The Love of God

From the Author's Introduction: "It is with some misgiving that the title The Love of God has been given to this book. The handling of such a theme might justly be regarded as the peculiar province of the masters of the spiritual life.... One advantage, however, attaches to what we may call the analytical method: it enables us to see the subject dealt with in its general context, objectively; we have not to surrender our minds entirely to the viewpoint of the writer before we can acquiesce in what he has to say. Contemplative souls, treating of divine charity, persuade by their sincerity, and often charm by their eloquence, but the warmth of their love sometimes leads them to take for granted what the rest of us would wish to have discussed.  "If the religion of Christ be true, then the love of God to which it invites us is still the most important thing in life. At a time when men's minds are filled with foreboding at the prospect of the future, and that peace which is the tranquillit