The highest relation of all, that between man and God, finds its most perfect expression in terms conveying the idea of ownership on the part of God.

'For ye are not your own;--therefore glorify God in your body and spirit which are God's.' If God should send one of us to a distant part of the universe, under the charge of an angel, where superior intelligence and wisdom were needful for our safety in temptation and amid the bewildering excitements of new scenes, ownership for the time being, absolute dominion over us, on the part of the angel, would be in the highest measure benevolent.

In those days when universal love reigns, it is just as likely as not that there will be more 'ownership' in man than ever before.

By ownership I mean such relationships as we see in the households of those who are represented in the letter of the Southern lady to her father.

There we see the weak, the unfortunate, the dependent nature clinging to the stronger, and receiving support and comfort, and even honor, from those who in rendering kindness and in receiving service have their whole being refined and cultivated to the highest degree.