December 17
Daily Cheer for All the YearWe know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.—I JOHN iii, 14.
And he who loves the best his fellow-man Is loving God the holiest way he can.
ALICE CARY.
The essence of true love is not its tenderness, but its strength, power of endurance, its purity, its self- renunciation. The mistake we make, is when we seek to be beloved, instead of loving. What makes us cowardly is the fear of losing that love. Never forget this: A selfish heart desires love for itself—a Christian heart delights to love—without return.
Gold Dust.
The pressure of a hand, a kiss, the caress of a child, will do more to save sometimes than the wisest argument even rightly understood. Love alone is wisdom; love alone is power. And where love seems to fail, it is where self has stepped between and dulled the potency of its rays.
GEORGE MACDONALD.