THE PLEASURE OF LOVE
Music is both an expression and a source of pleasure, and the pleasure that is purest and nearest to God is the pleasure of love.
View MoreMusic is both an expression and a source of pleasure, and the pleasure that is purest and nearest to God is the pleasure of love.
View MoreAccording to the Book of Job, God's work of creation was done to musical accompaniment. "Where wast thou," God asks, "when I laid the foundations of the earth . . . when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" John Dryden carried the idea a bit further than this, but not, perhaps, too far to be true:
View MoreAnother characteristic of love is that it takes pleasure in its object. God enjoys His creation.
View MoreGod's love tells us that He is friendly, and His Word assures us that He is our friend and wants us to be His friends. No man with a trace of humility would first think that he is a friend of God; but the idea did not originate with men.
View MoreThe world is full of enemies, and as long as we are subject to the possibility of harm from these enemies, fear is inevitable.
View MoreYet if we would know God and for other's sake tell what we know, we must try to speak of His love.
View MoreFor our souls' sake we must learn to understand the Scriptures. We must escape the slavery of words and give loyal adherence to meanings instead.
View MoreOur Father which art in heaven, we Thy children are often troubled in mind, hearing within us at once the affirmations of faith and the accusations of conscience.
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