Divine Love 1.

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Pure love influences a man to love the object of his affections most intensely, and to sacrifice anything in order to possess that object. Heavenly love centres no lower than heaven itself; it is only God whom it loves; and it is only in God that it lives.

If love is a beam, it is only as it stands in reference to the sun; if it loves the creature—it is only as it is a step to advance it nearer God.

Lord, I would not care for heaven, were it not for you; neither would I love myself, were not I in you.