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B OD is supremely good, that is, He loves His creatures far more than a 
father loves his children. 
God loves His creatures and loads them with benefits. He is love 
itself (1 John iv. 8). 
The spring cannot hut send forth water and the sun light. “The 
goodness of God,” says beautifully Dr. Alban Stolz, “differs from that of 
His creatures as the sun differs from the light shed upon a wall. His 
creatures are good because God sheds His goodness upon them.” Hence 
Our Lord says: “Hone is good hut One, that is God” (Mark x. 18). 
“Thou, my All! 
My theme! my inspiration! and my crown! 
My strength in age! my rise in low estate! 
My souks ambition, pleasure, wealth! my world! 
My light in darkness! and my life in death! 
My boast through time! bliss through Eternity! 
Eternity, too short to speak Thy praise! 
Or fathom Thy profound of love to man! 
— Young. 
A precious stone, probably a carnelian, of which one was set in 
Aaron’s breastplate (Exod. xxviii. 17). 
Friendship in Adversity. 
“Friendship, of itself an holy tie, 
Is made more sacred by adversity.” 
■Dryden. 
