That glorious word _know_--it is God's attribute, and includes in itself all others. Love, truth--all are parts of that awful power of _knowing_ at a single glance, from and to all eternity, what a thing is in its essence, its properties, and its relations to the whole universe through all Time. I feel awestruck whenever I see that word used rightly, and I never, if I can remember, use it myself of myself. _Letters and Memories_. 1842. Woman's Love. April 5. The story of Ruth is the consecration of woman's love. I do not mean of the love of wife to husband, divine and blessed as that is. I mean that depth and strength of devotion, tenderness, and self-sacrifice, which God has put into the heart of all true women; and which they spend so strangely, and so nobly often, on persons who have no claim on them, and from whom they can receive no earthly reward--the affection which made women minister of their substance to our Lord Jesus Christ, which brought Mary Magdalene to the foot of the cross and to the door of the tomb--the affection which made a wise man say that as long as women and sorrow are left in the world, so long will the gospel of our Lord Jesus live and conquer therein. _Water of Life Sermons_. Feeling and Emotion. April 6. Live a life of _feeling_, not of _excitement_. Let your religion, your duties, every thought and word, be ruled by the _affections_, not by the _emotions_, which are the expressions of them. Do not consider whether you are glad, sorry, dull, or spiritual at any moment, but be yourself--what God makes you. _MS. Letter_. 1842. The Beasts that perish. April 7. St. Paul says that he himself saw through a glass darkly. But this he seems to have seen, that the Lord, when He rose from the dead, brought a blessing even for the dumb beasts and the earth on which we live. He says the whole creation is now groaning in the pangs of labour, about to bring forth something, and that the whole creation will rise again--how and when and into what new state we cannot tell; but that when the Lord shall destroy death the whole creation shall be renewed. _National Sermons_. 1851. Reverence for Age. April 8. Reverence for age is a fair test of the vigour of youth; and, conversely, insolence towards the old and the past, whether in individuals or in nations, is a sign rather of weakness than of strength. _Lecture on Westminster Abbey_. 1874. Prayers for the Dead. April 9.