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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 17, 1869

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 34, No. 8.

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LOVE.

By A. D. Beers

Of all the graces that adorn the true follower of Jesus, there is none so essential as love, and unless we are ruled by it, we cannot hope of ever entering the holy city, the New Jerusalem. Our Saviour gave us a new commandment, that we should love one another, even as he loved us. “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” John xiii, 14, 15.
When we consider the boundless love the Lamb of God manifested for sinful mortals, when he left the realms of glory, and, after suffering a life of toil and sorrow, consented, at last, to die an ignominious death, should we wonder that such love should distinguish us from this selfish and money-loving world? Oh, that we might possess such love more abundantly! Could we have that perfect love that casteth out all fear (1 John iv, 18), how sweet would be our communion with God. We should then be free from all those doubts and fears that so often arise, and one continual ray of heavenly light would illuminate our whole being. We could then worship God in spirit and in truth.
May God assist us in striving more earnestly for that love, and grant that we may at last stand with his remnant people where faith is lost in sight, and love, perfect and unfeigned, will control our every action.
A. D. BEERS.