customs, colour, and complexion, and however 

 far removed from each other in point of place. 

 . It enables the Greenlander, the Icelander, the 

 African, the inhabitant of Hindostan, and the in 

 habitant of the British Isles, in whose hearts it 

 resides, to recognize each other as &quot; the sons of 

 God,&quot; and as &quot;brethren in Christ Jesus.&quot; It 

 sends forth the imagination over every quarter of 

 the globe, carrying benevolent wishes, fervent 

 prayers, and intercessions for men of all kindreds 

 and ranks ; and employs every active endeavour 

 to promote the present enjoyment and the eter 

 nal felicity of the family of mankind. It in 

 spires the soul with emotions of delight, when 

 it becomes the instrument of communicating 

 happiness to all within the sphere of its influ 

 ence. It unites the host of seraphim and che 

 rubim in one vast and harmonious association ; 

 so that no jarring affection is ever felt, and no 

 discordant voice is ever heard, among the thou 

 sands and ten thousands of these exalted intelli 

 gences. It preserves every member of the holy 

 and intelligent system in the rank and orbit pre- 

 criboi by Infini e Wisdom, and leads them all to 



rejoice in accomplishing the plans of their 

 volent Creator. Around him, as the sun of the 

 moral system the centre of light, and love, and 

 joy they all revolve in their appointed order; 

 cheered by the emanation of his love, enlightened 

 by his beams, and reflecting a radiance upon all 

 the beings with which they are surrounded. 

 Though one orb differs from another in motion, 

 in magnitude, and in glory, yet no one interferes 

 with another to impede its progress, or to inter 

 cept the emanations of light and joy from the 

 Uncreated Source and Centre of all enjoyment. 



Were the principle of attraction which binds 

 together the atoms of our giobe, and connects the 

 planetary orbs with the sun, to be completely dis 

 solved, the earth would be shattered to its centre ; 

 the waters of the ocean would fly upwards, and 

 be dispersed through the highest regions of the 

 atmosphere ; rocks and mountains would be de 

 tached from their bases, and raised aloft above 

 the clouds ; forests would be torn up from their 

 roots, and tossed about in confusion through the 

 sky ; the moon would forsake her ancient course ; 

 the planets would run lawlessly through the im 

 mensity of space, and mighty worlds would be 

 seen dashing against each other, till they were 

 shattered to pieces, and their fragments tossed 

 about in disorder throughout surrounding sys 

 tems. Effects equally disastrous to the intelli 

 gent system would be produced, were the influ 

 ence of love, in all its varied emanations, to be 

 completely suspended or annihilated. War would 

 be proclaimed in heaven, and myriads of angels 

 hurled from their seats of bliss. The rapturous 

 songs and adorations of seraphs would be changed 

 into the bowlings and execrations of demons. 

 The population of the universe would be trans 

 formed into one vast assemblage of fiends ; its 

 regions of beauty and fertility would become one 

 wide scene of desolation and horror, and the voice 

 of lamentation and misery would be heard re 

 sounding throughout all worlds. On earth king 

 doms would be shaken and convulsed ; govern 

 ments overturned ; societies dissolved ; families 

 dispersed ; the bonds of friendship burst asun 

 der ; husbands torn from their wives, and parents 

 from their children ; the intercourse of nations 

 suspended ; the pursuits of science and religion 

 abandoned ; every rank and relation overturned, 

 end virtue banished from the abodes of men. 

 Deserting all social beings, and forsaken by all, 

 man would become a solitary monster, wandering 

 without plan or object, an enemy to himself and 

 to his species. Anarchy and disorder would 

 reign triumphant over the whole race of human 

 beings, and the bowlings of wretchedness and 

 despair would re-echo from every land. 



Such a scene of moral desolation selfishnes* 

 and malignity have a natural tendency to create ; 

 and surh a scene they have actually created in 

 our world, in so far as their influence has extended. 

 The power of attraction has never been com. 



