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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 1, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 1.

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Love to God.

By J. M. Gallenore

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.” Mark. 12:30.
We need not ask why this commandment was given. It is enough to know that the Lord is our Creator and Father; that he gave his only begotten Son to redeem us from sin; that he cares for us as no earthly parent cares for his children; and that, as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is the mercy of the Lord toward them that fear him. Then ought we not to love such a Heavenly Father? Why should it be hard for us to do so? And why should it be hard for us to show that love by obedience?
Is there a Christian whose heart does not swell with love and gratitude toward his Heavenly Father as he beholds, from day to day, the evidences that that Father is ever mindful of him, and that he is continually giving him strength sufficient for the labor, and courage for the trials, before him? Knowing, as the true disciple of the Lord does, that whatever his trials, labors, and toils, may be, he has indeed a Heavenly Father, who is full of goodness, mercy, and tender compassion, who regards all his wants, and who will withhold no good thing from him, can he do otherwise than trust him, love him, and be grateful for his care?
The Christian knows that he has a Parent who regards him with more interest than the kind and tender parent of earth does his children. None but the Christian knows the joy, the peace, and the consolation, afforded by the thought that he has such a Friend—one who is sure to administer to his every want, and comfort him in every trial. Why is it that men will not seek the favor of Him whose power has no bounds, whose love is infinite, and whose help is more than that of all the world? Is it not one of the greatest mysteries that they do not? Have they no faith in such a being? or have they yet failed to realize that they need the help of such a God?
J. M. GALLENORE.
Salisbury, Mo.