power in this life?" There may be good reasons why, but we must beware
of intruding into divine mysteries. We might as well ask, Why did not
God interfere sooner in the case of Saul? When we think of the havoc he
was making of the church, and the suffering he was inflicting on God's
own saints, we might ask, Why was he permitted to run such an evil
course so long? Both questions are of the same order; and we could point
to ten thousand more. In all such cases we can but reverently say,
"Secret things belong unto the Lord." "Even so. Father; for so it seemed
good in thy sight."

We have already anticipated the general operation of divine Love in the
next life. But now let us look at the matter more particularly.

We have always to remember that we are God's own children, not in name
only, but in the most real sense. The mere fact that we are transferred
to another world, implies only a change of location and of surroundings;
possibly a very slight change in locality when we consider the amazing
amplitude of creation. Surely, a mere change of locality can make no
change in everlasting love! In that thought, if we see no farther, is
there not enough to stimulate eternal hope?

But then, think that God has made the Sacrifice of all sacrifices of
giving His Son for our salvation. We can never fathom that mystery of
Love Divine. Now, if he made this Sacrifice for only a part of mankind,
as we formerly taught, we would be constrained to think of His Love as
being limited and partial. In that case, we could think it possible that
He might consign all the rest of our race to eternal torture with the
utmost complacence. But when we realize that He loved the whole of
mankind, and that the Sacrifice was made for the whole of mankind, are
we not forced to the conclusion that all mankind will be saved?