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(Sept. 3,)
1848.

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No. [Number] 37.
A. M.

1 John 4:19 ~

"We love him because he first loved us."

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Have been considering neces. [necessity] – mode
of develop. [development] – & enduring qualities of that love
wh. [which] gospel requires; as set for in 13, 1 Cor. [Corinthians].

Have seen how gifted, exalted; & charitable a man
may be, & yet have no truly operating –
thorough, right principle – how greatly one
may mistake the truest & safest tests
of char. [character] by fixing his eyes on some
great outward display.

Have not yet quite done –
with the subject. With respect to
the nature of Benev. [Benevolence] – a wide field of