Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-11
Divine ThRSUS HUMAN LOYF.

We love him, because he first loved us.-I
John, 4, XIX.
The human mind, or heart is so con-
stituted that its love or friendship is al
together a two-sided affair and contin-
gent upon the love and affection Of 9TH
ers. The knowledge, that another per-
son regards him with feelings of love
and good will will beget in the mind of a
sensitive man reciprocal feelings. Per-
sons of morose and Grabbed nature will
unbend in the presence of sincere we'll
wisher, and gentler tone will steal into
the stern voice, and the harsh lines Of
the face will soften. Every one, gentle
or ungentle, appreciates in greater or
less degree the value of true
friend and give to him the truest
and best affections of his being.
The bible says, "He that would have
friends must show himself friendly" and
it is the experience of every one that to
have friends one must be friend No
man, however renowned he may be, how
ever high the position he may occupy,
will be loved for these alone; neither can
wealth buy one true friend. In the ''cor-
rupted currents of this world'' love and
friendship call for friendship and love in
return. To love ones enemies is height
beyond the plane ordinary mortals.
The human race, estranged from its
creator, it's birthright forfeited, awaiting
the dreadful doom of death, with no hope
and no power to redeem itself, has found
one friend able and willing to save,
friend who loved mankind
SO well that, to redeem them, che endur-
ed the cross, despising the shame" He
has made evident His great love not only
by His death, but also by His constant
care, His exceeding tenderness, and the
glorious hope of Immortality through the
resurrection which He has given His dis
ciples, saying to them, "as I live, We shall
live also."
If, then, Christ's followers love Him be-
cause He first loved them, how great must
be their affection for such Savior, for,
if the Bible is true, such matches love
never was shown as that displayed IN
Christ dying for sinners When one man
is the friend of another, how thoughtful
he is of the others welfare; how regard
full of his interests; how resentful Of any
SANDERS of his good name.
Comparing this love with that of pro-
Tossing christians for their Master, how
does the latter dw1ndle to insignifcance
The assertion is often made, and facts
prove it true, that church members do
the cause of Christ more injury than all
the infdels and rationalists in the world
No one expects unbelievers to be ANNA
ted by the Savior's spirit, or that they
will initiate his example; truth and VIZ
tue are essential to true manhood either
in saint or sinner; but the graces of the
spirit, charity, the brotherly love of all
men, as children of one father are the
elements of christianity. If protesting
christians believe that Christ wrought
out for them SO great salvation, that
he gained it by untold suffering and
shameful death, and that he is
now pleading for them, watching over
them, excepting them night and day lest
any hurt them," and that when the fight
is fought he is waiting to crown them
with glory and honor and Immortality,
how is it possible for them to act as many
of them do. When church member de-
liberately lies to gain few cents in
trade, or falsely represents his goods,
when he rents his buildings for purposes
of sin because he can get higher inter-
est on his money invested, when he will
lingly "wounds his Savior in his own
house and puts Him to an open shame"
is it wonder that unbelievers not only
mistrust the protesting Christian, but
have no faith in Christianity itself ? Do
church members believe that "for all
these things he will bring them into
judgment?''