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until it becomes the finest passion of his hfe, abso- 

 lutely transforming him, in relation to her, from a 

 selfish brute into a tender and lifelong companion. 

 So utterly does the love thus engendered transfigure 

 human life that when we seek to express the divine 

 nature in human terms, and these are the only terms 

 we know how to use, the richest revelation that has 

 come to us is the conception taught by the Master that 

 "God is Love" and that "as a father pitieth his chil- 

 dren, so the Lord loveth them that fear him." 



