fill the earth with the glory of the Lord and make glad the
city of Zion. This love is indeed heaven upon earth; but above would not be
heaven without it; where there is not love, there is fear; but, "love
casteth out fear." And yet we naturally do offend what we most love.

3. LOVE IS THE SUN OF LIFE.--Most beautiful in morning and evening, but
warmest and steadiest at noon. It is the sun of the soul. Life without love
is worse than death; a world without a sun. The love which does not lead to
labor will soon die out, and the thankfulness which does not embody itself
in sacrifices is already changing to gratitude. Love is not ripened in one
day, nor in many, nor even in a human lifetime. It is the oneness of soul
with soul in appreciation and perfect trust. To be blessed it must rest in
that faith in the Divine which underlies every other motion. To be true, it
must be eternal as God himself.

4. LOVE IS DEPENDENT.--Remember that love is dependent upon forms; courtesy
of etiquette guards and protects courtesy of heart. How many hearts have
been lost irrevocably, and how many averted eyes and cold looks have been
gained from what seemed, perhaps, but a trifling negligence of forms?

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[Illustration: LOVE MAKING IN THE EARLY COLONIAL DAYS.]

5. RADICAL DIFFERENCES.--Men and women should not be judged by the same
rules. There are many radical differences in their affectional natures. Man
is the creature of interest and ambition. His nature leads him forth into
the struggle and bustle of the world. Love is but the embellishment of his
early life, or a song piped in the intervals of the acts. He seeks for
fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thoughts, and dominion over his
fellow-men. But a woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The
heart is her world; it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is
there her ambition seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her
sympathies on adventure; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of
affection; and if shipwrecked her case is hopeless, for it is bankruptcy of
the heart.

6. WOMAN'S LOVE.--Woman's love is stronger than death; it rises superior to
adversity, and towers in sublime beauty above the niggardly selfishness of
the world. Misfortune cannot suppress it; enmity cannot alienate it;
temptation cannot enslave it. It is the guardian angel of the nursery and
the sick bed; it gives an affectionate concord to the partnership of life
and interes