The Secret of Brotherly Love by Andrew Murray

EIGHTEENTH DAY.
'.lLo"e anb JPra}2er.
" Be sober, and watch unto prayer,
above all things being fervent in your love
among yourselves."-r PET. iv. 7, 8.
I N our text, watching unto prayer
and fervent love are closely
linked. This is true, too, in the spiritual
life. The man who prays only for himself
will not find it easy to be in the right
attitude towards God. But where the
heart is filled with fervent love to others,
prayer will continually rise to God for
those whom we love, and even for those
with whom we do not agree.
There would be a great defect in this
little book on brotherly Jove if we
neglected to indicate what an important
place prayer holds in the life of love.
These two fruits of the Spirit are inseparably
connected. If you wish your
Jove to grow and increase, forget yourself,
and pray, pray earnestly, for God's
children and His Church. Aud if you
would increase in prayerfulness, give
yourself in fervent love to the service of
those around you, helping to bear their
burdens.
What a great need there is, at this
time, of earnest, powerful intercessors!
Let those who complain that there is so
little Jove among Christians, acknowledge
that one of the chief signs of Jove is
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