To be near unto God - pagina 15

and times bear witness that there vibrates another string in mother love than that of selfishness, the sound of which can only be understood child.

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The two do not life in that of her child. stand side by side as Nos. 1 and 2, but the mother-life extends itself in that of her child. This trait is evident in every product of our own, whether of our thought, of our manual labor, or of our perseverance. And whether it is an article which we contributed, or a house which we built, a piece of embroidery which we worked, or a flower which we planted, a hound or a racehorse which we raised, there is something in it of our own, something that we put upon it, a something of our very selves, of our talent, of our invention, which makes us feel toward it as we never can feel toward things which are not of our own making. And by this human trait God comforts the hearts of sinners. This trait is in us, because it is in God. Regarding this trait God declares that it operates in the Divine Fatherheart in our behalf. For where there is a soul at stake, God never forgets that He has made it. "For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made" (Is. 57:16). As little as a mother can allow her just anger with the child of her own bosom to work itself out to the end, just so little can God's wrath with a soul fully exhaust itself, because He has made it. As a Father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him (Ps. 103). "Though a mother mav forget her sucking child, yet will I not forget thee" (Is. 49:15).

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