"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver."
PUBLISHED MONTHLY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRACT SOCIETY.
No. 29. Oakland, Cal., October, 1895. 10c per Year.
THE LAW OF LOVE
BY G. E. FIFIELD.
"God is love." His law is the law of love. His government is not arbitrary, and maintained by force, as are all earthly governments. His government is the government of love. He did not say to our first parents, and to all mankind, "Do right and I will let you live, but do wrong and I will kill you." There are certain principles which underlie all intelligent action. Obedience to these principles is happiness; disobedience to them is misery, pain, and death. God in infinite wisdom foreknew, and in infinite love foretold, these principles, saying to all, "This way, my child. Here is joy and peace. Do not go that way; there is only sorrow and death." Every jot and tittle of this law is thus seen to be only love; and love, therefore, is its fulfillment. Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
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