found in the Sacred Canon, and it is worth while reading as a perfect classic of literary expression. Hosea taught that God is a God of Love, who would forgive the sins of Israel, and take them again into His favor. Let me in conclusion quote from the last chapter of Hosea, a passage that is the finest utterance in the entire Bible, touching the God of Love:

"I (God) will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely, for mine anger is turned away from them. I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as a lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. They that dwell under His shadow shall return. They shall revive as the corn and grow as the vine. The scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon."

(Hosea 14:4-7.)

Let me also cite the universal note sounded by the Prophet Jonah. Sent to condemn the entire city of Nineveh for its sin, Jonah, according to the narrative, seemed to delight in his judicial mission. The Bible relates that he went outside of the city and built himself a booth, and sat there to see what would become of the city. Then God caused a gourd to grow as protection to the prophet. The next day He sent a worm which destroyed the gourd. When the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, he felt faint, and prayed for death. Then the Jewish Bible teaches the broad lesson of humanity and divine forgiveness in the following verses:

"And God said to Jonah, doest thou well to be angry for the gourd. And he said I do well to be angry, even unto death. Then said the Lord, Thou hast had