Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1916 — LOVE THAT CONQUERS ALL [ARTICLE]

LOVE THAT CONQUERS ALL

Christian Duty Becomes a True Pleasure When He Feels the Divine Charity. It is not difficult for any of us to love those toward whom we feel drawn. There is nothing of the Divine charity in this. The Divine charity bids us love those whom we find to be naturally unlovable. Probably most people know some one whom they find it hard to love, someone who has injured them, who has made himself disagreeable, who is a successful rival, who has an unpleasant manner. Do you know any such? Have you an unkind feeling towards them? Should you be secretly pleased to hear that something ill has befallen them? If so, refld&t that God has given them to you in order that you may have an opportunity of cultivating this Divine gift of charity. Seek opportunities of doing nets of kindness to such persons. Speak kindly about them when their acts or characters are discussed. If it is in your power to promote their Interests, do so. If no such opportunities are afforded you, learn to pray for them. You cannot long dislike a person whose name is daily in your prayers. If you persevere in such a course, you will find that your mind is undergoing a change, even a renewal. Nothing is so likely to make us love others as the endeavor to do them a kindness.

Persons extremely reserved are like old enameled watches, which had painted covers that hindered your sflfr* ing what o’clock It was.—Walpole.