ove the Lord's kingdom, for this is their country there;
and they who love the Lord's kingdom, love the Lord, for He is the All
in all of His Kingdom.

--_True Christian Religion, n._ 414

FAITH AND DOUBT

There are those who are in doubt before they deny, and there are those
who are in doubt before they affirm. Those in doubt before they deny,
are men who incline to a life of evil. When that life sways them, they
deny things spiritual and celestial to the extent that they think of
them. But those in doubt before they affirm, are men who incline to a
life of good. When they suffer themselves to be turned to this life by
the Lord, they then affirm things spiritual and celestial to the
extent that they think of them.

--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 2568

THE FAITH OF THE FAITHFUL

It is one thing to know truths, another to acknowledge them, and yet
another to have faith in them. Only the faithful can have faith.

--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 896

The only faith that endures with man springs from heavenly love. Those
without love have knowledge merely, or persuasion. Just to believe in
truth and in the Word is not faith. Faith is to love truth, and to
will and do it from inward affection for it.

--_Heaven and Hell, n._ 482

If a man thinks to himself or says to another, "Who can have that
inward acknowledgment of truth which is faith? I cannot," I will tell
him how he may: "Shun evils as sins, and go to the Lord, and you will
have as much as you desire."

--_Doctrine Concerning Faith, n._ 12

NEIGHBORS

Not only is the individual man the neighbor, but the collective man,
too. A society, smaller or larger, is the neighbor; the Church is; the
Kingdom of the Lord is; and above all the Lord Himself. These are the
neighbor, to whom good is to be done from love. These are also the
ascending degrees of the neighbor; for a society consisting of many is
the neighbor in a higher degree than is the individual; one's country
in a still higher degree; the Church in a still higher degree than
one's country; in a degree higher still the Kingdom of the Lord; and
in the highest degree the Lord Himself. These degrees of ascent are
like the steps in a ladder, at the top of which is the Lord.

--_Heavenly Doctrine, n._ 91

DIVERSIONS

There is an affection in every employment, which puts the mind upon
the stretch and keeps it intent upon its work or study. If it is not
relaxed, this becomes heavy, and its desire meaningle