Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

GOD IS LOVE.
BY W. P. PYLE.
" He that loveth not, knoweth not God ; for God ie love.'' I. John IV. 8.
We understand that love is life in motion ; and alRo that we
live by virtue of the inflow of the divine life, which is love.
'Ve long for, and seek to prepare ourselves for, the coming of
tl1e new earth that is to be, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
In praying, •• Let thy kingdom come," we long to see this cold
earth lightened and warmed by the divine life, until light,
life, joy, and peace with righteousness, shall cover the enrth as
"the wate1·s cover the sea."
We see that, in his wisdom, God uses men as instruments
for the ncc~omplishment of his purpose, although they may or
may not know that they are being used for any spedal purpose.
We believe, however, that in onr creation, God had an object
cnm·Prning n~. nnd we seek to know that objec·t, and the way
in whic·h we may, if possible, conform to ancl hasten its ultimation.
WhiltJ it may sepm that the divine pnrpo!le can neither
be aided nor hinde1·ed by nught that mnn ean do, yet, since
man is U!ll'd as nn instrument hy his Make•·, it iR evident that
he who!le hPart i11 turned toward God as thnt of an obedient
child toward its fHther, and with the prayer, .. Let thy kingdom
come," snd the desire that he may be used for the accomplish.
ment of the divine pm·pose, will bring him11elf into a condition
of mind and heart that will enahle him to he 110 use