El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07

our love towards our brother, and the
converse is just as true, when your love
for one another grows cold your love for
God has greatly diminished. Look out.
The world is reading the pages OF your
heart every day. When 1t sees the
flame flicker in the Fireplace OF the
heart, when the atmosphere be-
tween you and your brother grows cold,
the world is sure to say, "Verily, how
dwelleth the love of God in him. .
brethren, Paul exhorts to ''have fer
vent charity among yourselves. ana
Jesus says"Love one another as nave
loved you" We should seize every
opportunity, by look or smile, by the
gentle pressure of the hand by the
moi sture of fearful eye, by words OF
kindly interest and deeds of sacrifice
| to cultivate this love until it has reach
ed that fervency spoken of by Paul and
at least appropriated the standard OF
our text; "as have loved you"
Second reason: The advantages OF
love. Such love helps JUS to better
understanding of our relation to God.
God is a,spirit. Love is spiritual. 1t
is sometimes hard to trace this emotion
directly to God. But 1t is easy for us
| to determine whether we love each
other or not and whether that love is
purely human or Christian. Human
| love, arising from blood relation, con-
jugal relation and association, Is neces-
sarily selfish. Christian love is un-
selfish. The Christian loves every
| body regardless even of color or pre-
yious condition. The very presence,
the look, the handshake OF the real
Christian draws the child OF God to
him. All. there is a relation, and we
love him. And ''by this we know that
we have passed from death unto life,
because we love the brethren"
This love also tends'to perfect Christ
iaus in their dealings with each other
in Individual and in a church capacity.
We are full of faults. Some OF these
| faults amount to actual sin either
against the individual or the church:
The tendency of the naGural heart is TO
so resent these faults by such criticism
and acts as will destroy q brothers in
| fIuence in the church and community.
Be careful here. Ask yourself "Wha .
would Jesus do?" "What would you
do brother if the offender were your
brother in the flesh? Euclid. pupil
of Socrates, offended his brother Let
me die" said the brother, eff l do
not revenge myself on you" "And let
me de-" replied the Other,: "if with my
kindness, the expression OF love, II
do not win you back and make you
love me as we'll as ever.".
The Welsh have proverb, Faults
are thick where love is thin" Paul
says, "Charity shall coverelh the null
titude of sins.'' 1t keeps you from
stiging by your unkind criticism and
action 1t keeps you from ad-
vertising your brothers. faults to the
world. Like the look that Jesus let
fall on Peter it sends your
brother out to weep over
his Sin and sin no more. Some one has
said: Glove is the clay and mortar
that holds together each brick in the
structure of the church of Cod" This
is especially true of q Baptist church
where every one is Independent and
has an equal voice and vote in all the
affairs of the body, and where OF times
cherished opinions and desires rs tc
expediency sare trodden under by the
voice of q church majority.
o beloved, how much we need thii
love today, in this our present bust
ness crisis What q blessing it has
been to us in every struggle since
have been with you. Let me beg yor
with Jesus, ''Love one another" Lei
me exhort you with Paul, "above al
things put on charity which is the
bond of perfectn ess-" Let fraterna
love be the keystone that shall bind VI
together as an indissoluble church o
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Mrs. Dena Morris Mote of Bolton