"There's no good of life - but love - but love; What else looks good is but some shade flung from love - Gilds it - gives it worth."

It is not possible to understand in our minds the nature of God-love. In our souls we may feel and know, but language is dumb when we try to express through spoken words the fulness of love. For oft are we deceived by its counterfeit, emotion, which is awakened by some external influence brought to bear on the mind. We may rest assured of the fact that no element of selfishness enters into divine love, that jealousy is no part of it. Love, like the air we breathe, is universal; it is in us and we are in it, and yet we may be blind to its influence. It is God ever present with us, even tho we are unaware of the Presence.

Love is the fulfilling of the law. Where one consciously abides in love there can be no thought or act contrary to law. It is the law of the spirit of life which makes us free from the law of sin and death. He who lives in this law, abides in the shadow of the Almighty; no evil thing shall befall him, for love taketh no account of evil, there being no sense of separateness in love. Evil comes into the life of man, because of his thought of separateness from God. Love is the eternal sunshine of life, and to one living in that sunshine there can be no darkness. Under its influence the external universe radiates a heavenly beauty, and perfection is everywhere apparent. Where love is there is kindness; where love is every thought becomes a perfect deed.

Love is the pearl of great price, and its possession includes all else. Love in the life of man radiates in all directions, influencing every person who comes in contact with it, and changing every condition in life. Only as we love do we become really conscious of living, and without love we are dead - dead to a knowledge of God and man; dead to a knowledge of our real selves. The resurrection to the life eternal comes with the conscious recognition of the divine love working in us to will and to do. When we desire love with our whole thought, and keep the mind restful, then will love come to us and bless us, bringing perfect happiness and that peace of God which passeth all understanding.

Desire in heart and mind is the motive power or magnet which attracts to us, not only things from the objective world, but opens the way for an overflow of the inner feeling. It relates us to both the inner and outer world and is of the utmost importance in aiding the development of life. If we desire to control our lives in a lawful, orderly way, then we may say that the first step has been taken in the attainment of control. All desire for real development in life must be directed toward the awakening of faith, hope and love, the attributes of the soul, which have their source in God, and the true self-control finds its inception in these highest attributes. He who seeks to bring these soul-qualities into an active existence in his life will find it the most direct way to acquire perfect control of thought and action; because in working from the center outward, the way of life is a strait and narrow one. Meditation, desire to know God's will, brings the outer life into closer touch with the inner forces. As the mind becomes restful and is at peace it mirrors and reflects the universal will. This inner realization of oneness is in turn reflected to the mind from the outer world, producing both unity and harmony of thought. When the mind realizes both the inner and outer unity of life and expression, all sense of fear is lost, the whole attitude of man becomes changed, the thought of oneness enters into everything, duty to God and to man becomes plain, every thought-picture is a true one, every act finds perfect expression, power is not only rightly directed, but its course is unimpeded and free; every faculty of mind responds to the soul-impulse and the body is strengthened, quickened, and renewed.

In centering the mind on the positive good, all negative or evil thought disappears, the kingdom of God is attained, the real purpose of life is disclosed in that man now glorifies God by showing forth His perfect image and likeness.