And brighten some heart
With a heavier part,
I wouldn’t withhold it, would you?
—Unidentified.
(1927)
LOVE’S COMPLETENESS
That God’s love is without measure or limit is illustrated in the following incident:
In the home of a friend one day, as he reclined on the lounge opposite, and I in an easy chair, we were having a pleasant chat until dinner was called, when his little boy, named Neil, about three or four years old, came in. He went to his father’s side, and I heard him whisper, “Papa, get up and show Mr. Shields how much you love me.” I knew at once there was a secret between them, as it is fitting there should be between father and child, and that it was a secret in which the child rejoiced.
His father smiled, and said, “Oh, run away, Neil, and play; we are busy talking, and Mr. Shields knows I love you.” “Yes,” said the little fellow, “but I want you to show him how much.”
Again and again the father tried to put him off, but the child persisted in his plea that the visitor be shown “how much” the father loved.