Daniel T. Bourdeau - The Eternal Gospel Church

p. 80, Para. 2, [HOLINESS].
Again we have seen that we manifest our love to God by
keeping his commandments. Now some of God's commandments
relate to our duty to our fellow-creatures, and by keeping
these commandments we show our love for our fellow-beings.
Thus it is evident that we can love God with all the powers
of our beings, and yet love those who are made in his
image. To love our brethren is so important a duty that
John says, "We know that we have passed from death unto
life because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his
brother abideth in death." 1 John iii, 14. p. 80, Para. 3,
[HOLINESS].
In 1 Cor. xii, 4-7, charity, or love, is personified. This
passage, though brief, is very comprehensive. Let the
reader pause as he reads it: p. 81, Para. 1, [HOLINESS].
"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not itself, is not pulled up, doth not
behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity but
rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." p. 81,
Para. 2, [HOLINESS].
Charity or love never faileth, and is greater than hope or
faith -- even the faith that would remove mountains. p.
81, Para. 3, [HOLINESS].
Without it everything else is as sounding brass and
tinkling cymbal and profiteth nothing. It is pure and
elevating, and as strong as death, and is the bond of
perfectness. Through it we are to arrive at the pinnacle of
holiness. p. 81, Para. 4, [HOLINESS].
Love should not be confounded with false sympathy which is
very different from, and opposed to love, and which
sometimes prevents parents from correcting, and crossing
the wills of their children, and leads them to humor them
in wrong practices. False sympathy sometimes leads
individuals to bestow upon others that which proves
injurious to them, and frequently prevents well-meaning
Christians from frankly opening their minds to, and meekly
reproving their brethren, when duty and wisdom demand that
they be admonished and corrected. How many souls have been
ruined by false sympathy. We should therefore see to it