"To give our views of God in one word, it is Father. 

We believe in His Parental character. We ascribe to Him not only the name, but the disposition and principles of a father. We believe that He has a father's concern for his creatures, a father's desire for their improvement, a father's equity in proportioning His demands to their powers, a father's joy in their progress, a father's readiness to receive the penitent, and a father's justice for the incorrigible." 

William Ellery Channing.