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A great deal of the trouble that is in the world is medicine which is very bad to

take, but which it is good to take because it makes us better. We see how good
people may be in great trouble when we think of Jesus who was the greatest
sufferer that ever lived and yet was the best Being and so, I am sure, the happiest
Being that the world has ever seen.

I love to tell you about God. But He will tell you Himself by the love which He

will put into your heart if you ask Him. And Jesus, who is His Son, but is nearer
to Him than all of us His other Children, came into the world on purpose to tell
us all about our Father’s Love. If you read His words, you will see how full His
heart is of the love of God. “We KNOW that He loves us,” He says.

And so He loved men Himself and though they were very cruel to Him and at
last killed Him, He was willing to die for them because He loved them so. And,
Helen, He loves men still, and He loves us, and He tells us that we may love
Him.

And so love is everything. And if anybody asks you, or if you ask yourself what
God is, answer, “God is Love.” That is the beautiful answer which the Bible
gives.

All this is what you are to think of and to understand more and more as you

grow older. Think of it now, and let it make every blessing brighter because your
dear Father sends it to you.

You will come back to Boston I hope soon after I do. I shall be there by the
middle of September. I shall want you to tell me all about everything, and not
forget the Donkey.

I send my kind remembrance to your father and mother, and to your teacher. I