SALUTATIONS IN THE LORD.
By S. S. Times
SALUTES may be anything from a kiss to the roar of a hundred cannon. They may be given in formality, they may be given in carelessness, they may be given in pride, or even in dislike and hate. But there is a short epistle in the New Testament, one written by a person of whom we otherwise know nothing; it is the epistle by Tertius, Paul's amanuensis. He slips it in on his own account while he is writing, as a scribe, Paul's letter to the Romans. And in this epistle by Tertius we are told of the salute in the Lord. This must be a greeting which carries with it a sense of brotherhood, a prayer for blessing, and an offer of kindness. When men can put that into the grasp of their hands, or the touching of their hats, or the thundering of their guns, what new meanings there will be in the salutations of mankind! God hasten the day when the spirit of an unknown saint shall spread into all the greetings of the world.—S. S. Times.