The Harmony of Grace

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 24, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 20.

The Harmony of Grace

LOVE is the greatest of all graces, but not to the exclusion of any grace. Faith and obedience still have their worth. We do not despise the stars because the sun is in the sky with a radiance that swallows up their lesser light; they are all there still. The diamond, most splendid of all gems, is sometimes set with other stones, and it adds to their beauty. So does love touch and beautify all other graces of body and mind with its light. Beauty is more beautiful, knowledge more vital, and genius more splendid when they have heart put into them. Indeed, other virtues can not flourish without it. Without love, faith becomes bigoted and intolerant, knowledge becomes cold and conceited, and hope becomes dreamy and impracticable. The world could do without philosophers, but not without lovers. We could spare all the orators, poets, artists, and heroes better than we could our mothers. Love outranks all gifts; without it they are nothing.—Great Thoughts.