hristian people, lay this to heart; you are to be mirrors of the love
to which you turn for all blessedness and peace. It is of no use to say,
'My religion is the love of God' unless the love of God is manifested in
the love of man. If you love God, you will love those that God loves,
those for whom Christ died, those who are just like what _you_ were when
you learned that God loved you. The service of God is the service of
man.

One last word, 'We love Him, because He first loved us.' Do you? Or is
it rather true of you: 'I do not love God, though He has loved me'? I
saw not long since, up on the flank of a mountain, an obstinate patch of
snow, that had fronted, in unmelted cold, months of the summer sun.
There are some of us who lift a broad shield of thick-ribbed ice between
ourselves and the radiance of the warm heart of God. Oh! brother; do not
shut that love out of your heart; for if you do, you shut out peace and
goodness, and shut in all manner of poisonous creatures and doleful
shapes, whose companionship will be misery and death.

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Transcriber's note:

List of corrections and amendments made:

Ephesians:

Page
36: added closing quote after "the event of our inheritance"
(line 3)
102: "gentle words _ot_" to "_to_"
154: "it" added in "what it is to hear"
263: [Preached on Whitsunday] was a footnote.
286: (R.V.) to (R.V.). for consistency with other references.
286: "please _to_ understand" to "_do"
287: "we _shoud_ be entitled" to "should"
391: added -- and changed Ephes. to Eph. for consistency with
other headings
391: added colon after "Mark its simplicity" (for grammar, and
there was a large space in the book)

Peter and John:

8: "_ordisaster_" to "_or disaster_"
28: added close quote after "that which is another's"
34: added close quote after "My heavenly Father's Kingdom."
39: "to _y_" -> "to you" in poetry
66: added -- after "especially to recreation" (for sense, and
there was a large space in the book)
86: "_Caesarae_ Philippi" to "_Caesarea_ Philippi"
88: "bow _or_ stubborn" to "bow _our_ stubborn"
99: "dicattes" to "dictates"
107: "ever" to "even" in quotation from 1 Peter ii. 21
116: added opening quote before "Any man who"
146: "inadeqate" to "inadequate"
170: "It may be that he he". Duplicate word deleted
173: "_Whose_ r