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“ As in a mirror,” then, we see God in nature. 
It is not always clear, because the mirror is dim, but 
it grows clearer. We keep, however, to one thought, 
and that the sweetest and dearest. Long ages ago 
men learned to know something of the nature of 
God —this much, that His name is love. They tried 
to express it but could only do it in stammering 
language. When Christ came, He uttered the word 
so clearly that none could mistake it. God is the 
Good One, the all-loving Father, Whose very essence 
is love. For us to doubt this now would load our 
spirits with an intolerable burden. It is the founda¬ 
tion of all our hope and trust. 
Let us here observe a common fact of life. You 
doubtless have already noted it, keep it then dis¬ 
tinctly in mind. Whenever our brothers or sisters 
have turned towards God, so as to become true ser¬ 
vants and hold real communion with Him, what is 
that change which has come over their character, 
not in one or two cases, but always ? It is this, 
gentleness, and tenderness, and love, have come into 
their hearts, and filled their lives As they ap¬ 
proached more closely to God, the change became 
more marked. Higher and higher our thought as¬ 
cends and we see that highest of all, at the top 
of the ladder, stands the Lord God Almighty, infinite 
in love. We worship at the feet of our Lord and 
Master Whose life was full of unutterable love, and 
yet Whose confession was, “ The Son can do nothing 
of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do.” Yes, 
“ God is love,” you know it. 
But for whom is this love ? Let us see. Will 
not every lady agree with us in this, that creation 
involves love ? See what devotion, what self-sacrific¬ 
ing love, what care is called out in the heart of a 
mother when she has been the instrument of impart¬ 
ing a life ! But, think you, can this be more 
than a faint shadow of the love of Him Who is the 
Author of all life ? You remember it was thus that 
