God's Love and God's Gift.

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DEAR Children; I want to tell you something about God’s love, and how He has proved His love to us. When the Lord Jesus was down here, He told of God’s love, and love must show itself; so the greatness of God’s love was shown in what He gave. I will tell you a little story that will bring it forcibly before us. When Martin Luther was first giving the Bible to the German nation, in their own language, a scrap of paper with a part of John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16), was blown, or thrown, into the street from the house where the precious Bible was being printed. It was picked up by a little child, and carried home. Only eight words were on the bit of paper, and the words were these; “God so loved the world that He gave”—the rest of the verse was torn away. The family read it and they wondered what God gave. They had never seen a Bible and they did not know God loved them. The priests had always told them, God was angry with them, and must be appeased by penance, alms and masses. They had been taught to believe that God was asking something from them. But here they saw that God had given something. They soon obtained a Bible, and, behold, in glad surprise, they saw what God had given in His love,—His only begotten Son. They believed the glad tidings, and were saved. They had learned God’s love, and “there is no fear in love.”
Now, dear children, may this great and wonderful love of God in giving His dear and only begotten Son to die on Calvary’s cross for us, win our young hearts to adore and praise Him; and then we shall sing through everlasting day,
C. C.
ML 04/08/1900