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The great sacrifice


as He laid down Himself, all through life, and upon the Cross of
Calvary; and you must love Him. And loving Him, you must become
like Him. Love begets love. It is a process of induction. Put
a piece of Iron in the presence of an electrified body, and that
piece of iron for a time becomes electrified. It is changed into
a temporary magnet in the mere presence of a permanent magnet, and
as long as you leave the two side by side, they are both magnets
alike. Remain side by side with Him who loved us, and


Gave himself for us,


and you, too, will become a permanent magnet, a permanently attractive
force; and like Him you will draw all men unto you, like Him you
will be drawn unto all men. that is the inevitable effect of Love.
Any man who fulfills that cause must have that effect produced in
him.

Try to give up the idea that religion comes to us by chance, or
by mystery, or by caprice. It comes to us by natural law, or by
supernatural law, for all law is Divine.

Edward Irving went to see a dying boy once, and when he entered