OF ETERNAL LOVE Christianity stated in Terms of Love BY FRANK WESTON, D.D. BISHOP OF ZANZIBAR A. R. MOWBRAY & CO. LTD. MILWAUKEE, U.S.A.: The Morehouse Publishing Co. NOTE THE following chapters have undergone complete revision since their original publication in The Treasury in 1919-20. ΤΕ HERE are many ways of approaching the doctrine of God and the creed that is based upon it. On this occasion I propose to start from St. John's statement-God is love. In support of it we may quote our Blessed Lord Himself. His whole teaching is based upon the fact that God is His Father and our Father. God is Father: God is love. I We must, then, at the start inquire how far this statement takes us. What do we understand by love? This is a question we can answer out of our human experience or, at any rate, out of our own knowledge of human ideals. It is a practical, as well as a metaphysical or psychological, question and a practical answer is all that is needed for our present purpose. B |