Ephesians 5:1-2 BE YE FOLLOWERS OF GOD Intro: In 1878, William Gladstone presented himself before Parliament to announce the death of Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Alice of Britain, the Grand Duchess of Hesse. In making the announcement, Gladstone told a touching story. The Duchess had seven children, six of them came down with diphtheria during an epidemic in England. Her youngest child, Marie had a painful death in spite of her mother’s tender care. The Duchess concealed the sad news from the other children to protect them from shock and more pain. Later, she had to reveal it to her son Ernest who was very devoted to his little sister. Ernest was overcome with grief and broke down in tears. In an affectionate attempt to console and comfort her grieving son, she clasped him in her arms and kissed him, ignoring the doctor’s warning. Alice was very weak from heavy work and severe strain and she easily caught the infection. Within a week after the kiss of love, the Duchess fell severely ill and she breathed her last in the morning of December 14, 1878. What that mother did was a picture of true love. She loved her child, and she willingly sacrificed herself to comfort her child. That mother’s love is an illustration of the awesome love of God for us. It is also a picture of the kind of love we are to have for others.
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