Love Founded in Justice by J. C.

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 11, 1859

Love Founded in Justice

By J. C.

LOVE is founded in justice. We cannot love with complacency the unjust; that is, we cannot take pleasure in them and love them as unjust. We see in them the work of God in ruins; we love them as the creatures of God, while we hate the image of Satan as therein developed; and the more we see the image of God stamped upon them, the more we love them; because it is safe to love a just person, just at heart. Such a one loves his neighbor, respects his rights, his feelings, his interests; will foster them, not infringe upon them. He is a true friend; for he cannot be false; for he is just. The perfect law is his rule; therefore there is no such foundation for true friendship as this just and perfect law. J. C.