The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-12-12
LovE-oNE or THE GREAT NOV:
ING FORCES OF LIFE.
People Are Dying Every Day For tt
fFIas Made ShipWreck Of Many a
Treasure Hope and Happiness.
S{(By WA. Gattis Foster)


fect peSs SS9ed ofSthe deepest inter
est to every persQH Apce awakened tt
it's conscious presSMee and brought
within the power of it's influence over
the heart and mind.
The question might be asked, why
should we love or what benefit 1t is ol
can be to anyone who loves or tt
the one loved lis there any real
need in human life for love?"
1t is to this need and helpfulness we
wish to address ourselves in this brie1
article. not omittfng to point out also
some of it's contingent dangers for 1t
- true that love misplaced and un'
controlled by truth and reason often
leads to most destructive conse'
onences. In it's very strength there
NAV lurk a fatal weakness, In It's
lIind faith confding trust and en-
twining innocent tenderness there
NAV be concealed a danger most de-
strnctive in it's ultimate consequences
to the continued peace and happiness
If the one who loves. In this sense
love is used in its broadest appllca-
tion and means. that personal love
that has been the cause. Of many
tnart hla. tragedy and the loss Of charac-
ter and made shipwreck OF many
"The world cries the minister
from the pulpit, "is dying for love
and sympathy" Dying for love and
sympathy! What sorrow and sad
ness. reannrse and regret, what men
tai anguish and hopeless despair en-
hraced in that one sentence!
And is it really true that IN World
of so much beauty and loveliness, OF
such unlimited abundance of all Things
necessary for mans physical com
fort that amidst all the efforts to
s1;enate human suffering, humanity is
diving for love and sympathy?
Is there no assuring reply In tneir
waiting silence listening to eaten
some sweet assuring word OF nope!
It is an inborn part OF man Goo-
gwen Nature to love. There may De
MANY degrees of love and as many
mays of expressing it, nut IN eEer5
human heart there is embodied TINS
divine attribute formed in the likeness
of it's creator however neghglDle IN
it's effective application it may appear.
There is needed a more c1eaEaR
descriptive word to- indicate mQTSa
definitely the real meaning of love-
an expression of affection Of the pure
and. nnse1fshs separate xrem the
- . and yuIgAF: III srord in its
T-0ad and UNQUALIFIED application car
ries with it often an uncertain mean
ing and as commonly used may mean
. great deal, or it may mean but lit
tie It NAV mean the purest ana
1.}liast feeling of the true and noble.
or it may mean only the low ana
carnal passion Of the mean ana sell
ih
Lcve is CT the heart. If the heart
%oIx nf
evil nature If the heart is pure anu
rpright it's fruit will be Of the same
kind.
Pure ano undefled love is the life
cf existence, the light and warmth OF
tho sou1 and represents all that Is
good in life.
But love cannot be defined by ton ;
run or pen. Let it be discoursed by
sages and sung by the muses., its full
o~+ meaning is not to be found in the
& abundance and elOQuence OF words OF
in the charm and sweetness or song
These are but the faint outward ex-
rressions of the souls inner hfe-lts
feeling of an awakened
love-but speech and song Is not i
love 1t includes more than this.
Love permeates and enfolds all LIE: ;
To know and possess it is to teel
the warmth and sweetness OF its IN +
Auence in the shaping of character
ard in the creating of our earthly nap
piness growing more and more INTO d
living consciousness OF its reaIlty ds
We come under the controlling power
Of its beneficent influence. 1t gives
to life all that is worth living TOT, us
sweetest pleasures and dearest nap
piness. it's highest and hottest joys
~
fu spirit. softening and MAKING
smooth it's many rough places ana
pilding it's often darkened way Win
the sunlight of eternal happiness.
But loves greatest depth can never
be sounded, it's greatest helght can
never be reached till mortality snaA
have put on immortality, 1mperlect1On
of our faulty human nature shall nave
to perfection and the hearI on
man made pure and incorruptrDle
from sins corroding power to blight
and to destroy Selfish and slnIul
human, nature is too narrow ana l1ni-
tied in tbs power Of right understand
ing for the full and perfect conscious
ness of loves complete reality. we
may only family express IL IN oul
weak mortal existence
Human love may be Of brief enouT.
ance, soon disappearing after Dr1eI!
existence. or it may abide through all
life growing stronger and more Deau-
tiful as time moves or in sympathy IN
forbearance and patient
sharing of the responsibilities ana
burdens Of life 1t may burn ana
glow with all the heat and passion ot
the soul's eternal fire or just hlcKer
a moment in some temporary ENJOY
ment of a selfish pleasure to dlsap
pear in a short while before the ter
rifying darkness of another's sorrow
and helpless dependency when us
reed may be the greater, it's possession
more helpful and a greater blessing.
There is a love that creates IN the
human heart desire for possession
something it's possessor wishes 10 ap-