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only begotten Son that wh
should not perish, but hav
when He bids us to let our
seeing our good works may
is in Heaven?
"In God's own might
We gird us for the c
Anri ctrnncr in Him
In conflict with unht
We grasp the weapo
The Light, and Trutl
Austin College.
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By Rev. J. V
The thirteenth chapter o
of the most beautiful passag
in all literature. But it was
the aesthetic taste. The p
loveliness and supreme exc
uan virtue,?10 mane us ia
may desire it and follow ai
scribed in this chapter in
style, and held up for our i
King James version it is
English word "charity" do<
meaning of the original G
places in Scripture is trail
agape, was not used in
is a peculiarly scriptural w
and stands for a thing, wh
not have. The classical C
expresses the love that spr
and was too deeply dyed ii
used for the Christian love.
This love, spoken of in t
ierent ironi natural artectn
liusbands and wives, pare
forth. One mat- have sue]
wholly lacking in the love
This love is a spiritual aff
who are born of God. "C
God; and every one that 1
and knoweth God. He th;
God; for God is love." (i
mentioned as the first and i
Spirit (Gal. 5:22). The fir:
is to love. (Matt. 22:38)
of the law" (Rom. 13: 10).
and ruined condition the w<
lacking in this which is th
had not only lost the thing
that it had no word to exprc
unto us this love, and the
held is shown by the fact
with its cognates, the verb
than three hundred times
Christianity is just full of
wholly lacking in the ungo<
The thirteenth chapter
wnoiiy occupied with this
necessity of having love I
say. all that we have, and
nothing) ; then the chara
scribed ; and finally its etei
sized.
THE PRESBYTERIAN
osoever believeth on Him
c everlasting life"? Why,
light so shine that others
glorify our Father which
oming fight,
whose cause is ours
>ly powers,
ns He has given,?
h, and Love of Heaven.
fE.
V. Lafferty.
i First Corinthians is one
^es in the Bible, and in fact
not meant simply to please
mrpose is to show us the
ellence of the chief Chris11
in love with it, that we
iter it. That which is desuch
exquisitely beautiful
idmiration is love. In the
called charity, but the
es not have today the full
reek word which in other
slated love. This word,
classic Greek at all. It
ord and expresses an idea,
ich the heathen world did
ireek word for love, eros.
ings from sensual passion,
n pagan associations to be
he Scruptures, then, is dif3n,?the
affection between
nts and children, and so
h natural affection and be
described in this chapter,
ection, possessed by those
iod is love." "Love is of
oveth is begotten of God,
it loveth not knoweth not
John 4: 7. 8.) This love is
nost important fruit of the
st and great commandment
"Love is the fulfilling
It shows in what a lost
,r1 /J tirl C I i - ? L rvl 1 - -
iu ?? ao iiiai' ii was vviiun^
e very essence of virtue,?
itself, but the very idea, so
;ss it. Christianity restores
importance in which it is
that the word a^ape, love,
and adjective, is used more
i in the New Testament,
this new love, which was
ily world.
of First Corinthians is
subject, and sets forth the
u/ifliruif it oil tV?ot
**' ' i? n an mai w t
all that we do, amounts to
icteristics of love are dernal
permanence is empha
r
OF THE SOUTH.
How important, then, tha
cultivate love. There is no
out of this world with us.
1 l./i L -I V 1
uc leu Denina; not mucn o
in this life will be of perm
best, partial, dim. and will
will endure.
Our life in this world is tl
existence, and should be occi
love. Students of child-nat
tions are developed before
loves before he can understi
mistake if we begin by ed
rather than its emotions. 1
tions comes first.
And. as the apostle sug?
present live in this world is i
childhood to manhood. Our
ures. achievements, are but ;
nursery as compared with 1
the methods, the pleasures
when manhood comes, but
have been the means of cul
the Christian, the'things o
away, but love remains an
Of what little worth are
achievements of this preset
love which shall endure, wl
love above all things. Use
tion.
God is love?Jesus is love
and kind ; patient, and endut
envious, not proud, not sell
ture of love, and the founta
Christ formed in us we have
low after love" (i Cor. 14:
Concord, N. C.
WHY CHURCHES E
I must say that not a littl
vacant places; and in prevei
from the fault-finding, un<
attitude of many of our pec
man to fill their church, ai
what they can to keep it en
away from church, or attend
They demand of him that h
themselves are apathetic. T1
dues and so create a defici
that the cry of a deficit s
They wait to see whether
ister, while they know ver>
like one another. In view c
not one fairly put to the di
question of the Master: '
mote that is in thy brother
the beam that is in thine
beam out of thine own ev?
clearly to cast out the mote
?Bishop Hare.
Self-reverence, self-kno
These three alone, lead
September 8, 1909.
it \vc use every means to
t much that we can carry
Material possessions must
f the knowledge acquired
anent Value; it is, at the
be superseded. But love
lie childhood period of our
upied chiefly in cultivating
ure tell us that the emothe
intellect. The child
and. and we make a great
ucating a child's intellect
rhee education of the emojests
in this chapter, our
related to the future life as
present occupation, pleasis
the play and toys of the
the future life. The toys,
of childhood are set aside
the emotions, which they
tivating. remain. So with
if thi<5 wnrlfl cli'jll irinicli
d develops and increases,
the possessions and the
it time as compared with
lile they pass away. Seek
everything for its cultiva.
Jesus was long-suffering
ed all things. He was not
ish. He is the living picin
of love for us. Having
: love. Cultivate it. "Fol0
)0 NOT PROSPER.
e of the difficulty in filling
uting vacancies, has arisen
sympathetic and exacting
jpie, they expect a clergyxl
yet they themselves do
upty by habitually staying
ling only when they please,
e shall be alert, while they
ley fail to pay their church
t, and yet tliey are vexed
hould be raised so often,
all will like the new minr
well that they do not all
>f this state of things, may
issatisfied parishioners the
'Why beholdest thou the
f _ I! - - 1
s eye, om consiaerest not
own eye? First cast the
and then thou shalt see
qut of thy brother's eye."
wledge, self-control,
life to sovereign power.
T* An niicnn
* Willi Y .?'/!!