I HAVE A LITTLE BOOK TITLED "TREASURY OF GOSPEL GEMS" THAT IS PACKED QUOTES AND STORIES. A GREATER WORD THAN LOVE IS ONE OF THEM.
A LADY MISSIONARY WAS TELLING THE STORY GOD'S GREAT LOVE TO SOME WOMEN IN THE SECLUSION OF A WEALTHY HINDU'S HOME. SHE TOLD THEM HOW THAT GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BEIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING... LIFE.
SUDDENLY A HINDU LADY EXCLAIMED, "I DON'T CALL THAT LOVE!" "WHY NOT?" QUERIED THE MISSIONARY. "WELL," SAID THE HINDU, "I LOVE MY CHILDREN DEARLY, WITH A MOTHER'S LOVE, AND I WOULD NOT GIVE UP ONE OF MY BOYS OR GIRLS TO DIE FOR MY DEAREST FRIEND. YET GOD GAVE HIS ONLY SON TO DIE FOR HIS ENEMIES. I DON'T CALL THAT 'LOVE': YOU MUST FIND A GREATER WORD THAN LOVE FOR A DEED LIKE THAT.
A LADY MISSIONARY WAS TELLING THE STORY GOD'S GREAT LOVE TO SOME WOMEN IN THE SECLUSION OF A WEALTHY HINDU'S HOME. SHE TOLD THEM HOW THAT GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BEIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING... LIFE.
SUDDENLY A HINDU LADY EXCLAIMED, "I DON'T CALL THAT LOVE!" "WHY NOT?" QUERIED THE MISSIONARY. "WELL," SAID THE HINDU, "I LOVE MY CHILDREN DEARLY, WITH A MOTHER'S LOVE, AND I WOULD NOT GIVE UP ONE OF MY BOYS OR GIRLS TO DIE FOR MY DEAREST FRIEND. YET GOD GAVE HIS ONLY SON TO DIE FOR HIS ENEMIES. I DON'T CALL THAT 'LOVE': YOU MUST FIND A GREATER WORD THAN LOVE FOR A DEED LIKE THAT.
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