conquer? Solely and wholly through the power of love. For of love the poet sings:
Love is like the orb of day,
Love in every heart holds sway;
Who no more can tune his lay
To love, may cast his lyre away.
"Love is your master; for he masters you."
— Shakespeare.
"Love aids the hero, bids ambition rise To nobler heights, inspires immortal deeds, E'en softens brutes, and adds a grace to virtue." — Thomson.
"Love's reign is eternal, The heart is his throne, And he has all seasons Of life for his own." — Morris.
"'There is a comfort in the strength of love 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break the heart."
— Wordsworth.
"Love is strong as death. Many waters can not quench charity; neither can the floods drown it." — Solomon (Cant. viii. 6, 7).
But only true love, love to God, has power to conquer the devil, the world, and the concupiscence of the flesh. Wherefore let a true, practical, abiding love of God and of Christ be your guiding star; let it be the mainspring of your life; let it animate and strengthen you.
2. You must learn to say from your heart with the apostle St. Paul: "The charity of
