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Nature Teaches only Love
Well reason they, who from the birds, and flowersWould prove that God is all a God of Love;
For feelings, that transcend e'en reason's powers,
To all mankind the same great doctrine prove.
'Tis true the fire, and tempest work his will,
Yet not in wrath, but for the good of man;
What seems to us with tear-dimmed eyes but ill,
Is still a part of one all-perfect plan!
The good of man, this is the gracious end,
For which all things were made on earth, in heaven;
To this alone forever do they tend,
For this alone to man were all things given;
Thus Nature with the Scriptures doth accord,
For God is Love declares the Sacred Word.
Poem No. 771; c. 5 June 1858
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