The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-10-05

The commandment which Jesus
cites tn the scribe is peculiar TO re-
yealed religion That is only to say.
i'm other words. that IL presupposes
redemption We could not imagine
such a precept in the religion OF
Greece. or of Rome. and, OF course. We
do not ind il. Who can love. IN any
conceivable sense OF the word. Leus /
/ or Poseidon. Here or Athene? Neither I
7 the place they hold in the universe.
nor their characters and relations 10
each other nor their attitude 10 men.
INSPIRE any such emotion. IL is often
said that love cannot be commanded
but that has only limited truth.
Granted certain relations between per-
sons. and love is demanded by the
very nature of the case; ii it is awant-
Ing. its absence is the Graves OF
moral faults and brings innumeraole
others in its train; till II comes, III
orally nothing can be right James
Denney. ID. ID.
WHY is this the first and greatest
commandment
l. II is greatest in its nature. heing
the highest and noblest act OF the
soul
Il is the sum OF the first table OF
the Law.
2 IL has the greatest value. being
the fountain and source of all virtue,
OF an love to our neighbor. because II
! IS the conservation OF self 10 the
Father of all good, and all men Her
b bert Spencer says. BY no political al
chemy can yod get golden conduct out
e of leaden instincts.
j. 4 Ii is the act. the outgoing OF the
b whole nature of man. Ii is allinclus-
e i've -.
e : Il is the most difficult or all
T. things Love is not mere sentiment
4 a general good feeling toward God.
e when all things go right with us out
n is devotion to God and His cause
when that devotion makes us mar
If tvrs. that enables us TO trust Him IN
d the darkest night. and say with Job'
n The Lord gave, and the Lord ha'h
ii taken away; blessed be the name OF
l. the Lord" and Though lie stay me-
yet will wait for Him
g.. Reasons for Loving God Supremacy
e. a. lie is supremacy good; lie is the
sum of an good He that loves God
m loves all that is good. and hates all
s. that is evil. 90 lie is not only good
hut lovable. His goodness is attrac
"a tive; il is worthy OF love. CD All We
ne have and are we owe to him; and th'
a only way in which We can make anS
il return is TO love him and obey him II
nc love That is all that is ours to give
a ~ withhold II is unutterably mean
t4p The best thing in man Is love
-s and God wants the best tsl Snci
a. love not only honors God. but eleNate'
m@n. Love Is the most ennobling &C
-. OF the soul: and the nobler and higne
tho object and the more Intense tn
love so much the more is the one wh'
-, thus loves ennobled. purified. enlarged
I, exalted in nature 90 In Him ar
~ found all that ought TO move the higt
=, EST affec lions Of men.
- suggestions. l. Love is the creates
-. Thing in the world For an unfoldin
- Of this great fact see Cor. IL, an
read Prof. Drummond's booklet. In
Greatest Thing in the World
oh' . Love is the fulfilling OF the secon
table OF the Law. Compare Inc Spe
trum OF Love in Drummond' iilu
n tratinG the description OF love IN
~ Cor. IL. and his Programme OF Chrl
"a tianitv." which is stated IN Ihrist
iuS ,vn words duke 4:1SD. the fuih
IVY mont of the Prophet lsaiahs wore
on Isa SIN the soul Of the Old Test
II mont and cxemplified in Christs me
ue' sage to John the Baptist matt l.
3-6i.
ass nv loving our neighbor We ca
|" tast and express our love TO God. IN
inc ,s more effective than even praye
III and songs az praise though these he
lnk 70 inspire 4 cultivate love TO Go
~ So St John says. III man say
-" love Cod and hateth his brother
ON is a liar. for he that loveth not
III brother whom ne hath seen. how G
ais no love God whom ne hath not seen
U John 4:20).
Z II a Love to God and love TO m
so2. transform earth into heaven
Mr. Compare the conditions given In
ON twenty-nfth chapter of Matthe
ssed where the good deeds enioined are !
mon substitutes for faith. and prayer,
con love and honesty. but they are
lean nroofs of a right heart. from which
as virtues grow.
the Not the Amount of the Gift but
give Shirt of Sacrifice .-Ruskin In
and Seven Lamps of Architecture. I
the Lamp OF Sacrifice" in speaking OF
Why expense lavished on the taberna'
e to SAYS that the covenant OF God
the his people was marked and its
abor- ceptance signihed by some exter
they sign OF their love and obedience
nder surrender of themselves To HIS
'usn The Measure 81 the Gift.
ho"n The measure of a gift lies not
US the largeness of the gift, but In
largeness Of the love and sacrifice
4 the expresses; not the size of the gift.
{ Of the cost TO the giver not the mum
and Of the shcaves. or of the measures
offer fruit. but the love and gratitude
to 'aith that fills them AnG In
they .roat day when we present our fr