to do it.

And next; this Spirit is also "the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear
of the Lord." Ay, they, indeed, both begin in love, and end in love. If
you wish for knowledge, you must begin by loving knowledge for its own
sake. And the more knowledge you gain, the more you will long to know,
and more, and yet more for ever. You cannot succeed in a study, unless
you love that study. Men of science must begin with an interest in, a
love for, an enthusiasm, in the very deepest sense of the word, for the
phaenomena which they study. But the more they learn of them, the more
their love increases; as they see more and more of their wonder, of their
beauty, of the unspeakable wisdom and power of God, shewn forth in every
blade of grass which grows in the sunshine and the rain.

And if this be true of things earthly and temporary, how much more of
things heavenly and eternal? We must begin by loving whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, honest,
and of good report. We must begin, I say, by loving them with a sort of
child's love, without understanding them; by that simple instinct and
longing after what is good and beautiful and true, which is indeed the
inspiration of the Spirit of God. But as we go on, as St Paul bids us,
to meditate on them; and "if there be any virtue and if there be any
praise, to think on such things," and feed our minds daily with
purifying, elevating, sobering, humanizing, enlightening thoughts: then
we shall get to love goodness with a reasonable and manly love; to see
the beauty of holiness; the strength of self-sacrifice; the glory of
justice; the divineness of love; and in a word--To love God for His own
sake, and to give Him thanks for His great glory, which is: That He is a
good God.

This thought--remember it, I pray--brings me to the last point. This
Spirit is also the spirit of the fear of the Lord. And that too, my
friends, must be a spirit of love not only to God, but to our
fellow-creatures. For if we but consider that God the Father loves all;
that His mercy is over all His works; and that He hateth nothing that He
has made: then how dare we hate anything that He has made, as long as we
have any rational fear of Him, awe and respect for Him, true faith in His
infinite majesty and power? If we but consider that God the Son actually
came down on earth to die, and to die too on the cross, for all mankind:
then how dare we hate a h