CHAPTER XIII. 



LOVE IS THE ELECTRIC LAW OP LIFE: ALL THAT 

 LIVE MUST COME FROM LOVING 



GOD is love, and love is the law of life and the 

 creative force of the universe. The love of God in 

 the soul is the substance and life of all religion. 

 The love of fellow-man in the heart is the founda- 

 tion of all human kindness and social ethics. As 

 Dante followed his beloved Beatrice from world to 

 world until he found her at the gates of Paradise, 

 so we must follow our loves and ideals through all 

 the tragic incidents of existence until we find them 

 as guardian angels at the gates of celestial glory 

 and creative perfection. 



A noble character, a worthy and useful life of ser- 

 vice to others is the chief purpose and crowning 

 glory of all earthly existence. Wealth and fame are 

 mere incidents in the fleeting drama of human ex- 

 perience. 



All true greatness is in the beauty and grandeur 

 of the soul. It must come from within; external 

 manifestations may shadow it forth, but cannot 

 produce it. 



All true gentleness and kindness are a reflex of the 

 inner life of love and willing service. We live in the 

 atmosphere that our thoughts and spirits breathe 

 around us, and by opening the windows and doprs 



