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LOVE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 5, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 6.

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LOVE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Love is a purifying principle. The opinion which has prevailed among men that love is not only gentle and tender, but also weak and soft, is a grave error. Parents who rule by love are considered overindulgent. Love and righteousness are set over against each other as opposing principles. In almost all discipline, whether in reformatory or educational institutions, love and righteousness are treated as tho they were incompatible. But that kind of love which indulges in wrong-doing or winks at wickedness or encourages evil is a spurious kind. Love “rejoiceth not in iniquity.” “Love is the fulfilling of the law.” Love is righteousness as well as gentleness. Where love reigns, mercy and justice embrace each other. The Golden Rule is the law of love. As light expels darkness, love drives out every evil thought, every evil desire, every evil affection. Love embodies all good. Every virtue centers in and grows out of love. So comprehensive is this grace, that where it reigns all good qualities of heart and character are included. Love is holiness. Love is purity. Love is life.—Christian Advocate.