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Chapter 26 |
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Love is the most enduring thing in the world. It “never faileth.” Textbooks that are a few years old are not of any use any more. Old machinery is constantly being replaced by new machinery. “We know in part,… but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.” We may be thankful for the little revealed now, for it serves us well on the way. The morning dawn is very welcome to the early traveler, but it is only partial day, not the best. When the full day comes, the dim twilight passes. Lamps in our homes and on our streets are good at night, when darkness covers the earth. But their light is not perfect, and when the sun rises, we care no longer for them and put them out. The knowledge we have on the earth serves well when it is the best we can have; but it will not be prized when heaven’s perfect knowledge comes. The things we know here are but the scaffolding, which men set up when they are erecting a great building. It serves a good purpose for the time. Without it, the walls never could be built. But when the work is finished, men do not prize the scaffolding… They tear it down and take it away, for there is no longer any use for it. So the gifts and graces and all the experiences of earth, which serve well enough now, will be discarded and left behind when we reach the fullness of God.
Of all things in the world, love is that which will endure as the most imperishable. “Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.” We should gather treasure, which we can carry with us to heaven. We should paint pictures, which will not fade out as we pass through the valley. We should do things, which will live in the other world when this world has vanished. Three things are names, which will abide — faith, hope, love. There will always be faith, for we shall never cease to trust God and believe in His love. There will always be hope, for we shall never reach the end of growth in blessing. But greater than either faith or hope is love. Whatever else we strive for I this world, we should put love always first in our request. The one great lesson to be learned in all life is — love.
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