Section: Literature and Composition

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In the fifth stanza, the word "wide-embracing" indicates what?

1. That God is exclusionary of whom he accepts.
2. That God's love is big enough to accept more than just a narrow group of people.
3. That God is accepting of others, but only with certain limits.
4. That God wants what is best for the author alone.
5. That God expects some kind of contribution to gain his acceptance.

Taken in context of the poem as a whole, Bronte is pushing the message that it's love that powers the soul.