.love
;
and
we
cannot
learn
to
love
God
better
than
by
loving
Him.
The
Spirit
of
God
does
not
need
our
arrangements
;
He
takes
shepherds
at
His
pleasure
to
make
them
prophets;
and,
far
from
closing
the
palace
of
prayer
to
any,
as
it
is
ima-gined.
He
leaves
the
doors
open
to
all,
and
Wis-dom
is
ordered
to
cry
in
the
public
places,
"
Whoso
is
simple,
let
him
turn
in
hither:
as
for
him
that
wanteth
understanding,
she
saith
to
him.
Come,
eat
of
my
bread,
and
drink
of
the
wine
which
I
have
mingled"
(Prov.
ix.
4,
5).
Did
not
Christ
thank
His
Father
that
He
had
hidden
these
things
from
the
wise
and
prudent,
and
had
revealed
them
to
babes?
(Matt.
xi.
25.)
