Excerpt from The Royal Law of Love: Or, Love in Relation to Law and to God; The Baccalaureate Sermon Preached Before the College of New Jersey, June 27, 1875 The love of God thus manifests itself in multiply ing happiness, in spreading holiness. He is not only Light, but the Fountain of lights and the light that is in him, like that of the sun, shines on all around. God is known by his works. He made us and not we ourselves. He provides for our wants; he cares for us, and is ready to guide and to comfort us. Higher than all, God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Abraham saw all this in the mount which he called Jehovah-jireh, as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. He had been com manded to Offer his son in sacrifice; he had travelled with him three whole days, exposed to such questions: Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? He had bound him on the altar, and taken up the knife to slay him; but now, to his inexpressible relief, he heard the voice, Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. And Abra ham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. Abra ham must then have comprehended, and we, by pay ing a visit to that Mount of the Lord, can conceive, how great the love of God, who spared Isaac, but spared not his own Son, but gave him freely to the death in our room and stead Herein indeed is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved' us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.